Mu Xichen could tell from her tone that she was not going to reveal more.

  He decided not to pursue the matter further and shifted his gaze onto her calf.

  The angry bruises were obvious against her glowing fair skin.

  He rubbed his thumb lightly over them and his eyes darkened.

  Li Beinian could tell that he was unhappy. She kicked him lightly and said, “It doesn’t hurt. And I had pinned that person against the wall in front of everyone. She had been thoroughly embarrassed.”

  Li Beinian deliberately spoke in a light-hearted tone.

  She pretended not to notice his hostile expression, and tried to change the topic. She sighed and continued, “It’s a pity though. I had wanted you to teach me a few moves, but now it seems that I won’t have the chance to use them.”

  “What do you want to learn?” Mu Xichen grabbed her and brought her down into the pool again.

  It created a big spray of water.

  She fell into Mu Xichen’s arms and ended up with water in her mouth.

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  Li Beinian sank herself into his embrace. His firm chest made her feel extremely safe.

  The water they were standing in was 1.6 meters deep. On her feet, the waterline rested above her chin.

  Li Beinian lifted her head. Placing her hands on his shoulders, she said, “I wanted to learn something they teach in the army, such as shooting or fighting. It would have been useful for filming.”

  Mu Xichen raised his eyebrow and asked, “So why don’t you want to learn it now?”

  “Oh.” Li Beinian held his shoulder and tiptoed to prevent the water from entering her mouth. “I was too impulsive today. I had beaten someone up and it’s all over Weibo hot search. Everyone’s saying things like I’m violent or that I’m seeking revenge on the set. I guess I’ve lost my chance with the crew.”

  “What role did you audition for?”

  “The female support role – it’s a female member of the Special Task Force.” Li Beinian said, feeling a little regretful. After a while, she got tired of standing on tiptoes and said, “Didn’t you say that you wanted a competition? What sort?”

  Sensing that she was trembling slightly, Mu Xichen wrapped his arm around her waist and lifted her up.

  Li Beinian was light to begin with. It took him almost no effort to lift her so that she was now on par.

  Looking at her, he was once again aroused by the paleness of her body, the red alluring ribbons were vivid and tempting.

  Mu Xichen felt the dry heat in his mouth. He leaned back and said in a hoarse voice, “We’re already underwater, what else can we compete on?”

  Mu Xichen’s gaze had always been like this, and Li Beinian was used to it.

  She pursed her lips at his words, then gave him a push and said, “We have to start from the beginning then. It’s too deep here.”

  “I’ll carry you to the starting point.”

  “I’ll swim over.” As she spoke, Li Beinian wriggled to get back into the water.

  Mu Xichen did not stop her. He loosened his grip and Li Beinian slid into the water, swimming towards where she had first entered the pool.

  However, after swimming for a while, the man behind her caught up.

  Mu Xichen was still looking at her underwater. She reached out to push him away, then swam forward, leaving him behind.

  Li Beinian realized that Mu Xichen seemed to like competing with others.

  With Mu Donglin, and even with her.

  Before she met Mu Xichen, Li Beinian would never have believed that Chief Mu had such a mischievous side to him.

  However, even though he would compete, he never seemed to care much about winning or losing. He seemed to simply enjoy the process.

  Li Beinian swam with all her might. By the time she reached the starting point, Mu Xichen had effortlessly caught up from behind.

  As she emerged, Mu Xichen had already wiped the water off his face.

  Noticing that Li Beinian was gasping for breath, Mu Xichen leaned over and said slowly, “Remember our first meeting?”

  Li Beinian leaned back instinctively. Mu Xichen reached out and firmly took both her hands, placing them on either side of her, saying “You had gotten out from the water, and……”