Chapter 298: Chapter 295: The Loose Belt
Liang Yun saw that Zhang Hao wasn’t speaking, so she took it as his consent to stay at home.
Her face always adorned with a smile, "That’s right, I’m just thinking about your safety. Such an outstanding doctor like you—if anything were to happen, it would be such a pity."
The very same Liang Yun who was just complaining about chest tightness and shortness of breath was now perfectly fine and instructing the housemaid to tidy up the guest room.
It was a good thing Xiaohui wasn’t home today; otherwise, not returning for a whole night would have been hard to explain.
Even though she had managed to make Zhang Hao stay no matter what, what her cousin planned to do next was beyond Liang Yun’s control.
When she entered her cousin’s room, she saw Liang Xi wearing only a pair of white ladies’ panties.
Upon seeing this, Liang Yun quickly closed the door to prevent a third person from seeing.
"You’re really bold, aren’t you? Not closing the door even when changing clothes?"
"I did it on purpose. Doctor Zhang didn’t leave, right?"
Liang Xi was now most concerned about whether Zhang Hao stayed or left.
"He didn’t. I’ve already had Xiao Jing begin to tidy up the guest room. What do you plan to do next?"
As the older cousin, she felt entitled to know what her younger cousin was planning.
More importantly, it was her house. Good news might travel fast, but scandals absolutely couldn’t be spread outside.
"What else to do? Of course, it’s like a lamb entering the tiger’s mouth."
Liang Xi took out a lace panty from her suitcase that she had prepared for a long time.
Seeing her put it on, Liang Yun couldn’t help but take a few extra glances.
She couldn’t help but sigh, "Youth is indeed wonderful. Anything looks good on you. Not like me—I’m of a certain age; no matter what I wear, it looks like I’m a cucumber painted green trying to look fresh."
Liang Xi seemed to have anticipated her cousin’s comment.
She pulled out another set of the same design from the inner layer of her suitcase, and it was the right size too.
"Take it, take it."
Liang Yun refused with waving hands upon seeing this, "Why are you giving it to me? I won’t wear it."
Liang Xi raised her eyebrows, looking at her cousin with amusement.
Although the two of them didn’t grow up together, their thoughts were very similar.
"Really, you won’t wear it? If you’re not going to wear it, then what did all those things you just said mean? I bought yours a long time ago, wait until Mr. Zhang comes back and then try it."
In the beginning, Liang Yun was hesitant, but with her cousin’s insistence, she took the panty back to her room.
But such panties, if it were her, she would never buy them; they were too embarrassing.
Liang Xi changed into her underwear and took out a short robe from her suitcase to wear.
The belt was casually tied around her waist, and if one didn’t pay attention, it looked like it might come undone at any moment.
Wearing something so sexy underneath, and with the robe’s belt tied so carelessly,
it was hard not to suspect that she was doing it on purpose.
The guest room was on the first floor; with Xiao Jing’s speed, tidying up a guest room would take at least half an hour.
During this time, Zhang Hao would surely be in the living room.
Liang Xi deliberately dressed like this and went downstairs.
As expected, Zhang Hao was sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking down at his phone.
"Mr. Zhang seems quite relaxed," she said.
Zhang Hao suddenly looked up and saw it was Liang Xi. He quickly said to her, "I was just checking the weather for tonight."
"It doesn’t seem like it’s going to rain. Since it’s still early, I should probably head back."
Liang Xi couldn’t help herself when she heard Zhang Hao was thinking of leaving.
She stepped quickly in front of him, "Are you afraid of me, Mr. Zhang?"
"Why would you say that, Miss Liang?" Zhang Hao asked.
"If you’re not afraid of me, then why do you always want to leave?"
"I’m not a female demon, and you’re not Elder Tang. Eating my flesh won’t grant you immortality."
"Besides, my cousin is already resting. Do you really want me to wake her up to see you out?"
Zhang Hao naturally did not plan to pester Liang Yun any further.
Seeing that he couldn’t possibly leave tonight, he had no choice but to resign himself to his fate.
Liang Xi noticed he stayed silent and knew he would not bring up leaving again.
"I can’t sleep alone, why don’t we have a few drinks together? I brought that bottle of wine back."
Zhang Hao was very clear that this time he had fallen into a trap specially set by the Liang sisters.
Since he wasn’t leaving, he might as well settle in.
He also wanted to taste what a twenty thousand yuan bottle of red wine was like.
Liang Xi asked Xiao Jing to bring out that bottle of red wine.
When the bottle was placed in front of him,
Zhang Hao knew that this was not the same wine they had drunk during dinner that day.
The bottle from that time had already been opened, and even if it was preserved well afterward,
its taste would still diminish if not stored properly.
But this bottle in front of him showed no signs of being opened.
However, Zhang Hao did not ask further; if Liang Xi said it was that bottle, then it was that bottle.
Twenty thousand yuan to her was just a small amount.
"Mr. Zhang, you don’t seem very happy, do you miss home that much? Is it hard for you to get used to a strange place?"
Zhang Hao coughed twice to ease the discomfort in his heart.
"No, it’s not that, I’m just worried that I forgot to close the windows at home, and if it rains and water gets in, the floor would be soaked, which would be bad."
Although Liang Xi had lived like a widow for two years after separating from her ex-husband, she still had a knack for seducing men.
"Didn’t Mr. Zhang just say there would be no rain tonight? Why did you change your story now?"
"It seems that the weather forecast from the meteorological department isn’t very accurate. After all, Mr. Zhang, you’re still afraid of me, aren’t you?"
"Actually, you should just think of me as an ordinary woman whose marriage didn’t go well, and, in other respects, isn’t doing much better."
After speaking, Liang Xi opened that bottle of wine right in front of Zhang Hao.
"Last time Mr. Zhang left suddenly without tasting this bottle of wine."
"I felt a bit sorry for you, but luckily we have the chance to make up for it. This time you will definitely get to taste the deliciousness of this bottle of wine."
Zhang Hao feigned nonchalance as he took the wine glass handed to him by Liang Xi.
He placed the wine glass under his nose and gently sniffed.
The unique aroma of red wine immediately wafted out, and with a gentle swirl, he could even smell other scents.
"Indeed, it is a good bottle. If not for Miss Liang, I would likely have no chance to taste it."
Liang Xi began by sitting properly on the sofa.
But after chatting with Zhang Hao a bit more, her sitting posture became more unrestrained.
She playfully lifted her leg onto the couch and leaned back, supporting herself with one hand on the sofa back.
Her posture was languid, but what really captured the attention was the slightly open collar, revealing the enticing glimpse of white lace underwear.
"If Mr. Zhang likes drinking that much, why not finish the rest of it?"
Seeing such a large bottle, Zhang Hao was sure he couldn’t handle drinking it all by himself.
"I can’t hold my liquor, I’m afraid just one glass would knock me out, so please spare me."
Liang Xi couldn’t help but laugh: "For a grown man to say he ’can’t handle it’ is something, isn’t it?"
"I think Mr. Zhang is saying that on purpose to me. I’m giving you this bottle of wine,"
"Take it back and savor it with someone you care about. I don’t mind at all."
With a subtle movement from Liang Xi, her loosely tied belt came undone.
Then she leaned forward slightly, and without the belt to secure it,
the open neckline could no longer conceal the allure within.
