Chapter 218 - How Could He Say Something So Shameless? (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

She discreetly stared at the hand holding her arm. It was pale, the bones of its long, slender fingers defined. She could not believe that these hands had played basketball in university. When these hands had dribbled the ball, what an elegant sight that must have been.

A few black hairs were strewn on the back of his hand. Even so, they looked beguiling on his fingers. His veins and tendons coiled beneath his hand, making them seem slimmer.

Her gaze moved up his arm and she turned to see his face. Cheng Dongge looked at her, then abruptly let her go. Coolly, he said, “You should go home.”

Qi Chengyue averted her eyes. She fluttered her eyelashes. “Be careful on the road.”

Cheng Dongge watched as she entered the car. Since she already knew he was following her, he escorted her into the community compound and saw that she got home safely. Only then did he leave.

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The next afternoon, Qi Chengyue left her office and saw her colleagues in the large shared office, tidying up and preparing to go out for lunch. As they cleaned, they casually chatted with each other.

“Just now, I saw a woman coming to see Cheng Dongge!” Qi Chengyue did not know which department they were from, but she knew that they were not from the finance department. The person was there because it was lunchtime and was waiting for their friend to tidy-up. Their friend responded..

“What’s so surprising about that? You dashed in like our general manager was getting married.” Xiao Zhang drank a sip of water and stood. “I’m done tidying up. Let’s go for lunch.”

“No, listen! I saw that her temperament and clothing were not ordinary, so I asked around and found out that she’s the precious daughter of Jiangyuan Media’s owner, Jiang Xiyao! I heard that Cheng Dongge went on a blind date with Jiang Xiyao yesterday night. Special Assistant Cheng is now no longer an ordinary man; even his blind dates are women from rich families. I’m guessing that this Miss Jiang is really into him. Why else would she come to Qilin personally to see him? I think they’re gonna be a ‘thing’. Special Assistant Cheng is such a talented man, I’m sure he’ll be a great match for the young lady,” the person blabbed, while keeping pace with Xiao Zhang’s footsteps.

“Yo!” Xiao Zhang suddenly stopped. He appeared intrigued, as well. “How could you say that?! All the single ladies in our company will cry until they faint! Ever since he became single, he’s been the target for many of them. I heard that He Cancan, who’s working in the director’s secretary room, has been running into Cheng Dongge every day because her office is close to his. I bet she’s the biggest rival for the women in Qilin.”

As Xiao Zhang was talking, he suddenly stopped. He noticed that Qi Chengyue was walking toward them. Immediately, he gave his friend a nudge. No one believed that Cheng Dongge and Qi Chengyue had any kind of relationship. They thought that Cheng Dongge stepping up was merely to help the director as a part of his responsibilities as the director’s assistant. However, since Cheng Dongge and Qi Chengyue’s situation had been all over the media, he still felt bad thinking of Qi Chengyue overhearing their conversation.

“Manager Qi,” Xiao Zheng greeted cautiously.

Qi Chengyue nodded. Seeing Xiao Zhang’s anxiousness, she stated, “Lunch break isn’t office hours. You’re free to continue your conversation.”

After saying so, she left the room immediately.

“Qi Chengyue, don’t go up there, don’t go up there,” she mumbled to herself, walking to the elevator. Unable to stop herself, she pressed the number ’25’ on the elevator.

She stepped out of the elevator and turned a corner. As predicted, she saw Jiang Xiyao and Cheng Dongge standing face-to-face.

Jiang Xiyao was holding her bag in front of her with both hands. Today, she wore a button-up blouse that was checkered white and watermelon red. This was paired with a short blue, floral print skirt. Her blouse was tucked into her skirt, highlighting her thin waist. Furthermore, she had a thin pink cardigan on top of her blouse.

Jiang Xiyao was smiling confidently at Cheng Dongge. Qi Chengyue heard her silken voice say, “Yesterday, you left because of an urgent matter– saying that you would make it up to me another day– but I didn’t know when that day was, so I came here today to let you take me out for lunch.”

Cheng Dongge maintained his unaffected look. She saw that Jiang Xiyao’s expression was also blank. She guessed that Jiang Xiyao could not decipher his thoughts either.

Finally, he nodded and replied, “That’s good. I have some things to tell you, too, Miss Jiang.”

Jiang Xiyao was startled, then smiled. “It seems like I came at a good time, then.”

Suddenly, she grew silent. She pursed her lips and began worrying her lower lip. Blushing, she asked, “Do you think I’m too thick-skinned?”

Cheng Dongge was surprised. In that instant, he did not know the appropriate way to phrase his thoughts. He did not want to overstep his boundaries.

Qi Chengyue looked down. Sucking on her bottom lip, she made to leave. Suddenly, a voice called, “Miss Qi.”

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiyao had seen her. Qi Chengyue had to abandon her plan to subtly disappear. She knew no alternative but to bite the bullet and walk towards them. She nodded at Jiang Xiyao and greeted, “Miss Jiang.”

The two of them were casually acquainted, having only met once.

Now that Jiang Xiyao was this close to Cheng Dongge, she disliked talking to her even more.

Qi Chengyue did not dare to look too closely at Cheng Dongge’s expression. Hurriedly, she declared, “I’m here to see my big brother.”

Immediately, she bolted for Qi Chengzhi’s office. Behind her, Cheng Dongge could only utter, “Young Master Cheng and—”

Before he could finish, Qi Chengyue had already opened the door.

Bam!

She stepped into the office and slammed the door shut. Briefly, she had seen Song Yu and Qi Chengzhi sitting on the sofa. Song Yu was pressed up against the sofa’s back by Qi Changzhi. Her whole body was pushed into the sofa.

Qi Chengzhi had one hand on Song Yu’s lower back and the other cupping her face. He kissed Song Yu intensely, as if trying to erase their separate forms.

Song Yu was extremely submissive in his arms. Her cheeks were glowing red as he kissed her. She appeared especially delicate. Both her hands grasped firmly onto Qi Chengzhi’s shirt as he hugged her so tightly, she seemed to have vanished into his arms.

None of them heard the sound of Qi Chengyue opening the door. Only when the door had been slammed shut, did they jerk back to reality.

Qi Chengzhi let go of Song Yu. Frowning, he turned his head to see who had barged in at a time like this. Qi Chengyue blushed. Stomping her foot, she demanded, “Why didn’t you two lock the door?!”

“Why didn’t you knock?” Qi Chengzhi was also vexed.

Qi Chengyue had no response.

Song Yu’s face was bright red. She was too embarrassed to look at Qi Chengyue. She quietly gave Qi Chengzhi a pinch.

This was all his fault. She had told him to lock the door even though they were only kissing – if someone were to barge in and see them, it would still be bad.

Even so, Qi Chengzhi’s mouth had immediately locked lips with hers, refusing to leave. He would not even back off half a step, saying that Cheng Dongge was outside and that no one would dare enter without knocking.

The brute force he used when he pressed himself against her was incredible. He would not budge even the slightest if he had no wish to.

Song Yu was looking down, tidying her hair while her face was still flushed. She was still too mortified to show her face, so she hid behind Qi Chengzhi with her forehead resting on his back. As if taking revenge, she kept poking his waist.

Qi Chengzhi reached back and grabbed her hand. He whispered, “Cut it out.”

“Why did you come in?” Qi Chengzhi asked as he grabbed Song Yu’s hand and gently pinched her.

Since she was already in the room, Qi Chengyue had no choice but to say, “I… suddenly remembered: I want to invite you two for lunch!”

Qi Chengzhi glared at her from the corner of his eyes. With a hint of sardonicism, he released a fake laugh and said, “When Song Yu came in, she ran into Jiang Xiyao. Did you see her?”

Qi Chengyue had always felt that he knew something. She examined him with caution and suspicion. Pretending that she did not understand, she replied, “Yes, I did. When I came up, I saw her talking to Cheng Dongge.”

“Oh, I heard that their date went smoothly. Yesterday night, Grandma even rang up the Jiang family to assess the situation. It seems that Jiang Xiyao’s opinion of Cheng Dongge is pretty good and she wants to try developing their relationship.”

Qi Chengyue squinted. “Big Brother, why are you telling me this?”

Qi Chengzhi stated seriously, “I’m just making conversation. I thought that we, as siblings, haven’t had a real conversation in a while.”

Qi Chengyue went silent.