The waiter hastily scribbled down her number and passed it to Li Qinghe.

After the room was ready, she looked around mysteriously and pointed in a direction, saying, "Sister Qinghe, go that way. There are fewer people there, and you won't be recognized. I'll keep a lookout for you!"

"Hmm, thanks a lot."

Li Qinghe nodded, put on her sunglasses, and then walked in the indicated direction.

Xu Fan was about to follow but suddenly got pulled aside by the waiter.

She mysteriously stuffed a box into his hands, pumped her fists at him, and said, "Although I think you're quite a scumbag, Ke Longxiang, since Qinghe has chosen you, you'd better treat her well."

"Cheer up, buck up!"

"..."

Xu Fan, holding the box of little umbrellas, had black lines forming on his forehead.

"Beauty, to tell you a secret, I'm not Ke Longxiang, I'm her lover."

Having said that with heartfelt emotion, Xu Fan, holding the little umbrellas, caught up with Li Qinghe's steps.

The female waiter stood there dumbfounded for a moment and then started to laugh.

How could that be possible, Qinghe, being such a proud person, joking about having an affair with another man...

...

Heading upstairs, the two made it to the fifth floor of the hotel quickly and soon found the room they had booked.

Upon entering the room, Xu Fan had just closed the door and looked up, only to be taken aback.

Li Qinghe, barefoot, sat on the bed, peeling off her pair of black stockings from her beautiful legs.

Flipping her stockings onto the white bed, Li Qinghe took off her jacket, fished something out from her clothes, and winked at Xu Fan.

"Alright, I'm going to take a shower first."

Without waiting for Xu Fan's response, Li Qinghe, still barefoot, walked into the bathroom.

Xu Fan stared at her graceful back and felt utterly baffled.

Was this woman hitting puberty?

Xu Fan looked at the box of little umbrellas in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"Buddy, I'm afraid I'll have to let you down..."

The image of Ke Longxiang flashed in Xu Fan's mind, prompting him to sigh helplessly.

Sitting on the bed, he didn't wait long before he saw Li Qinghe, wrapped in a bathrobe, coming out of the bathroom.

"Take this, have a good wash," she said as she walked over to Xu Fan and tossed him a bath towel.

"Li Qinghe, are you sure you want to?"

Xu Fan looked at her skeptically and asked.

"What? Do you think, in your eyes, a female star like me should behave promiscuously?"

Li Qinghe's frank attitude left Xu Fan somewhat bewildered.

Xu Fan silently looked at Li Qinghe, took the bath towel she handed him, and walked straight into the bathroom.

Perhaps because the washed-up celebrity outside was waiting, Xu Fan didn't take long to shower.

Stepping out of the bathroom, he saw that Li Qinghe was lying on the bed, flipping through something.

"You might not believe this,"

Li Qinghe closed the manuscript in her hands and said, "I recently took on a role in a drama about having an affair."

"I'm not very good at understanding these emotions, so..."

"Li Qinghe, you are playing with fire, do you know that?"

It seemed this guy had seen right through her motives, which caused Li Qinghe to freeze for a moment, then she turned her big, plaintive eyes toward Xu Fan.

"Xu Fan, I was just joking with you."

"Aren't you being a bit petty?"

"Heh."

Looking at Li Qinghe's aggrieved expression, Xu Fan pinched her delicate chin and smiled, "Are you sure you were just joking?"

This woman was obviously still holding a grudge about how he hadn't stepped in sooner to defend her previously.

She was using this method to play a trick on him.

Xu Fan couldn't help but smile; this big celebrity was really quite bold.

"Li Qinghe, I've emphasized to you countless times before."

"You are a goddess, but not my goddess, Xu Fan. I won't be at your beck and call."

"The incident at Wangjiang Pavilion, you tricked me into it first. Helping you was a favor, not my duty."

"If you think your charm is enough to make me kowtow around you like a dog, then I advise you to give up this ridiculous idea early."

"You!"

This guy had absolutely guessed her intentions through and through!

Li Qinghe raised her hand in humiliation and anger!

The first time they met, he was aloof, almost overshadowing everyone at the engagement scene.

The second time they met, he had seen through her scheme and had no desire for her.

Neither time had Li Qinghe seen in him the submissive behavior that other men had shown her in the past.

Perhaps as Xu Fan had said, it was her own pride wreaking havoc, time and again, trying to challenge this man's principles.

Trying to make him bow down in front of her.

Yet, it was a failure every time.

A feeling of defeat surged in her heart; Li Qinghe's face was streaked with tears as she raised her hand and slapped Xu Fan's face!

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