CH 57.1

Chapter 57: Cheng Su is a big badass (1)

The quiet light of the moon fell on the swaying water, strands of silver on the undulating waves, and the stars hanging high in the sky reflected on the surface in a swarm of bright dots.

Qiao Dai lay on her back in the pool and her mood gradually relaxed.

This was the rooftop pool of one of the Cheng Group’s hotels. It was located on the top of a sixty-five-story building and overlooked the bustling night view of the entire surrounding business district.

The scenery was beautiful.

Cheng Su and Qiao Dai left the dormitory and came straight here. The buildings of the city were full of colorful neon lights but from the height they were standing on, the whole world seemed to be shrouded in a quiet atmosphere as if this was a special magical face from above the sky, dreamy and unreal.

“Are you feeling better?”

Cheng Su’s voice came from the shore. Qiao Dai poked her head out of the water and noticed the man had walked to the edge of the pool. She swiftly swam to the side and stopped not far from him before nodding.

Qiao Dai’s round eyes were bright under the moonlight. They were stained with pool water and looked particularly wet, drops still stuck on her long and curled eyelashes. Her delicate lips were pink and seemed to shine, and her whole petite person was beautiful.

She seemed to be really happy. She floated on the water, slightly raised her head, and looked at the shore. Her mouth rose and she kept playing with the water between her fingers.

She was in a cheerful mood and Cheng Su squatted down by the pool. Seeing Qiao Dai’s appearance, a subtle feeling spread in his heart, one he wasn’t sure he knew, and he did not speak for a long time.

After a while, he squinted his eyes and said: “But I seem to be in a bad mood.”

After speaking, he looked straight at Qiao Dai. His eyebrows rose and he watched the girl’s reaction, wanting to see what she would do when she heard his words.

Sure enough, Qiao Dai’s expression changed. She seemed to be surprised and she opened her eyes, full of doubts.

“Are you angry?”

Qiao Dai asked with some hesitation and a hint of caution in her voice. Her tone was much quieter, barely audible to human ears but to Cheng Su, it felt as if his heart had just been scratched.

One second, two seconds, maybe even longer… but in a flash, Cheng Su felt as if all of his senses had heightened and all pointed to one person—

Qiao Dai.

He could only see her, he could only hear her, he could only smell her. Only her.

At this moment, Qiao Dai leaned out of the water, and drops splashed on Cheng Su’s face, breaking him out of his trance. When he opened his eyes, Qiao Dai’s face was closer than he had been a few seconds earlier. She had a sweet smile on the corners of her lips and her wet gaze was on him as if she wanted to say something.

Almost instinctively, Cheng Su leaned down and kissed Qiao Dai’s lips.

He held Qiao Dai’s head with one hand and pulled her towards him. He was acting like an obsessed human being who had finally captured the mermaid he had dreamed all of his life of; he desperately wanted to take possession of her, such a beautiful creature who originally belonged to the sea.

This maddening possessiveness eventually wanted to become a fierce and persistent kiss but he couldn’t help but worry about hurting Qiao Dai. The kiss was light, much different from the turbulent emotions that usually engulfed his heart. The kiss was restrained and the feelings that arose made Cheng Su wonder whether he was the prey of the hunter.

Cheng Su gently bit Qiao Dai’s soft lips, ending this uncontrollable touch.

And in a burst of splashing water, Cheng Su watched Qiao Dai swim a dozen of meters away. Her wide eyes were looking at him with horror, apparently startled by Cheng Su’s actions.

Cheng Su’s throat was a little dry. He looked at the shocked Qiao Dai and was about to speak when the girl cried out, both aggrieved and scared: “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t eat me?”

Qiao Dai’s mind was in chaos. She wanted to roll in the water to calm herself, trying to find an explanation for Cheng Su’s actions just now.

He bit her! He bit her!

This was over, Cheng Su really wanted to eat her.

Thinking of this, Qiao Dai’s cheeks warmed and her breathing fastened. She hid under the water and refused to get close to Cheng Su again; she had been deceived and bitten by the villain.

“Why would I eat you?”

Cheng Su’s voice sounded a little irritable. He stood up and looked at Qiao Dai in the pool. He couldn’t help but snort when he saw her and his voice became a little softer, afraid he would scare her even more.

He had forgotten how scared Qiao Dai was about his identity as a killer whale. After a few seconds to gather his thoughts, he said: “I don’t know what picture of me you have, but I have never hunted in the ocean.”

Qiao Dai breathed a sigh of relief when she heard him but asked suspiciously: “Really? Really?”

After all, in Qiao Dai’s heart, killer whales were the overlords in the ocean and hunting was their instinct. Even if Cheng Su said he had never hunted, it seemed a little weird.

“Really.”

Cheng Su nodded and continued nonchalantly: “I am not a purebred marine animal. I have never lived in the ocean, how could I have even hunted there?”

Hearing this, Qiao Dai couldn’t help but blink in confusion. But she didn’t want to keep asking because this was about Cheng Su’s privacy. She shouldn’t ask, if Cheng Su wanted to tell her, he would.