Chapter 279: Chapter 286: A Lifeti
Li Yifei had not expected such an accident to occur, but his reaction was quick enough, as he stretched out both arms and directly caught Su ngxin. Under the force of gravity, they both sank beneath the surface of the sea until he kicked his legs repeatedly and brought them both back up to the surface again.
"Hey, are you okay?" Li Yifei erged above the water and imdiately asked Su ngxin with urgency.
At this mont, Su ngxin was clinging tightly to Li Yifei’s neck, her entire body cradled in his arms, still shaken. After catching her breath, she complained reproachfully, "It’s all your fault, making
fall down like this."
Her tone and expression were clearly flirtatious, causing Li Yifei’s heart to flutter even more. Feeling even more vulnerable, he avoided eye contact with Su ngxin and said, "Be more careful this ti."
"What do you an ’careful’? It was because you didn’t support
from behind. This ti you’re not allowed to let go."
"Alright, alright, I won’t let go this ti."
The smartest thing about Su ngxin was that she knew how to give soone an out, and now she had not only provided Li Yifei with a way to save face but also gave him a very good reason to touch her.
However, when Li Yifei helped her climb over the reef and still seed reluctant to touch her unnecessarily, Su ngxin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Stop being so cautious. You already held , what part of
haven’t you touched already?"
Li Yifei gave an awkward smile and decisively let go of his inhibitions, first wrapping his arms around Su ngxin’s waist, lifting her so she could grab onto the reef, then embracing her lower legs, and finally letting her step onto his shoulders, smoothly helping her onto the top.
Once Su ngxin was steady on top, she said to Li Yifei, "You should rinse off too. Let’s head back early; I’ve been soaked all day, and I feel like my body is swollen."
After soaking in the seawater all day, Li Yifei’s robust body felt uncomfortable, let alone Su ngxin’s delicate skin. So he didn’t dawdle any longer, quickly washed up, wearing only his pants, and made himself presentable with whatever ans available.
By the ti he climbed onto the reef, Su ngxin was already dressed. The two walked along the sharp rocks toward the shore, both barefoot and finding it quite difficult to move.
Li Yifei hesitated for a mont, then offered, "I might as well carry you across."
Su ngxin nodded and leaned onto Li Yifei’s back, asking, "Can your feet handle it?"
"Don’t worry, I’ve got calluses on the soles of my feet. This kind of path isn’t a problem."
"Then I won’t be polite."
Carrying Su ngxin on his back, Li Yifei’s hands supported her thighs, and by now, such physical contact didn’t faze him at all.
Despite Li Yifei’s calluses, walking over the spiky reef still hurt. Once on the road, when he intended to put Su ngxin down, he discovered she had fallen asleep on his back.
Li Yifei found this situation both amusing and frustrating. That ti he went to protect Su ngxin, she had fallen asleep in such a dangerous situation on him, and now she had fallen asleep again. He wondered if his back was particularly similar to her bed at ho, or if this woman was naturally a heavy sleeper. However, considering the physical strain she faced throughout the day, it made sense that she was tired enough to sleep.
Li Yifei didn’t call out to Su ngxin. Instead, he walked along the coastal road. This place was quite isolated; although there was a road, no cars passed by at this ti, and he had to carry her for over half an hour before he found a coin-operated public phone booth, which was the dwelling he had seen from the sea.
The presence of a phone booth made things easier, sparing him from having to explain the situation to anyone. Li Yifei still had his wallet, thankfully along with a few coins, which often proved useful, despite how unnecessary it might seem to carry money around.
At this ti, there were a few people who could co to pick him up, but not many knew about Su ngxin. Hence, Li Yifei decided to call Xu Yingying.
"Hello!" It took a while for Xu Yingying to answer the call.
"It’s Li Yifei. I’m in a bit of a situation and need your help."
"What’s wrong?" Xu Yingying’s voice instantly rose, clearly filled with concern.
Li Yifei truly felt a warmth inside; no matter how much he resisted accepting Xu Yingying’s feelings, her concern managed to bridge the gap between them. He smiled and replied, "Nothing serious, just that where I am there’s no transportation. I need to trouble you to co pick
up."
"Tell
where you are, and I’ll co to get you imdiately."
"Okay!" Li Yifei looked at the phone booth, which conveniently had an address, and he gave her the location.
"It’ll take about half an hour for
to get there. Don’t wander off, or I might not find you."
"I got it. I’ll wait right here at the phone booth for you."
After hanging up, Li Yifei turned to look at Su ngxin, who was peacefully sleeping on his shoulder, showing no signs of waking up.
Li Yifei just couldn’t bring himself to wake her and decided to stand there, carrying her for a full half-hour until Xu Yingying’s car arrived.
As soon as the car stopped, the passenger door was pushed open first, and Xu Shanshan rushed out like the wind, urgently asking, "Brother-in-law, what’s wrong with you?"
Li Yifei knew Xu Shanshan would definitely follow, so he didn’t bother telling Xu Yingying to leave her behind, because Xu Shanshan wouldn’t miss it for the world. He chuckled lightly and said, "I and she fell into the sea accidentally."
"Fell into the sea... Who is she?" Xu Shanshan, seeing that Li Yifei was alright, just a bit disheveled, imdiately shifted her attention to Su ngxin.
Before Li Yifei could answer, Xu Yingying hurried over and asked, "How is Chairman Su?"
Li Yifei smiled and said, "She’s fine, just exhausted and asleep."
Xu Yingying breathed a sigh of relief and urged, "Then let’s get in the car quickly."
Carrying Su ngxin, Li Yifei got into the back of the car, settled her in, and even though Su ngxin didn’t wake up, her body slipped and she ended up lying on Li Yifei’s legs, letting out a soft hum. Then she wrapped her arms around Li Yifei’s waist and continued to sleep soundly.
Both Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan also got into the car, turning their heads to look at them with equally strange expressions on their faces.
Li Yifei hurriedly explained, "Don’t get the wrong idea, she’s just too tired, we’re totally innocent."
Xu Shanshan laughed out loud and said, "Brother-in-law, the fact that you’re explaining it to us ans you really care about our opinions."
Xu Yingying gave her sister a glare and said, "He doesn’t care about us, he cares about , please be clear about that."
Xu Shanshan giggled and said, "Whether he cares about you, or , or both of us, huh?"
Seeing that the sisters were about to bicker again, Li Yifei quickly interjected, "Let’s just hurry and get back, I’m also dead tired."
Xu Yingying imdiately turned her head to start the car, while Xu Shanshan curiously asked about their experience. Li Yifei roughly narrated to Xu Shanshan the day’s events, which made her emotions ebb and flow with the story. When he got to the part where Song Ziqiao hit them with the speedboat, Xu Shanshan was so angry she stared wide-eyed, cursing Ziqiao nonstop. But when Li Yifei ntioned that he had punctured their boat’s fuel tank, stranding them at sea, Xu Shanshan said Li Yifei was too kind and should have punctured their boat even more, leaving them adrift on the sea.
Upon hearing that Li Yifei and Su ngxin swam back from such a distance, Xu Shanshan’s face was full of envy, and she pouted, "That’s really romantic, brother-in-law, when will you take
for a swim too?"
Li Yifei gave Xu Shanshan a look and said, "I almost died from exhaustion this ti, and you want another go? I’d rather live a couple more years."
"Then let’s swim less, maybe just a hundred or eighty miles."
Li Yifei nearly choked on his own spit, and Xu Shanshan imdiately burst into joyful laughter.
The car was filled with laughter and chatter, and Su ngxin didn’t wake up, sleeping deeply the entire ti.
"Yifei, where shall we go now?" Xu Yingying asked.
"Let’s go to my place," Li Yifei replied without hesitation.
"To your ho? You’re bringing her ho?" Xu Shanshan imdiately exclaid in shock.
"She’s my neighbor."
"Ah, she’s actually your neighbor?" Xu Shanshan glanced at the lying Su ngxin and couldn’t shake the feeling that there was so sort of plot afoot.
Under Li Yifei’s direction, Xu Yingying drove to the entrance of Li Yifei’s residential area. Carrying Su ngxin, with Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan, the twin sisters, following close behind, they reached the door of Li Yifei’s house. Li Yifei had expected Su ngxin’s bodyguards to show up, but not one appeared, so he had no choice but to carry Su ngxin into his ho. They would wait for her to wake up before sending her back.
Xu Yingying helped Li Yifei place Su ngxin onto the bed in his bedroom, then the two of them stepped out.
anwhile, Xu Shanshan curiously inspected Li Yifei’s ho as it was her first ti there, eager to see where her admired brother-in-law lived.
"You guys sit down, I’m going to change," Li Yifei said, grabbing so clothes on his way out from the bedroom. After greeting the two, he entered the bathroom.
Wearing a pair of boxers and a tank top, Li Yifei ca out to find Xu Yingying and Xu Shanshan seated on the sofa. He handed them drinks and gulped down a bottle of ice-cold mineral water himself.
"Brother-in-law, your place is quite nice, not big, but very tidy. Do you clean up yourself usually?"
Li Yifei took a seat on the sofa, smiled, and said, "At your house, I have to clean up too, so of course, I can’t just leave my own house a ss."
"Hehe, I thought you were just pretending in front of , turns out you really have such a habit. Brother-in-law, you’re truly great, not many n clean their rooms these days."
Li Yifei broke into a sweat. It seed in Xu Shanshan’s eyes, his small virtues were magnified infinitely, turning a simple task like cleaning a room into a grand feat.
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