Chapter 30 Summer Vacation Transition / No Way Out

Chapter 30

If winning people's hearts is likened to fighting a war, then Li Changjing is extremely skilled at conquering cities and territories, and it has become a habit for him.

From the moment they met, he patiently and methodically began to hunt down and capture them.

In one's life, there will likely be someone you meet who, once you meet them, will make you surrender without a second thought.

After Wen Yining met Li Changjing, she was always helpless against him. When she met him, all she could think was, "There's nothing I can do."

She liked him; it was the first time she had ever liked someone, and the first time she had ever liked someone so much.

So she really had no choice.

Li Changjing took her phone and added all their contact information back.

Once outside, he led her to the corner of the stairs.

A car was parked downstairs. Yue Feng went downstairs first, carried her suitcase over, and put it in the trunk.

This is the car that Li Changjing arranged for her, and Yue Feng is responsible for driving her back.

Ahead was the station, and trains carrying passengers roared past one after another.

The sound traveled to the employee area from a distance, creating a sense of quiet amidst the hustle and bustle.

As they reached the corner, Li Changjing suddenly stopped, pulling her along. The two resumed their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, but Wen Yining still didn't want to talk to him for the time being.

Seeing him stop, she looked up at him with a gloomy expression, "What are you doing?"

Li Changjing looked at her, opened his arms, and said, "Ningning, won't you hug me?"

Wen Yining hesitated for two seconds without moving. Li Changjing suddenly stepped forward. By the time she reacted, her entire back was pressed tightly against the wall, and Li Changjing's body was in front of her.

He kissed her like that.

Li Changjing's possessiveness was on full display at this moment. Wen Yining's back was wrapped around his, her chest pressed tightly against his chest. In the sweltering summer heat, she could feel the warmth of his body against her chest, which was much higher than hers, and their body curves were pressed together...

He positioned her with her head slightly tilted back to meet his gaze, leaving her no way to escape and forcing her to passively endure the situation.

Li Changjing's nose was so high that it would lightly touch her face when he moved. His advances were sometimes strong and rapid, and sometimes slowed down, making her feel as if she were floating on clouds with tenderness.

His fingers forcefully pressed Wen Yining's head against him, while his thumb pressed and kneaded the skin on the back of her neck with varying pressure in rhythm with his kisses.

Wen Yining's breathing became rapid, and she felt dizzy as if she were drunk. Her body went limp uncontrollably, but his strong arms supported her so that she wouldn't fall. As their lips and tongues intertwined, he seemed to chuckle softly from his nose.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Changjing slightly raised his face and finally let her go, but still held her tightly against the wall in his arms, his face close to hers intimately, breathing softly in her ear, his warm breath and slight panting penetrating her ear one by one.

Wen Yining felt numb on one side of her body, her calves were weak in waves, and her cheeks were flushed. But she still remembered where she was. Thinking of the intimacy between the two of them just now, her face felt like it was on fire.

She pushed him away forcefully and ran down the stairs to the open space on the first floor, where she saw a car parked not far away, with Yue Feng standing beside it.

Li Changjing caught up and took her hand. He was clearly in a good mood, with a slight smile in his eyes and brows, like a gentle breeze rippling across a lake.

His gaze fell on her flushed face, and his usually clear and deep voice became hoarse, sounding both clear and husky, "Ningning, will you miss me?"

"I... let go of me..." Wen Yining felt her lips were still warm, and her tongue was stiff and numb.

Wen Yining knew that he was determined to make her say that she missed him. She was too easily embarrassed. When Li Changjing stared at her intently, she frantically avoided eye contact and struggled desperately, wanting only to get into the car quickly and escape this feeling to calm down.

Li Changjing's gaze remained fixed on Wen Yining's flushed face. Seeing her struggling like this, and fearing she might fall, he gently released his grip. Wen Yining immediately ran forward, and Li Changjing did not force her any further, standing still and quietly watching her back.

Only then did the sun truly rise, illuminating the world. The air still carried the scent of dew. Wen Yining's heart pounded, and she ran forward without looking back.

When the bodyguard saw her coming, he opened the back door of the car.

It wasn't until she got into the car that Wen Yining, still panting, looked behind her in the rearview mirror.

Li Changjing's tall and slender figure was reflected in the rearview mirror. He was still in the same spot, standing motionless on the bare and empty roadside in the morning light, watching their car drive forward with a calm expression.

Wen Yining watched Li Changjing's shadow in the rearview mirror grow smaller and smaller. In the spacious courtyard, he was the only one standing there, watching the direction her car had left in.

She suddenly felt a little regretful.

They hadn't seen each other for over a month; she should have had a proper talk with him just now.

She rolled down the window, wanting to lean out and talk to him, but as soon as the window was down, the car turned and drove out of the station's backyard, and Li Changjing's figure was completely obscured by the buildings and could no longer be seen.

With Li Changjing around, Wen Yining doesn't need to worry about anything at all; he will carefully and properly arrange everything.

Yue Feng drove her all the way to the train station in her area. He didn't book her a plane ticket because it was inconvenient for her to fly and then transfer to a high-speed train.

The car was quiet and clean, and Wen Yining couldn't help but fall asleep as soon as they got on the highway.

We set off when it was just dawn, and after a long journey, we arrived home at a little after 8 a.m., just as it was getting dark.

Looking at the familiar and dear town before her, almost etched into her very bones, with its low streets, dense foliage, and dim lights, it had a completely different atmosphere from Beicheng. But Wen Yining felt that her hometown was wonderful everywhere, even the air was so pleasant. Then, she looked up and saw Yue Feng from Beicheng appearing in her hometown with her. She had a strange feeling that Beicheng and her hometown overlapped and intertwined.

Yue Feng parked the car on the side of the road near the train station, where there was a lot of traffic. When Wen Yining got out of the car, she thanked him repeatedly, feeling both grateful and embarrassed.

Yue Feng didn't start the car and leave until he watched Wen Yining reunite with her parents and reported to Li Changjing.

*

During this month-long summer vacation, for several days the internet and television were flooded with news about a certain high-ranking official surnamed Liu.

Out of curiosity about this seemingly coincidental situation, she searched for the family of the high-ranking official surnamed Liu on Baidu. However, apart from his wife, parents, and father-in-law, who were all prominent figures and could be found through search, she could not find any information about his children and relatives.

She couldn't find anything, but Wen Yining had a strange intuition that this "Liu" was the same "Liu" at the card table.

Those insiders in the capital had known about this for a long time, but it wasn't until more than a month later that the general public found out.

Wen Yining didn't mean to spy on anything, but on a whim, she entered Li Changjing's grandfather's name, and sure enough, she couldn't find anything.

*

Li Changjing still didn't like sending WeChat messages; he preferred to communicate by phone. Wen Yining was afraid of being overheard by her parents at home and by the neighbors when she was out. Moreover, she couldn't go out in the middle of the night, so she would secretly call him under the covers every day, like a thief.

Now that they are more familiar with each other, Wen Yining discovered that Li Changjing is actually a bit childish like a little boy. He always likes to tease her in a slow and serious voice, as if he were in a meeting. Once, she was teased by him so much that she blushed and was speechless for a while. Then she said in a depressed tone, "I have decided to start refining pills from today."

Li Changjing said earnestly and politely, "Master Ning, my apologies."

Wen Yining asked him, "Why didn't you ask me what kind of pills I was practicing?"

Li Changjing replied casually, "I won't ask."

Wen Yining choked for a moment.

Why doesn't he follow the expected path?

If he doesn't ask, how can she continue to choke him?

She whispered to him, "Go ahead and ask."

"You said you missed me."

Wen Yining sniffed. "Fine, I'll just tell you directly."

Li Changjing replied to her, "I won't listen."

Wen Yining: "???"

She was getting a little anxious, and her voice unconsciously carried a hint of coquettishness as she urged him, "Just ask me already!"

If they were face to face, she wouldn't have been able to resist pushing him away.

The young girl's attitude was clearly a trap, and Li Changjing couldn't help but chuckle. He nodded and, following her instructions, asked, "What kind of elixir is Daoist Ning refining?"

Although the process was tortuous, the result was right. The house was too small and not very soundproof. Afraid of waking her parents, Wen Yining covered her mouth and suppressed a laugh as she softly answered him, "Dumb Dan, here you go."

Then, without waiting for Li Changjing to speak, she immediately hung up the phone. Thinking about his reaction, she couldn't help but bury her face in the blanket and chuckle to herself.

The moonlight outside the window is gentle, and the summer night is peaceful.

This was the noisiest yet most peaceful summer vacation Wen Yining had ever had.

*

It feels like just yesterday that Yue Feng parked the car outside the train station to get her suitcase, but in the blink of an eye, Wen Yining will be returning to school in just a few days.

She wanted to travel by car, but Li Changjing insisted that she not take the train and forcibly arranged for someone to pick her up.

A few days in advance, Wen Yining packed her luggage in her room. She took a picture of the folded clothes and sent it to Li Changjing, then neatly packed the folded clothes into her suitcase.

The phone suddenly rang.

Wen Yining put down the clothes she was holding and picked them up. The screen displayed an unfamiliar Beicheng number.

A deep, somber male voice came through the phone, "Aren't you about to start school? I have something to tell you."

Without any introduction, he just blurted out this sentence.

Wen Yining was stunned for a moment, and after a moment of reaction, she realized that it was Gao Zhiyuan.

Before she could speak, the person on the other end continued, "I heard that I misunderstood you. Well... when you break up with Brother Changjing, I won't be your patron anymore, I'll pursue you instead. I'll call you to make a reservation."

Wen Yining remained silent for a long time, because she had no expectations of the person in front of her, and was instead almost calm and not angry at all. "But I heard that you are already engaged and have a fiancée?"

When Gao Zhiyuan heard her say that, he wasn't embarrassed at all, and even said matter-of-factly, "Yeah, so what?"

That won't stop him from having fun outside.

Wen Yining listened in silence for a moment, then hung up and blocked her immediately.