YJDNY - 41

Zhou Xingyan’s kissing skills were quite good.

Their lips met and rubbed together, silently slipping in through the seam of her lips, hooking her soft, slick tongue to suck and bite, the movements slow and lingering, his proficiency completely off the charts.

The sensation snaked up along the nerve endings on her tongue, Xiang Ge’s eyes widening as she looked at his lowered, covering eyelashes, a little caught off guard by this sudden offensive.

Her whole body subconsciously retreated half a step, her back pressing against the cold iron door of the hospital stairwell. The sudden chill seeped through the fabric on her back, and she let out an “ah,” the sound coming out as only an ambiguous low moan. The man seized the opportunity without hesitation, delving deep into enemy territory.

Cold wind poured into the hospital stairwell, making one want to shiver, but Xiang Ge inexplicably started to feel hot.

Her eyes were open, his were closed. He frowned slightly, then opened his eyes.

A deep, dark intensity filled his clear black pupils. “Close your eyes.”

Xiang Ge reacted, tilting her head back slightly to create some distance. She didn’t know whose glistening saliva still clung to her lips. She breathed shallowly, evening her breath. “Why close my eyes?”

“Isn’t that how it’s always done?”

Xiang Ge smiled. “What’s always done like that?”

“...”

“On TV?”

Zhou Xingyan: “...”

Looking at his expression, Xiang Ge had a deliberately annoying look of great interest in this question. Her tongue curled around her lips, licking a circle. “Senior, have you ever been in love?”

“...” Zhou Xingyan pursed his lips, not speaking.

“Have you?”

“Haven’t you?”

“After I left, you really haven’t been in a relationship even once?”

The curve of her lips almost took flight, making Zhou Xingyan’s eyes ache.

Zhou Xingyan clicked his tongue. “Alright, I know you’re experienced.”

Xiang Ge laughed, suddenly raising her hand to loop it around his neck.

“I’m not experienced either.” Her eyes curved as she smiled, her voice soft and gentle, like a fluffy cat’s tail, curling and swaying in the air. She tilted her head slightly, looking up to touch his lips, gently licking and nibbling, her voice muffled. “But I am now.”

Warm, soft touch, with a faint fresh scent of vegetables and plants. Xiang Ge vaguely remembered that he had just eaten dried okra and vegetables.

Dried vegetables, this person was even like an old man when it came to snacks, Xiang Ge thought dazedly.

Until the sound of someone talking came from the doorway, footsteps approaching from afar, Xiang Ge’s eyes snapped open, widening slightly, and she tried to push him away.

Zhou Xingyan’s movements didn’t stop, even using a bit of malicious force to bite her tongue.

Xiang Ge let out a muffled “hmm” and struggled.

Zhou Xingyan released her.

The next second, the door to the second floor of the stairwell was pushed open. Several people who looked like family members visiting patients walked upstairs while talking. Xiang Ge moved to the side, giving them space.

As they brushed past, a family member glanced at her. Xiang Ge’s eyes were red-rimmed and moist, her lips pressed together, her head slightly lowered. A person in a white coat stood in front.

In that instant, the patient’s family member seemed to have grasped some incorrect information, looking knowing and a little sympathetic towards her, shaking their head regretfully.

Xiang Ge: “...”

After those people went upstairs, their voices fading into the distance, Xiang Ge wiped her lips with the back of her hand before turning back, remembering what she had come for. “The keys.”

Zhou Xingyan hooked a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed the entire set to her. “Take my car back.”

“Then how will you get back, by bus?”

“I’ll get back somehow. Or do you want to take the bus?”

Xiang Ge reached out, just about to take them, when he suddenly withdrew his hand.

Xiang Ge looked up. “Don’t want to take the bus anymore? Then you can take a taxi.”

Zhou Xingyan slowly handed the keys back to her. “I’ll deal with you when you get home tonight.”

Xiang Ge: “...”

?

Deal with what?

What did I do wrong?

Xiang Ge pondered for a moment, then cautiously opened her mouth. “Okay, okay, don’t think that just because you’re my boyfriend now you can do whatever you want. Although I don’t look much like a good person, I am indeed a girl from a good family. This feels a little too fast, and I’ll think you’re a渣男.”

Zhou Xingyan: “...”

Because Zhou Xingyan lived a very health-conscious life, he basically had no snacks at home. On her way back, Xiang Ge went to the supermarket and bought a large pile of snacks.

Usually, when she went out, she was just a very ordinary person, and no one would recognize her, so she was used to it. But today, just as she came up from the underground floor carrying bags, she was stopped in front of a watch counter.

Two girls who looked like university students looked at her a little excitedly. “Are you that model for Z’s autumn/winter campaign? What’s your name... what’s your name—”

She couldn’t remember after a long time. Xiang Ge looked at her calmly and added, “—Xiang Ge.”

“Yes! That’s you! I really think you’re so good-looking! I even stalked your Weibo, and all your photos are so stylish!” The girl looked at her with bright eyes.

Xiang Ge was stunned for a moment, then curved her lips into a smile. “Thank you. You have great taste.”

Even when Zhou Xingyan returned home in the evening, the smile on Xiang Ge’s lips hadn’t faded.

The woman had already taken a shower before he came back and ran over to open the door for him wearing his large men’s white pajamas. Her eyes were long and narrow, and she looked like a fluffy little white fox.

The little fox’s eyes curved with a smile as she leaned against the side, watching him change his shoes and enter the house. “Xingyan, let’s break up.”

Zhou Xingyan paused, turning his head back.

Xiang Ge: “I went to the supermarket today, and a little girl came up to me and confessed her admiration. I suddenly felt like it would be a bit of a loss to just find a boyfriend and tie myself down like this.”

Zhou Xingyan took off his coat and hung it on the coat rack by the entrance. “Haven’t you encountered this kind of thing before?”

“How could I not?” Xiang Ge flicked her sleeves. “But I’ve always had men approach me and confess. This is the first time it’s been a girl. Girls usually seem to dislike me more.”

She paused. “After all, I’m too good-looking.”

“...”

Zhou Xingyan let out a soft “heh,” a short puff of air. “You do indeed often have men confessing to you.”

Xiang Ge’s eyelashes curved as she watched him enter the house. She turned around and went in as well, casually grabbing a chip from the coffee table and putting it in her mouth with a crunch. “Don’t you think you saved the galaxy in your past life and basically struck gold?”

Zhou Xingyan also casually took the chip from her hand, his long arm extending, the chip hovering in the air. He released it, and it fell with a thud directly into the trash can by his feet.

“...”

Xiang Ge lowered her eyes to look at the corpse of the full bag of chips she had just opened in the trash can, then raised her head to look at him with a silent accusation.

Zhou Xingyan was completely unmoved. “Who is Fu Rongsen?”

Xiang Ge was taken aback. “Huh?”

“The one who said in front of three hundred million Weibo active users that he wanted to pursue you.”

Xiang Ge drew out her voice. “Ah—”

“That’s the young master of the company I’m doing a quarterly endorsement for.”

“Quarterly endorsement?”

Xiang Ge nodded. “It should be annual now. I’m going to sign the contract for the new spring/summer series in a couple of days.”

Zhou Xingyan leaned against the wall, his eyes lowered as he looked at her.

Xiang Ge tilted her head. “Unhappy?”

Zhou Xingyan’s tone was indifferent. “No. My girlfriend is preparing to openly run away with another man in a couple of days. I’m very happy.”

“...”

Xiang Ge smiled, moving closer to him. A finger extended from the long pajama sleeve, groped for his finger, and tugged at it.

The fluffy pajama sleeve cuff drooped onto the back of his hand, tickling him.

Xiang Ge raised her head, moved closer, kissed him, her soft body just about to lean in for a hug when the man poked her forehead and stopped her. “Don’t come over.”

“?”

Xiang Ge looked questioning.

Zhou Xingyan raised his hand and pushed her back a little. “I haven’t showered.”

“...”

Xiang Ge choked. “You hadn’t showered when you kissed me in the hospital this afternoon either.”

Zhou Xingyan glanced at her indifferently. “That was in the hospital. This is at home.”

“The hospital was fine, why isn’t home?”

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to resist fulfilling my boyfriend duties.”

Xiang Ge was stunned for a moment, then let out a “wow,” her eyelashes fluttering as she smiled, her arms open impatiently. “Come on, I’ve been waiting for a long time.”

Zhou Xingyan: “...”

Xiang Ge pressed closer, batting her long eyelashes at him, her open arms still trembling slightly. “Come on.”

Zhou Xingyan narrowed his eyes.

Arrogant.

He let out a low, deep sound, took two steps forward, ignoring her raised arms, squatted down slightly, and lifted her up by her waist and hips.

Taken by surprise, Xiang Ge let out an “ah,” afraid of losing her balance and falling. She quickly hugged his neck tightly.

The girl in his arms was slender and light, almost weightless. Because she was too thin, she wasn’t very soft, feeling slightly bony.

The pajamas felt fluffy, carrying her faint body heat and fragrance.

She probably bought shampoo today. It smelled different from his, with a faint floral scent lingering around his nose.

Held in his arms, Xiang Ge quickly quieted down. Her instantly tense body softened, and she lowered her head to look at the swirl of dark hair on the top of the man’s head. Suddenly, she lowered herself, leaned down from a point above, and opened her mouth to take his earlobe.

Zhou Xingyan’s whole body stiffened.

Her soft, slick tongue traced along his earlobe, a wet, gentle sensation that sent crackling currents through his nerves, a tingling numbness shooting straight to his tailbone.

Not only arrogant.

But also causing trouble.

Zhou Xingyan’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his jaw tightened. He carried her to the sofa next to him and placed her down, using one hand to grab her wrist and pin it above her head, then leaned over her.

One hand hooked her slender waist, his fingertips gently rubbing. His hot, scalding breath and kisses trailed from her forehead to the tip of her nose and earlobe, from the tip of her ear to her earlobe, nibbling at that soft flesh for a moment before landing behind her ear.

There was a clear, long, and shocking scar there.

Zhou Xingyan’s movements stopped, his lips pressed tightly against that skin, not moving at all.

The fingers holding her wrist unconsciously tightened little by little, his chest rising and falling shallowly.

Xiang Ge sighed softly, wrapping one arm around his back, her voice low. “It’s okay, it’s already in the past. I don’t care anymore.”

Zhou Xingyan didn’t move. After a long while, his lips pressed against the long scar, kissing it inch by inch.

From beginning to end, delicate and gentle.