Chapter 62 He called me a mistress
After the typhoon passed, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the wind seemed to have calmed down a bit. Shen Mengqing walked to the window. The view outside was of the side facing away from the sea, but several trees were leaning and fallen, showing how strong the wind was last night.
She stood still, when suddenly she felt a warmth around her waist. Yu Xin pulled her close and quietly walked to her side.
"What are you looking at?" Yu Xin asked.
Shen Mengqing shook her head: "Just browsing."
Yu Xin turned his head to look at her, his mind still preoccupied with her words. He placed his hands on her shoulders and adjusted her so that she was facing him.
He said in a low voice, "Why just try?"
Shen Mengqing snorted and poked him, saying, "It just depends on how you perform."
It wasn't that she still held a grudge; it was just that she had been deceived by him for too long, and she had to get something out of him to vent her anger, so she kept him hanging on.
Yu Xin raised an eyebrow, slid his hands from her shoulders to her waist, lowered his head, and gently kissed Shen Mengqing's lips: "Then I'll try my best."
His expression was serious, as if he were submitting a pledge of allegiance. Shen Mengqing smiled slightly, put her arm around his neck, and stood on tiptoe to meet him.
A light rain began to fall again, the raindrops falling on the glass and blurring the image, like a giant woven net covering this small space.
Shen Mengqing stepped barefoot onto the carpet, and Yu Xin, supporting her waist, tightened his grip slightly, giving her a little leverage as she stood on tiptoe. Their warm breaths mingled, their bodies pressed tightly together, and with a slight step, one of them lost their balance, and they both tumbled onto the sofa chair.
The sofa chair was too small, so Yu Xin rolled over and placed it underneath Shen Mengqing, who was being held by him and couldn't move on her own. She had no choice but to straddle him.
This little interruption did not break their kiss. Shen Mengqing cupped Yu Xin's face and changed from sucking to playful pecking, like a little chick eating rice.
Suddenly, Yu Xin raised her hand to block her, and brought the topic back to the previous one: "So you're not going to keep telling everyone you're single, are you?"
"You've only been in this position for a short time, and you're already acting like a boyfriend," Shen Mengqing chuckled, pinching his cheek as she spoke.
Yu Xin glanced at her: "Isn't someone eyeing you covetously?"
"I'll find an opportunity to talk to him and make things clear."
After Shen Mengqing finished speaking, he thought of Miss Zhu, who had been relentlessly pursuing him, and said to him reproachfully, "You have quite a few suitors too."
Yu Xin became competitive: "Anyone who asks me if they need to come keep me company during a typhoon, I'll block them the next second."
Shen Mengqing glared at him, got up and took a few steps back, sat on the bed and said, "Let's keep this a secret from the company for now."
Yu Xin knew Shen Mengqing's concerns. They had only just started dating, and their relationship wasn't very strong. Besides, office romances were explosive topics. If the gossipy people in the company found out, he would be fine, but Shen Mengqing would definitely be the subject of gossip.
After talking for a while, they reached a consensus and decided to remain working at the company and go public when the time was right.
At this moment, Tang Si sent a message to Shen Mengqing, asking if she wanted to go to the hotel's indoor tennis court to play tennis.
Shen Mengqing doesn't really like ball sports, but he was so bored in his room that going out to exercise seemed like a good idea.
She mentioned this to Yu Xin, who looked at her phone and said, "Li Qinghe also asked me out."
Are you going or not?
Yu Xin tucked his phone away and said, "Of course I have to go."
He stared at Shen Mengqing, his gaze pointed. Shen Mengqing scoffed. It was as if she had raised a puppy with a strong sense of territory, who had to follow her around at all times and not allow her to smell like other pets.
Neither of them had brought any tennis clothes, so they planned to borrow some at the court. Yu Xin accompanied Shen Mengqing back to her room to do some light makeup and even ordered room service for her. This time, Shen Mengqing had a poor appetite, while Yu Xin had a big appetite and finished off all the food Shen Mengqing hadn't eaten.
When they arrived at the tennis court, the other two were already there, sitting on the sofa by the entrance waiting for them.
After changing their clothes, the four of them went to the court to warm up. Shen Mengqing and Tang Si were not very good at tennis, so Li Qinghe suggested that they play men's and women's doubles.
"Shall we form teams freely?" Li Qinghe suggested.
Yu Xin's expression turned slightly cold as she said, "Let's divide it according to the company. You and Secretary Tang will share it."
Tang Si quickly chimed in, "I agree."
She wasn't familiar with Yu Xin at all, and he usually seemed quite aloof. She couldn't even imagine how awkward it would be if they were grouped together. She'd much rather be grouped with her relatively mild-mannered boss.
Li Qinghe turned to Shen Mengqing, who had not yet expressed her opinion. Shen Mengqing shrugged and said, "Then I'll be in a group with President Yu."
Perfect timing! She knew Yu Xin's tennis skills, so partnering with him would be easier.
Li Qinghe and Tang Si took their positions. Li Qinghe knew Yu Xin well, and he told Tang Si, "President Yu is very good at tennis. If you really can't reach the ball, don't force it, so as not to get injured."
Tang Si nodded. Giving points to business partners is a small skill she knows how to use in interpersonal relationships.
After the game started, she gradually realized that Li Qinghe was really reminding her.
Yu Xin's ball was like a killer shot, fast and powerful, and the direction of the spin was unpredictable. Her reaction speed was not fast enough, and she missed several balls.
Fortunately, Shen Mengqing's ball skills were similar to hers, or even slightly inferior, so she wasn't considered a burden to her boss.
After about half an hour, Shen Mengqing and Tang Si were both a little exhausted, so they went off the field to drink water and rest, and sat in chairs to watch the two bosses fight.
As they watched the game, they chatted casually, from the typhoon of the previous night to their respective companies, and somehow the conversation drifted to the two players on the field.
Tang Si whispered to Shen Mengqing, "Is your boss the kind who's particularly protective of his own? I always feel like he's unapproachable and hard to get along with, but then again, he seems to be quite nice to you and that Assistant Chen."
"I guess so."
Shen Mengqing thought about it and realized that Yu Xin was indeed a good boss to his employees.
She gently nudged Tang Si's shoulder: "Does your CEO Li treat his employees badly? He doesn't seem like the type to get angry."
Tang Si said, "Actually, I've seen him get angry a few times, and it's quite frightening. But most of the time, Mr. Li is very approachable and not at all distant. By the way, how did you and Mr. Li meet?"
Shen Mengqing skipped over the blind date part, only saying that their family elders knew each other, and that's how they met.
Tang Si understood; no wonder Li Qinghe seemed quite close to her.
Her gossipy nature kicked in, and just as she was about to ask Shen Mengqing a few more questions, the two men on the court finished their game and came over to get some water, so Tang Si immediately shut her mouth.
As it approached dinnertime, the group finished playing ball and decided to go to a restaurant to have dinner together.
The seating arrangement was the same as last time they had breakfast, but the atmosphere had changed slightly. When Shen Mengqing sat down to eat, Yu Xin's leg bumped into her knee under the table, seemingly unintentionally. Taking advantage of the fact that the two people opposite her weren't paying attention, Shen Mengqing glared at him and slapped him hard.
Tang Si kept her head down as she ate her meal. Li Qinghe looked at Shen Mengqing and asked her, "When do you plan to go back?"
Yu Xin spoke first: "Tomorrow."
"I couldn't get a ticket for tomorrow, so I'll have to go the day after tomorrow," Li Qinghe said regretfully.
Tang Si sighed and said sadly, "Sister Meng Qing, you're leaving tomorrow. I was thinking of making plans to hang out together tomorrow too."
Shen Mengqing smiled and said, "It's okay, you can look for me when you go back to Beicheng."
Li Qinghe interjected, "Once Tang Si returned to Beicheng, she forgot to look for you. She spends all her time with her boyfriend except for work hours."
Tang Si blushed: "President Li, it's not that exaggerated."
When this topic came up, Tang Si suddenly glanced at Shen Mengqing twice, and finally couldn't help but ask her, "Sister Mengqing, do you have a boyfriend?"
After he said that, everyone at the table turned their attention to Shen Mengqing.
She paused, then said, "Yes."
Upon hearing her answer, the three people at the table displayed different expressions.
Tang Si's eyes lit up when she heard the gossip, Li Qinghe was shocked and astonished, only Yu Xin was the most normal, and seemed to be eating her food in a good mood.
After his initial surprise, Li Qinghe felt a surge of emotions, and frowned as he asked her, "When did this happen?"
Shen Mengqing pursed her lips. If she had said it was just a few hours ago, these two would probably have thought she was joking and being perfunctory. She said vaguely, "It hasn't been that long. I haven't told my friends yet. I want to wait until things are more stable before I do."
No wonder he didn't know. Li Qinghe looked at the food in his bowl and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He put down his chopsticks and didn't want to eat anymore.
Tang Si became interested, oblivious to her boss's increasingly dark face, and pressed Shen Mengqing for an answer: "Is he handsome?"
Shen Mengqing was amused: "I thought you were going to dig up some personal information, but all you asked was whether he's handsome."
"Of course! Sister Mengqing, you're so beautiful. If you find a boyfriend who isn't handsome enough, I'll be heartbroken," Tang Si said sincerely.
Shen Mengqing thought to herself that when she first had feelings for Yu Xin, it was because of his face.
But she was teasing Yu Xin a bit, saying conservatively:
"He's handsome, isn't he?"
Those around him were indeed not satisfied, and one said, "Secretary Shen, handsome is handsome, and not handsome is not handsome. What do you mean by 'handsome, right'?"
Shen Mengqing tried hard to control her expression and cleared her throat, saying, "He's a handsome guy."
Yu Xin then let her go.
Li Qinghe looked at Yu Xin and sensed that his reaction was a bit off.
He sent a message to Yu Xin, saying he wanted to chat after dinner. Yu Xin picked up her phone, glanced at it, typed "okay," and sent it to him.
Tang Si was still excitedly asking Shen Mengqing about her boyfriend. Fortunately, the questions weren't too pointed, and Shen Mengqing answered them all, leaving no one guessing that she was talking about Yu Xin.
After dinner, the two men saw Tang Si and Shen Mengqing off one by one. When only the two of them were left, Li Qinghe suggested going outside for a smoke, and Yu Xin went with him.
The lighter ignited in the night. Li Qinghe took a drag of his cigarette, and as the smoke curled up, he said to Yu Xin, "You like Shen Mengqing too, don't you?"
Outsiders might not know this, but he and Zhu Shaoming, who had known Yu Xin for almost half their lives, could see it at a glance. Fate is a strange thing; it made them both fall in love with the same woman, and both unable to be with her.
Yu Xin put his hands in his pockets and said, "So what if it is?"
Li Qinghe let out a breath and said unexpectedly, "You're quite carefree."
Yu Xin chuckled lightly: "I'm not carefree at all."
"What do you mean?" Li Qinghe frowned, unsure of his meaning. "She already has a boyfriend, and you still won't give up?"
Yu Xin didn't respond, and Li Qinghe's mood shifted from disappointment to frustration: "Yu Xin, you wouldn't stoop so low as to become a mistress and steal someone else's boyfriend, would you!"
He originally wanted to add, "If your dad knew, he would break your legs," but then he remembered that his dad had already passed away. He then thought, "Your mom would be so angry that she'd end up in the hospital," but his mom didn't care about him at all. It's probably because the two of them haven't seen each other for twenty years.
Li Qinghe pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out how to snap him out of it, so he could only say weakly, "If you cause trouble like this, those ruthless shareholders will definitely kick you out, and the whole company will be affected by you."
Yu Xin said nonchalantly, "Worry about yourself."
He patted Li Qinghe on the shoulder, turned around and went into the hotel, so as not to stay too long and get his cigarette smell on him.
Seeing that he was unmoved by reason, Li Qinghe called out from behind, "After we get back to Beicheng, I'll have Zhu Shaoming talk to you again. Just don't do anything out of line!"
After taking the elevator upstairs, Yu Xin easily found Shen Mengqing's room and knocked on the door.
Shen Mengqing opened the door, and Yu Xin sneaked in, slamming the door shut behind him, pinning her between him and the door.
Yu Xin hugged Shen Mengqing, rested her head on her shoulder, and said in a depressed tone, "Your boyfriend was insulted."
Shen Mengqing asked, puzzled, "Who insulted you?"
“Li Qinghe.” Yu Xin reached out and rubbed Shen Mengqing’s earlobe. “He called me a mistress.”
Shen Mengqing secretly imagined what had happened and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
“He also told me not to do anything out of line.” Yu Xin reached out and pressed the base of her thumb against Shen Mengqing’s chin, covering her slightly red lips. “But it seems like I’ve done everything I shouldn’t have.”
Shen Mengqing played along, saying, "You're so mean."
"Really? I can be even worse."
Yu Xin grabbed Shen Mengqing's waist, pulled her into his arms, and lowered his head to kiss her deeply.
The temperature in Haishi was much higher than in Beicheng. Shen Mengqing was only wearing a thin knitted sweater in her room. The fitted, waist-cinching style clung tightly to her exquisite figure. Yu Xin's hand stroked her back, and the warmth of his palm seeped through the fabric, igniting her slightly cool skin.
The neatly made bed was crumpled by the movement of the two falling down. Yu Xin's kisses moved from his lips to his ears and collarbone. He knew that Shen Mengqing's room didn't have that kind of thing, so he could only patiently caress him like this. The two responded to each other within the boundaries they could control, but the emotions surging in their hearts grew stronger and stronger. Before they could get out of control, they tried their best to stop themselves.
Shen Mengqing looked into Yu Xin's dark eyes and sensed his agitation. She scolded him, "You brought this on yourself."
Yu Xin stared at her, his Adam's apple bobbing, but he didn't say anything.
Shen Mengqing raised her hand, her fingertips brushing away the lipstick smudged on Yu Xin's lips, and suddenly exclaimed, "You know what, you really do look like you're trying to steal someone else's partner."
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Yu Xin grabbed her wrist as she tried to pull it back, turned his head and pressed his lips to her palm, his slightly upturned eyes filled with deep affection.
Shen Mengqing explained, "You're young and alluring, you look like you're going out to cause trouble."
Yu Xin chuckled lightly: "I'll take that as a compliment."
Shen Mengqing suddenly sensed a hint of jealousy in her own words and muttered, "But if you really dare to be unfaithful, I'll definitely dump you and make you suffer..."
Yu Xin moved forward and hugged Shen Mengqing tightly, cutting her off.
He buried his head deep into the neck of the person in his arms, enveloped by the rich fragrance emanating from Shen Mengqing, and he utterly craved this bright scent.
"Don't worry, you're all I have left," Yu Xin said in a low voice. "Aqing, whether you still love me or not, I will never leave you. If you fall in love with someone else after a while, then I might as well steal him away."
He said, "I'm the one who should be afraid. You should be the one not abandoning me."
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The author's note: The two people's relationship has turned into something resembling an affair (x)
Xinzi: A very insecure and irrational bad dog. If Aqing doesn't want me anymore, I'll do anything for love.
I'm setting a goal: to finish this series this month!! [Sunglasses]
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