The sudden laughter gave Zhao Linger a start.
She jerked her head back and found that it was actually Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng was dressed in a casual jacket, standing tall with a handsome face and a faint, lingering smile on his lips.
Zhao Linger patted her ample chest exaggeratedly and complained, "Chairman Jiang?? You're going to scare me to death~"
She watched as Jiang Cheng walked around the sofa and sat down right next to her.
Zhao Linger's heart rate instantly accelerated.
Mainly because the distance Jiang Cheng sat from her was a bit too close.
Moreover, she had just reached a critical moment in her reading; she hadn't expected to be caught by Jiang Cheng like this.
Sigh, what an embarrassing realization~~~
Zhao Linger looked at her phone screen with some embarrassment, then quickly turned it off.
Seeing Zhao Linger's actions, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but chuckle again.
"I didn't mean to scare you. My footsteps were so loud, did you not hear them at all??"
Zhao Linger's large, spirited eyes, which had been fixed on the novel just a moment ago, were now clouded with a layer of bashfulness.
To hide her inner embarrassment and unease, she unconsciously cleared her throat and let out a deliberate dry cough.
After her eyes flickered a few times, she pretended as if nothing had happened and said, "I didn't hear anything."
However, although she spoke stubbornly, the faint blush rising on her face betrayed her true emotions.
Looking at the flushed Zhao Linger, Jiang Cheng curled his lips and slowly leaned toward her.
His eyes were full of teasing and playfulness.
He deliberately elongated his tone, his voice filled with banter.
"I didn't expect you to actually like reading those Overbearing CEO stories??"
Hearing this, Zhao Linger's first instinct was to argue back.
But when she met Jiang Cheng's gaze, which was clearly filled with teasing intent,
For some reason, an impulse like an elementary schooler bickering with someone surged in her heart.
The words of explanation she was about to utter took a sharp turn.
They became a stubborn and forceful response: "Yeah, so what? Is it not allowed?"
"It's allowed. I just couldn't tell that you liked this kind of 'Forced Love' stuff??"
"Hmph! Since I can't encounter those romantic and exciting plots in real life, can't I at least indulge myself online?"
Zhao Linger muttered huffily, crossing her arms in a defiant posture.
"Oh? You say you can't encounter it? Am I not an Overbearing CEO???"
Hearing this, Zhao Linger squinted at Jiang Cheng with a face full of suspicion.
With the corners of her mouth slightly raised, she said teasingly: "Overbearing CEO?? You're definitely a CEO, but as for overbearing..."
Hearing her skeptical words, Jiang Cheng slowly leaned closer to Zhao Linger again.
"Do you mean you think I'm not overbearing enough??"
As their eyes met, the distance between them became as close as could be.
So close that Zhao Linger could actually feel Jiang Cheng's warm breath lightly brushing against her cheek.
This unsafely close contact caused Zhao Linger's already restless heart to instantly turn into a tangled mess.
In the past, when she and Jiang Cheng were messing around, there were times when they reached 'negative distance' situations like this.
But those happened inadvertently while both parties were laughing and playing.
It was never like this moment, being stared at so intently by him.
And with him throwing out such a heart-pounding question.
This atmosphere was far too ambiguous.
It truly left Zhao Linger feeling at a loss for what to do.
Help!!
Zhao Linger had never encountered such a difficult situation.
At this moment, her heart was racing like a panicked deer, and a shy blush spread across her face.
In her nervousness, even her speech became stuttered and incoherent.
Zhao Linger tilted her head slightly, her eyes flickering as she sized up Jiang Cheng before her, then she forced herself to stay calm and said, "Of course. You? Overbearing??"
Hearing Zhao Linger's slightly provocative words, Jiang Cheng, who had originally just wanted to tease her, suddenly became interested.
The corners of his mouth curled up into a wicked smile as he responded.
"Oho, you actually dare to question my status as an Overbearing CEO? Today, I'll let you see exactly what an Overbearing CEO is like."
Having said that, Jiang Cheng acted just like the male lead described in those romance novels.
He reached out his right hand and, with lightning speed, firmly grasped Zhao Linger's slender wrist.
Then he said fiercely, "Is this overbearing enough? Huh??"
Zhao Linger hadn't expected Jiang Cheng to suddenly make a move and was startled by the abrupt action.
She was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses. While trying to break free from Jiang Cheng's restraint, she shouted coquettishly, "Hahaha, Chairman Jiang, stop messing around, let go of me quickly?? No~"
Although she used all her strength to try and get away from Jiang Cheng, his strength was unfortunately too great, making her struggles seem insignificant.
Accompanied by Zhao Linger's intense struggling and resistance, and their back-and-forth pushing and playing,
Their bodies constantly bumped and intertwined, and the distance between them unwittingly grew even closer.
Gradually, Jiang Cheng used the momentum to pin Zhao Linger down onto the soft sofa.
At this point, Zhao Linger had lost her previous tough attitude and pleaded coquettishly, "No, Boss~~ No~~"
Hearing the change in how Zhao Linger addressed him,
From the original formal and serious "Chairman Jiang" to the current intimate and ambiguous "Boss,"
Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel a strange sensation in his heart.
This linked scenario immediately reminded Jiang Cheng of scenes from Certain Adult Films.
Before him, Zhao Linger's pair of full, towering 'Jade Rabbits' were swaying gently with her movements.
They were as tempting as two ripe honey peaches.
With such a suggestive scene, what normal man in this world could resist such temptation?
Coupled with this pair of 'Big Cannons' swaying in front of him, what man could hold back?
If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Cheng had eaten his fill at Qiao Yinyin's place over the past few days,
If it were an ordinary'starving ghost,' he probably would have been unable to wait to open his mouth and take a fierce bite.
He might have even been sucking and sliding all over the place.
Jiang Cheng took a deep breath before barely managing to steady his mind.
However, at this moment, he even began to wonder if Zhao Linger was saying these things on purpose.
Although she was inexperienced, as everyone knows, books contain houses of gold and beauties like jade.
Especially in these Overbearing CEO novels, there should be quite a lot to learn.
Thinking this, in an instant, the pressure from Jiang Cheng's legs also subconsciously began to press down a bit more.
"Hmm?? How is this posture?? Or do you want this one??"
With this movement, feeling the pressure between her legs, Zhao Linger's body suddenly stiffened.
She immediately tried to push Jiang Cheng away again in a panic: "How annoying, get up quickly, I'm not playing with you anymore~~"
Jiang Cheng's lips curled into a smile upon hearing this: "This reaction isn't the same as the novel you were just reading?? You forgot your lines so quickly."
Zhao Linger's pretty face was now like a ripe apple, red and extremely cute.
She once again desperately twisted her wrists, trying to break free from Jiang Cheng's powerful grip.
However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't budge him an inch.
Her slender wrists were still firmly pressed against the soft sofa by Jiang Cheng, as if they were pinned down and unable to move.
Strangely enough, despite being suppressed like this,
Zhao Linger didn't feel the slightest bit of resentment or anger in her heart.
On the contrary, an indescribable sense of shyness surged into her heart, causing her to lower her head involuntarily as her cheeks grew hotter and hotter.
At the same time, an uncontrollable smile also rippled through her heart like a tide.
That wonderful feeling was just like back in her school days,
Laughing and playing with a boy she liked in a long corridor, making her heart race and her face flush.
Zhao Linger bit her lower lip, trying her best to hide the upward curve of her mouth.
But that feeling of joy was still as difficult to stop as a flood bursting through a dam.
Finally, she cried out coquettishly, "I forgot, I forgot long ago, let me go quickly."
Jiang Cheng remained unmoved. Instead, he raised an eyebrow and whispered into her ear with a wicked smile.
"You forgot so quickly? Didn't you like being overbearing and 'Forced Love'? Can you feel it now?? Huh?? Is it overbearing enough, forced enough..."
Not only did she sense a slight abnormality, but she also seemed to feel a change in Jiang Cheng.
Zhao Linger thought secretly, could this be that 'hot thing' she had read about in novels over the past two days?
She heard that once this thing was awakened, it would become terrifyingly large... "Enough, enough, enough, Overbearing CEO Chairman Jiang, please let me go, I'm going to be crushed to death by you~~"
Accompanied by her coquettish cries, Zhao Linger twisted her body desperately, trying to break free from Jiang Cheng's mountain-like pressure.
During this intense struggle, Jiang Cheng unexpectedly released the iron grip that had been tightly binding Zhao Linger's hands.
After regaining her freedom, Zhao Linger's jade-like hands, as white as snow and so delicate they seemed like they could produce water if squeezed, subconsciously pressed against Jiang Cheng's broad and solid chest.
Jiang Cheng's sudden release actually caused an indescribable feeling of reluctance to surge in her heart.
This made the action that should have been an unhesitating push to get Jiang Cheng away become hesitant instead.
Although the two seemed to be laughing and playing, Jiang Cheng had been observing and testing Zhao Linger's reaction.
During their playfulness just now, if he had detected even a hint of disgust in Zhao Linger's heart, Jiang Cheng would have definitely pulled away immediately.
After all, doing this to a girl—if the other party is unwilling and you still pin her down,
Then that would be acting like a hooligan.