Can't afford to pay for the takeout? Stunning CEO: Then pay with your body!

Chapter 128 Human Off-Road Mode!

There were no exquisite bone china cups, nor any snacks to accompany the tea.

Zhang Yan took the kettle, blew on it to warm it up, and held it to Nie Qingcheng's lips: "Here, have a sip and get back to your senses."

Nie Qingcheng took a sip from his hand.

The scalding hot tea slid down my throat and into my stomach, bringing a warm current that instantly spread throughout my body.

"It tastes good."

She squinted her eyes, like a satisfied cat.

"It tastes even better than that expensive Da Hong Pao tea that costs tens of thousands of yuan per ounce?"

"It tastes a million times better."

Nie Qingcheng rested her head on Zhang Yan's shoulder, watching the flames dancing in the fireplace and listening to the howling wind outside, and suddenly chuckled softly.

"What are you laughing at?"

Zhang Yan played with her hair.

"I'm laughing at myself."

Nie Qingcheng said quietly, "I used to think that as long as you have money, there's nothing you can't solve."

"Even if the sky falls, I can use money to hold it back."

"But just now in the wind and snow, I suddenly realized that all my money and shares couldn't even keep me out of the wind."

She raised her head, her usually sharp peach blossom eyes now filled with tenderness, looking at Zhang Yan with sparkling eyes.

"Zhang Yan, do you know?"

"The moment you carried me in that room, I felt like you were worth more than all the money in the world combined."

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment.

Is this... a confession?

Hardcore love words from a female CEO with assets exceeding 100 billion?

"Absolutely."

Zhang Yan wasn't modest at all, and hugged her even tighter. "Money can buy a Rolls-Royce, but can money buy a husband who can build mechs, roast a whole lamb, and incidentally act as a hand warmer for you in a blizzard?"

"Vanity."

Nie Qingcheng rolled her eyes at him, but pressed her body even closer.

The temperature inside the wooden house is getting higher and higher.

I don't know if it was because the fire was burning too brightly, or because the two people were too close together.

What had just happened was a race against time, but now that the crisis was over, a certain romantic atmosphere began to ferment in the small space.

Nie Qingcheng felt that Zhang Yan's hands were a bit too restless.

He had only been holding her waist, but now his arm slid down the hem of her windbreaker and slowly up her back.

His hands were warm, covered with a thin layer of calluses, the marks left by years of working with machinery.

Wherever it passed, it seemed to create a series of tiny electric currents.

"Zhang...Zhang Yan..."

Nie Qingcheng's voice trembled slightly, with a hint of nasal tone, "What are you doing?"

"To help you keep warm."

Zhang Yan spoke with conviction: "The first rule of polar survival is that the human body is the most efficient heat source. We must make full use of this resource and not waste it."

"Rogue logic."

Nie Qingcheng cursed, but her body went limp.

In the depths of this desolate, snow-covered mountain, in this secluded cabin, the shackles of morality and identity seemed to have been broken by the blizzard outside.

She is Nie Qingcheng, and also Zhang Yan's woman.

That's it.

"Wife."

Zhang Yan leaned close to her ear and gently nibbled on her earlobe. "Didn't you say you wanted to try out the 'Cheng Ying's' off-road mode in the car earlier?"

Nie Qingcheng blushed like a ripe apple: "I've tried it..."

"That's just the car's off-road mode."

Zhang Yan's fingers deftly unzipped the windbreaker, revealing a fitted cashmere sweater underneath.

"I haven't tried the off-road mode yet."

"This lousy bed will collapse..."

Nie Qingcheng made a final struggle, her voice barely audible, like a mosquito's hum.

"It's good that it collapsed."

Zhang Yan rolled over and pinned her down, his gaze burning as if he wanted to set her on fire.

"If it collapses, we'll just sleep on the floor; the floor is warm anyway."

The pine wood in the fireplace crackled and popped, sending sparks flying.

Just as Zhang Yan was preparing to further conquer territory and fully implement this "cross-country plan".

"Thump!"

A dull, loud thud suddenly came from under the floorboards of the wooden house.

Immediately afterwards, the entire wooden house shook violently, and dust fell from the roof, almost blinding the two of them.

Nie Qingcheng gasped in fright and instinctively hugged Zhang Yan's neck tightly.

"An earthquake?"

"It's not an earthquake."

Zhang Yan straightened up instantly, the alluring look in his eyes vanishing, replaced by a sharp, razor-sharp gaze.

He could sense it.

The tremor did not originate from crustal movement.

Instead, it comes from some kind of... massive mechanical transmission device.

[Alert! Alert!]

[High-energy reaction source detected!]

[The Mo Family's Mechanism - Earth Vein Core is charging!]

The system's red exclamation mark flashed frantically on his retina.

"Looks like we won't be able to consummate our marriage tonight."

Zhang Yan sighed helplessly, zipped up Nie Qingcheng's zipper, then got out of bed and put his ear to the floor to listen.

The sound was very rhythmic.

Click... Click...

It was like countless giant gears meshing together, or like the heartbeat of some giant beast that had been dormant for thousands of years awakening.

"What's wrong?" Nie Qingcheng also noticed something was wrong and sat up nervously.

"That big guy we just saw."

Zhang Yan pointed outside, "It's awake."

"You mean the snake?!"

"It's not just snakes."

Zhang Yan walked to the window and looked out through the crack.

The wind and snow outside were still raging.

But amidst the swirling snow, a beam of pale blue light shot into the sky from the direction of the geothermal valley, piercing directly through the thick clouds.

By the light.

Zhang Yan saw that the giant bronze serpent that had been coiled around the bronze pillar was now slowly raising its head.

Its once tightly closed ruby ​​eyes were now emitting an eerie red light.

And the direction it is looking in.

Unfortunately, it was in this very cabin that they ended up there.

"interesting."

A wildly arrogant smile curled at the corners of Zhang Yan's lips.

He turned around, looked at Nie Qingcheng who had a worried expression, and reached out to pull her up from the bed.

"Honey, looks like we'll have to change the program tonight."

"What program?"

"Beast taming".

Zhang Yan took out the bronze thumb ring he had bought at Panjiayuan from his waist and tossed it in his hand.

"Since it won't let us sleep, I'll take it apart and make you a big sofa made of real leather... oh no, real copper."

"Dare to disturb my business? Even if it's a divine beast left behind by the Mohist ancestor, it'll have to behave itself!"