Savage Kiss - Chapter 62

She glared at him. These were all her things, how could he even think of setting conditions?

“I’m taking everything!”

“No.” Shen Yanzhou remained expressionless.

He even pushed further, “In this room, you, the painting, and it, I’m already being generous by not making you choose just one to take out the door.”

Xu Qingyi was so angry she laughed instead.

Although he usually seemed a bit rough around the edges, this bandit logic of his was perfect for playing a brainless domineering CEO!

She grabbed her underwear and set down the painting.

After a moment’s thought, she picked up the painting again and tossed the other item aside, consoling herself: “Just a piece of ragged cloth.”

After leaving the lounge, Xu Qingyi had just reached the entrance of the repair shop when Shen Yanzhou suddenly called out to her.

“Didn’t you still need my help with something?”

Xu Qingyi replied, “It’s too late. Let’s do it another day. You can let me know after you’re done with your work, or just come find me directly.”

She thought it over and decided it would be simpler to just rent a large studio space specifically for her work.

Her current place, with the small partitioned room tidied up, was practically equivalent to a luxury two-bedroom apartment. She really didn’t want to give it up.

…

In the days Xu Qingyi waited for Shen Yanzhou to finish his work, she certainly didn’t idle around either.

The part-time job was going well, mainly focusing on the upgraded products this time.

Compared to the last batch, which had an extendable mechanism, this batch also had a mechanism, but it was replaced with a jet function.

It just happened to fall into her blind spot, she couldn’t determine any of the data parameters at all.

She set it aside for now.

President Ke mentioned that after making contact with Tianhua Group, there had been no follow-up. She wondered if someone had cut in line and asked her to check if the counters in the central mall had added any adult products.

Xu Qingyi drove into the city.

The central mall was huge, and searching every corner to see if there were any counters in that category was a physical challenge.

She started in the morning and barely finished by 2 p.m.

“Hello? President Ke.” Xu Qingyi sent a voice message while buying a drink from a vending machine. “Don’t worry, I haven’t seen any so far.”

The next second, President Ke directly sent her a red envelope with a note: Thanks for the hard work, treat yourself to something good!

She didn’t accept it, turned around, and left the mall to retrieve her car from the underground parking lot of the hotel across the street.

Xu Qingyi went around the back of the hotel, afraid someone might accuse her of hogging a parking spot.

But as soon as she got there, she heard a somewhat familiar voice.

She turned around to see Shen Yanzhou standing there.

Handsome.

That was her first reaction. He wasn’t dressed as casually as usual today, he wore a proper suit with a well-tailored overcoat and a matching lead-gray scarf.

He had already walked up to her. “Here to deliver a set to someone?”

There was a hint of teasing in his tone.

Xu Qingyi shot him a glare and lowered her voice, “I’m here to get my car. There was no parking outside, so I used the hotel’s underground parking!”

Shen Yanzhou chuckled. “It’s free to park here anyway. The hotel lobby even offers free hot drinks, and you can use the restroom for free too. Didn’t you know?”

How would Xu Qingyi know?

This kind of hotel was so upscale she’d never dared to set foot in it.

“I’m done with my work.” he suddenly said.

Xu Qingyi blinked, inwardly amused. Even if he was free, she couldn’t possibly drag him into doing that here.

Seeing him staring at her, she had no choice but to be direct: “What I need your help with can only be done in a room…”

“It’s not impossible outside, but-”

He seemed to understand, his Adam’s apple moving slightly.

That was his tell whenever he wanted to get close to her, Xu Qingyi knew it well.

Shen Yanzhou cleared his throat lightly.

He casually took off his own scarf and wrapped it around her bare neck.

Xu Qingyi was instantly enveloped in a faint fragrance and warmth, the scarf was soft against her skin and smelled wonderful.

Then she heard Shen Yanzhou come up with an excuse to visit her later: “Then I’ll come find you tonight to get the scarf back.”

Xu Qingyi: “…”

For a moment, she couldn’t resist, she stood on her tiptoes and gave him a light kiss.

Shen Yanzhou paused briefly before leaning down, cupping the back of her head and deepening the kiss.

In her dazed state, she heard him ask, “Want to try it here?”

Xu Qingyi snapped back to her senses almost immediately.

Her eyes clearly said: Are you insane?

This was out in the open.

Even though there really weren’t many people around the back of the hotel, she wasn’t that crazy.

Shen Yanzhou chuckled softly. “Of course, I meant inside. What were you thinking?”

Xu Qingyi eyed him suspiciously.

None of the colleagues she’d interacted with before had access to hotels of this caliber, and none of the people she knew could afford it anyway.

The question was: “Are we just going to book a room on a whim?”

Shen Yanzhou smirked. “A friend gave me a discount card. It’s not too expensive, just four figures.”

To be honest, Xu Qingyi was a little tempted.

In her lifetime, she might never get another chance to step into a hotel like this, to lie on such a luxurious bed.

Call her shallow if you want, but who doesn’t like nice things?

“Should we split the bill?” she asked.

Shen Yanzhou paused, not answering her. Instead, he kissed her again, then took her hand and started walking forward.

“Let’s go buy something first.” he said.

Xu Qingyi’s heart was still racing. “What else do we need to buy?”

Shen Yanzhou raised an eyebrow. “Or should we have someone deliver it?”

The moment he said that, Xu Qingyi immediately understood he was talking about condoms.

She tugged his hand. “Don’t hotels usually provide them?”

“Not the kind I use.”

“…”

She tugged his hand again. “Actually… we don’t have to buy any today.”

That was her main goal, after all.

At first, Shen Yanzhou didn’t react to her words. It took him two seconds before he slowly lowered his gaze to look at her.

For a man, something like this was like a golden ticket.

Xu Qingyi felt a little embarrassed and avoided his eyes.

Suddenly moved, he took a step back toward her, held her by the waist, and suppressed a surge of emotion. “Do you know what you’re saying?”

He lifted her face.

She pressed her lips together and replied softly, “Mm… I want to try it.”

Shen Yanzhou clearly wanted to ask her more, his eyes, his lips, the subtle movements of his throat all showed it.

But just then, unfortunately, Xu Qingyi’s phone rang urgently.

They both jumped in surprise.

She took out her phone, thinking it was President Ke looking for her again, but it turned out to be Mi Lian, who hadn’t played games with her in days.

“Hello?” She answered the WeChat call, her voice still a bit unsteady.

Standing in the distance, Mi Lian frowned the moment she heard Xu Qingyi answer the call, her fingers going numb.

Even though she had only seen that photo of Xu Qingyi dancing during a basketball game break, Mi Lian recognized her immediately.

She was really beautiful.

After following Shen Yanzhou for so long, Mi Lian hadn’t even managed to get his contact information.

She never expected to see Xu Qingyi with him today, kissing.

What was their relationship?

“Hello?” Xu Qingyi didn’t hear Mi Lian speak. “Can you hear me? Did you dial the wrong number?”

Mi Lian held the phone, blocking out the surrounding noise, pretending she had dialed the wrong number. She tapped her finger randomly on the screen a few times.

Then hung up.

Separated by a pane of glass and a street, Mi Lian’s mouth went dry as she watched the two people entwine in another kiss, only parting after what felt like an eternity.