After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 357: Ning Yu forcefully kisses Shengsheng in the elevator!

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: Ning Yu forcefully kisses Shengsheng in the elevator!

At this moment, Lu Sheng’s fists clenched tightly beneath the coffee table.

It was rare for Lu Sheng to be so unsettled, no matter what kind of enemy or crisis she faced.

However, upon hearing Huo Yu’s question, she disregarded the looks of the people around her, stood up abruptly, and seized Huo Yu’s arm with a voice suppressed with anger: "...Come with me."

Lu Sheng felt very angry.

She was fooled by the person in front of her once again.

Moreover, she did not know if Huo Yu had been harmed.

Lu Sheng’s sudden move stunned everyone present, including Lu Youye, Lu Youming, and Lan Yu.

Lu Sheng said, "I just remembered I have something to discuss with Huo Yu, you guys continue having fun," and then dragged Huo Yu toward the direction of the elevator without looking back.

There were too many classmates at home tonight, only the rooftop, where no one would come up, was safe for a private talk.

Upon entering the elevator, and pressing the floor for the rooftop, Lu Sheng pushed Huo Yu—or rather, Ning Yu, who was in Huo Yu’s body—violently against the elevator wall.

Almost beyond controllable anger, she choked him with her hand and said with unprecedented rage, "Ning Yu, is it fun to play me like this?"

"...Ah Qiang, don’t be impulsive."

Ning Yu’s neck was squeezed so tightly by Lu Sheng that veins bulged on his forehead. Yet, he lifted his hand and gently stroked Lu Sheng’s long hair.

His gaze at Lu Sheng was as tender as if he was looking at his lover, his tone gentle, "Have you forgotten that the body in front of you belongs to your friend?"

...

Lu Sheng took a deep breath suddenly and released her hand the next second, her chest heaving violently.

Her eyes bore into Ning Yu, wishing she could reach through Huo Yu’s body and crush Ning Yu’s soul in her grasp.

Lu Sheng was this enraged, but Ning Yu leaned against the wall and just looked at her without shifting his gaze, and chuckled.

"Ah Qiang...you haven’t changed, you’re still the same as before."

Ning Yu’s voice was laced with a sort of longing.

His hand touched Lu Sheng’s face again, as if caressing a rare treasure; afraid to touch but also longing to.

Lu Sheng yanked his hand away, her expression chillingly cold as she gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think that because you’re using Huo Yu’s body, I won’t lay a finger on you?"

"Indeed," upon hearing Lu Sheng’s words, Ning Yu seemed to agree and shamelessly nodded his head.

Then he smiled lightly, "I know that Ah Qiang will never hurt someone intentionally, especially when that person is your friend."

Lu Sheng forced herself to calm down first, not to be led astray by Ning Yu. novelbuddy.cσ๓

Ning Yu is a rascal who knew her very well.

Just as he said, he knew that she would not really do anything to him.

So Lu Sheng looked at Ning Yu, taking a deep breath.

"I don’t want to talk about anything else. Give me back my Essence Stabilizing Pill, and we’ll call it even."

"...Even?"

Hearing Lu Sheng say this, Ning Yu’s smile vanished abruptly, and he looked directly at Lu Sheng, "Ah Qiang, do you dislike me that much?"

"You were the one who destroyed our friendship first," Lu Sheng responded coldly, "As I said before, I once considered you a friend, but you stole from me and left me."

Hearing this, Ning Yu fell silent.

A few seconds later, he clenched his fist, leaned in closer to Lu Sheng, his voice tinged with a trace of restraint.

"Have you ever considered that the reason I destroyed our friendship... was because I never, ever just wanted to be your friend?"

At these words, Lu Sheng’s brows furrowed, seemingly unable to understand Ning Yu’s words: "...What are you saying?"

"I never considered you a friend. I love you; have you really never noticed?"

"Why do you think I ventured into the Netherworld, a place without light or day? Why do you think I seek you out every day, pestering you, telling you over and over that I like you?"

"Is it because I’m bored, is it all a joke? After everything I’ve done, can you really not tell that I love you?"

Upon hearing Ning Yu’s words, Lu Sheng looked utterly baffled.

"What on earth are you talking about? You’re in the Netherworld because you’re a Pearl Clam from the banks of the Wangchuan River, aren’t you? What does that have to do with me?"

"You deliberately approached me just to steal my Essence Stabilizing Pill, didn’t you? Otherwise, why did you disappear without a trace after stealing it?"

"I..."

Ning Yu was about to speak when she almost blurted out something but choked back, taking a deep breath.

Indeed, she knows nothing, remembers nothing.

She genuinely believes he’s just a Pearl Clam Spirit from the Netherworld, and considers his advances merely a ploy to steal her Essence Stabilizing Pill.

But he can’t tell her the truth, can’t reveal that he is actually a fallen god who descended to Hell in search of her.

Nor can he return the Essence Stabilizing Pill to her, for Chen Yin’s Primordial Spirit is sealed within it.

If the Essence Stabilizing Pill were on her, the dusty past and memories could be restored due to the expansion of her Soul Power one day, and she would no longer live the carefree and joyous life she does now.

She would fall from the pinnacle of adoration into the depths of agony.

See, all he’s done is out of love for her.

And yet she regards him as an enemy, hating him just the same.

But perhaps that’s for the best.

Even if it’s hatred, he occupies a special place in her heart. At least she won’t forget him.

His departure from her was largely driven by utter disillusionment.

He has tried his best to make the blank slate that is her fall in love with him, yet due to the invisible guiding hand of fate, even with her past and memories completely erased, she is still drawn to Tan Yuan’s reincarnation in the Human Realm.

Stubbornly, she desires to go to the Human Realm, once again rejecting his invitation for her to stay by his side.

He is a god, prouder than anyone, yet being repeatedly rejected and ignored, how could he not be frustrated.

Whether it’s Chen Yin or Qiangwei, he feels his obsession stems from never having had them in his grasp.

So he left, unable to return to the Divine Realm, freely roaming between the Human Realm and Hell, playing the game of human life. He used the thrill of wealth to try to fill the insatiable void of greed within, to let go of his obsession.

And then, he sadly realized, he couldn’t do it.

The less he attained, the more he desired.

Every time, like a peeping voyeur, watching her embraced and kissed by Tan Yuan, the two of them intimately entwined on the bed without any space between them, he was driven near insanity with jealousy.

No longer could he be so generous. It didn’t matter if the possession was fleeting, or if it meant being hated even more.

He was steeped in sin, with a lustful craving that could never be filled.

She was his only antidote.

Only then did Lu Sheng realize that the elevator hadn’t moved upwards at all.

It was probably Ning Yu who had used a barrier, separating the space inside the elevator from the outside world.

"You..."

The next second, Lu Sheng noticed a touch of madness in Ning Yu’s eyes as he leaned in and pressed closer to her.

And yet, Lu Sheng found she couldn’t move. Her body seemed to be under Ning Yu’s control, causing her pupils to contract involuntarily.

Ning Yu whispered in her ear, like a lover’s tender caress, kissing her earlobe, his warm breath wafting whispers.

"Ah Qiang... you can hear it, right? Li Muchen is out there looking for you, he’s about to find his way here."

"What do you think would happen if he arrives and opens the elevator door just as we’re kissing?"