Why are you suddenly bringing up principles now?
They seem quite well-behaved.
Seeing that the lipstick stains on his arm had been mostly removed, Fang Bai got up and walked out. However, after taking a couple of steps, Fang Bai paused, turned around, walked to the table, picked up the two boxes of finger cots, and then turned to leave again.
Unsurprisingly, when Ji Yuning changed into her pajamas and went to knock on the door of the next room, the door was locked.
Ji Yuning was turned away once again.
However, this time Ji Yuning did not leave. Instead, she leaned against the door and gently knocked twice with her fingers.
"Auntie, I have a fever."
Ji Yuning deliberately lowered her voice, and when the sound entered the bedroom through the door, her voice became even weaker.
A few seconds later, the tightly closed door was pulled open from the inside.
Ji Yuning leaned against the door frame.
Fang Bai didn't intend to close the door; she crossed her arms and watched Ji Yuning's performance intently.
But to everyone's surprise, neither she nor Ji Yuning spoke, and the two of them just stared at each other in silence.
Finally, Fang Bai couldn't help but speak first: "You don't have a fever?"
Ji Yuning: "Okay."
Fang Bai smiled and said, "You finished so quickly!"
Ji Yuning remained expressionless: "Yes, she has a good constitution."
"Is there anything else?" Fang Bai wanted to see how long Ji Yuning could keep up the act.
She knew in her heart that Ji Yuning didn't really have a fever before she opened the door, but with a bit of nervousness, she still opened the door.
When Fang Bai asked, Ji Yuning brought it up herself, saying, "Auntie promised to sleep with me."
"Really?" Fang Bai said. "I forgot."
Ji Yuning pushed open the door, took a step, and walked up to Fang Bai. "I heard that kissing can help improve memory. I'll help Auntie strengthen it."
Fang Bai took a step back and retorted, "Is there any scientific basis for this?"
"No." Ji Yuning said calmly, "Auntie will know once she tries it with me."
Fang Bai chuckled: "To sacrifice oneself for science?"
Ji Yuning naturally replied, "Auntie is so great."
"..."
Fang Bai felt that no matter how much she talked to Ji Yuning, the other party could always find something to say back, leaving her speechless.
Realizing the reality, Fang Bai immediately turned around and said, "Turn off the living room lights before you come in."
Chapter 119
Fang Bai slept soundly.
If I hadn't been woken up by the heat.
As I opened my sleepy eyes, Ji Yuning's profile appeared before me in a daze.
It was a backlit angle, and Ji Yuning's long eyelashes were clearly defined. The curves of her nose and lips resembled mountains and hills. Under the silhouette of the light, her entire profile presented perfect lines.
Fang Bai calmed down and realized that she was sleeping in Ji Yuning's arms. Her arms were wrapped around Ji Yuning's waist like vines, and her four fair legs were intertwined. The places they touched were warm.
The weather was still very hot in mid-August. In a room without air conditioning, the two of them were sleeping together, so it's no wonder Fang Bai was woken up by the heat.
To be clear, it was Fang Bai who was holding Ji Yuning as she slept.
As a result, Ji Yuning did not feel hot at all, her breathing was steady, and she did not sweat at all.
Fang Bai was already immune to the two of them hugging. Even if she slept close to the edge of the bed before going to sleep, far away from Ji Yuning, she would always wake up on Ji Yuning's side of the bed the next day.
Fang Bai touched the sweat on her nose and reached for a tissue on the bedside table to wipe it away. To avoid waking Ji Yuning, she carefully pulled back her legs, which were draped over Ji Yuning, then her arms, which were draped over Ji Yuning's abdomen, and finally her head, which was resting on Ji Yuning's arm.
But just a second after Fang Bai moved away from Ji Yuning's arm, and before he could even turn his body to the side, his waist was grabbed from behind.
"What is Auntie doing so secretly?"
Ji Yuning hugged Fang Bai from behind, burying her head in the nape of Fang Bai's neck, inhaling the sweet but not cloying scent emanating from him.
Both of them were wearing very thin silk pajamas, their bodies pressed together as if only a layer of clothing separated them. Fang Bai could clearly feel Ji Yuning's softness pressing against her. Ji Yuning's breath brushed against the back of her ear, and Fang Bai awkwardly shrugged, trying to push Ji Yuning away, but was instead held even tighter by the other woman.
When you get close, it's as if there's nothing there.
This made the person, who was already sweating from the nose, feel even hotter.
The former is physical sweating, while the latter...
Ji Yuning was already awake, so Fang Bai no longer needed to be so careful. She braced herself against the bed, broke free from Ji Yuning's embrace, and said, "It's hot."
After saying that, Fang Bai pulled out a piece of paper and pressed it against his nose, the sweat slowly soaking through the paper.
Fang Bai sat with his legs crossed, unaware that his clothes were piled up at the base of his thighs, and he happened to be facing someone directly.
Fortunately, the legs were stacked together, so it wasn't very clear.
Ji Yuning looked away, sat up, stared at Fang Bai for a few seconds, then knelt down in front of Fang Bai, supporting herself on the bed with both hands.
The collar drooped down, revealing a breathtaking view inside.
Unfortunately, Fang Bai's first reaction was that Ji Yuning also needed to wipe her sweat. Without looking down, she pulled out a tissue and pressed it against Ji Yuning's face, wiping down Ji Yuning's forehead while muttering, "You don't have any sweat, why are you wiping?"
Ji Yuning grasped the hand in front of her face, pulling Fang Bai's hand towards the bed while leaning closer to him.
She first kissed Fang Bai on the cheek, and just as her lips were about to touch Fang Bai's lips, Fang Bai pulled his hand away from Ji Yuning's grasp, and used one hand to block Ji Yuning's lips while covering his mouth with the other.
A voice came through the fingers: "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."
Ji Yuning's eyelids twitched twice.
Seeing that Ji Yuning didn't move for a long time, Fang Bai put down her hand, turned around and got out of bed, "I'm going to wash up."
The two ultimately did not kiss.
While Ji Yuning was brushing her teeth, Fang Bai had already finished washing up and started cooking.
Fang Bai simply cooked porridge for breakfast, and just as the porridge was ready, she received a phone call.
The phone call ended just as Ji Yuning came out of the bedroom.
Fang Bai put his phone on the table and called to Ji Yuning, "Come and eat."
"Um."
After Ji Yuning sat down, Fang Bai said, "Will you come with me to see someone later?"
As if he had just thought of something, Fang Bai quickly added, "She's flying abroad this afternoon, so we arranged to meet in the morning. We should be able to finish before nine o'clock, so it won't take too long."
Ji Yuning didn't ask who it was, she just nodded.
But her attention was drawn to something else. Her gaze lingered on Fang Bai for a few seconds before she called out, "Auntie."
Fang Bai moved his face away from the bowl. "Hmm?"
"As long as I'm with you, it's not a waste of time," Ji Yuning said softly. "So you don't need to explain it to me."
Ji Yuning didn't want her relationship with Fang Bai to get any closer, but Fang Bai's attitude towards her became reserved. She could sense that it wasn't shyness, but caution.
Fang Bai pursed his lips. "I was just afraid you'd refuse, and I felt it would affect your work."
“If I’m busy, I’ll refuse,” Ji Yuning said.
Love is not compromise.
Fang Bai naturally understood what Ji Yuning meant. Her little knot in her heart was smoothed out, and she smiled and said, "That's good."
Ji Yuning didn't know who Fang Bai was taking her to see. After all, Fang Bai knew very few people in Beijing, but those people wouldn't need Fang Bai to drive her to see them. He could see them anytime he wanted.
Upon seeing the familiar buildings, Ji Yuning's curiosity was finally piqued.
It would be fine if it were anything else, but it was the teahouse where Lu Zheng had talked to Fang Bai last time.
The car was parked on the side of the road, confirming that the destination was undoubtedly the teahouse.
Ji Yuning raised an eyebrow and looked at Fang Bai, "Who is Auntie taking me to see?"
"I was all set to hand over the money and receive the goods at the same time. Are you only asking now? Isn't it too late?" Fang Bai said with a smile, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Little kid, don't you have any sense of caution at all?"
"I trusted you so much, and you actually..." Ji Yuning replied cooperatively, even her eyebrows furrowed slightly, but her voice was flat and she couldn't connect with the character at all, but Fang Bai was still stunned.
After a moment of stunned silence, Fang Bai gripped the steering wheel and chuckled quietly.
She really didn't expect Ji Yuning to react this way.
Where did the coldness and indifference go? The contrast is too great.
It's actually... kind of cute.
Seeing the person's shoulders shaking, Ji Yuning coughed lightly: "Stop laughing."
She didn't mean to make Fang Bai laugh; she was just playing along. Unexpectedly, it backfired.
One minute later, the two got out of the car.
Fang Bai hugged Ji Yuning's arm and said, "Okay, okay, Auntie won't laugh anymore."
As he spoke, Fang Bai's smile showed no signs of fading.
They don't even know how to comfort people.
Ji Yuning grasped Fang Bai's hand and changed the subject: "Who do you want to see?"
As they spoke, the two entered the teahouse. It was obvious that the waiter at the door recognized them, or perhaps someone had asked him to. Upon seeing Fang Bai, the waiter stepped forward and automatically led the way for him.
Following behind the waiter, Fang Bai replied, "Jiang Qingyue."