Chapter 142 Please Hide Me Well

The sound of footsteps was getting closer to the study room. Unconsciously, Chen Enci cleared her things, looked around the room, and seeing that there was nowhere to hide, she made a swift move and crawled under the desk.

Caught off guard by her unexpected action, Qin Jie reached out to pull her out from under the desk the next second.

Chen Enci, worried about being pulled out by Qin Jie, grabbed the hand he reached out for her arm, then popped her head out from under the table and looked up at him, pressing her finger to her lips and whispered, "I'm hiding here, don't let anyone discover me, or there will be a scandal."

Qin Jie's gaze lingered on Chen Enci's holding hand for a moment, then moved to her face. Despite missing the first half of what she said, he caught the phrase "there will be a scandal," but he was able to immediately guess what she meant.

He didn't respond immediately, but instead casually turned his gaze back to her hand holding his.