Chapter 76

Some things, once started, are very difficult to return to their previous state. Qiu Yi is only eighteen years old and is very addicted to that kind of thing. Although Tao Luanxi cried out that she was uncomfortable and refused to cooperate in the first few times, but as Qiu Yi said, in the second half, that uncomfortable feeling was simply not worth mentioning.

In addition, as the number of times increases, the body muscles form memories, and he desires those things more than he rejects them. Tao Luanxi knows that this is not good, but he can't control Qiu Yi, nor can he control himself.

The time spent sitting in the school became more and more difficult to endure. Whenever the two of them returned home, they would immediately put aside their reserve and hesitation and get together without any scruples.

The consequence of such lack of restraint was that he was caught by the aunt who cooked for Qiu Yi. At noon that day after school, before Tao Luanxi had time to put down his schoolbag when he got home, Qiu Yi pressed him against the wall and gave him a passionate kiss. The hem of his shirt was pulled open. When Tao Luanxi was dizzy and didn't know where he was, a scream brought his thoughts back to reality.

The aunt was holding the freshly prepared dish, looking at the two people with her mouth wide open in horror. Her face was pale and she didn't know whether to leave or stay. She opened her mouth for a long time without knowing how to open her mouth.

Tao Luanxi quickly pushed Qiu Yi away, put his hands behind his back and stared at his aunt, as nervous as a child who had done something wrong.

Qiu Yi was relatively calm. Although his breath was still unsteady after the kiss, he was not nervous at all. He pointed at Tao Luanxi and explained to the aunt calmly, "My classmate. The wire at home broke, so he is staying at my house temporarily."

Tao Luanxi couldn't stand such a lame excuse, but Auntie was very tactful and followed Qiu Yi down the stairs: "Okay, okay, then I'll prepare one more meal later."

"Yes." Qiu Yi walked to the table, picked up a piece of beef and put it into his mouth, chewing slowly: "I remember you worked at my grandpa's house before, right?"

"Yes, after you moved out, Mr. Qiu sent me over to take care of your meals."

"Yes." Qiu Yi nodded: "Your salary is still set by the Qiu family, right?"

"right."

"Starting this month, you will receive your salary from me. I will double your previous salary. I will talk to my grandfather about it myself."

"Thank you, young master." Auntie put the paper on the table and clasped her hands together awkwardly.

"Take the money and do your job well. The Qiu family will have nothing to do with you in the future. You just need to do what I tell you to do. Do you understand?"

"Yes, yes." The aunt glanced at Tao Luanxi, turned back to the kitchen, tidied up a little, and then took her things and left in a hurry.

Tao Luanxi was still in shock. A man stood at the door. Qiu Yi picked up a piece of beef and walked over to put it into Tao Luanxi's mouth: "Are you still nervous?"

"How can I not be nervous?" Tao Luanxi glared at him and said, "It's all your fault. Someone saw us for no reason!"

"Eat, it's okay, she won't tell anyone anyway."

After that, he would occasionally bump into that aunt. Tao Luanxi would greet her every time out of politeness. The aunt on the opposite side would smile and nod as a response, but she didn't even dare to make eye contact with Tao Luanxi. She was probably still scared by the scene when they first met.

Qiu Yi has become extremely busy recently and has very little time to come to school. Shen Tan rarely fails to get angry and complain. It is no secret that the grandson of the Qiu family and the eldest daughter of the Qiu family have been fighting openly and secretly recently. Tao Luanxi heard from Qiu Yi that Qiu Yunzhi opposed him in every aspect of the project and made it clear that she did not want Qiu Yi to live in peace.

Qiu Mingde doesn't care about business competition. This old fox hopes that Qiu Yi will spend more time on the company. He pretends not to see the fierce struggle between the two forces in the company. He watches from the other side of the river and waits for the result of the competition leisurely.

Without Qiu Yi's presence, Tao Luanxi had more free time and spent plenty of time on studying. Originally, the two of them spent every day together. Although Tao Luanxi was happy, she always felt guilty. Now that she had time to practice questions, Tao Luanxi lay on the table, but couldn't finish a single question.

With a sigh of helplessness, Tao Luanxi stood up and walked into the bedroom, looking towards Qiu Yi's house. It was empty and no one was in sight. Half a month ago, Tao's mother was worried about her son and said she would come over to visit him on the weekend. Tao Luanxi found someone to fix the power supply at home overnight, and moved back in the morning the next day. After Tao's mother left, Tao Luanxi went back to Qiu Yi's place.

Now that Qiu Yi is away from school every other day, it's boring for Tao Luanxi to live alone in his house, so she simply moves back.

Today is the weekend, and Mother Qiu is free, so she comes to help Tao Luanxi clean the house.

"Xixi, what do you want to eat for lunch today? Mommy will cook for you before you go back."

"Whatever." Tao Luanxi responded lazily while leaning on the windowsill. He was in no mood to eat. Qiu Yi had been on a business trip in Lin Province for more than a week. It was said that he would be back today, but no one knew when he would arrive.

"You don't want to live in a good home but have to run away. There are so many clothes on the balcony and you don't know how to put them away. Who is going to clean the house for you?" Mother Tao complained as she carried the clothes to the bedroom, opened the closet door, folded the washed clothes and put them in.

Tao Luanxi sighed inwardly. The free housekeeper was out on a business trip, so of course no one picked up the clothes.

"Xixi, are these clothes yours too?"

Tao Luanxi turned around and saw Mother Tao holding two sets of Qiu Yi's clothes, looking them over and over again.

"This doesn't look like the type you usually wear, and isn't it too big for you?"

Tao Luanxi's scalp tingled. It was Qiu Yi's clothes.

The two of them would occasionally come to Tao Luanxi's place. Qiu Yi would sometimes help clean up the house and stay overnight. Although this didn't happen often, he would still leave two sets of clothes there for easy changing.

Every time before Mother Tao came over, Tao Luanxi would nervously put away the toothbrush, towel and other things that Qiu Yi had left here, for fear that her parents would find out that there was a stranger living in the house, but she only forgot this.

"This, this is..." Tao Luanxi took a quick step over, snatched the clothes from Tao's mother's hand, rolled them up and stuffed them into the closet: "I bought them online before, but I didn't choose the right size, so I bought a big one."

Tao Luanxi didn't care that this excuse sounded ridiculous, and laughed at Tao's mother: "I originally thought I would donate when I had time, but then I got busy and forgot about it!"

Tao's mother was obviously frightened by Tao Luanxi's behavior. She stared at Tao Luanxi closing the closet door for a long time and couldn't speak.

"Okay, Mom, you've worked hard, so go back quickly. You don't have to worry about me."

"But--"

As the two were talking, the sound of a door opening interrupted their conversation. Qiu Yi's tired voice rang out, "Xixi, I'm back."

Tao Luanxi's breathing stagnated. Why did it have to be at this time? !

In order to facilitate entry and exit, they each had a key to each house, so that they could come in at any time. Qiu Yi knew that Tao Luanxi had been living in his house for the past few days, and he thought that he would be able to see him when he came back, so he went directly to his place first.

Tao Luanxi beat his chest in his heart, wondering why he forgot to tell him that there was someone here today?

Mother Tao turned around and looked at Tao Luanxi in shock: "You gave your home to someone else?"

"No, that——"

Before she could finish her words, Qiu Yi, dressed in a suit and tie, had already walked to the bedroom entrance. When he saw Mother Tao, the expression on Qiu Yi's face was obviously stunned, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Auntie Tao, are you here?" In just a second, Qiu Yi put on a warm smile and said, "I'm so sorry that Tao Luanxi didn't tell me today. I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"You, you guys?" Mother Tao looked at the two of them puzzledly.

Tao Luanxi's heart instantly rose to his throat. How should he explain to his mother that Qiu Yi had the key to his house?

Qiu Yi smiled and said, "I also live in Wenxinyuan, across from Tao Luanxi. I just came back from a business trip and came to Tao Luanxi's place to pick up the test papers issued by the school."

"Then, our Xixi's key..."

"I'm so sorry. My circuit burned out once, so I stayed at Tao Luanxi's place for two days. I got a key, but I forgot to return it. Tao Luanxi didn't have the nerve to ask me for it. I wanted to return it today."

Qiu Yi took out the key and placed it on the coffee table. He glanced at Tao Luanxi and said, "Tao Luanxi, my paper."

"Uh, oh, I'll get it."

When Tao Luanxi turned around, her eyes swept across the door, and Qiu Yi's black suitcase was still there.

The test paper was brought, Qiu Yi stood up to say goodbye, and when he walked over, he politely bowed to Tao's mother and said, "I'm sorry for disturbing you during this time."

Mother Tao sat on the sofa with her slender eyebrows furrowed and her lips pursed, rarely trying to keep me politely.

The door closed, Tao Luanxi felt cold all over, and stood silently beside the tea cup, staring at the key chain as he walked out.

The room was quiet for several minutes. Tao's mother stood up and put the key into Tao Luanxi's hand: "No matter how good your classmate is, you should know your limits. You can stay with me, but don't give your home key to anyone casually."

Tao Luanxi lowered her head, hardly daring to look up at her mother's eyes: "I know."

Mother Tao nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Next time something like this happens, you must discuss it with me and your father. Don't just bring someone home casually. Do you understand?"

"……Know."

Mother Tao gave a few other instructions and did not mention Qiu Yi's matter again. As if they had a tacit understanding, she finished cooking and went back.

As soon as the door was closed, Tao Luanxi sat down on the ground as if he had lost all his strength. He lowered his head and looked at his slightly trembling hands. It was clearly not winter yet, but his fingertips were already so cold that they were almost temperatureless.

It was very uncomfortable that he did not feel his cold hand when Mother Tao put the key into his hand.

Tao Luanxi was scared by the complicated and disappointed look in Mother Tao's eyes before she left. What would happen if they really knew about what happened between her and Qiu Yi?

Tao Luanxi held his head, not daring to think further.

The keychain in his hand dug deeply into the skin of his palm, and the dull pain brought Tao Luanxi back to his senses a little.

Qiu Yi left in a hurry and left a bunch of keys at Tao Luanxi's house, including the one in his own home.

Ten minutes later, Tao Luanxi went upstairs to Qiu Yi's house breathlessly. As expected, the guy was leaning against the wall at the door of his house, looking up at the ceiling boredly.

Seeing Tao Luanxi coming up, Qiu Yi smiled and said, "Is your mother gone?"

Tao Luanxi nodded and swallowed: "She may have already seen it."

Qiu Yi lowered his eyes and said nothing for a long time.

"I'm scared." Tao Luanxi clenched his fists and frowned, "I'm afraid they will be disappointed in me."

Qiu Yi smiled self-deprecatingly: "I can see it, it's written on your face."

Tao Luanxi frowned and looked at him. The two looked at each other in silence for a long time. Qiu Yi took the initiative to speak: "Xixi, if one day you are faced with a choice, one is me, the other is your family, what will you choose--"

“I choose my family.”

Qiu Yi's eyes dimmed, and after a while, he actually smiled. However, that smile was cold and looked particularly penetrating.

"If I choose this, what will you do?"

Qiu Yi looked at Tao Luanxi deeply: "Before you came, I had been thinking about this matter. I originally thought that no matter what you choose, I will respect your choice. But, I regret it."

Qiu Yi's eyes were too complicated, and his love was so strong that it mixed into a kind of obsession.

"If you really give up on me, I will never let you get what you want." Qiu Yi stood up. He was exactly a head taller than Tao Luanxi and looked very oppressive.

"Tao Luanxi, you can only be mine."

Qiu Yi's eyes were full of aggression. Tao Luanxi looked at his features seriously and calmly. After more than ten seconds, Tao Luanxi smiled.

"Kiss me."

"This is a corridor, there are people there all the time."

"Are you afraid?" Tao Luanxi raised his head. The distance between him and Qiu Yi was less than one centimeter. The heat of his voice lingered between the two of them.

Qiu Yi smiled: "Don't be afraid."

"Qiu Yi, please keep this thought in mind." Tao Luanxi nodded with satisfaction and took the initiative to hook Qiu Yi's neck: "Now, kiss me!"

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