CHAPTER 139: CHAPTER 139: WHY ARE YOU... HOLDING ME...

In front of Xing Chen, Ran Xiangsi felt like she had no more secrets to hide.

Long before he tricked her into signing the marriage agreement, he had already quietly investigated her entire background in detail.

So there was nothing left to hide from him.

Listening to her, Xing Chen’s thoughts suddenly shifted from eating dumplings and became interested in something else. "Runner-up? Who’s the champion?"

Xing Chen knew Ran Xiangsi’s skills. She was only a runner-up?

Then the champion must be really excellent?

"Is it your master?" After thinking for a moment, Xing Chen made this hypothesis.

If someone could beat Ran Xiangsi, it should only be her master, right?

Isn’t there a saying?

A master always holds back a little when teaching a disciple, afraid that one day the disciple might surpass them.

"Of course not! How could my master steal my thunder? My master dotes on me..." Ran Xiangsi smiled slightly, finished quickly, and put down her bowl and chopsticks. "That was a satisfying meal..."

Then she went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

When she came out, she saw Xing Chen’s back as he was walking towards the door.

Without much thought, she followed him, and the two of them walked to the fountain outside the villa.

Xing Chen’s home had a huge fountain, and you could hear the sound of the water flowing day and night.

Ran Xiangsi quietly followed and saw Xing Chen standing with his hands behind his back in front of the fountain.

She walked to the fountain out of curiosity, looked around, and not finding anything interesting, she lightly coughed and asked the question she had always wanted to ask.

"Do you live here alone in such a big place?"

Xing Chen, "..."

Not getting a response, Ran Xiangsi paused for a moment and asked again, "Did you really get rid of Tan Xinjie? To get revenge for me?"

Xing Chen, "..."

"Thanks to you, Li Guoliang stepped in to help me deal with Gu Beichuan and my dad. Otherwise, I really wouldn’t have known how to get through this."

"..."

Ran Xiangsi said a lot, but Xing Chen remained silent, just staring at the fountain in front of him.

Yet his gaze seemed very distant, as if he was looking through it into a faraway place.

Until Ran Xiangsi, not getting any response, also found it somewhat boring and shifted her focus to the fountain.

The fountain’s platform was a bit high, reaching just above Ran Xiangsi’s waist. She held onto it, pouting slightly, "Why is this platform so high? If it were lower, people could sit on it for a while."

As she was figuring out how to climb up, she saw Xing Chen, who had been silent beside her, suddenly turn around and glance at her. "Want to get up there?"

"Yes, I do." Ran Xiangsi nodded honestly, "But it’s too high here, I..."

Before Ran Xiangsi could finish her sentence, Xing Chen’s strong arms reached out, lifted her up easily, and set her down on the high fountain platform!

Ran Xiangsi was stunned, not fully realizing what had happened, only to find herself sitting on the fountain’s high platform...

And because of the sudden action, Xing Chen’s deep, dark eyes were now less than ten centimeters away from her.

Sitting at that height allowed her to be at eye level with him.

"Why... why did you lift me?" Ran Xiangsi lowered her eyelids, speaking a little nervously, her face seemingly burning.

He had this knack for closing the distance between them, unexpectedly and silently.