He chuckled, "That's more like it!"
Seeing her finally startled expression, he found it amusing. He lowered his head, intending to do what he had been thinking about for a long time, but before his lips could even touch hers, he felt the slender body beneath him suddenly twitch, and then again.
"Uh!...Uh!...Uh!..."
Someone actually hiccuped at this moment!
Fang Yi had no choice but to climb out of bed and give Chu Yang a full glass of water. After she drank the whole glass, her hiccups not only didn't stop, but they got even worse, with a faint watery sound in her voice. Fang Yi sat on the bed, watching Chu Yang's hiccups, and helplessly ran his hand through her hair. "You don't need to be so nervous. I was just teasing you," he said.
"Well!--"
"Didn't you just ask why I brought you home?" he said again.
Chu Yang blinked, and still said, "Uh!—"
Fang Yi smiled and said frankly, "To put it simply, my family has been putting pressure on me regarding my marriage, especially my mother. It's not that I'm afraid of what they can do to me, but I really can't stand my mother looking at me with innocent eyes all day long, asking when I plan to get married, or suddenly raiding my apartment in the middle of the night and treating the woman she caught in my bed as my marriage partner. I've had enough. Maybe it's because I've been with too many women, but I've long since become indifferent to matters of the heart. Sleeping with someone is just sleeping with someone; I've never thought about marriage."
"Ugh!—" Chu Yang was still hiccuping, but he couldn't help asking, "What does this have to do with you bothering me?"
"The first time I saw you was just a misunderstanding," Fang Yi laughed. "But I do admit that you have a very refreshing feeling about you. I was indeed somewhat interested in you at the time, so when Huang Fei was investigating you, I didn't interfere. But what I was most interested in was the results of his investigation."
"The result? Uh!"
Fang Yi sat down next to Chu Yang. "She's an only child, from a very simple family. Her parents are just ordinary civil servants. She hasn't had much romantic experience growing up, and she has a tomboyish personality. Her biggest dream is to save enough money through her own efforts and then travel around the world, right?"
Chu Yang nodded, hiccuping. He had investigated very thoroughly; he even knew her ideals!
"However, you have a major obstacle, which also comes from your mother. You have a mother who is very enthusiastic about your marriage, don't you?"
"Then what?"
"And then?" Fang Yi laughed. "Then I thought, since we have common problems, why can't we help each other out?"
"A fake marriage?" Chu Yang asked. Isn't this just like in the novels? Tch, I thought he had some new tricks up his sleeve, but it's nothing special. Thinking of this, a hint of disdain unconsciously appeared on her face.
"Not really. We can first be a couple that everyone acknowledges, so you won't have to deal with your mother anymore, and I won't have to worry about my mother coming to my apartment in the middle of the night to catch me!"
"What are my benefits?" Chu Yang asked again.
Fang Yi raised an eyebrow and glanced sideways at Chu Yang, a playful smile playing on his lips. "Benefits? I thought we were helping each other, that we could both see the benefits, and," he paused, then leaned close to Chu Yang's ear and whispered, "If you need happiness, I can give it to you."
"Happiness?" She looked away, her brows furrowed slightly as she looked at him.
He smiled wickedly, "You've never experienced such happiness."
His meaning was self-evident. Chu Yang shuddered, looked at him with disgust, and muttered under his breath, "What the most cliché novel plot! Why should I help you? I can find someone else! For example—"
He smiled at Chu Yang, "But I don't want to look for anyone else. I think you're quite suitable! What do you say? Will you agree?"
"Look, this is hegemony!" Chu Yang cursed angrily. Why even ask if she agreed? Had he prepared another answer for her? She thought for a moment and could only nod, "Alright, but there's one condition!"
"explain!"
You're going to pay for my school fees!
Fang Yi laughed, "Sure, it's not just tuition; you can get even more money. But you'll have to pay a corresponding return. Don't forget, I'm a businessman."
"Then let's forget about it!" Chu Yang said, and started to climb off the bed.
Fang Yi grabbed her and asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"
"Since it's a mutual assistance program and I'm not asking for anything in return, there's no need for me to sleep with you, right? I know this is your territory, and I'm not expecting you to save me a bed. Can't I just sleep on the sofa?"
Fang Yi laughed and pulled her back onto the bed. "This bed is big enough, and you're such a young girl, I can't even tell the front from the back when I hug you. Don't worry, I'm not interested! Let's sleep together."
Seeing him say that, Chu Yang thought to himself that he was going all out anyway, so what was there to be afraid of? He pulled back the covers and crawled inside, only to suddenly realize that he had stopped hiccuping at some point!
Fang Yi lay down beside her and turned off the bedside lamp. Looking at Chu Yang's profile beside him, he chuckled to himself, thinking that a child is a child after all. The girl who was so resistant to him before had her guard down with just a few words, and now she was lying comfortably next to him!
After a moment, Fang Yi's eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room. Through the haze, Chu Yang's back view appeared only soft and plain, unlike the women he had been with before, who all had undulating curves. But it was precisely this back view, coupled with the faint fragrance emanating from her, that stirred his heartstrings even more.
What's wrong with him? How could he have fallen for such an innocent and clueless girl? He was puzzled and couldn't understand why he was going to such lengths. This girl wasn't even a proper woman! What was wrong with him? Could it be like Huang Fei said, that after eating too much abalone, sea cucumber, and shark fin, he suddenly became interested in something as simple as vegetables?
Her fresh scent was becoming increasingly alluring. Although he wanted to do something naughty, he knew he couldn't yet. With a girl like her, being too hasty would only backfire.
Fang Yi smiled silently, unable to resist reaching out to touch Chu Yang's shoulder, but before his hand could touch him, he suddenly heard Chu Yang whisper, "Thief!"
Fang Yi seemed to have been caught, and quickly withdrew his hand.
"Listen, there seems to be a noise outside the door! Has your house been burgled?" Chu Yang turned around and whispered to him.
Fang Yi then realized that she wasn't talking about him! He calmed down and listened carefully to the sounds outside. His bedroom was on the second floor, and there were so many people downstairs. How could there be a thief outside the door?
He suddenly laughed, leaned close to Chu Yang's ear and whispered, "They're not thieves, they're my mother and the others. Should we put on a show for them?"
"Um?"
Chu Yang was still a little confused when he saw Fang Yi give a wicked smile in the darkness, and then suddenly pull him into his arms, pressing his entire weight onto him.
"Ah!" Chu Yang couldn't help but let out a soft cry as he was suddenly pressed down by him.
"Yes! Just like that!" he murmured, then leaned down and kissed her.
Chu Yang was first shocked and then angry. He tried to push Fang Yi away, but he didn't expect him to be so strong. The two struggled on the bed for a long time. With a lot of creaking of the mattress, Fang Yi was forced to end the long kiss. When it ended, even his breathing was a little unsteady.
Just as Chu Yang was about to question him about breaking his promise, he heard Fang Yi lower his voice and say with a wicked grin in his ear, "They're listening in, aren't they? We need to make some noise for them to hear!"
Chu Yang snorted angrily and pushed him away. "So what if I make a sound? I don't need you to do it. Just stay put and don't take advantage of me."
Fang Yi suppressed a laugh, "Fine, you play your part, let's see how you play it!"
Chu Yang chuckled coldly, thinking to herself, "It's just moaning, right? Don't think she doesn't know anything. Really, even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run, haven't you?" She cleared her throat slightly, leaned against the headboard, and imitated the sounds from the DVD, moaning loudly, "Oh! God! Ah~ Ah~ Deep! Deep!"
Fang Yi was shocked! He quickly reached out to cover her mouth! Chu Yang forcefully pried his hand away and angrily said, "What are you doing? Why are you covering my mouth?"
Fang Yi was also angry, and said in a low voice, "I should be asking you what you're doing!"
Chu Yang was puzzled, "Moaning? Didn't you say you were going to put on a show for them? Am I not professional enough? I've watched several DVDs, and that's how they all moan!"
Fang Yi wanted to slap himself. Who told him to talk about acting! He'd only brought this on himself! She even asked if her moaning was professional enough—good heavens, it was professional enough, practically a Western version! Looking at Chu Yang's serious face, Fang Yi was both amused and exasperated, and resolved never to let her touch that rubbish again!
"Go to sleep!" Fang Yi said in a low voice. He had given in to her, wasn't that enough?
The two people inside lay down and went to sleep, while the people outside stood there dumbfounded! Huang Fei wished he could dig a hole and bury himself; he hadn't expected that girl to be so hot-tempered! If he had known this would happen, he would never have followed Fang Yi's mother upstairs to do such a tasteless thing! After all, she was an elder! Eavesdropping together—God, may lightning strike him dead!
Three Women (Revised)
The next morning, when Chu Yang woke up, she found herself wrapped around Fang Yi. What was even stranger was that they had switched sides, even though she clearly remembered sleeping on her left side the night before!
She patted Fang Yi and asked, "Why did you make me sleep on the right side again?"
Fang Yi, still half-asleep, rolled his eyes at her and said in a hoarse voice, "How dare you say that? Are you a girl? Why do you sleep like you're in a battle? Last night you kept squeezing over to me until I had no room left, while your side was so much more spacious, so I had to take my blanket and move around to sleep on your side!"
Chu Yang smiled sheepishly and wanted to change out of his pajamas, but then he remembered that he had taken off all his clothes in the bathroom last night. So he ran to the bathroom to change. After changing, he took out his phone and was almost shocked. Good heavens, there were countless missed calls, all from Zhang Jingzhi and Xiao Xiao!
Oh no, I didn't go back to Xiao Xiao's last night, and she completely forgot to call! Oh no, oh no, I'm doomed this time! They'll kill her! Chu Yang thought.
He rushed to Xiao Xiao's place and found Zhang Jingzhi there as expected, curled up on the sofa, dozing off by the phone. When Chu Yang entered the room, she looked up at him, her eyes still a little dazed.
Feeling guilty, Chu Yang quickly greeted her with a smile, "Hey, sis, you're here too?"
Zhang Jingzhi then came to her senses, jumped up from the sofa, somewhat flustered. She wanted to ask some questions, but was afraid of upsetting Chu Yang, so she quickly and cautiously asked, "No, nothing happened, right?"
Chu Yang chuckled dryly, "It's nothing, what can he do to me? I'm perfectly fine!"
"He didn't...he didn't do anything to you?" Zhang Jingzhi was still somewhat incredulous.
“Hmm,” Chu Yang took off his down jacket and laughed, “I overestimated him. He’s quite naive! Nothing happened last night. He didn’t even touch me.”
With a loud "bang!", the telephone, still attached to its cord, came crashing down on Chu Yang. She reacted quickly, dodging to the side, and exclaimed, "Sister, what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? I'm going to hit you! You brat!" Zhang Jingzhi got off the sofa, not even having time to put on her shoes, and took two steps to Chu Yang. She grabbed Chu Yang's clothes and slapped her on the back several times!
Chu Yang was a little stunned. "Sis, what are you doing?"
Hearing the commotion, Xiao Xiao came out of the bedroom and quickly pulled Zhang Jingzhi away, standing between the two.
"You brat, couldn't you even make a phone call? Do you know how worried people were about you? You didn't come home all night. What if something happened to you? How am I supposed to explain this to your mother? Huh? Say something! You brat, what kind of good person are you? You're so smug, you think you're so great, you brat! Tell me! What if something happened to you last night? How am I supposed to explain this to your mother? Huh?" Zhang Jingzhi's voice trembled with tears as she cursed.
Xiao Xiao quickly pulled Zhang Jingzhi back to sit on the sofa, glanced at Chu Yang, and said indifferently, "Your sister was terrified last night, afraid that something might have happened to you. She made all the phone numbers she could, but she didn't dare let your family know. I only have Fang Yi's work number, not his personal one. Your sister insisted on forcing me to go find you. I only found his private apartment, but no one was there."
Chu Yang then realized that his disappearance the previous night had caused Xiao Xiao and Zhang Jingzhi such distress, and felt a pang of guilt. "I'm sorry, I—"
Pack your things! Go home. I'll take you home, and whatever happens to you after that is none of my business!
"Jingzhi, calm down first! Ask her clearly before you speak!" Xiao Xiao advised her.
Just then, Zhang Jingzhi's phone rang. She grabbed it and yelled, "Hello! Who is it?" Then she paused, her expression stiffening. Xiao Xiao and Chu Yang looked at her in confusion. They saw her swallow hard, her eyes darting around, before she shouted in a gruff voice, "Who's looking for? Zhang Jingzhi? Zhang Jingzhi! Your phone!" Then she held the phone further away, waited a couple of seconds, deliberately stomped on it a few times, and then put it back to her ear, gently saying, "Hello~".
Chu Yang and Xiao Xiao stared at each other, completely bewildered by what kind of drama she was putting on.
Zhang Jingzhi's expression remained gentle as she spoke softly into the phone, "Yang Lei? What's up?"
Xiao Xiao and Chu Yang exchanged a glance. Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes, while Chu Yang pouted.
Chu Yang whispered to Xiao Xiao, "Is she an idiot? Does she think she can fool people like this? They called her on her cell phone!"
Xiao Xiao chuckled softly and sighed, "Don't say it out loud, just let her comfort herself like this!"
After listening to Zhang Jingzhi finish her phone call in a gentle tone, she put down her phone, and the gentle look on her face immediately disappeared. She glared at Chu Yang coldly. Seeing this, Chu Yang hurriedly told Zhang Jingzhi and Xiao Xiao everything that had happened the night before, without waiting for her to ask.
Zhang Jingzhi and Xiao Xiao were dumbfounded after hearing this; they couldn't believe it no matter how they thought about it.
"Is your boss that kind of person?" Zhang Jingzhi asked, somewhat wondering if Fang Yi, like Chu Yang, had been reading too many novels. What era are we living in? Even novels don't write such vulgar stories anymore.
Xiao Xiao frowned and shook her head. "It doesn't seem like it. I haven't noticed it before. He's usually very serious at the company, and his background is indeed very complicated! I don't know either."
Zhang Jingzhi looked at Chu Yang, "What do you plan to do?"
Chu Yang shrugged indifferently: "That's it then. He said mutual assistance, so let's do mutual assistance. Anyway, I don't lose anything!"
"Have you ever seen wolves and sheep form a mutual aid group?" Zhang Jingzhi asked. Seeing that Chu Yang didn't answer, she continued, "He has a history with the underworld! The underworld! Do you understand? I think you've been reading too many novels! Do you think someone who's been involved in that kind of thing can be a good person?"
"Then what do you think I can do?" Chu Yang asked. "I can't run away. If he's determined to do this to me, what can I do? I might as well just let it be. If he says he'll play with me, I'll play along. At worst, I'll lose my virginity!"
Zhang Jingzhi looked at Chu Yang as if he were a monster, then looked to Xiao Xiao for help, to which Xiao Xiao shook her head helplessly.
“Go home! You should go home first! Anyway, you’ve finished your exams, and you can’t stay at Xiao Xiao’s place forever,” Zhang Jingzhi said. “If something happens to you while I’m in charge, I can’t afford to offend your mother!”
Chu Yang thought for a moment and had no choice but to nod in agreement, "Okay, He Yiyang said he needed to see me today, I'll have him help me move my things."
Seeing that Chu Yang's matter was temporarily resolved, Zhang Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at her watch, she realized it was already afternoon. Well, she might as well skip class! Then she remembered that Yang Lei had asked her out earlier, and hurriedly asked Xiao Xiao to borrow some clothes. "Hehe, Xiao Xiao, can I borrow some pretty clothes to wear?"
Xiao Xiao felt helpless looking at Zhang Jingzhi's ingratiating smile and scoffed, "Little sister, it's not that I don't want to lend you my clothes, it's just that we're not on the same level!" As she spoke, she deliberately puffed out her chest to remind Zhang Jingzhi.