Chapter 53
The hairs on her body immediately stood on end uncontrollably, and a tingling, electric-like sensation spread through her skin. Qiao Yu subconsciously turned her neck to avoid Lu Shangyi's actions.
The woman, having failed the first time, quickly regained control, using her height advantage to surround her again. The distance closed once more, and in their increasingly intimate posture, an atmosphere of ambiguity slowly developed, causing Qiao Yu to feel flustered and her fingers to go weak.
Forget about respecting the elderly and caring for the young, or about propriety and shame. Qiao Yu took the initiative and, standing on tiptoe, impatiently bit Lu Shangyi's neck.
A slight pain shot through his neck, and a warm tongue brushed against it unintentionally, causing Lu Shangyi to stop moving abruptly.
After a slight surprise, Lu Shangyi lowered her head, her eyelashes furrowed, and her voice was low and emotionless, "You bit me?"
Qiao Yu snapped back to reality, her jaw frozen in place as if rusted, momentarily forgetting even to release the other person. It wasn't until the woman beside her chuckled softly that Qiao Yu abruptly released her mouth, standing trembling in terror against the wall. No, no, no! That's not it!
I didn't do it on purpose! Its mouth moved by itself!
It has nothing to do with me!
Listen to my excuses!
Knowing she had caused trouble, she didn't dare to move at all, letting Lu Shangyi easily grab her disobedient chin and pull her into his arms, which were filled with strong pheromones.
At this moment, the woman's pheromones were strong yet clean, carrying a slightly unfamiliar scent. Mixed with her slightly damp breath, they landed on Qiao Yu's nose, enveloping her like an impenetrable net. Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, about to carefully sniff the unfamiliar scent on the other person, but the somewhat warm breath quickly and slowly approached her lips again.
Qiao Yu froze, and couldn't help but say, "System, I might end up becoming the female lead's aunt today."
She paused for a moment, then said with a hint of anticipation in her voice, "I don't really care. After all, Sister Lu has a slim waist, long legs, fair skin, and a beautiful face. Apart from being an EVA and not being able to mark me, everything about her is perfect."
"But I'm not so sure if the female lead can accept it."
Qiao Yu thought about it carefully, "But it probably can't be." Between herself and the female lead, one of them has to go crazy.
System: "..." Please, have mercy on me.
Sensing that the little girl in his arms was distracted, Lu Shangyi gently applied pressure to the girl's chin with the pads of his fingers. The girl immediately cried out in pain, and a faint glimmer of tears appeared in her dark eyes. "Sister, it hurts!"
Her voice was delicate and coquettish, with a weak yet slightly raised tone. She was clearly very aggrieved, but dared not show anything because of her guilty conscience. She was both fierce and timid.
A sliver of light slanted through the crack in the escape tunnel door, gently illuminating Lu Shangyi. Her fine eyelashes cast a pale shadow on her pale skin, making her dark eyes appear even more unfathomable.
Upon hearing this, the woman loosened her grip on Qiao Yu's fingertips, but tightened her arms around her a little more. "I didn't use any force."
Her little scheme was immediately exposed, and her face flushed with embarrassment. Fortunately, the lighting was dim, and the woman couldn't see her. Shifting uncomfortably, Qiao Yu guessed that Lu Shangyi wouldn't let her off easily this time, so she could only try to divert her attention and make her forget about the matter for the time being. "Aren't you in a hurry to get back to the company to deal with urgent matters?"
After calculating the time, Qiao Yu said, "If we don't leave now, you won't be able to get back if there's a traffic jam later."
"It doesn't matter," Lu Shangyi said indifferently. Qiao Yu was wondering what to say and wanted to persuade her again when the woman's smiling voice slowly rang out again, "Anyway, that was just a reason I made up on the spot."
Qiao Yu: "?"
"Why?" she asked instinctively.
Why?
Lu Shangyi leaned closer, his warm breath almost touching her nose, and if he got any closer, he could touch her upper lip. "Tell me why."
Qiao Yu pursed her lips, not daring to speak.
Lu Shangyi was so close that Qiao Yu could hear her heart pounding harder and harder, as if it would burst out of her chest at any moment. The unfamiliar pheromones emanating from him were constantly affecting her, making even the air around them seem thinner.
Under the other party's prolonged gaze, Qiao Yu thought in despair that it would be better to be bitten by Lu Shangyi and be done with it.
But she was afraid that Lu Shangyi wouldn't be satisfied after taking one bite and would want to take a second, a third bite, until he got addicted to biting her and refused to let her go no matter what.
Just thinking about that scene made Qiao Yu's scalp tingle. She couldn't help but reach out and push Lu Shangyi, but accidentally touched his abdomen, which felt wonderfully firm under the expensive fabric. It was very toned, with faintly undulating lines, like the abs he had worked out every day.
Qiao Yu was stunned for a moment, instinctively feeling as if she had accidentally touched on some secret of the other person, and even her fingertips felt burning.
Fortunately, Lu Shangyi didn't hold it against her, but she didn't let her off easily either. Her thin shoulders were gripped by Lu Shangyi's hand, and she was completely trapped within his territory, unable to move an inch. Then, to her horror, the woman withdrew from the scene and re-entered the rear of the city. Without any warning, she bit down on her gland.
Qiao Yu was almost completely unprepared. When she felt an unusual pain in her gland, her body reacted before her brain could even process it, and she screamed. When Lu Shangyi took a bite, Qiao Yu's mind went completely blank, and her whole body went limp, leaving her without the strength to even stand.
A tingling, electric-like sensation ran through her scalp, and Qiao Yu unconsciously gripped Lu Shangyi's neatly pressed suit jacket tightly, her eyes welling up with tears and unable to utter a sound.
After taking a bite, the woman released her and asked in a low, hoarse voice, "Would you dare to do it again next time?"
With her eyes brimming with tears, Qiao Yu shook her head frantically, saying she wouldn't dare, she wouldn't dare even if she had a hundred more lives.
She was completely weak and could only stand by relying on Lu Shangyi. Lu Shangyi supported her, intending to leave after she had recovered for a few minutes. However, Qiao Yu remained limp and weak against her, her breathing unsteady, as if she had been too frightened.
With a slight frown, Lu Shangyi decisively picked the person up, kicked open the emergency exit door, and strode towards the parking lot.
Gently placing her in the passenger seat, Lu Shangyi turned and got into the car, his deep gaze fixed on Qiao Yu, whose cheeks were flushed. Qiao Yu awkwardly turned her head and looked out the window.
"Where should we meet?"
Lu Shangyi's voice rang out in the car. Qiao Yu thought for a moment, preparing to speak, but perhaps because her shout had been too sudden, her voice was now very hoarse. After announcing the location, Qiao Yu immediately shut her mouth, feeling extremely embarrassed. Lu Shangyi slowly started the car, and the atmosphere in the enclosed space was so silent that it was almost suffocating.
Qiao Yu pressed herself tightly against the car door, the subtle yet vaguely pleasurable sensation on the back of her neck still lingering. She couldn't describe exactly what it felt like; it was as if all the blood in her body had instantly seeped into every pore, a tingling, numbing sensation that she couldn't bear to leave.
Blinking her eyelashes, Qiao Yu said, "System, I have a bold idea."
System: "?" No, you don't want to.
Please, please stop flirting with the edge of being marked.
Qiao Yu thought about it carefully. Her body didn't reject this feeling; in fact, she even craved it a little. So, it seemed she didn't need to listen to Lu Shangyi anymore. Not only did she not need to listen, she also had to deliberately do the opposite of what he said to provoke him into biting her again.
"..." That's so perverted!
But she really likes it!
Qiao Yu couldn't help but steal a glance at Lu Shangyi. The light inside the car was a bit blurry, but that didn't diminish Lu Shangyi's radiant beauty. Her delicate, slightly sharp jawline exuded a hint of aggression and competence, and her expressionless face gave her a cold and aloof air, as if she wanted to scare away any alphas who approached her.
However, as soon as the light came on, the woman's expression softened again, as if the sharpness she had just felt, like a blade being drawn from its sheath, was nothing but an illusion.
She raised her hand and touched the back of her neck. There were slight marks, but her skin was intact. Lu Shangyi hadn't bitten her until her skin broke as she had threatened. Noticing her movement, Lu Shangyi turned her head, a slow, deliberate smile curving her lips. "If I catch you again next time..."
She smiled slightly, leaving the rest of her sentence unsaid, as always.
Qiao Yu was immediately jolted awake and quickly suppressed the bold idea that had just arisen in her mind.
Compared to momentary pleasure, one's own life is obviously more important.
Although there was no urgent business at the company, Lu Shangyi had other official duties to attend to. After dropping Qiao Yu off at the afternoon tea restaurant, the woman quickly drove away. Qiao Yu wrapped her coat tighter around herself. "I feel like I'm having a bit of bad luck this winter break."
He either offended the female lead, her aunt, or Ye Yunjian; nothing good ever happened to him.
The system was puzzled upon hearing this, "Host, when have you stopped offending Tai Sui?"
Qiao Yu: "..." That seems to be true.
“I suspect it was you, you unlucky bastard, who passed on your bad luck to me,” she said.
"Host, don't wrong me, Master! I had my birth chart calculated by a master when I was born!" the system retorted indignantly. "I have the best birth chart of any system in our hundreds of years!"
Qiao Yu: "?" That's fucking outrageous.
After entering the restaurant and taking a seat, the set meals that Jiang Mei had bought for her were served one after another. Each portion was small, but there was a lot of variety. As Qiao Yu ate, she felt a little full. She picked up her phone and saw that the family in the "Loving Family" group was thinking about visiting relatives. After glancing at it, it seemed that they were planning to go back to the old house for the New Year.
Aunt Qiao is still the most talkative, both in the group chat and in private messages. She took Qiao Yu's previous attempts to brush her off completely seriously, and now she's enthusiastically introducing alphas to Qiao Yu.
“Yuyu, what do you think of this one? She’s been pampered since she was little and has such delicate skin. She’s currently studying at Peking University.”
"This one is also good. He's from the physical education department, young and sunny, and a full 1.9 meters tall, which is a perfect match for your height."
"If you don't like any of the previous ones, then take a look at the child of my second aunt's old classmate. He's already working and just bought a house in the suburbs. If you marry him, you won't have to worry about food or clothing." Aunt Qiao said, "Although he's not as good-looking as the previous ones, he looks honest."
Qiao Yu smiled as she looked at her phone, "They're all pretty good."
Auntie was overjoyed, thinking that she had finally succeeded. However, before she could be happy for even two seconds, the other side sent another message: "I'm quite busy these days and don't have time to see them. Let them add my contact information and figure out how to make me happy."
The smile on her face froze instantly. Aunt Qiao asked incredulously, "You don't care about something this important? Who are you busy seeing?"
"Song Wanzi." Qiao Yu thought for a moment and sent a string of messages in one go: "Ye Yunjian, Bai Yiyu, Lu Shangyi, Jiang Mei."
Aunt Qiao: "..." Well, I can't afford to offend any of them.
"Alright, I'll tell them." Although she had some reservations, Aunt Qiao didn't dare offend these people. Who would dare offend them? They could ruin her husband's career with a flick of their fingers; even Qiao Jinghuai might not be able to save them.
Even if Qiao Jinghuai could save them, he might not. The eldest branch of the family would be more than happy for them to suffer.
Aunt Qiao was furious and could only complain to her husband on the phone: "How come Qiao Yu is so lucky? She knows both the Ye family and the Lu family. If our Jingjing had such good luck, would she still be able to compete with her first wife?"
She gritted her teeth angrily, "Maybe it's because of her that Jingjing in our family has had bad luck."
My daughter's fiancé behaved quite well before the engagement, but now that she's pregnant, his family's vicious nature has been revealed. They even dare to use the child and my daughter's reputation as leverage; they're already being kind by not looking down on their family's financial situation.
A nouveau riche, who hasn't even established himself in the capital, dares to challenge the Qiao family.
Seeing that her husband didn't say anything, Aunt Qiao said a few words of dissatisfaction, but in the end she made a fool of herself and could only turn around and start to take care of the things that Qiao Yu had asked her to do.
Once we've secured Qiao Yu's position, why worry about our daughter's future?
Ye Yunjian casually stared at Qiao Yu, who was engrossed in playing on her phone. Beneath her loose suit jacket, a glint of snow-white skin inadvertently shone through, delicate and alluring. On the sofa beneath the table, the girl's two long, straight, white legs, casually splayed out, were enough to stir the heart.
After staring at her intently for a while, she finally noticed his presence and looked over in surprise.
Ye Yunjian stood up and walked gracefully towards the other person with his long legs. He sat down next to Qiao Yu naturally and familiarly. "Why did you decide to eat at this restaurant today?"
Of course, she couldn't say in front of Ye Yunjian that it was another woman who had invited her, so she casually replied, "I just happened to be passing by while shopping, so I came in to try it."
She glanced at the table where Ye Yunjian was walking over. They were all familiar faces, wealthy ladies. When they saw Ye Yunjian coming over, they immediately put on ambiguous smiles, which made Qiao Yu's heart flutter with unease.
Pushing the untouched small plate in front of her, Qiao Yu asked Ye Yunjian ingratiatingly, "Auntie, would you like to try this?"
Ye Yunjian raised an eyebrow, didn't refuse, and slowly picked up the spoon to take a spoonful, her expression quite satisfied. Seeing this, Qiao Yu quickly pushed several other plates towards her. As Ye Yunjian tasted them, she realized that the little girl was planning to make her finish eating and leave quickly.
With a half-smile, Ye Yunjian narrowed his eyes and put down his spoon under Qiao Yu's astonished gaze. "I'm not eating anymore."
She said calmly, "I'll rest for a while before I eat."
Qiao Yu's hand holding the plate trembled slightly. "No!"
Her expression shifted subtly, but it clearly didn't escape the notice of Ye Yunjian, a master of micro-expression recognition. Ye Yunjian chuckled inwardly, suddenly finding it very intriguing. Was she so eager for her to leave because she had made plans with Lu Shangyi or Bai Yiyu?
Or perhaps, both of them?
But her curiosity didn't last long. Just as Qiao Yu was enthusiastically holding a plate, wanting to feed her herself, the person in question finally slowly appeared in her sight.
Jiang Mei stared at Qiao Yu's fair hands, then looked at Ye Yunjian, who was calmly waiting to be fed, and Qiao Yu's obedient face, and smiled.
His laughter was chilling, making Qiao Yu's scalp tingle.
Staring intently at the flustered girl, Jiang Mei's lips curved into a deep smile. "It seems I've come at the wrong time."
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