Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Mi Mi Qiu Yu.
On the second night after being discharged from the hospital, Xia Qingwan and Ye Peixiu went to the restaurant they had visited before and enjoyed a satisfying crab meat bun meal.
Perhaps her high fever and fainting spell had left a shadow on him, because in the following days, in addition to supervising her daily increase in the amount of mild tonics she took, Ye Peixiu would ask her twice a day, "How are you feeling? Is there anything wrong with your body?"
She always said, "No."
At home at night, he would occasionally reach out and touch her forehead, always suspecting that she still had a low fever.
Xia Qingwan felt both warm and amused. After he reached out and touched her forehead again, she simply snuggled into his arms like a kitten and whispered, "Hey, you'll see tomorrow if you feel it carefully. I'm perfectly fine."
"Um?"
She leaned close to his ear and whispered quickly, "It can be done tomorrow."
Ye Peixiu paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "...Unbelievable, Xia Qingwan has started telling dirty jokes."
"I don't have any."
She looked innocent and bewildered. "Does this count?"
"That's not enough?"
Ye Peixiu smiled enigmatically, "Then tell me, what kind of thing counts?"
Of course, she wouldn't fall into his verbal trap. She deliberately ignored him and simply said, "I was speaking frankly and openly."
"So, according to you, anything said openly and honestly isn't considered 'dirty talk'?"
"..."
Xia Qingwan shook her head, "Not really."
Ye Peixiu chuckled through his nose, “...Then tell me frankly, how do you want me to ‘carefully feel’?”
The more he spoke, the lower and slower his voice became, carrying a subtle and profound meaning like a wisp of smoke in the wilderness.
From his words, Xia Qingwan could almost feel the intensity and speed of his movements, as well as the feeling of being unable to move her lower body. Her heart skipped a beat, but she calmly commented, "That's just dirty talk."
"Yeah."
Ye Peixiu lowered his eyelashes, his gaze lingering on her face inch by inch, finally settling on her lips.
She thought he was going to kiss her, and all her nerves were prepared, but he just tilted his chin slightly, and rubbed his nose against hers. Their breaths intertwined, and the feeling of their ears rubbing against each other made her shudder all over for a moment.
He took the book she had been clutching from her hand and put it aside. With his other hand, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to his own.
Finally, the kiss landed.
All her senses had been adjusted to the most sensitive level, so the slightest touch of the warm and soft lips brought a tingling sensation deep into her bones.
Xia Qingwan sat in his lap, enveloped by his body and arms, her whole body hot and sweating, making her wonder if she had a fever.
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After taking a shower, Xia Qingwan was carried to bed by Ye Peixiu, and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
Ye Peixiu took a box of cigarettes and went to the pond in the yard.
Sitting down on the nanmu chair, he lit a cigarette.
Xia Qingwan was considerate of him and didn't want to make him worry, so she tried various methods and used intimate words to divert his attention and comfort him.
He understands everything.
He also understood what she hadn't said.
Just like this sudden high fever, in addition to the temperature change and her menstruation, it must be the excitement brought by the incident at the auction.
When her boyfriend's mother showed up with another girl, how could she not overthink things at such a young age? Moreover, the insurmountable gap between him and her was a fact that both of them were well aware of from the very beginning.
Grandma Xia had probably warned her many times that she and he were from different worlds. Even without Xia Changping, her relationship with him would have been nothing more than a fleeting, illusory affair.
She suppressed her own disappointment and instead comforted him.
Although she was a cold and aloof person, she was actually very soft-hearted. She opened up all this precious tenderness to him.
She is actually a very individualistic girl. Although she is shy at times, she always speaks frankly and her carefree smile is serene and radiant.
This kind of Xia Qingwan, his Xia Qingwan.
...
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The next day at noon, after Ye Peixiu finished his meeting and returned to his office, Wang Jingzi came in to report, "Miss Xia's application was not approved."
“The project mentor group gave one…” Wang Jingzi paused for a moment, then said, “…a boy surnamed Chen was given a fast track.”
"...Chen family?"
"Yes, Miss Chen's cousin."
Ye Peixiu pulled out his swivel chair, didn't even look up, and said calmly, "Go ahead and get busy."
Wang Jingzi was stunned for a moment.
He originally thought that after hearing this news, Ye Peixiu would immediately ask him to come up with a solution, but...
Just to be on the safe side, he asked another question, "...Do you need me to handle this?"
"Need not."
Ye Peixiu said, "I'll handle it myself."
"Okay, I understand."
Wang Jingzi nodded slightly and turned to leave.
When he reached the door, he stopped, pondered for a moment, and then walked back, "...If I really do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the old man."
As a subordinate, it is his duty not to question the leader's decision, but as a friend, he must say this.
Ye Peixiu looked through the documents, signed them, and said, "What do you think he will do to me?"
Wang Jingzi chose his words carefully, "Perhaps you should prepare for the worst."
"What's the worst-case scenario?" Ye Peixiu handed the document to him after signing it, and said with a sneer, "Cripple me?"
Wang Jingzi was shocked, thinking that it shouldn't be that bad. He raised his eyes to meet his gaze, but saw only cold silence in Ye Peixiu's eyes.
The huge office was silent for a while.
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In the afternoon, when Ye Peixiu was smoking on the sofa in the office, the cell phone on the coffee table rang.
It was a call from his mother Pei Yaxian.
As soon as the call was connected, the person on the other end said, "Pei Xiu, there's a family dinner tonight, remember to come back early."
"...Did the old man ask you to make that call?"
"……Um."
Pei Yaxian cursed inwardly, "These two, grandfather and grandson, are both incredibly cunning."
Ye Peixiu said, "Okay."
When evening came, the entire Ye family gathered, but Ye Peixiu was nowhere to be seen.
The old man called him personally.
Once the call connected, he apologized politely, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I have an unexpected engagement."
"You had social engagements but didn't tell your family?"
"I was just about to make a call," Ye Peixiu said with a smile, "and here comes your call."
He was waiting for this call, for the old man to call him personally.
After the auction, the old man thought that he would rush to the old house the next day to hold him accountable. Unexpectedly, not only did he wait for so many days without any movement, but he also did not show up for the family dinner and canceled his attendance at the last minute.
He is not a man who acts on impulse, and he will not get angry with his family like a child. What is the reason for this action?
The old man suppressed his anger and asked, "When do you plan to come back? Your father also wants to see you."
Ye Peixiu said calmly, "When you think it through and want to have a serious talk with me, I'll go back."
Hang up the phone.
He rested his elbow on the car window, his eyes lowered in thought.
Wang Jingzi turned the steering wheel and drove the car into the parking lot of the Hutong restaurant.
Ye Peixiu got out of the car and was greeted by a cool, refreshing breeze.
He realized that autumn was really coming.
The evening air is damp, which means it's going to rain.
He closed the car door and said, "There's my coat in the car. Take it to her and pick her up."
"good."
He lit a cigarette.
Xia Qingwan had two evening classes today, and it was still early, so Wang Jingzi simply stayed a little longer and smoked a cigarette with him.
Two people were standing in the smoking area under the veranda.
Wang Jingzi said, "The situation may not be as serious as you say."
After all, in this generation of the Ye family, Ye Peixiu is the most cultivated and capable one. It is impossible for such a useful chess piece to be discarded.
However, being sent to the countryside for a few years is probably inevitable.
“It has nothing to do with these things,” Ye Peixiu said. “I can’t just stand by and watch her suffer, and I can’t let myself lose the person I love.”
He was about to settle the auction, and he waited for so many days, firstly to allow Xia Qingwan to recover, and secondly to give the old man some time to calm down.
As luck would have it, the Chen family members were caught in the crossfire again.
Wang Jingzi paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you plan to do next?"
"They are all small things."
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After the evening class, Xia Qingwan walked out of the teaching building, holding her books and chatting and laughing with Shi Xiaoyu.
After turning the corner behind the building, I caught a glimpse of Wang Jingzi walking around the front of the car from across the street, carrying a suit jacket in his hand. "Miss Xia, Mr. Ye asked me to pick you up for dinner."
Shi Xiaoyu leaned in front of her and whispered, "Your boyfriend's driver is so handsome."
Xia Qingwan smiled and the two said goodbye to each other.
Wang Jingzi opened the car door and helped her get in.
As we drove onto the main road, no one spoke in the car.
Wang Jingzi caught a glimpse of Xia Qingwan in the rearview mirror, leaning his elbow against the car window, chin in his hand, lost in thought.
She received the news at noon today that her application to be the project leader was not approved, and she is reflecting on what she did not do well enough.
There are various possibilities. Maybe there are stronger candidates, maybe you submitted your application too early, or maybe you were just unlucky.
We arrived at the restaurant in silence.
Passing through the covered walkway, one can see figures in the swastika-patterned windows from afar.
Ye Peixiu sat at the long table in front of the window, his silhouette set off by the dim light and shadow in the room, showing a sense of time passing by and the constant presence of the person in his dream.
When I got closer, I could see that he was smoking, with wisps of mist rising from between his fingers.
Xia Qingwan greeted him through the window, walked through the main hall and came in. Ye Peixiu flicked his cigarette ash and asked, "Are you tired after two evening classes?"
"fine."
Sometimes, when the courses are full, I feel fulfilled.
She put down her schoolbag and sat down opposite him. Ye Peixiu beckoned with his finger and moved his chair back. She immediately understood, walked around the long table, and sat on his lap.
He held the cigarette further away and asked, "Do you feel wronged?"
She knew he was talking about the project, so she lowered her eyes and shook her head. "It must be that I didn't do well somewhere. When the project starts, I can find the shortcomings from the person in charge and learn more from them."
Ye Peixiu turned his head, trying to discern the expression on her face, and asked softly, "Do you really think so?"
"Of course."
Ye Peixiu patted her waist and said, "Be good."
At this time, the waiter came to serve the dishes. Ye Peixiu put out the cigarette and got up from his legs.
His phone was on the table, the screen lit up, showing the call log. As Xia Qingwan passed by, she glanced at it and noticed that the most recent call was to someone surnamed Chen.
Her mind went blank for a moment.
After finishing their meal, when it was time to pay the bill, Ye Peixiu's phone rang. He handed his card to Xia Qingwan so she could pay the bill, while he answered the phone and walked out of the main hall.
Xia Qingwan stood at the counter and entered the password, entering the last six digits of her birthday.
After paying the bill, he walked out with the card and bill and saw Ye Peixiu standing in the smoking area under the corridor, with his eyes lowered and his hand reaching out to flick the ashes above the ashtray.
She noticed that there seemed to be a sense of melancholy and laziness between his eyebrows.
On the way back to Ye Garden, she pretended to be sleepy, climbed onto his legs, lay on his chest, and closed her eyes.
Focus on feeling his body temperature and smelling his scent.
Ye Peixiu kept staring out the car window, and no one spoke.
When they arrived at Ye Garden, he escorted her to the porch of the main house, but said, "I have some things to do and may be back very late. You should go to sleep first."
"good."
She agreed.
Ye Peixiu patted her head and turned away.
Seeing his tall figure about to walk away and out of the moon-shaped door, Xia Qingwan felt inexplicably sad. Without thinking, she trotted after him. When she heard footsteps, Ye Peixiu had already turned around. She ran into his arms, hugged his waist, and said, "I'll wait for you to come back."
Ye Peixiu lifted her face from his arms and chuckled as he gently rubbed her cheek with his fingertips. "Why are you suddenly being so clingy?"
"I don't have classes tomorrow morning, so I can stay up late."
She leaned back, blinked, and explained.
Ye Peixiu couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her, saying, "Okay."
It should have been a light farewell kiss, but he didn't want to stop. He held her face with one hand and kissed her deeper and deeper.
A cold and damp wind blew by, and a light autumn rain fell.
Gentle and silent.
Xia Qingwan climbed onto his shoulders and whispered, "It's raining."
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