Chapter 165
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Chapter 165 A Need to Relax
Lin Aoxue practically dragged Su Rui out of the house.
If she hadn’t escaped, she might have been suffocated by her mother’s comments.
Yes, before they even finished eating, she grabbed Su Rui’s wrist, and the two of them ran out.
Meanwhile, Su Rui was still holding a fried dough stick in his other hand.
But something seemed a bit off.
Wei Shuling watched the two young people flee in panic with a smile on her face, and said to her husband, “They say they’re not dating, but look at Aoxue, actively grabbing Su Rui’s hand and running outside!”
Lin Fuzhang shook his head with a smile, thinking that older people should interfere less in young people’s affairs.
Indeed, as Wei Shuling pointed out, why was Lin Aoxue pulling Su Rui’s hand as they ran out together?
Why didn’t she just run out by herself?
After dragging Su Rui to the car, Lin Aoxue finally let out a long breath, still feeling uneasy.
Wang Yuan, sitting in the driver’s seat, was stunned. This was the first time he had seen the young miss actively holding another man’s hand!
The son-in-law was truly special, his status incomparable to ordinary men! It seemed the young miss had completely opened her heart to this man!
During their sprint, Su Rui’s wrist was held by Lin Aoxue the entire time, and his face maintained a delighted smile throughout.
However, that smile had a slightly mischievous quality to it.
After catching her breath, Lin Aoxue finally said, “My mom is such a gossip, there’s no way to explain things to her. Luckily we ran out early, otherwise who knows when they would have stopped.”
For Lin Aoxue, that sentence was really… quite long.
Su Rui glanced at his wrist with a smile, noticing her delicate hand still gripping it, and teased, “I didn’t want to run out with you. You pulled me out.”
“What?”
Only then did Lin Aoxue follow Su Rui’s gaze to her hand, immediately blushing and letting go!
“What’s going on?”
Lin Aoxue had no recollection of making that gesture!
But her hand had definitely been holding Su Rui’s wrist!
What was happening to the world?
Su Rui leaned close to her ear with a smile, instantly catching the faint, unique fragrance of a woman.
“Let me tell you, sometimes these actions are subconscious. In certain moments, they’re almost instinctual.”
Looking at Lin Aoxue’s flushed cheeks, Su Rui really wanted to give her a gentle kiss—in his mind, this was purely out of appreciation and respect for beauty, nothing inappropriate.
Lin Aoxue remained silent, wondering how she could have such an instinctual behavior. It was too incredible!
“Well, you’ve already held my hand, so no matter how you try to explain it to your mom later, she won’t believe you,” Su Rui laughed, looking quite pleased.
“Are you that happy about it?” Seeing his schadenfreude, Lin Aoxue reached out and pinched his waist!
Su Rui cooperatively cried out, which triggered Lin Aoxue’s memory—if Su Rui hadn’t screamed like this in the morning, her mother wouldn’t have come, and none of the subsequent events would have happened!
The more Lin Aoxue thought about it, the more annoyed she became, so she simply reached out and pinched him several more times!
From Wang Yuan’s perspective in the front seat, this looked exactly like flirting between lovers!
“I shouldn’t look, I shouldn’t look.”
Wang Yuan repeated this mantra to himself, focusing his attention forward, trying his best not to look at those “inappropriate” scenes in the rearview mirror.
If Lin Aoxue knew what Wang Yuan was thinking, she would probably dock half a month’s salary as punishment.
…
Late spring and early summer, with gentle sunshine and mild breezes, days like these flowed like a tranquil stream, peaceful with glimmering ripples.
Several days had passed since the previous incident.
During these days, Lin Aoxue hardly dared to go home, having to face her mother’s nagging every time she returned. Under these circumstances, she naturally didn’t want Su Rui to visit either, as that would make things even more difficult to explain.
The Western underworld had been quiet these days. Since the thief Mata was recruited by Su Rui, the latter hadn’t contacted him, but Mata had kept his word, staying in a hotel in China with no intention of leaving.
Rather than returning to face Hades’ punishment, it seemed better to follow the Sun God and perhaps find a decent path forward.
With nothing to do, Su Rui wandered around the finance department, causing another sensation among all the ladies there. His popularity within the company was extremely high, almost unmatched by anyone else.
He came to ask Zhou Anke about her specific vacation dates, which had previously been set for a month later. By his calculation, that time was approaching.
Unfortunately, he didn’t get to see Zhou Anke and had to leave disappointed, heading to the cafeteria for an early lunch.
Now Su Rui was the most carefree person in the entire Bikang Group. No one dared to manage him, except for Chen Leijin who shot him hateful glances in secret but didn’t dare show any disrespect on the surface.
Meanwhile, Lin Aoxue, the rumored girlfriend, wasn’t so relaxed. She appeared to be reading documents, but her gaze had been fixed on one page for a long time, obviously lost in thought.
Although several days had passed since the assassination attempt at the laboratory, Lin Aoxue couldn’t fully adjust. She still felt heavy-hearted and constricted, experiencing an illusion of bloodiness every time she entered that laboratory.
After this incident, Lin Aoxue truly felt the need to take a break.
Yes, this assassination attempt had a major impact not only on her but on the entire Bikang Group. Previously, Lin Aoxue had focused solely on technology and company management, never imagining such a dark side to society.
Even though she had anticipated the course of events, when smoke filled the laboratory, she realized that all predictions were useless.
What was meant to happen would happen, far exceeding expectations.
The Western underworld, skin masks, assassination, corpses, and the fading purple bruises on her neck—all these terms and situations clearly showed that this wasn’t an illusion.
Although just a glance or a few words from Su Rui could give her a sense of security, making the memory less terrifying and giving her confidence to face the future, Lin Aoxue found that her mindset truly needed adjustment. Relying solely on Su Rui’s reassurance wasn’t enough; it was only temporary relief.
But how to adjust?
Lin Aoxue hadn’t found a reasonable method, like someone who had been stifled for a long time without finding a release.
This directly led to Lin Aoxue’s poor mental state these past few days. She felt irritable and couldn’t focus on files or experiment reports, often spacing out, her eyes lingering on a single page for a long time without turning it.
Lunchtime arrived, but Lin Aoxue had no appetite. She was drinking Mosby flower tea at her desk, continuing to daydream when her office door was pushed open.
Lin Aoxue glanced at Su Rui. This annoying guy never knocked before entering her office anymore.
But she had gotten used to it. With someone of Su Rui’s personality, you couldn’t restrict him at all. The more you tried to limit him, the more he would push back.
“Hi, beautiful. How about I treat you to dinner tonight?” Su Rui sat across from Lin Aoxue, casually picking up her teacup and taking a sip, feeling quite refreshed.
This cup had just been used by Lin Aoxue.
Now it seemed that Miss Lin no longer cared about this. No matter how she tried to guard against him, he always managed to get hold of her cup. As long as he didn’t take it away, he could drink from it however he wanted.
Of course, there was another main reason Lin Aoxue didn’t mention: she found Su Rui less annoying than before, and this man’s breath was very fresh, without any unpleasant odor.
For some reason, in this aspect, Su Rui was vastly different from other men.
Sometimes when Lin Aoxue held meetings with the company’s researchers, those unkempt science guys who were buried in research would make her want to flee the lab with their heavy breath. Eventually, Lin Aoxue couldn’t stand it anymore and simply mandated that everyone must brush their teeth before meetings, which became a very peculiar rule at the Bikang Research Center.
Compared to these people, Su Rui’s fresh breath made him quite distinctive. Of course, for any woman, this quality easily created a favorable impression.
At this moment, watching Su Rui drink the flower tea, Lin Aoxue’s eyes flickered, seemingly recalling how Su Rui had carefully applied medicine to her neck and then gently blown on it.
Yes, that sunshine-filled fresh scent was truly pleasant. Thinking about it now, Lin Aoxue felt as if the fragrance still lingered in her nostrils.
Unconsciously touching the once-purple bruises on her neck, which had faded significantly and would soon disappear thanks to Su Rui’s magical medicine, Lin Aoxue’s gaze flickered again.
“Why are you staring at me? Have I become even more handsome?”
Su Rui put down the teacup, noticing Lin Aoxue was staring at him, and asked with a half-smile.
Caught by Su Rui, Lin Aoxue realized she had spaced out again. Her face immediately turned red, the two blushes complementing her snow-white, delicate face, truly breathtakingly beautiful.
“You’re so beautiful,” Su Rui was stunned seeing Lin Aoxue blush. She was truly gorgeous; this version of Lin Aoxue was enough to make anyone’s heart race.
The blush on Lin Aoxue’s face unconsciously deepened. She lowered her gaze and said softly, “How boring.”
Recently, the frequency of the beautiful Lin’s blushing had increased dramatically.
