Chapter Sixty-One: She Actually Heard His Heart's Voice!
As the voice of Green Coriander sounded, Shen Qingli looked solemnly at the man before her.
“Do you… actually like me or not?”
Hearing her sudden question, Xie Jinchuan replied without hesitation, “I like you very much.”
Beyond those words, Shen Zhinan heard nothing more.
“Coriander, is the mind-reading not working?” She reached out in her mind to Green Coriander, only to remember the friendly reminder from Coriander.
[Host, if what’s in his heart is exactly what he says, you won’t hear anything else.]
At this, Shen Qingli pouted in annoyance. “You and Song Qianyi know each other? What’s your relationship?”
“We know each other, from the same family line.”
Seeing her upset, jealous expression, Xie Jinchuan only found her all the more endearing.
Naturally, those thoughts were perfectly clear to Shen Qingli.
The next moment, the man’s lips landed on hers, and Shen Qingli no longer doubted the effectiveness of her mind-reading.
Because she heard the man’s thoughts…
He wanted to devour her.
How soft and delicate she was…
He wanted to—beep—beep—
As the kiss deepened, the subsequent thoughts made Shen Qingli’s eyes widen, her mind flashing with images of a decidedly adult nature.
“Mmm.”
As the kiss ended, Green Coriander’s prompt sounded again.
[Mind-reading time is up. Would the host like to continue?]
Thinking of the explosive thoughts she’d just heard, Shen Qingli’s cheeks flushed even deeper.
“Never mind, I’d better not,” she murmured, immediately blocking Coriander’s voice from her mind. Looking at Xie Jinchuan before her, the images replayed in her head in vivid detail.
“Why is your face so red?”
Seeing the blush on her cheeks, Xie Jingchuan thought she might be unwell and reached out to touch her forehead.
But Shen Qingli instinctively dodged. “I, I’m fine, really. It’s just too hot, haha.”
As she spoke, she tried to move away to the side.
Noticing her unusual behavior, Xie Jinchuan narrowed his eyes and promptly lifted her up.
“You’re still trying to hide from me?”
His sudden question made Shen Qingli immediately guilty.
“What am I hiding from you…” she swallowed, her eyes betraying her nervousness.
“It’s nothing,” Xie Jinchuan said at length, after studying her for a while.
Shen Qingli was left stunned in place.
“Why did you stop halfway through your question?” she demanded, grabbing his arm—only to find herself swept into his embrace.
“What’s there to ask? Didn’t you already hear everything? Now it’s time to go home and verify all the things I just thought about, one by one.”
His warm breath brushed her ear, making her eyes go wide.
“How… How did you know?”
Before she could finish, she was scooped up into his arms.
“What do you think?” Xie Jinchuan looked at the dazed girl with a hint of exasperation. “Silly, mind-reading—when used on me, I can sense it.”
Hearing this, Shen Qingli froze, immediately reaching out in her mind for Green Coriander.
“Coriander, didn’t you say he wouldn’t know?!”
At her furious mental roar, Coriander trembled, [Host, I only said he couldn’t hear, not that he couldn’t sense it…]
With that, Coriander cut off their connection, breathing a sigh of relief once she was sure she couldn’t hear Shen Qingli anymore.
[Whew, saved my skin this time.]
Shen Qingli could only blink at Xie Jinchuan. “Hehehe, I don’t think that’s very cute.”
Seeing the smile on her face, Xie Jinchuan raised an eyebrow. “I think it’s very cute.”
With that, he bundled her into the car and drove off in style.
Meanwhile, at the hospital—
Rong Qiaoyi leaned weakly against the headboard, coughing lightly as she faced the reporters gathered around her, looking every bit the delicate invalid.
“I’m so sorry to meet everyone in this state. What happened today still frightens me, but who could stand by and do nothing when someone’s life was at stake… cough, cough.”
Rong Qiaoyi now appeared the very image of a fragile beauty, inviting even more pity from those present.
When the reporters noticed the absence of Shen Qingli, they immediately inquired, “Do you know where President Shen is? Hasn’t she come?”
Rong Qiaoyi’s eyes flashed inscrutably, but she wore a look of embarrassment as she replied, “President Shen may be busy with work, so she couldn’t make it, but she sent someone with gifts. I understand…”
The faces of the reporters darkened with dissatisfaction.
Some even spoke up for Rong Qiaoyi.
“You went through all this to save her, and your leg—who knows when it will heal? So much has been delayed, and she doesn’t even bother to visit you?”
“Exactly! This is just too much. She only sent some gifts—what’s that, really, for someone like her? We must report this!”
With one person taking the lead, others quickly followed. The reporters began drafting their articles on the spot, sending them out without delay.
Rong Qiaoyi, meanwhile, maintained her peacemaking demeanor. “No, no, it’s not like that…”
But in her eyes was a flicker of excitement.
“Oh my god!” her agent suddenly exclaimed, drawing everyone’s attention.
“How could Shen Qingli do this…” The agent displayed photos on her phone for all to see.
The picture was blurry, but it was clear enough—it was Shen Qingli and Xie Jinchuan.
The two were locked in a passionate embrace and kiss, utterly lost in each other, right outside a hotel entrance.
The timestamp matched the current time—it had been taken just ten minutes ago!
“My god, not only did Shen Qingli not visit Rong Qiaoyi, she’s off with Xie Jingchuan doing this sort of thing. Does she think other people’s lives don’t matter?”
“This is disgusting. I used to think Shen Qingli was such a good person, but now I’m just sickened.”
“She’s unbelievable. We must expose her—she’s completely unreasonable!”
Outraged, the reporters quickly got copies of the photos from the agent and appended them to their articles, sending them out immediately.
With multiple media outlets publishing simultaneously, the news instantly exploded across the internet.
Everyone had already been discussing the press conference online, so as soon as these posts appeared, netizens seized upon them.