Chapter 1687: Chapter 1688: Don’t Be Afraid, Then Stop Trembling

Chu Xi was dragged into the kitchen.

Jiang Chenyue had just come out of the kitchen not long after Chu Xi went in, and she started having coffee and chatting with Rong Yan in the living room.

She occasionally heard laughter drifting over from the living room and wished she could rush out to see what was making them laugh so happily.

“Why are you eavesdropping? Focus on peeling the potatoes!” Qin Jun, though busy, didn’t forget to keep an eye on her, remarking coolly behind her back.

Maybe she was too focused on the commotion in the living room and wasn’t paying attention to her hands, or maybe she was startled. The knife in her hand nicked her finger with a yelp of pain, and blood instantly oozed from her thumb.

“Did you do it on purpose?” Qin Jun, upon seeing her hand cut, reacted with unusual indifference, his gaze chilling her to the bone.

Chu Xi anxiously avoided his gaze, hastily standing up to defend herself, “You’re out of your mind! Who would intentionally hurt themselves for no reason? You suddenly startled me from behind, so I didn’t hold the knife steady and accidentally cut my finger.”

“Hmph, you think I’ll believe you.”

“Believe it or not, it’s up to you!”

With a wooden expression, Chu Xi put down the knife, holding up her bleeding finger, she told the gloomy man, “My hand is injured; I can’t help. I need to go out and bandage it. You’d better get someone else in here to assist you.”

Qin Jun grabbed her wrist, his face somewhat austere, “I advise you not to play tricks!”

After saying these words, he raised a brow, his gaze indifferent, “Don’t think I don’t know you’re trying to play the pity card to gain favor. Do you really think of yourself as my sister? You’re not worthy!”

He suddenly flung Chu Xi’s hand away with such force that she almost lost her balance.

Chu Xi had been humiliated by him all day. Initially thinking he would stop, she realized that enduring didn’t make him relent. She slightly lifted her head, and with a face resembling Jiang Chenyue by three-tenths, and after some time modeling after Miss Chu’s image and basking in the flattery that comes with the Chu Family’s status, she had learned a bit of Jiang Chenyue’s cultivated elegance, a proud demeanor emerged, releasing her defiance, “You can’t use these words to threaten me. Do you think I’m one of those little girls you usually boss around? You’ve underestimated me! Qin Jun, if you’re not afraid of making mom sad, go ahead and expose me now, you can try, see who caves first.”

Is the obedient little cat finally showing its true colors?

Qin Jun leaned closer to her, his blood-soaked gaze meeting hers, emitting an oppressive aura she could never fake.

For a moment, her mind went blank, fear coursing through her, fingertips trembling uncontrollably.

“Even with that expression, I’m not afraid of you.”

She tried desperately to conceal her fear, slightly raising her chin, feigning a fearless demeanor, as if daring Qin Jun to lead her to Jiang Chenyue, she would truly dare to go!

Qin Jun sneered, casting a sidelong glance at her with his phoenix eyes, breathing a raspy tease by her ear, “Then stop shaking.”

Then stop shaking!

Before Chu Xi could react, he returned to his original position, maintaining a one-person distance from her, elegantly picking up the knife to slice the steak, all the while speaking in an offhand tone.

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