(7 Fresh Coins) Chapter 23 (Part 2) Tender and Lingering
Her expression softened, and Xu Qi struggled to raise her arms and hug the man back.
"I like...I like you..." Si Qiang hugged him tightly, whispering in his ear again and again. Her breathing gradually became disordered, and her soft brown hair wrapped around his neck and rubbed against his skin. Their skin gradually became hot when they touched.
The voices were too gentle and tender, the whispers, the beating of hearts, the mingling of breaths all around him. Xu Qi squinted and unconsciously uttered, "Too noisy..."
"Mmm..." Si Qiang stopped kissing him, her beautiful cat-like eyes misty as she stared straight at him. "I really...like it so much..."
Xu Qi's ears grew redder and redder, almost as if they were about to bleed. He finally couldn't bear it any longer and rebuked, "You've said it too many times..." But his voice was too low and hoarse, without any of his usual coldness, so the effect was predictable.
"It wasn't intentional..." Si Qiang frowned slightly, leaned close to the man's hot ear, and whispered, "I just blurted out...those words..."
"..." Xu Qi felt all the blood rush to his head, and for a moment he couldn't utter a single syllable.
Where did this child learn that? He turned his head away, realizing that his pride as an elder had vanished. It was clearly just sweet talk to please a little girl, but why did it sound so incredibly cute coming from this person's mouth? Like an insect trapped in a honey-coated spiderweb, lost in its sweetness and unwilling to struggle—this version of himself was truly terrifying.
“Then, I want…” Si Qiang hesitated for a moment, then finally continued, “to hear you say it once, okay?”
Xu Qi suddenly turned to look at him. "Say...say what?"
Si Qiang felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, but she still suppressed her shyness and met his eyes: "Just once, I want to hear it..."
“…I’ve already said that.” Xu Qi said expressionlessly.
"You said...you said it?" When? Si Qiang was stunned. Could it be that what he heard back then...wasn't a dream? But he wasn't conscious at all then, and he couldn't remember the man's expression or tone when he said those words. Damn it! He pursed his lips in annoyance.
"Don't be so... discouraged." Xu Qi's expression remained unchanged, but his heart began to waver. In fact, Xu Qi had one of the biggest weaknesses of an elder: a soft heart. Although there were only two targets, only Xu Yi knew how to exploit this weakness. Although it wasn't intentional, Si Qiang's unconscious vulnerability was the best way to deal with Xu Qi.
He clenched his fists and slowly began to speak: "I..."
"Ring ring ring..." The phone suddenly rang, interrupting his words. Xu Qi turned his head and saw that it was Xu Yi calling. He quickly reached out to answer it, but the phone aggravated the pain in his body, and he paused in his movements.
Si Qiang froze for a few seconds before finally reacting. Under Xu Qi's incredulous stare, she turned around, picked up the phone, and pressed the call button: "A-Yi?"
Upon hearing it was him, Xu Yi's hand trembled, and he nearly dropped his phone: "Rose? What are you doing there?"
Si Qiang glanced at Xu Qi and smiled mysteriously: "Something happened, let's talk about it later. What's wrong?"
Is this a change of face? Her aura changed so quickly! Xu Qi was a little dumbfounded, and even forgot his dissatisfaction with Si Qiang for answering his call without permission.
“You…” Xu Yi finally remembered the purpose of the call. He cleared his throat and said, “Let your brother answer the phone.”
“Well, he’s probably not in a good position right now…” Si Qiang quickly stopped Xu Qi’s outstretched hand and pointed to her own neck.
Neck? Xu Qi suddenly realized that his voice was so hoarse, and with Si Qiang's unusual appearance at the Xu family, if he spoke, it would be tantamount to telling Xu Yi and the others what they had done. Thinking of this, he turned his head away in despair, secretly resenting himself. If it weren't for his indulgence, they wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation—he was at least half responsible for the current predicament.
Xu Yi, being the kind of person he was, immediately understood what was going on and said, "Then please tell him that the thing he asked me to do yesterday has been taken care of."
He was still worried about what was going on between the two, and now they'd gotten together, and it seemed like things were going quite well—thinking about it this way, Xu Yi suddenly felt like a fool for worrying about them. After all, they were mutually attracted; all they needed was a trigger, and all the previous problems would be forgotten. Anyway, it was best that the two of them were making this kind of progress.
"Yes, I will tell him." Si Qiang knew that Xu Yi had already figured it out, and he obediently agreed, but he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
Author's Note:
Ah Yi found out about your mess, huh? Now where are you going to save face, Nii-san? (Oh dear, I'm so mean!)
Speaking of Rose Beauty, she is indeed a rather special one among the male leads in the cat family ┐(┘-└)┌ I'll tell you that this is also one of the cat's wicked hobbies, meow?
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