For an art exhibition, curator Xia Tangyue came to a small town on a business trip and booked a local guesthouse. The popular reviews said, "The owner is so handsome he makes female guests inte...
Miss you
Thinking of this, she simply said confidently: "Yes, I lied to you. There is no such person as Mr. Qin."
Wen Zheng lowered his eyes and stared at her reddened ear tips, his pupils slightly contracted, and the shock that flashed across his dark eyes was soon stained with a smile. A low laugh escaped from his throat, and his fingertips brushed her hot cheek lightly, with a bewitching tone at the end.
"So, now that you're planning to confess, why did you suddenly make up 'Mr. Qin'?"
Xia Tangyue pretended to be indifferent and turned his face away: "What do you care about me?"
Wen Zheng pinched her neck and asked her to turn her face around, and the next second he leaned over to cover her, his warm breath carrying an irresistible sense of aggression. This kiss came unexpectedly, but with a long-held heat, he used the tip of his tongue to pry open her pearly teeth, and in the process, he crushed all her panic and shock in the entanglement of his breath, until her legs became weak and she could only hold his collar tightly for strength.
He pulled away slightly, panting, "From now on, you can just ask me anything, no need to test me."
Xia Tangyue's eyes were sleepy, and she hadn't yet digested what Wen Zheng had just said when he kissed her again. This time the kiss was more predatory. The scent of cedar from his body lingered on her nose, almost drowning her.
He held the back of her head with his palm and deepened the long kiss. The hot touch spread from his lips to her whole body, and the numbness ran up her spine to her scalp.
Xia Tangyue hummed unconsciously, and her hands wrapped around his neck at some point, responding to the heat. The air around them became hotter and hotter as they entangled.
“Hmm…”
Xia Tangyue barely regained some clarity from his despair and pushed Wen Zheng's shoulder.
"No, this is the VIP room."
Wen Zheng reluctantly let her go, put his forehead on her collarbone, rubbed her butterfly bones on the back of her waist with his fingertips through the thin fabric, and then - bit her shoulder as a punishment.
"Wen Zheng!" The pain made Xia Tangyue suddenly grab the short hair on the back of his neck.
She pulled his ears angrily and said, "Are you born in the year of the dog?"
Wen Zheng raised his eyes, his eyes slightly raised, revealing a bit of wildness: "This is the punishment for you lying to me."
Xia Tangyue rubbed her shoulder that was bitten and glared at him. She really wondered if Wen Zheng had some skin hunger, otherwise why would he always bite people.
After leaving the store, Xia Tangyue had a necklace around her neck, which shone with tiny starlight in the cold light of the mall, and the diamond facets reflected a light blue halo, like a fragment of the Milky Way worn around her neck.
Wen Zheng naturally took her hand and they walked side by side. Xia Tangyue smiled and hugged his arm, remembering that he had said this morning that he would take her to a place.
"Brother, is our plan today to go shopping?"
"no."
Wen Zheng drove her to the entrance of an underground garage with a gold-plated logo floating on it. A mechanical gear-shaped wall lamp was embedded on the dark grey marble wall. When the two automatic induction doors slowly slid open, the cold smell of engine oil mixed with the fragrance of leather hit her face.
Xia Tangyue looked around the environment here. This seemed to be a very high-end motorcycle club. Customized motorcycles of limited edition from around the world were displayed on the circular display racks. The matte black body was covered with a dust cover, and the ruby inlaid on the front of the car reflected a faint light when the sensor light came on.
After getting out of the car, Wen Zheng took her into the elevator and put his arm around her shoulders.
"This club is mine, and tonight there is a celebration party for my friend who won the Isle of Man TT Championship three times in a row."
Xia Tangyue blinked: "Yours?"
"Yeah." Wen Zheng held her hand and said, "It just opened a while ago. I wanted to bring you here a long time ago, but you were so busy with the art exhibition that you didn't have time."
Stepping into the club, dozens of collectible motorcycles are quietly displayed under the transparent glass floor. The LED screen is playing the exciting clips of the Isle of Man TT race in a loop, and several strong men in riveted leather jackets walk by carrying cakes with the championship logo.
Wen Zheng said, "See that guy standing on the motorcycle holding a champagne tower? He's the champion's agent. The guy in the corner wearing gold-rimmed glasses is a top craftsman who specializes in modifying antique motorcycles. The two guys mixing drinks at the bar are my good friends. I'll take you over to say hello."
Xia Tangyue glanced in the direction he said.
One of the men was dressed elegantly and looked like a gentleman, while the other one was wearing a black baseball cap and leaning against the wall in a ruffian-like manner.
"Oh." Zhu Shang was the first to notice them. He moved the hat on his head and showed a look of surprise.
"Sister is here." He greeted Xia Tangyue in a familiar manner.
Xia Tangyue was a little stunned and looked at him involuntarily. Duanmu Yu also greeted her with a smile.
Wen Zheng introduced: "My friend Zhu Shang, Duanmu Yu."
"Hello!" Xia Tangyue nodded to them.
Zhu Shang came up and stood in front of Xia Tangyue excitedly, without blinking: "You are really Wen Zheng's sister, are you biological? Why haven't I seen you before?"
Wen Zheng silently pressed Zhu Shang's shoulders and moved him back a little.
Zhu Shang said with a sigh: "What are you doing? I'm not a pervert. What's wrong with looking at your sister?"
Wen Zheng: "This is my sister. Go see your own sister."
"Tsk." Zhu Shang glanced at him unhappily.
While the two were pushing and shoving, laughing and scolding each other, Duanmu Yu took a glass of juice from the waiter and handed it to Xia Tangyue.
"Tang Yue, right? I often hear A Zheng mention you." His voice was gentle, and his manners were very gentle, very much like a noble man. Xia Tangyue nodded, and suddenly remembered that he had seen him in the small town when he and Wen Zheng were playing volleyball on the beach.
Duanmu Yu added: "This exhibition is amazing. Lydia Horne's works have been lost for nearly a century. I didn't expect you to have put them all together. It's amazing."
Hearing the other party mention his own art exhibition, Xia Tangyue opened up and started chatting with him.
Zhu Shang poked his head out and said, "Sister, how about that unique painting of lotus in ink from Bada Shanren's later years? I bought it in Hong Kong."
He proudly shook the champagne glass in his hand, and the ice cubes clinked with a crisp sound. "At that time, several old antiques in the auction house were competing with me for it. In the end, I gritted my teeth and tripled the price to get this treasure back."
"But your brother said that my sister liked it, so he borrowed it from me and hasn't returned it to me yet."
Xia Tangyue was speechless and turned his gaze to Wen Zheng.
This is how this painting came about...
Wen Zheng put his arm around her shoulders and said to Zhu Shang, "You're so stingy."
Xia Tangyue was a little curious: "Are you an antique collector? I heard before that the Mo He Tu is in the collection of a certain collector, who won't show it to anyone easily."
"Oh." Zhu Shang lazily leaned back on the sofa and took out a business card from his pocket: "It's just a small business."
Xia Tangyue picked up the business card and looked at the title on it.
Zhu International Art Group, the bottom row of small words reads "Director Unit of the Global Top Antique Dealers Alliance".
This is also a small business... She smiled slightly: "You are so modest."
Zhu Shang said cheerfully, "That's good. Who knows, we may have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future. Please take care of me."
"OK."
Wen Zheng hugged Xia Tangyue: "Do you want to go outside and take a look?"
"Yeah." She also wanted to see what the environment here was like.
The two walked out to the terrace, Wen Zheng stood behind her, holding her in front of him, with his hands on the railing.
Zhu Shang looked through the glass and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He said to Duanmu Yu, "This... although they are brother and sister, isn't this a little too close?"
Compared to Zhu Shang's doubts, Duanmu Yu understood clearly and smiled ambiguously: "Have you ever seen a brother and sister hug each other like this?"
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The evening breeze blows gently, and the neon lights of the buildings in the distance flow into a colorful galaxy in the night.
The open-air venue outside the club is paved with black asphalt, the winding track has a matte texture, and there are neatly arranged anti-collision tire walls on both sides. The red and white reflective strips are particularly eye-catching under the night lights. There are dynamic sensor lights at the bends. When someone approaches, it will project a flowing light track, simulating the dazzling light effects of a car turning.
Wen □□ whispered in her ear: "Do you want to go for a ride?"
Under normal circumstances, Xia Tangyue would definitely give it a try, but now she still felt a little uncomfortable at the base of her thighs, especially since she was wearing jeans today. The friction between the fabrics aggravated her discomfort.
She turned around, hugged Wen Zheng's waist, buried her face in his arms, and whispered muffledly: "I, I feel a little uncomfortable, I want to go home."
"Uncomfortable?" Wen Zheng was visibly nervous: "Where do you feel uncomfortable? I'll take you to see a doctor."
Xia Tangyue grabbed his sleeve, blushing: "It's not this, it's...last night..."
She coughed lightly to hide her embarrassment.
"Let's go back."
Wen Zheng looked at her quietly, tenderness spreading in his eyes: "Do you want me to hug you?"
Xia Tangyue quickly refused, worried that Wen Zheng would really hug her in public, and pushed him away.
The two took the elevator to the garage, got in the car, and drove out of the parking lot. The surrounding roads were like ink ribbons soaked in the night, with street lights sparsely dotted beside the asphalt road.
Xia Tang jumped down the car window, and the refreshing evening breeze carrying the scent of grass and trees rushed into the car, blowing away the loose hair at her temples.
She closed her eyes comfortably and leaned her head back. After a while, a strong light passed over her eyelids.
She frowned and looked at the rearview mirror, and found that a van was chasing them closely. The headlights were like two scarlet eyes in the night, and the tires rubbed against the ground, making a sharp scream, and it was only half a meter away from the rear bumper.
This is!
Xia Tangyue quickly closed the window and looked at Wen Zheng. His brows were furrowed, and he obviously realized something was unusual.
"Hold on!" Wen Zheng suddenly turned the steering wheel, and the G-Class drew a black arc on the winding mountain road. The truck driver reacted very quickly, and the front of the truck scraped against the guardrail and braked suddenly. The sound of metal friction tore through the silent forest, and then roared and caught up at the bend.
Xia Tangyue held the seat belt tightly, and the cold sweat from his palms left dark marks on the leather seat belt.
In the rearview mirror, the truck was like an out-of-control steel monster, with its front end tilted and accelerating towards them. With a loud bang, the car body shook violently, and a sharp alarm sounded from the dashboard.
This is completely aimed at their lives!
how so?
The extremely high-speed bumps made it impossible for Xia Tangyue to think deeply. The truck was large and heavy. If it hit them head-on again, she and Wen Zheng would definitely die!
Wen Zheng had anticipated this and took advantage of the momentum of the downhill drive into a bamboo forest. The branches and leaves hit the car windows, making dense and crisp sounds. The truck was unfamiliar with the mountain road and skidded repeatedly on the hairpin turns.
"Don't be afraid." Wen Zheng controlled the steering wheel with one hand and unbuckled Xia Tangyue's seat belt with the other hand, while his strong arms tightly protected the back of her head.
"I'll hold you, and when I count to three we'll jump out of the car!"
Xia Tangyue nodded hurriedly, climbed from the co-pilot seat to in front of Wen Zheng, and hugged his neck tightly.
The truck roared closer and its iron bumper slammed into the rear of their car, "bang bang!" The loud noise echoed through the mountains and forests.
Under the violent impact, the chassis and the road surface rubbed against each other, producing dazzling scarlet sparks, and fine metal fragments mixed with hot air waves splashed.
There is no time to waste!
Wen Zheng gritted his teeth, hugged his sister tightly in his arms, and found the right moment to suddenly brake.
“Three, two, one!”
At the critical moment, he jumped out of the car holding Xia Tang. At this moment, the truck brushed past the car body, and the gravel brought up by the tires left burning blood marks on their backs.
As he rolled over, Xia Tangyue's fingers tightly grasped Wen Zheng's shirt. The moonlight, tree shadows and soil were spinning wildly in front of his eyes, and he felt as if all his internal organs were shifted in the bumpy ride.
Wen Zheng used his arms to protect her in his arms. The two of them rolled several times on the steep slope. Gravel mixed with pine needles pierced the backs of their palms, and their backs were scratched by dead branches, causing a burning pain. It was not until the wild ferns at the end of the slope suddenly wrapped around their bodies that Wen Zheng groaned, tightened his arms, and managed to steady his body on the slope and stopped.
Xia Tangyue was protected under him, and both of them couldn't stop gasping for breath.
The mountain wind blew in with the smell of gunpowder, and the out-of-control truck crashed into the rock wall. The loud noise of metal twisting and deforming scared the birds and animals in the forest and flew away, and flames shot up into the sky.
Xia Tangyue felt severe pain all over his body, as if he had been crushed by a heavy hammer. A sweet and fishy taste of rust rose in his throat, and even breathing brought with it a sharp pain that pulled his nerves.
"Brother... cough cough, are you okay?" she asked, trying hard to stay awake.
Wen Zheng supported himself on the ground with one hand, trying to raise his upper body, blood seeping from between his fingers. He coughed violently, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth. The pale moonlight cut across his sweaty temples, illuminating the blood drops dripping from his jaw.
Xia Tangyue was shocked: "Brother!"
Wen Zheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he was trying to suppress the fishy and sweet taste surging in his throat, and smiled in such an embarrassing situation.
He gently stroked Xia Tangyue's face with his thumb, and blood seeped into the skin at her temples along the lines of his fingertips.
"You know what? It turns out there is love at first sight in the world. I fell in love with you the first time I saw you."
"I know you are my sister, and I also know that I should keep this love in my heart, so from the beginning I have decided that I will stay by your side as your brother for the rest of my life."
"But I didn't expect that you would take the initiative to say that you like me and want me to be your boyfriend."
"You can't imagine how happy I was to hear that... But I, ahem... I still reluctantly rejected you, because I was afraid that if we were together you would find out that I was your brother, and you wouldn't be able to accept it..."
Tears welled up in Xia Tangyue's eyes, and finally fell. She held Wen Zheng's hand and begged, "Please don't say anything more, okay? You will be fine..."
The blood spread along Wen Zheng's bangs and wet his brows. He narrowed his eyes and scratched Xia Tangyue's nose with his index finger lovingly.
"I knew you were my sister, but I still fell in love with you."
Xia Tangyue burst into tears and hugged Wen Zheng's shoulders, her fingertips digging deep into the blood-stained cloth on his back: "Don't say anymore, don't say anymore, brother will be fine, brother will be fine."
She repeated incoherently, her voice shattered by sobbing. She rested her forehead against his collarbone and heard the disordered heartbeat in his chest.
"Cough... cough..." Wen Zheng coughed violently, and bright red blood flowed out of his mouth and fell on Xia Tangyue's neck along his jaw line. He gathered his last bit of strength into his fingertips, gently touched the corners of her trembling lips, and finally closed his eyes and lay on top of her.
"Wen Zheng! Wen Zheng!" Xia Tangyue shouted, despair and helplessness permeating her eyes.
Not far away, the white light of a flashlight cut through the shadows of the trees in the forest, swaying closer.
Xia Tangyue turned her head numbly, her hair stuck to her cheeks with blood and tears. She vaguely saw Duanmu Yu's shocked face and heard Zhu Shang's heart-wrenching cry. Blurry figures overlapped in front of her eyes. She finally couldn't hold on any longer, and she lost consciousness.