Ex-Girlfriend Strategy (GL) - Chapter 38

“You like me?”

“I like you.”

“What do you want to do after looking at me so long?”

Shu Nanxuan sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, and ran her fingers through her hair like a comb, pushing it back.

Her loose hair slid down, falling over one shoulder, making her look breathtakingly beautiful.

Yang Jiu could barely breathe, especially with Shu Nanxuan looking at her and smiling.

“I want…”

She only got one word out before stopping.

She swallowed hard, gathered her thoughts, and said, “I want… to kiss you. Is that okay?”

It wasn’t surprising that Yang Jiu dared to ask this.

Though she didn’t say anything that afternoon at Shu Nanxuan’s door, those guesses were like a seed planted in her heart.

Now, with Shu Nanxuan’s teasing, those thoughts resurfaced.

And having someone you like right in front of you, visible but untouchable, wasn’t something most people could endure.

“Heh…”

Shu Nanxuan let out a soft laugh, lowering her face slightly, her shoulders trembling faintly.

“C-Can… I?”

Shu Nanxuan didn’t answer for a long time, so Yang Jiu, unwilling to give up, asked again.

Her current mindset could be summed up in one phrase: To die under a peony flower, even as a ghost, is romantic.

“What else?” Shu Nanxuan didn’t answer her question but kept asking, her eyes fixed on Yang Jiu’s, catching every single reaction.

Her face still wore that alluring smile.

Yang Jiu’s nervousness eased a bit under that smile, but her surging desire swallowed her reason, and she answered along with Shu Nanxuan’s question, “I also want… to hold you…”

“Hm…”

Shu Nanxuan raised an eyebrow.

“Kiss me, hold me, anything else?”

Though she hadn’t drunk a drop of alcohol, Yang Jiu felt drunk beyond measure.

She had no ability to think, only able to follow Shu Nanxuan’s words.

“I also want… to touch you…”

Even though she stumbled, she still voiced her innermost thoughts.

Shu Nanxuan laughed again.

She seemed in a great mood tonight, always smiling at Yang Jiu.

“Yang Jiu…”

Even when handling lawsuits worth billions, Yang Jiu never felt this nervous.

She held her breath, as if awaiting a verdict.

“The things you mentioned are things only couples do.”

She brushed aside the hair covering her eyes.

“And we… haven’t been a couple for a long time.”

Yang Jiu froze. Shu Nanxuan was still smiling, but the words from her mouth made the smile seem crueler.

“Even if you like me again, when you left me without a word, we stopped being a couple.”

“I…”

Yang Jiu’s eyes showed struggle, wanting to say something, but in the end, not a single word came out.

Shu Nanxuan waited for her to say something from the moment her expression changed, but she got nothing.

When Yang Jiu finally lowered her head, disappointment appeared in Shu Nanxuan’s eyes.

“Yang Jiu, you know what I’m waiting for.”

If Yang Jiu remained unmoved even now, Shu Nanxuan felt she had nothing more to say.

Even if she still liked her, not knowing the reason for their breakup and letting Yang Jiu coax her back together in a haze—Shu Nanxuan felt she couldn’t do that.

It was a thorn in her flesh, and without pulling it out, she couldn’t return to how things were.

Yang Jiu kept her head down.

Two minutes passed, and Shu Nanxuan spoke again, her voice now icy.

“We leave for the other company at nine tomorrow morning. Remember to sleep early tonight.”

With that, she turned and went back to her room.