My Clingy Fiancée Is Forcing Me to Marry Her Again - Chapter 51.1

From Guan Xiaoyu’s mischievous look, Li Fangge largely guessed her bold plan, but she merely smiled and said, “Quickly let big sister see if your plan is really bold?”

She couldn’t interfere with her cousin’s affairs even if she wanted to. They were all adults, and adults should manage their own feelings. Therefore, the moment she saw Guan Xiaoyan chase her out, although startled, she didn’t try to stop her. Besides, who listens to advice when it comes to feelings?

Now, she just wanted to dote on Guan Xiaoyu.

“Why doesn’t Big Sister Li guess? There’s a prize for the correct guess!” Guan Xiaoyu smiled, looking like a happy white flower swaying in the wind.

Just then, Xiao You came in to clear the dining room.

Li Fangge and Guan Xiaoyu were interrupted. They thanked Xiao You for preparing dinner and complimented her cooking, then stood up and left the dining room, holding hands and lingering.

There were many people for dinner today, and Chen Qiaoyi also came to the dining room to help clean up.

“Sister Yi, are Miss Li and Miss Guan planning to get married?”

Chen Qiaoyi handed the chopsticks to Xiao You. “Miss Guan has already moved in, why ask the obvious?”

“This development is something I didn’t expect, and while I am happy to see the current situation, I’m genuinely worried that they will—”

“Why?” Chen Qiaoyi interrupted Xiao You.

“I know Miss Li’s looks are impeccable, but her and Miss Guan’s genetic compatibility isn’t—” Xiao You subconsciously lowered her voice. “Even if they’re in love, it’s very difficult to force it. Isn’t that, right?”

“Miss Hege has many things more precious than her looks. Whether they are happy or struggling together is only for them to say.”

“But isn’t it obvious? If I were Miss Guan—”

Chen Qiaoyi looked at Xiao You, wanting to tell her not to worry about nothing, but stopped. “Get back to work, finish up and get off early.”

Like Xiao You, she was also secretly worried that Miss Hege would ultimately disappoint Miss Guan. Dating can rely on passion, but marriage is far from that simple. Once they get close, Miss Hege’s darker side will inevitably be quickly and thoroughly exposed to Miss Guan…

Leaving the dining room, Li Fangge said she was going upstairs to unpack, but Guan Xiaoyu pulled her out of the house.

It was already completely dark. Guan Xiaoyu walked down the steps first, looking around. The two cars that drove in during the evening were nowhere to be seen.

Confirming that her two sisters had left, Guan Xiaoyu turned around and looked at Li Fangge without a word.

“Worried about your sister?” Li Fangge stood in the middle of the steps, looking down at her fiancée.

The cool night wind ruffled her fine, soft hair. Under the lights, her neck was long and slender, looking as if a light squeeze would break it.

Guan Xiaoyu nodded, then shook her head. “My sister is very conflicted—”

“My sister is also very conflicted.” Li Fangge descended the steps. She naturally took Guan Xiaoyu’s hand and walked into the night.

They stepped onto the lawn, their footsteps making a light swishing sound. Then they walked through a flower garden with eustoma and zinnia, and arrived at the edge of a pond planted with aquatic iris.

The light and shadow intertwined, the plants were faint and indistinct, and cool breezes blew in waves, making the trees sway and the shadows shift.

The two slowed their pace. Li Fangge casually swung their joined hands.

“Big Sister Li, hurry up and guess—” Guan Xiaoyu brought the conversation back to the topic interrupted by Xiao You in the dining room.

“I prefer you to tell Big Sister directly.”

“I want Big Sister to guess—”

“You want to tattoo Big Sister’s name on—” Li Fangge stopped, released Guan Xiaoyu’s hand, and unexpectedly touched her lightly on the center of her back neck, like a dragonfly skimming the water. “Right here.”

Guan Xiaoyu had her hair tied in a bun, leaving her entire neck exposed. Tickled, she giggled and jumped away. After standing still, she tilted her head and said, “That sounds like a good idea!”

Li Fangge had only made a wild guess. She knew Guan Xiaoyu’s bold plan was definitely not this.

Since they were still in the heat cycle, her plans must all be related to sensual matters, but saying such things outright would inevitably be too dull.

Guan Xiaoyu’s voice was quickly swallowed by the night. The chirping of crickets, both near and far, became clearer.

Li Fangge played along with her words. “First, let’s agree, don’t drag Big Sister into it!”

She knew she was past the age for doing things like “tattooing a lover’s name on her body.”

Such impulsive acts were not suitable for her.

“Why not?!” Guan Xiaoyu held onto her point.

Li Fangge suddenly felt she had dug a hole for herself.

Yes, a tattoo by just one person was meaningless; it would signify and expose a deviation and imbalance in their relationship.

“Big Sister is afraid of pain, she can’t endure such things.” Li Fangge dismissed it with a random excuse.

“Oh, no wonder Big Sister Li pulls away so quickly when we kiss.” Guan Xiaoyu looked suddenly enlightened, yet also seemed to be teasing.

“It really hurts!” Li Fangge emphasized.

Recalling the last time they crossed the line in oblivion, Li Fangge still felt lingering fear. She thought that no one could tolerate the pain of pheromone conflict during intimacy: it felt like needles, like fire, like an electric shock. In that moment, the sensation in every single cell of her body was one of deadly pain, a pain that forced her to forget any desire.

“If Big Sister Li is so afraid of pain, I would rather—”

Li Fangge took a step forward and abruptly blocked Guan Xiaoyu’s mouth. She knew what she wanted to say.

As if closing or removing a scent gland was easy for her, yet they both knew what that meant.

“Continue with your bold plan.”

Guan Xiaoyu struggled free from Li Fangge’s hand. “Forget it, Big Sister Li only makes wild guesses.”

She had indeed noticed her perfunctory attitude.

In fact, both of them know perfectly well. Firstly, Guan Xiaoyu was in her heat cycle, and what one desires during a heat cycle is obvious to everyone. Secondly, her move to Li Fangge’s house meant a further step in their relationship and approval from both sets of parents. Even if their pheromones remained highly disparate, and even if Guan Xiaoyu’s motives were not absolutely pure, regardless of the final outcome, their marriage was a certainty, sooner or later. Furthermore, for two people who had already understood their feelings and opened their hearts, the first night of living together wouldn’t be spent doing something they could do anytime, like tattooing the other’s name on themselves, but rather—

In this very moment, they only wanted to explore each other, to see every part of the other clearly, to give everything they could, and to put all their curiosity into practice.

“—Let’s go back.”

Li Fangge felt no shame in being exposed, because she had a legitimate reason to evade. She knew Guan Xiaoyu would understand her.

It was understandable to retract at any moment; after all, they could still do things that wouldn’t cause pain, couldn’t they?

Unexpectedly, Guan Xiaoyu did not enthusiastically respond to her suggestion. “Big Sister Li, let’s walk over that wooden bridge.”

“There’s no moon tonight.”

After saying that, Li Fangge subconsciously looked up, scanning the sky above. The pitch-black night sky only had faint starlight.

Looking down, she remembered Guan Xiaoyu saying that night, “It’s clearly the same moon, but when I look at it with Big Sister Li, the moon looks more beautiful.”

Guan Xiaoyu continued, “As long as I’m with Big Sister Li, what does it matter if there’s a moon or not? For me, the most important thing is always having Big Sister by my side. One could even say, Big Sister is my moon.”

“You really are—”

Li Fangge felt that Guan Xiaoyu’s deep affection was always effortless, like an instinct.

Could love truly be so natural? Guan Xiaoyu said it with such matter-of-factness that it was unsettling.

These were the simplest words, yet they conveyed a deep, heavy emotion, allowing Li Fangge to glimpse, time and again, how deeply Guan Xiaoyu loved her, so deeply that it made her feel guilty.

“Really what?”

“Direct.”

“Does Big Sister Li not like my directness?”

“That’s not what I mean.”

“Does Big Sister Li like my directness?”

“Y-yes, I do.”

Li Fangge felt embarrassed.

In front of Guan Xiaoyu, she often had the illusion that she was someone who didn’t know how to love at all.

Even though she was older, she was completely unfamiliar with the act of loving. Faced with Guan Xiaoyu’s favor, she often felt at a loss for how to accept it. At this moment, she didn’t know how to deal with this helplessness. For her, being loved was sometimes harder than giving love.

Especially in this rapidly developing relationship, she didn’t know how to properly accept or how to give her a response, which made her feel helpless, uneasy, and guilty.

Originally, this should be an instinctual thing, requiring no such careful consideration.

But for Li Fangge, who preferred giving and devoting, she understood very well the state of mind when one pours out everything and holds nothing back for another. No one is a saint; it’s a very common human psychology to hope for the same response in return.

“Big Sister Li, why are you stuttering?”

Guan Xiaoyu asked with a laugh. Her tone held no mockery, but was full of teasing.

Teased so openly, Li Fangge’s face involuntarily heated up. Fortunately, the night hid her awkwardness. “I can’t quite handle it.” Finally, she simply confessed.

“So, Big Sister still doesn’t like my directness enough, huh?” Guan Xiaoyu smoothly changed her tone.

Li Fangge knew her slightly disappointed voice wasn’t genuine.

“Are you asking Big Sister to prove it?” She lightly poked Guan Xiaoyu’s waist unexpectedly.

Guan Xiaoyu was very ticklish. She let out a cat-like cry and jumped to the other side, chastising, “Big Sister Li is so naughty!”