Tyrannical Tycoon Haunts Me Relentlessly-Chapter 286: I Don’t Want You to Be Defiled by Her Either

"I never intended for Xia Chuxue to touch you, I swear, I really do swear."

Her chin was still being pinched by him; their faces were so close, almost pressing against each other.

The breath he exhaled landed fully on her face, very hot, but also very cold.

Xia Yinian was so scared that her breathing became erratic, worried about not raising both hands to swear to him.

"Really, I never thought about it, what I thought was, wait until..."

After one more night, when the marks on her body had faded, then no matter how Xia Chuxue tormented her, she wouldn’t be afraid.

That was the leverage Xia Chuxue held in her hands, the very reason she dared not act rashly.

But now, she couldn’t say it, and there was no way to explain.

"I... at that time she said she heard our conversation, I... I panicked a bit, so I pretended to agree first."

Xia Yinian started to despise herself, one lie needed to be covered with more lies.

She hated lying the most, but, ironically, there were too many things in this world that left you no choice.

Telling the truth might ruin her completely.

"I was really a bit panicked at that time, I was a little... Gu Lingqian, if you were in my shoes, what could you have done?"

She threw the question at Gu Lingqian, he didn’t say anything, just looked at her.

Xia Yinian didn’t want to keep being like this, but, he truly scared her.

Just now when he said he wanted her, his gaze, his tone, even the force with which he pinched her chin – they were all real, she felt them clearly.

After all, he is a man of the Gu Family; men of the Gu Family have been imbued with business savvy from a young age; they would not make a losing deal.

So, she should not envision him too ideally; not probing or questioning in the past, didn’t mean it would be the case every time.

Her hand rested on his shoulder, not daring to push, just lightly supporting herself. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"I promised her, to work for her tomorrow night, isn’t there still one night’s time?"

"By then, I will discuss it with you first; you might give me a good solution, after all, now she knows about us, and I can’t handle it alone."

She really thought it over, there was still one day’s time, enough time to think of a strategy.

Only, she hadn’t thought about discussing it with him; after all, their relationship was merely based on agreement.

Gu Lingqian’s eyes grew deeper, it was unclear what he was thinking.

His long fingers continued to pinch her chin, just that the force seemed to have lessened.

Xia Yinian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that she guessed correctly once; he really was furious because she was going to push Xia Chuxue onto him.

"Actually, speaking truthfully, I think you’re... quite alright."

These words were genuinely sincere, at least, she didn’t think he was a bad person.

"So?" Gu Lingqian raised his eyebrows, seemingly with a hint of anticipation, waiting for what she would say next.

"So," Xia Yinian bit her lip, her words were truly from the heart: "I also don’t want Xia Chuxue to tarnish you."

Just like when she first arrived at the Xia Family, she had said the same to him.

Their engagement could be cancelled, but, she did not hope for him to turn to Xia Chuxue because Xia Chuxue truly wasn’t a good person.

Gu Lingqian didn’t say anything, looking somewhat... disappointed.

He originally thought, since she deemed him good, she might say something else.

But, all that went back and forth was still about Xia Chuxue.

Suddenly, he felt a bit listless.

"You’re not lying to me?" he asked one last time, narrowing his eyes and leaning closer.

Xia Yinian hurriedly wanted to shake her head, but her chin was pinched and she couldn’t, so she quickly said: "No, she really knows about us."