She lightly shifted her legs and kicked Duni’s butt. Duni was unmoved. After making grumbling sounds, it clung to her even more tightly instead.
After being at an impasse for two to three minutes, Chen Jinyao conceded defeat. She heaved a gentle sigh, softened her expression, bent down to hug it into her arms, and stroked along the direction of its fur to make it comfortably shut its eyes.
Duni was completely defenseless, utterly unaware that its owner was about to exploit innocent little it for the sake of safeguarding the life of her younger sister Chen Jinyao.
In fact, the words she said to Chen Jinyao earlier that were somewhat threatening were not Chen Jinyao’s reckless speculation. Chen Jinyao was putting herself in Yan Cheng’s shoes, using the mindset of a man who was just about to be on fire with lust1 several times but got interrupted, to deduce what dire consequences could come from taking liberties.
She pursed her lips, fully convinced of her own inference.
However, Chen Jinyao had obviously forgotten that putting herself in Yan Cheng’s perspective did not mean she could fully grasp his innermost thoughts. At the very least, it was certain that Yan Cheng did not harbor the psychopathic idea of “getting up in the middle of the night to go to the kitchen for a knife to slash Chen Jinyao”……
But it would be a different story if the visitors were Shao Chongsi and the others.
Yan Cheng curbed his aggressive aura. It was simply a matter of not judging the monk by his looks but by the Buddha he serves2.
No matter how displeased he was, he could only swallow it down gritting his teeth.
But not causing trouble for Chen Jinyao didn’t mean the matter was over.
Like father debt son repay3, the sins inadvertently committed by Chen Jinyao would eventually be atoned by her older sister Chen Jinyao.
The vaguely suggestive orange mood lighting had long been turned off, replaced by the glaring white ceiling lights that helped calm one down. The temperature in the master bedroom didn’t seem to have completely lowered yet. The air also seemed to still be infused with some other ignitable scent. Yan Cheng recovered his usual coldness. Lying sideways on the bed, when he heard some movement outside the door, he only lazily raised his eyes. A few seconds later, the door was opened and he saw Chen Jinyao walk in hugging Duni. He narrowed his eyes slightly and scoffed coldly. Then his frowning brows relaxed a little. Licking his lips, he asked with some humanitarian concern, “Have you settled Jinyao comfortably?”
Silence blanketed them at this moment.
Without having just rolled in the sheets then facing each other barefaced, embarrassment slowly crept up in their hearts.
Chen Jinyao’s ears reddened slightly. She hesitated, then said, “Mm.”
“Why are you still standing there after settling her? Come sleep after you’re done settling her!” Seeing Chen Jinyao standing foolishly by the door, Yan Cheng couldn’t help urging.
He swore, his intention behind what he just said now didn’t have the slightest impure thoughts. The atmosphere had already been ruined long ago, cooled down as well. The blood that was already calm would not easily be agitated again. Besides, with what just happened, his body and mind were exhausted. He only wanted to hug Chen Jinyao tightly, switch off the lights and sleep.
However, even such a small wish couldn’t be fulfilled!
Just as his voice fell, Chen Jinyao raised the little bastard in her arms and waved it in front of him. She licked her lips and said, “Let Duni keep you company tonight.”
Then she added, “I’ll be sleeping with my sister tonight.”
Hearing this, Yan Cheng’s gesture of curling his finger froze: “……”
Naturally, there was no more not judging the monk by his looks but by the Buddha he serves.
After quite a while.
Yan Cheng raised a brow. His pitch-black eyes were indecipherable of any emotion. “Alright.”
So easy to agree?
Chen Jinyao’s eyes curved slightly, delighted. At the same time, she also felt a little caught off guard. But on second thought, she understood too. All the previous guesses were only her scaring herself. Also, this didn’t seem to be a big deal anyway.
“She seems to have a secret to tell me.” She explained.
“Mm.” Yan Cheng nodded expressionlessly to indicate he understood, then fell silent. Then under Chen Jinyao’s touched gaze, he continued speaking, “You’d better think about how to compensate me in the future.”
His tone was so serious it left people unable to grasp the profound meaning behind those words.
“……” Chen Jinyao suddenly lifted her lashes, her expression ambiguous.
She silently placed this sentence into the folder of things not to delve deeply into.
And the best way was to pretend to be deaf and dumb, not take his bait.
However, it was useless!!!
The man pursed his lips slightly. An indistinct arc curled the corners of his mouth upwards. A flash of darkness flitted across his dark pupils. People with thick skin were always seasoned experts when it came to dirty jokes. “For instance, next time even divine forces can’t save you4.”
“……”
“Oh, that’s not compensation.”
Chen Jinyao frowned, vaguely uneasy inside.
“I suddenly feel our bathroom at home is quite big.”
“……………………”
“The space in my SUV is also ample.”
“………………Shut up.”
Chen Jinyao walked right up to him and shoved the cat’s butt at Yan Cheng’s face. She was half embarrassed and half annoyed. She thought, I haven’t even done anything to you yet you’re already frivolously sprouting nonsense. If I really do something to you, you’d have to fly up to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun. She also didn’t know how she had triggered Yan Cheng’s rogue side. But she dared to confirm he wasn’t like this before their marriage or during their honeymoon. Or it couldn’t be said he wasn’t, at least not to such a shameless extent. It was only after Hechang Teahouse was sealed and he stayed home that he gradually became more and more indecent. It was probably because idle people tended to stir up trouble.
Truly, hearing such words made her wish she could wring Yan Cheng’s neck.
But on the contrary, Yan Cheng reacted swiftly. He not only easily dodged the cat’s butt attack, he even deliberately hooked the corners of his lips at her provokingly.
Not sure what gave him the nerve to act so smug.
Chen Jinyao rolled her eyes and calmed down slightly. Then she started being expressionless. No matter how much you try to entice me, I’ll remain aloof. Not only that, she wanted to counter him to make him unable to sprout such nonsense anymore.
“Yan Cheng.” Chen Jinyao deliberately dragged her voice, speaking profoundly.
She lifted the corners of her lips gloatingly, “I heard from Jinyao that Huo Qidong and Zhou Xue are divorcing. Be careful.”
Yan Cheng’s expression changed subtly: “……”
“You should know that if the marriage you worked hard to matchmake breaks down, Zhou Xue will definitely come back to graze on you as the ‘deeply planted feelings’ regrowth grass5.”
Chen Jinyao squinted her eyes. “Tsk tsk, by then she’ll stick to you like a leech, chasing you while howling accusations of how you could stop loving her.”
“Then she’ll point at me with red eyes and ask you if it’s because of her.”
It was simply ludicrous. Chen Jinyao became more impassioned the more she spoke. It was as if the scene was playing right before her eyes, vivid and life-like. She laughed, “Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.”
“……” Yan Cheng’s expression turned wooden. He felt hopeless about life. He had to admit every word Chen Jinyao said made perfect sense.
He felt ashamed about his past foolish arrogance that he actually thought himself clever.
However, to tell the truth, “Zhou Xue won’t divorce so easily. Someone like her would probably frantically cling to Huo Qidong unto death.”
But if Huo Qidong really wanted a divorce, Zhou Xue’s clinging would be useless.
Chen Jinyao pulled Chen Jinyao aside to chat6.
She actually just wanted to confide in her older sister.
It was said a maiden’s feelings were always poetic. Chen Jinyao had fallen in love in university. This was her little secret. While sharing her sweetness with Chen Jinyao, she also wanted to pull Chen Jinyao to her side.
It wouldn’t be easy getting past Father Chen and Mother Chen, so she decided to conquer Chen Jinyao first.
Chen Jinyao was fully prepared to whisper sweet nothings the entire night. She had carefully considered what she wanted to say—everything aimed at leaving a good impression of Luo Xiao on her sister. Yet before she could even finish speaking, she got interrupted by Chen Jinyao stifling a yawn. “It’s normal to date at your age. Of course I won’t oppose either. But pay attention to protecting yourself well.” She paused, closed her eyes, and squeezed out some tears from the corners. Gritting her teeth, she said, “Beware of men’s honeyed words.”
The shift in topic was a little huge, jumping straight into private matters. Hearing this, Chen Jinyao froze in shock. She was tongue-tied and blushed, unable to speak.
After a while, “Sis, you really talk differently after marriage.”
“……” But she had to admit, Chen Jinyao caught the key point well. She didn’t care about Chen Jinyao’s mockery. Squinting at the person beside her, “So what’s the main point with all that you just said?”
“You can’t be only telling me in my face how good your boyfriend is to you, right?”
Chen Jinyao shook her head. She lowered her voice, seeming a little cautious. “Sis, Luo Xiao isn’t a local.”
“I’m afraid Dad and Mom won’t approve of him.”
The silvery moonlight sneaked in through the windowsill, as if an eavesdropper deliberately listening in on the sisters’ secrets.
Chen Jinyao felt it was a little funny. “What’s the hurry? Don’t tell me your boyfriend is already forcing you to worship heaven and earth7?”
“For now, cherish the present and understand his character clearly. If he truly treats you well and you can entrust yourself to him, then consider this problem again.”
The conversation halted. For a long time after, there was only silence.
Chen Jinyao shrank into her neck and bundled her blanket. She felt it was all nonsense.
She believed she already understood Luo Xiao well enough, and that no one could compare to how nice Luo Xiao was to her. Women in love always overly idolize their partner. To put it bluntly, they probably even feel their partner’s farts smell fragrant.
Thinking of this, she huffed, “Anyway, I’ll definitely never go matchmaking in the future.”
The moment the words left her lips, she suddenly realized she had misspoken.
Chen Jinyao’s heart leaped. She abruptly raised her eyes.
She had just opened her mouth, about to remedy her words, when she saw Chen Jinyao’s breathing was steady, seemingly having already fallen asleep.
“……”
Then never in her wildest dreams would she expect that in the days when she later sought refuge with Chen Jinyao, she would get brutally slapped in the face.
Leave a Reply