novelraw Chapter 721: Something Happened as Soon as They Went Downstairs
Chapter 721: Something Happened as Soon as They Went Downstairs
The sudden voice not only startled Zhang Lingying but also caused a flicker of surprise to cross Leng Jian’s normally indifferent face.
Recognizing the person before him as Lu Jing, he couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, his gaze shifting between Lu Jing and Zhang Lingying.
Zhang Lingying immediately put distance between herself and Lu Jing and began to explain, "I’m not close with him, and there’s nothing between us."
"We’re indeed not close, we just cohabited for a month," Lu Jing said, as if deliberately; the more she tried to disassociate herself, the more he wouldn’t let her get her way.
Seeing that he spoke without any filters, Zhang Lingying immediately stomped her foot in frustration, "What nonsense are you spouting? When have I ever cohabitated with you? You were clearly the one freeloading at my place for a month. Can’t you have some shame?!"
Although she didn’t know Leng Jian, she couldn’t allow Lu Jing to talk nonsense in front of a stranger.
If word got out, people would think they had something going on.
The more urgently she tried to explain, the more Lu Jing seemed to enjoy making her anxious, speaking boldly even without the moral high ground.
"I lose face, and you’ve known that since day one. Why are you so eager to clarify our relationship to others? Are you afraid they’ll find out that while I was living at your place, you secretly snuck into my room and stole a kiss from me?"
"I..." Zhang Lingying had never encountered someone so shameless, her face flushed with anger.
She wanted to argue back, but because of Lu Jing’s words, past scenes flashed before her eyes.
When Lu Jing first moved into her house and refused to leave, her initial reaction was to call the police. But after seeing him repeatedly assure her that he was not a bad person and merely wanted to recruit her into his laboratory,
she thought that if she let him wait for a while, he would lose patience and stop bothering her.
Although she didn’t call the police, the presence of a stranger in her home, whom she couldn’t evict, definitely caused her some concern.
On the first night Lu Jing stayed at her place, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep due to unease. Finally, unable to bear it, she sneaked downstairs to check on what he was up to.
Unexpectedly, that’s when things went wrong.
She didn’t find Lu Jing in the living room but quietly crept up to the bedroom door, aiming to listen for any noise inside. The door wasn’t shut properly, and as she leaned against it, it swung open.
Zhang Lingying, doing something sneaky for the first time, was already feeling guilty.
Seeing that she had pushed the door open, she instinctively ran, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Lu Jing lying on the bed, who seemed exceptionally quiet compared to his daytime demeanor.
As if possessed, she stopped and approached the bed.
Initially, she genuinely hadn’t planned to do anything to him, she just wanted to confirm he wasn’t a bad person.
Seeing Lu Jing just sleeping peacefully, she watched for a while and then decided to leave.
But as she turned around, she didn’t notice the men’s slippers on the floor, stepped on them, and then slipped.
Falling right on top of Lu Jing...
At that moment, she was truly terrified, frantically trying to get up, and then accidentally...
As Zhang Lingying recalled that moment, no matter how much time had passed, her cheeks still involuntarily flushed with redness.
"I’ve already explained that I didn’t mean to steal a kiss from you, I just accidentally touched you. Can you please stop bringing it up?"