Chapter 61 Let me be your boyfriend, okay...

The bathroom door was closed, and Shen Mengqing could hear the crisp sound of it being locked, as if it were guarding against her as if she were a thief.

He was the one who invited her to the room and even deliberately took off his clothes in front of her, but now he's acting all high and mighty, as if he's afraid she'll take advantage of him.

To lure someone in at the first sign of trouble, one must feign indifference.

Shen Mengqing scoffed lightly and started playing on his phone amidst the splashing water.

Many friends saw the news about the typhoon hitting Haishi and sent her messages to ask about the situation. Shen Mengqing reported that she was safe to everyone and then opened her chat box with Li Qinghe.

Li Qinghe asked her a few minutes ago:

"Are you still safe in your room?"

"If you're scared, you can tell me, and I'll come with you. Don't be shy."

Shen Mengqing typed in reply:

"I've changed rooms, it's safe, don't worry."

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and not long after, the person inside came out wearing a loose t-shirt and trousers. Water droplets clung to the ends of his hair, and his body seemed to be shrouded in mist. His muscular arms, visible beneath his short sleeves, exuded a clean and aloof aura.

Yu Xin dried her hair with a towel, looked at Shen Mengqing who was typing until her fingertips were smoking, and said in a cold voice, "Who are you chatting with?"

She swallowed back the words that were about to come out, and deliberately said, "Li Qinghe."

Yu Xin paused, tossed the towel into the laundry basket, and said sourly, "You're quite the chatterbox with him."

"What's with all this talk about being attentive? People care about me, so can't I at least politely reciprocate?"

She had barely finished speaking when Li Qinghe made a phone call.

Shen Mengqing wanted to find a place to pick him up, but the only separate, enclosed space in the room was the bathroom, which was probably damp by now, so she didn't want to go in.

Yu Xin saw through her thoughts, sat down on the bed, propped himself up with his hands, and said, "You can fight here."

"Or is there something I can't hear?"

His voice was low and husky, with an ambiguous tone. Shen Mengqing glared at him and tried to walk past him to the door to talk, but this man suddenly appeared and blocked her way.

She said, "Good dogs don't block the way."

Yu Xin muttered, "Yeah, I'm a bad dog."

There was no reasoning with this scoundrel. The phone had been ringing for a long time, so Shen Mengqing gritted his teeth and finally answered it.

Shen Mengqing: "Hello?"

"Hey, Meng Qing, you've changed rooms?" The room was too quiet, and the phone was leaking a bit, so Li Qinghe's voice came through the receiver in bits and pieces.

Feeling pressured by Yu Xin's gaze, Shen Mengqing wanted to end the call as quickly as possible, so she replied curtly, "Mm."

Li Qinghe pressed further, "Is the wind blowing loudly where you are? Do you need me to come and keep you company?"

Yu Xin heard almost everything he said. Just as Shen Mengqing was about to reply, an arm restlessly climbed onto her waist and precisely pinched the most sensitive and ticklish area on her waist. Shen Mengqing jolted, and her phone slipped from her suddenly weak hand. Before it fell onto the carpet, Yu Xin easily reached out and caught it.

But when he touched it, he accidentally pressed the speaker button.

Li Qinghe's voice echoed throughout the room: "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you alright?"

Shen Mengqing glared angrily, pinched Yu Xin hard, and reached out to take back her phone. Yu Xin, however, kept stretching her arms and leaning back, using her height advantage to fish, making it seem like she couldn't reach it, yet it seemed like she was just a little bit away, thinking she should try harder.

Li Qinghe kept saying, "Which room are you in? I'd better come find you; I'm worried about you."

"No need, no need!" Shen Mengqing knelt down, almost hanging on Yu Xin, and shouted towards the phone, raising her voice slightly, "I'm safe, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After saying that, she whispered to Yu Xin, "I'm going to hang up soon."

"Beg me." Yu Xin raised his chin and stared straight at her.

Shen Mengqing blurted out quickly, "Please, please."

Yu Xin tilted his head and, following her wishes, pressed the hang-up button.

After regaining control of the phone, Shen Mengqing stood up straight and, not forgetting to kick Yu Xin's foot, took revenge on the spot.

Yu Xin also stood up, walked to the counter, fiddled with it for a while, took out two bowls of instant noodles, put them on the table, and asked Shen Mengqing, "Are you hungry?"

A rainy typhoon day is the perfect time to snuggle up in a comfortable room and eat a bowl of hot instant noodles. Shen Mengqing's eyes lit up, and she leaned closer: "Where did you get this?"

Yu Xin boiled water and said, "I went to buy it after seeing the news. We need to stock up on emergency supplies in advance in the event of such extreme weather."

The water boiled quickly, sizzling as it was poured into the instant noodle cup. After the lid was closed, the aroma of the instant noodles soon filled the entire room. Shen Mengqing couldn't wait even four minutes before she eagerly lifted the lid and started eating, while Yu Xin, who preferred her noodles more thoroughly soaked, ate a little later.

The wind outside was blowing even harder. The weather station said the typhoon would officially make landfall in Haishi at midnight. At this moment, it was pitch black outside the window, and it was impossible to tell whether it was the sky or the sea. There were no people around, and only the big trees were dancing wildly in the wind.

The two remained silent, focusing on eating their noodles.

After finishing her meal, Shen Mengqing glanced at the time; it was almost nine o'clock. She cleaned up the leftover food, got up to wash up in the bathroom, and planned to go to bed early tonight.

When she came out again in her pajamas, the room lights had dimmed a little. Yu Xin was leaning back on the sofa, holding a laptop in his hands, his long legs wide open, with a top light shining on his high brow bone and nose, casting a shadow around his eyes.

At this moment, he seemed to have detached himself from his status and position in Yusheng, just like before. Shen Mengqing suddenly remembered their meeting at the bar, under similar dim lighting. She sat next to him, as if she had been watching him for a long time.

Yu Xin noticed her gaze and raised an eyebrow: "What's wrong?"

"I suddenly feel like having a drink," Shen Mengqing said, changing the subject.

Yu Xin was speechless: "This thing isn't in the emergency supplies, but I can ask the hotel for you. Maybe they sell alcohol."

Shen Mengqing shook his head and walked forward: "Just saying."

She glanced at the bed, large enough for two people to sleep in, then at the cramped sofa, and asked Yu Xin, "Where are you sleeping?"

"I'll listen to you."

He closed his laptop and looked up at Shen Mengqing.

Although they had slept in the same bed many times before, it just felt a little strange to invite him to sleep in the bed now.

Seeing that Shen Mengqing was actually frowning and deep in thought, Yu Xin chuckled and said, "Just kidding. Go to bed and sleep. I'll just lie here on the sofa."

Shen Mengqing blinked, then sprawled out on the bed in a starfish shape, rolling around to the left and right to make sure she couldn't touch the other side. She patted the bed and said, "If you're sleepy, just sleep on the bed. I tried it, and it's more than enough for two people."

Yu Xin stared at her, his eyes flashing, and said with a serious expression, "If Li Qinghe came to your room to keep you company, would you let him sleep next to you?"

"How is that possible!"

Shen Mengqing instinctively retorted.

Only after she said that did she realize that she had fallen into someone's trap.

Looking at the person on the sofa whose eyebrows had curved into a smile, Shen Mengqing became angry and embarrassed, grabbed the blanket and covered her head: "I'm not talking to you anymore."

The blanket blocked out most of the light in the room, and it was very quiet. Shen Mengqing's heart pounded, one beat after another against her sternum.

Not long after, there was a rustling sound from the side, and the bed visibly sank in that direction, indicating that someone had gotten into bed.

Shen Mengqing gripped the blanket tightly, but finally couldn't resist turning around and saying to the tall figure, "You should sleep on the sofa chair."

"Why?" Yu Xin sat leaning against the headboard, arms crossed, looking down at her.

Shen Mengqing said matter-of-factly, "I can't sleep with you here."

Yu Xin lowered one hand to support himself on the bed, using the leverage to lower his head and slowly approach the small head that Shen Mengqing had exposed. The fragrance of his body mixed with the fresh scent of the shower gel and wafted straight into Shen Mengqing's nostrils, smelling very pleasant.

He raised an eyebrow slightly: "You have something to hide, of course you can't sleep."

Shen Mengqing: "I didn't."

"Shen Mengqing, when will you dare to admit it?"

"Admit what?"

Yu Xin's gaze was fixed on her clean and beautiful face. He reached out and flicked her forehead: "Admit it, you've fallen for me too."

Yu Xin's words went straight into Shen Mengqing's mind, flowing through her blood to her heart. Without her having to ask to confirm, the erratic rhythm of her heartbeat was enough to betray her answer.

Before she could finish speaking, Yu Xin released her support, skillfully stroked Shen Mengqing's face, gently lifted her head, and kissed her soft lips.

He didn't want to hear what happened next, but whatever it was, at least he heard Shen Mengqing express his feelings.

Yu Xin's kisses went from gentle to urgent, shattering the words she couldn't utter. Outside, a fierce wind raged, and although she was in a safe and warm room, she felt as if she were in the eye of a typhoon, her head spinning from Yu Xin's kisses, caught in a whirlpool.

Even she herself had forgotten what she was trying to say after that "but." Her body was too familiar with Yu Xin. Yu Xin completely controlled the rhythm and knew by heart which kissing style would please her the most. Without any words, her body had already surrendered, expressing her longing for him.

Just as she put her arm around Yu Xin's firm back, her phone rang abruptly, putting a pause on their moment.

Her phone was closer to Yu Xin, who reached out and took it. After seeing the three words "Li Qinghe" on the screen, he tossed it to Shen Mengqing and said, "Could you silence this phone?"

"What if I have an urgent matter at work and the phone is muted?" This is not the right time to answer the phone, so Shen Mengqing pressed the volume button, and the ringing stopped abruptly.

Yu Xin pinched her cheek speechlessly: "If I didn't come to you, what urgent matter could it be?"

Shen Mengqing choked, and after a long while said, "That's true."

Yu Xin immediately silenced her phone, and then shoved it under her pillow.

He didn't continue, but looked down at Shen Mengqing, whose face was flushed, and raised the corner of his mouth: "I think I still owe you something."

"What is that?"

Shen Mengqing was puzzled; she didn't remember such a thing happening.

Yu Xin didn't say anything, but moved down a little. Shen Mengqing instantly understood what he meant, and her heart jumped into her throat. She unconsciously reached out, but only touched Yu Xin's slightly prickly hair.

Before she could even utter a word of refusal, a tingling, trembling sensation spread all the way to her toes. Her legs curled up, and her fingertips gripped the blanket tightly.

She was like a tree experiencing a typhoon for the first time, soaked to the bone by the torrential rain. The storm relentlessly swept over her body, but she was no longer afraid. She felt novel and excited about this unprecedented weather until she completely accepted it and danced with the storm.

It took Shen Mengqing an unknown amount of time to finally escape the eye of the storm.

She caught a glimpse of Yu Xin unpacking the box and couldn't help but chide him, "Is this also emergency supplies?"

Yu Xin replied in a low voice, "Isn't this an emergency measure?"

Shen Mengqing couldn't help but burst out laughing: "I didn't know you could tell corny jokes."

Yu Xin didn't reply, but instead showered him with kisses, soft and delicate.

The typhoon raged all night, making the room damp everywhere. She listened to the wind all night, and only when the sun rose in the morning and it was still as dark as ink outside did she finally fall into a deep sleep.

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morning.

When Yu Xin slowly woke up, she glanced up and saw Shen Mengqing replying to Li Qinghe's message.

Even with his morning grumpiness, he pulled Shen Mengqing's slender waist close, buried his face in her hair, and said, "Why are you chatting with him again?"

Shen Mengqing said, "I should apologize and explain why I didn't answer the phone last night."

Yu Xin: "Tell me how you explain it."

Shen Mengqing: "They said I was asleep and didn't hear a thing."

Yu Xin nodded, a mischievous thought forming in his mind to tease her. He whispered in her ear, "You were so loud last night, it's understandable that you couldn't hear me."

Shen Mengqing blushed and bent her arm to bump Yu Xin's arm back: "You just love being jealous of him, don't you?"

"Do you have other men you're jealous of that I should be jealous of?"

Yu Xin pressed down on Shen Mengqing's ticklish spot, pausing to scratch, which was very annoying. Shen Mengqing mustered all his strength and slapped his hand away: "Eat more if you like it."

Feeling thirsty, Shen Mengqing sat up, preparing to get out of bed to pour herself a glass of water, but Yu Xin grabbed her hand that was resting on the edge of the bed.

His gaze was exceptionally earnest and incredibly gentle, like a ray of sunshine descending from the sky after a long period of winter's chill.

He had a surge of love he wanted to express, but he couldn't gauge Shen Mengqing's feelings. Perhaps it's in front of someone you deeply love that you always lack confidence, lowering your expectations ever lower. All the words he could muster at that moment boiled down to one sentence:

"Shen Mengqing, this time, let me be your boyfriend, okay?"

He was afraid that Shen Mengqing would say again that they were just going to be together like this, so he took the initiative to ask the question and waited for her answer with nervous anticipation.

This was the first time Shen Mengqing had seen him look so anxious, and the corners of her eyes curved into a smile.

“Then let’s give it a try,” she said.

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Author's Note: We're back to normal/ We're back to normal/ We're back to normal/

Spread the word!

Xin Zi used several tactics of feigned indifference and maneuvering during interrogation to extract information and adopt a humble attitude.

Mutual help and support were finally achieved in this chapter [shy]