Chapter 1312 - An Old Acquaintance of 18 Years Past (1/2)

Stunned, Bai Beibei’s face glowed a rosy red. She clenched her small hands into fists and hammered him, trying her best to hide her embarrassment. “What are you talking about?”

Gong Yi clasped her small hands, pressing them against his chest. The steady beat of his heart thrummed beneath her hands. “I’ve told you this before. Whether you want to take this route is up to you.”

Bai Beibei did not know how to feel. Her emotions were a mess of tangled knots that confounded truth and falsehood. Was this what it meant to be in love?

Her watery eyes flickered uncertainly. Within those limpid pools, dwelled an innocence and purity only matched by a young fawn. Gong Yi felt his heart race. Bending down, he kissed her soft, tender lips.

Bai Beibei ducked, avoiding him as best she could. “Stop… This isn’t right. My mother and your parents will be back soon…”

Gong Yi’s lips brushed past her pink cheeks and the kiss he had saved was planted in the crook of her neck instead. He frowned unhappily. In a deep throaty voice, he teased, “When was the last time I touched you?”

This question of his made her feel like her whole body was burning up. It had been a long time, indeed…

It had been almost a month since her grandmother passed away, and both of them were so absorbed in their grief that they hardly had any time to make love. They had never considered the possibility of Granny’s life expiring so soon. Yet, now that was being so forward with his advances, Bai Beibei wanting nothing more but to cover her ears and pretend she could not hear him.

Truly, there was no greater suffering for Gong Yi. His body tensed up, and he felt a hot rush coursing through his veins.

He wanted to push her down without caring for the consequences of his actions. In the end, reason won out. Now was not the right time.

“Why don’t you come over to my place tonight, hmm?” He wrapped his muscular arms around her slender waist, pulling her into his embrace.

“No…” Bai Beibei shook her head.

“Why?”

Bai Beibei was not sure how to answer his question.

Gong Yi playfully pinched her. “Come on, say something!”

He exerted some force, causing Bai Beibei to yelp. “Ah!” She cried out.

“Shh! Don’t scream! If you scream again, I’ll take you on the spot!” He threatened mischievously.

Bai Beibei buried her head in his chest, her face colouring like an apple. She could not bear the thought of looking up at him.

Gong Yi hugged her, chuckling as he did so.

The two young lovebirds were interrupted by a scream from outside. “Ah!”

Gong Yi released his sweet love, wondering out loud, “What’s going on outside? That sound…”

“It’s my mother.” Bai Beibei was up on her feet in an instant. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t know. We should take a look.” Gong Yi held Bai Beibei’s little hand and led her out of the room in search of the source of that shrill scream.

…

Gong Yi and Bai Beibei rushed into the corridor, startling a flustered figure draped in misshapen articles of clothing. “Mother!”

Bai Beibei quickly supported Sun Xiaoxiao. “Mother, what’s wrong?”

Sun Xiaoxiao’s face was pale. She tidied up her clothes as best she could, saying in embarrassment, “Beibei, let’s go home!”

“Mother, what happened? Are you hurt?”

From the unkempt state of her clothes, Sun Xiaoxiao looked as if she had been sexually assaulted.

Gong Yi eyed his father questioningly. His father sported a dark expression, blacker than the blackest pits he had ever seen. This very expression was being aimed at Sun Xiaoxiao.

Gong Yi’s expression changed. He could sense that there was something odd about the situation but he could not place where it stemmed from. He was clear, however, that the situation was about to take a turn for the worse.

As he expected, things soon spiralled from there. Sun Xiaoxiao grabbed Bai Beibei’s small hand while glaring at his father, “We bumped into each other on the way back. I greeted him with all due respect. Never would I have imagined how he would return my sincerity by laying his slimy hands on me!”

Bai Beibei sucked in a breath of cold air and stared at Gong Yi’s father in disbelief.

“There must be some kind of mistake! Are you sure it was Gong Yi’s father who laid his hands on you?”