After Setting Me Up With My Ex, The Aloof Alpha Regrets It - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: My fingertips Were Gently Held in Her Mouth.

Shi Li used a little force on her hand, pulling Zhu Yunqi up from the ground.

Perhaps it was due to being drunk, but Zhu Yunqi’s center of gravity was a bit unstable, and she stumbled forward.

She was also tall, and Shi Li almost thought she was going to be pushed down. She held Zhu Yunqi’s hand with one hand and subconsciously put up the other hand to block her.

The moment she raised her hand to block, she realized Zhu Yunqi was about to fall, so her hand that was pushed out moved downward and supported Zhu Yunqi’s waist.

Zhu Yunqi’s clothes were made of excellent material, and Shi Li instantly felt the body heat quickly transmitted through the fabric.

The waist under her palm was thin and firm. As she pressed, the fabric changed shape along with Zhu Yunqi’s body, outlining a soft waistline. The skin was soft, and the muscles beneath the skin were firm and a bit hard.

Shi Li rarely touched other people’s bodies, and this was the first time she had experienced such a magical touch.

At the same time, Zhu Yunqi bit her lower lip tightly.

She desperately wanted to get closer, but the remaining logic told her not to cross the line.

Zhu Yunqi’s center of gravity moved backward, and she barely managed to stand up straight.

Shi Li let go of Zhu Yunqi’s hand and waist.

Shi Li cleared her throat, a little unnaturally. “Follow me to the hotel.”

Zhu Yunqi answered with a very low, soft “Okay.”

She was half a step behind Shi Li, like a puppy being walked by its owner, following Shi Li step by step. When Shi Li took a step, she followed. When Shi Li stopped, she immediately stopped too.

As they passed a streetlamp, Zhu Yunqi saw their shadows on the ground. They shortened as they got closer to the streetlamp. After they passed it, the shadow behind them moved in front of them and became very, very long. When they walked toward the next streetlamp, the shadows became short again and moved from in front to behind…

She would turn her head from time to time to see where the shadows were.

Shi Li saw her turning back so often and thought she was being followed. “Zhu Yunqi, what are you looking at?”

“The shadows,” Zhu Yunqi pointed to the ground. “Our shadows.”

Shi Li: …

Drunk Zhu Yunqi seemed to have a different kind of cuteness.

Because Shi Li’s rented apartment was near a commercial area, there were hotels just a few steps away.

Considering Zhu Yunqi’s status, Shi Li chose the highest-grade hotel. Before they even entered the door, a hotel staff member warmly greeted them. Seeing that they were an Alpha and an Omega, and that it was late at night, the lady at the front desk asked, “What type of room would the two of you like? We have king-size rooms and couple suites.”

“An executive suite,” Shi Li booked the most expensive one. When she paid, she felt a pang in her wallet, seeing the six-figure room rate. On second thought, her wallet didn’t need to feel the pain now. Besides, it was being spent on Zhu Yunqi, so she immediately felt that the money was well spent.

The main reason was that she was worried Zhu Yunqi hadn’t stayed in a bad hotel and wouldn’t be comfortable sleeping there.

After paying for the room, Shi Li went back to get Zhu Yunqi. When she was booking the room, she had asked Zhu Yunqi to sit on a nearby leather sofa chair. Zhu Yunqi sat there like a child waiting for her parents to pick her up at school. She sat up straight, her eyes fixed on Shi Li. When Shi Li walked closer, she looked up at her from below.

Seeing that she had no intention of getting up, Shi Li gave her a command like she was entering it into a robot. “Get up.”

Zhu Yunqi obediently stood up.

Shi Li then said, “Follow me.”

Zhu Yunqi immediately followed her to the room.

The executive suite was more than twice the size of Shi Li’s rented apartment. It had a balcony, a tea room, a living room, a walk-in closet… everything you could ask for. It even had a holographic projection room and a small pool. Shi Li had planned to leave as soon as she dropped Zhu Yunqi off at the hotel, but seeing Zhu Yunqi’s dazed state, she sighed, deciding to stay until she fell asleep. Zhu Yunqi had followed her inside and didn’t even know how to sit down without being told.

Shi Li pointed to the sofa in the living room. “Zhu Yunqi, go sit over there.”

After seeing Zhu Yunqi go and sit down, she went to the bedroom to check the blankets and pillows, making them soft and comfortable. Then she brought out a pair of cotton slippers and placed them by Zhu Yunqi’s feet. Shi Li had specifically checked if it was okay to take a bath after drinking. The star network doctor’s answer was that it was not advisable to take a bath after drinking alcohol. That was perfect. She didn’t have to bathe Zhu Yunqi. It would be the same if she woke up and bathed herself tomorrow.

After doing all this, Shi Li found that Zhu Yunqi hadn’t drunk the water she had given her. It was still in Zhu Yunqi’s hand, and the cap hadn’t been twisted open.

“Zhu Yunqi, drink some water.”

Zhu Yunqi looked at her, blinking a few times, as if she was thinking about the meaning of the command. Then she twisted open the cap and started drinking, a constant gurgle coming from her throat. Her eyes, however, were still glued to Shi Li.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the water in the bottle was gone, and Zhu Yunqi looked like she was going to drink it all. Shi Li realized belatedly that she had only given the “command” to “drink water,” so Zhu Yunqi was drinking it continuously.

“Wait, Zhu Yunqi, you can stop drinking when you’re not thirsty anymore.”

Hearing this, Zhu Yunqi immediately stopped. She held the cap with one hand and the bottle with the other. A transparent water droplet was on the corner of her mouth, about to fall off, and she let out a small watery burp. She had drunk too much water again.

The light gathered at the corners of her eyes, forming a melancholic lake, reflecting the crystal chandelier on the ceiling. Countless light cones pierced the hazy gray, like shooting stars falling into a foggy sea.

Because of the height difference between standing and sitting, Zhu Yunqi had looked up at her many times tonight. The skin on her jaw stretched, making her features even more defined, with her skin tightly against the bone. At the same time, her exposed neck gave the S+ Alpha a kind of vulnerable, sacrificial quality.

Her hair was uncharacteristically down, and the wind had messed it up on the way here, making Zhu Yunqi’s face look particularly small and delicate. Her hair covered her ears, and a few strands even naughtily ran into her collar. Her lips were red and slightly parted, revealing a little bit of her pearly white teeth, as if she was craving something. The alcohol made the skin under Zhu Yunqi’s eyes red, like the trendy under-eye blush, making her look a little tipsy and hazy.

She looked like a perfect, discarded BJD doll, untouchable, yet so broken that it made people’s hearts tremble.

Shi Li couldn’t find the words to describe Zhu Yunqi at that moment.

Under that wet and focused gaze, she felt at a loss.

Shi Li pinched the palm of her hand with her fingertips, stopping her mind from wandering. Then, she pulled out a tissue and leaned down to wipe the water droplet from the corner of Zhu Yunqi’s lips. In this scene, the position of that water droplet was too much. Especially when paired with Zhu Yunqi’s expression.

Shi Li composed herself.

“Zhu Yunqi, do you want to brush your teeth and wash your face? If you don’t want to, then go to bed.”

Zhu Yunqi first nodded, then shook her head.

Shi Li understood what she meant: she wanted to wash up, but she didn’t want to sleep.

How could she not sleep after drinking alcohol?

Shi Li said, “There’s mouthwash in the bathroom. I’ve already opened it for you. Go and rinse your mouth now.”

Zhu Yunqi followed her instructions, went to the bathroom, found the mouthwash, and took a mouthful. After a while, she spit it out. Then, she followed Shi Li’s “commands” again, washing her face and feet. She then took off her shoes and sat on the bed in the bedroom, behaving like a little wooden puppet the whole time.

“Lie down.”

Zhu Yunqi obediently lay down, but when Shi Li told her to close her eyes, she refused to close them at all.

Her face was full of sleepiness, but she deliberately kept her eyes wide open, unwilling to sleep.

Shi Li remembered what Lan Yang had said about buying her hangover medicine. She asked, “Lan Yang bought you some hangover medicine. Do you have it with you?”

Zhu Yunqi slowly took out a strip of pills from her pocket. Shi Li brought a glass of water, took the medicine, popped one out, and handed it to Zhu Yunqi. “Take it, put it in your mouth, then take a sip of water and swallow it.”

Zhu Yunqi got up again and leaned forward. Shi Li thought she was coming to get the pill. She didn’t move her hand away.

Unexpectedly, the next second, her fingertips were gently held in her mouth.

Zhu Yunqi’s mouth was wet and warm. Her lips wrapped around Shi Li’s knuckles, her teeth bit down on the tip of her finger, and her tongue immediately slid over it.

When Zhu Yunqi got up, she was kneeling on the bed. Now, her hands were placed between her legs, her body leaning forward, her waist slightly tilted forward, her hands on the bedsheet, her head tilted up, holding the other person’s finger in her mouth. Her hazy eyes were filled with a layer of glistening tears. Her gaze was innocent and fervent, staring at Shi Li without blinking.

…like a snake waiting to mate.

Shi Li pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted.

The small white pill on Zhu Yunqi’s lower lip was rolled back into her mouth with her tongue.

Shi Li turned her back in a panic. The sticky sensation lingered on her fingertips.

With a difficult swallow, Shi Li retreated, all the way to the window. She clasped her hands, not knowing whether to wash them now or to pretend that nothing had just happened.

When she turned around, she found that Zhu Yunqi was still looking up at her. Her face was cold and expressionless, with only a hint of grievance in her teary eyes.

“Sorry… I just wanted to take the medicine…”

Right.

Shi Li nodded quickly.

Zhu Yunqi just wanted to take her medicine.

She was drunk. Everything tonight was unusually abnormal. Those actions just now were definitely not Zhu Yunqi’s intention.

It was said that when people were drunk, some of their animal instincts would emerge. Was biting not one of them? Zhu Yunqi must have opened her mouth to bite her for this reason.

Shi Li suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and smiled awkwardly. “It’s okay. Zhu Yunqi, why are you still looking at me?”

Zhu Yunqi said honestly, “You’re pretty.”

Shi Li was frozen in place as if she had been nailed down.

But Zhu Yunqi licked her lips after she said it, as if she felt she hadn’t been clear enough. She repeated again, “Because you’re pretty. Shi Li, you’re pretty.”

Shi Li couldn’t stay still anymore.

From the moment she appeared downstairs at her residential area, all of Zhu Yunqi’s actions tonight had been very strange.

Shi Li didn’t know how to describe what she was feeling. If Tang Yingchi had made the same move, she would have pushed her away in disgust, then furiously washed her hands in front of her, and laughed, calling Tang Yingchi a dog.

But Zhu Yunqi was different. Her subconscious reaction wasn’t to push Zhu Yunqi away, but to retreat.

Shi Li felt like her own brain was also drunk and messy.

She hugged the wall and walked to the bedroom door, keeping several meters away from Zhu Yunqi before she said in a flustered voice, “Um, I’m going back now. The hotel has a doctor. If you feel unwell, just tell the smart butler where you feel unwell. Take your medicine and get a good night’s sleep.”

Her bag and jacket were on the sofa in the living room. Shi Li walked over to get them and turned around, realizing that the bedroom door was still open. After a moment of hesitation, she braced herself and came back to close the bedroom door for Zhu Yunqi.

But she heard a kitten-like whimper coming from the bedroom.

“Don’t…”

“Marry Wen Yue…”

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