Chapter 380 - Why Would You Buy Me a Toy like That? Seriously, What Were You Thinking? (1/2)

Chapter 380: Why Would You Buy Me a Toy like That? Seriously, What Were You Thinking?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ruan Danchen hastily shoved her things into her bag. She did not want to waste any time, as Qi Chenglin’s presence intimidated everyone.

Qi Chenglin kept quite. His lips were curled into a secret smile and his expression, as he watched her buzz about, was soft. He took her hand into his, grabbing her attention.

“Why didn’t you wait in the car?” Ruan Danchen whispered.

“You already promised to marry me, so why should I keep hiding in the car?” Qi Chenglin replied.

As he did not care for whispering, quite a number of people overheard his statement.

Ruan Danchen was utterly embarrassed. Her face burnt like hot pepper.

The couple went into the elevator and descended to the first floor, where more people saw them. Ruan Danchen felt the skin of her scalp prickle. “Brother. Sister-in-law.”

Before turning around to greet Qi Chengyue, Ruan Danchen shot Qi Chenglin a glare. It was obvious that the two had planned this from the beginning.

Qi Chengyue’s words had officially stated Ruan Danchen’s status for all members of the company to hear.

As she walked toward them, she shot Qi Chenglin a wink. Cheng Dongge glanced at her in amusement. Qi Chengyue pointed out, “You two had caused quite a stir in the company today.”

Ruan Danchen thought of Yao Jingfei and asked, “Is Board Member Yao okay with what happened to Yao Jingfei today?”

“I heard from human resources that when they fired her, she caused a huge scene at the office. In the end, Board Member Yao came in and dragged her out. He must have thought her actions to be utterly humiliating. Anyhow, she’s still on probation, so the company has all the right to fire her,” Qi Chengyue stated indifferently. “Even if Board Member Yao is discontent, what can he do? So, don’t worry about it.”

The four of them headed to the car park. Suddenly, Ruan Danchen’s phone rang. It was a number she was not familiar with, but the code showed that it was a landline within the city.

She suspected it to be a spam call, but she picked up anyway. Right after she said hello, she heard the all too familiar voice of Liu Ronghua. “Danchen, it’s me.”

“What’s the matter?” Ruan Danchen asked distantly. Her heart sank a little.

For the last time Liu Ronghua sought out Ruan Danchen, she had made sure that it would be the last. Qi Chenglin had made sure to silently tug some strings, ensuring that the Shen family were placed in a pickle.

Ever since, the Shen family business had not been progressing well. Though the company was not placed in a dire situation, the company’s very foundations had been affected. Their losses had been substantial. They even had problems retaining clients, who had always seemed to abandon them the moment discussions began.

They knew that this was Qi Chenglin’s way of warning them, without the hassle of an appearance. The message was clear: stay away from Ruan Danchen.

Consequently, Shen Jialiang and his daughter maintained their expression of displeasure when speaking to Liu Ronghua. They instantly interrogated her about her exchange with Ruan Danchen. Their goal was for Liu Ronghua to rekindle her relationship with Ruan Danchen, not to further ruin it.

Liu Ronghua was enraged by the idea. It was the Shen family’s idea to force her to plead with Ruan Danchen, but when something went wrong all the blame fell onto Ruan Danchen.

When she did well, they had never praised her or expressed even a hint of gratitude. However, when she did anything that displeased them, they would condemn her and label her as an idiot.

Liu Ronghua clenched her teeth. She swallowed her wrath and asked cautiously, “Danchen, are you with Qi Chenglin?”

At that time, Qi Chengyue and Cheng Dongge had said goodbyes and got into their car.

Ruan Danchen entered the Mercedes and sat in the front passenger seat. Composedly, she inquired, “What’s going on?”

“Isn’t Chinese New Year just around the corner?” Liu Ronghua had slapped on a forced smile while holding the phone. “So, I wanted to ask you to come home for New Year. Mom really wants to have a nice reunion dinner. Danchen, don’t keep away. Please come home, so that we can have a nice and rambunctious family dinner. Wouldn’t that be great? Please don’t spend your New Year alone again; mom is worried about you. Didn’t you also say that you don’t wish to spend New Year alone again? It breaks my heart to think that you are spending New Year all by yourself!”

Liu Ronghua kept on smiling rigidly; she tried her best to maintain a loving tone. “When you come home for Chinese New Year, we can watch the Spring Festival Gala together, play with firecrackers together, have a reunion dinner, and welcome the new year while eating dumplings together. Wouldn’t that be great? Isn’t that what you’ve always wanted?”

Ruan Danchen was no idiot. She knew that the home Liu Ronghua kept on mentioning was the Shen family’s home. She suggested, “It’s true that I don’t want to spend Chinese New Year alone, so why don’t we go out? Let’s not spend New Year in that house. The two of us can spend New Year together. Even if it’s at a restaurant, I’ll still be happy to have a reunion dinner with you.”

“Danchen…” Liu Ronghua hesitated.

Ruan Danchen turned to Qi Chenglin, who was opening the car door. Time had flown by so quickly, without her realizing, Chinese New Year was already around the corner. She was not mentally prepared at all.

She had been living a comfortable and blissful life with Qi Chenglin and Qi Youxaun for so long that she had grown accustomed to this perfect life. She had completely forgotten about her own family and New Year.

She was not part of the Qi family yet. On New Year’s Eve, Qi Chenglin and Qi Youxan would surely leave for the old mansion and she would be left alone, again. Only this time, it just might be even more depressing for her.

As she pondered her answer, her phone was suddenly snatched away. Startled, Ruan Danchen turned to see Qi Chenglin’s elegantly long fingers wrap around her phone.

Her phone, like many other popular phones, had a large display. The phone was huge but in Qi Chenglin’s hands, it appeared rather lightweight.

“On New Year’s Eve, Danchen is coming to the Qi family’s home with me,” Qi Chenglin announced coldly.

Liu Ronghua was shocked by the sudden change in speaker. It took her a long while to finally realize that it was Qi Chenglin’s voice. Her lips trembled.

“Qi—” she stuttered, lips trembling. Qi Chenglin did not want to hear it; he hung up immediately.

He tossed the phone aside and grabbed Ruan Danchen’s hand. “What was she thinking? Has she forgotten about me? Why did she think you’ll spend New Year’s Eve alone?”

Ruan Danchen was stunned too. She must have been crazy to think that. There was no way Qi Chenglin would abandon her on New Year’s Eve.

Ruan Danchen was utterly touched. She turned to look at Qi Chenglin as he drove. From the side, he still looked gruff. Even from the side, his features looked exceedingly attractive. Ruan Danchen thought that she had never seen such a perfect side-profile; it was utterly unique and devastatingly debonair.

“If you keep seducing me with your eyes, we’ll end up in an accident,” Qi Chenglin teased. He squeezed her hand tightly; his sizzling hot palm pressed against the back of her hand. His fingers slid through hers and rubbed against her palm.

His rubbing was ticklish for Ruan Danchen; she wanted to pull her hand away but he held on tight, refusing to let go. With her fingers entangled between his long, slender fingers, she had no way of shaking his hand off.

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At night, when Ruan Danchen come out from a shower, she saw Qi Chenglin sitting cross-legged on the bed. On the rug beside the bed, there was a box.

Ruan Danchen was flabbergasted. With all that happened that day, she had completely forgotten about this.

Qi Chenglin turned to her with a faint smile. His gaze was ridiculing, but she held her ground, maintaining her innocence.

Qi Chenglin did not bring it up in the afternoon either, so she had forgotten about it.

“Come here,” Qi Chenglin ordered composedly.

However, the calmer Qi Chenglin was, the more distressed Ruan Danchen became. She gazed into his deep, dark eyes, which did not exhibit much emotion, yet it carried the weight of authority found in the head of households.

Ruan Danchen swallowed nervously. Tugging on her pajamas, she slowly shuffled toward him.

Just as she placed one knee onto the bed, Qi Chenglin grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto his lap. His muscular arms wrapped around her, pulling her into his tight embrace. “Why would you buy me a toy like that? Seriously, what were you thinking?”

Ruan Danchen shuffled around and made herself at home in his embrace; her arms encircling his waist while she rubbed her face against his lower abdomen. A fierce flame burnt in Qi Chenglin’s stomach. He was so close to giving in to his urges and losing to her.

He realized that Ruan Danchen’s seduction skills had improved drastically. She had become an expert at teasing him. Noticing this, Qi Chenglin raised his hand and slapped her butt with his huge palm. “Stop messing around.”

Ruan Danchen merely twitched and then lay flat on his abdomen again. She mumbled, “Urgh, I don’t know what came over me either. When Youxuan asked for a Christmas present, I thought I should get you one too.”

Her arms wrapped around his waist; she nipped at his clothes from behind with her gentle fingers. She pinched and poked at the small of his back, and, when she got bored of doing that, she proceeded to draw circles with her finger. Qi Chenglin tensed. He looked down to see a muddled expression on her face.

“I really don’t know why, but, for some reason, I recalled the night I went online to look for a blowup doll for you and the more I thought about it, the more excited I became to see the look on your face when you receive it. I did it in the heat of the moment and immediately after, I regretted it. Nonetheless, I can’t just let my money go to waste right? So, just keep it — there’s always going to be a few days in a month when I can’t do it, so if you’re horny, you don’t have to compromise by having to use your hand.”

Qi Chenglin could not take it any longer, he never realized that she could think of something like that!

Evidently, she had adopted some of Qi Youxuan’s cheekiness.

“So, you think using this is not compromising?” Qi Chenglin scoffed. His eyes darted to the cardboard box and he pouted.