After Cai Qiong finished laughing, she had a sudden realization. If this had happened before, she would never have reacted like that.
Have I changed, or did I just want to tease Wang Jian a bit?
Either way, Cai Qiong felt that sothing had been off with her recently, and the source of this strangeness was none other than Wang Jian. Naturally, no one perceived the peculiar feeling in her heart; disguising her emotions was her strong suit.
When Ren Yu and the others returned after tidying up, they brought back a piece of news: the student called Chairman Kang had also left. Early in the morning, when Ren Yu went to pack her things, Chairman Kang was waiting for her at the door. He said goodbye to Ren Yu and left with his luggage. Before leaving, he apologized, explaining that he’d never expected things to turn out this way and no longer had the face to stay.
Wang Jian had expected a classic face-slapping scene from a novel to unfold. He was surprised that the man was so sensible and left imdiately.
"He really left?" Wang Jian asked. "It’s not so kind of ploy to win sympathy, is it?"
"No, not at all," Ren Yu said, shaking her head. "When we got there, he was waiting at the door with his suitcase."
Xu Qian also chid in, "Because her family wasn’t ho, he waited an entire extra night. If Ren Yu hadn’t gone over this morning, who knows how much longer he would have waited."
Wang Jian then rembered what he’d heard in the Ren family’s courtyard the day before. It seed this Chairman Kang was a decent person after all.
Cai Qiong also showed a surprised expression and added, "Well, the man has so self-awareness then. Staying any longer would have been nothing but awkward."
"Exactly." Xu Qian suddenly pulled Ren Yu over. "Tell your big sis, what do you really feel about this senior?"
"..."
Ren Yu rolled her eyes and explained, "Sis, I really have no feelings for him. I already rejected him several tis back at school, but he just sticks like glue. I can’t shake him off."
"n!" Xu Qian laughed. "They’re all like that. They treasure you before they have you. You have to be more careful when you go back to school."
"Mm."
As the only man present, Wang Jian felt a bit embarrassed hearing Xu Qian’s words, and Ren Yu shot him a aningful glance. Seeing that the three won were starting to talk about won’s matters, Wang Jian simply hid in the kitchen to wash the dishes, staying far away from the drama.
Not long after breakfast, the three won finished clearing out the storage room, and Ren Yu officially moved in. These recent troubles had finally co to an end.
While they were busy, Wang Jian slipped out of the house. He had originally wanted to get so proper rest, as the power of the human pill had completely restored his body. Even the wound on his shoulder had fully healed. This rate of recovery frightened even him. So, he decided to follow his master’s advice: keep a low profile and pretend he hadn’t recovered yet by staying away from the clinic.
He idled at ho for several days. The three won seed to have beco the best of friends, making Wang Jian feel sowhat redundant. Finally, it was Ren Yu who suggested playing mahjong, and only then did the three of them rember there was still a man in the house. The four of them played mahjong all afternoon, a very pleasant way to pass the ti in the sumr heat.
「That night.」
Wang Jian was sleeping alone and had gone to bed very early. It was only three-thirty in the morning when a ssage woke him.
Seeing the chat notification bearing Li Liping’s na, Wang Jian’s eyebrows shot up instinctively. He hadn’t seen Li Liping in a while, and the sudden ssage instantly woke him.
Li Liping’s ssage was quite strange.
"Sothing feels... off with ."
Sothing’s off? Sending a ssage at this hour, past three in the morning, was definitely not normal.
Before Wang Jian could reply, Li Liping sent another one.
"I don’t feel well."
"Are you asleep?"
Seeing the words "I don’t feel well," Wang Jian sat up and frantically typed a reply, "Just woke up... What’s wrong?"
He then saw the chat window’s status change to "typing..." It continued for a long ti before a new ssage finally ca through.
"Can you co over?"
"Now?"
"Mm."
After seeing the affirmative response, Wang Jian sat in silence. The implication of Li Liping asking him to co over at this hour was crystal clear.
Ten minutes later, Wang Jian arrived at Li Liping’s doorstep. He had been especially quiet when he’d snuck out of the house monts before. He couldn’t help but feel guilty about going to see Li Liping at such an hour.
Upon reaching the house, just as he was about to knock, Li Liping opened the door from the inside. The next second, before Wang Jian could react, she pulled him inside. It was exactly like that one night before.
Bathed in the moonlight, Wang Jian could see clearly that Li Liping was wearing only a sheer, gauzy nightgown. The pre-dawn air had a pleasant coolness to it.
Li Liping already had a youthful appearance. Her petite fra, combined with her short hair, made Wang Jian montarily think he was seeing his first love—the woman who had left him with such vivid mories in Capital City. His relationship with his first love had also started around three in the morning, when he had walked from campus to her apartnt and called to wake her up.
This all felt like a replay, but Wang Jian didn’t lose himself in his mories. Instead, he simply found the moonlit Li Liping to be extraordinarily beautiful. He could sll the fragrance of her shower gel and the scent of conditioner or shampoo in her hair. Wang Jian had always loved the scent of a woman’s hair.
He didn’t resist her actions. With his current physical strength, he could have sent her flying with minimal effort. In the brief mont he was pulled through the door, Wang Jian had already subconsciously scanned Li Liping’s condition. Aside from noting how thin her clothes were, he could also see the state of her qi at a glance. Just as his master had said, he could now ascertain a person’s health without even needing to take their pulse.
Li Liping’s qi showed no signs of decline and was distributed evenly throughout her body, which ant she was very healthy. However, her qi was highly active, which was clearly related to her emotional state.
This ti, she didn’t pull him into the house; they stopped in the courtyard. The next mont, without a word, she crouched down just as she had before. They reenacted the scene from the room, only this ti in the courtyard.
As soon as she crouched and her hand found its hold, she noticed that Wang Jian was different tonight. Last ti, she had to actively arouse him, but this ti was nothing like that. Furthermore, the moon was bright tonight, unlike the pitch-black darkness of before.
Surprised by Wang Jian’s change, Li Liping paused for a second and looked up at him. Thanks to the moonlight, Wang Jian could clearly see the teasing expression on her face. He awkwardly averted his gaze, only to be drawn back by the warmth in the next second.
The sound of mingling saliva filled the moonlit courtyard, but it was faint amid the chirping of insects, likely audible only to the two people involved.
Li Liping didn’t stay crouched for long. After standing up, she turned around and lifted the hem of her nightgown. Wang Jian was startled. Only then did he notice that she was wearing nothing underneath.
...
In the dead of night, everyone in Paigou Village was asleep. The only exception was the Zhang family’s courtyard, where music was being played. The singer’s suppressed voice harmonized skillfully with the percussion, but this beautiful sound was an indulgence for only the two of them.
It continued for a long while. Even when the musician’s legs grew weak, the performance did not stop. Finally, the singer couldn’t bear it any longer and began to plead, begging the conductor behind her to end the rehearsal. Only then did the conductor quicken his tempo. Unseen by him, the singer rolled her eyes as her already weary body began to convulse.
Just as the conductor was about to put his baton away, the singer stopped him.
The music ended, and the courtyard fell silent for a long ti. Neither Wang Jian nor Li Liping spoke. After the performance, they both savored the quiet ti alone. It was only when Li Liping ca back to her senses that she moved.
"What’s wrong?"
Li Liping threw her arms around Wang Jian. From this gesture alone, he could tell she hadn’t been lying. She was indeed unwell—not physically, but emotionally. She didn’t answer his question, only hugged him tighter.
At that mont, Wang Jian subconsciously wanted to gently push her back a little, but he imdiately felt his chest grow damp. Was she... crying?
"Don’t move. Let hold you for a while."
At her words, Wang Jian ceased his movents and instead began to gently stroke her back.
"It’s okay, it’s okay."
"What’s the matter?"
Her quiet sobs made Wang Jian panic slightly, afraid that their recent "music" had caused this. When he spoke, he deliberately lowered his voice to make it sound gentler. This was the first ti he had ever encountered such a situation—crying imdiately after a mont of pleasure. Even a fool would know sothing was wrong.
Li Liping cried for a long ti, long enough to drench a large patch of his shirt. Wang Jian’s actions relaxed her; this rare gentleness undoubtedly gave her imnse strength. The tender atmosphere continued until she stopped sobbing. Even after she finished crying, she remained in his embrace for a while longer.
After releasing him, Li Liping said, "Thank you." She then brushed her hair back, found two stools, and had him sit down with her in the courtyard.
Wang Jian could tell she was reluctant to go back inside, as if the room held unpleasant mories.
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