Clingy
Before Jiang Xiao could react, the man came up to her impatiently.
The faint fragrance of toothpaste spread wantonly. Jiang Xiao pushed his shoulder with clear consciousness and took advantage of the opportunity to hurriedly say, "Stop... Stop kissing, I just finished brushing my teeth."
But just two seconds after they separated, Zhou Qishen came up again, stole a glance at her, and responded to her words nonchalantly: "Yeah, I kissed it, it tastes like mint."
Jiang Xiao's face turned red all of a sudden, and she could only watch as the immovable body in front of her moved closer and closer to her, and then he put his big hands around her waist and deepened the kiss.
After a while of romance, Jiang Xiao raised her head to look into his eyes and found that he was looking at her with a smile, with various emotions surging in him like several different undercurrents.
Jiang Xiao bit her lower lip and used her index finger to push away his lips that were almost touching hers to prevent him from rushing over again. She pretended to be calm and murmured, "I'm going to the crew."
Zhou Qishen's nose was pressed against hers, their ambiguous breaths were still intertwined. He didn't want to let her leave just like that, so he raised his eyebrows calmly, "No hurry, there's still some time, let's kiss for a while longer."
As he said this, he was about to kiss her again, but her fingers blocked his way and he failed for the moment.
"I really have to go." Jiang Xiao warned in a low voice, which didn't sound so real, but one could still hear the gnashing of teeth in it.
However, Zhou Qishen seemed not to hear the hidden anger in her expression. He showed no restraint at all and even increased his strength, hugging her even tighter.
Verbal warnings were ineffective. Jiang Xiao narrowed her eyes in anger and used her other hand to pry open the man's fingers, trying to separate the tightly pressed parts. However, even though the areas around the joints were all red from her prying, he did not loosen at all.
Brute force didn't work, so Jiang Xiao had to use her nails to scratch and dig, like a kitten's claws, over and over again, making Zhou Qishen curl his lips at an inappropriate time. But she knew when to stop and withdrew her hands.
"Then change your clothes first, and then come out for breakfast."
Jiang Xiao was free. She snorted in annoyance, pushed Zhou Qishen out of the room with force, and then slammed the door without any courtesy. The loud noise showed that she was a little angry.
Because of the delay, Jiang Xiao quickened the pace of changing clothes, simply packed a few things, and walked out with her bag, walking past Zhou Qishen who was waiting at the door, and went to the dining table.
Zhou Qishen felt that he had caused trouble, so he followed her silently, stood behind her, his eyes curved, and for the first time he smiled in a very flattering way: "Are you angry?"
Jiang Xiao was still in a bad mood, her lips pouted, and she agreed by not responding.
It was against her will, so she was right to be angry. Zhou Qishen's brows were stained with a bit of helplessness, and he coaxed her in a low voice: "I lost my sense of propriety, I promise there won't be a next time."
Jiang Xiao's eyes moved, and she was finally willing to speak: "Next time? I won't let you kiss me next time."
"Hmm?" Zhou Qishen nodded, a hint of laziness in his voice.
The next second, Jiang Xiao had her chin pinched by someone, and was forced to look up, staring in astonishment as he kissed her lips. She could feel his teeth nibbling at her lower lip, biting and nibbling it like a punishment, and he didn't let go for a long time.
Jiang Xiao tilted her head back with great effort. Even though he was supporting her chin, he was still pulling her neck, causing pain and pleasure to mix together, causing her waist to twist disorderly twice. She slowly straightened her body to meet his strong force.
Her forced compliance somehow contributed to Zhou Qishen's excitement. He thought she didn't mind his closeness, so he smiled gently and tightened his arms around her back, further shortening the distance between them.
But this time, he didn't go deep. He just stayed on the surface and took two bites like a chick pecking at rice.
"I have three video conferences today, so I won't accompany you to the crew. I'll wait for you to come back in the room." After Zhou Qishen explained his arrangements for the day, he leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.
Then he touched the flesh of her cheek, released the hands that were restraining her, and walked to the other side of the table.
Jiang Xiao stared at the piece of bread in her hand, smacked her lips, and said "Oh" in confusion.
After she finished breakfast, Xiao Zhang, who came to the hotel to pick her up for the crew, happened to appear at the door. After greeting Zhou Qishen, they left together.
Ever since he broke through that boundary, Zhou Qishen seemed to have opened his Ren and Du meridians. As long as they made eye contact, he would lean over and kiss them, sometimes on the cheek, sometimes on the forehead, but more often on the lips, alternating between light kisses and deep kisses.
Over the past half month, Jiang Xiao had had enough of his abuse, and on this day she finally received the news that he was about to leave and return to Beijing.
"Then you can go back to Beijing first." Jiang Xiao curled up in the single sofa reading the script without raising her head, but the upward curve of her lips revealed her mood at the moment.
Zhou Qishen sat down on the edge of the sofa, stretched out his long arm and rested it on the back of the chair. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows: "I'm leaving. Are you so happy?"
Receiving the signal from his unfriendly tone, Jiang Xiao shook her head with a strong desire to survive and made an extremely sad expression, "No, I am very sad."
Zhou Qishen seemed to be stunned, but only for a moment, and soon he smiled, his shoulders trembling slightly, his chest rising and falling, his eyes curved: "Then I won't leave, so as not to make you sad."
Jiang Xiao paused while turning the page, turned her head to look at him, rolled her eyes, and advised: "How can that be? You've been here for so long, you must have missed a lot of things, right? You have to go back to work."
"If you accompany me back, I will go back." Zhou Qishen rarely acted like a rogue.
Jiang Xiao puffed up her cheeks in anger and tried to reason with him, "How can I go back? I haven't even finished filming the show yet."
Zhou Qishen frowned and said with a click of his tongue. He casually picked up a strand of long hair beside him, twisted it between his fingers, and said meaningfully, "Don't you need to be present in person for the cooperation negotiation with Ogami?"
"What?" Jiang Xiao's breathing stagnated and her eyes widened in disbelief.
Zhou Qishen still looked stern, with his hair hooked close to his thin lips. He did not answer directly, but instead asked back: "Why, you didn't receive the news?"
"I didn't? How did you know that Ogami would follow me..." Before she could finish her words, Jiang Xiao thought of the meeting with the person in charge of Ogami at the banquet that day. Now that Zhou Qishen mentioned it, she couldn't help but wonder if he was involved.
Jiang Xiao's thoughts became complicated and obscure. Before she could think clearly, the cell phone stuck in the gap of the sofa rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Liang Cheng calling.
Jiang Xiao gave Zhou Qishen a look that silenced him, and then picked up the phone. Liang Cheng's excited voice came from the other end: "Xiaoxiao, there's news from Ogami. They want to invite you to be the spokesperson for China!"
"Director Zheng, I'll ask for two days off for you. You can return to Beijing tonight and discuss cooperation tomorrow. Got it? I've asked Xiao Zhang to buy your plane ticket."
Liang Cheng finished his instructions in a hurry. Without giving Jiang Xiao any time to catch her breath or ask questions, he urged her to pack her luggage quickly, and then hung up the phone.
Jiang Xiaoren was completely confused. Her brows, which were originally slightly furrowed, became even tighter. She looked at Zhou Qishen, who was doing nothing, and asked, "Did you fight for it for me?"
Zhou Qishen's voice was neither hurried nor slow. He looked at her lazily with his eyes propped up, "It's not really a fight. Paul already likes you."
Jiang Xiao is not stupid. Zhou Qishen must have played a key role in this, otherwise she would not have been able to get the spokesperson position. Even if she is lucky, with her qualifications and works in recent years, she can only get the position of ambassador.
Jiang Xiao figured it out and said "thank you" sincerely.
"That's it?" Zhou Qishen raised his thick eyebrows slightly and leaned his cheek towards her meaningfully.
Jiang Xiao secretly complained that he was pushing things too far, but she still stood up and kissed his cheek, "Is this okay?"
After that, she quickly closed the script without waiting for him to speak, and walked towards the room. Halfway through, she turned around, took a few steps back towards him, and said with a red face, "I'll go pack my luggage and go back to Beijing together tonight."
*
At eight o'clock in the evening, the plane arrived in Beijing.
Because it was a private trip, Jiang Xiao didn't have to hide from the paparazzi and followed Zhou Qishen into his car.
As soon as she got in the car, Jiang Xiao took off her mask and took a few deep breaths of cold air.
Zhou Qishen naturally took the mask and hat she had taken off, casually placed them on his knees, and said calmly: "After you finish discussing the cooperation tomorrow, leave the time the day after tomorrow to me."
Jiang Xiao knew that he had more to say, so she followed up by asking, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Qishen didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "Accompany me to a family gathering."
Since her mother's death, Jiang Xiao seldom attended formal family gatherings. She went once or twice when she had to, but she would often leave in a bad mood due to the disgusting attitude of her stepmother and stepbrother.
The Jiang family doesn't have many people, and even if all the close relatives are gathered together, there are only about thirty people at the family gathering. But it's different for a century-old wealthy family like the Zhou family. There must be hundreds of people, right?
Thinking of that scene, Jiang Xiao couldn't help but shrink for a moment, and asked tentatively: "What kind of family gathering? Are there many people?"
If there are too many people, forget it.
Although she likes to get together with friends, she can't fit in at all at gatherings of her elders.
Zhou Qishen tapped the edge of his cap with his fingertips and explained slowly, "The day after tomorrow is my eldest brother's birthday party. He wants to formally introduce Zhou Wenting to the other members of the Zhou family on that day."
Jiang Xiao's expression became a little subtle. She originally thought it was just a simple family gathering, but she never thought it involved one of the famous scenes in the book - the male protagonist Zhou Wenting's return to the family.
From then on, Zhou Wenting officially gained a place in the Zhou family, and under the arrangement of Mr. Zhou, he began to interfere in the business of the Zhou Group, and his open and secret business struggles with Zhou Qishen also began.
But under normal circumstances, Zhou Wenting's career path has nothing to do with her. As long as she doesn't go crazy and actively provoke him, his aura as the male protagonist will not pose a threat to her.
After all, she is now enjoying the shade of a big tree, and Zhou Wenting can never beat Zhou Qishen anyway.
However, what troubled her was that although Zhou Qishen did not say it explicitly, it was obvious that he wanted to cause trouble.
It's someone else's birthday and son-recruiting party. Would you bring your newlywed wife to steal the limelight? Isn't it just Chun Chun's mischief?
Jiang Xiao twitched her eyes. If she went, it would mean she would cause trouble at the hero's homecoming party, but if she didn't go, it would mean she would challenge the villain's power...
For a moment, Jiang Xiao felt overwhelmed. She took two deep breaths and managed to calm down. She sorted out her thoughts and asked evasively, "Do I have to meet your parents that day?"
Zhou Qishen said "hmm" lightly.
This answer gave Jiang Xiao a breakthrough. She immediately seized the opportunity, frowned, and pretended to be distressed: "It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that the news is too sudden. I haven't even prepared a gift or anything. I'm afraid it may not be appropriate. It's better not to..." So let's go.
The reason for the refusal was reasonable. After all, they had just gotten married and had not known each other for long. It was normal for her to be afraid and nervous about meeting his parents as she was a young girl.
But before he could finish the last three words, Zhou Qishen blocked him lightly: "It doesn't matter, I have prepared the gift in advance."
Jiang Xiao was speechless for a moment, but she would not give up easily. "Can what you prepare be the same as what I prepare? This is my first time meeting your parents, so of course I have to prepare the gift myself to show my sincerity."
Zhou Qishen frowned slightly, as if he was thinking. He was silent for a moment, then said, "Then let's go buy it now?"
Seeing that he was adamant and refused to give in, Jiang Xiao shook her head desperately: "How can I choose a good gift in such a short time?"
Zhou Qishen said nothing, looked at her carefully for a few times, and soon saw through her little thoughts: "Don't you want to go to the party?"
Jiang Xiao's smile froze when he directly exposed her thoughts. But she didn't dare to admit it. She stammered, "Of course I do. I'm just afraid that I'll be too nervous and something will go wrong. What should I do if your parents don't like me?"
After listening to her explanation, Zhou Qishen raised his eyebrows. He thought that with Jiang Xiao's personality, she would directly admit that she didn't want to go, but he didn't expect her to be so stubborn.
Zhou Qishen leaned back slightly, with an unfathomable smile on his face: "Oh? You don't have to worry too much, my mom is obsessed with looks, she will definitely like you very much, as for my dad, his opinion is not important."
Jiang Xiao paused when she heard that, and then she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth, almost reaching behind her ears.
Is Zhou Qishen praising her beauty in disguise?
Regardless of whether he said it to comfort her or not, Jiang Xiao felt very happy. She was so happy that she slowed down her retreat.
While her attention was diverted, Zhou Qishen had already instructed the driver to drive towards Jiang Xiao's home.
Taking advantage of the traffic jam, Zhou Qishen glanced at her miserable little face, a happy smile lurking in his eyes, and said leisurely: "In fact, as long as you say you don't want to go, I won't force you to go."
Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up, and she turned to look at him impatiently, raising her voice: "Really? Then can I tell you now?"
"It's late." Zhou Qishen curled his lips, and the mole at the end of his eye swayed as he chuckled. He said, "I will pick you up on time at 2 o'clock the day after tomorrow."
Jiang Xiao realized that she had been fooled, and her smiling face immediately fell, and she glared at him angrily.
However angry she was, she couldn't maintain a tough attitude in front of Zhou Qishen. One of Zhou Qishen's reasons for marrying her was to deal with his family. If she made it clear that she didn't want to go to the party, then why would Zhou Qishen propose a marriage agreement?
She is aware that she will have to face the Zhou family sooner or later.
But the purpose of this gathering is not pure, and Zhou Wenting is involved. Who knows if some stories beyond the plot will happen?
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