Chapter 29 029 "I'll kiss you wherever you think you're ugly."...
"I hope you can seriously consider this." Lan Xi's silence made Lan's father feel that his words had some effect. "You are still young in terms of feelings, and you have the opportunity to make mistakes."
"Made a mistake?!" Lan Xi felt it was unreasonable. "Can liking someone be right or wrong? I can't understand it."
Her father just looked at her with the same helpless eyes as before, as if he was looking at a child who had lost his way. He had always been very patient in educating her and believed that one day she would come to her senses and understand his words.
"No matter what you think, whether you support it or not," Lan Xi decided to end the topic, "I'm afraid I won't listen to you anymore about the engagement, Father."
"I'll give you enough time to see a person clearly."
After taking two steps, Lan Xi couldn't stand it anymore and turned back: "How much do you know about him? You slander him like this! Did you check his background to understand him? You have to experience it yourself to know that he is really..."
Father Lan waved his hand: "I don't need to spend so much time on this."
He knew that Lan Xi was in high spirits at the moment, and anyone who disapproved would only stimulate her determination to take things further with Liang Qing. She would not listen to any unpleasant words.
There are many reasons why he is not optimistic about Liang Qing, one of which is his timidity and low self-esteem, which torments him and those who like him.
"Then I have nothing to say."
Lan Xi threw down a few words and strode out.
At this moment, an uninvited guest was sitting in the lounge. He crossed his legs dignifiedly, took the tea offered by Liang Qing, and shouted, "Are you lying to me? Why hasn't Lan Xi come back yet?"
"She went to see Madam Lan," Liang Qing said, sitting on the sofa, keeping a careful distance from him. "She should be back in a while."
Jiang Sui took a sip of tea. "Are you discussing the Qin family's affairs? No need to look for him. Qin Xing ran away from his marriage and fled abroad. I heard he's sleeping in a poor family. He has such a poor eye...hahaha."
News spread quickly. Liang Qing didn't know whether to respond, so he lowered his head and remained silent. He was very good at this.
But Jiang Sui couldn't stop: "Hey, what was Lan Xi's reaction after hearing this? Was she angry? Did she scold Qin Xing? He really embarrassed everyone. Why did she choose him? I'm obviously more suitable."
"Why do you look... happy?" Jiang Sui looked at his expression.
Then he chuckled softly, pretending to be sincere: "But, it's better not to do things like drugging yourself... It's too clumsy."
Liang Qing's first reaction was to hide. But when he thought of Lan Xi, he was worried that if she knew about it, she would be so angry that she would go to trouble Jiang Sui, just like last time.
He slowly raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Sui calmly.
There was no intention to attack, nor was there any alertness or panic. His eyes were cold and unpredictable. When one wanted to find out what was going on, one could only see one's own reflection.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about." He finally said.
"……whispering sound."
Jiang Sui rolled his eyes, "You really have a thicker face than the wall."
Not long after, Lan Xi pushed the door open and saw this scene: Jiang Sui stared at the corner of the table impatiently, while Liang Qing's pupils were dark and drooped pitifully, as if he had suffered great injustice.
"What are you doing here?" She asked Jiang Sui.
"I'm here to care about you. It must be hard to be abandoned by your marriage, right?"
He stood up and approached her, wanting to take her arm and sit down together, but Lan Xi waved her hand and refused: "I don't need it."
Jiang Sui was anxious: "Don't you consider me? If you get engaged to me now, you can put this matter behind you... Didn't you also want to get engaged to me before?"
"You said it was in the past."
Lan Xi patted Liang Qing's shoulder and motioned him to go with her. "I have something else to do. I'll go first."
Even though Jiang Sui was yelling behind her, she didn't say a word. It wasn't because Liang Qing was there, but... when she was in a bad mood, Lan Xi would abandon all unnecessary social interactions.
The car drove smoothly until the mansion completely disappeared from sight. Liang Qing noticed Lan Xi's expression and guessed something: "Did you have a fight with the madam? Because of me?"
A Jiang Sui wouldn't make her frown for so long.
"Well, we had a fight, just a difference of opinion. It has nothing to do with you."
"But you still had a fight..." Liang Qing revealed a hint of worry.
Lan Xi touched his legs, caressing the inside with her fingertips. Although he was thin, some parts of him were very voluptuous, firm and flexible to the touch.
"It's just a quarrel, it's normal, not a big deal."
Liang Qing placed one hand on the steering wheel and used his free hand to cover the back of her hand. He wanted to be with Lan Xi, wanted her to get what she wanted, wanted to take care of her to the best of his ability, but he didn't want her to have any difficulties because of him.
He didn't want to cause her trouble.
"You're overthinking it again."
Lan Xi stopped him by the roadside, clasped his hands, interlaced their fingers, and said word by word, "Arguments between my father and me are commonplace. This time, we had a quarrel because of our different philosophies, not your fault. My father is very picky. He'll start a fight if something doesn't go his way. I've had enough of that."
"Don't worry, I'm only happy to have you by my side," she stroked his cheek. "If you really want to see me sad, just run away and try... and see if I can kill you."
The impact of this sentence was obvious. Because her voice was so gentle, Liang Qing felt that it was just like flirting, and he was about to react. He took her hand away from his leg with a bit of embarrassment.
Lan Xi pulled him and brought him into her arms.
The shy Liang Qing was very cute. She didn't mind saying a little more: "Don't be afraid of anything as long as I'm here, okay? I'll handle it. I really can't bear to see you sad."
He stretched out his arms and hugged her tightly, burying his face so she wouldn't see him, his shoulders trembling slightly. Lan Xi knew he was crying. He had become a crybaby with her, soft and wet and easy to bully.
"Little crybaby," she ruffled his hair, "are you crying all your tears here? It doesn't matter, you can cry as long as you want."
The defenseless Liang Qing...
She could hold him in her arms and watch the tears fall, an experience that was indescribable.
There was a strange gleam in the depths of Lan Xi's pupils.
*
The consequences of not allowing Lan Xi to make her relationship public are very serious.
Because they spent most of the day in the company or outside, the two of them had to keep a distance from each other. Several times, she almost held Liang Qing's hand, and when he reminded her, she looked angry.
Biting the back of the neck is also not allowed, as it would be fatal to an alpha.
So, in private, Lan Xi became more and more excessive.
There were bite marks all over the places covered by clothes, and they took every moment to be intimate in private spaces, even the time it took to take the elevator to the company.
Liang Qing was distracted at his workstation, hesitating whether to agree to her going public. But once he did, his so-called "family" would come after him like leeches, poisoning him and perhaps even thinking they had contributed to it.
If they make trouble in front of Lan Xi...
He felt deeply disgusted, as if a puddle of dirty water had stained the corner of her clothes.
Reason told him that he would be discovered sooner or later. In fact, he should take the initiative to tell Lan Xi, after all, she had the ability to investigate him.
Suddenly, an email came from a contact named "Jiang Sui".
Liang Qing had a hunch that something was wrong, so after looking around and making sure no one was paying attention, he clicked to check.
The moment he saw the photo, his pupils suddenly contracted.
The email contained his life story from childhood to adulthood, including records of every part-time job he'd held, along with a bunch of supporting photos. It was unbelievable how long Jiang Sui had spent looking for this information. Liang Qing saw photos of his last job, ruined by his family, where he was dragged by the collar and forced to kneel down to admit his mistake. There was also a photo of him working in a fast food restaurant during college, looking disheveled. Back then, he didn't know how to dress properly, his hair was a mess... The disheveled figure in the photo gradually shrank, eventually becoming a boy wrestling in the mud in front of the old house.
His cheeks burned with the shame of being discovered in the past.
"What do you think she would think if she saw it?"
Jiang Sui then sent a message: "Will I feel dirty even if I touch you?"
Staring at the words, Liang Qing tried his best to calm his breathing and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
"She's flying to S City to attend an event the day after tomorrow. Once you've arranged her accommodation, give me the room card."
"..." Liang Qing didn't reply to the message. He suddenly felt angry and suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether those photos were leaked or not.
"Stop pretending and remember to give it to me. Otherwise I'll send her your photo."
Liang Qing deleted all the emails and all the chat records with Jiang Sui.
He stared at the computer desktop, his chest heaving violently.
Until Lan Xi knocked on the table: "What's wrong with you?"
His first reaction was to quickly check the computer desktop to make sure there were no photos or traces left. Only then did he dare to meet Lan Xi's gaze: "I just feel a little uncomfortable."
"Who made you so angry?" Lan Xi studied his face. "Your neck is red with anger."
"A bitch."
"..." Lan Xi blinked. This seemed to be the first time Liang Qing cursed in front of her.
After he said it, he realized his mistake, coughed twice, and explained, "I just remembered someone I knew before."
"Haha, I didn't expect Assistant Liang to be so vindictive." A colleague on the side interjected with a smile.
After his colleague said this, his boss and Liang Qing fell into a strange silence, and turned to look at him, which made him feel scared.
"...The water's gone," he said, inexplicably wanting to escape. "I'll go get some water, you guys continue chatting, haha."
In the tea room, some people were chatting while slacking off. He dove in, holding a cup of water and saying, "Listen to me, I think I just discovered something strange..."
Lan Xi closed the office door, hugged Liang Qing and asked him, "Are you really okay? Tell me, I can help you."
As expected, Liang Qing rejected her proposal. He forced a smile and held her hand: "No, it's all in the past."
He actually couldn't hide his emotions perfectly, especially in front of Lan Xi.
Fortunately, she didn't ask any more questions.
"Okay, I'll listen to whatever you want to say to me."
*
The bedroom was dimly lit and filled with the sound of running water. The beta sleeping with his eyes closed on the bed unconsciously quickened his breathing and finally woke up when he was overturned.
Liang Qing opened his eyes and saw Lan Xi's figure above him, staring at him eagerly, and she became even more excited when she saw him wake up.
"Hmm...what time is it..." he murmured.
"Half past four."
Lan Xi ruffled his hair and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
"I'm a little sleepy..." He raised one arm and placed it against his forehead. His mind was not very clear when he suddenly woke up. Liang Qing closed his eyes again, but the strange feeling in his body prevented him from falling asleep.
The senses rise and fall, the vision becomes bright and dark.
Suddenly, Lan Xi grabbed his shoulders and turned him over. Liang Qing was alert for a moment, but thinking of what she had promised, he obeyed her.
A chill on my back.
As if pressed still, the bedroom became silent.
The remaining sleepiness disappeared completely, Liang Qing pulled off his clothes in panic, and when he turned around, Lan Xi was staring at his back.
"Why did you open it..." It was a simple sentence, but it sounded so difficult when it came out of his mouth.
Lan Xi stepped back and separated decisively, the faint light illuminating her eyes.
There is a coldness in his eyes.
"So that's how it is..." She looked down at him and said "tsk" in disgust, "How disgusting."
There were flakes of snow falling, and those were pictures of him. Through this mess of snow, Lan Xi seemed to be looking at some garbage.
“!”
Liang Qing woke up with ragged breathing, his heart pounding in his chest.
In the nightmare just now, Lan Xi's disgusted eyes flashed through his mind. Even after he woke up, he couldn't get rid of the fear and curled up into a ball.
After calming down a little, he opened his phone and was stunned.
The time was exactly half past four.
An arm passed around her waist, and Lan Xi pulled him closer to her. The bright light from her phone screen made her squint her eyes: "You woke up so early... Go back to sleep."
Liang Qing turned over and faced her, his pupils trembling slightly.
"Did you have a nightmare?" She saw beads of sweat on his forehead and pressed the back of his neck against her chest. "I'm here."
Yes, it was a nightmare, Liang Qing comforted himself, Lan Xi would not be like this.
He drew enough sense of security from her steady heartbeat and asked tentatively: "If one day I become very ugly, will you still like me?"
"What's the big deal? You look best on me, no matter when." Lan Xi was a little sleepy, and her words sounded like a dream. "I like you, so you look best."
"What if I get disfigured?" Liang Qing pressed. "What if my face gets burned or something..."
Lan Xi pressed him closer, and Liang Qing had difficulty breathing. She asked him, "Doesn't that hurt? Don't talk nonsense."
“It’s ugly.”
"You're not ugly, you look good no matter what you look like." Lan Xi was so sleepy that she held his face and pecked him all over. "You look good no matter what you look like. I'll kiss you wherever you think you look ugly."
"Really?"
Liang Qing's voice was shaking. He didn't wait for Lan Xi to answer because she had already fallen asleep.
"You have a new email."
Liang Qing looked at the sender. It was still Jiang Sui. He knew the contents of the email without even opening it. It was nothing more than threats and photo evidence.
This is probably the countdown. If Lan Xi has not given him the address and room card as Jiang Sui requested when he checks into the hotel tomorrow night, those embarrassing photos will appear in Lan Xi's mailbox.
[Jiang Sui: Don't play dumb. You don't think I'm afraid to post it, do you? For me, it's just a matter of moving my fingers.]
He had already made arrangements for Lan Xi's trip. Liang Qing grew increasingly angry as he read the messages from Jiang Sui. He didn't realize he was displaying a rare aggressive demeanor. All he wanted to do was call Jiang Sui, scold him, and then slap the photos in his face.
He just fought back when Jiang Sui was in turmoil... How could a person have such a strong desire for revenge?
Liang Qing turned off his phone, kissed Lan Xi on the chest, rubbed it, and then fell asleep peacefully.
*
Inside the wine-red marble exhibition hall, an event in which Lan Xi participated was underway. She had come to the negotiation on behalf of the family business, having made thorough preparations. The fact that she had this opportunity proved that her last argument with her father was harmless, or perhaps he firmly believed that she was merely lost in thought.
Apart from the disagreement on the marriage, she is still the most qualified heir.
There were people in the exhibition hall discussing her marriage, most of them speculating about why the Qin family had run away from the marriage. This had a certain impact on her, but not much.
Liang Qing heard it clearly. Because of him, Lan Xi became the topic of others' jokes.
But the next moment Lan Xi jumped straight into the discussion.
She looked so confident and outstanding. After she started the discussion, the topic was immediately under her control and developed in the direction she had preset.
She didn't care about what others said and would never mention it in front of him.
The phone vibrated again, and Jiang Sui issued an ultimatum.
Liang Qing turned off the screen, glanced at Lan Xi from a distance, and turned it on again.
Lan Xi had done enough for him. He would never give the room card to Jiang Sui, nor would he let Jiang Sui send the email.
He recalled what Lan Xi had said after Shen Su caught them kissing in the dressing room. Lan Xi was worthy of his trust, and he should have taken the initiative to tell her about their past.
He should trust her as much as she trusted himself.
Even if the nightmare will become reality. Liang Qing couldn't help but think of Lan Xi's disgust in the dream again and again. He murmured to himself: "Dreams are the opposite... Dreams are the opposite."
"Do you want to eat?"
Lan Xi suddenly appeared in front of him. In crowded places, she would always keep an eye on him from time to time, like a guard patrolling near a treasure chest in a game.
"Since we're already in S City, let's try some local specialties," she pointed to the exhibition hall. "It seems the food at this event is pretty good... What do you want to eat?"
Liang Qing was absent-minded: "I'm fine with anything. I'll listen to you."
He was thinking about how to tell her everything. If he told her suddenly, it would seem like he was playing the victim. Liang Qing was used to hiding things, so when he was asked to confess his feelings, he didn't know how to start.
But if he didn't say it, Lan Xi would see Jiang Sui's email first.
"Then let's go eat the special dishes!" Lan Xi had already chosen the restaurant and made a reservation in advance. "Let's go, I'm almost done here."
The restaurant she chose was in a great location, with a stunning view of the river outside the window.
The private room was very private. Liang Qing clenched and unclenched his hands on his knees. He was eager to explain Jiang Sui's threats and the photos to her. If he was any later, she might see Jiang Sui's email first.
His phone has been bombarded with messages from Jiang Sui.
"Try this," Lan Xi picked up the tender and sticky short ribs and placed them on his plate. "It's a signature dish, it must taste delicious."
This was her first time going out alone with Liang Qing. This place was far from City A, so there weren't as many eyes and ears, and she didn't have to hide too much. Tomorrow was free, and she could even take Liang Qing out for a stroll.
"Thank you." Liang Qing slowly ate the food and his eyes drifted out the window.
Lan Xi picked up a piece, and he ate a piece. He ate a plateful of food every time she picked it up, like an automatic eating machine. The river view outside the window was indeed charming, but it shouldn't be so charming...
"Look at me."
She hooked her fingers around his.
Liang Qing had rehearsed a dozen opening lines in his mind, but was suddenly interrupted. He shuddered in shock: "...What's wrong?"
"Ask me what's wrong," Lan Xi looked out the window when he looked over, "Alas, some people don't take dates seriously."
"Sorry, I was thinking about what to say... No, I was thinking about how to say it." Liang Qing's brain quickly searched through the dozen or so openings just now. He found that none of them were suitable, and he was stuck, "Uh..."
"I see."
Lan Xi suddenly sat up straight, her expression quite serious, "I understand what you want to say."
“…You saw it.”
"right."
After all, I was still a step slow.
Liang Qing lowered his head in frustration: "I wanted to tell you before Jiang Sui."
"What's Guan Jiangsui's business?" Lan Xi looked puzzled. She pointed at the river outside the window and asked, "Does he also know that you want to take a cruise?"
"Cruise ship?"
"You've been looking at it for a long time. Aren't you looking at the cruise ship?"
Liang Qing was stunned.
It took him a long time to find his voice: "Yes, I want to take a cruise."
She smiled with her eyes curved: "Just say it, I'll take you there when I'm free."
Liang Qing struggled throughout the dinner but didn't say anything.
Liang Qing had carefully chosen the hotel; its overall style and amenities suited her preferences. Lan Xi took a bath, squatted on the sofa to watch a TV series, and picked up her phone to check her messages.
She never checked her phone during dates, and with today's activities, she had so many messages piled up that just flipping through them was overwhelming. Then she noticed an unsigned email from a stranger with the subject line: "I found out about you..."
"jingle."
The doorbell rang, and she threw her phone on the sofa and trotted to the entrance. It must be Liang Qing outside the door, she didn't even need to look through the peephole.
"Can I take a shower with you?"
Liang Qing was wrapped in a bathrobe, her hair wet. "There seems to be something wrong with the shower head in my room..."
Reason told Lan Xi that this lame excuse was too lame. How could such a problem occur in a five-star hotel? Besides, if there really was a problem, couldn't she just call room service? But the tentacles told her to open the door right now and pull that person in to bathe together!
Alpha cannot always blindly listen to the brain, sometimes it also needs to accept different opinions, such as listening to what the tentacles say.
She had no recollection of the journey from the entrance to the bathroom. She only remembered that as Liang Qing entered the bathroom, his bathrobe slid off his shoulders and onto the floor with a swish. He spoke directly to her heart. He sat in the water and called out to her, "Want to take a shower together?"
"I didn't wash it clean just now, wash it again."
Lan Xi's tentacles answered for her, and the next second she stepped in and faced Liang Qing face to face.
My brain still kept questioning, "He's too open tonight. This is not right!"
The tentacles wanted to reach out and beat it to death: "This is not your occasion, why are you so mad?"
The two of them were arguing fiercely, but suddenly they quieted down. Liang Qing put some shower gel on his hands and leaned towards Lan Xi.
He covered her with foam and took care of her tentacles. She had no time to argue. Lan Xi bit his lips lightly. His palm was delicate and soft. She could no longer think about it and followed her instinct to hold him in her arms.
"It's your turn to help me, right?" Liang Qing took a breath, raised his wrist from the water, and slowly licked his fingertips in front of her.
Fire flared up, Lan Xi pushed him down, took out some shower gel and smeared it wantonly. The mist filled the air, and everything around them became blurry, except for the two of them in the bathtub.
When he turned around cooperatively, her movements froze.
No matter how thick the mist was, it couldn't hide the twisted scar that ran across his back. Scars from scalding water were always irregular, but if they were large enough, one could even guess at the scene from their shape.
It was a whole pot of boiling water, all poured out.
Liang Qing was extremely nervous. He didn't have the courage to look back at Lan Xi's expression. He had a little tinnitus, and his touch, hearing and vision seemed to be shrouded in a unclear mist.
He exposed his ugly scar, like putting his head under the knife.
It was a kiss that broke the haze.
The scorching kiss, hotter than the boiling water that day, almost burned through his heart. This kiss was cautious, landing on those scars, tracing its shape, even with the softest lips touching, afraid that the scars would bring up the pain of the past.
He didn't know when he was already in tears.
"This was the punishment I received as a child," Liang Qing said slowly. "My family wasn't harmonious. They were very strict with me, as if... I was redundant. When I was very young, my grandmother in the countryside raised me. Only when I was older was she sent to school in the city... My tuition, living expenses, and my entire life were a burden to them. I worked a lot of part-time jobs, which were very undignified. Back then, I was only concerned with filling my stomach. I looked ugly, nothing like the person I am now."
"Jiang Sui collected some of my photos for you. Have you seen them?"
"I didn't see it," Lan Xi hugged him from behind, "I just want you to show me. I said, if you want to tell me, I will listen."
"and you……"
How do you see me? Seeing my scars and hearing about my past, what do you think? Liang Qing didn't finish her words, tears simply couldn't be stopped.
Telling her about your ugly scars and past and hoping to gain her sympathy and love for these terrible things is really hypocritical and hateful.
At the same time, a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.
He longed for her affection.
Almost as soon as he asked the question, he received the answer.
"What I want to say is that you are very handsome and decent," Lan Xi wiped his tears for him. "You have taken care of yourself for so many years, which is amazing. I still like you... I like you even more, Liang Qing."
The person in her arms sobbed softly, as if he had finally found an outlet. His sobs grew louder and louder, until he finally started crying like a child.
He was tired of crying, so he curled up and gradually fell asleep.
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