Chapter 11 Gift: Does he... like me?
This is Su Yinuo's first kiss.
The first reaction that came to my mind was to smell the rich and intoxicating aroma of wine again.
When the light touch of her lips gradually turned hot and wet, Su Yinuo's mind seemed to explode with fireworks, and she shot out like a spark. Then, she raised her palm and slapped Qin Cangye hard in the face.
A crisp sound suddenly rang out in a corner of this elegant and quiet restaurant.
"Ah! No... I'm sorry..." Su Yinuo held her hot palms, her eyes red, and she stood there at a loss.
Qin Cangye raised his hand to touch his slightly stinging face. Just as he was about to say something, the store manager ran over and asked nervously, "Sir, Miss, what happened? Is there anything we can help you with?"
Su Yinuo immediately lowered her head, her eyes were burning and tears were welling up in her eyes. She felt guilty, scared and angry.
She thought Qin Cangye would be angry, but unexpectedly, she heard Qin Cangye's bitter smile.
"It's okay," Qin Cangye waved his hand at the store manager and said, "I made my fiancée unhappy. It's my fault."
After saying that, he looked at Su Yinuo, but he couldn't see her face buried in the shadows with her head lowered.
"I'm sorry," his tone was extremely gentle. Seeing that Su Yinuo ignored him, he tilted his head and said again, "I'm sorry."
Su Yinuo was still trying to sort out her emotions and ignored Qin Cangye.
Qin Cangye wanted to grab her hand, but hesitated for a moment. His fingers dropped from her slender wrist and grabbed the hem of her skirt.
He half-knelt down, raised his head, tugged at Su Yinuo's skirt, and said in a gentle and somewhat humble tone: "I'm sorry."
"Ah! You...you hurry up and get up," Su Yinuo quickly grabbed Qin Cangye's sleeve, then immediately withdrew her hand, took a step back, and said nervously: "Mr. Qin, please get up quickly, I'm not angry anymore."
She had already held back her tears, but her emotions were still in disarray. Seeing that Qin Cangye still didn't get up, she said anxiously and confusedly, "What you did just now was wrong. You can't kiss me so suddenly. You scared me. We are just strangers engaged by our parents. We're not even friends. We haven't even been dating yet. We can't do this... But I, I also didn't control my emotions and hit you. I was wrong too. We canceled it out... So, wipe it off!"
Qin Cangye, who was listening carefully to Su Yinuo's scolding, tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Wipe it off?"
"Yeah," Su Yinuo nodded vigorously and made a gesture of holding an eraser, "Erase that memory just now."
This cute and interesting move made Qin Cangye couldn't help but laugh, and his smile was very bright: "Okay, wipe it off."
Perhaps because she was drunk, Su Yinuo really forgot about the episode of being forced to kiss when she returned to the table. After eating some dessert, she ended her dinner.
When leaving, Qin Cangye carefully put away the bag of cacti.
Outside the restaurant, Zhang Yifeng had already been waiting there. Seeing Su Yinuo's blushing face, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Li, are you drunk?"
Having been warned by Li Jinmiao once, Zhang Yifeng didn't dare let Su Yinuo get in Qin Cangye's car this time. He took Su Yinuo's handbag and roses, handed her his coat, and said, "It's cold outside. Mr. Li, get dressed. Let's go."
"Wait," Qin Cangye strode in front of the two men, stopped them, and glared at Zhang Yifeng again, "I'll take Miss Li back to the company."
"I won't bother Vice President Qin this time!" Zhang Yifeng insisted, "It's late at night, and President Li is drunk. It's not appropriate for him and Vice President Qin to be alone in a car together."
"Not suitable?" Qin Cangye's tone became increasingly cold. "Does being with you mean it's suitable? Don't forget, Miss Li is my fiancée!"
"She..." Zhang Yifeng's words were stuck in his mouth. He didn't want to waste any more words with Qin Cangye, so he said sternly, "Hasn't Vice President Qin always been dissatisfied with this marriage? His attitude has changed a bit strangely these few times, hasn't it?"
Zhang Yifeng always felt something was strange, but he didn't have time to delve into it. He turned around, grabbed Su Yinuo's arm, and pulled her into the elevator.
Su Yinuo watched the two people arguing and couldn't get a word in. She wasn't too drunk, just a little dizzy and slow to react. When Zhang Yifeng dragged her past Qin Cangye, she still saw Qin Cangye's extremely gloomy face.
She felt a chill run through her bones. As Qin Cangye took a deep breath and clenched his fists, she imagined a horrific vision of blood splattering. She quickly broke free from Zhang Yifeng's grasp and shouted in panic, "I'm going with Mr. Qin's car!"
Zhang Yifeng looked at Su Yinuo in surprise.
Su Yinuo quickly said, "Don't worry, Assistant Zhang... Assistant Zhang, Mr. Qin will take me back to the company."
The three of them walked into the elevator, with Su Yinuo standing in the middle. The atmosphere was tense and awkward.
Su Yinuo tightened the white lambskin jacket that Li Jinmiao brought her, took a step forward, and moved closer to Qin Cangye, trying to calm down the anger of this evil god.
Zhang Yifeng cast a surprised look at Su Yinuo again. Su Yinuo gave him an awkward smile, his eyes seemed to say: There's nothing I can do. I can't just watch you two fight, right?
Zhang Yifeng frowned, trying to convey something with his eyes, when Qin Cangye reached out and put his arm around Su Yinuo's shoulders. He glared at Zhang Yifeng and warned him coldly, "If you keep flirting with my fiancée, I won't mind having Assistant Zhang take a week off to get his eyes treated!"
"You!" Zhang Yifeng gnashed his teeth in anger. He turned his head and looked away. After taking a few deep breaths, he regained his usual calm and composure and said, "Boss Li and I are just business associates. Vice President Qin, please be more clear-headed. I remember Boss Li once told me that Vice President Qin also intended to cancel the engagement. Could it be that Vice President Qin has forgotten?"
Zhang Yifeng finally realized the strangeness of everything: Qin Cangye couldn't have suddenly changed his attitude, couldn't have been jealous of Su Yinuo and me, his assistant, without even knowing her true identity. The only explanation was that Qin Cangye had long seen through Su Yinuo's identity and had developed feelings for her, but hadn't exposed her, and had been acting the whole time.
It seems that Su Yinuo is deceiving Qin Cangye by pretending to be Li Jinmiao, but in fact, Qin Cangye is using his engagement with Li Jinmiao to play with Su Yinuo!
Zhang Yifeng was angry, anxious and helpless, and cursed in his heart: What a scumbag!
The scumbag Qin Cangye was stunned for two seconds after Zhang Yifeng reminded him, his arrogance weakened by half, and he replied irritably: "I haven't forgotten!"
After that, no one spoke in the elevator. Qin Cangye kept his hand on Su Yinuo's shoulder, without being overly affectionate.
Su Yinuo didn't dare to breathe, his head spinning. He kept thinking, "This building is so tall! How long will it take to get underground?" Was he already driving underground, heading for the center of the earth?
When they reached the 35th floor, the elevator doors opened, and loud music filled the air. A group of drunken young men swarmed in. Qin Cangye, who had been distracted, immediately snapped back to his senses and hugged Su Yinuo tightly. He even leaned slightly to the side and glared away the young men who tried to get close.
Su Yinuo's forehead was almost resting on Qin Cangye's chest...or, to be more precise, his pectoral muscles. The thin shirt emanated the scent of warm perfume. Her face flushed again. She tried to move back, but her heels had already touched the wall.
After a few very difficult minutes, they finally arrived at the underground parking lot. Su Yinuo got a chance to catch her breath, moved away from Qin Cangye, waved goodbye to Zhang Yifeng, then kept a distance and followed Qin Cangye to his parking space.
Qin Cangye's assistant and driver, Wu Heng, was already waiting next to the particularly eye-catching Phantom. Seeing the two approaching, he respectfully opened the back door.
Su Yinuo looked at the car and felt that it looked familiar. When she remembered it, her eyes lit up and she blurted out without thinking: "Oh, the car is repaired?"
Qin Cangye was slightly stunned, and turned his head to look at Su Yinuo, his eyes full of questions.
Su Yinuo then realized that she was almost exposed. She covered her mouth, quickly got into the car, and said hesitantly: "Haha, I heard, I heard that this car was hit..."
Qin Cangye followed in and said with a smile, "I haven't told anyone who I had a car accident with." He looked at Wu Heng in the front seat and asked seriously, "Wu Heng, are you talking too much?"
"No!" Wu Heng quickly sat up straight and defended himself, "Boss, I didn't say a word! The repair process wasn't kept secret. It's possible that someone else would know about it and spread it to Mr. Li."
"Ah, right, right..." Su Yinuo quickly agreed, and then she didn't dare to say anything else. The more she said, the more mistakes she made. She could only look out the window and watch the car slowly drive out of the parking lot.
Tonight's experience felt even more incredible than the first time she had dinner with Qin Cangye. Su Yinuo looked at the lights outside the window, leaned her dizzy head against the cold car window, and recalled what happened tonight.
He actually kissed me...
This is not a memory that can be erased just by erasing it. As long as I think about it for a moment, the warmth of that time seems to appear on my lips and the aroma of wine seems to smell in my nose.
Is he... in love with me?
Su Yinuo didn't dare to admit it, but all the signs during their time together indicated that the answer to this question should be yes.
How could this happen? We're not from the same world, and besides, he's already engaged...
Thinking of this, Su Yinuo couldn't help but feel surprised: she didn't feel the slightest bit disgusted by Qin Cangye's sudden and forced kiss, and even... felt a little regretful that she couldn't be with him.
You're in love with him too, right? Right? Right?
Su Yinuo covered her burning face and got angry with herself.
Why wouldn't it be impossible to like him? He's tall, handsome, rich, and, well, gentle... It's just that he was lucky enough to be born into a family with everything, while I, unfortunately, still struggle to survive. Our circumstances are vastly different, and our interactions have only just begun. This little bit of affection at this point can't sustain us from overcoming all the obstacles to be together. Even if we did get together hastily, it would undoubtedly end in a bitter separation due to various differences in perspective, family, and lifestyle.
After figuring it out, Su Yinuo felt that she had become very clear-headed and had become a heroine who was not trapped by love and had independent thoughts!
She couldn't help but praise herself in her heart: Great!
"Miss Li," Qin Cangye's soft call from behind interrupted Su Yinuo's complacency. She turned her head embarrassedly and saw Qin Cangye with his head down and a pair of sad eyes.
When I looked down, I found that Qin Cangye was looking at the paper bag containing the cactus in his hand.
"I like the gift you gave me very much." As he said this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and the sadness in his eyes dissipated a lot. "I will plant it. Although I have never raised a cactus, I think it should be easy to grow."
He squeezed the paper bag tightly and turned to look at Su Yinuo, his deep and beautiful eyes full of anticipation: "I always want to give something to express my love for this gift, so, Miss Li, can you ask me for something?"
"Ah?" Su Yinuo had never met someone who begged others for gifts. When she was about to refuse subconsciously, she was infected by Qin Cangye's slightly childish and expectant eyes.
At this moment, he is like a child asking for candy. If he is not given it, he may cry out of grievance.
Su Yinuo smiled and said, "Well, then give me some... of your luck."
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