Chapter 289 She Couldn’t Resist


    Neither of them spoke anymore. Le was eating the popcorn at random, but she was thinking about


    something else. When the movie was over, she had already finished half a bucket of popcorn. No


    matter what, in such circumstances today, she felt that the popcorn was extremely sweet.


    The movie was over, and so was the ending song.


    Le looked at Vincent in secret. “Vincent, shall we leave now?”


    “Continue watching the second episode,” he answered with a snort, unwilling to leave.


    Le’s mouth widened slightly. Vincent red at her, sitting straight. He felt a bit annoyed, raising his


    eyebrows. “What now? Can’t I watch it?”


    “Yes, you can...” Le answered. “I’ll go out to tell the projectionist and ask them to y the second


    one.”


    “Okay.” He agreed, frowning deeply.


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    Le found a projectionist and the second episode was on. When she returned to the private box,


    Vincent was leaning against the back of the couch, looking quitezy. He was holding his cell phone.


    Le overheard that he was speaking English while answering the phone. Although her English was


    not good, she still understood something. It seemed that he was talking to a doctor, discussing the


    condition of an illness, probably heart disease.


    She walked over, feeling a bit worried. As soon as seeing her, Vincent immediately said to the person


    on the other end of the line, “That’s it. Just continue with your original treatment. Leave the rest to me.”


    Then he hung up the phone.


    “Did someone get sick?” Le was not certain.


    Vincent pulled a long face. “Mind your own business. Don’t try to spy upon anything. Just behave


    yourself while being Mrs. White.”


    Le felt heartbroken. He didn’t allow her to enter his world. She couldn’t help wondering if his world


    was too lonely and he was hiding too deep, or he didn’t allow anyone to get close to him.


    “Sit down!” Vincent waved his sleeve as if he just shook off the dirt.


    Although the dirt would disappear, the dirt that stressed on Le’s heart couldn’t be shaken off so


    easily.


    Le nodded in agreement. She still felt somewhat empty because of his ruthlessness just now. After


    all, he always could turn to be quite cold-hearted as if he had be aplete stranger.


    However, she found that she couldn’t be the same cold-hearted at any time. Although he treated her


    ruthlessly, his ruthlessness couldn’t bepared with his asional tenderness.


    The emotion that shed through her eyes was seen Vincentpletely. Le was in a daze for a long


    while and then pulled to sit down next to him. “It’s better for you not to know something.”


    His tone was so tender as if the cold and overbearing man was another man.


    Perhaps she would fall into his hands step by step because of his tenderness. At this moment, Le


    wished that she could be immersed in the lie that his tenderness couldst long only for herself, not


    anyone else.


    However--


    She wondered if that was possible.


    Le looked into his eye slowly. She asked in a soft tone, “Vincent, can’t I share your burden?”


    He didn’t answer her immediately. Staring at her, he studied the expectant expression on her face. At


    this moment, Le almost forgot to hide anything from him. She just stared at him without any dodge.


    She indeed wanted to enter his world.


    He reached out and stroked her hair gently. Suddenly, he pulled her into his arms and whispered in her


    ears, “If you don’t want to get hurt, you should be smart and ignore everything. Then you’ll lead a


    happy life.”


    Le’s body was stiffened. She also whispered, “Would I truly be happy if I pretend to know nothing?”


    “At least you could make the happiness long enough.”


    “But it’s the most difficult for a human being to pretend to be happy.”


    “But it’s also the smartest for a human being to pretend to be happy. You’ve been pretending for such a


    long time. Don’t you want to continue?” Upon hearing Vincent’s voice, Le was taken aback.


    “What do you mean by I’ve been pretending?”


    “Are you really so calm as you look?” Vincent released her, stroking her slightly messy hair with his


    fingers. “You know what I’m talking about.”


    “What do I know?” Le was totally confused.


    The more she was confused, the more mysterious Vincent looked. Le wondered what on earth was


    going on.


    His hand stroked through her hair gently and touched her tender cheek. Le didn’t dodge. Instead,


    she pressed her ruby cheek in his palm, which was quite warm.


    “If I’m obedient, would you treat me so gently always?”


    “Woman! You can’t be so greedy!” He immediately withdrew his hand, looking a bit annoyed.


    With a faint smile of mockery, Le nodded. “I got it, Vincent.”


    “I’ve told you not to call me Vincent.” He frowned.


    “I won’t be too greedy. I know who I am. From now on, I’ll only call you Vincent,” she refused him in a


    soft and gentle tone, sounding quite persistent.


    Neither of them spoke again. The second episode of The Lion King was yed.


    Le didn’t dare to speak anything else. Inwardly, she felt extremely annoyed. She couldn’t get into his


    heart. He didn’t want to open it up, and she couldn’t enter. Nothing could be changed, and the grudge


    between him and her father couldn’t be changed either.


    She looked at the screen -- the cute Kiara, loving Simba and Nana, and the ck Kove. Seeing that


    Simba and Nana loved each other so much, she felt great envious and moved. How she wished that


    she could have such kind of love. Then she realized that she had be greedy again. Le shook


    her head, telling herself inwardly not to be so greedy.


    However, when seeing Kiara as so adorable and Simba and Nana loved each other so much, she


    couldn’t help smiling excitedly. Although the happiness belonged to others and she was just an


    onlooker, she still felt quite joyful.


    Vincent turned to look at her casually. Casting a nce at her and seeing her smile, he couldn’t help


    curling up his lips.


    “Do you often see the movies?” he asked.


    “Yeah!” Le nodded. It was quiet here and the light was dim, so she could shed tears freely. She just


    shed tears instead of crying. Whenever she wanted to shed tears, she woulde to the cinema.


    “With whom?” Vincent asked again as if he raised the question at random.


    “Myself.” Le lowered her voice, twitching the corners of her mouth.


    Vincent was suddenly stunned. She didn’t lie. ording to the investigation, her life was quite simple,


    and she almost didn’t have any male friends. Theodore was the only man friend that she had made.


    She always saw a movie alone. Vincent turned to look at her face. Le didn’t look at him, but stared at


    the screen, enjoying the beauty of the animation world.


    Only if the human’s love would be the same as the animal’s!


    Suddenly she felt a bit sad. Then she returned to her senses. She almost forgot that a lion had more


    than one lioness, just like Vincent. Vincent was the lion king, and he could have a lot of women.


    However, she couldn’t criticize him for that at all, because he was in control of everything, and she


    couldn’t resist.


    Le tried to focus on the screen and finish watching this cartoon movie in peace. A world of purity was


    so limited nowadays, and she didn’t want to overthink.


    Suddenly, he reached out again and hugged her. They were sitting on the same couch. Although it was


    a big one, there was no armrest between them, so he could hug her so easily.


    One of his hands pressed her head on his shoulder. Stroking her hair, he asked in a soft tone, “I’ll take


    you for the honeymoon trip after you graduate, just take it as thepensate for skipping our


    honeymoonst time.”


    The honeymoon? Would he take her for the trip? She wondered how many true or fake feelings he had


    when saying that.


    “Vincent, I don’t--”


    He interrupted her words, “Stop talking. Let me hug you quietly for a while.”


    Seemingly he could always read her mind. If she wanted to refuse him, it would be better for her to


    keep silent. In this case, at least the peace and quietness at this moment couldst longer. She


    wondered what was on his mind.


    He didn’t release her at all. She looked up at him slightly and met his good-looking eyes. With a hint of


    joy in his eyes, he was staring at her. Time seemed to have stopped in such a silence.


    If they could get aged in an instant, would she not be afraid of disappointment and heartbreaking?


    He lowered his head. When she slightly bushed, he bent over and kissed her lips gently.


    The kiss happened so naturally, not abrupt at all. She closed her eyes in silence. But for him, he just


    kissed her simply and it didn’t mean anything.


    In the second episode of The Lion King, Kiara and Kove had resolved the hatred between them.


    However, Le didn’t have the confidence to resolve the unknown hatred between her father and


    Vincent. She wondered what on earth it was.


    This weekend, after leaving the cinema, he took her for dinner. Then they returned to their rooms


    respectively. Vincent didn’t harass her or hit on her. They were busy with their own businesses, living in


    peace with each other.


    Monday came soon.


    Le didn’t expect that she would encounter Theodore. To be exact, he came to the university


    deliberately. After being startled for a moment, she slightly smiled and greeted him gracefully, “Good


    morning, Senior.”


    “Hi, Le.” Theodore’s eyes were full ofplicated feelings. “We met again.”


    “I need to go to my ss now.” Le walked into the ssroom of the teaching building.


    “Le, shall we have lunch together?” said he towards her back.


    “I need to work on my thesis at noon.” Le didn’t look back.


    However, she didn’t know that the professor to tutor their theses had left, and it would be Theodore to


    rece the resigned professor. When the bell rang, Le saw Theodoreing in with hisptop.


    At that moment, she was taken aback.


    “Hi, guys. I’ll be your tutor of the thesis. Let me first introduce myself. I’m Theodore, graduated from KL


    University not long ago. I used to be a student of P University three years ago. So I’m your senior. In


    the next month, I hope we could have a good time studying together. I wish you all could gain high


    marks on your theses and pass the thesis defense smoothly.” Theodore’s self-introduction was pretty


    simple and sincere.


    There was enthusiastic apuse immediately from the students. Some girls were muttering. “Look!


    Professor Hall is so handsome!”


    “Indeed. Oh, my heart!”


    “How nice if I could be Professor Hall’s girlfriend!”


    “I’ve seen him before. He used to be the chairman of the student union three years ago.”


    For a moment, the ssroom was filled with discussions and apuse.


    Le saw Theodore also smiling slightly. However, he always casually cast a nce towards her


    direction. His nce was sparkled with a strange light.


    The thesis needed to be reviewed and discussed one by one. If there was a problem, the student


    needed to go to the tutor’s office. Unexpectedly, Le was also called to the office.


    However, it seemed that she was thest student called by Theodore to his office. She had to bite the


    bullet and go there. He used to be her senior, now he became her thesis tutor. Their rtionship


    seemed not to be soplicated, but it was not simple either.


    When reaching the door of his office, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Theodore’s


    deep voice rang out from the inside. “Pleasee in.”