Chapter 242: Not So Upset
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Changqing scratched the back of her head.
Alright, there’s a knot in Guan Ying’s heart just like me now.
The second day, after the six of them had breakfast together, they swam together in the hotel’s swimming pool.
Changqing was lazy and didn’t want to warm up. She jumped in and swam tens of meters out just because she wasn’t bad at swimming.
“Aye, not bad,” Lin Yueli said with a smile. “It’s just that your technique looks a little… ugly.”
Changqing’s face heated up. She doggy-paddled just now and was often teased by Jiang Duoyao and the others. “I know how to do freestyle too.”
She reached her arms out and swam forward. However, since freestyle wasn’t what she was good at, she found it hard to manage after swimming for a while. She stopped and suddenly realized she couldn’t touch the bottom of the pool but she was left with no more strength. She struggled with all her might in the water, and just when she was about to sink to the bottom and choked on a few mouthfuls of water, an agile and strong silhouette swam towards her suddenly.
Lin Yueli held her waist and emerged from the water.
Changqing coughed a few times and was still in shock. She allowed him to carry her as he swam towards the poolside.
Her wet hair stuck to both sides of her baby fat cheeks. Her face was a little flushed and her lips were a little pale. A trace of fright surfaced in her moist, amorous eyes enticingly. In his hands was her slender waist.
Lin Yueli’s gaze stirred.
By the pool, Ruan Yang and Guan Ying rushed over to help. “Mr. Lin, thank you so much.”
“It’s alright, but you girls have got to be careful. It’s the deep side of the pool over there; it’s two meters deep.” After saying that, Lin Yueli bent down gently and asked Changqing, “Do you need to rest for a while?”
Changqing nodded weakly.
Lin Yueli carried her on to a beach chair for her to lie on.
She was stunned. Guan Ying and Ruan Yang by the side were also stunned.
When Lin Yueli went back to the pool, Guan Ying asked, “Is this love at first save?”
Changqing rolled her eyes and blushed. “Didn’t you see that I almost drowned? You’re still in the mood for jokes? With the three of you around, he won’t have his eyes on me.”
“But we aren’t so weak and muddle-headed to need a man to protect ourselves.” Ruan Yang also teased Changqing as she laughed secretly.
“Stop teasing me. I’m already a married woman.” Changqing pressed her lips together.
Guan Ying sighed. “Forget it, you’re made use of.”
“Don’t think about anything else; just have fun these next few days.” Ruan Yang waved her hands.
In the next few days, Lin Yueli and James traveled with them and they had fun around Mauritius. It was quite unsafe for four women to travel overseas, but with these two friends who could translate for them and take them to unique and fun places, they all had a lot of fun. Their initial six-day trip ended up becoming eight days long.
On the day they parted, everyone exchanged numbers.
When they boarded the plane, Changqing actually felt quite reluctant to part. “It’s so hard to be able to make such good friends without worrying about your identity and self-interests. It was pretty nice.”
“Yeah. They didn’t even know we’re celebrities.” Jiang Duoyao nodded. “I’ve never been this relaxed. I don’t even want to go back to work.”
“If you don’t go back to work, how are you going to earn money to travel?” Changqing said, feeling the pain. “I’ve really used up almost all my money this time. I’ve totally gone over budget.”
“It’s okay. Go back and earn some more.” Jiang Duoyao stroked her head sympathetically. “Worst come to worst, rely on your dad.”
“Scram.” Changqing didn’t want to bother with her.
“However, come to think of it, you’ve been out for so long. Won’t Song Chuyi eat you up alive?” Ruan Yang asked.
Changqing shuddered. “In any case, once the plane touches down in Northern City, my dad will pick me up.”
Even though she said that, Changqing was still quite uneasy.
The moment the plane touched down, Changqing switched her phone on. Other than Yan Lei’s messages, Lin Yueli had even messaged, asking her whether she had touched down in Northern City.
“Aye, looks like this Mr. Lin has set his eyes on you.” Jiang Duoyao made eyes at her.
“He’s just a friend I made during my travels.” Changqing didn’t take it to heart and gave Yan Lei a call. Yan Lei said he was already outside.
The four went out and they quickly found Yan Lei. After Yan Lei sent every one of them home, Changqing asked while stammering, “Dad, during the days I wasn’t around, was Song Chuyi… angry? Are Robben and Lolita fine?”
“Your brother-in-law sent Robben and Lolita back already. They’re fine.” Yan Lei pondered it with a frown. “Chuyi’s expression was pretty bad the past few days. After that, he stopped coming to the Yan Household.”
“Oh…” Changqing spaced out for a while. While she was having fun in Mauritius, she really didn’t think about Song Chuyi. However, when she returned and stepped back onto this soil, he was still the first person she thought about.
Humans were pretty strange sometimes, just like how she blacklisted Song Chuchu a few days ago but when she was playing on her phone, she would still check if she received any calls from Song Chuchu. She got some the previous few days. After that, he stopped calling her.
Changqing also felt quite conflicted at times. When he called, she found him annoying and was angry. However, when he didn’t call, she felt empty, as though something was missing.
“However, he’s been calling these past few days to ask me when you would be back.” Yan Lei added. “He said he would pick you up, but I didn’t tell him.”
“I see…” Changqing looked out the window.
Alright, if he didn’t even ask, I really wouldn’t give him any more chances.
The car drove to the Yan Household. Song Chuyi’s Audi A7 was parked quietly in the courtyard.
Changqing was stunned and pressed her lips together. “Dad, are you sure you didn’t tell him when I would be back?”
“I really didn’t, but I did let out some news. If he didn’t know to find out, then Dad wouldn’t let him into our house again.” Yan Lei snorted. “Men must be tested. Talk is cheap.”
“…” Changqing was puzzled. “Then what are you thinking about?”
“My silly daughter, divorce still isn’t a good thing. However, if he can become a man like your Dad, I can still be flexible.” Yan Lei parked the car. “Of course, what’s most important is that my precious daughter must like him.”
Changqing pressed her lips together. That was akin to not saying anything.
They got out of the car and Robben and Lolita ran over agitatedly.
Changqing hugged them, kissing her precious babies on the left and right.
Song Chuyi walked out and when he saw her hugging the dogs and kissing them, his face fell despite his efforts to suppress and endure it. Now, the two dogs were simply her favorite.
In the past, she was still worried that he would want the dogs and not her.
Now, it looked as if she only wanted the dogs and not him.
He looked at her without saying a word. He wanted to see how long it would take her to realize his presence.
Changqing had actually long seen him in her peripheral vision. However, she just didn’t really want to make eye contact with him. On top of that, Robben and Lolita were indeed happy to see her. Especially since Lolita, the little wolf-dog, had grown quite big and Robben also seemed to have gained some weight these past few days. Those fat paws almost knocked her to the ground.
“Robben, do you realize that you’ve gained some meat lately?” Changqing asked while holding his paw.
Robben barked and licked her.
Yan Lei said with a smile, “They were just eating and drinking every day at your brother-in-law’s. Besides, your brother-in-law also pampers them and no one took them out for a walk, so it’s inevitable that they gained weight.”
“Oh.” Changqing came to a sudden realization.
“Robben, Lolita, come here.” A cold voice came from the man in front of her. His voice wasn’t loud, but it was imposing, and Lolita and Robben stopped making a fuss immediately.
Changqing was speechless. Looks like Robben’s fear for Song Chuyi is deep-rooted.
Only then did she lift her head up and look at the man who was much taller than her. He was wearing a shirt with geometric patterns with blue jeans. The bottoms of his jeans were rolled up and he had white shoes on. His face was clean and his features were elegant. He seemed to have trimmed his hair recently, revealing part of his forehead, making him look younger than before.
Changqing must admit that her husband was really quite good-looking. However, one must act quickly on good-looking men. Otherwise, they would be snatched away by childhood sweethearts like Song Yunyang.
She thought about herself. She also had Fu Yu as a childhood sweetheart but she wasn’t that competent. While others were already dating in high school, she was still carrying a torch for someone foolishly. She was indeed too stupid.
Her eyeballs were plainly looking at him, but judging by that vacant look in her pupils, he could tell at once that she had blanked out again.
Song Chuyi couldn’t help but frown.
This woman. After not seeing each other for so long, forget it if she didn’t even think about him. How could she even space out while looking at him?
What was she thinking about?
Could it be that she was thinking about some other man?
Looking at her little face, although she seemed tired after more than an hour of transit, he could still tell that her vacation wasn’t bad. She was at the beach every day, yet she still looked so fair and her face also looked moisturized and delicate.
He rubbed his glabella and took her luggage into the villa, all the way to her bedroom.
When he returned downstairs, Changqing was telling Yan Lei about Mauritius excitedly. “… Dad, when I’ve earned money next time, I’ll take you there to play. It’s so fun. There’s lots of beautiful scenery. Especially since we weren’t in a rush for time, we just played wherever we drove and went wherever was fun. However, there were still many fun places we didn’t go. We can go there next time.”
Yan Lei listened with a smile.
Song Chuyi found a spot to sit and said, “You four women were able to still drive and play? How brave. It’s still a little too far from China to get there. What would happen if an accident really happened?”
Changqing was initially in high spirits. However, after being told off by him, she was unhappy and pressed her lips together. “It wasn’t just the four of us; we got to know many friends there.”
“Oh, Changqing even made friends on the outside? Were they foreigners?” Yan Lei asked with a chuckle.
“Mm.” Changqing glanced at someone and raised her chin, saying proudly, “Many foreigners. They were helpful and good-looking and also took very good care of us women.”
Song Chuyi squinted and said coldly, “You don’t really know what some people are thinking. There aren’t that many good people out there. Didn’t you watch reports on the TV? Many women are cheated by the friends they make on the road.”
“The people there were very innocent, alright? Besides, we were all out traveling; it’s normal to make some friends. Why must you always make people out to be so bad?” Changqing retorted unhappily.
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“Some people just look innocent on the surface. Which bad guy would have ‘bad guy’ carved on his face?” Because he was so angry, Song Chuyi didn’t care that Yan Lei was by the side. He crossed his legs and said, “I suggest that you women get a man to tag along your travels next time. It’s much safer. Otherwise, it’d be really hard to say what would happen if any incidents occurred. Just like you said, if the four of you rented a car together and the tire burst in an isolated place? Would you girls know how to change it? If you drove into some hole, would you know how to get the car out? Also, don’t think that all foreigners are very nice. I’ve lived overseas for a few years and know that there are also a lot of bad people around and they can be even worse than the Chinese.”
Changqing stared wide-eyed. She felt as though he had destroyed all her wonderful feelings from her travels.
“Alright, alright, cut it out. Isn’t she back safely?” Yan Lei quickly said. “However, while Chuyi makes some sense, all in all, it’s fine as long as you have fun.”
“I had so much fun.” Changqing crossed her arms and shot a cold glance at a certain someone. “In any case, it was more fun than any of the trips I’ve gone on before.”
“That’s good.” Yan Lei smiled and nodded. Then he looked at the photos of the scenery in Mauritius with his daughter patiently.
They chatted all the way until they finished lunch and Yan Lei went to work.
Changqing had felt tired long ago. She went upstairs to take a shower. She reached Hong Kong in the wee hours today and didn’t get a good sleep.
Although she stayed in villas and luxurious apartments every day, they couldn’t compare to her house; if only there wasn’t an annoying old man talking behind her.
“I’m going to take a shower. Can you stop following me?” Changqing turned back. She was very petty and was still angry over the incident earlier.
Song Chuyi was silent and watched her with a frown for a while. He finally said with a deep voice, “Go take a shower first; I’ll wait for you outside. I’ll have a good chat with you later.”
Another chat…
Changqing was speechless. A chat after she came back and a chat before she left—what was there to talk so much about? Should he change professions from medicine to law?
She bathed slowly on purpose. When she came out, it was almost three.
Song Chuyi was very patient too, waiting for her outside. In any case, he had already waited for eight days and these few minutes didn’t matter.
After coming out from the shower, Changqing took the hairdryer out and blew her hair. It was very noisy and he was already in a bad mood. Now, with the noise from the hairdryer, he felt even more frustrated. He pulled the plug out straight away. “What kind of friends did you make there?”
“Just some friends,” Changqing said while blinking and looking out the window.
“Male or female?” His tone was cold.
Changqing said callously, “Both.”
“Helpful and good-looking men, right? Did you forget what I told you?” Song Chuyi’s eyes were seeping with coldness. “I didn’t allow you to wear those bikinis, but not only did you wear them, you even went to a bar. Did you completely forget that you’re already a married woman?”
Changqing was stunned and felt a little guilty. “How did you know?”
“How would I not know? Your friends update their feeds every day. This industry is only so big. Even if I didn’t see their posts, others did.” Song Chuyi took two deep breaths. He couldn’t fight with her; he must talk peacefully.
However, every time he saw this person when he returned, he felt like the fire in his heart overflowed like magma.
Changqing thought back to Jiang Duoyao’s updates and felt a little guilty. “We did have fun at a bar but we didn’t do anything.”
“If you didn’t do anything then what’s with the pictures of the handsome guys?” Song Chuyi laughed coldly. “Didn’t you say so yourself that you made a lot of friends there and played on the entire island? I lived in the States for so many years, but I’ve never done anything like this.”
Changqing pressed her lips together. “Yeah, when you were in the States, you were with Song Yunyang all day long. Why would you pine for other women?”
She turned back and plugged the hairdryer back in. Before the air started blowing, Song Chuyi plugged it out again. He frowned and coughed softly, and his tone became much gentler. “Let’s call it quits. Look, I left you at the airport once and you also went to Mauritius behind my back. I thought about it and won’t bicker with you about looking at handsome guys or wearing bikinis, so don’t be angry at me or talk about divorce anymore.”
Changqing was stunned. Those words sounded awkward. As though he was the generous one who wasn’t being calculative with her. “It’s not the same; I just looked at handsome guys and admired them. I didn’t have any thoughts, but you had someone else in your heart. How can we just call it quits just because you said so?”
The corners of Song Chuyi’s mouth silently stiffened for half a minute. Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and walked towards the computer room. “Come with me.”
“What for?” Changqing was pulled all the way to the computer.
“Switch the computer on yourself,” Song Chuyi said as he lifted his head and glanced at her.
“Why must I switch the computer on?” Changqing really wanted to blow her top. Her dripping hair had already soaked her shirt. “I don’t even know the password.”
“I’ll tell you. You switch it on yourself,” Song Chuyi said.
Changqing was very down. She didn’t want to talk to him about computers now.
However, she still switched on the computer and it turned on very quickly. When she needed to key in the password, she said, “Password?”
He cleared his throat and looked out the window. “scyxihuanqingbao.”
“Oh.” He read out a chain of letters and Changqing was afraid she would type them incorrectly, so she remembered every letter and keyed each one in.
When he heard the log in jingle from the laptop, Song Chuyi turned his head and looked at Changqing, who was staring at the screen blankly. He had an unnatural look on his face. “Do you understand?”
“Understand what?” Changqing blinked and looked back at him. “There’s nothing on the computer at all.”
Song Chuyi stared daggers at her with his dark eyes for a while and turned away, taking a deep breath.
I’ve never seen a woman so daft before.
“The password,” he reminded, “do you remember it?”
“Why did you change the password again and even make it so long? I don’t remember it,” Changqing grumbled unhappily.
“Who was the one who changed the password first?” Song Chuyi’s face turned slightly cold.
Changqing was guilty.
He looked at her for a while and a tint of helplessness flashed past his eyes. He took a pen and paper from the table. “I’ll write the password for you. Take a good look.”
He took the paper and wrote it on his palm. After writing it, he threw the pen and paper in front of her. “Take a good look before napping.”
After saying that, he turned his head around and walked out of the computer room.
Changqing took the paper and looked carefully. This time, with it written clearly in black and white, she could tell very quickly.
So the new password for the computer meant: Song Chuyi likes Qing Bao?
Song Chuyi likes Qing Bao?
Changqing took a closer look and studied the pinyin. Not a word missing.
That’s right. It really is “Song Chuyi likes Qing Bao”.
Changqing’s blood almost rushed to her head from this sudden news.
This confession came so suddenly. Her heart seemed to be beating too quickly.
After all, she really didn’t dare to imagine that Song Chuyi would like her, because he had never said it before.
So now was she confessed to? Confessed to? In such an aloof way?
In the short time when her heartbeat was about to beat out of control, Changqing suddenly cooled down a little.
Although his confession took her by surprise and was a little romantic, he only said that he liked her and not that he only liked her.
Changqing looked at the piece of paper and felt a mix of emotions.
She was initially very tired and sleepy. Now, the sleepiness was all gone.
She sat in the computer room for a while before slowly making her way out. In the well-lit bedroom, Song Chuyi was sitting on the velvet couch with a book in his hands. He propped his two long legs up lazily. When he saw that she had come out, he lifted his gaze from the book and watched her quietly.
Changqing’s ears got hot. She lowered her head and pretended to have not felt his gaze, continuing to the dressing table to blow dry her hair.
Song Chuyi flipped a few pages in the book spiritlessly for a while until she finally stopped blowing her hair before standing up and walking towards her.
Changqing turned around. A familiar warm body suddenly leaned over from behind. He propped both his hands on the dressing table and lowered his head. His breath from above his thin lips was blowing softly above her head.
“Don’t block me.” Changqing tried to evade and push him.
He frowned and asked in a hoarse, low tone, “You didn’t understand?”
“…” Changqing suppressed the sound of her heart thumping and pouted. “I understand it, but you can like me and like Song Yunyang at the same time. I’ve only known you for this long. How could I compare to your childhood sweetheart?”
“I only know that I’m so smitten by a little vixen that I can’t sleep or eat in peace.” Song Chuyi sighed softly. He stared at her confused eyes and said, “Without you around, I can’t come here shamelessly every day. Back at Lakeview Residence, I was all alone. Even Robben wasn’t around; it was quiet everywhere. I prefer to have you by my side. When I get home, there would be someone pestering me, acting coquettishly with me and also someone to play with Robben, muttering to herself. Changqing, I know what I want. You are my happiness. Yunyang is my past. My head is all muddle-headed and smitten by a little vixen called Yan Changqing.”
After finishing his speech, he watched her with a gentle gaze.
Changqing’s heartbeat escalated from his words. She lifted her head, looked at him and felt as though his gaze was so scorching that she quickly looked away. She clenched her fists. There was a little sweetness from her heart thumping but also a little indignity and upset.
She pouted, saying in a strange tone, “I still don’t know. Aren’t you just… muddle-headed from my skills in bed?”
Song Chuyi’s gentle features suddenly twitched.
He was slightly speechless but couldn’t help but retort, “You were very innocent before, don’t forget. I couldn’t go in the first few times and I almost lost my life because of you, yet you still have the cheek to say you’re good in bed?”
“Forget it if you don’t think I’m good. Don’t touch me in the future.” Changqing didn’t think that he would bring up such an embarrassing incident again. She turned around, pushed his chest in a huff and walked away.
Song Chuyi quickly ran over and hugged her from behind, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. He hadn’t hugged her soft waist for a long time. His heart was wavering and he hugged her even more tightly. ‘No. If I don’t touch you, who else could I touch?”