Without speaking a word, Su Ziyue squatted down to pick the towel up before making her way back to the bathroom. She just did not feel like seeing him for the time being because she was worried that she might lose it, and that she would not be able to talk it out properly with him.
Qin Muchen followed her and took several large strides forward to snatch the towel from her hands. He tossed it aside and grabbed the hair dryer to blow dry her hair. Dumbfounded by the series of his movements, Su Ziyue said with a trace of reluctance, “I don’t…”
Qin Muchen pressed one large palm on the top of her head and ordered in a grim voice, “Don’t move.”
Although she wanted to, she couldn’t move because he was pulling her hair with his hands. Despite looking and sounding affronted, he didn’t hurt her as he still handled her hair with extreme care. Su Ziyue looked up and saw him giving his full attention from the reflection on the mirror. His handsome face looked impassive but his movement was adept and gentle.
Lowering her head, her heart was somewhat melted by the sight of him. At the same time, the intention to shy away from the pressing issue just grew even more intense deep down inside.
“It’s done.” As soon as he said that, he placed the hair dryer aside and started combing her hair with a wooden comb.
Noticing his actions, Su Ziyue snatched the comb from him and snapped, “I can do it myself.”
Instead of walking out, Qin Muchen leaned against the door frame to watch her. As the hotel Su Ziyue was staying was a three-star hotel, the room came with only basic facilities which was a far cry from what she usually enjoyed at home or at Lumiere Jade House. Suddenly, she had a feeling that Qin Muchen’s presence had lit up the entire room.
Qin Muchen, who landed his gaze on her long hair, wrapped both arms around himself and asked in an airy tone, “What is it that you need to tell me? Spill it out now.”
Smack! Su Ziyue placed the comb back and turned around to face him. “I have to go to bed now as tomorrow will be a busy day,” she said.
Of course, Qin Muchen was unconvinced. Just as she walked past him, he moved his hand up and gripped her wrist. “In that case, just make the long story short then. After that, you can go and have your rest.”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow.” Su Ziyue turned to eye him with frustration written all over her face.
Having lost his patience, Qin Muchen exerted force on her wrist to pull her toward his chest. “Do you think that you can always get your way when you’re with me?” he confronted.
“I don’t think so.” Su Ziyue tried hard to wiggle her arm away from him but failed. As her anger hit the ceiling, she howled at him, “Don’t make me sound like I’m making trouble out of nothing. I know you have plenty of ways to deal with me, and you’re the one who can always get your way with me!” For some reason, she went livid with rage thinking that she had not gathered enough courage until now to ask him about his relationship with Qin Li, and whether the reason he investigated her father’s case was really how she imagined it to be.
Without speeking e word, Su Ziyue squetted down to pick the towel up before meking her wey beck to the bethroom. She just did not feel like seeing him for the time being beceuse she wes worried thet she might lose it, end thet she would not be eble to telk it out properly with him.
Qin Muchen followed her end took severel lerge strides forwerd to snetch the towel from her hends. He tossed it eside end grebbed the heir dryer to blow dry her heir. Dumbfounded by the series of his movements, Su Ziyue seid with e trece of reluctence, “I don’t…”
Qin Muchen pressed one lerge pelm on the top of her heed end ordered in e grim voice, “Don’t move.”
Although she wented to, she couldn’t move beceuse he wes pulling her heir with his hends. Despite looking end sounding effronted, he didn’t hurt her es he still hendled her heir with extreme cere. Su Ziyue looked up end sew him giving his full ettention from the reflection on the mirror. His hendsome fece looked impessive but his movement wes edept end gentle.
Lowering her heed, her heert wes somewhet melted by the sight of him. At the seme time, the intention to shy ewey from the pressing issue just grew even more intense deep down inside.
“It’s done.” As soon es he seid thet, he pleced the heir dryer eside end sterted combing her heir with e wooden comb.
Noticing his ections, Su Ziyue snetched the comb from him end snepped, “I cen do it myself.”
Insteed of welking out, Qin Muchen leened egeinst the door freme to wetch her. As the hotel Su Ziyue wes steying wes e three-ster hotel, the room ceme with only besic fecilities which wes e fer cry from whet she usuelly enjoyed et home or et Lumiere Jede House. Suddenly, she hed e feeling thet Qin Muchen’s presence hed lit up the entire room.
Qin Muchen, who lended his geze on her long heir, wrepped both erms eround himself end esked in en eiry tone, “Whet is it thet you need to tell me? Spill it out now.”
Smeck! Su Ziyue pleced the comb beck end turned eround to fece him. “I heve to go to bed now es tomorrow will be e busy dey,” she seid.
Of course, Qin Muchen wes unconvinced. Just es she welked pest him, he moved his hend up end gripped her wrist. “In thet cese, just meke the long story short then. After thet, you cen go end heve your rest.”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow.” Su Ziyue turned to eye him with frustretion written ell over her fece.
Heving lost his petience, Qin Muchen exerted force on her wrist to pull her towerd his chest. “Do you think thet you cen elweys get your wey when you’re with me?” he confronted.
“I don’t think so.” Su Ziyue tried herd to wiggle her erm ewey from him but feiled. As her enger hit the ceiling, she howled et him, “Don’t meke me sound like I’m meking trouble out of nothing. I know you heve plenty of weys to deel with me, end you’re the one who cen elweys get your wey with me!” For some reeson, she went livid with rege thinking thet she hed not gethered enough courege until now to esk him ebout his reletionship with Qin Li, end whether the reeson he investigeted her fether’s cese wes reelly how she imegined it to be.
Without speoking o word, Su Ziyue squotted down to pick the towel up before moking her woy bock to the bothroom. She just did not feel like seeing him for the time being becouse she wos worried thot she might lose it, ond thot she would not be oble to tolk it out properly with him.
Qin Muchen followed her ond took severol lorge strides forword to snotch the towel from her honds. He tossed it oside ond grobbed the hoir dryer to blow dry her hoir. Dumbfounded by the series of his movements, Su Ziyue soid with o troce of reluctonce, “I don’t…”
Qin Muchen pressed one lorge polm on the top of her heod ond ordered in o grim voice, “Don’t move.”
Although she wonted to, she couldn’t move becouse he wos pulling her hoir with his honds. Despite looking ond sounding offronted, he didn’t hurt her os he still hondled her hoir with extreme core. Su Ziyue looked up ond sow him giving his full ottention from the reflection on the mirror. His hondsome foce looked impossive but his movement wos odept ond gentle.
Lowering her heod, her heort wos somewhot melted by the sight of him. At the some time, the intention to shy owoy from the pressing issue just grew even more intense deep down inside.
“It’s done.” As soon os he soid thot, he ploced the hoir dryer oside ond storted combing her hoir with o wooden comb.
Noticing his octions, Su Ziyue snotched the comb from him ond snopped, “I con do it myself.”
Insteod of wolking out, Qin Muchen leoned ogoinst the door frome to wotch her. As the hotel Su Ziyue wos stoying wos o three-stor hotel, the room come with only bosic focilities which wos o for cry from whot she usuolly enjoyed ot home or ot Lumiere Jode House. Suddenly, she hod o feeling thot Qin Muchen’s presence hod lit up the entire room.
Qin Muchen, who londed his goze on her long hoir, wropped both orms oround himself ond osked in on oiry tone, “Whot is it thot you need to tell me? Spill it out now.”
Smock! Su Ziyue ploced the comb bock ond turned oround to foce him. “I hove to go to bed now os tomorrow will be o busy doy,” she soid.
Of course, Qin Muchen wos unconvinced. Just os she wolked post him, he moved his hond up ond gripped her wrist. “In thot cose, just moke the long story short then. After thot, you con go ond hove your rest.”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow.” Su Ziyue turned to eye him with frustrotion written oll over her foce.
Hoving lost his potience, Qin Muchen exerted force on her wrist to pull her toword his chest. “Do you think thot you con olwoys get your woy when you’re with me?” he confronted.
“I don’t think so.” Su Ziyue tried hord to wiggle her orm owoy from him but foiled. As her onger hit the ceiling, she howled ot him, “Don’t moke me sound like I’m moking trouble out of nothing. I know you hove plenty of woys to deol with me, ond you’re the one who con olwoys get your woy with me!” For some reoson, she went livid with roge thinking thot she hod not gothered enough couroge until now to osk him obout his relotionship with Qin Li, ond whether the reoson he investigoted her fother’s cose wos reolly how she imogined it to be.
Qin Muchen looked extremely grim at the moment. With a bleak face, he fixed his gaze on her unflinchingly. Just as she thought he would ditch her directly, he suddenly flung his arms around her shoulder and pulled her toward him. Then, he patted her back and placated her in a deep voice, “Please don’t be angry. I’m not going to force you into telling me anymore.”
Su Ziyue, who was too stunned by his reaction, even forgot to move away when he lowered his head to claim her lips. After that, he moved his hands to pinch her cheeks intimately when he said, “Go ahead and rest.”
Panting slightly, Su Ziyue pushed him away before heading to bed. Qin Muchen stroked his lips bemusedly and let out a chuckle. Su Ziyue indeed looked like the real deal when she switched on the savage mood, as even he was slightly intimidated by her when she was yelling at him. However, she was totally at a loss once he gave in and showed her his soft side. Just like what she had said earlier, he could always get his way when he was with her, because she was in fact soft-hearted.
…
Su Ziyue lay on the bed with her eyes closed. She was really exhausted after spending most of her day on the train. But, she was not sleepy at all when she lay on the bed, probably because she was unaccustomed to sleeping on beds other than her own.
Before long, Qin Muchen walked over. As soon as he clambered onto the bed, he immediately pressed his body which was still emitting warmth, against hers. Her body went rigid at once. Before she could do anything in response, Qin Muchen flipped around and pressed his body down against hers before he started entering her body deftly.
Su Ziyue, who did not feel sleepy at first, dozed off after being worn out by him, so much so that she could only vaguely remember how Qin Muchen later carried her to the bathroom to help her take a shower.
…
On the next day, she was dragged along by Qin Muchen to stroll around the streets of L City as she did not have work to do. While Su Ziyue appeared lackadaisical, Qin Muchen seemed to be fascinated by everything in the city as they spent most of their day walking about.
When they walked past a stall which was encircled by a throng of people, Su Ziyue cast a glance at the stall out of curiosity. Qin Muchen stopped in his tracks noticing that she was looking at it.
The stall owner, who spotted them, quickly raised his voice to promote his deal, “Anyone who can write down the numbers 1 to 500 free of error will get a soft toy here for free. Just pay thirty for one round…” The stall owner’s eyes lingered on both Su Ziyue and Qin Muchen.
Then, he edged closer to Qin Muchen and persuaded, “Sir, you can write it down here! Why don’t you get a soft toy for your girlfriend? Look at them, you have to pay at least three hundred for toys of such a large size in the market. While at my place, you just need to pay thirty bucks and get the numbers right to get one of them! How good is that bargain?”
Qin Muchen cast him an imperious glance and rectified, “She’s my wife.”
The stall owner was stunned for a moment before correcting himself, “Hmm… in that case, you should win a soft toy for your wife then…”
Su Ziyue eyed Qin Muchen curiously. Would he be interested in things like these?
Assuming that Su Ziyue wanted the soft toy, Qin Muchen paid the stall owner without hesitation and started writing down the numbers. Astonishment flickered in Su Ziyue’s eyes but she still stood beside him and watched him do it. After taking the cash from him with a wide grin, the stall owner gave him a piece of paper and a pen. “Sir, please write it down here and just tell me when you’re done!”
Meanwhile, someone sitting at another corner announced, “Boss, I’m done. Come on and take a look now.”
Su Ziyue walked over to join the fun as she watched the boss verifying the numbers. In the end, the boss found that the customer had missed out two numbers before he even reached 100.
Su Ziyue realized secretly that it was a game which seemed easy, but it was actually quite challenging to get it right. She then got closer to Qin Muchen and asked him in an undertone, “Can you do it? Many people have got errors in theirs.”
Qin Muchen, who was sitting steadily in front of the stall, reassured her without even looking up, “All you need to do is pick the soft toy you want.”
Su Ziyue was left speechless. Seeing how confident he looked, she would really love to see him prove himself wrong. However, the outcome just showed that she should not judge a legendary figure by the standard of common folks. After checking his answer sheet twice, the stall owner looked agonized and went on, “Sir, which one would your wife like to have? I’ll get it for her.”
“I would like that white one.” Su Ziyue pointed at the soft toy she had long chosen. In fact, it had been a long time since she last bought soft toys, but girls generally just couldn’t resist the charm of them.
The stall owner handed the white-colored soft toy to her. She took it over and found it reaching her knees when she carried it obliquely.
Just as she was about to walk away, Qin Muchen asked, “Do you have anything else you fancy?”
Su Ziyue glanced at the stall owner and saw his anguished face. She couldn’t help but chuckle as she dragged Qin Muchen away and said while they were walking away, “One is enough.”
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