Chapter 85 - Qi Chengzhi, Do You Really, Really Like Me? (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Therefore, she had formed an indescribable reliance and closeness toward him by then.
She did not know how her brain managed to just freeze right then, but perhaps it was because he was in such good spirits. She completely forgot who she was dealing with, so she promptly leaned over to his ear and said softly, “Qi Chengzhi, do you really, really like me?”
He liked her to the point of using her phone sneakily to upload a photo in Moments, going so far as to even add a cringey caption which in no way befitted his character.
Qi Chengzhi did not reply even though a significant amount of time had passed since she finished her sentence. Song Yu lifted her head curiously and saw that at some point, Qi Chengzhi had turned to look outside the window.
It was hard for her not to feel disappointed. She was eagerly awaiting his response, and she could not help but blame herself for being too eager and too pleased that she lost her sense of being.
Just as she was about to retract her hand, her eyes glimpsed at Qi Chengzhi’s reddening ears.
Song Yu was stunned, and the corner of her lips began curling up. She no longer wanted to retract her hand, but instead, held him even tighter as she leaned back on his shoulder.
After a while, she felt his palm apply more force, holding her even tighter.
Once they neared the residential area of Song Yu’s parents, she requested Chang Lai to stop the car near the entrance.
She stole a glance at Qi Chengzhi and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was not about to express any opinion.
As the car stopped at the entrance, Chang Lai looked as if he was about to get down from the car and open the door for her.
Without waiting for Chang Lai to do so, she told Qi Chengzhi softly, “I’ll be going,” then turned to open the car door.
Her hand, however, was still in his grasp. She thought that he would naturally let go, but when she turned, he pulled her toward him suddenly and wrapped his long arms around her waist.
When she was seated steadily, she was sitting on his lap and was trapped by him.
“Can you be a bit sincere instead of simply leaving right after saying so?” His voice was much deeper than usual, and both his hands were wrapped so tight around her waist that it made her slightly sore.
Song Yu’s gaze landed on his somewhat stern-looking lips. At that moment, his slight temper made him look even sterner, and his lips, in turn, were pursed even more tightly.
She felt a bit unhappy. Moments ago, she put on a brave face and asked if he really liked her. He did not reply, and after that, he even became irritated at her.
‘Such short temper,’ Song Yu thought, but as she stared at his lips, her breathing became even more urgent.
Chang Lai was no longer in the car. Song Yu looked outside and noticed that Chang Lai went and hid somewhere. There was no one in the vicinity too. She stared at his lips and subconsciously felt as though those lips were waiting in anticipation, so she mustered the courage and leaned forward even though she was blushing.
Her soft lips touched gently against his, although his glasses were in the way. She did not continue kissing, deciding instead to release herself from his grip after that brief peck.
However, he raised his hand abruptly and took off his glasses. Tossing them aside, he then grabbed her and pressed hard against her lips once more.
The immense pressure caused her to lean back involuntarily. Her back leaned against the headrest, and she was trapped by him.
His hands supported her lower back and pressed her against his lower front. His lips and tongue were entwined with hers, and he sucked gently on her lip. With force and desire, his tongue and hers weaved with each other.
The back of Song Yu’s head was pressed against the headrest. She was kissed to the point of being unable to gasp for air, and she clambered on his shoulder helplessly.
Fortunately, he did let go of her a short while later. He leaned back against his chair and sat there indolently. At the same time, he brought her down and let her lay against his chest.
His palm moved up from her waist to the back of her head. Once in a while, he would massage her nape as well as the back of her head.
His forehead was lightly supporting Song Yu’s, and their noses were touching. Their warm breaths merged into one and brushed against the other’s face. It felt warm and ticklish on that cold winter day.
Qi Chengzhi pecked gently on her lips, then to the corners of her mouth, then back again.
“I’ll pick you up tonight.” His light pecks on her lips, coupled with his husky voice, made her skin feel numb and tingly.
“I promised my parents I’d stay at home for the new year holidays.” Song Yu supported herself on his shoulder, and her fingers subconsciously kneaded the short hair on his nape.
“…” Qi Chengzhi squinted and stared at her like so for quite some time. He had an unhappy expression.
His squint was actually pretty terrifying, and at that moment, his grave expression unwittingly made her recall the disparity in their age and experience.
A simple expression was enough to impart such pressure on a person, and Qi Chengzhi was the only person who had the character as well as the charisma to get away with it.
At that moment, she felt like a little kid who did something wrong and was waiting to be punished by him.
Song Yu sighed and spoke even gentler than before. She explained, “I’m always busy during work, and since I’m renting a room, it’s not often that I get to stay with my parents. They are old, too, so I’m taking this chance to be a good daughter and be with them during this hard-to-come-by holiday.”
“Also…” Song Yu blushed. “It’s only for a few days. When the holiday’s over, our time together won’t be getting any lesser, right?”
Qi Chengzhi felt placated. He no longer squinted, and his solemn expression began softening further. He kneaded her back gently and said, “You can go home.”
Song Yu did not move, though. Her face was red and it showed signs of increasing in redness. Her expression, meanwhile, suggested she had something that she wanted to say.
The hands that were holding her waist gripped tightly all of a sudden, and he pulled her toward his erection, which had been raging since early on. His voice was rich and husky. “Don’t feel like leaving anymore?”
“You haven’t answered the question I asked just now.” When his ears turned red after she asked the question, she knew the answer already. However, Song Yu was like any other woman, and she hoped to hear him actually saying those words himself.
They were fresh in the relationship, so perhaps love would be a touch too early, but at the very least, his feelings of liking her should be admitted!
Qi Chengzhi’s relaxed gaze stared at her, making her feel as though she became a headstrong woman all of a sudden.
As she was about to give up, she heard his calm and detached voice. “What did you ask me?”
Song Yu sucked air through her teeth and was somewhat unhappy.
He was clearly pretending. Why else would his ears turn red then if he did not hear the question clearly?
Moreover, he was as calm as ever, as if nothing happened.
“Qi Chengzhi, why do you like me?” she blurted out. Her ears and her cheek were burning, and they felt a tingling numbness not unlike that of electricity.
Some questions can remain in the past if one did not think of them, but once they are remembered, they were hard to forget. One would then place importance on it and feel annoyed if it was kept continuously inside the heart.
Even when she still liked Jian Yi, she could not deny that Qi Chengzhi was an exceptionally charming man. Not only was he mature, he also had a respectable status. God-only-knew how large number of women who swarmed at him. One such example was the female celebrity during the ceremony which marked the start of the hotel project. Such a situation would undoubtedly be common, and not to mention the daughters of prestigious families who were surely aplenty in his circle.
Nevertheless, he chose none of them, and neither were there any rumors of him with other women. Song Yu could not wrap her head around why he fancied her and pursued her relentlessly.
Qi Chengzhi chuckled softly as if with a bit of a smirk and curled the corners of his lips.
Song Yu felt as though he laughed at the childishness of her question. He dodged it from the beginning, and at that point, Song Yu was a bit angry at him.
Without saying anything, she wanted to remove his hand from her waist, but Qi Chengzhi held her even tighter instead. He pulled her toward his raging boner and pressed down on her. He then looked at her slowly.
After what seemed like half a day, Song Yu finally heard him say. “You make me want to sleep with you.”
“…” Song Yu felt choked all of a sudden. She lowered her head and refrained from looking at him.
‘How could he be so indecent while maintaining such a decent expression on his face!’
His big response made Song Yu’s legs feel weak.
Qi Chengzhi let go of his grip and said hoarsely, “If you don’t go, I might bring you home.”
Song Yu’s mind was refreshed, and with a hurried motion, she got off his lap as fast as she could.
Qi Chengzhi mood was good, and he smiled as she rushed out of the car.
Once Song Yu was out of sight, Chang Lai re-entered the car.
Moments ago, he smoked a cigarette underneath a tree. Noticing Song Yu’s blush as she came out of the car, Chang Lai guessed that Young Master Cheng must have taken his liberty with her yet again.
As the saying went, ‘ women at thirty are wolves; at forty, they become tigers 1 ‘. Would the same then apply to men who were between the age of thirty to forty?