When seeing them off, Xie Wang leaned lazily against the doorframe with one hand in his pocket and said, "Take care, don't bother seeing me off."
Xiang Ming scoffed, "You dog, what's wrong with you today?"
Xie Wang ignored him: "Can you think before you speak in the future? I almost made Shuangjiang angry again."
Xiang Ming retorted: "You angered Shuangjiang, can you please look for the reason within yourself?"
Chen Siqi smiled and gently patted Xie Wang's shoulder: "It's okay, couples quarrel in bed and make up in bed, what's there to be afraid of?"
Xie Wang pondered the words carefully and muttered to himself after the others left.
"I haven't even gotten into bed yet."
After seeing his friends off, Xie Wang saw Ling Shuangjiang cleaning up the leftovers from the meal and quickly ran to the dining room. "I'll take care of it. You go take a shower and rest."
Ling Shuangjiang: "There are too many, let's eat them all together."
"No need." Xie Wang took his hand, kissed his fingers, and looked at him carefully: "I can do it myself."
Ling Shuangjiang withdrew her hand, feigning seriousness: "Don't think that you can cover up the recording by packing your things."
Xie Wang's heart sank, and he leaned closer: "So how do you plan to punish me?"
"Punishment?" Ling Shuangjiang's lips curled up: "You'll find out soon enough."
At 11 p.m., Xie Wang stood at the bedroom door, clutching his blanket, looking somewhat dejected.
Today is Ling Shuangjiang's first time home since they started living together, a day worth commemorating.
But he was sent to the study to sleep.
He was in a terrible mood.
Ling Shuangjiang had already taken a shower and was only wearing a loose long robe. As she walked, the hem of the robe fluttered, and her two straight, fair legs, still wet with residual water droplets, gently slid down to her ankles.
Xie Wang stood at the door staring at his legs, his eyes drooping slightly, his face full of resentment.
“I’ll go to work. Anyway, you’re only punishing me by making me sleep in the study today, and I can come back to sleep in the bedroom tomorrow. If I work overtime all night to finish tomorrow’s work, I can spend more time with you.”
Xie Wang turned around, picked up the quilt, and left, his tall figure looking somewhat desolate.
After drying her hair, Ling Shuangjiang looked up at the door and hesitated for a moment.
Xie Wang is not young anymore. Staying up late to work overtime is very harmful to his health and is overdrawing on his health.
Xie Wang must miss me a lot since I haven't been back for so long.
Ling Shuangjiang sighed softly, intending to finish her skincare routine and then go to see Xie Wang to call him back.
In the study, Xie Wang couldn't concentrate on the computer. He rested his chin on his hand, his mind filled with images of Ling Shuangjiang's two fair legs.
His little swan skin is so good, it must feel smooth and comfortable to the touch.
Unable to concentrate on work, he browsed some gay dating tips online, such as when he could get a boyfriend.
Sometimes, junk ads would pop up on the webpage. In the past, Xie Wang would just click the "X" directly, but this time, when he moved the mouse over the page, he saw something new.
His expression grew increasingly curious as he looked at the product descriptions, a guilty smile creeping into his eyes.
Opening the shopping website and entering the names of those items felt like opening the door to a new world for Xie Wang.
He had never seen those little toys before.
There was one product in particular that he was very curious about.
It has pink rabbit ears.
The rabbit ears look very soft, with a white center. If Ling Shuangjiang wore them on her head…
Xie Wang gave a slightly perverted smile, the corners of his mouth unconsciously turning up.
But would he be willing to wear Xiaoshuangjiang?
Xie Wang decided to buy these first.
Just then, there was a knock on the study door. Xie Wang pulled up his work files and quickly went to open it.
Outside the door, Ling Shuangjiang had changed into a white silk robe, her gaze calm. "Still working?"
"Hmm." Xie Wang stared at Ling Shuangjiang's wide neckline, his Adam's apple bobbing. "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Ling Shuangjiang walked into the study, her gaze finally landing on the quilt. "It's best not to work too late; it's bad for your health."
Xie Wang seized the opportunity to slip over: "My wife still cares about me the most."
"Who's your wife?" Ling Shuangjiang chuckled softly as she sat down at the desk. "Is it cold in here?"
Xie Wang: "It's cold. It's not as warm in here as in the bedroom."
Ling Shuangjiang glanced at the documents on the desk and asked, "May I take a look?"
"Of course, feel free to look around."
Actually, Ling Shuangjiang wanted to see Xie Wang's work documents for no other reason than to be curious about what Xie Wang usually did and how heavy his workload was.
The document in her hand appeared to be the equity structure of a new company. It was entirely in French, and Ling Shuangjiang could only understand the general title.
Are you planning to cooperate with the French side?
"I have that plan, but I prefer to cooperate with the UK, where the profits are higher."
Xie Wang hooked his arm around his waist, never missing an opportunity to take advantage of him, gently inhaling the scent of his baby bath gel from his neck.
Ling Shuangjiang nodded and said nothing more.
"Shuangjiang." Xie Wang held his hand, hesitating whether to ask him about the specific details of the British copyright infringement, because Ling Shuangjiang had not mentioned it to him.
Ling Shuangjiang looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"After Shang Qi showed up that day, I heard you say that he and you didn't get along in England, so I went to investigate his family situation. In the process of investigating his postgraduate recommendation, you were involved."
Xie Wang clearly felt the hand he was holding stiffen for a moment. Ling Shuangjiang lowered her eyes and asked, "Are you talking about the copyright infringement incident at my art exhibition?"
Fearing that Ling Shuangjiang would misunderstand, Xie Wang quickly explained, "I believe you wouldn't do such a thing. I just want to know the specific details from you, because only in this way can I help you clarify things."
Ling Shuangjiang lifted her eyelids and stared at him for a long time: "You have to help me clear my name."
"Of course. What use am I if I know you've been wronged and do nothing about it?"
Xie Wang's voice was somewhat agitated, and a fiery temper emanated from his brows as he spoke.
Ling Shuangjiang slightly curved her lips and gently smoothed his brow with her fingers. "Don't be angry." Leaning on Xie Wang's shoulder, she recounted the specific details of the incident.
It turns out that the threshold for holding a solo art exhibition at their school is very high. It requires completing a 20-credit art gallery internship, publishing 20 credits of personal works, and 20 credits of professional skills knowledge (you need to be in the top ten in your department in each exam) before your senior year.
Ling Shuangjiang set this goal during her freshman year and worked hard to accumulate credits towards it.
To this end, he joined a popular club in the art department and took on an important position.
That's when he met Lin Yili.
Lin Yili was two years ahead of him and was very popular because of his handsome appearance. He was also very popular among local international students.
When he first joined the club, Lin Yili took good care of him, and he had a good impression of Lin Yili and was willing to become friends with him.
However, after spending a long time together, he gradually realized Lin Yili's sycophancy.
Until one day, Shang Qi suddenly appeared and started causing him trouble.
He vaguely knew why Shang Qi was targeting him, because Lin Yili had confessed his feelings to him both openly and secretly.
Therefore, ever since Shang Qi appeared, he has deliberately kept his distance from Lin Yili.
Later, Shang Qi got together with Lin Yili and even invited all the students in the club to a dinner party. Ling Shuangjiang was gradually excluded by the other students in the club. Only one student named Ai Li was always friendly to him and cooperated with him to complete club tasks.
In his sophomore year, Ling Shuangjiang was tidying up his canvases alone in the classroom when Lin Yili suddenly appeared behind him, hugged him, and confessed his feelings.
Lin Yili was probably drunk, as he talked a lot about his relationship with Shang Qi.
For example, Shang Qi is arrogant and domineering, doesn't know how to be considerate of others, and is very willful.
Ling Shuangjiang was terrified and pushed Lin Yili away before hurriedly leaving. Unexpectedly, this reached Shang Qi's ears, and from then on, Shang Qi began to retaliate against Ling Shuangjiang, saying many hurtful things.
Once, when Shang Qi made things difficult for him, Lin Yili was right there but didn't say a word, letting Shang Qi call him a mistress.
He went to look for evidence at the time, and even asked the teacher to retrieve the video footage from that classroom.
The teacher only reluctantly agreed because she liked him.
But when Ling Shuangjiang took out her phone to record the video, the teacher strongly stopped her.
The school rules are there; he can't cause the teacher to lose their job.
Lin Jiayi was with him at the time. After watching the video, they went straight to fight Shang Qi. But Shang Qi casually said that even if Lin Yili took the initiative, it was Ling Shuangjiang who seduced him first.
At this point, Ling Shuangjiang was no longer willing to dwell on the matter.
Because no matter how he tries to explain or what evidence he provides, no one will listen.
Shang Qi has a large network of connections in the art department and often provides social practice opportunities to students whose grades are not high enough, for which everyone is very grateful to him.
This continued until her junior year, when Ling Shuangjiang qualified for postgraduate studies and held a solo art exhibition. Before that, she also secured an internship at a top UK art salon.
At the time, his work style was abstract, exuding a gentle and healing quality. Therefore, in order to match it and create the perfect venue, he invited designer Atu to grant him authorization for an interior design.
Atu explicitly refused, so Ling Shuangjiang had no choice but to find an interior designer for the next art exhibition.
But during this time, his good friend Eli excitedly told him that, through personal connections, Atu had agreed to grant him the authorization.
Ling Shuangjiang was very happy at the time. After thanking Aili, she began to set up the venue.
But on the very day of the art exhibition, Atu brought reporters to disrupt the event, accusing him of copyright infringement.
Ling Shuangjiang was caught off guard and allowed Atu to smash his art exhibition to pieces.
He remembered clearly that Shang Qi and Lin Yili were following behind Atu.
After his postgraduate admission was revoked, he kept looking for evidence to defend himself and clarify the situation.
Given his abilities, very little evidence could be found.
A kind classmate told him that Atu appeared on the fourth floor of the teaching building where the exhibition was being set up on the weekend, accompanied by Shang Qi.
He followed the clues and decided to check the school's surveillance footage.
But this time, no matter how much he pleaded, the teacher dared not take the risk.
Although Lin Jiayi's uncle was the principal, no matter how much Lin Jiayi pleaded, his uncle was unwilling to get involved in the matter.