Chapter 12 Have you ever been in love?
As ten o'clock approached, the noise downstairs gradually subsided. A few streetlights were malfunctioning and flickered occasionally. Summer insects were active, darting and crawling in the grass, practicing flying, planning to fly higher in the height of summer and rush towards the most dazzling ball of fire.
Shen Mengqing and Yu Xin nestled on the sofa, the cotton rug crumpled beyond recognition, the tassels along the edge swaying gently with the sofa, silently playing a nocturne.
Perhaps because she was sensitive to smells, Shen Mengqing detected an unfamiliar, high-end perfume scent on Yu Xin.
But it didn't matter. When she buried her face in his cool neck, she was still enveloped by that clear, long, damp forest scent. The forest was shrouded in a thick layer of gray haze. She walked deeper and deeper into the forest, avoiding thorns, parting the clouds and mist, and found a dazzling gem in the heart of the forest that had not been discovered by the world.
She raised her head and licked Yu Xin's injured lip with the tip of her tongue, like a mother cat licking her kitten's wound, with a hint of bloody, rusty taste. Yu Xin tilted his head and took her lips into his mouth.
Shen Mengqing wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Yu Xin was being a little proactive tonight. He supported her every step she took, and the feeling of being in sync and soulmates was incredibly wonderful.
Have you ever been in a relationship?
She was so curious that she couldn't help but ask despite being busy.
Yu Xin's lips brushed against her ear, his breath warm as he spoke, making her tremble as if ticklish insects were crawling into her ear and into her bones.
"how?"
His gaze suddenly changed, and the pressure on Shen Mengqing's waist tightened.
"It means I'm praising you," Shen Mengqing blinked, pleading.
Yu Xin patiently replied, "No."
He is truly gifted in this matter, able to pour all his emotions into it.
As the nocturne ended, the sofa was too cramped, and both of them were soaked in sweat. Shen Mengqing couldn't stand it any longer and got up to wash up.
When she came out looking refreshed, Yu Xin was already asleep on the sofa.
He rested his head on his arm, half-hugging a crumpled blanket, his long legs had nowhere to go and he couldn't stretch them out, so he could only curl up in a wronged manner. His angular profile disappeared into the sofa, and the silhouette of his facial lines projected onto the back of the sofa was quite outstanding.
On a day with temperatures in the twenties, he put on a short-sleeved t-shirt early in the morning. It was loose and baggy, making him look thin, but Shen Mengqing knew that the body under the shirt was particularly strong and powerful.
In early summer, the temperature difference between day and night is large. Shen Mengqing took a thin blanket and gently covered Yu Xin with it.
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Early in the morning, Yu Xin woke up naturally for the first time ever, and soon after opening his eyes, he sneezed several times in a row.
After hesitating for a while, he decided to take a quick hot shower there instead of going straight home.
He stood up, folded the blanket that had fallen to the floor and placed it on the sofa, then sluggishly walked into the bathroom.
The sound of rushing water woke Shen Mengqing up. She was stunned for a moment, feeling a little uncomfortable hearing other people's voices in the house in the morning. After getting over her lingering feeling of wanting to stay in bed, she took a clean bath towel and hung it by the door.
When Yu Xin came out, the tips of his hair were still wet, and the water droplets that hadn't been wiped away slowly flowed down his fair neck, slid over his collarbone, and seeped into his unfathomable chest.
Shen Mengqing unconsciously swallowed, whispered a good morning, and then slipped into the stuffy, steamy bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.
The mirror was foggy, so she wiped it while brushing her teeth, and it became clearer.
Yu Xin finished tidying up and walked back to the bathroom. She stopped by the door and met Shen Mengqing's gaze through the door.
He opened his mouth, ready to say goodbye to Shen Mengqing, when suddenly, the doorbell rang unexpectedly, breaking the atmosphere between the two.
With his mouth full of toothpaste foam, Shen Mengqing said, "Open the door for me, I'll rinse my mouth and then I'll be right there."
Yu Xin had no choice but to step to the door again. As soon as his right hand touched the doorknob, the person outside couldn't wait to ask, "Shen Mengqing, are you home?"
He paused upon hearing the sound, and after a moment of stunned silence, he lowered his hand.
Shen Mengqing arrived late and, seeing that Yu Xin hadn't opened the door yet, asked him curiously, "Who is it?"
Yu Xin took a few steps back, leaned against the wall behind the door, crossed his arms and looked at her. Her face was pale, perhaps because she had really caught a cold.
“A man,” he said.
Shen Mengqing opened the door suspiciously. The door panel rotated backward, just enough to obscure Yu Xin's figure, trapping him between the door and the wall.
Immediately, Lin Xiangyang's face came into Shen Mengqing's view.
She stared at the impeccably dressed man in a suit, momentarily speechless.
Lin Xiangyang adjusted his glasses and spoke first, "Long time no see."
Shen Mengqing realized what was happening, and his expression instantly changed drastically, becoming as gloomy as the calm before a storm.
"What are you doing here?" Shen Mengqing's attitude plummeted to freezing point.
Lin Xiangyang glanced discreetly at the pair of oversized sneakers that had appeared by the door and asked inexplicably, "Is someone home?"
Shen Mengqing laughed angrily and said, "What's it to you?"
"I left a USB drive at your house." Lin Xiangyang steered the conversation back to business. "It should be on the bedside table, take a look."
After he finished speaking, Shen Mengqing didn't move an inch. Lin Xiangyang knew that Shen Mengqing didn't want to talk to him, so he shrugged and said, "There are very important client information in there. I must get it. If you don't want to look for it, then I'll do it myself."
His footing faltered, but Shen Mengqing stopped him.
How could someone be so shameless? If he takes one more step closer, Shen Mengqing will have to call a cleaning lady to scrub the doorway a hundred or two hundred times, otherwise she will be too ashamed to go back to her own home.
She mimicked Yu Xin's gesture of crossing her arms and said, "Wait downstairs. I'll give it to you when I find it. Don't stand at my door."
Before closing the door, she rolled her eyes.
The footsteps outside the door gradually faded away, indicating that Lin Xiangyang had left. However, Yu Xin showed no intention of leaving, still leaning quietly against the wall, lost in thought, like a statue.
Shen Mengqing ignored him, went into the bedroom, rummaged through the bedside table for a while, found the USB drive Lin Xiangyang had mentioned, casually grabbed a coat and put it on before going out.
Lin Xiangyang was waiting downstairs, leaning against his car. Shen Mengqing had contributed some money when he bought the Audi, but she was too lazy to care about it now; it was best to cut off all contact.
Without saying a word, she handed the things to Lin Xiangyang and left.
Lin Xiangyang stared at her, wanting to call out to her and say something, but it felt like the words were stuck in his throat, unable to be uttered or swallowed.
When Shen Mengqing returned home, Yu Xin was leaning against the balcony when he entered. He had another cigarette on his finger, and the smoke swirled around him, one wisp after another, never going out.
Even though Shen Mengqing disliked the smell of smoke, she had to admit that Yu Xin looked incredibly sexy when she smoked.
She had thought that Yu Xin, with his cold demeanor, would appear nonchalant when smoking, but to her surprise, he had actually put away his eccentricity, his face showing a gloomy and world-weary expression that made her want to get closer to him and lend him a hand.
Shen Mengqing coughed a few times and joked, "Looks like I'll have to throw away all the cigarettes in my bedside table next time."
Yu Xin stubbed out his cigarette, narrowed his long, narrow eyes, and said sarcastically, "You have pretty bad taste in boyfriends."
"What do you mean?" Shen Mengqing stared at him, her smile vanishing in an instant.
Yu Xin stood up lazily, slipped his hands into his pockets, and said coldly, "The literal meaning."
His words were like a pebble thrown into a frozen lake. At first, they only created a tiny crack, but in the blink of an eye, several more cracks appeared out of nowhere, rapidly spreading outwards, and the originally smooth and crystal-clear ice surface became fragmented.
The fire that Shen Mengqing had finally managed to extinguish reignited in her heart. One second she wanted to pull Yu Xin back up, but now she just wanted him to fall.
She reached out and turned the doorknob, her face showing a gesture of seeing the guest off.
"Don't worry about my judgment. As for the future, if either of us falls for someone, we can always end this relationship and go after them without worry."
"And I will never laugh at your poor taste."
She ignored Yu Xin as she spoke.
A note from the author:
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