Chapter 14: Desire for Conquest

The short-haired woman assigned by Zhou Shihao to check on the situation was named Zhao Li. She put away the room card Zhou Shihao had given her and looked around the living room before silently making her way towards the bathroom.

At this moment.

Inside the bathroom.

Shen Qingzhi was timing the seconds, estimating that in a few more seconds, Su Luo would have left, and she would no longer have to kiss Lin Ruoxi.

But just then, suddenly, a figure appeared in the corner of her eye.

It was a woman.

"You two..."

Zhao Li silently approached the bathroom and saw Shen Qingzhi kissing someone, which immediately caused her complexion to drastically change, turning cold in an instant.

Shen Qingzhi was slightly startled and quickly parted from Lin Ruoxi.

Only then did Zhao Li see that the person Shen Qingzhi was kissing was a woman.

Moreover, she knew this woman.

She was Shen Qingzhi's best friend and also the young mistress of the Jiangbei Lin Family, the famously aloof female president of Jiangbei!

This realization caused Zhao Li's complexion to instantly stiffen.

The words she had meant to say were caught in her throat.

Although Shen Qingzhi experienced a moment of panic, she quickly surmised that Zhao Li definitely had not discovered Su Luo; otherwise, Zhao Li's expression would have been quite different.

This allowed Shen Qingzhi to breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as Su Luo hadn't been discovered, that was what mattered.

As for her kissing Lin Ruoxi... She wasn't afraid of Zhou Shihao finding out.

However, it was Lin Ruoxi whose cool and fair cheeks had turned a shade of crimson when Shen Qingzhi suddenly kissed her, her whole body feeling somewhat feverish.

Now, being caught by someone else, her entire face instantly turned bright red and burning hot!

"Qing, Qingzhi, I, I'll leave first!"

Lin Ruoxi did not even use the restroom anymore. She didn't dare to look at Shen Qingzhi and directly left the bathroom, picked up her purse, and fled from Shen Qingzhi's room as if escaping.

Zhao Li and Shen Qingzhi were left behind.

Though Shen Qingzhi's heartbeat was a bit fast and her inner self not so composed, she maintained a calm exterior. She wrapped herself in the bath towel, then stepped out of the bathroom, opened the wardrobe, and took out clean underwear and clothes.

"Haven't you seen enough? What are you still standing here for? Do you want to personally help me dress?"

Shen Qingzhi said nonchalantly when she saw Zhao Li still in the room, glancing at her lightly.

Zhao Li's eyebrows knitted slightly.

"I will wait outside for Madam."

After speaking, Zhao Li left the room.

Seeing the door close.

Shen Qingzhi suddenly set down the clean underwear and clothes, her body feeling somewhat limp as she sat on the bed. Although she wasn't panting heavily, the constant rising and falling of her ample chest made it obvious her heart was far from calm.

"Today's events were truly too perilous. A single mistake at any point could have been disastrous."

Half a minute later, Shen Qingzhi ran her hand over a strand of hair in front of her forehead, replaying today's incidents in her mind, which left her quite shaken.

"Shh!"

Meanwhile, by the window, a faint whistle suddenly sounded.

Shen Qingzhi immediately turned around and saw Su Luo, his hands propped on the window sill; he had not left after all.

This instantly made Shen Qingzhi tense up again. She hurried to the window, her eyes, which usually carried a hint of charm, were now somewhat icy cold, "Why are you still here?"

But the next moment, the icy look on Shen Qingzhi's face disappeared, and she frowned, "Is it because the fourth floor is too high and you can't get down while hanging there?"

Her tone was still somewhat cold, but it carried a hint of concern and worry.

"Aunt Shen, the better you treat me, the more deeply I'll fall in love with you," Su Luo said softly, touched.

"Is that love? You're clearly lusting after my body, wanting to sleep with me!" Shen Qingzhi said bluntly.

"I..." Su Luo had just begun to respond when he was interrupted.

Shen Qingzhi scoffed, "If I weren't in my current state, but instead old and faded, would you still love me?"

Su Luo was stunned.

He hadn't expected Shen Qingzhi to be so keenly aware, too clever by half.

But such women were the hardest to conquer.

Yet that same difficulty stirred a man's desire to overcome the challenge even more.

Su Luo didn't bother to argue about hypotheticals. He simply said, "Aunt Shen, seeing that you're safe, I can rest easy now."

"You mean, you stayed because you were worried about me?" A flicker of something different crossed Shen Qingzhi's eyes.

"Of course. If I had just left like that and that woman found you kissing President Lin and reported it to Zhou Shihao... if Zhou Shihao could accept your intimacy with a woman, that would be fine. But if he couldn't and wanted to harm you, what then?" Su Luo explained.

"Although I don't know how you escaped from Lin Wu's clutches, it's evident that you're no match for him. You couldn't even defeat Lin Wu, who's at the Third Stage of Inner Strength. If Zhou Shihao truly wanted to harm me, what could you possibly do? Even ten of you tied together would be no help. You should leave quickly; your staying here will only bring me danger," Shen Qingzhi said coolly.