Chapter 4: Honey Milk
After showering, there was the usual knock on Ruan Yi’s door. She got up to open it.
The bedroom door opened, and the girl’s unique fragrance rushed out.
For him, every breath was a sweet torture.
……
“Still uncomfortable?”
The boy’s voice was full of concern. A cup of honey milk was stuffed into her hand.
“I’ve been fine for a long time.” Ruan Yi felt her palms warm up. She brought the cup to her lips and concentrated on drinking the milk.
Naturally, she didn’t notice the gaze of the person in front of her.
A gaze so viscous it was nearly suffocating. A fixed stare.
The honey milk flowed over soft lips into her mouth, her delicate, white neck rising and falling gently.
Ruan Yi licked her lips. “Finished. Ah Zhi, you sleep early too.”
“Okay, goodnight.”
The door closed.
Gu Zhi stared at the cup in his hand that Ruan Yi had just drunk from. One could see a faint lip print remaining on one spot of the rim.
Something covered the lovely lip print on the rim of the cup, until that faint mark was tasted into non-existence.
If she opened the door at this moment, she would probably be scared to death by this scene.
After washing up, Ruan Yi was sleepy to death. She had always slept well, sleeping deeper than a pig.
In the darkness.
Only the moonlight gently penetrated the sheer curtains, sprinkling into every corner of the room.
The girl lay quietly on the bed, her long eyelashes like butterfly wings, casting a small shadow under the moonlight.
Her hair was loose on the pillow, accompanied by the sound of soft breathing. Only, this peaceful beauty seemed to have been broken into by some wicked, bad thing.
Her steady breathing gradually became rapid. Her slender knuckles gripping the sheet had turned white, showing the helplessness of being completely controlled at this moment.
It was a nightmare that caused emotional turbulence.
Click. The soft sound of the lock tongue sliding into place.
Until the sunlight gently sprinkled on Ruan Yi’s face. She leisurely woke up.
Ruan Yi’s brain still retained remnants of last night’s dream. The nightmare left her with lingering fear.
When she got up, she saw the bedding was a bit messy from her sleeping posture. It must have been from the scare during the nightmare.
It was just a dream. Ruan Yi patted her cheeks, which were flushed red from sleep.
When she went downstairs for breakfast, Gu Zhi was already sitting at the dining table.
His expression was as usual, his beautiful eyes calm and waveless. He was slowly and methodically cutting the breakfast on his plate.
“Good morning, Ah Zhi.”
“Good morning, Sister. Did you sleep well?” Gu Zhi looked up, his voice still carrying the slight huskiness of just waking up.
Ruan Yi paused, then answered with a dry laugh, “Pretty good.” The corners of Gu Zhi’s mouth rose slightly. He arranged the cutlery on the plate in front of him and pushed it to the opposite side.
“I slept very well too. Here.”
Ruan Yi chewed the food that had been cut into small pieces.
Gu Zhi stared at her lips, watching the girl take it for granted as she accepted the food he had meticulously cut into bite-sized pieces.
His expression was strangely satisfied.
Gu Zhi suppressed the arc of his lips but didn’t withdraw his gaze. He casually cut the other portion, slicing it done in two strokes, and began to eat.
His table manners were very good looking. Ruan Yi liked eating with Gu Zhi; it was very appetizing.
“Mom said let’s go to Lanting later for a meal to meet Mr. Fu, to officially get to know and understand each other.”
Hearing that they were going to meet Fu Jingchen, the smile instantly froze on her face. Her small fork stopped in mid-air, and it took a long while before she slowly put it down.
“Annoying.” Ruan Yi lowered her head and muttered softly, abusing the black truffle bacon on her plate with the fork in her hand.
She didn’t notice in the slightest that the person opposite her gently raised the corners of his mouth, his expression ambiguous.
In the luxurious private room, the lighting was soft and bright. Exquisite tableware was arranged neatly on the round table, all displaying the luxury and the importance the hostess attached to this meeting.
Ruan Ying walked into the private room with dignified poise. The man following behind her was Fu Jingchen. The two maintained some distance as they walked to the round table one after another.
She looked up at Fu Jingchen.
One had to admit, Fu Jingchen’s conditions were excellent, and he was so young. It was understandable why Ruan Ying would fall for him.
Fu Jingchen was exceptionally tall, even taller than Ah Zhi. His upright posture appeared even more noble under the suit.
Especially that face. The lines were tough, yet his expression was very refined and soft. His eyebrows were heroic, and his eyes were deep like a profound pool, making it impossible to see the emotions within.
Under the high nose bridge, thin lips turned up slightly, holding a just-right smile.
This man’s face simply conquered men, women, the old, and the young alike.
But Ruan Yi, seeing this beast in human clothing now, only felt hate itching her teeth.
He really knew how to act, even though his heart was black beyond measure.
A sense of vigilance rising spontaneously from the bottom of her heart made her feel on pins and needles.
Ruan Ying spoke gently: “Xiao Yi, Ah Zhi, this is Fu Jingchen. You can treat him as family from now on.”
“Hello.” Fu Jingchen and Gu Zhi exchanged names and shook hands. His gaze lingered on Gu Zhi for a moment.
Fu Jingchen then extended his hand toward Ruan Yi.
Heh, didn’t they say she was a vicious female supporting character?
Then whatever she did should be very reasonable, right?
Ruan Yi looked up, her expression not very good. She deliberately looked Fu Jingchen up and down a few times, then nodded slightly as a greeting.
Transforming directly into a “mean girl,” she would be stingy to death towards him.
Fu Jingchen looked a bit surprised. His gaze landed on Ruan Yi’s impatient little face. A trace of an imperceptible smile flashed in his eyes. He calmly withdrew his hand that was paused in mid-air and soon resumed his gentle smile.
“Hello to you both. I’m very happy to meet you. I currently teach at A University. If you have any questions or need help in the future, you can find me.”
Fu Jingchen’s voice was steady and pleasant. If one only listened to the voice, one would think he was an elegant gentleman. He was always very patient and incomparably gentle to everyone.
When listening to Fu Jingchen lecture, one would feel he had extraordinary bearing and full charm.
But Ruan Yi knew now that these were just the best tools to prevent people from seeing through his vile true colors.
Gu Zhi responded politely with a sentence.
Ruan Ying agreed with Fu Jingchen with satisfaction. “By the way, Xiao Yi, are you taking Jingchen’s class?”
Hearing her name and Fu Jingchen’s name appear at the same time out of the blue, two soft stray hairs on top of Ruan Yi’s head stood up uncontrollably.
Feeling her mother’s burning gaze, Ruan Yi had to answer. “Mn, I am. Professor Fu is quite popular with the little boys at school~”
Fu Jingchen chuckled lightly.
“Xiao Yi.”
“She is very well-behaved in my class. She performs very well.”
Hearing Fu Jingchen call her name like that, goosebumps instantly fell all over the floor.
So disgusting, a smell of pervert.
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