Chapter 54 Flaming Handcuffs or Belt, Choose One

At midday, the sun was shining brightly.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the layers of leaves, casting dappled shadows on the ground in the yard.

In the living room, the chubby orange cat stood at the kitchen doorway, wagging its tail wildly.

It smelled the aroma of braised red snapper with fermented soybean paste.

Chen Xiulian opened the kitchen sliding door, patted its head, and said, "Don't touch those things on the table."

[Meow~]

[Grandma, can't you at least offer me some comfort, considering I was locked in the kitchen all night?]

Chen Xiulian smiled, took off her apron, and prepared to go up to the third floor again.

She knocked on Xinmian's door during breakfast but received no response. The whole morning had passed, and the child still hadn't come downstairs.

However, as soon as she reached the second-floor stairwell, Chen Xiulian saw Chi Yu.

She casually asked, "Ayu, have you seen Mianmian?"

Chi Yu leaned lazily against the wall, holding a water glass, her eyelashes drooping, her posture relaxed and casual, looking no different from usual.

But Chen Xiulian inexplicably felt that this brat seemed a little different today.

She looked him up and down a few times, but before she could speak, Chi Yu preemptively said, "She stayed up late last night, she'll probably sleep until the afternoon."

Chen Xiulian recalled that Xin Mian went out to play with Qin Shengtian last night, guessing that the little girl had a lot of fun and stayed up late, so she didn't suspect anything.

He simply nodded, then turned and went downstairs again.

As she walked, she muttered to herself, "I'll save her lunch for now..."

——

2 PM, in a room on the second floor.

The curtains were still half-drawn, and the sunlight shone brightly outside the sliding doors of the balcony. In the island town at the end of October, the sun was still scorching the earth during the day.

Inside the house, the central air conditioning system continued to operate, emitting a faint sound.

Chi Yu, dressed in a white T-shirt and gray pants, sat leaning against the headboard, looking refreshed.

He typed the last set of code on the keyboard and placed the laptop on the bedside table.

As soon as I bent down, I noticed her turning over.

Chi Yu pulled her into his arms, lifted her long, loose hair, and planted a series of soft kisses on the back of her neck.

It was more like a light rub than a kiss.

His high, straight nose rubbed against her soft skin, and he inhaled her scent deeply.

Feeling a little ticklish from the kiss, Xinmian, though still asleep, instinctively reached out to brush him away.

But he couldn't push it away at all.

In her sleep, she only felt as if an annoying big dog was licking and rubbing against her.

She pushed it away with a stern face, but it came back to her again a few seconds later.

It seemed to have grasped her thoughts, its tail almost spinning like a propeller.

Once it softens her heart and she stops resisting it, it will lick even more vigorously.

Xinmian finally lost her temper and slapped the dog on the head.

With a "snap".

The sound of a slap rang out clearly.

Xinmian was awakened by the noise and opened her eyes in a daze.

She slept with her back to him, and the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was the gray bed sheet hanging on the balcony outside the sliding door.

And the dress she wore last night.

Her cheeks flushed as memories of last night flooded back into her mind.

All sleepiness vanished.

Knowing she was awake, Chi Yu used his long arm to grab her waist from under the covers and turned her over.

The two were face to face.

He didn't care about being slapped by her. He took her hand, pressed it against his cheek, and gently stroked it a few times before turning his head to kiss her wrist.

She was very thin, with only a tiny wrist bone, and he could easily restrain both of her hands with one hand.

Beneath her fair and smooth skin, pale blue veins throbbed gently.

It is a unique kind of vitality.

Xin Mian felt her scalp tingle from his rubbing, and when she realized that his gentle rubbing had turned into a kiss, and that he even wanted to suck marks on her wrist, she blushed and pulled her hand back.

But she was no match for his strength, and her wrist remained firmly in his grasp.

It was only her struggling movements that caught his attention, and the man, still in that position, lifted his eyelids to look at her.

In his dark eyes, there seemed to be a storm brewing.

She had seen that look in his eyes last night.

Even worse than that.

Xin Mian's heart trembled, and she looked away. "...What time is it?"

When I opened my mouth, I realized that my voice was extremely hoarse.

Remembering the reason for her hoarseness, her fair cheeks instantly turned as red as tomatoes.

I never thought of that...

I would make that sound myself.

But he's too good at tormenting people, and he's a complete scoundrel.

No matter how much she begged for mercy, it was no use; in the end, he even hung her up.

They would only give her a quick gratification if they got her to say those embarrassing things.

This experience surpassed her previous understanding of the matter.

Even now, when she thinks back on it, there are many details she is too ashamed and indignant to recall.

Chi Yu covered her up, then stopped moving, staring at her intently.

Look at her blushing cheeks, ears, and the tip of her nose.

The lust in his eyes grew stronger without him even noticing.

Such a gaze, so blatantly aggressive, made Xin Mian's heart race instantly. Just as she was about to pull the blanket up and shrink back into the covers, he lowered his head, his high, straight nose pushing open the neckline of her T-shirt, his warm breath showering onto her heart.

"Hmm..."

Before she could even react, her heart was already pounding in his warm, moist mouth. The man's dark, fuzzy head nuzzled against her, making her breath ragged.

“Chi Yu…”

Her voice was weak and feeble. Her hand, which had been resting against his chest, was pulled up by him and wrapped around his shoulder.

The temperature inside the blankets rose higher and higher as he warmed them, causing Xinmian's heart to race and her beautiful eyes to well up with tears.

Chi Yu finally raised his head, his lips already red from the kiss, a stark contrast to his dark, deep eyes.

She swallowed nervously. "...Calm down..."

Chi Yu didn't answer her question, he just stared at her.

She felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze and shifted uncomfortably.

Only when she moved did she realize that her whole body felt like it had been run over by a car; she experienced all kinds of sensations—ache, sting, numbness—in that instant.

But she felt clean, which meant that Chi Yu must have helped her wash up in the middle of the night.

Thinking of this, Xinmian's ears turned even redder.

However, the next second, she discovered...

Apart from this T-shirt, it seemed like I wasn't wearing any other fabric.

However, none of her underwear was hanging on the balcony outside.

She looked at Chi Yu warily, wondering if he had taken her clothes to do something naughty again.

Before she could even ask, he grabbed her chin and lifted it up, then pressed his body down on her again, completely enveloping her, and planted a deep kiss on her lips.

The man's voice was deep and slightly magnetic, and somewhat indistinct because he was kissing her.

"It's already dried and brought in."

"Right on the sofa."

Hearing that he had stopped using her personal clothing to do strange things, Xin Mian breathed a sigh of relief.

But his hot breath still warmed her. "What are you thinking about, baby? Or are you expecting something?"

Her breathing was unsteady, "...No...I didn't..."

Before she could even finish a sentence, Chi Yu had already grabbed her chin, forcing her to open her mouth, and his warm lips and tongue pressed against hers, hooking her tongue and sucking it heavily.

"Hmm..."

Those large, calloused hands somehow slipped under the covers, lifted her clothes, and grabbed her waist without any resistance.

Xin Mian's eyes reddened from his rubbing, and a low sob escaped from her throat.

They're so pitiful.

But the more pitiful she seemed, the more his destructive urges swelled and grew.

Under his powerful and intense onslaught, she could only melt in his arms like a marshmallow.

He adored her like this, and whispered in her ear, his breath hot, "Baby, do you prefer handcuffs or a belt?"

Her mind went blank; she couldn't quite grasp it. "W-what..."

His kiss landed on her shoulder, where he had left marks in the early hours of the morning; the marks had become even redder over the hours.

"Tie me to the bed, handcuffs or a belt, your choice."

Xin Mian looked at him in disbelief, and managed to utter, "Chi Yu..."

"...You're a pervert..."

"Um."

He responded softly, his voice cheerful, "You already knew that."

"Is the belt any good?"

He seemed very easy to talk to, saying, "The handcuffs are too stiff."

As he spoke, he grasped her wrist again, pressing his fingertips against her throbbing pulse, but then suddenly changed his mind.

"But the baby can withstand even the hardest things."

“Buy them both,” he decided, lifting his eyelids from her shoulder to look at her, feigning to ask for her opinion, “What do you think, baby?”

Xin Mian's heart trembled, and she wanted to cry but couldn't shed a tear.

I think neither of them is good...

He chuckled softly as he watched her trembling with fear, and his kiss landed on her again.

Xinmian mumbled a few words, her eyes red with regret, wondering if she had been tricked.

"Baby, it's no use regretting it now."

Her expression was too obvious, and Chi Yu easily deciphered her thoughts. He bit the soft flesh on her neck, maliciously nibbling and grinding it with his teeth. His voice was lazy, yet extremely frightening.

"Once you're on my pirate ship, there's no way you can get off."

Tears welled in her eyes, her eyelashes were wet, her chest heaved violently, and she couldn't find any words to respond to his words.

Last night at the bar, I told Qin Shengtian to enjoy the moment and not think about the future. It seems that just one night later, he dismantled that idea in a forceful and straightforward way.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chi Yu wasn't in a hurry. He straightened up slightly, reached out and touched the thermos on the bedside table, opened the straw and handed it to her lips to feed her water.

The lukewarm water flowed down her throat, relieving Xinmian's parched throat, and the look in her eyes was no longer so mournful.

However, the next second, he said calmly, "Your junior sent you a message."

Xin Mian almost spat out a mouthful of warm water. "...You looked at my phone?"

“Yes,” he nodded naturally, readily admitting, “I replied to him for you.”

"What did you reply to him?!"

Chi Yu did not answer; a sudden sense of foreboding welled up in her heart.

She turned around in his arms, reaching for her phone, but before she could even reach out, he had already placed it in her palm.

His long arm wrapped around her from behind, and he rested his head on her shoulder, nuzzling against her like a big wolfhound.

Xin Mian didn't have time to ask him how he knew her phone password; she quickly unlocked it and opened WeChat.

The latest message came from Qin Shengtian, asking why she hadn't replied yet and whether she hadn't gotten up yet.

Xinmian's ears burned...

The man behind her knew best why she hadn't gotten up yet.

She was too embarrassed to reply in front of Chi Yu, so she ignored Qin Shengtian's message for the time being and scrolled down a few times until she saw Guan Lin's profile picture.

Just as I was about to click to check the chat history, his avatar flashed, and the chat window instantly jumped to the top.

Guan Lin sent a new message.

[Senior, are you free tomorrow?]

Can you show me around Wangshui Island?

Chi Yu, who was holding her, could see both messages clearly.

The man's warm breath came close to her neck as he whispered a question.

"Baby, shall we go?"