Chu Lingtian held a tissue in his left hand, wiping the water stains on Liu Bingxue's body. As he wiped, the movement of his hand stopped.
Liu Bingxue also stared at Chu Lingtian with a look of shock and helplessness, utterly surprised that such a thing had happened.
At this moment, Chu Lingtian's entire left palm was on Liu Bingxue's chest, feeling warm, soft, and smooth.
"Bastard!"
Liu Bingxue snapped back to reality, her expression one of angry indignation, and she raised her right palm, intending to slap Chu Lingtian's face.
Chu Lingtian instinctively prepared to intervene.
Seeing this, Liu Shu shouted angrily, "Bingxue, what are you doing?"
"Dad, Chu Lingtian is acting like a pervert, deliberately taking advantage of me!" Liu Bingxue replied, both angry and ashamed.
"Silly girl, aren't you and Lingtian a couple? How can he be taking advantage of you!" Liu Shu shot his daughter a look.
Liu Bingxue froze. Her anger had made her instantly forget that they were pretending to be a couple.
"I..." Liu Bingxue knew that if she reacted any more intensely, showing strong aversion to Chu Lingtian's physical contact, her father, Liu Shu, would surely become suspicious of their relationship. She could only suppress her anger and said to Chu Lingtian, "Stop wiping, I'll go change."
"Oh, then you should have just told me not to wipe in the first place. I just got halfway through, and now you want to change," Chu Lingtian said, reluctant to stop, deliberately speaking with a double meaning and a wicked smile.
Liu Bingxue glared fiercely at Chu Lingtian and turned to quickly walk towards her bedroom.
Liu Shu asked with concern, "Lingtian, have you and Bingxue had a disagreement?"
"No," Chu Lingtian replied with a smile.
"Then why did this girl react so strongly just now..." Liu Shu frowned and pondered.
Chu Lingtian paused, then said, "I had a stomachache when I arrived and needed to use the restroom. After getting out of the car in the basement, I was wandering around. Bingxue finally caught up with me, and she might be unhappy because of that."
"So that's how it is, haha. Women are generally a bit petty. As men, we should be more magnanimous," Liu Shu nodded and said with a hearty laugh.
Chu Lingtian understood that Liu Shu was hinting to him that Liu Bingxue had a bad temper, was somewhat willful and domineering, and he should be more understanding and tolerant.
"Uncle, don't worry, I will dote on Bingxue well." Since Chu Lingtian had agreed to Liu Bingxue's request to continue impersonating her boyfriend, he would keep his word and not let Liu Shu, Zhang Ping, or Liu Huohuo see through their pretense.
At dinner, just as the food was served, the villa's front door was pushed open from the outside by Liu Huohuo.
The moment Liu Huohuo saw Chu Lingtian, a hint of delight and a mischievous smile appeared on her lips. She walked up and asked, "Brother-in-law, why are you here? Did you come home with my sister from the company?"
"Yes," Chu Lingtian nodded.
"Alas, Sister, I'm not talking about you, but how can you treat your own boyfriend like this? You actually made him a security guard in your company's underground parking lot. If outsiders knew, they'd laugh their heads off," Liu Huohuo said, looking at her sister Liu Bingxue with a sigh.
Liu Bingxue immediately glared at Liu Huohuo and said coldly, "Shut up!"
Zhang Ping and Liu Shu, upon hearing Liu Huohuo mention that Chu Lingtian was working at Liu Bingxue's company, and even as a security guard in the underground parking lot, were taken aback. They exchanged glances.
"Bingxue, is Lingtian working at your company?" Zhang Ping quickly asked.
Liu Bingxue frowned. She had no intention of revealing that Chu Lingtian was working at her company, as she knew her parents. If they found out, they would undoubtedly ask endless questions. Moreover, if this were the case, Liu Bingxue's plan to use the excuse of Chu Lingtian traveling too much for work, or needing to work out of town, as a reason for their relationship breaking down due to lack of time together, would be completely unworkable.
"Yes, he just returned from the army, so I let him work at my company for a while," Liu Bingxue replied with a nod.
Liu Shu immediately interjected, "Bingxue, did you make Lingtian the security guard in your underground parking lot?"
"He doesn't know anything, so he can only be a security guard," Liu Bingxue replied.
"Nonsense!" Liu Shu stood up from his chair agitatedly and looked at Liu Bingxue with a cold gaze. "With Lingtian's abilities, he could even be your CEO. You actually made him a security guard in the underground parking lot, that's too much!"
"Dad, does he really have that much ability? How come I haven't seen it?" Liu Bingxue found it both exasperating and funny that her father, Liu Shu, was getting angry at her because of Chu Lingtian. She wondered why such an apparently incapable man was so favored by her parents.
"If you could see it, then your mother and I would have wasted over fifty years of our lives," Liu Shu looked at Liu Bingxue as if she were a foolish girl.
But Liu Bingxue genuinely couldn't understand, and from the bottom of her heart, she didn't agree with her parents' high regard for Chu Lingtian. She firmly believed Chu Lingtian to be an incapable, arrogant, and ill-tempered man.
"Uncle, Auntie, I myself wanted to start as a security guard in the underground parking lot. I've just returned to the city from the army and truly don't understand anything. I still need to learn a lot. Please don't blame Bingxue," Chu Lingtian said with a smile to Liu Shu and Zhang Ping.
"Exactly, Dad, Mom, please don't blame Sister. How about this, let Brother-in-law work at my company, and I'll directly make him Vice President. What do you say?" Liu Huohuo, while seemingly trying to persuade her parents not to blame Liu Bingxue, was actually secretly trying to cause trouble by luring Chu Lingtian to her company.
Upon hearing Liu Huohuo's suggestion, Liu Bingxue knew her sister was up to her old tricks again. She quickly said, "Dad, Mom, Lingtian working as a security guard in my company's underground parking lot is just temporary. Once he familiarizes himself with the company and learns how to manage it, I will promote him to Head of the Security Department."
"That's acceptable!" Liu Shu's expression softened slightly. He then looked at Chu Lingtian and said with a smile, "Lingtian, if Bingxue dares to bully you, tell her mother and me, and we will discipline her properly."
"Dad, I'm your daughter! Why are you always siding with Chu Lingtian!" Liu Bingxue felt utterly exasperated.
Liu Huohuo let out a charming smile and chimed in, "Sister, a man as excellent and strong as Brother-in-law is naturally liked by everyone. Even I like him a lot. If you really dislike him, then give him to me. I want him!"