DLWAV CH119

Sun Xiuji quickly learned that it was exactly what he thought it meant.

He also finally understood why Ao Ruize, having clearly already prepared to accept him, still rejected his invitation to watch a movie—

As soon as they entered the door, he was pinned against the door panel by Ao Ruize.

As their breaths intertwined, the temperature in the room instantly shot up by more than ten degrees.

Sun Xiuji pressed both hands against Ao Ruize’s chest, trying to push him away, but the bulging muscles beneath his palms instantly sapped ninety percent of his strength.

His Adam’s apple couldn’t help but bob up and down.

Which successfully drew Ao Ruize’s gaze toward it.

The next second, Ao Ruize reached out and placed a hand on his collar.

“Don’t.”

Sun Xiuji panted lightly, attempting a final struggle.

He was indeed lusting after Ao Ruize’s body.

But wasn’t this… a bit too fast?

After all, Ao Ruize had just accepted his pursuit.

But a second later, the first button of his shirt was flicked open by Ao Ruize.

Looking at the fair skin and exquisite collarbone underneath, Ao Ruize reached out a finger and rubbed it gently.

His voice had become husky at some unknown point: “Too fast?”

“Who was it the day before yesterday constantly tugging at his collar, trying to seduce me?”

Sun Xiuji’s wandering eyes instantly widened.

Ao Ruize knew he was teasing him back then?!

The flush at the tips of Sun Xiuji’s ears instantly spread all the way down to his collarbone.

Mainly out of embarrassment. After all, doing such a thing yourself is one thing, but letting Ao Ruize know about it is entirely another.

Only then did he notice how Ao Ruize looked right now.

His breathing was heavier than ever before, the veins on the back of his hands were twitching, and his gaze was locked fiercely onto him—like a starving wolf that hadn’t eaten in over a month, itching to tear him apart and swallow him whole immediately.

Sun Xiuji belatedly realized that, judging by Ao Ruize’s tone, Ao Ruize’s reaction back then probably hadn’t been much better than his current state.

It was just that Ao Ruize had held it in and hadn’t shown it at the time.

He didn’t expect him to be quite the secret flirt.

But that wasn’t important. What was important was—

Ao Ruize completely lost his restraint. He grabbed Sun Xiuji by his slender waist and buried his face into his collarbone.

He used to always tease Ji Yuanbai, saying he couldn’t withstand teasing, that the moment he took off his shirt, he would willingly take the bait.

Looking at it now, he himself wasn’t much better.

Mind you, Sun Xiuji had only exposed a collarbone…

But this wasn’t bad either; at least he got to eat meat today.

Thinking of this, he bent down slightly and lifted Sun Xiuji right up, forcing Sun Xiuji to throw his arms around his neck while simultaneously arching his own slender neck.

Then Ao Ruize kicked the torn pants on the floor aside and placed the person directly onto the nearby kitchen counter…

Everything that followed naturally fell into place.

It wasn’t until the early hours of the morning that Ao Ruize finally let Sun Xiuji go. He carried Sun Xiuji into the bathroom, washed him inside and out, and changed the soaked bedsheets… once, then changed them again, before finally holding his person and falling asleep in complete satisfaction.

One could well imagine how hoarse Sun Xiuji’s voice was and how limp his body felt when he woke up the next afternoon.

He finally knew what it felt like to have his body hollowed out.

Although he didn’t understand—the ancients clearly said “there are no exhausted fields, only exhausted oxen,” so why was it that when it came to Ao Ruize, after laying foundations all night long, he was still so full of energy?

However… it felt really good, that was for sure.

He knew it! Ao Ruize was truly tailored from head to toe to perfectly match his preferences.

Even in this sort of matter, they were perfectly in tune.

It was as if they had already been husbands for several lifetimes.

So Sun Xiuji suddenly no longer felt that the progression between them was a bit too fast.

There was just one thing. Sun Xiuji lay limply in Ao Ruize’s embrace, resting his head on his shoulder, his eyes full of teasing banter: “So, Uncle Zhang, have you figured out how you’re going to explain this to my dad?”

Ao Ruize: “…”

Taking care of the nephew all the way into bed… This was indeed something hard to explain to Sun Jianhong.

After all, Sun Jianhong had always treated him as a good brother.

“It’s fine,” Ao Ruize said. “If your dad doesn’t agree, worst comes to worst, I’ll just forcefully seize you.”

His tone couldn’t have been more domineering.

Thus, the next day, Sun Xiuji—who finally got out of Ao Ruize’s bed, returned home, and was preparing to pack his things to move to Qianshi to live with Ao Ruize—was grabbed by Sun Jianhong as soon as he walked through the door: “Xiuji, you’re back just in time.”

“Come look quickly at this Duan inkstone your Uncle Zhang had someone deliver to me first thing this morning.”

Sun Xiuji raised a brow: “The one Director Wang gave to Uncle Zhang before?”

“Right.”

Sun Jianhong was still a bit puzzled: “Previously, I wanted to trade my Tang Bohu painting Watching the Spring and Listening to the Wind for it, but he wasn’t willing. I don’t know why, but he suddenly relented, and actually just gave it to me directly.”

“He said to consider it an early gift for my fiftieth birthday… I just celebrated my forty-ninth a few days ago.”

Sun Xiuji: “Tsk.”

Ao Ruize’s motive was self-evident.

So his Uncle Zhang truly was very overbearing… giving away his favorite item just like that.

So did he need to do something as well?

And so, that very night, a villa was added under Zhang Qingyan’s name, though the property certificate would take a few days to be issued.

Meanwhile, as Ao Ruize was busy being lovey-dovey with Sun Xiuji and occasionally accepting some hard-to-refuse commissions, the smile on Zhang Qingyan’s face grew scarcer by the day.

The cause was her decision to reconcile with Yan Qi.

To make it up to her, Yan Qi took her to meet his friends the very next day.

Even though she had done a lot of homework, she still made quite a few fools of herself at that gathering.

For example, because she wasn’t skilled at using Western cutlery, while cutting harder foods, she used too much force and accidentally struck the plate, making a harsh screeching sound.

Or, for instance, accidentally mistaking the post-meal hand towel for a napkin to wipe her mouth…

Although his friends didn’t say anything, she could see their disapproval of her from their expressions.

Even though she felt she was already quite outstanding—she had gotten into university on her own, and at just twenty-six, her annual salary had reached 400,000 yuan after taxes. Plus, the small company she started with a friend on the side had recently gotten on track…

Moreover, from their mouths, she also learned that Yan Qi’s parents actually already had a suitable daughter-in-law candidate in mind.

All of this gave her a feeling of powerlessness.

Before she could adjust her mindset, the news that she was the girlfriend of the young master of the Yan Group suddenly spread throughout her company.

Everyone started watching her every move.

When she perfectly completed the tasks assigned by the company, it turned into “Yan Qi must have been giving her ideas” in some people’s mouths.

When she delegated simple tasks to her subordinates, it became “Yan Qi hasn’t had time to teach her recently, so she doesn’t dare take on tasks anymore” to others.

Fortunately, she didn’t make any mistakes, otherwise who knows how those people would gossip about her behind her back.

But even so, she remained prepared in her heart to continue walking forward with Yan Qi.

Because she firmly believed she could become even more outstanding.

—As long as she was outstanding enough, she believed all these problems she was facing could be easily solved, including moving Yan Qi’s parents.

She just didn’t expect that right at this time, she would receive a call from Yan Qi’s mother. The other party notified her in an almost commanding tone that she wanted to meet her, right in a restaurant inside a five-star hotel next to her company.

Zhang Qingyan’s heart suddenly sank.

But even so, she put on her favorite dress and went to that restaurant.

When she arrived, Mother Yan was already there and had already ordered the food.

Zhang Qingyan tightly gripped her bag: “Auntie.”

Mother Yan finally looked up at her: “Sit.”

However, before Zhang Qingyan could fully sit down, she added: “You should know why I called you over today.”

Zhang Qingyan instantly fell silent.

Mother Yan directly tossed down the knife and fork in her hands: “I originally admired you quite a bit.”

“After all, for a rural person to climb to your current height, you are already more outstanding than the vast majority of people.”

“So I originally thought that after you found out Ah Qi’s identity, you would tactfully break up with him.”

Zhang Qingyan tried to explain: “Auntie…”

But Mother Yan was not prepared to give her a chance to speak at all: “After all, what is your status, and what is Ah Qi’s status? What makes you think you are worthy of him?”

Zhang Qingyan was already getting a little angry: “Auntie…”

Mother Yan interrupted her again: “But the truth is, I still overestimated you.”

“You didn’t choose to break up with him; instead, you chose to continue clinging to him without letting go.”

“You are no different from those vain, gold-digging women.”

Zhang Qingyan stood straight up: “Auntie, I call you Auntie out of respect for you, but don’t you think you’re going too far…”

Her voice was so loud that the neighboring guests all looked over.

Mother Yan laughed instead: “Did I say anything wrong?”

“If Ah Qi hadn’t helped you settle the Zhao family, do you think you’d have the opportunity to stand here and talk to me right now?”

“If Ah Qi hadn’t pulled strings to transfer you to the Hailu Daily Chemicals head office, could you have your current glamour and success?”

She said unquestioningly, “You just know that as long as you can successfully marry Ah Qi and become the daughter-in-law of the Yan family, you can effortlessly live a life of wealth and splendor. That’s why you shamelessly cling to Ah Qi and refuse to let go.”

“I’ve seen plenty of women like you—”

Zhang Qingyan was shaking with anger.

She never expected that Yan Qi’s mother would actually be this kind of person.

Hearing these words, the gazes of the surrounding customers looking at her also changed, and some even pulled out their phones and pointed them at her.

When had she ever suffered such humiliation?

In an instant, embarrassment, anger, regret… all kinds of emotions surged into her heart at once.

She turned to leave.

Mother Yan, however, continued: “You’ve already milked plenty from Ah Qi. That villa alone is worth no less than twenty million. You should be satisfied.”

Zhang Qingyan immediately stopped in her tracks: “What villa?”

Mother Yan laughed out of anger: “At a time like this, you still want to play dumb?”

“Don’t tell me you didn’t coax Ah Qi into buying you a villa?”

“And that necklace around your neck—that’s SC Jewelry’s 100th-anniversary commemorative edition released this year, limited to 100 pieces worldwide, priced at half a million each. Don’t tell me Ah Qi didn’t buy it for you?”

It was precisely because of this that Mother Yan, who originally hadn’t planned to deal with her personally, came knocking at this time.

Because she was afraid that if she delayed any longer, Yan Qi would be completely hollowed out by her.

Zhang Qingyan looked at the necklace on her neck, then looked at Mother Yan, and her expression suddenly became strange.

Because the necklace on her neck was exactly the one Ao Ruize had given her back then.

But now Mother Yan was telling her that this was some SC Jewelry 100th-anniversary commemorative edition necklace, priced at half a million a piece.

—She didn’t think the dignified lady of the wealthy Yan family would misidentify this necklace.

Seeing Zhang Qingyan suddenly stop panicking, Mother Yan only assumed she had thought of Yan Qi, and thus believed that with Yan Qi backing her now, she couldn’t do anything to her.

Mother Yan immediately let out a heavy snort.

“Let me tell you, even if Ah Qi likes you to death, as long as we are still around, don’t you ever dream of entering the doors of the Yan family.”

“I advise you to honestly take the house and leave.”

“Otherwise, believe it or not, with one phone call, not only can I make you lose your current job, but I can also make it impossible for you and your brother to stay in Qianshi ever again.”

Who knew that before Zhang Qingyan could react, a sneer would ring out the very next second.

“Director Wang, isn’t Hailu Daily Chemicals owned by your family?”

“Why is this lady saying that with one phone call, she can have your company fire our little sister?”

“I’m quite curious about that too.”

Hearing this, Mother Yan and the others subconsciously turned their heads to look.

And right then, they saw a large group of people walking out of the adjacent private room.

And the ones leading the group were none other than Ao Ruize and Sun Jianhong.

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