“Good.” Xia Feiqing did not make things difficult for her anymore. Looking at her with deep eyes, he seemed to have a lot of things he wanted to say, but as the wine came up, he couldn’t say anything. In the end, he just wrapped his long arm around her and grabbed her over. Under her stunned eyes, he bent his head and planted a kiss on her lips.
“Go back.” He said.
Letting go of her, he no longer looked back, turned around and walked towards the neighborhood. Zhao Lanlan looked at the slightly staggering figure in a daze, only feeling the heat belonging to him still remaining on her lips. A sudden, as if it was burning into her heart.
Way ahead, he suddenly stood still, holding onto the trash can, and crouched down. It appeared that he was throwing up!
With a twisted brow, Zhao Lanlan immediately ran up, “Feiqing.”
Without looking up, he reached out and pushed her away from him as he leaned in. It seemed that he didn’t really want her to see him in this sorry state.
She grabbed his hand in hers and leaned over, patting his back one at a time. After a moment, he stood up straight and looked at her, “Why haven’t you left yet?”
“Just go.” She thought for a moment, “I’d better walk you to your door, so you don’t go to the wrong house.”
He didn’t say anything, let her help into the unit building, get on the elevator, and go home. It was now late, and she didn’t dare to ring the doorbell for fear of waking up the elders.
“Did you bring your keys?”
“Yes, it’s in my pocket, feel it.”
She reached inside his pants pocket a couple times, didn’t feel it, and switched to the other one.
“Lanlan, are you teasing me?” He took her hand in his, his eyes blooming and burning with light. Breathing slightly heavier. Only then did Zhao Lanlan realize how white she had just acted, only to feel her palms rolling and immediately put her hand back.
“Get it yourself!”
He smiled in an unknown manner and took a set of keys out of his jacket pocket. Zhao Lanlan was once again speechless. If it was in his jacket pocket, why didn’t he make it clear?
He threw the door open and went inside. Wanting to throw up again, he rushed straight into the bedroom bathroom.
Zhao Lanlan looked at the figure that ran in and stood somewhat frozen at the door, not knowing what to do. By this time, the mansion was already dark, without a single light. It was obvious that everyone had gone to sleep.
She can’t go in there!
Anyway, he would be safe enough to go home. With that thought, she planned to close the door behind her and just leave.
However, before the door closed through, a heavy ‘thump-‘ was heard from the bathroom. She was startled, and without thinking, she changed her shoes and hurried in. There was no light in the bedroom, only a small light was on in the bathroom.
She pushed the door in and saw him sitting disheveled on the floor. The spray head had been ripped off and fell into the bathtub. That sound just now was obviously the sound of the nozzle slamming down, and she didn’t know if he had hit himself or not.
She sighed. Crouching down, “Feiqing, don’t sleep here!”
He opened his eyes a slit in confusion, “Why are you still here?”
“… I’ll be leaving soon. You get up first and take a shower.” Zhao Lanlan felt as if she was minding too much. However, there was really no way to not care with this look.
“You help me …” He was so dizzy that he had to turn to her.
“How does this … help?” She didn’t dare to start. In fact, the two people used to be together, and even more intimate. The experience of bathing together was not unheard of, but … now, it was no longer the same light as in the past.
“…” He stopped talking again, his head resting on the edge of the tub as if he’d fallen asleep again.
She was so helpless, she couldn’t wake up the family. Sighing, she went around outside and familiarly pulled the cupboard open and brought him out a clean pair of pajamas. Holding the pajamas, she drifted off a bit.
This set of pajamas was still picked out when the two of them went to the department store together at that time. She was the one who picked the color and style.
Shaking her head, forbidding herself to think any further, she went into the bathroom and put her pajamas on the clothes rack. Crouching down again, she unbuttoned the shirt on him. Keeping as calm as she could, she undressed him and then removed his pants, placing them in a basket to the side.
Turning to him again, he changed the hot water and helped him into the tub.
By the time she was done, she was sweating.
“The rest of … you’re on your own, I’m going out.”
She really didn’t have the means to take off his underwear. When she got up to walk out, Xia Feiqing reached out and pulled her a bit, she wrenched her hand out and without further hesitation, went out with broken steps. Standing in the doorway, she was relieved to hear rustling inside.
I was going to leave, but, when I walked down the hall, I remembered what he said about having an upset stomach.
Since the good guys have done it here, it is better to do it more thoroughly. Anyway … after this time, they really don’t have much to cross paths with each other …
With that thought, she went back around to the kitchen. Fortunately, the Xia family’s kitchen was always cleaned up especially well, without the overly heavy smell of grease, she could more or less tolerate it. She boiled water, cooked noodles for him, and chopped some small green onions.
When she was almost done, she only heard a footstep from upstairs. She moved, and immediately afterward, the lights came on.
She froze in the kitchen, unsure of what to do.
“Fei Qing, is that you back?” Mrs. Xia headed down from upstairs, dazed from sleep, “Why are you in the kitchen? It’s not like you can cook.”
Zhao Lanlan closed and bit her lips, and in the end, she could only pull the door open and go out.
“… Mom.” No one else was around, and she forgot to change her tone again.
Mrs. Xia obviously did not expect it to be her, and was stunned there for a long time, looking and looking. It took a long time before she came back to her senses, “Lanlan?”
“I’m sorry to have disturbed you in your sleep.” She was so embarrassed that she didn’t even know where to put her hands. If she had known this would happen, she really should have left earlier.
“You came back with Feiqing? Where is he?”
“He had a little too much to drink at night to recognize the road, so I gave him a ride back. He hadn’t eaten much during the night either, so that’s why I’m using the kitchen a bit this late.” She smothered her explanation and added, “But, I’m done now. Mom, I won’t stay much longer, so I’ll trouble you to bring it over to him later.”
She said, quickly unclipping the apron from her body, somewhat wanting to run away.
After Mrs. Xia’s mind turned several circles, she finally came to her senses. She was busy keeping her back, “Don’t, don’t, don’t, it’s better for you to serve it in for him.”
She yawned sleepily, “I don’t want to be in charge of him, I can’t even recognize me after drinking so much. It’s better to leave it to you I’m relieved. Alright, I’m going to sleep, Feiqing is in your hands.”
“Mom, I am with him …” Zhao Lanlan was afraid that Mrs. Xia would misunderstand, and was eager to explain. But when the words reached her lips, she didn’t know what to say for a moment, as if how to say it was a rhythm of getting darker and darker. In the end, she just nodded, “Then mom you go to sleep, good night.”
Mrs. Xia said, “You all go to bed early too.”
She was embarrassed.