Chapter 69: The Clingy Childhood Sweetheart 13 p1
A scorching breath, a fine touch.
The sticky, hazy night was like a shimmering water surface. When the restless summer wind blew, a nimble fish would swim freely in the water, occasionally bumping against the duckweed.
The boy floated on the water, his senses infinitely magnified, and time also seemed to slow down to a crawl. He blinked his moist eyelashes, bit the soft flesh on the inside of his lip, and slowly covered his face.
His flushed cheeks, and his particularly delicate philtrum, were all hidden.
Along with them, there were also those pitiful, soft gasps.
A night passed.
In the early morning, Jiang Qi was in the kitchen, wearing an apron and making breakfast. He would occasionally raise his voice with a little excitement and ask the baby what he wanted to eat. Shu He was propping his cheek with his hand and in a daze, and his reaction was also slow, and he didn’t answer for a long time.
Jiang Qi went to the kitchen door and glanced.
He was holding a spatula in his hand, and his dark eyes were staring at Shu He with great heat, his handsome features unable to hide his excitement. “Baby.”
Shu He’s eyes widened a little slowly.
He would look at Jiang Qi’s face for a while, and then at Jiang Qi’s mouth, and then at his high nose. As if he had thought of something he shouldn’t have, he covered his eyes with some despair, and pursed his soft lips and said in a muffled voice, “Whatever you want.”
Jiang Qi paused.
He held the spatula, and could see that the baby had something on his mind. As for what it was… he also knew. Jiang Qi took a deep breath, turned his head, and made breakfast first, and then prepared to have a good talk with the baby.
Last night… it was indeed too sudden.
At that time, he had taken advantage of his dazed and confused state to ask him to be in a relationship. The baby probably hadn’t even thought it through before he agreed.
Now that he was clear-headed, he might want to go back on his word.
Jiang Qi was prepared.
He lowered his eyes, poured the hot, fragrant soup into a bowl, and added the noodles. Then he held a bowl in each hand and turned to walk to the living room.
With a “thud,” the bowl was placed on the table. Jiang Qi’s tall figure cast a shadow, hiding Shu He in it. Shu He moved, and with his hands on the table, he propped his cheeks and looked at Jiang Qi.
“Baby.” Jiang Qi pushed the bowl in front of Shu He, and got him a pair of chopsticks, and habitually reminded, “It’s hot. Eat slowly.”
Shu He took the chopsticks and nodded slightly. However, he had just been reminded, and the next moment, he had forgotten. He picked up a chopstick of noodles with a blank expression and brought it to his lips.
The moment he bit down, the scorching sensation was reflected on the nerves of his tongue, so hot that Shu He’s eyes grew hot, and he suddenly came back to his senses, and threw down his chopsticks and bit his tongue and let out a pitiful hiss, and with teary eyes, he whimpered that it was so hot.
Jiang Qi was anxious, and he quickly went over and held his chin to look at his burned tongue. Shu He’s teary eyes were blurry as he opened his small mouth, and he panted like a little cat to cool down, and his almond eyes were listless as he asked Jiang Qi with a whimper if it was swollen.
“No, it’s a little red.” Jiang Qi gently touched the tip of his tongue with his thumb. Shu He dazedly pulled his tongue back, and then closed his mouth tightly, and said it was a little better, and that it didn’t hurt anymore.
He curled his fingers, and Jiang Qi tried to cover it up and withdrew his hand, and he didn’t say anything about being careful next time. He simply sat down next to Shu He, and picked up the bowl in front of him and said he would slowly eat it for him.
Shu He was listless. “…I’m not a child.”
“You’re a baby, a baby who will burn his tongue.” Jiang Qi picked up the noodles and gently blew on them, and like taking care of a three-year-old baby, he brought the noodles to Shu He’s mouth.
Shu He closed his mouth, feeling that this was so embarrassing. Who knew that Jiang Qi would insist? With no other choice, Shu He thought he would just eat one bite, and then he would talk to Jiang Qi about business.
He opened his mouth, and slowly puffed out his cheeks and chewed. Before he could swallow, Jiang Qi quickly brought a second chopstick.
One bite after another, a bowl of noodles was soon gone, and Shu He also ate until the tip of his nose was red, and a little sweat broke out, and he was hot.
Jiang Qi took out a tissue and wiped it for him, and brushed away the dark hair on his forehead, from top to bottom. Shu He lifted his face, and his wet, red, soft lips were pursed, and the small dimples on his cheeks were raised, and he gently told Jiang Qi, “Last night…”
Jiang Qi pressed the tissue in his palm. “I know. The baby has changed his mind.”
“…”
It was clearly him who had taken advantage of the situation.
How could he say it as if I were the one who had gone back on my word?
Shu He was unhappy, and his soft brow furrowed with a spoiled look. “I hadn’t even thought it through last night. You kept kissing me, and I agreed in a daze.”
Jiang Qi was quite sincere at this time. “This is indeed my fault.”
“So it’s normal for me to change my mind.”
Shu He pointed and accused, “And you last night… you were still like that. I don’t feel right when I see you now.”
Jiang Qi was silent for a moment, and probably thought of the soft warmth of his nose last night. He let out a suspicious light cough, and his ears turned red at a visible speed, and he said with innocence and reservation, “I just wanted to make you feel a little more comfortable.”
Shu He held it in for a long time and couldn’t say a word back to these few words.
“I accept it, baby.” Jiang Qi said with understanding, “Although I’m a little disappointed now, I don’t want to force you, and of course I can’t… then can you consider me?”
“At least, you don’t dislike it when I kiss you.” He paused for a moment, and Jiang Qi endured the disgust and used Chen Jingchen as an example. “If Chen Jingchen kissed you, how would you feel?”
Shu He: “…”
Shu He shook his head with a straight face. Jiang Qi asked, “What about Fang Ziyang?” Shu He shook his head, and said in a small voice that it was still different.
He and Fang Ziyang and Chen Jingchen had not always grown up in the same environment.
But Jiang Qi had.
From childhood to now, the two of them had seen each other almost every day, and had rarely been apart, but Chen Jingchen and the others were much harder to see.
“So,” Jiang Qi said leisurely, “this proves that we’re a match made in heaven.”
Shu He felt that something was wrong, but he didn’t know how to say it.
Is that how you use “a match made in heaven”?
“…You should eat.” After thinking for a long time, Shu He looked at Jiang Qi’s untouched breakfast with a straight face, and still gave him a chance, and said seriously, “I’ll consider it.”
Hearing this, a colorful firework instantly exploded in Jiang Qi’s heart, and the firework fragments scattered all over his heart, and each one was scorching hot.
Jiang Qi’s emotions could not be calmed.
He stared at the boy. “Then when the baby is considering, can we still kiss?”
Shu He said with a hint of accusation, “Of course not. I have to consider it slowly. You can’t be in a hurry.”
Jiang Qi thought to himself, how can I not be in a hurry?
He had been thinking about it since middle school.
Now that the answer was in sight.
He couldn’t control himself from thinking about these things all day.
Even when he was at the company, during meetings, he couldn’t help but be in a daze. He had to go back to school in the afternoon, and the baby would be out of class at five. What kind of flower should he buy today… or send something else…
After the meeting, the high-level executives left the meeting room one by one, leaving Jiang Qi sitting in the first seat in the first row, crossing his legs and spinning the fountain pen in his hand.
He was dressed formally today, in a well-fitting dark blue custom-made suit, which perfectly showed off his broad shoulders and long legs. Jiang Qi lowered his head, thoughtful.
No matter what he was thinking, it didn’t look like he was thinking about work—Jiang’s father thought so.
“Jiang Qi?”
Jiang Qi’s eyelids lifted, and he looked at his father casually, and with a noncommittal air, he hooked the end of his sentence and said “Mm.” Jiang’s father saw that he was clearly looking at him, but the emotion inside had already drifted away, and he looked inattentive.
After a few seconds of silence, Jiang’s father put down the file in his hand, and after thinking for a long time, he said, “Are you in a relationship?”
This topic was clearly something Jiang Qi was interested in.
Hearing this, Jiang Qi’s gaze focused, and he said “Mm,” and then said, “Not really. He’s considering.”
Jiang’s father was a little surprised. “I thought you and Little He, it would be Little He who would date first.”
Jiang Qi: “…”
“And you’ve been revolving around Little He for so many years. I even thought you two would have a story in the future.”
Jiang’s father sighed.
When he was little, Jiang Qi was a mess. Besides that illegitimate child, he only had this one child, Jiang Qi, and he had also had high hopes for him.
This kid, before he met Little He, he really wouldn’t listen to anyone. Hitting him was useless, and scolding him was useless. He had his own way of thinking, and it was really hard to correct.
For so many years, he had only had this one true friend, Little He. Those few from the Chen and Fang families were just along for the ride with Little He. Jiang Qi didn’t even bother with them.
It was a good thing there was Little He.
Otherwise, he didn’t know what Jiang Qi would be like in the future.
At least now, Jiang’s father was quite satisfied. Jiang Qi’s business talent had been revealed in high school, and no one had to push him. He was very self-motivated and went to the company to learn.
Now that he was in university, everything was a matter of course. In another two years, when his studies were a little easier, he could completely take over the company.
He could also be a little more relaxed.
It was just that illegitimate child, Jiang Yan…
“How do you know it’s not Little He?”
A sudden sound interrupted Jiang’s father’s thoughts. Jiang’s father came back to his senses and asked Jiang Qi in a daze, “What?”
On the matter of Little He, Jiang Qi had infinite patience, and he said patiently, “How do you know it’s not Little He I’m dating?”
Jiang’s father: “It can’t be. Can he even look at you?”
“…”
Oh, but they had kissed, and they had seen even more intimate places.
Not only had they seen, but they had also licked.
…He talks so harshly.
He talks so harshly!!
Jiang’s father frowned and looked at Jiang Qi’s back as he slammed the door and left.
What’s he crazy about now??
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