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Back home, neither of them remembered to turn on the lights.
The room was pitch black, with only faint moonlight filtering in through the window, barely allowing them to make out each other.
Their breaths mingled. He Jingxiu’s tongue darted in, caressing her pearly teeth, then went deeper.
Bo Ying’s breathing was a little unsteady. She hooked her arms around his neck, her legs involuntarily sliding down. The man seemed to sense it, scooped her up, carried her upstairs, and into the room.
...
Bo Ying’s sheer dress, under the moonlight, made her look like an ethereal beauty, giving off a hazy, indescribable allure.
He Jingxiu gazed at her intensely, his eyes intertwining with hers.
Bo Ying felt uncomfortable under his gaze. She turned her face slightly and whispered, “...Let’s shower first.”
After a day of work, she felt a bit grimy.
He Jingxiu didn’t respond. His thumb brushed her cheek, then he opened his mouth and bit her earlobe, murmuring, “We’ll shower after we’re done.”
“...No.”
Bo Ying firmly refused, “Now.”
She hooked her arms around his waist, pleading, “Carry me to the bathroom.”
The two held their ground for a few seconds, then He Jingxiu complied with her wish.
To save her dress, Bo Ying put in considerable effort to finally get into the bathroom.
The bathroom lights were bright, almost glaring.
Before she could react, her pearly teeth were once again forced open by the man. He gave her no time to breathe, slowly closing in.
All of Bo Ying’s sounds turned into whimpers; several times, she was kissed until she couldn’t breathe.
Even though it wasn’t the first time, she felt he was more intense than ever tonight. For some reason, she felt He Jingxiu tonight... was like he was on something.
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From the bathroom back to the bed, Bo Ying’s hands were clasped by the man, pinned above her head.
He kissed her from top to bottom, making her body go limp.
The moonlight outside the window seemed to flow like water, making it blurry and moist.
Sounds intermittently echoed in the room, scorching one’s ears and making one blush. After who knows how long, the moonlight, as if shy, hid behind the dark clouds, and the sounds in the room gradually ceased.
Long, long after.
When Bo Ying spoke again, her voice was incredibly hoarse.
She buried her head in He Jingxiu’s chest, her limbs weak from exhaustion. She poked He Jingxiu’s arm and said hoarsely, “I want to take a shower.”
He Jingxiu let out a muffled chuckle, his voice deep, “Why do you keep asking for a shower?”
Bo Ying shot him a look, “Whose fault is that?”
“Mine,” He Jingxiu readily admitted, kissing her lips, “I’ll carry you.”
“Mmm.”
Bo Ying closed her eyes, smiling, “Thank you, Mr. He.”
He Jingxiu was quite pleased with her addressing him this way.
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Bo Ying slept straight until noon the next day.
When she woke up, there was no one in the room, but there was a dog.
He Bomei, the dog, was lying by the bed, also asleep.
Looking at it, Bo Ying inexplicably felt a sense of security.
She silently curved her lips, then pulled back the covers and got out of bed.
As soon as she moved, He Bomei opened its eyes and looked at her.
The person and the dog exchanged glances. Bo Ying suppressed a laugh, “When did you come in?”
She reached out and stroked He Bomei’s head.
He Bomei got up, wagging its tail, and followed her to the bathroom.
He Jingxiu came upstairs and saw this scene.
Bo Ying was washing up, and He Bomei was squatting at the door, guarding her, looking up at her.
He watched for a while, feeling a spontaneous sense of contentment, a feeling of peacefulness.
He Jingxiu watched for a moment, then stepped in.
“Did you sleep well?”
Bo Ying nodded, “Did you call me this morning?”
She had a vague impression.
He Jingxiu hummed, looked at her messy hair, smoothed it down and said, “Yes.”
But when he called, Bo Ying kicked him.
She was so tired she felt like dying, she just wanted to sleep, and no one could disturb her.
Bo Ying blinked, “Did I lose my temper with you?”
She had a slight temper when waking up.
He Jingxiu lowered his gaze, picked up a washcloth from the side and handed it to her. Bo Ying didn’t take it, but instead offered her face.
He curved his lips, raised his hand and wiped the water droplets from her face.
“No.”
Hearing this, Bo Ying was surprised, “Really no?”
He Jingxiu looked at her and nodded, “Really no.”
Upon hearing this, Bo Ying muttered softly, “Then my temper is pretty good now.”
He Jingxiu, “...”
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After washing up, Bo Ying waited for lunch.
He Jingxiu made it.
Over this period, while He Jingxiu’s cooking hadn’t vastly improved, it was much better than before. Bo Ying gradually stopped finding his cooking unpalatable.
When they rested, they occasionally felt like cooking themselves.
“How’s the taste?”
He Jingxiu looked at her.
Bo Ying tasted a bite, her eyes bright, “It’s improved.”
He Jingxiu chuckled, “That’s good then.”
The two ate quietly.
After the meal, Bo Ying felt lazy and didn’t want to go anywhere.
She looked up at the gloomy weather outside; it seemed like it would rain soon.
Yawning, Bo Ying simply leaned against He Jingxiu’s leg and lay down.
She was boneless, not even wanting to sit up.
He Jingxiu indulged her. On weekends, the two didn’t necessarily go out; often, they would just stay home and enjoy leisure time.
“Only one more week until the holiday,” Bo Ying turned to He Jingxiu, “Are you going back home?”
He Jingxiu paused, looked down at her, and asked softly, “Are you going back home?”
“Yes,” Bo Ying looked at him amusingly, “I live with my brother and Little Chi Lu. I’m going to be a shining third wheel.”
He Jingxiu calculated the time, then asked softly, “Can you go back two days later?”
Bo Ying suppressed a laugh, “Aren’t you working overtime?”
She knew that He Jingxiu wouldn’t be on holiday that soon. Regular employees would get four days off before the New Year, three more than the statutory holidays, but He Jingxiu wouldn’t.
He Jingxiu still had wrap-up work to do, probably only finishing on the last day before taking a holiday.
He Jingxiu hummed and stroked her head, “Aren’t you going to work overtime with me?”
“...”
Bo Ying was slightly embarrassed. She blinked and said, “Should I tell you the truth?”
He Jingxiu saw her expression and knew that the truth was not what he wanted to hear.
He was speechless, “Going home early is fine too.”
He looked at Bo Ying and reminded her, “Remember to bother me anytime.”
“Okay.”
Bo Ying was curious about his family’s New Year traditions, “Does your whole family get together for dinner on New Year’s Eve?”
“Yes,” He Jingxiu informed her, “We have to go back to Grandpa and Grandma’s place that day.”
He looked at Bo Ying and asked softly, “When would you be willing to come home with me to meet Grandpa and Grandma?”
He Jingxiu’s grandparents lived further away, and recently the two elders had been traveling, so he hadn’t brought up meeting them.
But they both knew Bo Ying, and had even watched her on the law-themed variety show.
Only Bo Ying herself didn’t know.
Bo Ying was silent for a moment, then said softly, “Let’s see?”
She felt okay about meeting He Jingxiu’s parents, not too nervous, but she hadn’t interacted much with grandparents’ generation since she was young, so she felt quite apprehensive.
He Jingxiu knew what she was worried about. He was silent for a moment, then comforted her, “They all like you very much.”
Bo Ying chuckled, raising an eyebrow, a little smug, “Of course, your parents like me so much.”
He Jingxiu paused, then kissed her forehead, “But the one who likes you most is me.”
No one else could compare.
“...”
Bo Ying was amused by He Jingxiu’s words and shot him a glance, “Why are you even competing with elders about this?”
He Jingxiu, “Hmm, can’t lose.”
He had to prove himself constantly.
Bo Ying was amused.
She found that He Jingxiu was becoming more and more down-to-earth now.
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The two were lounging lazily at home. Bo Ying read books and watched movies. He Jingxiu occasionally joined her in reading, but most of the time, he was handling business.
He Jingxiu’s Saturday was busy.
Only Sunday was his true holiday.
On Sunday, He Jingxiu took Bo Ying out.
They didn’t have any special holiday plans, just walked around nearby, and took Bo Ying to her favorite restaurant for a meal.
After eating, Bo Ying had a sudden whim to go to the zoo.
He Jingxiu always fulfilled her wishes.
The two headed straight for the zoo, even buying a lot of food for the animals at the entrance.
Bo Ying had many joys in life.
She also had many small ideas. She was a person who was very willing to enjoy life, always the type that balanced work and leisure.
On the way home, she would see little girls or old grandmothers selling flowers and tell He Jingxiu to pull over, then buy two bouquets to take home.
Late at night, when she dragged He Jingxiu out for a late-night snack, she would encounter elderly grandpas and grandmas selling sweet potatoes. She would then temporarily change her mind, asking He Jingxiu to accompany her to eat roasted sweet potatoes so that the elderly couple could go home early.
Bo Ying was always a little sun.
She would subtly use her ideas to do what she could.
He Jingxiu loved her, and he favored her.
Besides being Bo Ying, these small everyday habits of hers made people spontaneously like her.
Even her colleagues at the company felt the same way about her.
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On Monday, the He Group distributed year-end bonuses.
Although Bo Ying was a new employee, she also received one, though it wasn’t as much as the older employees.
But Pei Yunmeng, an older employee, took good care of her.
The moment the bank card received the text message, Pei Yunmeng and she huddled together, whispering.
Generally, company employees’ salaries and year-end bonuses were not supposed to be disclosed. But despite that, employees who had good relationships would still share.
“How much did you get?”
Pei Yunmeng asked Bo Ying.
Bo Ying glanced at it, “Twenty thousand.”
For a new employee, it was quite a lot. However, the He Group’s salaries were not low to begin with. Naturally, their year-end bonuses would also be higher than other companies.
She looked at Pei Yunmeng, curious, “What about you?”
Pei Yunmeng chuckled, “More than you.”
She moved her phone closer for Bo Ying to see, “Thirty-five thousand!”
Bo Ying, “Your year-end bonus makes me not want to resign.”
Pei Yunmeng burst out laughing, “Don’t, maybe the law firm’s year-end bonus is even higher. You can’t give up your future for thirty-something thousand yuan!”
Bo Ying choked, thinking she made a lot of sense.
Pei Yunmeng smiled, closed the text message, and opened her photo album, asking, “Didn’t you say last time you wanted to buy these shoes?”
It was a pair of loafers from a brand that wasn’t available in China, only launched abroad. The price wasn’t expensive, but not cheap either, around seven thousand.
Bo Ying wanted to buy them, but thinking of traveling after the New Year, she didn’t ask a personal shopper to get them for her.
She nodded, “Why?”
Pei Yunmeng chuckled, “I’ll buy them for you.”
She curved her lips, “How about a New Year’s gift?”
Bo Ying was startled and said awkwardly, “No need.”
She said, “I’ll buy them myself.”
“Why?”
Bo Ying thought for a moment and said, “Don’t you know the saying about giving shoes?”
“What?”
“Giving someone shoes means sending them away,” she said with a straight face, deliberately asking, “What, you don’t want to be friends with me anymore?”
Pei Yunmeng, “...”
She choked for a moment, then thought and said, “Then why don’t you say that when I give you shoes, I actually want you to walk a better path?”
When that was said, Bo Ying couldn’t find a reason to refute.
She blinked, stared at Pei Yunmeng for a moment, then nodded, “Then buy them for me, I want to walk a better path.”
Pei Yunmeng, “Okay.”
Neither of them lacked money, and when it came to giving gifts, they always gave what the other person needed.
Bo Ying watched her contact the personal shopper, staring at her year-end bonus for a long time, then decided to ask He Jingxiu if he needed anything.
Bo Ying: [Mr. He~]
When Bo Ying’s message came in, He Jingxiu was briefing Qi Xuezheng on some holiday matters.
He glanced at his phone and replied: [Yes.]
Bo Ying: [I got my year-end bonus!]
He Jingxiu: [Oh?]
Bo Ying: [A full twenty thousand!]
He Jingxiu stared at her twenty thousand for a moment: [It seems the finance department director doesn’t have much foresight.]
Bo Ying: [?]
He Jingxiu: [Only giving you twenty thousand, isn’t he afraid the future boss lady will find it too little and kick their boss?]
Bo Ying immediately played along and sent: [Let’s break up.]
He Jingxiu: [?]
Bo Ying: [The year-end bonus is too little!]
He Jingxiu: [...]
Their chat box was silent for a while.
Bo Ying’s phone suddenly received a new text message. She looked down and saw a seven-figure deposit.
Who transferred it was self-evident.
Bo Ying: [?]
He Jingxiu: [A year-end bonus specially given by the boss to the little employee in the legal department, Lawyer Bo, this is hard work.]
Bo Ying: [.]
He Jingxiu: [Still kicking the boss?]
Bo Ying: [No longer.]
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