Thinking of this, An Xin tightened her grip on Ling Cheng’s hand. After all, he was her reason for drawing; without him, she couldn’t even draw anymore.
Before long, they arrived at the hotel.
“Hello, two rooms please.”
“Okay, please show your ID.” The receptionist responded politely to Ling Cheng.
“My ID…” Ling Cheng looked at An Xin. After all, his documents were all in An Xin’s hands.
“Just one room!” An Xin slapped her ID on the counter. “The ID is with me. Listen to me.”
“Um… okay, here are your keys. Please go to room 216 on the second floor.” Watching the two of them sharing a scarf and acting so intimately, yet the man wanted separate rooms, the receptionist couldn’t help but imagine things.
In her mind, she thought maybe the woman was too intense in that department, making the man afraid to sleep together—after all, her own boyfriend was like that. On weekends, he would rather go fishing early than hold her a little longer.
The two entered the room and piled their luggage against the wall.
“How about we take off the scarf first? I want to take a shower,” Ling Cheng said, looking at An Xin. “After sitting in the car and on the plane all day, I smell.”
“Fine.” To Ling Cheng’s surprise, An Xin was unusually agreeable this time.
Just as Ling Cheng had taken off his clothes and entered the bathroom, about to close the door, An Xin suddenly barged in.
Seeing An Xin completely naked, Ling Cheng immediately turned around. “Do you want to shower first? I can go out.”
An Xin’s face was about to explode with redness. In the past, when they had seen each other nude, it was when Ling Cheng was unconscious.
“No, if we’re showering, we shower together. Otherwise, what if you take the chance to escape? After all, while showering, you’d have access to both your documents and the photos on your phone.” Even though she was so embarrassed her mind went blank, An Xin absolutely would not give in. She wouldn’t allow Ling Cheng to escape.
The gentler Ling Cheng was to her today, the more she wanted to keep him by her side—especially when she thought that Ling Cheng was her only reason to live. She absolutely could not let go.
She had even prepared to drug Ling Cheng tonight, no matter what he said, to prevent him from escaping while he slept.
“I…” Ling Cheng also thought that even if he explained he wouldn’t run away, An Xin wouldn’t believe him.
Ling Cheng sighed, conceding. “Then you shower first. I’ll turn my back. After you finish, you can supervise me showering, okay?”
Last night, Ling Cheng turned his back to An Xin and faced the wall. To keep himself from having wild thoughts, he started conceiving the next game project. It really was effective. Once he started thinking about game character designs, it managed to suppress the restless fire inside him.
But just as Ling Cheng had calmed down, An Xin suddenly hugged him from behind.
An Xin’s fullness immediately made Ling Cheng’s back feel what true softness meant.
“A Chen, let’s do it.” An Xin’s voice was as thin as a mosquito’s buzz. She was so nervous that even Ling Cheng could feel her skin temperature rising.
“An Xin, this is too sudden. Besides, we’re friends…”
In such an ambiguous atmosphere, Ling Cheng was still struggling to control his willpower, but before he could finish, An Xin interrupted him.
“But… A Chen, aren’t you already reacting? Can you have that kind of reaction to a friend?”
Ling Cheng even felt that An Xin’s weak voice had become seductive.
“I didn’t expect my body could excite A Chen too. How nice.” In the moment Ling Cheng was shy, An Xin’s movements became more intense.
“I have a reaction, but I really can’t control it. Let’s calm down first, okay?” To avoid making a mistake, Ling Cheng first slapped himself with the back of his hand.
“I’m very calm, A Chen. As long as you don’t leave, you can do anything to me.” An Xin’s gaze at Ling Cheng became more and more wrong. She had already shed all her disguises.
“I’m not going to leave anyway. Why do you have to do this?”
But at this point, An Xin was completely unable to listen to Ling Cheng’s words. “I love you. I love you. Become mine alone, okay?”
An Xin pressed tightly against Ling Cheng, continuously using her soft parts to tease Ling Cheng’s nearly collapsing sanity.
“I love you. I will fulfill all of A Chen’s requests, so from now on, don’t contact any other women, okay? Stay by my side forever and ever.”
An Xin pressed against Ling Cheng and also felt his change. With a delirious breath, she let out a soft moan.
This fatal soft moan made Ling Cheng almost entertain the thought that it would be okay to just give in to her.
At that moment, the phone Ling Cheng had placed on the shelf suddenly rang with an incoming call.
This snapped Ling Cheng out of his nearly spellbound state. He gently but firmly removed An Xin’s hands, sidestepped to the shelf, and picked up the phone.
The caller was none other than An Xin’s father.
“Uncle An, good evening.”
“Good evening, Xiao Chen.” The moment her father’s voice came through the phone, An Xin’s body began to tremble involuntarily, and even her movements slowed.
“May I ask what you’re calling for, Uncle?” Ling Cheng had always had a good impression of Uncle An. In his eyes, he was a kind, very elegant gentleman.
“I’m sorry to bother you so late. But I can’t get in touch with my An Xin. I thought since you two see each other often, I’d ask you. What father wouldn’t worry about his daughter?”
Hearing the other’s warm and gentle voice, Ling Cheng couldn’t help but admire that Uncle An was still reasonable. Just as he was about to respond and explain the situation, he saw An Xin looking at him with a pleading expression. Ling Cheng paused, then reorganized his words.
“What do you need An Xin for? An Xin and I are playing at the scenic area. Her phone is out of battery, and it’s not convenient to charge in the scenic area.”
“Playing…” Upon hearing this, An Xin’s father’s tone instantly became a bit off. “Haha, well then you young people should have fun. Call An Xin over, I have a few words to tell her.”
“She’s outside right now. If you have something to say, just tell me and I’ll pass it on.” Ling Cheng also noticed the wrong tone in An Xin’s father’s voice.
“Then please tell her, Xiao Chen, that she should go to school as soon as she’s better. If she’s in the mood to go out and play, why is she pretending to be sick at home? Is university time meant to be wasted like this?” An Xin’s father’s tone became increasingly harsh.
Meanwhile, An Xin, who heard her father’s words, lowered her head deeply. She hated letting Ling Cheng see that side of her father, and she was even more afraid that he would learn of her own pathetic side as described by her father. After all, she was such a useless, worthless person…
“Uncle An, it’s precisely because one is unwell and in a bad mood that one should go out and play. How can school be more important than health?” Even if the other was an elder, Ling Cheng would not agree with his twisted reasoning.