A plush white carpet ran up the steps to the villa's main entrance, dusted with pale pink petals. Li Tianque sat on one side, clad in a charcoal shirt, the top two buttons undone to reveal a sliver of pale skin. His long legs were stretched out before him as he scrolled through a tablet with one hand, the other resting possessively on the person beside him. Chu Mian lay on the long stretch of step