Restrained, endured, unbearable.
He wanted to do so many things, but he couldn't. He had to take it step by step.
"No," Jiang Xiao said. "So, what are you going to do?"
"Throw them away and buy new ones," Cheng Yuan replied.
"These are haute couture. Are you sure?"
"If you don't like them, keeping them is useless."
"You care about me that much?"
"Yes, I care. Very much."
Jiang Xiao tilted her head and touched his neck, breathing lightly. "I don't feel your care."
Cheng Yuan knew she was deliberately teasing him, but he couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to. Desire surged, and he could barely control it.
"Xiao Xiao, do you want to see how much I care?" He asked hoarsely. "Do you?"
Jiang Xiao said neither yes nor no. She just looked at him, her eyes seductive and tantalizing.
"Do you?" He kissed behind her ear, stubbornly wanting an answer.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiao lost interest. She shoved him hard and said coldly, "No."
She stepped down from the cabinet and walked out of the closet barefoot, not looking back. "Don't think a few clothes can change anything."
"Cheng Yuan, I loathe you."
He had always known she loathed him, but he loved her even more, damn it.
Cheng Yuan chased after her, but Jiang Xiao had already left by car.
Shen Yue picked her up. "Baby, what's with your neck?"
Jiang Xiao touched it. "Bitten by a dog."
"Bitten by a dog, or bitten by Cheng Yuan?"
"Is there a difference?" Jiang Xiao said. "Isn't he a dog?"
"Haha, right, he's a dog," Shen Yue laughed. "Used to be a wolf dog, now he's a puppy. Are you planning to train a dog?"
"Depends on my mood," Jiang Xiao said with a teasing smile. "If I'm in a good mood, I'll take him out for training."
"What if you're not?"
"He can get lost."
"You're playing with fire."
"No, I'm playing with him."
Jiang Xiao looked in the rearview mirror. The figure was still there. She curled her lips. "He deserves it."
Someone was eager to be trained, so she might as well train him.
*
Zhou Jin grew more and more confused by Cheng Yuan. No gatherings, no drinking. Was he planning to become a monk? He called Cheng Yuan. "If you don't come this time, we're done."
At that moment, Cheng Yuan was shopping in a supermarket. He'd been in the vegetable section for a long time, then moved to the seafood section. "Whatever."
Zhou Jin: "Damn, are you serious?"
Cheng Yuan: "Yes."
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry," Zhou Jin said. "You've been busy all day. Can't you come out for a drink?"
"No," Cheng Yuan said. "Busy."
"What are you busy with?"
"Cooking."
"For who?"
"Xiao Xiao."
"..."
Zhou Jin was speechless. "Do you have to spoil her that much?"
"Yes," Cheng Yuan said firmly.
While Cheng Yuan was busy cooking in the kitchen, Jiang Xiao and Shen Yue were busy looking at male models. Zhou Jin happened to spot them and, as if possessed, called Cheng Yuan.
"I saw Jiang Xiao."
"Where?"
"Nightclub."
A sound of a spoon dropping came from the other end. After a long pause, Cheng Yuan spoke. "Send me the location."
Zhou Jin sent it, fuming. "Jiang Xiao is way out of line. Hooking up with male models again and again. What is she thinking?"
"A Yuan, I'm telling you, don't be soft this time. If she keeps this up, you can't take her back."
"Even if she offers herself, don't take her!"
Cheng Yuan replied with one word: "Get lost!"
On the way to the bar, Cheng Yuan sent Jiang Xiao a WeChat message.
[Baby, where are you?]
Jiang Xiao replied quickly, sending a photo.
It was a picture of her pressed against a male model.
[Flirting with a young stud. Want to join?]
Then a second message.
[He says my waist is very soft, President Cheng. What do you think?]