Chapter 202: Chapter 180: Flirt and Run
"Why are you showing me this?" Qiao Yuxian widened her eyes, read everything without missing a line, and then said, "This is your privacy."
Gu Yanjing didn’t expose her little mind game and said, "Her grandfather once saved my grandfather’s life. Since then, our families have maintained good relations. She’s two months younger than me, and we..."
He paused for a moment.
Qiao Yuxian looked at him.
Their eyes met, and Gu Yanjing noticed the lingering blush on her face.
Qiao Yuxian also looked into his calm eyes, then said, "Go on, I won’t get angry."
Gu Yanjing still said nothing.
Qiao Yuxian continued, "I’m really not angry. I want to know more about you."
Gu Yanjing tightened his arm around her slightly and continued, "Since we were the same age, we grew up together. We attended school together, and often our families would compare us."
Qiao Yuxian twisted the ring on his finger, listening quietly.
"Around the age of twenty, Old Sir Lu mentioned the idea of a family marriage to my grandfather. I asked my grandfather to politely decline. After that, neither family mentioned it again," Gu Yanjing said, "Now there are some overseas business interactions, handled by professionals, so I don’t need to be involved. That’s pretty much all of it."
"That’s it?" Qiao Yuxian asked.
"Yes." Gu Yanjing replied.
"Mr. Gu, you summed up your entire youth in just a few sentences." Qiao Yuxian said.
She wanted to hear more about his past.
Since she couldn’t be part of it, she wanted to listen and participate retrospectively.
Gu Yanjing thought about what could be considered a real youth.
But then again, during his teenage years, there didn’t seem to be much worth mentioning.
Those years seemed even more dull than his brief summary.
Seeing nothing more to add, Gu Yanjing asked, "What do you want to hear?"
"Uh..." Qiao Yuxian thought for a moment and said, "Back then, did you have a lot of admirers? Did you receive confessions and a pile of love letters every other day? Would senior girls block you after school? How did Mr. Gu handle their confessions?"
"No one chased after me," Gu Yanjing said blandly.
"How is that possible?" Qiao Yuxian gave him a look that said, "Don’t lie to me," and continued, "With your looks, no one pursues you or likes you? Who would believe that? Saying that is an insult to my taste."
"They didn’t dare." Gu Yanjing replied.
"How could they..." Qiao Yuxian was about to finish her sentence but fell silent. She looked at him and, after a moment, said, "So all these years, I’m the only reckless one."
Gu Yanjing slightly furrowed his brow.
Seeing his frown, Qiao Yuxian said, "What? You don’t agree? You once said if I ever wronged you, you’d skin me alive. Listen to that—so fierce, so intimidating. Luckily, I’m naturally brave. Anyone else would have run off by now."
"They’d run off... Qiao Yuxian raised her hand and playfully kneaded his face, "Mr. Gu, then you’d have no wife."
Gu Yanjing looked at her and slipped his hand under her pajama hem onto her waist.
His hand traveled up along her soft, slender waist.
Qiao Yuxian suddenly struggled, failing to get up, and immediately pressed his hand, "Ah! No touching!"
Gu Yanjing looked at her but didn’t move.
Qiao Yuxian stared at him for a while and said, "With a wife, she won’t run away."
Gu Yanjing’s hand remained still and didn’t withdraw.
Qiao Yuxian cupped his face again, rubbed it, leaned closer, and softly whispered, "Mr. Gu, are you satisfied with your bold wife?"
Gu Yanjing didn’t speak, but his gaze deepened suddenly.
A powerful sense of pressure loomed.
Qiao Yuxian’s heart fluttered, feeling she might have overdone her teasing. She got up to run away.
But being well aware of her intentions, Mr. Gu had already held her waist firmly. At the moment she intended to flee, he pressed her down and kissed her.
Qiao Yuxian clutched at his shoulder fabric tightly.
Regretting her actions, she kicked her legs a couple times but couldn’t escape.
Gu Yanjing seemed cold, indifferent, and as frigid as he appeared.
He was gentle, indulgent, and pampering to Qiao Yuxian in daily life.
Yet at moments like these, he was fiercely intense, feeling like a complete contradiction.
Just a simple kiss could always make Qiao Yuxian want to escape. She felt he could easily overpower her.
Gu Yanjing sat on the carpet, and Qiao Yuxian was in his arms.
They were completely cut off from the outside noise.
Until Gu Yanjing’s hand moved from her waist downwards, returning a bit of her sanity to her.
Some things are reasonable, lawful, inevitable, spontaneous, and not impossible to happen.
But it’s New Year’s Day! In broad daylight! In the morning! You can still hear the voices speaking outside.
Qiao Yuxian pushed him vigorously.
Gu Yanjing felt her struggling, kissed her again twice, let her go, and his hand withdrew.
Watching her, he took a deep breath.
Qiao Yuxian looked at the desire pooling in his eyes and listened to his uneven breathing. She swallowed and scooted backward, trying to distance herself from his gaze.
Yet that move landed her in an awkward position.
The moment she touched him, she clearly heard Gu Yanjing’s breath tremble hard.
Qiao Yuxian was stunned for a moment, then, in two seconds, she scrambled out of his arms and ran away.
Gu Yanjing watched her small figure bolt away.
He sighed lightly and saw her suddenly rush back. Her gaze wandered as she looked at him, glanced around, grabbed her phone, and ran off again.
Gu Yanjing: "......"
...
Qiao Yuxian wore a red pajama set, pulled on a hat, almost fully covering her face.
Holding her phone, she rushed out of the room swiftly into the living room, then out to the west wing.
She moved very fast.
At the speed of a red blur, both Meng Yan and Su Qi sitting in the living room failed to react.
Meanwhile, Aunt Zhao, busy cooking in the east wing, thought she was seeing things, as a big red ’rat’ scurried to the west wing.
No one visited Qiao Mansion on New Year’s Day.
When the elder Qiao couple was alive, the first day of the New Year was lively, with many visitors.
After their passing, and as Qiao Yuxian hadn’t been home for two years,
there were no visitors on New Year’s Day when she returned.
In her pajamas in the west wing, Qiao Yuxian took her time to regain her composure. Once calm, she sent a photo of the ring to Qin Xia.
Obviously exposing the logo on the ring.
As expected, in just two seconds, Qin Xia called her.
The wind whooshed, and amidst Qin Xia’s shouting to battle the wind came, "Qiao Yuxian! Aren’t we best friends? Are we? If we are! Tell your husband to connect with LG for me."
Though not on speakerphone, Qiao Yuxian felt as if her ears were ringing from the noise, "Where are you?"
Qin Xia was in the Northeast filming, knee-deep in snow, amidst winds that could blow a person away.
Wrapped in a military coat, using the break, she quickly called, unable to hear Qiao Yuxian speak, shouting against the wind, "I’m not greedy! I just want a necklace, just one! Sister! My upcoming year’s happiness depends on you! Go seduce him a little, if you seduce him, he’ll agree to anything!"
"Damn! Qin Xia, over a necklace, you’d send your best lifetime sister to seduce a man?" Qiao Yuxian suddenly stood and said, "Am I worth less than a necklace to you?"
"Huh? What did you say?!" Qin Xia shouted, not hearing a word Qiao Yuxian said, "I’ve seen through it. With him spending so lavishly, he’s already captured by you. If you ask for a star, he’d climb up and get one for you! My happy life depends entirely on you! Okay! Gotta go! The director’s calling! Remember to sort it out for me! Oh! Also! The ring is damn beautiful!"
With that, Qin Xia hung up.
Leaving Qiao Yuxian standing there, her ears ringing from her shouting.
Her mind buzzing.
"......"