Chapter 1433: Chapter 822: Weak in the Knees from Flirting, Third Brother Caught Red-Handed? (Part 2)
"..."
"Are you still in contact with your senior?" the mother continued to ask.
Lin Luyou quickly finished drinking the soup in the bowl, immediately got up to wash the dishes in the kitchen, "Mom, you should go rest."
"You child..." Her mother saw her deliberately avoiding the question, a bit helpless.
"Since it’s all in the past, what’s there that can’t be mentioned? You clearly still care about him. If you can’t forget your senior, yet you’re in a relationship with someone else, that’s not good. Do you understand what I mean?"
"It’s also unfair to the other boy."
...
Lin Luyou was about to cry. If this conversation continued, how would she still have the face to see Jiang Shiyi?
Such words were usually discussed at home, with the door closed, it naturally didn’t matter, but today was different...
"I’ll go to sleep, you should rest early as well." After saying this, her mother returned to her room, while Lin Luyou, suffering from a headache, spent seven or eight minutes washing a dish, dawdled as she washed her hands, poured Jiang Shiyi a glass of water, and then reluctantly returned to her room.
**
The bedroom was dimly lit, Jiang Shiyi stood by the window with his sleeves half rolled up. Despite having drunk earlier, appearing somewhat disheveled, he did not lose his elegant demeanor.
The window was half open, letting in a cool breeze, there was still the scent of alcohol on him, which, carried by the breeze, spread throughout the bedroom.
"Senior..." Lin Luyou’s voice was very low, the soundproofing was poor, and she was afraid of being overheard by her parents, "Drink some water."
Jiang Shiyi nodded, took the water from her hand, and sipped it.
"Well..." Lin Luyou glanced at the clock on the table, it was nearly midnight, "Wait until my parents fall asleep before you leave."
Jiang Shiyi didn’t respond, lowered his gaze to look at her, making Lin Luyou feel deeply embarrassed.
The conversation with the mother earlier, he certainly heard it all.
Simply life-threatening—
"Just now, the things my parents said, don’t take them seriously, actually they just..." Lin Luyou didn’t know how to explain, she was truly on the brink of madness.
"Did you burn yourself?" Jiang Shiyi suddenly put down the cup and walked to her.
"Hmm?" Lin Luyou was very confused, too much had happened that night, while she was still thinking about how to explain her mother’s words to him, his question caught her by surprise.
"Did you burn yourself with the soup earlier?" Jiang Shiyi suddenly bent down, aligning his vision with hers, his gaze seeming to carry a warm breeze from above...
From her brows to her nose and then landing on the corner of her mouth.
She had drunk the soup rather hastily earlier, and indeed burned herself a bit, her lips were a bit swollen, appearing more tender and rosy than usual.
"Seems like you really got burned..." Jiang Shiyi examined her closely.
Lin Luyou was completely confused by his gaze, feeling as if her heart was being clawed at, he was close, and the mixed scent of hot alcohol blew directly towards her...
The smell of alcohol was slightly dizzying, she instinctively held her breath and pressed her lips together.
This simple act of pressing her lips together made Jiang Shiyi’s throat feel on fire, he turned his head and kissed her lips heavily.
Lin Luyou staggered back a step, her waist being hugged by him, she was pressed against him.
...
Though it was already summer, the wind was cool. Yet when it blew against them, it was inexplicably scorching.
Their ragged breaths entwined, especially with his high temperature, while Lin Luyou knew her parents were in the next room, which made her overly nervous, causing her blood flow to nearly explode, heating up till it seemed to burn them both clean.
Initially, Lin Luyou was shocked and panicked, his kiss was too fervent!
Most people who know him, couldn’t imagine that a man who appears unambitious and indifferent, even sharply tongue-tied making people keep their distance...
Would express an unusual enthusiasm for certain things.
Anyway, Lin Luyou had experienced this man’s seductive words and actions, and even so, her calves were weak to the point of being unable to stand.
Until she couldn’t bear it anymore and groaned twice, Jiang Shiyi finally let go of her.
Yet he didn’t completely stop, their lips remained in vague contact.
The desire in his eyes had not faded, transformed into a deeper darkness, his gaze was burning, fixated on her, "When you participated in the operation last night, were you feeling unwell?"
Lin Luyou didn’t deny it, "With so many people in one car, it felt stuffy, maybe a bit of car sickness."
"How about now?"
"It’s already fine."
Jiang Shiyi smiled and ruffled her hair, yet he didn’t bring up her parents’ comments at all.
Jiang Shiyi, being clever and calculating, knew exactly when to speak and act, some things were best understood within each other’s hearts, without needing to clarify immediately.
...
Lin Luyou planned to wait until her parents fell asleep to see him off, in the bedroom they didn’t do anything else, Jiang Shiyi was bent over playing with his phone, while Lin Luyou listened intently for movements from the next room.
Time passed to one in the morning, she was about to send Jiang Shiyi off when noises came from the room next door.
Turns out her dad was vomiting.
"Let me check." Lin Luyou quickly got out of bed.
Jiang Shiyi stayed in the bedroom, listening to the commotion outside, it seemed the vomit had accidentally smeared the sheets, the mother and daughter busied themselves for half the night, and by then it was already past two in the morning.
When Lin Luyou returned, Jiang Shiyi had already fallen asleep at her desk.
It was too late, knowing that he had drunk quite a bit and seemed more exhausted than usual, she couldn’t bear to wake him, thinking she would call him early the next morning.
She took a light blanket and draped it over him, then leaned against the headboard, setting an alarm for five a.m.
Having slept for long, she wasn’t very sleepy, played with her phone, half-conscious as she fell asleep, the phone alarm didn’t wake her, but startled Jiang Shiyi awake instead...
He walked to the bedside, turned off the phone.
With summer’s long days and short nights, the sky was already dimly lit, downstairs the neighborhood cleaners were already disposing of garbage, sweeping the roads, Jiang Shiyi tucked her in and left her a note, ready to leave.
**
At this time, few were up, the Lin Family was also silent, Jiang Shiyi quietly stepped out, closing Lin Luyou’s bedroom door.
Passing the entryway, he glanced down at the shoes placed there.
Perhaps it was his OCD acting up, he arranged them before leaving.
Very carefully, he opened the Lin Family’s security door.
The Lin Family’s house was old, and the security door was somewhat worn out, opening and closing it always caused piercing metal grinding noises, so he pushed it open gently, trying to keep the noise down.
He opened a slit enough for him to exit and squeezed through.
It was Jiang Shiyi’s first time doing such a thing, inexplicably nervous.
Once outside, he breathed a sigh of relief, but knowing that closing the security door would be noisy, he decided to just shut it as quickly as possible, thinking even if her parents were awoken by the sound, he wouldn’t be there, so it wouldn’t matter.
He took a deep breath, "Bang—" slamming the door shut, then turned to go downstairs...
After walking a few steps, he saw a familiar face on the other set of stairs.
Lin Luyou’s father, holding soy milk and fried dough sticks, was standing there, staring up at him.
Having drunk the previous night, bloodshot eyes added to his intimidating look.
For a moment, no one spoke, the atmosphere became extremely tense.
Outside, the sound of cleaners sweeping the streets, the broom scraping against the ground came intermittently—
With each sound as if it scraped against Jiang Shiyi’s heart.
