The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 530 - 467 Spring is in the Air

Chapter 530: Chapter 467 Spring is in the Air
Mu Chenxi was cutting fruit in the kitchen, pondering how to be alone with Luo Shangqing. Though she had previously been alone with him at school, the larger environment there made it pressure-free. But things were different at home—it felt subtly imbued with a warmth she was yet to perceive.
"Professor Luo, have some fruit." Mu Chenxi placed the cut oranges on the coffee table, and also brought over her textbooks, "I have questions to ask."
Luo Shangqing put down the magazine he was holding: "Ask away."
Seeing him motionless, Mu Chenxi had no choice but to sit next to him with her book, opening to the problems she had previously marked: "These ones."
Luo Shangqing leaned over to scan the questions briefly before starting to explain them to her. His voice was as warm and captivating as when he lectured in class. Being so close, his gentle words mingled with his fresh breath like sunlight wrapping around them, warming her heart strand by strand.
Mu Chenxi was trying hard not to be tempted by his masculine charm when suddenly, a rapid knocking sound interrupted their harmony.
Her first thought was that her mom had come back.
Mu Chenxi had already thought about how to explain things if Luo Meijuan unexpectedly came back. Since Luo Shangqing was her teacher, she could just tell the truth straightforwardly. Her mom was so open-minded; she surely wouldn’t find it awkward.
Although she had her explanation ready, Mu Chenxi was still a bit nervous. She abruptly stood up, but didn’t steady herself and toppled backwards.
Mu Chenxi felt the scene was overly melodramatic, like those spit-worthy moments in TV dramas. Why does the heroine in dramas always precisely fall into the hero’s arms instead of onto the nearby coffee table or the ground? Was it done on purpose?
Mu Chenxi ended up falling backward right into Luo Shangqing’s arms, her eyes somewhat dazedly staring at him, momentarily forgetting to react. By heaven’s witness, she truly didn’t do it on purpose.
Luo Shangqing did not expect her to suddenly fall, and to fall so precisely. After a moment of astonishment, he suddenly leaned down, his refined lips approaching her face.
Mu Chenxi watched as his handsome face loomed larger and larger before her, his breath caressing her cheek as he drew nearer, his perfect lips looking even more attractive up close.
Just as Luo Shangqing’s lips were about to touch hers, the brain-fogged Mu Chenxi suddenly heard him say, "What are you spacing out for, aren’t you going to answer the door?"
Only then did Mu Chenxi belatedly scramble up, her face burning, and ran to open the door.
The warmth in his arms suddenly vanished, and Luo Shangqing felt a momentary daze. He had nearly lost his composure and kissed her, but he had restrained himself at the last moment. Glancing at the textbooks on the coffee table, he sighed helplessly. Finals were next Monday, and he didn’t want to disturb her focus. He had once been young and naive too, aware that girls at this age are sensitively tender; an unintended move from him might seem to her an unfathomably deep abyss.
Mu Chenxi opened the door to find that it wasn’t Luo Meijuan outside, but a delivery.
"Is this the Luo Meijuan’s place?"
"Yes."
"Please sign here."
After closing the door, Mu Chenxi’s heart was still pounding nonstop, reflecting on Luo Shangqing’s earlier actions, her thoughts still in disarray.
"I have to go." Mu Chenxi was holding the package, caught up in her thoughts when Luo Shangqing had already walked over, "Thanks."
"Is this enough for you?" Mu Chenxi quickly asked.
"Yes, enough for a phone call, sorry for the interruption." Luo Shangqing nodded politely at her and put on his black men’s leather shoes placed near the door.
"You’re welcome." Mu Chenxi watched him walk towards the stairs, feeling an inexplicable sense of reluctance.
Luo Shangqing had reached the second step when he suddenly turned and gave her a thumbs-up, his eyes and brow lifting, "Good luck on your exam."
Long after Luo Shangqing had left, Mu Chenxi still stood at the door, unwilling to leave, the image of Professor Luo’s smiling, Timeless Beauty still vivid in her mind.
So he looks so handsome when he smiles, bewitching enough to steal her soul away.
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Luo Shangqing was just seated in his car when a phone call came through.
"You promised to play cards, where are you? It’s three waiting on one." The voice of Leng Shaoqing came through complaining, "This isn’t like you. Usually, even if you’re abroad, you’d fly back just for a card game, but today you’re late. Professor, did your own surgery involve cracking open your skull and not sewing it back up?"