Chapter 1 Extra: The Annual Qixi Festival (Escape Chapter 02)

Luo Huayi had always known that Xin Que had no need for these intimate things.

Having experienced so much, he had never seen Xin Que lose all reason when she was caught up in lust.

Except for the occasional times when he humbled himself and begged her without any dignity, revealing a different side of her, Xin Que was always rational.

Including now.

From beginning to end, during this long kiss, Luo Huayi's breathing remained almost perfectly steady, except for the final gesture from Xin Que indicating that he should get up.

Only the slight trembling of her waist could prove that her body was still functioning normally; otherwise, Luo Huayi would have doubted whether Xin Que was even human.

As Luo Huayi was lost in thought, a shadow fell over her.

Xin Que held the back of his head with one hand and cupped his cheek with the other, then kissed him.

Luo Huayi's brain completely shut down.

"Wait... I haven't rinsed yet..." Before he could finish speaking, Xin Que had already pried open his jaw and entangled with him.

After a while, Luo Huayi slowly climbed up her back and pressed her down to continue the kiss.

After a long while, Xin Que finally let go of him.

Luo Huayi slowly went to re-fasten Xin Que's trousers.

After the rustling sound of the clothes stopped, the work pants returned to their previous position.

"Xin Que..." Luo Huayi rubbed against her lower abdomen in a final act of frustration, "Why do I feel like you're so heartless and devoid of desire, more like a program than I am?"

Xin Que smiled, and as usual did not answer his question, "Don't be silly."

Luo Huayi had grown accustomed to her ruthlessness.

Xin Que had almost no emotions or desires.

He should have known sooner.

Luo Huayi straightened her clothes before climbing back into the passenger seat, using the space she had made.

It doesn't matter.

The sound of Xin Que adjusting the seat came from the side. Luo Huayi's gaze fell on the streetlights outside the car window, which were gradually receding. The twisted thoughts in her heart grew wildly with the increasing speed of the car.

It doesn't matter.

Luo Huayi was actually glad that he could now switch between various mediums, and he would follow Xin Que wherever she went.

Along the way, quite a few clueless people tried to befriend her...

Xin Que is cunning and treacherous in other matters and often breaks his promises, but in this matter, he truly kept his word and did not accept any other person's affections after agreeing to it.

The only person she could share such intimate moments with was him.

Luo Huayi looked at the woman in the driver's seat who was holding the steering wheel with one hand, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

It doesn't matter if I can't give him the love he wants most.

So he settled for second best, as long as he could always be the only one in that unique spot beside her... that wouldn't be bad either.

Settling for second best...

It's raining.

Luo Huayi opened her umbrella, walked quickly to Xin Que's side, locked the car, and they headed together towards their temporary residence.

"Oh, right." Before entering the hotel corridor, Luo Huayi grabbed her wrist.

"Today is Qixi Festival..." Luo Huayi lowered his voice, turned her shoulders to look at himself.

Just as Xin Que was about to say something, she saw the small velvet box opened in front of her.

Luo Huayi gently pushed the understated ring onto her ring finger, her voice as tender as possible, "It's not in the way, just to appease me... please don't take it off, okay?"

Xin Que "..."

Her expression was complicated. "So you secretly used my account today to buy this?"

Luo Huayi frowned. "All the assets are with you. I can only get money from you."

Luo Huayi realized that things were about to go off track again, and forcibly brought the atmosphere that Qixi Festival should have back on track, "Don't worry about this, just look at me."

Xin Que "..."

Luo Huayi stopped Xin Que from leaving and pushed her towards the fire escape. "Let Cheng Zheng stay in that suite by himself... We can get another one, okay?"

As soon as the fire escape door closed, Luo Huayi pinned her against the wall and kept kissing her, trying to win her over by begging and pleading.

Xin Que "..."

She couldn't understand Luo Huayi's thought process.

Logically, he and Cheng Zheng are in the same program, so why is Luo Huayi behaving more like a normal person...?

"Just tonight, give me all of tonight..." Luo Huayi wrapped her arms around her waist, leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Please."

"Xin Que..."

"host……"

Xin Que finally understood what the man meant from his intermittent pleas.

"Is today special?" Xin Que grabbed his hair to pull him away, and asked him, "Did you want to celebrate this holiday?"

Since leaving Shangcheng, Xin Que had been on the run, so she paid no attention to these holidays that had no practical use.

Of course, it was the same even when she was working for the Huo family.

Luo Huayi blinked, her tone hinting at anticipation, "Um, I want to be with you, will you say yes?"

Xin Que was getting a headache from Luo Huayi's persistent pestering.

...

After locking the door, Luo Huayi casually tossed the room key aside and immediately pulled Xin Que into his arms.

The man's kisses landed heavily on Xin Que's ear, his eyes glancing at the ring on her finger, a hint of a smile appearing in his eyes.

As if afraid that Xin Que would misunderstand, Luo Huayi carried her to sit on the bedside by the window. "Xin Que... the gift is not just that ring, there are other things too."

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city is bustling with traffic at its most vibrant time.

Thin streaks of silver light streaked across the night sky.

Soon, the light became denser and more dazzling, forming a continuous mass, like a meteor shower, constantly streaking across the night sky.

Many pedestrians stopped and looked up in surprise, wondering, "Is this a special event planned by the mall this year?"

Xin Que gazed at the meteor shower gradually disappearing into the night sky for a long time before looking up at the man hugging her from behind. "A swarm of drones?"

Luo Huayi smiled and said, "Who told those remnants of the Huo family to try and sabotage you... Blowing up their hangar will give them something to do."

He nuzzled Xin Que's cheek. "Is it pretty?"

As soon as Xin Que's expression softened, Luo Huayi pulled her onto the bed.

The man rolled over and straddled her, gazing intently down at her, his voice light and eager, "Now, how about you say you love me instead?"

Xin Que "..."

...

After that, Luo Huayi couldn't remember when Xin Que had diverted her thoughts.

In the midst of the chaos, through the space between Xin Que's profile and shoulder, Luo Huayi saw the overhead light emitting a soft glow, sometimes blurry and sometimes clear, swaying and making Luo Huayi feel a little dizzy.

His mind was becoming increasingly dull, and he couldn't tell whether it was him shaking or the ceiling shaking.

The man's tangled thoughts grew bigger and bigger like a snowball, becoming increasingly obsessive and chaotic.

Finally, he raised his arm, still covered by his sleeve, and with all his might, wrapped his arms around her smooth back and pressed her down on him, his voice completely losing its rationality.

"I..." Luo Huayi's voice was unsteady, but she tried her best to convey each word to Xin Que's ears, "I love you..."

This meticulously planned, increasingly audacious courtship, unsurprisingly, once again turned into a replay of the man's unrestrained expression of lust.