UD: C25
Does it hurt?
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When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
Regarding that whole Zhang Dong coming to find me incident, after that day I talked with him, I basically ignored the entire event, and as I expected, my proposal was chosen. When September rolled around, because our company's midyear performance was a booming success, as a reward for the employees the company hosted a special trip. The gathering was held at a five star resort in the city, a hotel that was extremely tall and huge.
He made a secret savings account and it still got found out?
I looked at him without saying a word, then asked: "You know? Yet you still want to go slander me in front of my mother? Zhang Dong, you really are a jerk."
Kiss!
[I'm not as anxious as those other guys]
This... thinking about this is scary.
[I'm not as anxious as those other guys]
I nodded, saying in agreement: "Yes, yes, he really is. The president is a good leader." Him persistently bringing me lunch for half a month made me so moved I wanted to give myself to him! But I had no idea if the president would even want me... would he? I didn't want my perfect guy to think I was some sort of pervert, or something. So pledging my body was out of the question.
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
Recalling the scenes from night before, made me almost pass out.
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
To myself, I held a few seconds of silence for my old comrade, Li Zhi, before asking her: "Who told you I was being fired?" The thought of those past few days where Xiao Huaisu had been delivering me lunch popped into my mind, making me then rebut while being all flushed: "I can't begin to describe to you how happy I am at work. Don't listen to what others say." It wasn't hard to figure out who exactly Lee Moli would've heard this news of my retrenchment from though.
Does it hurt?
Lee Moli laughed: "Then it's too bad there's nobody willing to keep you."
If I hit the jackpot and get knocked up again, will Lee Moli kill me when she finds out?
"Just because he and I will eat hotpot together, you think I'm someone being kept? But using that line of reasoning, means that when you and I ate that stir-fried liangpi before, I had also once kept you, doesn't it?"
Maybe the wine he drunk was the reason, as after I licked him, the faint traces of sweetness still lingered on the tip of my tongue.
But, with a tone half believing what I said, she replied: "Okay then. Just make sure you get yourself a lot of rest, and don't stay up too late either, okay? And make sure to drink a lot of water too. Li You has her summer vacation right around the corner as well, so if you get too busy at work, just send her over to our place. My dance troupe is missing someone to play the music for us, and I noticed Li You was pretty good at it last time she came there with us."
We just went and did that.
But just then, Xiao Huaisu asked: "Does it hurt?"
These days, Lee Moli was obsessed with playing mobile games. So while pretending to be right in the middle of doing something "important", having heard what I said, she asked: "Are you actually being kept, though?"
Lee Moli laughed: "Then it's too bad there's nobody willing to keep you."
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
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I leaned my head closer to Xiao Huaisu's, tremblingly touching the corner of his lips before immediately pulling back, feeling as though the drinks I had earlier were finally starting to take their effect. My face felt so warm, and my guilty conscience made me want to break out of Xiao Huaisu's arms and high-tail it out of there.
Moms, why do you keep going against the rules of this mothering thing? You'll lose me if you keep doing this, you get that, right?
"Why didn't you call me to come out then ask for the key?"
In no time at all, Li You's vacation had begun. She was picked up by Li Zhi and taken to the park to help Lee Moli play the music for the grandmas, grandpas, aunties and uncles in my mother's square dancing troupe. I got word she even had a great time playing the music for them, despite the the fact that I couldn't for the life of me understand what it was she found so fun about playing music for them.
Due to me saying those words, Zhang Dong felt ashamed, his nerve now long gone as he now walked away.
At the company, regarding my slow dismissal, my co-worker (B), who was thinking of the matter said: "I thought the the president was planning on giving you the axe, but he just brought you lunch instead—over and over again. It has to be because he discovered your good points somewhere along the line, right? Human's are emotional animals after all. So after he found those good points of yours... cough—even though I haven't found any you may have as yet myself..." He said all this while bursting out in laughter before continuing, "...So after the president discovered them, he must have gotten the idea you're neither worthless nor annoying, and there was no reason to not let you stay. He probably no longer had the heart to give you the boot." After he delivered all that, he twirled his pen, then said with admiration: "The president is actually a kind-hearted person, isn't he?"
"Sometime in the future, there might be some people telling you that your son is being kept. So please believe in this pure and honest son of yours, and not those groundless rumours, alright, mom?"
Your mom and mine are even square dancing sisters, for heaven's sake...
Does it hurt?
I nodded, saying in agreement: "Yes, yes, he really is. The president is a good leader." Him persistently bringing me lunch for half a month made me so moved I wanted to give myself to him! But I had no idea if the president would even want me... would he? I didn't want my perfect guy to think I was some sort of pervert, or something. So pledging my body was out of the question.
"I would like to be kept, to be honest." I delivered my reply with a deadpan expression.
"Xiao Huaisu?"
Now I realise, it wasn't that you're not inherently bad, it was just that you never had the chance to be bad. But now you found that chance, right?
"But, seriously, can I ask you something?"
Kiss!
Afterwards, another co-worker (A) teased from beside me: "If being a coat-tail rider can give you leg up, I'll give it a try as well then."
At the company, regarding my slow dismissal, my co-worker (B), who was thinking of the matter said: "I thought the the president was planning on giving you the axe, but he just brought you lunch instead—over and over again. It has to be because he discovered your good points somewhere along the line, right? Human's are emotional animals after all. So after he found those good points of yours... cough—even though I haven't found any you may have as yet myself..." He said all this while bursting out in laughter before continuing, "...So after the president discovered them, he must have gotten the idea you're neither worthless nor annoying, and there was no reason to not let you stay. He probably no longer had the heart to give you the boot." After he delivered all that, he twirled his pen, then said with admiration: "The president is actually a kind-hearted person, isn't he?"
Staring at his closed eyes, I had no idea how I ended up being the one pressed down under Xiao Huaisu's body, nor how he ended up holding me in his embrace.
At the company, regarding my slow dismissal, my co-worker (B), who was thinking of the matter said: "I thought the the president was planning on giving you the axe, but he just brought you lunch instead—over and over again. It has to be because he discovered your good points somewhere along the line, right? Human's are emotional animals after all. So after he found those good points of yours... cough—even though I haven't found any you may have as yet myself..." He said all this while bursting out in laughter before continuing, "...So after the president discovered them, he must have gotten the idea you're neither worthless nor annoying, and there was no reason to not let you stay. He probably no longer had the heart to give you the boot." After he delivered all that, he twirled his pen, then said with admiration: "The president is actually a kind-hearted person, isn't he?"
With a reserved expression, to that, I simply replied: "I'm a deep schemer, though."
Zhang Dong, my dear Zhang Dong. Before, I thought you were just a petty guy, never thinking you were inherently a bad person.
I almost did a spit-take, before looking at Zhang Dong as if he had an incurable mental illness: "I'm being kept by Xiao Huaisu?" He stays at my place sometimes, yes, but I never take any money from him. Plus, I'm the one who also cooks the food he eats. He's eating off me, living off me, and now you want to tell me I'm the one being kept by him? How could I put up with such a life? If you're going to talk about someone being kept, then given the present the situation, aren't I the one keeping him?
But unable to bear parting, I kissed his forehead instead, then his eyebrows... lightly pecking his eyelids, his cheeks, then softly kissed his slightly cool lips once more.
Co-worker (A) seemed pretty ticked after that, but I had not the faintest idea what exactly I did to piss them off. All I did was seriously refer to myself as a schemer and their face got all twisted up in anger before they moved to pick up their coffee and leave.
Xiao Huaisu grunted to affirm he had, then after taking the keys from me and already turning to leave, he still asked: "What are you planning on cooking tonight? I can pass by the supermarket on my way back, how about a hotpot? Since Li You's not going to be there, we can have something spicy tonight."
Everyone's attitude towards me did a complete one-eighty to a harmonious after that, however, and it all began on the day where Xiao Huaisu strode into our department, all imposing-like, to find me and ask for my keys. Without even thinking first, I just handed them over to him and asked: "Did you forget something at home?"
And upon drinking too much, one would of course get themselves drunk. So when our president was seen leaning back on a sofa with a closed pair of eyes and fingers rubbing his temples; while the evening lights were still lit and the night had yet to meet its end; everyone from all around would hurriedly make their exit, leaving the burden to deal with that person to fall on me.
He was so drunk last night, he must have just assumed I was too tired from taking care of him last night so I just stayed over. This was definitely the case.
Without even buying any condoms.
Xiao Huaisu grunted to affirm he had, then after taking the keys from me and already turning to leave, he still asked: "What are you planning on cooking tonight? I can pass by the supermarket on my way back, how about a hotpot? Since Li You's not going to be there, we can have something spicy tonight."
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
Feeling as though my words from earlier had also hurt my prince, I also said apologetically: "It's not a problem, in fact, it's nothing at all. They're just rumours, right? What's a handsome guy who doesn't have any gossip swirling about. He can't be considered a handsome guy now, can he?" After I said all this, I wanted to pounce on him and give him loving hug so bad.
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
Eat hotpot? Yes! Hell yes!
"Why didn't you call me to come out then ask for the key?"
After telling him what I needed him to buy, I went back to burying myself in work, not at all paying attention to the situation unfolding around me. It was only when my senses had returned that my body unconsciously stiffened, as everyone around me stared at me with faces not dissimilar to ones which had feasted on crap. But when they saw me turn to look at them back, however, their gazes all shifted quickly while they acted as though they saw nothing.
This was when I became aware of my misunderstanding. This was a just Li You's innocently liking people whose appearance was beautiful—a sort of appreciation to the sight of couple of sweethearts, "Yes, it's possible, obviously. It's quite possible." Ah... so young, yet you already came to realize the ultimate meaning of being look-obsessed. Should dad say you are worthy of being taught? Or that you show promise?
Due to this Xiao Huaisu coming to ask me for my keys matter, even the always-blunt-to-me Manager Lin had put on a pleasant face when he saw me. And that Zhang Dong, who was all too happy when I thought I was going to be fired the start, after finding out I knew Xiao Huaisu, and it appearing as though we lived together, had his face turned into a palette. Sometimes that face of his was green, sometimes it was purple, or white and even red. Isn't it just wonderful?
Or don't kiss!
"Why didn't you call me to come out then ask for the key?"
Regarding that whole Zhang Dong coming to find me incident, after that day I talked with him, I basically ignored the entire event, and as I expected, my proposal was chosen. When September rolled around, because our company's midyear performance was a booming success, as a reward for the employees the company hosted a special trip. The gathering was held at a five star resort in the city, a hotel that was extremely tall and huge.
A person who can turn their nose up at you and treat you coldly a second ago, can just turn around and make you feel like a spring breeze in another. Right then, in that moment, I was especially thankful to Xiao Huaisu. He made me realise just how multifaceted, malleable, interesting—and even lovely—people could actually be.
It was night of a blushing, heart throbbing daze.
I could sense the matter was being secretly discussed by my colleagues too, and even though I didn't say anything to them, I couldn't help but air my grievances in private to Xiao Huaisu.
If I hit the jackpot and get knocked up again, will Lee Moli kill me when she finds out?
"Why didn't you call me to come out then ask for the key?"
Not hearing a reply, Xiao Huaisu rested me back down on the bed. He then began peeling off the blanket, and I tightly shut my eyes at the returning brightness, not daring to look at him in the face.
She then added: "That big sister is really beautiful too."
And upon drinking too much, one would of course get themselves drunk. So when our president was seen leaning back on a sofa with a closed pair of eyes and fingers rubbing his temples; while the evening lights were still lit and the night had yet to meet its end; everyone from all around would hurriedly make their exit, leaving the burden to deal with that person to fall on me.
After I sat down, Zhang Dong was still standing beside me. So to stop him from interfering with my work, I swivelled my chair to turn my back his way, then did my best to advise him, saying: "I don't think for a second you lack the nerve to tell my mother. However, I do think if you tell her, she won't believe you at all... Instead, the only thing that would come of this, is the destruction of a relationship between two families. So think it over yourself." Despite Aunty Huo's fondness for showing off her son's achievements a bit too much, she had always gotten along rather well with my mother. Who doesn't suffer from the urge to brag about their kid? What mother doesn't act like this? You get me? So as kids, we'd never want to see our parents grow estranged because of some misunderstanding. After all, when you reach your golden years, having a few good friends is an incredibly fortunate thing.
——The next day——
Xiao Huaisu looked at me, his tone rather gentle, making me not one bit able to resist that sexy voice of his as he asked: "Did you hate me doing that?"
潘安: Pan An, aka, Pan Yue (潘岳) lived between 247–300 AD, courtesy name "Anren" (安仁), was a prominent Chinese poet in the Western Jin dynasty. He is popularly referred to as Pan An (潘安) and was well known for his good looks from a young age. "Pan An" has become the Chinese byword for handsome men. [copied and pasted from ~wikipedia~][] Aaron Kwok (Kwok Fu Shing) Is one of the legendary Four Heavenly Kings of the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 90s. The song "Loving You Forever" 《对你爱不完》, was his debut hit. I tried to get the lyrics to sound song-like in the translation, but it did not take(´。＿。｀) []Spotify Link: here[]A diabolo is in the pic. The cute cat art is by the artist Arthur Thiele~ (Why a cat pic, you ask? because why not? The Neko has been freed! Plus it looks like my lil shadow.)[]iana: it has begun ヽ(*。>Д<)o゜[][Please be reminded, if the acts portrayed in this novel are attempted in real life your sweet behind will find itself in a cell that not a phone][]Now squeal with me!!!!!
Afterwards, another co-worker (A) teased from beside me: "If being a coat-tail rider can give you leg up, I'll give it a try as well then."
I don't know if it was because of something I said had touched Zhang Dong's memory, but after he turned to leave, he choked out: "I know you're not being kept."
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
This is forcing me to do something wrong to you, do you get that?
He always asked me this. How could I possibly hate it?
Lick him again, then; and see if it really is sweet~
"???"
Xiao Huaisu grunted to affirm he had, then after taking the keys from me and already turning to leave, he still asked: "What are you planning on cooking tonight? I can pass by the supermarket on my way back, how about a hotpot? Since Li You's not going to be there, we can have something spicy tonight."
潘安: Pan An, aka, Pan Yue (潘岳) lived between 247–300 AD, courtesy name "Anren" (安仁), was a prominent Chinese poet in the Western Jin dynasty. He is popularly referred to as Pan An (潘安) and was well known for his good looks from a young age. "Pan An" has become the Chinese byword for handsome men. [copied and pasted from ~wikipedia~][] Aaron Kwok (Kwok Fu Shing) Is one of the legendary Four Heavenly Kings of the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 90s. The song "Loving You Forever" 《对你爱不完》, was his debut hit. I tried to get the lyrics to sound song-like in the translation, but it did not take(´。＿。｀) []Spotify Link: here[]A diabolo is in the pic. The cute cat art is by the artist Arthur Thiele~ (Why a cat pic, you ask? because why not? The Neko has been freed! Plus it looks like my lil shadow.)[]iana: it has begun ヽ(*。>Д<)o゜[][Please be reminded, if the acts portrayed in this novel are attempted in real life your sweet behind will find itself in a cell that not a phone][]Now squeal with me!!!!!
I'm so dead...
Furthermore, how can I hate my perfect man? I shook my head until was dizzy as I replied: "No... No, I don't hate it! I don't hate it one bit!"
Zhang Dong laughed out loud in response, adding: "You're not playing dumb, right? You two even live together and you're still going to pretend otherwise in front of me?"
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
So be it, you're the one who seduced me! I bit my lips, stretching out my head again and finally kissed Xiao Huaisu's lips. This time it wasn't rushed like before as I lingered for a little while, and used the tip of my tongue to lick them. After kissing him, I lowered my head and chuckled to myself.
I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
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I stared at him then, feeling all touched. I felt as if I loved him a little bit more that I had previously—no, a lot more!
I then looked at Zhang Dong as it he was retarded, asking further: "Can you be a bit more specific?"
This was when I became aware of my misunderstanding. This was a just Li You's innocently liking people whose appearance was beautiful—a sort of appreciation to the sight of couple of sweethearts, "Yes, it's possible, obviously. It's quite possible." Ah... so young, yet you already came to realize the ultimate meaning of being look-obsessed. Should dad say you are worthy of being taught? Or that you show promise?
But... no matter how much I tried to break free of his embrace, he didn't budge an inch...
When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
"If someone said stood in front of you and told you that I was being kept, would you fight for me?" I had faith when I asked this sentence, my eyes were even filled with hope.
Feeling as though my words from earlier had also hurt my prince, I also said apologetically: "It's not a problem, in fact, it's nothing at all. They're just rumours, right? What's a handsome guy who doesn't have any gossip swirling about. He can't be considered a handsome guy now, can he?" After I said all this, I wanted to pounce on him and give him loving hug so bad.
However, I restrained myself.
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
Afterwards, another co-worker (A) teased from beside me: "If being a coat-tail rider can give you leg up, I'll give it a try as well then."
However, I restrained myself.
Afterwards, another co-worker (A) teased from beside me: "If being a coat-tail rider can give you leg up, I'll give it a try as well then."
Or don't kiss!
Now I realise, it wasn't that you're not inherently bad, it was just that you never had the chance to be bad. But now you found that chance, right?
Recalling the scenes from night before, made me almost pass out.
"But, seriously, can I ask you something?"
——The next day——
I still want to kiss you. What am I going to do!
Without even buying any condoms.
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I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
Zhang Dong, my dear Zhang Dong. Before, I thought you were just a petty guy, never thinking you were inherently a bad person.
When I walked into the office, the originally noisy atmosphere instantly turned to stares. From time to time, there were a series of probing looks cast my way, and the seniors who had always relied on their seniority and arrogance, had also put on a pleasant attitude towards me if I had any work related issues. They even said I should just ask them if I was in need of any assistance while they told me: "It hasn't been long since you entered the company, so if there's anything you don't understand, just have the courage to come out and ask. There's no need for you to be embarrassed, alright?"
I don't know if it was because of something I said had touched Zhang Dong's memory, but after he turned to leave, he choked out: "I know you're not being kept."
A person who can turn their nose up at you and treat you coldly a second ago, can just turn around and make you feel like a spring breeze in another. Right then, in that moment, I was especially thankful to Xiao Huaisu. He made me realise just how multifaceted, malleable, interesting—and even lovely—people could actually be.
It was just one group activity... are you really planning to go this far just for that?
Take Zhang Dong, for instance. While I was getting some water in the tearoom, he came up to me and asked: "Li Tian, if Aunty Li found out you were being kept, do you understand how she would feel?"
But just then, Xiao Huaisu asked: "Does it hurt?"
Lee Moli laughed: "Then it's too bad there's nobody willing to keep you."
Kiss!
With a quiver in my voice, I asked in return: "Does uh... what hurt?" I just knew it... I just realised there was only one place that could possibly be the answer to this question.
Everyone's attitude towards me did a complete one-eighty to a harmonious after that, however, and it all began on the day where Xiao Huaisu strode into our department, all imposing-like, to find me and ask for my keys. Without even thinking first, I just handed them over to him and asked: "Did you forget something at home?"
I'm being kept? How the heck did I not know about it then?
Co-worker (A) seemed pretty ticked after that, but I had not the faintest idea what exactly I did to piss them off. All I did was seriously refer to myself as a schemer and their face got all twisted up in anger before they moved to pick up their coffee and leave.
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
He was so drunk last night, he must have just assumed I was too tired from taking care of him last night so I just stayed over. This was definitely the case.
I shook my head, trying my best to shake away the little lust demon in my heart.
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
Just as I used the spoon to stir in some sugar, I asked in confusion: "Who?"
[My reason starts to crumble]
Supporting Xiao Huaisu, we made our way to his room.
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Zhang Dong lifted his brows, asking me in return: "What do you mean, who?"
I stared at him then, feeling all touched. I felt as if I loved him a little bit more that I had previously—no, a lot more!
[I'm not as anxious as those other guys]
[But when you look at me with those big bright eyes]
I stared at him, asking again: "I'm obviously asking you to tell me who exactly it is I'm being kept by?"
"Sure. Ask."
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
The more I thought about it, the more nerve racked I became. So very very quietly, I climbed out of the bed. Still using the blanket to wrap my head, as I attempted to stealthily get the heck out of that room. I was already planning on how I would go back to my city, then to Jianyu Hospital to ask if there's any sort of birth control pills I could buy for this. I had no idea if Jianyu even had specialized birth control pills for people like me, but regardless, I should first get back to my own room and clean up first.
Anyway, as for why Li You had the time of her life playing music for them? Well, that evening when I returned home, I accompanied both Madam Li You and Madam Lee Moli to the place where they usually square dance and I discovered the source of Li You's so-called joy. It was all due to a handsome boy who played the diabolo right next to the square dancing area, whose looks was strikingly similar to Pan An—he was exactly like Pan An, especially good looking.
Just as I used the spoon to stir in some sugar, I asked in confusion: "Who?"
Zhang Dong laughed out loud in response, adding: "You're not playing dumb, right? You two even live together and you're still going to pretend otherwise in front of me?"
Take Zhang Dong, for instance. While I was getting some water in the tearoom, he came up to me and asked: "Li Tian, if Aunty Li found out you were being kept, do you understand how she would feel?"
I really have no idea who he's talking about...
"Oh, come on, we both know you've already done something way worse than this back in the day. Plus, don't you want a kiss too? What's so wrong with that? Now hurry, take this chance while he's drunk."
I then looked at Zhang Dong as it he was retarded, asking further: "Can you be a bit more specific?"
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
Does it hurt?
To myself, I held a few seconds of silence for my old comrade, Li Zhi, before asking her: "Who told you I was being fired?" The thought of those past few days where Xiao Huaisu had been delivering me lunch popped into my mind, making me then rebut while being all flushed: "I can't begin to describe to you how happy I am at work. Don't listen to what others say." It wasn't hard to figure out who exactly Lee Moli would've heard this news of my retrenchment from though.
Lowering his voice, he replied: "Xiao Huaisu."
"Hey, grab this chance... Kiss him while he's drunk..."
Huh?
Since it was a get-together, there would of course be drinks.
I almost did a spit-take, before looking at Zhang Dong as if he had an incurable mental illness: "I'm being kept by Xiao Huaisu?" He stays at my place sometimes, yes, but I never take any money from him. Plus, I'm the one who also cooks the food he eats. He's eating off me, living off me, and now you want to tell me I'm the one being kept by him? How could I put up with such a life? If you're going to talk about someone being kept, then given the present the situation, aren't I the one keeping him?
With a reserved expression, to that, I simply replied: "I'm a deep schemer, though."
I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
Maybe the wine he drunk was the reason, as after I licked him, the faint traces of sweetness still lingered on the tip of my tongue.
Ugh... his eyelashes are so long. His eyebrows are so nice. His nose was so tall too, and a chance like this is so rare to come by...
Zhang Dong folded his arms, his attitude brimming with haughtiness as he said: "Is it true, then?
Maybe the wine he drunk was the reason, as after I licked him, the faint traces of sweetness still lingered on the tip of my tongue.
I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
At the company, regarding my slow dismissal, my co-worker (B), who was thinking of the matter said: "I thought the the president was planning on giving you the axe, but he just brought you lunch instead—over and over again. It has to be because he discovered your good points somewhere along the line, right? Human's are emotional animals after all. So after he found those good points of yours... cough—even though I haven't found any you may have as yet myself..." He said all this while bursting out in laughter before continuing, "...So after the president discovered them, he must have gotten the idea you're neither worthless nor annoying, and there was no reason to not let you stay. He probably no longer had the heart to give you the boot." After he delivered all that, he twirled his pen, then said with admiration: "The president is actually a kind-hearted person, isn't he?"
I chuckled, blew the the steam from my hot cup of coffee prior to my asking: "Tell me, what's the real reason you came looking for me?"
Furthermore, how can I hate my perfect man? I shook my head until was dizzy as I replied: "No... No, I don't hate it! I don't hate it one bit!"
Since my head was covered, I chose to remain silent, pretending it was all a hallucination, and none of it was real.
[I'm not as anxious as those other guys]
Take Zhang Dong, for instance. While I was getting some water in the tearoom, he came up to me and asked: "Li Tian, if Aunty Li found out you were being kept, do you understand how she would feel?"
I'm being kept? How the heck did I not know about it then?
"Withdraw yourself from the upcoming planning event, and let me become the leader."
"???"
If my male god wakes up to find me next to him... what if he gets grossed out?
It was just one group activity... are you really planning to go this far just for that?
Afterwards, another co-worker (A) teased from beside me: "If being a coat-tail rider can give you leg up, I'll give it a try as well then."
Since my head was covered, I chose to remain silent, pretending it was all a hallucination, and none of it was real.
Never going to happen. I spent many nights coming up with my proposal, and you expect me to just abandon it with a single sentence from you? I choked down the urge to roll my eyes, to instead say to that guy disapprovingly: "Never going to happen." Feeling not an ounce threatened by his words, I turned around, then leisurely strode back to my cubicle.
He then held me in his arms again, nimbly flipping us over, to imprisoning me instead. After doing this, he lowered his head, now capturing my lips with his own—sucking them, licking them, each action flowing like a gentle stream, sucking me in, all the more deep.
Zhang Dong also followed behind me, the look on his face showing he didn't believe my words as he neared me to ask: "You think I don't have the nerve to tell Aunty Li?"
I'm being kept? How the heck did I not know about it then?
Zhang Dong, my dear Zhang Dong. Before, I thought you were just a petty guy, never thinking you were inherently a bad person.
Would just one kiss be okay?
Now I realise, it wasn't that you're not inherently bad, it was just that you never had the chance to be bad. But now you found that chance, right?
I chuckled, blew the the steam from my hot cup of coffee prior to my asking: "Tell me, what's the real reason you came looking for me?"
Afterwards, another co-worker (A) teased from beside me: "If being a coat-tail rider can give you leg up, I'll give it a try as well then."
"Oh, come on, we both know you've already done something way worse than this back in the day. Plus, don't you want a kiss too? What's so wrong with that? Now hurry, take this chance while he's drunk."
"If someone said stood in front of you and told you that I was being kept, would you fight for me?" I had faith when I asked this sentence, my eyes were even filled with hope.
Does... what hurt?
It was just one group activity... are you really planning to go this far just for that?
Huh?
[My reason starts to crumble]
Zhang Dong also followed behind me, the look on his face showing he didn't believe my words as he neared me to ask: "You think I don't have the nerve to tell Aunty Li?"
Your mom and mine are even square dancing sisters, for heaven's sake...
These days, Lee Moli was obsessed with playing mobile games. So while pretending to be right in the middle of doing something "important", having heard what I said, she asked: "Are you actually being kept, though?"
After I sat down, Zhang Dong was still standing beside me. So to stop him from interfering with my work, I swivelled my chair to turn my back his way, then did my best to advise him, saying: "I don't think for a second you lack the nerve to tell my mother. However, I do think if you tell her, she won't believe you at all... Instead, the only thing that would come of this, is the destruction of a relationship between two families. So think it over yourself." Despite Aunty Huo's fondness for showing off her son's achievements a bit too much, she had always gotten along rather well with my mother. Who doesn't suffer from the urge to brag about their kid? What mother doesn't act like this? You get me? So as kids, we'd never want to see our parents grow estranged because of some misunderstanding. After all, when you reach your golden years, having a few good friends is an incredibly fortunate thing.
Eat hotpot? Yes! Hell yes!
"So you're still not willing to withdraw?"
"If someone said stood in front of you and told you that I was being kept, would you fight for me?" I had faith when I asked this sentence, my eyes were even filled with hope.
"Just because he and I will eat hotpot together, you think I'm someone being kept? But using that line of reasoning, means that when you and I ate that stir-fried liangpi before, I had also once kept you, doesn't it?"
Mn...
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Just as I used the spoon to stir in some sugar, I asked in confusion: "Who?"
I don't know if it was because of something I said had touched Zhang Dong's memory, but after he turned to leave, he choked out: "I know you're not being kept."
"They are a perfect match."
I looked at him without saying a word, then asked: "You know? Yet you still want to go slander me in front of my mother? Zhang Dong, you really are a jerk."
"So you're still not willing to withdraw?"
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
"I just wanted to get that opportunity."
But, with a tone half believing what I said, she replied: "Okay then. Just make sure you get yourself a lot of rest, and don't stay up too late either, okay? And make sure to drink a lot of water too. Li You has her summer vacation right around the corner as well, so if you get too busy at work, just send her over to our place. My dance troupe is missing someone to play the music for us, and I noticed Li You was pretty good at it last time she came there with us."
[But when you look at me with those big bright eyes]
The little lust demon was shaken away, but my heart had begun pounding wildly.
"I remember you detesting that sort of behaviour before, am I wrong? So why are you willing to act unscrupulously because of that leadership position, and even go so far as to stick the label of the underhanded party on me, despite your own actions?" Zhang Dong, I despise you.
Supporting Xiao Huaisu, we made our way to his room.
I leaned my head closer to Xiao Huaisu's, tremblingly touching the corner of his lips before immediately pulling back, feeling as though the drinks I had earlier were finally starting to take their effect. My face felt so warm, and my guilty conscience made me want to break out of Xiao Huaisu's arms and high-tail it out of there.
[The wind blown road is so long my heart trembles, and trembles...]
Due to me saying those words, Zhang Dong felt ashamed, his nerve now long gone as he now walked away.
***
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
With this thought in mind, I put on a smile, planning to act like nothing happened and greet him with a hello.
"Sometime in the future, there might be some people telling you that your son is being kept. So please believe in this pure and honest son of yours, and not those groundless rumours, alright, mom?"
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
He always asked me this. How could I possibly hate it?
However, I restrained myself.
These days, Lee Moli was obsessed with playing mobile games. So while pretending to be right in the middle of doing something "important", having heard what I said, she asked: "Are you actually being kept, though?"
Zhang Dong folded his arms, his attitude brimming with haughtiness as he said: "Is it true, then?
I stared at him, asking again: "I'm obviously asking you to tell me who exactly it is I'm being kept by?"
Li You looked at me curiously, "Is it impossible to like them both?"
"I would like to be kept, to be honest." I delivered my reply with a deadpan expression.
"I remember you detesting that sort of behaviour before, am I wrong? So why are you willing to act unscrupulously because of that leadership position, and even go so far as to stick the label of the underhanded party on me, despite your own actions?" Zhang Dong, I despise you.
Lee Moli laughed: "Then it's too bad there's nobody willing to keep you."
In no time at all, Li You's vacation had begun. She was picked up by Li Zhi and taken to the park to help Lee Moli play the music for the grandmas, grandpas, aunties and uncles in my mother's square dancing troupe. I got word she even had a great time playing the music for them, despite the the fact that I couldn't for the life of me understand what it was she found so fun about playing music for them.
I stared at him, asking again: "I'm obviously asking you to tell me who exactly it is I'm being kept by?"
He then held me in his arms again, nimbly flipping us over, to imprisoning me instead. After doing this, he lowered his head, now capturing my lips with his own—sucking them, licking them, each action flowing like a gentle stream, sucking me in, all the more deep.
***
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
"Mom, you'll lose me if you keep acting like this, you know?"
To myself, I held a few seconds of silence for my old comrade, Li Zhi, before asking her: "Who told you I was being fired?" The thought of those past few days where Xiao Huaisu had been delivering me lunch popped into my mind, making me then rebut while being all flushed: "I can't begin to describe to you how happy I am at work. Don't listen to what others say." It wasn't hard to figure out who exactly Lee Moli would've heard this news of my retrenchment from though.
My reason told me that I shouldn't kiss him any more. It told me I should hurry up and get out of there.
Take Zhang Dong, for instance. While I was getting some water in the tearoom, he came up to me and asked: "Li Tian, if Aunty Li found out you were being kept, do you understand how she would feel?"
It was night of a blushing, heart throbbing daze.
***
"That's fine, we'll still have Youyou."
This is forcing me to do something wrong to you, do you get that?
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
"I just wanted to get that opportunity."
"But, seriously, can I ask you something?"
Your mom and mine are even square dancing sisters, for heaven's sake...
Lee Moli laughed: "Then it's too bad there's nobody willing to keep you."
Staring at his closed eyes, I had no idea how I ended up being the one pressed down under Xiao Huaisu's body, nor how he ended up holding me in his embrace.
Ugh... his eyelashes are so long. His eyebrows are so nice. His nose was so tall too, and a chance like this is so rare to come by...
If I hit the jackpot and get knocked up again, will Lee Moli kill me when she finds out?
"Sure. Ask."
Feeling as though my words from earlier had also hurt my prince, I also said apologetically: "It's not a problem, in fact, it's nothing at all. They're just rumours, right? What's a handsome guy who doesn't have any gossip swirling about. He can't be considered a handsome guy now, can he?" After I said all this, I wanted to pounce on him and give him loving hug so bad.
"If someone said stood in front of you and told you that I was being kept, would you fight for me?" I had faith when I asked this sentence, my eyes were even filled with hope.
Zhang Dong also followed behind me, the look on his face showing he didn't believe my words as he neared me to ask: "You think I don't have the nerve to tell Aunty Li?"
Regarding that whole Zhang Dong coming to find me incident, after that day I talked with him, I basically ignored the entire event, and as I expected, my proposal was chosen. When September rolled around, because our company's midyear performance was a booming success, as a reward for the employees the company hosted a special trip. The gathering was held at a five star resort in the city, a hotel that was extremely tall and huge.
I'm being kept? How the heck did I not know about it then?
I'm dead...
Huh?
"I'd probably tell the other person I cut ties with you."
Li You, still cupping her face continued: "Yeah, I know."
Moms, why do you keep going against the rules of this mothering thing? You'll lose me if you keep doing this, you get that, right?
"Mom, you'll lose me if you keep acting like this, you know?"
Due to me saying those words, Zhang Dong felt ashamed, his nerve now long gone as he now walked away.
From ever since that earlier incident with the keys, everyone got to know that not only did I know the president and was friends with him, but also that our relationship was beyond that of superficial friends. So it was only natural they'd make way for me. Manager Lin even patted me on the back while saying: "Since you and our president are friends, the responsibility for taking him back to his room will be on you. There are quite a lot of female colleagues here, so the rest of the guy's will be responsible for escorting them to their rooms too." After this, he instructed the remaining staff members, "Tomorrow, after breakfast, we'll be heading to the hot springs. Then, at noon, we'll go fishing by the lakeside and have ourselves a barbecue." Everyone cheered when they heard this, and eventually, the crowd dispersed, leaving only me and Xiao Huaisu behind.
So when morning arrived, I used a blanket to wrap my head in a bundle, crafting a sight no different to an ostrich, one unwilling to face the reality before him.
Co-worker (A) seemed pretty ticked after that, but I had not the faintest idea what exactly I did to piss them off. All I did was seriously refer to myself as a schemer and their face got all twisted up in anger before they moved to pick up their coffee and leave.
Anyway, as for why Li You had the time of her life playing music for them? Well, that evening when I returned home, I accompanied both Madam Li You and Madam Lee Moli to the place where they usually square dance and I discovered the source of Li You's so-called joy. It was all due to a handsome boy who played the diabolo right next to the square dancing area, whose looks was strikingly similar to Pan An[1]—he was exactly like Pan An, especially good looking.
Lee Moli laughed: "Then it's too bad there's nobody willing to keep you."
Feeling as though my words from earlier had also hurt my prince, I also said apologetically: "It's not a problem, in fact, it's nothing at all. They're just rumours, right? What's a handsome guy who doesn't have any gossip swirling about. He can't be considered a handsome guy now, can he?" After I said all this, I wanted to pounce on him and give him loving hug so bad.
I looked at him without saying a word, then asked: "You know? Yet you still want to go slander me in front of my mother? Zhang Dong, you really are a jerk."
I popped a squat, while Li You sat on a stool and with her hands under her chin, both looking at that diabolo playing teen of Li You's. She then asked me: "Dad, isn't he handsome?"
Anyway, as for why Li You had the time of her life playing music for them? Well, that evening when I returned home, I accompanied both Madam Li You and Madam Lee Moli to the place where they usually square dance and I discovered the source of Li You's so-called joy. It was all due to a handsome boy who played the diabolo right next to the square dancing area, whose looks was strikingly similar to Pan An—he was exactly like Pan An, especially good looking.
I still want to kiss you. What am I going to do!
The more I thought about it, the more nerve racked I became. So very very quietly, I climbed out of the bed. Still using the blanket to wrap my head, as I attempted to stealthily get the heck out of that room. I was already planning on how I would go back to my city, then to Jianyu Hospital to ask if there's any sort of birth control pills I could buy for this. I had no idea if Jianyu even had specialized birth control pills for people like me, but regardless, I should first get back to my own room and clean up first.
When I heard her ask me this, I immediately had a vision of myself being abandoned. Thus, in a serious tone, I replied to her: "He probably has a girlfriend already."
But... no matter how much I tried to break free of his embrace, he didn't budge an inch...
Li You, still cupping her face continued: "Yeah, I know."
He was so drunk last night, he must have just assumed I was too tired from taking care of him last night so I just stayed over. This was definitely the case.
"???"
N/A
Since it was a get-together, there would of course be drinks.
Moms, why do you keep going against the rules of this mothering thing? You'll lose me if you keep doing this, you get that, right?
Everyone's attitude towards me did a complete one-eighty to a harmonious after that, however, and it all began on the day where Xiao Huaisu strode into our department, all imposing-like, to find me and ask for my keys. Without even thinking first, I just handed them over to him and asked: "Did you forget something at home?"
"But, seriously, can I ask you something?"
She then added: "That big sister is really beautiful too."
While I was deeply immersed in my thirst, a sudden nip to the tip of my tongue made me rip open my eyes to look at the man below below me, and realise his reddened and drunken eyes were already opened. Those eyes of his seemed like a cool summer wave, one which reeled me all the way in; swaying me and sweeping me straight into its depths where its warm breath surrounded me. Right then, the drumming in my heart caused by his unexpected opened eyes had long faded away.
"???"
I almost did a spit-take, before looking at Zhang Dong as if he had an incurable mental illness: "I'm being kept by Xiao Huaisu?" He stays at my place sometimes, yes, but I never take any money from him. Plus, I'm the one who also cooks the food he eats. He's eating off me, living off me, and now you want to tell me I'm the one being kept by him? How could I put up with such a life? If you're going to talk about someone being kept, then given the present the situation, aren't I the one keeping him?
When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
"Xiao Huaisu?"
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
If my male god wakes up to find me next to him... what if he gets grossed out?
"They are a perfect match."
Recalling the scenes from night before, made me almost pass out.
When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
I stared at him then, feeling all touched. I felt as if I loved him a little bit more that I had previously—no, a lot more!
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
"Just because he and I will eat hotpot together, you think I'm someone being kept? But using that line of reasoning, means that when you and I ate that stir-fried liangpi before, I had also once kept you, doesn't it?"
But just then, Xiao Huaisu asked: "Does it hurt?"
Ngh—
Li You looked at me curiously, "Is it impossible to like them both?"
I popped a squat, while Li You sat on a stool and with her hands under her chin, both looking at that diabolo playing teen of Li You's. She then asked me: "Dad, isn't he handsome?"
Ugh... his eyelashes are so long. His eyebrows are so nice. His nose was so tall too, and a chance like this is so rare to come by...
Furthermore, how can I hate my perfect man? I shook my head until was dizzy as I replied: "No... No, I don't hate it! I don't hate it one bit!"
This was when I became aware of my misunderstanding. This was a just Li You's innocently liking people whose appearance was beautiful—a sort of appreciation to the sight of couple of sweethearts, "Yes, it's possible, obviously. It's quite possible." Ah... so young, yet you already came to realize the ultimate meaning of being look-obsessed. Should dad say you are worthy of being taught? Or that you show promise?
I really have no idea who he's talking about...
"That's fine, we'll still have Youyou."
Not hearing a reply, Xiao Huaisu rested me back down on the bed. He then began peeling off the blanket, and I tightly shut my eyes at the returning brightness, not daring to look at him in the face.
***
Just as I used the spoon to stir in some sugar, I asked in confusion: "Who?"
N/A
Does... what hurt?
Does it hurt?
When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
Regarding that whole Zhang Dong coming to find me incident, after that day I talked with him, I basically ignored the entire event, and as I expected, my proposal was chosen. When September rolled around, because our company's midyear performance was a booming success, as a reward for the employees the company hosted a special trip. The gathering was held at a five star resort in the city, a hotel that was extremely tall and huge.
My reason told me that I shouldn't kiss him any more. It told me I should hurry up and get out of there.
I popped a squat, while Li You sat on a stool and with her hands under her chin, both looking at that diabolo playing teen of Li You's. She then asked me: "Dad, isn't he handsome?"
Recalling the scenes from night before, made me almost pass out.
Letting out a chuckle, Xiao Huaisu then asked: "Are you planning on not letting me get any cover?"
When I heard her ask me this, I immediately had a vision of myself being abandoned. Thus, in a serious tone, I replied to her: "He probably has a girlfriend already."
Since it was a get-together, there would of course be drinks.
It was night of a blushing, heart throbbing daze.
And upon drinking too much, one would of course get themselves drunk. So when our president was seen leaning back on a sofa with a closed pair of eyes and fingers rubbing his temples; while the evening lights were still lit and the night had yet to meet its end; everyone from all around would hurriedly make their exit, leaving the burden to deal with that person to fall on me.
After telling him what I needed him to buy, I went back to burying myself in work, not at all paying attention to the situation unfolding around me. It was only when my senses had returned that my body unconsciously stiffened, as everyone around me stared at me with faces not dissimilar to ones which had feasted on crap. But when they saw me turn to look at them back, however, their gazes all shifted quickly while they acted as though they saw nothing.
Everyone's attitude towards me did a complete one-eighty to a harmonious after that, however, and it all began on the day where Xiao Huaisu strode into our department, all imposing-like, to find me and ask for my keys. Without even thinking first, I just handed them over to him and asked: "Did you forget something at home?"
Does it hurt?!
From ever since that earlier incident with the keys, everyone got to know that not only did I know the president and was friends with him, but also that our relationship was beyond that of superficial friends. So it was only natural they'd make way for me. Manager Lin even patted me on the back while saying: "Since you and our president are friends, the responsibility for taking him back to his room will be on you. There are quite a lot of female colleagues here, so the rest of the guy's will be responsible for escorting them to their rooms too." After this, he instructed the remaining staff members, "Tomorrow, after breakfast, we'll be heading to the hot springs. Then, at noon, we'll go fishing by the lakeside and have ourselves a barbecue." Everyone cheered when they heard this, and eventually, the crowd dispersed, leaving only me and Xiao Huaisu behind.
The more I thought about it, the more nerve racked I became. So very very quietly, I climbed out of the bed. Still using the blanket to wrap my head, as I attempted to stealthily get the heck out of that room. I was already planning on how I would go back to my city, then to Jianyu Hospital to ask if there's any sort of birth control pills I could buy for this. I had no idea if Jianyu even had specialized birth control pills for people like me, but regardless, I should first get back to my own room and clean up first.
While on the way there, I unconsciously began humming Aaron Kwok's "Loving You Forever"[1] to fill the silence.
"Oh, come on, we both know you've already done something way worse than this back in the day. Plus, don't you want a kiss too? What's so wrong with that? Now hurry, take this chance while he's drunk."
Supporting Xiao Huaisu, we made our way to his room.
She then added: "That big sister is really beautiful too."
Staring at his closed eyes, I had no idea how I ended up being the one pressed down under Xiao Huaisu's body, nor how he ended up holding me in his embrace.
Anyway, as for why Li You had the time of her life playing music for them? Well, that evening when I returned home, I accompanied both Madam Li You and Madam Lee Moli to the place where they usually square dance and I discovered the source of Li You's so-called joy. It was all due to a handsome boy who played the diabolo right next to the square dancing area, whose looks was strikingly similar to Pan An—he was exactly like Pan An, especially good looking.
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
Xiao Huaisu looked at me, his tone rather gentle, making me not one bit able to resist that sexy voice of his as he asked: "Did you hate me doing that?"
While on the way there, I unconsciously began humming Aaron Kwok's "Loving You Forever"[1] to fill the silence.
Letting out a chuckle, Xiao Huaisu then asked: "Are you planning on not letting me get any cover?"
I didn't know when, but at some point, Xiao Huaisu had released me. Now I was half bent over his body with my hands on either side of his head to keep me propped up, while I grew more and more addicted as I bowed my head to repeatedly kiss his lips. Licking him little by little, the tip of my tongue picking up those sweet faint traces of peppermint as it began prying his lips open. It felt so nice, it made it me unable to resist.
The little lust demon was shaken away, but my heart had begun pounding wildly.
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
"So you're still not willing to withdraw?"
Due to me saying those words, Zhang Dong felt ashamed, his nerve now long gone as he now walked away.
He was so drunk last night, he must have just assumed I was too tired from taking care of him last night so I just stayed over. This was definitely the case.
Since it was a get-together, there would of course be drinks.
[I'm not as anxious as those other guys]
Wrapped in the blanket like a silkworm, I was ready to roll under the bed to hide, but before I could, my body was lifted up by the quilt into a waiting embrace.
I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
"I would like to be kept, to be honest." I delivered my reply with a deadpan expression.
Does... what hurt?
Huh?
[But when you look at me with those big bright eyes]
Zhang Dong lifted his brows, asking me in return: "What do you mean, who?"
[My reason starts to crumble]
Due to this Xiao Huaisu coming to ask me for my keys matter, even the always-blunt-to-me Manager Lin had put on a pleasant face when he saw me. And that Zhang Dong, who was all too happy when I thought I was going to be fired the start, after finding out I knew Xiao Huaisu, and it appearing as though we lived together, had his face turned into a palette. Sometimes that face of his was green, sometimes it was purple, or white and even red. Isn't it just wonderful?
When I walked into the office, the originally noisy atmosphere instantly turned to stares. From time to time, there were a series of probing looks cast my way, and the seniors who had always relied on their seniority and arrogance, had also put on a pleasant attitude towards me if I had any work related issues. They even said I should just ask them if I was in need of any assistance while they told me: "It hasn't been long since you entered the company, so if there's anything you don't understand, just have the courage to come out and ask. There's no need for you to be embarrassed, alright?"
I stared at him, asking again: "I'm obviously asking you to tell me who exactly it is I'm being kept by?"
I leaned my head closer to Xiao Huaisu's, tremblingly touching the corner of his lips before immediately pulling back, feeling as though the drinks I had earlier were finally starting to take their effect. My face felt so warm, and my guilty conscience made me want to break out of Xiao Huaisu's arms and high-tail it out of there.
[My reason starts to crumble]
[The wind blown road is so long my heart trembles, and trembles...]
Ugh... his eyelashes are so long. His eyebrows are so nice. His nose was so tall too, and a chance like this is so rare to come by...
I didn't know when, but at some point, Xiao Huaisu had released me. Now I was half bent over his body with my hands on either side of his head to keep me propped up, while I grew more and more addicted as I bowed my head to repeatedly kiss his lips. Licking him little by little, the tip of my tongue picking up those sweet faint traces of peppermint as it began prying his lips open. It felt so nice, it made it me unable to resist.
Does... what hurt?
When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
He always asked me this. How could I possibly hate it?
"Trembles, and trembles—" While trembling we got to his room. After fishing Xiao Huaisu's room keycard, I took a couple breaths to get my bearings, then swiped the card, opened the door, entered with that guy on my back, closed the door, then made my way to the bedroom where I finally put that guy d-down—Aah!
I shook my head, trying my best to shake away the little lust demon in my heart.
Staring at his closed eyes, I had no idea how I ended up being the one pressed down under Xiao Huaisu's body, nor how he ended up holding me in his embrace.
Everyone's attitude towards me did a complete one-eighty to a harmonious after that, however, and it all began on the day where Xiao Huaisu strode into our department, all imposing-like, to find me and ask for my keys. Without even thinking first, I just handed them over to him and asked: "Did you forget something at home?"
[My reason starts to crumble]
Li You, still cupping her face continued: "Yeah, I know."
"Xiao Huaisu?"
Ngh—
"That's fine, we'll still have Youyou."
These days, Lee Moli was obsessed with playing mobile games. So while pretending to be right in the middle of doing something "important", having heard what I said, she asked: "Are you actually being kept, though?"
While hugging me, Xiao Huaisu flipped us over, so now we were both reclining on the bed while his eyes were still closed. Those lashes of his were just so thick and long, and a faint shadow under his eyes could also be seen. So in my heart, just at that moment, a little lust demon was busy trying different methods to compel me.
I nodded, saying in agreement: "Yes, yes, he really is. The president is a good leader." Him persistently bringing me lunch for half a month made me so moved I wanted to give myself to him! But I had no idea if the president would even want me... would he? I didn't want my perfect guy to think I was some sort of pervert, or something. So pledging my body was out of the question.
But... no matter how much I tried to break free of his embrace, he didn't budge an inch...
Staring at his closed eyes, I had no idea how I ended up being the one pressed down under Xiao Huaisu's body, nor how he ended up holding me in his embrace.
I really have no idea who he's talking about...
Does it hurt?!
"Hey, grab this chance... Kiss him while he's drunk..."
When I walked into the office, the originally noisy atmosphere instantly turned to stares. From time to time, there were a series of probing looks cast my way, and the seniors who had always relied on their seniority and arrogance, had also put on a pleasant attitude towards me if I had any work related issues. They even said I should just ask them if I was in need of any assistance while they told me: "It hasn't been long since you entered the company, so if there's anything you don't understand, just have the courage to come out and ask. There's no need for you to be embarrassed, alright?"
Zhang Dong folded his arms, his attitude brimming with haughtiness as he said: "Is it true, then?
But all my hopes dashed to pieces, because I wasn't careful and thus rolled off the bed with a loud thud.
[I'm not as anxious as those other guys]
Maybe the wine he drunk was the reason, as after I licked him, the faint traces of sweetness still lingered on the tip of my tongue.
I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
This... thinking about this is scary.
I'm so dead...
Supporting Xiao Huaisu, we made our way to his room.
"Hey, grab this chance... Kiss him while he's drunk..."
When I heard her ask me this, I immediately had a vision of myself being abandoned. Thus, in a serious tone, I replied to her: "He probably has a girlfriend already."
"Oh, come on, we both know you've already done something way worse than this back in the day. Plus, don't you want a kiss too? What's so wrong with that? Now hurry, take this chance while he's drunk."
"Xiao Huaisu?"
If I hit the jackpot and get knocked up again, will Lee Moli kill me when she finds out?
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
Or don't kiss!
Eat hotpot? Yes! Hell yes!
I shook my head, trying my best to shake away the little lust demon in my heart.
Without even buying any condoms.
The little lust demon was shaken away, but my heart had begun pounding wildly.
——The next day——
With a reserved expression, to that, I simply replied: "I'm a deep schemer, though."
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
Without even buying any condoms.
"They are a perfect match."
Would just one kiss be okay?
"But, seriously, can I ask you something?"
When I heard her ask me this, I immediately had a vision of myself being abandoned. Thus, in a serious tone, I replied to her: "He probably has a girlfriend already."
Supporting Xiao Huaisu, we made our way to his room.
Ugh... his eyelashes are so long. His eyebrows are so nice. His nose was so tall too, and a chance like this is so rare to come by...
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Co-worker (A) seemed pretty ticked after that, but I had not the faintest idea what exactly I did to piss them off. All I did was seriously refer to myself as a schemer and their face got all twisted up in anger before they moved to pick up their coffee and leave.
Does it hurt?!
Due to me saying those words, Zhang Dong felt ashamed, his nerve now long gone as he now walked away.
However, I restrained myself.
Kiss!
While on the way there, I unconsciously began humming Aaron Kwok's "Loving You Forever"[1] to fill the silence.
"I would like to be kept, to be honest." I delivered my reply with a deadpan expression.
While on the way there, I unconsciously began humming Aaron Kwok's "Loving You Forever"[1] to fill the silence.
I almost did a spit-take, before looking at Zhang Dong as if he had an incurable mental illness: "I'm being kept by Xiao Huaisu?" He stays at my place sometimes, yes, but I never take any money from him. Plus, I'm the one who also cooks the food he eats. He's eating off me, living off me, and now you want to tell me I'm the one being kept by him? How could I put up with such a life? If you're going to talk about someone being kept, then given the present the situation, aren't I the one keeping him?
And upon drinking too much, one would of course get themselves drunk. So when our president was seen leaning back on a sofa with a closed pair of eyes and fingers rubbing his temples; while the evening lights were still lit and the night had yet to meet its end; everyone from all around would hurriedly make their exit, leaving the burden to deal with that person to fall on me.
Or don't kiss!
So when morning arrived, I used a blanket to wrap my head in a bundle, crafting a sight no different to an ostrich, one unwilling to face the reality before him.
Kiss!
[But when you look at me with those big bright eyes]
At the company, regarding my slow dismissal, my co-worker (B), who was thinking of the matter said: "I thought the the president was planning on giving you the axe, but he just brought you lunch instead—over and over again. It has to be because he discovered your good points somewhere along the line, right? Human's are emotional animals after all. So after he found those good points of yours... cough—even though I haven't found any you may have as yet myself..." He said all this while bursting out in laughter before continuing, "...So after the president discovered them, he must have gotten the idea you're neither worthless nor annoying, and there was no reason to not let you stay. He probably no longer had the heart to give you the boot." After he delivered all that, he twirled his pen, then said with admiration: "The president is actually a kind-hearted person, isn't he?"
"Trembles, and trembles—" While trembling we got to his room. After fishing Xiao Huaisu's room keycard, I took a couple breaths to get my bearings, then swiped the card, opened the door, entered with that guy on my back, closed the door, then made my way to the bedroom where I finally put that guy d-down—Aah!
I leaned my head closer to Xiao Huaisu's, tremblingly touching the corner of his lips before immediately pulling back, feeling as though the drinks I had earlier were finally starting to take their effect. My face felt so warm, and my guilty conscience made me want to break out of Xiao Huaisu's arms and high-tail it out of there.
"???"
N/A
"???"
So when morning arrived, I used a blanket to wrap my head in a bundle, crafting a sight no different to an ostrich, one unwilling to face the reality before him.
"???"
But... no matter how much I tried to break free of his embrace, he didn't budge an inch...
A person who can turn their nose up at you and treat you coldly a second ago, can just turn around and make you feel like a spring breeze in another. Right then, in that moment, I was especially thankful to Xiao Huaisu. He made me realise just how multifaceted, malleable, interesting—and even lovely—people could actually be.
N/A
Does it hurt?!
These days, Lee Moli was obsessed with playing mobile games. So while pretending to be right in the middle of doing something "important", having heard what I said, she asked: "Are you actually being kept, though?"
Does... what hurt?
This is forcing me to do something wrong to you, do you get that?
But all my hopes dashed to pieces, because I wasn't careful and thus rolled off the bed with a loud thud.
Huh?
——The next day——
So be it, you're the one who seduced me! I bit my lips, stretching out my head again and finally kissed Xiao Huaisu's lips. This time it wasn't rushed like before as I lingered for a little while, and used the tip of my tongue to lick them. After kissing him, I lowered my head and chuckled to myself.
After I sat down, Zhang Dong was still standing beside me. So to stop him from interfering with my work, I swivelled my chair to turn my back his way, then did my best to advise him, saying: "I don't think for a second you lack the nerve to tell my mother. However, I do think if you tell her, she won't believe you at all... Instead, the only thing that would come of this, is the destruction of a relationship between two families. So think it over yourself." Despite Aunty Huo's fondness for showing off her son's achievements a bit too much, she had always gotten along rather well with my mother. Who doesn't suffer from the urge to brag about their kid? What mother doesn't act like this? You get me? So as kids, we'd never want to see our parents grow estranged because of some misunderstanding. After all, when you reach your golden years, having a few good friends is an incredibly fortunate thing.
I still want to kiss you. What am I going to do!
Staring at his closed eyes, I had no idea how I ended up being the one pressed down under Xiao Huaisu's body, nor how he ended up holding me in his embrace.
Maybe the wine he drunk was the reason, as after I licked him, the faint traces of sweetness still lingered on the tip of my tongue.
Since my head was covered, I chose to remain silent, pretending it was all a hallucination, and none of it was real.
I'm so dead...
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
I didn't know when, but at some point, Xiao Huaisu had released me. Now I was half bent over his body with my hands on either side of his head to keep me propped up, while I grew more and more addicted as I bowed my head to repeatedly kiss his lips. Licking him little by little, the tip of my tongue picking up those sweet faint traces of peppermint as it began prying his lips open. It felt so nice, it made it me unable to resist.
He was so drunk last night, he must have just assumed I was too tired from taking care of him last night so I just stayed over. This was definitely the case.
Lick him again, then; and see if it really is sweet~
Never going to happen. I spent many nights coming up with my proposal, and you expect me to just abandon it with a single sentence from you? I choked down the urge to roll my eyes, to instead say to that guy disapprovingly: "Never going to happen." Feeling not an ounce threatened by his words, I turned around, then leisurely strode back to my cubicle.
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[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
Mn...
With a quiver in my voice, I asked in return: "Does uh... what hurt?" I just knew it... I just realised there was only one place that could possibly be the answer to this question.
So be it, you're the one who seduced me! I bit my lips, stretching out my head again and finally kissed Xiao Huaisu's lips. This time it wasn't rushed like before as I lingered for a little while, and used the tip of my tongue to lick them. After kissing him, I lowered my head and chuckled to myself.
[When the evening lights are lit, []the night has yet to meet its end, []and everyone is in a rush]
It is a bit sweet, isn't it?
Does... what hurt?
I didn't know when, but at some point, Xiao Huaisu had released me. Now I was half bent over his body with my hands on either side of his head to keep me propped up, while I grew more and more addicted as I bowed my head to repeatedly kiss his lips. Licking him little by little, the tip of my tongue picking up those sweet faint traces of peppermint as it began prying his lips open. It felt so nice, it made it me unable to resist.
"That's fine, we'll still have Youyou."
My reason told me that I shouldn't kiss him any more. It told me I should hurry up and get out of there.
Kiss!
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
"I'd probably tell the other person I cut ties with you."
But, with a tone half believing what I said, she replied: "Okay then. Just make sure you get yourself a lot of rest, and don't stay up too late either, okay? And make sure to drink a lot of water too. Li You has her summer vacation right around the corner as well, so if you get too busy at work, just send her over to our place. My dance troupe is missing someone to play the music for us, and I noticed Li You was pretty good at it last time she came there with us."
I don't know if it was because of something I said had touched Zhang Dong's memory, but after he turned to leave, he choked out: "I know you're not being kept."
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
Take Zhang Dong, for instance. While I was getting some water in the tearoom, he came up to me and asked: "Li Tian, if Aunty Li found out you were being kept, do you understand how she would feel?"
But unable to bear parting, I kissed his forehead instead, then his eyebrows... lightly pecking his eyelids, his cheeks, then softly kissed his slightly cool lips once more.
I stared at him, asking again: "I'm obviously asking you to tell me who exactly it is I'm being kept by?"
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
This is forcing me to do something wrong to you, do you get that?
But just then, Xiao Huaisu asked: "Does it hurt?"
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
Ngh—
Moms, why do you keep going against the rules of this mothering thing? You'll lose me if you keep doing this, you get that, right?
Zhang Dong lifted his brows, asking me in return: "What do you mean, who?"
He then held me in his arms again, nimbly flipping us over, to imprisoning me instead. After doing this, he lowered his head, now capturing my lips with his own—sucking them, licking them, each action flowing like a gentle stream, sucking me in, all the more deep.
While I was deeply immersed in my thirst, a sudden nip to the tip of my tongue made me rip open my eyes to look at the man below below me, and realise his reddened and drunken eyes were already opened. Those eyes of his seemed like a cool summer wave, one which reeled me all the way in; swaying me and sweeping me straight into its depths where its warm breath surrounded me. Right then, the drumming in my heart caused by his unexpected opened eyes had long faded away.
"I just wanted to get that opportunity."
Lowering his voice, he replied: "Xiao Huaisu."
But, with a tone half believing what I said, she replied: "Okay then. Just make sure you get yourself a lot of rest, and don't stay up too late either, okay? And make sure to drink a lot of water too. Li You has her summer vacation right around the corner as well, so if you get too busy at work, just send her over to our place. My dance troupe is missing someone to play the music for us, and I noticed Li You was pretty good at it last time she came there with us."
"..." Hold up, dad doesn't understand? "Does that mean you like that boy as well as the girl?"
——The next day——
He then held me in his arms again, nimbly flipping us over, to imprisoning me instead. After doing this, he lowered his head, now capturing my lips with his own—sucking them, licking them, each action flowing like a gentle stream, sucking me in, all the more deep.
Now I realise, it wasn't that you're not inherently bad, it was just that you never had the chance to be bad. But now you found that chance, right?
My reason told me that I shouldn't kiss him any more. It told me I should hurry up and get out of there.
But... no matter how much I tried to break free of his embrace, he didn't budge an inch...
It was night of a blushing, heart throbbing daze.
But unable to bear parting, I kissed his forehead instead, then his eyebrows... lightly pecking his eyelids, his cheeks, then softly kissed his slightly cool lips once more.
So when morning arrived, I used a blanket to wrap my head in a bundle, crafting a sight no different to an ostrich, one unwilling to face the reality before him.
Xiao Huaisu looked at me, his tone rather gentle, making me not one bit able to resist that sexy voice of his as he asked: "Did you hate me doing that?"
Recalling the scenes from night before, made me almost pass out.
Does it hurt?!
I looked at him without saying a word, then asked: "You know? Yet you still want to go slander me in front of my mother? Zhang Dong, you really are a jerk."
Regarding that whole Zhang Dong coming to find me incident, after that day I talked with him, I basically ignored the entire event, and as I expected, my proposal was chosen. When September rolled around, because our company's midyear performance was a booming success, as a reward for the employees the company hosted a special trip. The gathering was held at a five star resort in the city, a hotel that was extremely tall and huge.
Li You, still cupping her face continued: "Yeah, I know."
Now I realise, it wasn't that you're not inherently bad, it was just that you never had the chance to be bad. But now you found that chance, right?
Without even buying any condoms.
He probably didn't have the slightest clue about what we did last night, so with this thought in mind, I carefully opened my eye by a crack. What I came to see after this, was Xiao Huaisu calmly staring at me while wearing a soft smile, a sight which gave my heart some much needed relief.
***
Does it hurt?!
Now I realise, it wasn't that you're not inherently bad, it was just that you never had the chance to be bad. But now you found that chance, right?
"Just because he and I will eat hotpot together, you think I'm someone being kept? But using that line of reasoning, means that when you and I ate that stir-fried liangpi before, I had also once kept you, doesn't it?"
We just went and did that.
When I was right in the middle of preparing materials for a science exhibition Li You had the next day, Lee Moli had called me. Using some recent news as the starting point of our conversation, she then tactfully said to me: "You know, being dismissed is not a big deal, so don't worry about it too much, alright? You can always find a new job if you lose this one, so don't be too hard on yourself. Do you need money? If you do, I found out about some savings your dad had stashed away a few days ago, and it has a few thousand in it. Do you want me to send you it via WeChat?"
If my male god wakes up to find me next to him... what if he gets grossed out?
I'm so dead...
The more I thought about it, the more nerve racked I became. So very very quietly, I climbed out of the bed. Still using the blanket to wrap my head, as I attempted to stealthily get the heck out of that room. I was already planning on how I would go back to my city, then to Jianyu Hospital to ask if there's any sort of birth control pills I could buy for this. I had no idea if Jianyu even had specialized birth control pills for people like me, but regardless, I should first get back to my own room and clean up first.
I should leave. I should hurry up and leave.
I chuckled, blew the the steam from my hot cup of coffee prior to my asking: "Tell me, what's the real reason you came looking for me?"
Never going to happen. I spent many nights coming up with my proposal, and you expect me to just abandon it with a single sentence from you? I choked down the urge to roll my eyes, to instead say to that guy disapprovingly: "Never going to happen." Feeling not an ounce threatened by his words, I turned around, then leisurely strode back to my cubicle.
If I hit the jackpot and get knocked up again, will Lee Moli kill me when she finds out?
I could sense the matter was being secretly discussed by my colleagues too, and even though I didn't say anything to them, I couldn't help but air my grievances in private to Xiao Huaisu.
But all my hopes dashed to pieces, because I wasn't careful and thus rolled off the bed with a loud thud.
While hugging me, Xiao Huaisu flipped us over, so now we were both reclining on the bed while his eyes were still closed. Those lashes of his were just so thick and long, and a faint shadow under his eyes could also be seen. So in my heart, just at that moment, a little lust demon was busy trying different methods to compel me.
If I hit the jackpot and get knocked up again, will Lee Moli kill me when she finds out?
But all my hopes dashed to pieces, because I wasn't careful and thus rolled off the bed with a loud thud.
I'm dead...
When I heard her ask me this, I immediately had a vision of myself being abandoned. Thus, in a serious tone, I replied to her: "He probably has a girlfriend already."
After I sat down, Zhang Dong was still standing beside me. So to stop him from interfering with my work, I swivelled my chair to turn my back his way, then did my best to advise him, saying: "I don't think for a second you lack the nerve to tell my mother. However, I do think if you tell her, she won't believe you at all... Instead, the only thing that would come of this, is the destruction of a relationship between two families. So think it over yourself." Despite Aunty Huo's fondness for showing off her son's achievements a bit too much, she had always gotten along rather well with my mother. Who doesn't suffer from the urge to brag about their kid? What mother doesn't act like this? You get me? So as kids, we'd never want to see our parents grow estranged because of some misunderstanding. After all, when you reach your golden years, having a few good friends is an incredibly fortunate thing.
I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
I'm so dead...
I'm dead...
I don't know if it was because of something I said had touched Zhang Dong's memory, but after he turned to leave, he choked out: "I know you're not being kept."
[But when you look at me with those big bright eyes]
Eat hotpot? Yes! Hell yes!
With this thought in mind, I put on a smile, planning to act like nothing happened and greet him with a hello.
Wrapped in the blanket like a silkworm, I was ready to roll under the bed to hide, but before I could, my body was lifted up by the quilt into a waiting embrace.
"Trembles, and trembles—" While trembling we got to his room. After fishing Xiao Huaisu's room keycard, I took a couple breaths to get my bearings, then swiped the card, opened the door, entered with that guy on my back, closed the door, then made my way to the bedroom where I finally put that guy d-down—Aah!
Letting out a chuckle, Xiao Huaisu then asked: "Are you planning on not letting me get any cover?"
If my male god wakes up to find me next to him... what if he gets grossed out?
From ever since that earlier incident with the keys, everyone got to know that not only did I know the president and was friends with him, but also that our relationship was beyond that of superficial friends. So it was only natural they'd make way for me. Manager Lin even patted me on the back while saying: "Since you and our president are friends, the responsibility for taking him back to his room will be on you. There are quite a lot of female colleagues here, so the rest of the guy's will be responsible for escorting them to their rooms too." After this, he instructed the remaining staff members, "Tomorrow, after breakfast, we'll be heading to the hot springs. Then, at noon, we'll go fishing by the lakeside and have ourselves a barbecue." Everyone cheered when they heard this, and eventually, the crowd dispersed, leaving only me and Xiao Huaisu behind.
"Trembles, and trembles—" While trembling we got to his room. After fishing Xiao Huaisu's room keycard, I took a couple breaths to get my bearings, then swiped the card, opened the door, entered with that guy on my back, closed the door, then made my way to the bedroom where I finally put that guy d-down—Aah!
Supporting Xiao Huaisu, we made our way to his room.
"But, seriously, can I ask you something?"
Since my head was covered, I chose to remain silent, pretending it was all a hallucination, and none of it was real.
"Withdraw yourself from the upcoming planning event, and let me become the leader."
Not hearing a reply, Xiao Huaisu rested me back down on the bed. He then began peeling off the blanket, and I tightly shut my eyes at the returning brightness, not daring to look at him in the face.
Kiss!
"Withdraw yourself from the upcoming planning event, and let me become the leader."
"They are a perfect match."
He probably didn't have the slightest clue about what we did last night, so with this thought in mind, I carefully opened my eye by a crack. What I came to see after this, was Xiao Huaisu calmly staring at me while wearing a soft smile, a sight which gave my heart some much needed relief.
He always asked me this. How could I possibly hate it?
He was so drunk last night, he must have just assumed I was too tired from taking care of him last night so I just stayed over. This was definitely the case.
It is a bit sweet, isn't it?
These days, Lee Moli was obsessed with playing mobile games. So while pretending to be right in the middle of doing something "important", having heard what I said, she asked: "Are you actually being kept, though?"
I leaned my head closer to Xiao Huaisu's, tremblingly touching the corner of his lips before immediately pulling back, feeling as though the drinks I had earlier were finally starting to take their effect. My face felt so warm, and my guilty conscience made me want to break out of Xiao Huaisu's arms and high-tail it out of there.
With this thought in mind, I put on a smile, planning to act like nothing happened and greet him with a hello.
He made a secret savings account and it still got found out?
But just then, Xiao Huaisu asked: "Does it hurt?"
Li You looked at me curiously, "Is it impossible to like them both?"
"???"
Just as I used the spoon to stir in some sugar, I asked in confusion: "Who?"
Does... what hurt?
Lowering his voice, he replied: "Xiao Huaisu."
I didn't let the Zhang Dong incident mess with my mood. When I got a day off work and went over to my parent's place, I mentioned the incident in passing to Lee Moli.
I still want to kiss you. What am I going to do!
Does it hurt?!
The little lust demon was shaken away, but my heart had begun pounding wildly.
With a quiver in my voice, I asked in return: "Does uh... what hurt?" I just knew it... I just realised there was only one place that could possibly be the answer to this question.
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But unable to bear parting, I kissed his forehead instead, then his eyebrows... lightly pecking his eyelids, his cheeks, then softly kissed his slightly cool lips once more.
Lowering his voice, he replied: "Xiao Huaisu."
Just as I used the spoon to stir in some sugar, I asked in confusion: "Who?"
After hearing this, he still apologised, saying: "I wasn't thinking back then. I won't do it again next time."
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I righteously refused that little lust demon, saying: "As an honest youth, how could I possibly engage in such bad behaviour?"
Does... what hurt?
Anyway, as for why Li You had the time of her life playing music for them? Well, that evening when I returned home, I accompanied both Madam Li You and Madam Lee Moli to the place where they usually square dance and I discovered the source of Li You's so-called joy. It was all due to a handsome boy who played the diabolo right next to the square dancing area, whose looks was strikingly similar to Pan An—he was exactly like Pan An, especially good looking.
Author's Note:
Notes:
^2. Aaron Kwok (Kwok Fu Shing) Is one of the legendary Four Heavenly Kings of the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 90s. The song "Loving You Forever" 《对你爱不完》, was his debut hit. I tried to get the lyrics to sound song-like in the translation, but it did not take(´。＿。｀)
Spotify Link: here
A diabolo is in the pic. The cute cat art is by the artist Arthur Thiele~ (Why a cat pic, you ask? because why not? The Neko has been freed!
iana: it has begun ヽ(*。>Д<)o゜
[Please be reminded, if the acts portrayed in this novel are attempted in real life your sweet behind will find itself in a cell that not a phone]
Now squeal with me!!!!!
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