Lu Jingchen flopped back onto the bed, slid his finger across the screen to answer the call, and placed the phone to his ear. As he looked down, he saw the marks of kisses and bruises on his exposed skin, which were too horrific to behold, so he quickly covered them up with his sleeping robe, though he couldn't help but curse at Lu Jingchen inside.
He's simply a beast.
Yesterday, after Ning Wan and the others left, Lu Jingchen carried her back to the bedroom, saying he had a surprise for her that night.
As soon as the call connected, Song Xi didn't speak at first. It took her a while before she tentatively called out her name, "Song Qiao?"
Supporting her waist, Song Qiao twisted a bit to feel more comfortable, then, with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, she answered Song Xi, "Song Xi, after all, we are half-sisters, though you have wronged me so much in the past, I have now let bygones be bygones since you've acknowledged and corrected your mistakes, so…"