Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Zu Qi quickly dragged his suitcase back to the bedroom. Recalling the scene just now, he felt that maybe he should have said hello to Xue Jue’s friends instead of running away without looking back.
But he didn’t have the courage.
If it had been the him who had just transmigrated, he wouldn’t have taken into account these details, and his actions would all depend on his mood. However, ever since it was confirmed that he had a crush on Xue Jue, he always felt that he was constrained no matter what he did.
The dark emotions he buried deep in his heart were like slender and strong vines, creeping silently throughout his body and binding him up.
The more he struggled, the more he felt suffocated, as if all the oxygen in his chest had been sucked out.
Zu Qi sat on the edge of the bed and thought a lot, and suddenly felt a little confused. He thought he should test out Xue Jue’s thoughts, just in case Xue Jue also liked him…
But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that this possibility was not very high.
After all, the original owner once did such bad things to Xue Jue. Now in Xue Jue’s eyes, he was the original owner. How could Xue Jue be interested in him?
Zu Qi scratched his hair irritably. Since he couldn’t make up his mind for a while, he could only force himself not to think about those things.
The central air-conditioning was turned on in the room, and Zu Qi was still wrapped in thick cotton clothes. He faced the warm wind for a while, until his cheeks turned red.
Then he stood up and took off his heavy coat, took out a set of clean clothes from the suitcase and walked into the bathroom.
Zu Qi took a bath very quickly. In less than half an hour, he came out of the bathroom with his hair half-dried. When he looked up, he saw a man standing in front of the closet with his back to him.
Seemingly hearing his footsteps, Xue Jue slowly turned around and waved to Zu Qi: “Come here.”
Zu Qi: “…” Did he think he was a puppy?
Although he was not very willing in his heart, Zu Qi still couldn’t refuse Xue Jue’s order and walked over timidly with his shoulders slumped, like a puppy whose tail was pinched.
Then, he stood still three steps away from Xue Jue.
This time it was Xue Jue’s turn to be speechless. He looked helplessly at Zu Qi, then stepped forward and took the initiative to hold Zu Qi’s wrist.
“You.” There was a hint of hatred in Xue Jue’s tone, but more of it was helplessness. It took some effort for him to pull Zu Qi to the closet, “I won’t eat you. Why are you being afraid like this?”
Zu Qi thought to himself that he was not afraid, he was obviously nervous, okay?
Besides, the two of them were so close, so wasn’t he allowed to be shy?
Zu Qi wanted to refute Xue Jue confidently, but when his words came to his lips, it turned into a low voice with insufficient confidence: “How can I be afraid? You, don’t talk nonsense.”
Xue Jue raised his eyebrows, “Then why are you shaking?”
Zu Qi said stiffly: “I, I’m not shaking.”
Before he could finish speaking, Xue Jue suddenly reached out and pressed on Zu Qi’s head. Zu Qi, who had been shaking just now, suddenly became still. It was as if someone had tapped his acupuncture points, and only a pair of dark and bright eyes were still spinning around.
Xue Jue burst into laughter, his beautiful and clear eyes like glass filled with smiles, which were as bright as the stars in the sky. Unfortunately, Zu Qi, whose face was flushed and his head buried, did not notice.
He asked, “Are you actually saying you’re not shaking?”
“…” Zu Qi knew he couldn’t defeat Xue Jue, so he simply kept his mouth shut.
The warmth from Xue Jue’s palm spread continuously through his hair and skin, and successfully caused the blush on Zu Qi’s face to spread to his ears. He wanted to slap Xue Jue’s advantageous hand away but was reluctant to do so.
After struggling for a moment, Zu Qi let Xue Jue do whatever he wanted.
Zu Qi had just dried his hair, and the fluffy hair felt as smooth as fine feathers. Xue Jue suddenly couldn’t put it down. He couldn’t help but rub Zu Qi’s head gently, as if he was stroking a well-behaved rabbit.
He had to say that Zu Qi was particularly obedient today.
Xue Jue’s eyes gradually moved down, resting on Zu Qi’s fair and rosy cheeks. Perhaps it was because he had just taken a bath, but there was a moist luster on his body, as if just pinching his cheeks would pinch out water.
In fact, before Xue Jue’s brain could react, his hands had already made this movement uncontrollably.
His index finger and thumb carefully pinched Zu Qi’s face. The feel was much better than expected. It was like pinching a glutinous rice dumpling. Xue Jue even felt like he was about to indulge in it.
“Xue Jue?” Zu Qi’s voice brought him back to reality.
Xue Jue quickly gathered his thoughts and put down his hand pretending to be nonchalant: “Oh, it’s nothing, there was something on your face.”
Zu Qi was so teased by Xue Jue’s unconscious behavior that his body almost started to smoke, and his whole face was as red as a monkey’s butt.
He had no intention of asking Xue Jue anything, but when he heard what Xue Jue said, he subconsciously touched his face, blinked blankly and said, “Ah? Is there something on my face?”
“Water drops.” Xue Jue said quite calmly, “You didn’t wipe it clean.”
Zu Qi: “…” Are you afraid that others won’t hear that you are making excuses?
But Zu Qi didn’t ask Xue Jue why he did this. His thoughts were very confused.
At this moment, he was a magnetic field that could not see beyond the horizon, and every slight move by Xue Jue could cause a butterfly effect and interfere with him.
Before getting the answer, he should keep some distance from Xue Jue, otherwise he may gradually sink in the end, while Xue Jue continued to be a bystander on the shore watching his every move coldly.
Thinking of this, Zu Qi’s breathing became a little heavy.
He tried his best to hide the deep uneasiness in his heart, and watched helplessly as Xue Jue took out a brand new black suit from the closet: “I ordered this to be made based on your previous size. You can try it on to see if it fits.”
Zu Qi took the suit and compared it in front of him. The size should be suitable. He still raised his eyebrows and deliberately teased Xue Jue: “What if it doesn’t fit? Wouldn’t this suit be in vain?”
Xue Jue opened the other side of the wardrobe: “I’ve prepared a set of all the sizes you might be able to wear. There will always be a suit you can fit in.”
“…” Zu Qi looked at the extra clothes with a faint look, as if smelling RMB being burned by the fire, which suddenly made his heart bleed, “Are all you rich people so willful…”
Xue Jue didn’t care: “Time is more important than money.”
Zu Qi recalled how he usually lay like a dead person. In the scene of him playing with his mobile phone and scrolling through Weibo in bed, he couldn’t help but lament that even if he sold tons of his time, no one would buy it.
After thinking about it, Zu Qi ran into the bathroom dejectedly with his suit in his arms.
Xue Jue looked at the closed bathroom door and squinted his eyes. Zu Qi never minded changing clothes in front of him before, and sometimes he would deliberately face him to see his reaction.
Unexpectedly, Zu Qi, who had a face as thick as a city wall, would be shy one day.
Xue Jue felt more and more amused, and even wanted to go over and knock on the door to scare Zu Qi, but he finally suppressed the impulse – not everyone could be as embarrassing as Zu Qi.
Xue Jue leaned in front of the closet and exhaled. Then he recalled the words Zu Qi used to tease him with. He couldn’t suppress the raised corners of his mouth. He then opened his mouth and whispered two words: “Rogue.”
….
By the time Zu Qi changed his clothes and came out, Xue Jue had already said hello to him and left.
In the afternoon, Xue Jue was so busy that he couldn’t be seen at all, and he did not know where his group of friends had gone.
Zu Qi went to Butler Zhang to inquire and found out that some guests had arrived early. Xue Jue was busy receiving them, while those including Jin Yu seemed to have gone to a certain club to play.
Zu Qi, who couldn’t help him, had nothing to do, so he found Weng Yuxiang and sat with her in the bright living room watching TV with Xue Wanwan in his arms.
Zu Qi and Xue Wanwan had been separated for more than ten days, and so he thought that this little guy would be a little unfamiliar with him. However, when Xue Wanwan was still held in Weng Yuxiang’s arms, he started howling as soon as he saw him, waving his little fat hands to come to him.
“Dad is here.” Weng Yuxiang smiled broadly and teased Xue Wanwan for a while before handing the little guy over to Zu Qi.
Lying in Zu Qi’s arms, Xue Wanwan suddenly stopped making noises, blinking at Zu Qi with big, bright eyes like grapes, and making babbling sounds from his mouth.
Zu Qi hugged Xue Wanwan’s fat and soft little body, feeling the little guy’s trust and dependence on him without impurities, it felt as if his whole heart was melting in an instant.
The thoughts that were originally suppressed were like water overflowing from a bathtub, pouring in one after another.
He lowered his head and gently bit Xue Wanwan’s tender nose. Xue Wanwan stretched out his little hand and touched his face curiously.
“Call dad.” Zu Qi said, and then repeated in a slower tone, “Dad – dad -“
Xue Wanwan was cheerful: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah -“
Zu Qi was speechless: “It’s dad, Not Yaya.”
“Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah–” The little guy seemed to be fighting against Zu Qi, making a series of inarticulate sounds in excitement, and saliva flowed down his face.
Zu Qi was furious, thinking that when this brat grew up, he would have to hold him down and make him call him dad fifty times.
When Weng Yuxiang saw this, she couldn’t help laughing: “It’s still early. It will take at least six months for the child to start learning to call mom and dad.”
Zu Qi was instantly discouraged: “It will take a long time…”
“Soon.” Weng Yuxiang smiled and said, “I still remember that when I gave birth to Xiao Jue, he was fatter than Wanwan. Now when I wasn’t paying attention, he even has his own child.”
Weng Yuxiang felt a little nostalgic, but also a little emotional.
Time was not forgiving, it was like sand between fingers.
The older Xue Wanwan became, the naughtier he became. With him working hard, Zu Qi would not be bored. Not long after the two adults and the baby sat on the sofa to rest, the first person who came specifically to find them came.
——Liu Jing.
Weng Yuxiang and Liu Jing were good friends, so they naturally extended an invitation to Liu Jing, but the person Liu Jing wanted to see more was Zu Qi.
Seeing Liu Jing’s hesitant expression, Zu Qi guessed the purpose of her trip, so he handed Xue Wanwan to Weng Yuxiang, while he took Liu Jing to the balcony to talk.
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