"What are you thinking about?" A magnetic and hearty voice came from behind.
Of course Wang Aoshuang knew who it was. She turned around in a restrained manner and greeted politely, "Ling..." As soon as the words left her mouth, she was startled and immediately changed her words, shouting in a low voice: "...cousin..."
Ling Ang walked in beside her, his slender body seemed to be covered with a layer of black gauze in the night fog, making the whole person appear mysterious and lonely.
He looked at her quietly, his voice low and cool, "I don't like you calling me that."
"But...you are indeed my cousin..." Her words were a little broken. Since she learned that Ling Ang and Lan Yuchi were cousins, she became even more nervous when facing him.
He leaned diagonally on the railing of the balcony, lowered his long eyelashes, and said in a soft tone with firmness, "But I will not treat you as my younger brother or sister."
Wang Aoshuang's breath was stagnant, knowing that his words contained another meaning, so she could only pretend to be stupid, "Of course, if you don't treat me as a younger brother or sister, you can treat me as a friend."
Ling Ang looked at her carefully, his eyes were clear and deep, as if he wanted to see through her, "What if I don't even want to be a friend."
She felt that his eyes were so entangled and deep, making her feel like she couldn't breathe.
She immediately turned her face away, not touching his gaze, and deliberately joked, "Cousin, maybe he wants to regard me as an enemy."
Ling Ang saw that her nervous breathing was somewhat suppressed, so he said no more and just looked at her quietly.
Wang Aoshuang felt that his gaze was too eager, so she made an excuse to leave, "It's a bit windy here, I want to go in."
She turned around and left, but she didn't know that Ling Ang grabbed her arm and said, "Aoshuang..."
She was startled. This was the Lan family. If someone from the Lan family saw the two of them pulling each other like this, things would definitely turn into chaos.
She pushed his hand away anxiously and said in a panic: "Cousin... don't do this..."
Ling Ang's eyes were filled with subtle pain, but he did not let her go, "I just want to see your injuries."
His slender fingers gently pushed her hair aside, and his soft fingertips softly touched her skin, bringing a warm softness.
When his eyes met her forehead, an unspeakable expression flashed across his face, "The scar is so obvious."
At this time, the distance between the two of them was very close, and his breath fell faintly on her face with the evening breeze, and his exquisite face glowed in front of her eyes.
She could even feel his long and steady breathing, gently blowing on her hair. She suddenly felt the heat on her face quickly igniting, and immediately took a step back, "Cousin, thank you for your concern."
She walked away again, but Ling Ang held her arm again, "Aoshuang, I will take you abroad to remove the scars."
"No!" Wang Aoshuang immediately broke away from his hand, not daring to accept his kindness. Didn't she owe him enough? And he was Lan Yuchi's cousin.
With such a special relationship between the two, she could no longer accept his kindness and should keep a distance from him.
"Thank you, I will handle my own affairs myself." After saying that, she walked back to the hall as if running for her life.
Ling Ang watched her back disappear around the corner, turned around and leaned on the balcony, took a deep breath, and the brilliance in his eyes slowly dimmed.
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The next day, Wang Aoshuang returned to her original company, China Broadcasting Corporation, to inquire about reinstatement-related matters.