156: seduce

"Are you helping me this way?"

Tao Yan, having realized what was happening, looked at Shen Qian. She knew this man was deep and calculating, but she hadn't expected that his seemingly hurtful actions were actually helping her.

"I'm different from that Boyfriend of yours. He relies on his family, while I rely on myself, so I have to consider more factors."

Relying on a System—how is that not relying on oneself?

"Actually, I've always wanted to find a Boyfriend who can play the piano. A Four-hand Duet would be very romantic."

"If you play a piece with me, I'll agree to your request."

"Conditions? Having conditions means you're not sincere. Goodbye—no, let's not meet again."

Shen Qian didn't even think about it; he turned around to leave immediately.

"Just play that song If It Can Radiate Brilliance."

Seeing Shen Qian leave so decisively, Tao Yan immediately spoke up.

Shen Qian didn't pay her any attention at all and continued to leave.

She had originally hoped for a romantic start, but who would have known Shen Qian wouldn't cooperate at all? Tao Yan immediately stepped forward and grabbed him.

"You won't even play a song, and yet you say you want to pick me up."

"Tao Yan, I am pure, do you understand? I think I've made myself clear."

"If you agree, you agree; if you don't, you don't. Agreeing only after playing the piano? Some people might say they'll only agree after being pursued for two years, or after 100 confessions, or after graduation, or even after helping someone else have a baby."

"This is a matter of mutual consent. Why must you set prerequisites for me?"

"Since you've set a prerequisite, I'll set one too. Give me a kiss, and I'll agree to play a Four-hand Duet with you?"

Once the condition was proposed, Tao Yan's movements slowed slightly.

But in the next moment, she leaned in and kissed Shen Qian on the cheek.

"It's just a kiss, it doesn't count as betraying Su Hang,"

she thought to herself, but the man was looking at her with an extremely aggressive gaze.

"I... I kissed you. What else do you want?"

"Are you even sincere? I'm trying to pick you up, not play at pure love with you. If we're kissing, it's obviously on the lips. Why kiss the cheek?"

As he spoke, he pointed to his mouth.

"Do it again. That last one didn't count."

Tao Yan fell silent. She knew she was dealing with a rogue, but his so-called 'purity' always seemed to redefine her understanding of him.

"Senior, you've already kissed my cheek. Is the mouth really that much more?"

These words seemed to wake Tao Yan up. Right, what was the difference between a kiss on the cheek and one on the lips? She had already kissed his cheek, so what if she kissed his lips?

"You're not allowed to... stick it out."

Shen Qian nodded.

Tao Yan ultimately took a step forward, her face slowly approaching Shen Qian's.

The moment their lips touched...

...Shen Qian's hand pressed against the back of her head, and he began his offensive.

The girl's eyes widened, and she tried to struggle, but Shen Qian's chest and arms were extremely powerful; she couldn't break free.

Gradually, she stopped resisting, and her body began to soften. Just as her arms climbed up Shen Qian's back, the kiss ended.

"You!" The girl panted, her eyes filled with confusion, gradually turning into anger.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't stick it out?"

"It's true that I did, but didn't you also stick yours out later, Senior?"

"That because you kept pushing in!"

"I pushed and you opened up; you're being far too unprincipled."

"You!"

"Stop with the 'you' and 'me', Senior. You were clearly enjoying it; otherwise, why did you hug me at the end?"

"I..."

Tao Yan stopped talking. She didn't know what to say anymore. It seemed that no matter what she said, he was in the right, and she had no way to handle him.

This man was both sincere and cunning, gentle and barbaric. One might call him refined, yet he acted like a hoodlum; she couldn't tell which was the real him.

But the more he was like this, the more curious she became about him.

"Don't dwell on it. Didn't you want to play a Four-hand Duet? Let's go."

Shen Qian took the girl's hand and walked to the piano.

He sat right in the middle of the bench and pulled the girl into his arms.

"You sit over there."

"Why? Can't we play like this?"

"Like this... how can we play like this?"

Sitting in Shen Qian's lap, she felt suspicious, but the sensation probably wasn't wrong—especially since it seemed to move.

"You're not playing the piano at all!"

"Is that so? Who says a Four-hand Duet must be played side-by-side?"

"My arms are longer, so I can cover both ends. Yours are shorter, so you stay in the middle. Isn't that great?"

Shen Qian demonstrated as he spoke, swaying his body from side to side.

"Don't move around!"

Tao Yan's face was so red it looked like it might bleed, and her breathing was a bit hurried. Logically, she already had a Boyfriend and shouldn't be so flustered, but in front of this man, everything seemed off.

"Senior, I'm trying so hard to play a Four-hand Duet with you, just as you requested."

"And you said I'm not playing the piano, so what am I doing?"

"You... you're asking something you already know!"

"Huh? I really don't know. You know me, Senior, I'm a simple person and don't understand those devious thoughts."

Tao Yan bit her lip.

"You say you don't know? Do you even believe yourself?"

"Tell me then, Senior. What do you think I'm doing right now?"

"You're clearly! You're seducing me!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect to hide it so well and still be found out by you, Senior. Congratulations, there's a reward."

As Shen Qian spoke, he leaned the girl back, supporting her back with one hand.

"The reward is a kiss. You can choose not to stick yours out, but I definitely will."

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of a piano finally echoed in the Piano Room.

As Shen Qian was leaving the School of Arts, a white porsche cayenne came toward him. Seeing Shen Qian's blue bmw about to leave, the other car suddenly changed lanes and blocked his path.

Su Hang got out of the car and knocked on Shen Qian's window.

"Senior, is there something I can help you with?"

Shen Qian faced Su Hang calmly, his heart steady, as if the person he had just been kissing wasn't this man's Girlfriend.

"I want to talk to you."

Shen Qian frowned slightly.

"Senior, do we know each other? You're blocking my path just to say you want to talk."

"I'm Tao Yan's Boyfriend."

"So? I don't care whose Boyfriend you are. You're not my Boyfriend. Move."

"I know what you've done. You donated a piano to this college. To put it bluntly, weren't you just doing it for Xiao Yan?"

"I'm warning you, stay away from Xiao Yan."

Shen Qian smiled, pulled out his phone, and called Ni Zixin.

"Zixin, bring a few of your classmates over. I've been blocked by Senior Tao Yan's Boyfriend. This guy is a psycho; he's inexplicably telling me to stay away from his Girlfriend. If any of you have Tao Yan's contact info, bring her along too."

He made the call right in front of Su Hang, his gaze devoid of defiance, looking exactly like someone showing concern for the mentally challenged.