The doorbell rang patiently several times.
Ye Qingyan was getting impatient.
She ruffled her hair haphazardly, resigned to her fate: "Fine, I'll just start it. At worst, I'll still be a hero a few hundred years from now."
"You'd be more convincing if your legs weren't trembling," Zhen Tian retorted.
"Sister, have some decency right now. My heart is pounding in my chest." Ye Qingyan walked to the front door without turning her head and quietly opened the door a crack.
When he saw Huo Qingming's face again, he chuckled awkwardly: "Hey, good afternoon."
The man nodded expressionlessly: "It's already afternoon."
Ye Qingyan turned her head and glanced at the clock hanging high in the house; it was almost 4:30.
No wonder this man wasn't at work and was at home at this time.
Huo Qingming ignored her and went straight in, only to be met with two pairs of eyes.
He paused for a moment, and Ye Qingyan closed the door behind him.
"These two are my best friends," Ye Qingyan introduced from behind. "You've met them before, Zhen Tian and Yang Tao."
"Hello." The man nodded in acknowledgment.
"Hello."
The two returned the gift.
Huo Qingming, familiar with the routine, took out slippers and changed himself. He then led Ye Qingyan upstairs, saying, "We have something to discuss. Please make yourselves at home."
“Okay.” Yang Tao and Zhen Tian nodded.
Huo Qingming glanced around and noticed the mess in the restaurant. He walked over.
"Hey, hey, don't look, I haven't packed up..."
It was too late for Ye Qingyan to stop it.
She slapped her forehead.
With his eyes fixed on the table, Huo Qingming's long, slender fingers were pinching a rickety liquor bottle, checking its alcohol content. He then counted the number of bottles.
"Yan Yan, come on, let's talk."
His voice was gentle, but Ye Qingyan felt as if she was about to go to hell.
Under the watchful eyes of her two friends, Huo Qingming dragged her upstairs.
Once the figure disappeared, Yang Tao breathed a sigh of relief: "How come men these days are all so imposing?"
She patted her chest.
Zhen Tian didn't seem to care, but then she belatedly realized, "I feel like we're the guests, and this man is the host."
Yang Tao recalled his tone and manner when he told her and Tian Tian to do as they pleased, and nodded in agreement: "Add one."
The two of them were left downstairs. While waiting, they cleaned up the kitchen trash and put the leftover shrimp in the refrigerator.
When Ye Qingyan came downstairs again, her face flushed, the kitchen was clean and tidy.
Huo Qingming followed behind her as they walked towards the gate.
Zhen Tian and Yang Tao didn't dare to look directly at each other openly, so they hid behind the sofa, pricked up their ears, and exchanged meaningful glances.
"If I see you drinking alcohol or eating cold food again, you'd better think about the consequences." Huo Qingming's voice was clean and gentle, but his fingertip pressed suggestively against the corner of her mouth.
"No, no, I'll throw it away in a bit," Ye Qingyan swore, raising her hand.
"Okay. Come to my place after your friend leaves."
"……oh."
"They're gone."
"Mmm~~~"
Huo Qingming gave her a deep look, then turned and left.
Ye Qingyan watched the other person's back disappear with reluctance.
"Stop looking, they've all disappeared." Zhen Tian and Yang Tao appeared from behind her, one on each side.
"Holy crap, that scared me to death."
Ye Qingyan was so startled that she jumped up, rolled her eyes, and closed the door.
"No, no, I'll throw it away in a bit." Zhen Tian mimicked Ye Qingyan's tone: "What's wrong? Why has our big sister suddenly changed to a delicate and fragile style?"
"Exactly, exactly. I thought she was Tian Tian because of her obedient look."
"Get lost." Zhen Tian slapped Yang Tao, who giggled.
"I'm on my period, and he won't let me drink anything cold or eat seafood."
"You're on your period?" Yang Tao glared. "Then why did you invite us swimming? Seafood and alcohol are both considered 'cold' in traditional Chinese medicine. You're really something."
"I forgot, didn't I? Sweetie knows my period is painless and I often forget." Ye Qingyan felt very innocent.
"How did he know?" Zhen Tian grasped the key point.
“Last month I ate too much cold food, and I had both stomach pain and menstrual cramps. He took care of me…”
"Oh ho..." Yang Tao grinned mischievously, "But that's not the point. Shouldn't you explain what you two talked about upstairs..."
Zhen Tian also looked over, her face full of curiosity.
"N-nothing..."
"You've already done it all, and you're still saying nothing? Confess honestly."
Zhen Tian watched as Ye Qingyan's face turned red when she uttered the name Yan Yan.
"Um... well..."
She recalled what had happened on the way upstairs and blushed furiously.
...
"Let me go, my friends are watching." Ye Qingyan staggered as Huo Qingming drove her upstairs.
His gaze was dangerous: "Are you sure you want to say this here?"
The narrow stairwell was filled with the scent of Huo Qingming's hormones.
"I...I'm not sure." Ye Qingyan shrugged again.
Huo Qingming dragged her into the bedroom, and with a bang, the door slammed shut.
"Say it again, just like I said on the phone." He cornered her, his tone very forceful.
"It's nothing, you must have misheard me." Ye Qingyan didn't believe it.
"Speak quickly."
"You must have heard it, why are you asking me?" Ye Qingyan tried hard to push Huo Qingming away, but this is where the difference between men and women comes in. If a man doesn't want to, a woman simply can't push him away.
"Speak. I want to hear it." Huo Qingming stopped her from moving and pinched her chin with his fingers, forcing her to look at him.
"I won't say it, I ...."
"Hurry up." The man's gaze was aggressive.
Ye Qingyan inexplicably became timid under his gaze.
"Oh, it's just that I like you, so what? I just like you... um..."
Her eyes widened, completely unprepared for Huo Qingming to kiss her directly.
That kiss was different from him; it was aggressive and wild, and she couldn't even think, she could only passively cooperate with him.
Huo Qingming moved his hand that was propping up the wall to hug her waist and pressed her forcefully against himself, as if he wanted to crush her and merge her into him.
Ye Qingyan was horrified by her own thoughts.
Huo Qingming kissed him fiercely and urgently.
Tears welled up in her eyes from holding back her emotions, and she had no choice but to hit him hard.
Sensing that she was having trouble breathing, Huo Qingming released her. Before Ye Qingyan could even catch her breath, Huo Qingming took a deep breath and kissed her again.
After repeating this several times, Ye Qingyan completely collapsed onto him.
The two embraced, both panting.
Huo Qingming tightened his grip on her waist. If he hadn't been afraid of scaring her, he would have done it back in the stairwell.
After recovering, Ye Qingyan blushed furiously when she learned what had happened.
"You...you...you..."
Huo Qingming buried his face in her shoulder and whispered, "Now that you've said you like me, you can't run away anymore."
Ye Qingyan understood what he meant, but she didn't hear his confession.
While she was scheming to get Huo Qingming to confess his feelings, she had no idea how dangerous and restrained Huo Qingming's expression was, with his back to her.
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