But when it came to their real kiss, this was considered the first. They kissed for a very long time but the two still didn’t match up because his kisses were all over the place, just like an eel darting around, going wherever it wanted to go. Slowly, she started to feel suffocated and she pushed him away.
Li Shaobin pressed his lips together and said, wanting more, “Ruan Yang, come over to my place to sleep tonight. Let’s sleep together.”
Ruan Yang: “…”
It was deadly silent in the car for a while. Li Shaobin could suddenly detect that her face was sinking more and more. After a long while, he heard her say, “What do you mean? Do you think I’m a promiscuous woman? It’s only the first day yet you want me to… sleep with you?”
Her tone suddenly turned cold. Li Shaobin realized that he had said the wrong thing in an instant. For the first time, he didn’t know what to do with his limbs. “Of… of course not, Ruan Yang, don’t misunderstand me. It’s just that… as we kissed, I suddenly had the urge…”
After he said that, he blushed too. He lowered his head silently. It seemed he was too direct. How embarrassing.
Ruan Yang also felt embarrassed. She glared at him, not knowing if she should be angrier or more embarrassed. “You… you’re going to make me think that you’re very perverted if you carry on like this, okay? I thought you never had a girlfriend before. You’ve already been abstinent for such a long time. Don’t tell me you also said things like this to the female cop when you were with her?”
“How’s that possible? I’m not such a promiscuous person.” Li Shaobin quickly shook his head. “When I was with her, we didn’t even hold hands, much less kiss. I’ve never had that thought with her. Actually, I haven’t felt excited for a very long time. Sometimes, I also feel that I’m becoming abnormal, but recently, ever since I fell for you, I started to get excited again…”
“…” Ruan Yang covered her ears. “Cut it out, just start driving. I want to go home.”
He was too direct. She couldn’t take it anymore.
“Oh.” Li Shaobin shut his mouth and started the car engine to leave the airport.
…
When they arrived at the Rong estate, Ruan Yang opened the door and was immediately greeted with a sense of familiarity.
Li Shaobin helped her bring her suitcase in and she said, “Alright, it’s late. You should go back earlier to rest.”
Li Shaobin blinked. Is she trying to chase me away?
But I don’t want to rush off so soon.
Hence, he said, “It’s only 10 now. You’ve slept for so long; wasn’t that enough?”
“10 is very late, okay? I still have to shower and by then, it’ll be almost 12.” Ruan Yang frowned and pointed at him, saying, “Don’t tell me you want to stay over and sleep with me.”
“No, I know that’s not possible.” Li Shaobin was very disappointed. “I just wanted to stay for a while more with you.”
“You can do that next time. Get going now.” Ruan Yang pushed him out.
“Then give me a kiss before I leave.” Li Shaobin turned his head back and pouted his lips. He looked pretty cute like that.
Ruan Yang’s face heated up. She lowered her head and gave him a peck on his lips.
When he felt her soft lips, Li Shaobin’s heart almost melted. He could finally understand why Yan Molun would rather be a bodyguard to stay by Jiang Duoyao’s side every day. True, with your beauty in your embrace, what was the big deal about being a bodyguard?
“Can you kiss me again?” he said, trying to push his luck.
“I can’t be bothered with you.” Ruan Yang slammed the door shut in his face.
Li Shaobin touched his lips with frustration before he went back to the Li Household.
…
After he parked his car, Li Shaobin walked in while humming a small tune. When Grandma Li saw that he had returned, she went over to welcome him with a grin, saying, “Shaobin, you’re back. Where have you gone to play these few days?”
“I went to a wonderful place. I’m not telling you.” Li Shaobin turned to the coffee table and picked up a pear.
Seeing how he was brimming with joy, she said, “You look like you’re in a good mood.”
Li Xiaoxia rolled his eyes. “He’s already so old but still without a girlfriend. What’s so good about that?”
In the past, Li Shaobin would’ve definitely been triggered, but this time, he smiled broadly and just as he wanted to say that he got Ruan Yang as his girlfriend to agitate Li Xiaoxia, he suddenly thought of the promise he made to Ruan Yang to not tell anyone for the time being, so he held back. “That’s true. I didn’t mature so early like you. You’re just a young punk but you’re already reading dirty novels.”
Li Xiaoxia’s fair face suddenly flushed red. “I said that was just a novel. I didn’t read all the dirty parts.”
“Who are you lying to? Those dirty parts were already crumpled from all the flipping.” Li Shaobin scoffed and told Shen Liu, “Sister-in-law, you’d better watch him in case he finds a girlfriend in school and makes you a grandma before he even goes to high school.”
Shen Liu’s face sank and she glared at Li Xiaoxia with embarrassment. “Go upstairs to sleep right now. Look at the time now, yet you’re still watching TV.”
Li Xiaoxia pouted his little mouth and glared at Li Shaobin before going upstairs.
Li Shaobin didn’t take that to heart and returned to his room while humming his little tune.
He Mingshan was bewildered. “I haven’t seen him so happy in ages.”
“Yeah, he looked as though the entire world was against him a while ago.” Grandma Li laughed secretly. “But all that matters is that he’s in a good mood. I’m just afraid that the female cop hurt him so badly that he wouldn’t dare to fall in love again.”
“I think he’s just callous. How could she really hurt him? You just worry too much,” Papa Li scoffed.
…
At night, Li Shaobin re-watched Ruan Yang’s movies. He wasn’t sick of them no matter how many times he watched them. After finishing the movies, he went to sleep sweetly and when he woke up the next morning, he began to choose his clothes. He stood in front of the mirror for a good half an hour and chose the black, down jacket that Ruan Yang chose for him last time with a white t-shirt inside and a pair of black jeans with a pair of white sneakers. He washed his hair and blew dry his hair suavely. Then, he picked a pair of black sunglasses before he went downstairs merrily.
“Aiyo, our Binbin is getting more and more handsome.” Grandma Li’s eyes lit up. “This outfit is really well put-together. You look just like a 20-year-old young lad.”
“Grandma, you have great taste.” Li Shaobin’s lips curled up. The servants served breakfast and he texted Ruan Yang while eating.
During breakfast, he kept glancing at his phone to see if she had replied.
He Mingshan was bewildered. Her son looked totally as though he was in love. “Son, are you waiting for a message?”
“No.” Li Shaobin thought for a while and said, “I’m waiting for Hu Zhi’s reply.”
“Son, actually, I feel that sometimes, you can get a woman to perform roles like your assistant, or secretary, or helper, right? There are a lot of female secretaries around now. Actually, sometimes, women are more meticulous than men,” He Mingshan said meaningfully.
“Why must I hire a woman? Women are so annoying and clumsy,” Li Shaobin replied while eating.
Upon hearing that, He Mingshan was anxious. How could her son find women annoying? “You don’t know that because you haven’t met a really good woman.”
“Mm…” Li Shaobin drank a mouthful of milk. “Right, did Zhao Zhu do anything after that?”
“Now that you mention this, Son, you’ve really broken my heart,” He Mingshan said. “You just continue to go out and play, stay in your villa, and stay out of all this, but the Xin Family has kept coming to make trouble with us, insisting that we give them an explanation. We ignored them so there was nothing they could do too, but recently, every time I go out to play mahjong, Wang Yuting is always very sarcastic and gives me the cold shoulder. That’s alright, but she even went around spreading bad things about me, making me lose all desire to go out to play mahjong.”
“It’s great that you’re not going out to play mahjong. You keep losing anyway,” Li Shaobin said lazily.
“You brat.” He Mingshan pulled his ear.
Li Shaobin dodged and said, “Your mahjong friends are all gossipmongers. The only thing they do is spread rumors. What’s so fun about that? Aye, I’m done eating. I’ll head off first. You can continue nagging with Grandma.”
“You brat…” He Mingshan chided his retreating back.
When Li Shaobin walked past the garden, he saw Charlotte following him, so he brought her along to Li Hall.
On the way, he finally couldn’t hold back and gave Ruan Yang a call. When he heard her lazy voice, he asked, “Ruan Yang, don’t tell me you just got up?”
“Yeah. I just woke up,” Ruan Yang said with a slightly husky voice.
“F*ck, Ruan Yang, are you a pig?”
“What did you say?” Her husky voice suddenly sank.
Li Shaobin shrank back and quickly changed the topic. “Then what time are we going on a date today?”
“A date with you?” She laughed softly. “Boxing or Judo?”
“That works too,” Li Shaobin said. “I can teach you.”
She scoffed. Can’t he tell I’m mocking him? “Sorry, I’m not interested in those things.”
“Then what do you want?” He pouted, aggrieved.
“I don’t want anything. I want to make some soup at home today.” She paused for a while and said, “Why don’t you drop by tonight for some soup?”
“But… the soup you make is too plain,” Li Shaobin stuttered.
“I’m sorry, the soup I make is like this. Even if you don’t want to drink it, you have to finish it.” After saying that, Ruan Yang hung up.
Li Shaobin was stunned. He looked at his phone. F*ck, how dare someone actually speak to him with such a tone but he couldn’t even feel angry. Instead, he felt pretty good. He felt a little sweet inside.
