Chapter 70: Gain an Inch, Want a Foot (2)

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The message was quite clear: Please don't trouble her.

"Lian Qiao!"

The fervor in his heart was doused by her cold words. In the Translation Room, empty and silent in the dead of night, Xing Liehuo's voice carried a hint of raw hoarseness that was seductively emotional.

In the light, he appeared awkward, like a child who had been denied candy.

They locked gazes.

Slowly...

Forget it, forget it, forget it!

He sighed inwardly, his face regaining its usual icy composure, yet his eyes were filled with complex and indecipherable emotions. He caressed her cheek carefully, "If it really doesn't work out, you could stop studying translation and submit a report to request a transfer. From now on, just stay at home. You can do whatever you want..."

"What did you say?!"

Disbelief interrupted him, and Lian Qiao's slightly fatigued eyes glared intensely. What Xing Liehuo had said, something that could move any other woman to tears, felt like an insult to her.