latelenovela Chapter 184 Moonlight Night
Chapter 184 Moonlight Night
"Why do you suddenly ask this?"
At the end of Theodore's sight, Duan Hongji's handsome eyebrows raised slightly, as if wondering why Theodore asked this question.
Theodore's tone was light and playful, but his eyes were fixed on Duan Hongji without blinking: "Looking at the way you were with her just now, I always feel that you don't seem to love her as much as you say."
Duan Hongji whispered: "She?"
This word came out from Duan Hongji's lips, so vague that it almost sounded like a dream.
Theodore saw that for a moment, this cold and hard man had an expression close to trance on his face.
Then, Duan Hongji pulled the corner of his mouth and seemed to laugh silently.
Duan Hongji stood up, lowered his eyes to look at Theodore, and said calmly: "Compared to this, I am more curious, why don't you ask why I took you in?"
Duan Hongji had absolutely no good feelings towards Theodore, not to mention that Theodore might be a seed of patricide and had endless troubles on his shoulders. Taking in Theodore was indeed not in line with Duan Hongji's style.
Theodore's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Maybe I was curious just now," Theodore moved closer to Duan Hongji, staring at his eyes with his bright eyes, unwilling to miss any emotional fluctuations in his eyes, "but now, I have a more curious question."
Duan Hongji took a step back and avoided the burning gaze: "You ask too many questions. There is a saying in our country - 'Curiosity kills the cat'."
Theodore approached slightly: "Duan, are you running away?"
"It's obviously you who is running away in a panic." Duan Hongji replied indifferently and turned to leave.
Theodore clamped him, his powerful fingers digging into Duan Hongji's arm: "You are clearly trying to avoid me. Why don't you want to answer my question?"
Duan Hongji glanced back at Theodore and said, "Now I am the host and you are the guest. A qualified guest should not ask such a question."
Theodore, however, never knew what it meant to retreat, and the heat in his eyes became more and more frightening: "You don't love her, do you?"
The moment the words fell, Theodore knew he had asked the right question.
The expression on Duan Hongji's face had completely disappeared.
He twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, but it only moved the muscles instead of revealing a smile.
Duan Hongji seemed to find it ridiculous, as if he was surprised that someone would ask this question.
As Theodore was thinking this, he suddenly felt a horrible pain. He looked over and saw that the arm he had been holding on to Duan Hongji had drooped down limply again.
This monster.
Duan Hongji's voice was still calm, like a layer of fine snow floating on the water: "You should go back to your room and rest, Mr. Mansfield Jr. - if you don't want to lose this last name, you'd better know that this is not your talkative hometown."
After saying this, Duan Hongji didn't even look at Theodore again and left without looking back.
Duan Hongji's figure completely disappeared from sight. Theodore stared at the place where he left, but suddenly laughed out loud.
That laugh was rude, no gentleman would laugh like that. Theodore's head was already covered with beads of sweat, and with such a weird smile on his face, he reconnected his arm that had been dislocated for the second time.
He knew he had won.
He really touched the sore spot of this cold and hard man. Duan Hongji's evasive behavior, sudden rage and hasty departure were the best proof of this.
It's really amazing that the man who was as hard as stone and didn't care even about his wife having an affair with his eldest son, when faced with a problem, his only option was to run away!
Theodore's smile grew more dazzling.
It seems that even if he has to live in seclusion for a while, he won't be too bored.
This luxurious Duan residence seemed to have many secrets waiting for him to discover.
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The watery moonlight poured in through the gaps in the curtains and onto Duan Hongji's face, casting graceful shadows on his well-proportioned facial features.
Duan Hongji lay on the floor, closed his eyes, and said nothing.
Jiang Huiyi keenly felt that her boss seemed to be in a bad mood. He was fine when he returned home and was fine when talking with the family. For some reason, he suddenly became like this.
Duan Hongji rarely took the initiative to talk to Jiang Huiyi in the bedroom, and Jiang Huiyi usually didn't ask him questions to make herself look boring. But maybe the confession a few days ago gave Jiang Huiyi courage, or maybe the gloomy atmosphere around Duan Hongji was really puzzling. Jiang Huiyi hesitated for a moment, but still spoke to break the stiff atmosphere.
"Old Duan, what happened to your arm?"
Duan Hongji didn't open his eyes, and slowly uttered two words: "What?"
"There are a lot of scratches on it." Jiang Huiyi whispered.
Duan Hongji paused and said nonchalantly: "Nothing. I was just careless."
Jiang Huiyi saw that the boss didn't want to dwell on this issue too much, so she pursed her lips and didn't ask any more questions.
Midnight came suddenly.
The bedroom door was suddenly pushed open a crack.
Jiang Huiyi was sleeping soundly and was not disturbed at all.
The visitor walked into the room, took a look at the big bed with only one person on it, and paused, seeming a little surprised.
Right? This is clearly Duan Hongji's bedroom. Why is there only one person on the bed?
The uninvited guest was naturally unwilling to leave without seeing the person he wanted to see.
He slowly walked into the bedroom, walked around Jiang Huiyi's big bed, and finally saw what he wanted to see on the floor next to it.
The moonlight was as silver as silver, shining through the gap onto the face of the gentleman who broke into the door in the middle of the night, illuminating his amber eyes.
What emotion is in those eyes?
Ecstasy? Surprise? Confusion? Or a complex mixture of several emotions?
In short, the owner of these eyes, Mr. Theodore, did not stop there.
The corners of his mouth stretched into an interested smile, and then he tiptoed forward, bent down, and wanted to observe the strange man who was sleeping on the floor in his own home.
He walked closer and was about to take a closer look when suddenly, the person on the ground opened his eyes!
Theodore was startled and took a step back subconsciously.
He was seldom afraid of anything, and his retreat at this moment was purely out of human instinct.
There was not a trace of human emotion in Duan Hongji's eyes. His inorganic gaze made Theodore feel as if he was being cut.
In the moonlight, those eyes looked almost silver!
If it were anyone else, they would have probably run away in fear by now, but Theodore has always been a madman.
Theodore looked at Duan Hongji twice again, and actually lay down beside him in a swagger!
Jiang Huiyi was still sleeping soundly in bed, but Theodore dared to barge into Duan Hongji's bedroom so brazenly. Even after being discovered, he did not leave, but lay down next to Duan Hongji.
If Jiang Huiyi slept a little lighter, or if they both went to bed a little later, what an embarrassing situation would Theodore have to face?
All I can say is that this guy is indeed a fearless madman.
Theodore was lying beside Duan Hongji, and when those eyes looked at him, he actually covered Duan Hongji's mouth with his hands.
"Duan," Theodore laughed softly, "You don't want Mrs. Duan to hear it, do you?"
Theodore had already prepared himself for another punch from Duan Hongji, but Duan Hongji just kept his eyes open but didn't seem to be looking at him.
Theodore couldn't help but get closer to those beautiful eyes. Duan Hongji's eyes were very clear, and clearly reflected Theodore's shadow, but Theodore looked left and right, but did not find any emotional fluctuations.
Listening again, the breathing sounded even, so even that it was almost mechanical.
Theodore frowned.
Theodore called softly, "Duan Hongji?"
Duan Hongji didn't react at all.
Theodore tentatively reached out his hand, placed his palm on Duan Hongji's eyes, and slowly closed his eyelids.
Duan Hongji actually closed his eyes obediently and continued to sleep!
Is it just subconscious sleepwalking?
How could she look at him accurately even though she was unconscious?
Is this the beast-like intuition and vigilance developed after years of navigating the business world?
Theodore was surprised and subconsciously moved closer to Duan Hongji's face, trying to capture those thin lips.
Just as he was about to move forward, Theodore quickly pulled back.
At that moment, Theodore suddenly felt a creepy feeling, as if he was being stared at by something extremely dangerous!
Born into a century-old family with more than a dozen brothers and fierce competition, Theodore has developed an almost instinctive premonition of danger.
Although Duan Hongji looked harmless at the moment, Theodore intuitively felt that if he dared to do anything, he might lose more than just one arm.
Such pressure... It is said that in ancient China there were monarchs who could kill people in their dreams. Although Duan Hongji is not a monarch, he is indeed the uncrowned king in the business world.
Theodore stood up reluctantly and glanced at Duan Hongji's sleeping face unwillingly.
Different from the cold and hard look when he was awake, Duan Hongji's sleeping face was very peaceful and tranquil, even a little childish.
The itchy feeling when his palm touched Duan Hongji's eyelashes was still lingering, and Theodore sharpened his teeth.
I wish Duan Hongji could be this well behaved when he is awake.
Never mind. He had already seen what he wanted to see, so the trip was worthwhile.
Theodore took one last look at the sleeping Duan Hongji and left as quietly as he had come.
What Theodore didn't know was that he had just had a brush with death.
In Zhao Ruoming's sea of consciousness, Zhao Ruoming was sleeping soundly in the hood. The systems that didn't need to sleep, 203 and the green system, were keeping watch for Zhao Ruoming.
The green system secretly scanned 203 and couldn't help but say, "I thought you were going to kill him."
203 remained silent and did not make any comment.
The green system said, "It's hard for me to deal with you. You killed the indigenous people right under my nose. If I punish you, my godfather will definitely be unhappy. If I don't punish you, my role as a monitoring system will also be over."
203 flickered slightly and said slowly: "...I'm sorry."
The troublemaker 203 actually apologized. The green system was a little happy, but also a little horrified: "So you really wanted to kill him just now?"
It was just a casual question!
203 paused and denied, "I didn't."
It just wanted to grab Theodore and throw him from the third floor.
But it can't do that, it won't take any action without the host's instructions.
If Theodore really did something wrong, it would probably just wake up the host before that.