Chapter 84 - So, I’m Your Boss and the Boss’ Wife”, Hm? (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was what it was. Resisting a man like him was futile and she would have capitulated to him sooner or later.
There was no escape from a man who chased after her and seduced her out of his own accord. For once, she was brave and followed her own heart. His broad chest gave her such a sense of belonging: it was robust and safe.
“Qi Chengzhi…”‘Don’t you hurt me and make me regret the decisions I’ve made today.’
He hugged her tightly and lowered his head ever so slightly all while maintaining direct eye contact with her. There was a blazing flame in his eyes, but the feeling he got when he saw her was that of purity and genuineness, which had no hint of avoidance.
Qi Chengzhi’s thoughts lit up. He knew what she meant. She was not the type who took things lightly, and because of that, her decision was one that was not made lightly.
He knew that in making such a decision, for her to be in his arms that day, represented her resolution to trust in him. It also signified that she was serious with her feelings, and would no longer have her guard up against him.
He looked at her solemnly with a stern, clear expression in his eyes. Although he was silent, Song Yu knew that he knew what she meant.
Qi Chengzhi tensed up his shoulders and kissed her lips with force. She clung to his neck subconsciously, like a vine wrapping itself around a tree trunk.
“Wait…” In between her erratic breaths, she pushed him.
Qi Chengzhi was not very happy whenever she stopped him in the heat of such moments. His thick, black brows knit themselves in a frown.
“Protection…” Song Yu mumbled and blushed.
Qi Chengzhi scoffed lightly at her. His lips rubbed against her ears and his warm breath caressed them as he said, “Wouldn’t it be nice to have a kid? Are you still afraid that I’ll leave you if we have one?”
“I’m being serious.” Song Yu did not let him move. She remained insistent. “If it really came to that point in time and you really do want one, I’ll let you have one, of course. But I don’t want you to feel like you’re trapped because of an unexpected pregnancy.”
After all, they had not been together for long, so bringing the topic up would make her seem unashamed, as though she was the one who could not wait. That was the reason why she felt like her ears were burning when she said those words. Even so, she still raised her head and looked at him in all seriousness.
At that time, Qi Chengzhi’s mind was filled only with Song Yu words. ‘If you want one, I’ll let you have one, of course.’
That one sentence nearly made him surrender himself to her.
“If I want one, you’ll let me have one?” His buttery voice turned hoarse and his insistent gaze nearly made Song Yu feel sore.
Embarrassed, she did not know how she could ever say those words out loud. Perhaps those sentences that seem like a slip-of-the-tongue were actually words that came from the heart. Her affection and care toward him were far more than she had imagined.
A gentle, charming chuckle resounded from his throat. She wondered if he was laughing at her for being so thick-faced?
“What if I want one now? Would you let me have one?” he asked again. His voice was hoarse but there was a hint of glee. As the words escaped his lips, they rubbed against the outer edges of her eyebrows, burning her temples.
Song Yu kept silent and felt that it was better off to bury her head into his neck.
Qi Chengzhi did not force the issue, considering everything that he had achieved that day.
Regardless, he was certainly in no rush to have a kid. Not that he did not want to have one with her, but he did not want one too early for fear that the kid would come between them and take away the time they had with each other.
He kissed the corner of her lips and pulled himself back somewhat unwillingly. His long arms stretched to the bedhead and pulled out a drawer from the bedside cabinet. He rummaged inside and found a box of Okamoto condoms that the hotel had prepared.
…
Qi Chengzhi kissed her forehead, the corner of her eyes, and the corner of her lips. Subconsciously, his actions showed how much he cherished and treasured her. She dared not look at him. Recalling their actions of intimacy and how well they fit together, she felt that it was completely unimaginable. How was she able to do such a brave thing? Even until then, she could not comprehend it at all, and she felt as though it was not real.
To think that back then, she was still a student of Jixia High School while he was already Jixia’s headmaster.
Fast forward, however…
Song Yu’s face felt hot when she thought about it, she was still in disbelief. She buried her face in his chest with all of her might.
“Hungry?” Qi Chengzhi’s voice was still hoarse, but on that occasion, it was due to satisfaction.
After he mentioned it, she realized she was a bit hungry. She looked out the window and discovered that it was already dark.
Remembering that they were in Hong Kong, she thought of the street food that was always seen in Hong Kong movies. They were all must-haves.
“I want to eat fish roe curry, beef entrails, wonton noodles, rice noodle rolls, and egg waffles.” With one breath, Song Yu listed out a few of the dishes she saw in Hong Kong movies.
Qi Chengzhi’s eyebrow twitched. He was half-smiling and appeared to be laughing at her childishness. He slid down the bed without saying anything making Song Yu feel slightly hollow. Looking at him getting up to make a phone call, she frowned ever so slightly and suppressed a groan that nearly escaped her mouth.
Without his hugs, she felt cold. Her whole body was uncomfortable, and it only felt slightly better after she used her blanket to cover herself tightly.
Qi Chengzhi was still naked, and he was displaying his handsome, muscular back blatantly to her. He was tall, with a height of one hundred and eighty-eight centimeters, as compared to her height of one hundred and sixty-five. She could only manage to reach his chest. Since his back was facing her and was not able to see her, she admired his back openly.
His body shape was like a standard inverted triangle: the muscles of his shoulder blades appeared to form the shape of wings as a result of his workouts, while his waist was constricted. He had a pair of long legs that were not typical of most men. She could not help but remember the time where she saw the muscles of his abdomen when inside the room of a restaurant. They were strong and beautiful. He was the typical example of a person who looked fit when shirtless but slim with clothing.
At times that he wore a shirt, his body was slender, like that of a model. Perhaps no one knew how intoxicatingly seductive he was under all those clothes. She looked and looked, and smiled unknowingly in satisfaction, and in that smile, there was a possessiveness in her that she herself failed to notice.
He was a man with a body so capable of turning one into a sinner, and he belonged to her.
While Song Yu was in the midst of spacing out, Qi Chengzhi had finished his call with room service. He turned around and walked toward her, catching her in the act. Song Yu’s face turned red and she covered her face nervously under the pillow.
A flash of amusement flickered in Qi Chengzhi’s enigmatic eyes. He once again returned to her side, but she turned her back toward him. He held her hair on her nape and brushed them in the direction of the pillow. It caused Song Yu to tremble lightly, but she refused to look up.
“One more round?” His voice was intoxicating from the beginning, but at that moment, it was deliberately seducing her.
Song Yu felt embarrassed. She trembled to the point of losing herself and was red from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet.
…
Eventually, he carried her into the bathtub. She barely managed to steady herself when Qi Chengzhi lifted up his long legs and entered too. He did not seem to care that the water in the tub was overflowing because of him.
Qi Chengzhi did not add any soap to the water. Everything underneath the water was crystal-clear, and she did not dare to let her eyes roam around.
A simple movement led to ripples forming in the water. Through those ripples, she saw her toes submerged in the water, and they seemed to be melting in the undulating waves.
He never understood why olden texts such as << Water Margin >> and the like were so fond of writing about women’s feet, but right there and then, he realized he liked Song Yu’s.
She was poking at his calf with her toes when he grabbed her leg abruptly and pulled her into his embrace.
“Are you doing this to shoo me or to seduce me?” His head was inclined to one side as he brushed his lips against her ears and uttered his words in a thick, low voice.
Her face heated up and her brain froze, rendering her unable to reply him. Her saving grace was the doorbell and the sound of the intercom, with the hotel staff saying, “Room service.”
Qi Chengzhi gazed down at her blank face and kissed her forcefully on the lips. He then got out of the bathtub, grabbed a towel from the rack, wrapped it around his waist, then went to get the door.
Song Yu seized the moment by getting herself cleaned up as fast as possible before wearing a bathrobe.
By the time she got out the hotel staff had left. An array of street food was displayed on the table, including some that she did not request for, such as a platter of barbecued and braised meats.
The wonton noodles were from a famous old shop at Central 1 , the noodles they used were the rare Jook-sing noodles [2]. Their hotel, though, was at Causeway Bay, and it seemed as though the staff expended all that effort and searched everywhere just to fulfill Qi Chengzhi’s requests.
Although it was street food, Qi Chengzhi sat opposite her and ate with the most graceful mannerism possible.
Halfway through the meal, Song Yu received a call from home.
As soon as she picked up, she heard Yu Qianying’s voice. “Where are you? Why didn’t you come back after you left in the afternoon? What time will you be home?”
Song Yu looked at the time and saw that it was already nine. She then looked at the man staring at her while she was on a call, and it was obvious that she would not be able to return home that night.
She blushed under his gaze and there was no choice but to bite the bullet and lie blatantly to Yu Qianying. “After paying the new year’s visit, Director Zhao and his wife treated me to dinner and karaoke. It wouldn’t be very nice to decline. It hasn’t ended yet, and I think it’ll end quite late. You and dad should go to bed first. Don’t wait for me. I worry that I might be a disturbance if I came home late, so I’ll go back to my rental house for the night. I’ll be home tomorrow.”
“In that case, don’t drink! If you drink too much, a girl like you will easily be taken advantage of.” Upon finding out that the boss and his wife were treating her, Yu Qianying knew that it was certainly impolite to refuse them. In light of that, she did not say much, save for a few words of advice.
“Mm.” Song Yu was unable to focus her thoughts and simply replied absent-mindedly. In the end she could not take it anymore so she stood up, although her legs became soft and she nearly could not steady herself. She held the chair and ensured she could stand properly before slowly walking to the window. Looking at the bustling and rather stifling nightscape, she felt that Hong Kong’s vibrancy was a bit too overwhelming. Rows upon rows of buildings made her feel as though there was no space for her to take a breath.
Yu Qianying nagged for a bit longer on the phone, only to be met with Song Yu’s constant ‘Mms’. Eventually, the call ended, and when Song Yu returned, she noticed that her wonton noodles were gone. In front of Qi Chengzhi, there were two empty bowls.
Before she could ask why he ate all her noodles, Qi Chengzhi tossed his chopsticks and uttered coldly, “So, I’m your boss and the boss’ wife, hm?”
“…”‘Did he really eat all my noodles because of that?’
Never did she meet such a short-tempered man. Song Yu took the bowl of fish roe curry and ate them slowly.
“We should go back earlier tomorrow.” Song Yu held the yellowish-orange fish roe with her chopsticks, and noticing that Qi Chengzhi was looking at her without saying a word, she explained. “I’m worried my mom will go to my place and look for me. If she notices I’m not home, she’ll be even more worried.”
“When we go back, you should move to my place.” Qi Chengzhi felt for a cigarette subconsciously. His fingers had touched the cigarette box, but they paused. He retracted his hand and resisted from smoking.
If he could abstain from it previously, resisting for a while would not hurt.
Song Yu paused. All the while, she was the passive force, and because of that, he had always led her blindly. He did not even give her a chance to pause and think about things in detail.
Song Yu felt that living with him was a step too fast.
“My lease isn’t due yet, and if I don’t stay there, it’ll be a waste.” Song Yu lowered her head and took a bite of the fish roe. She concentrated on eating it and did not look at him, because his eyes were so skilled that they were able to see through a person with one glance.
Even though she was not lying, at the end of the day, what she said was simply an excuse.
In the short moment when Qi Chengzhi did not reply, her heart began beating wildly.