Chapter 63: Tangled Emotions
The car moves silently forward. The bright streetlights ahead slip by the window one after another.
Xiang Yang sits in the passenger seat and says nothing. She's a bit strange. She's gone to the Fu family house so many times since she was little. When was it ever unsafe? Why did Auntie Fu insist that he take her back?
Honestly, Xiang Yang is a little afraid to be with him. This anxiety comes from that inexplicable… that night in the hotel room.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Ah?”
The sudden magnetic voice startles Xiang Yang. She seems to tremble slightly.
Fu Guanxian's gaze at her deepens. He reaches out and touches her cheek. As he expected, it's slightly warm.
The smile on Fu Guanxian's face widens.
Xiang Yang raises her hand to slap his hand away. “Don't touch me.”
“You can think whatever you want. You can't stop me from touching you.”
“What am I thinking about?”
“Why is your face red if you're not thinking about anything?”
"…"
She has been thinking about it. Even after falling asleep in the middle of the night, she still dreams about Fu Guanxian pressing her against the wall, kissing her passionately or aggressively. Then, each time, she wakes up startled.
She always believes she's no match for Fu Guanxian.
Keep your distance.
Keep your distance.
Xiang Yang repeats this phrase twice in her head before she calms down. She replies, “My face is red because I'm hot. The heater in your car is so strong. Is it wrong to be hot?”
“It's fine.” Fu Guanxian smiles, not refuting her. Then, as if to confirm her words, he adjusts the heater's temperature.
When the car stops, Xiang Yang still feels angry. She blames it all on Fu Guanxian. She unbuckles her seatbelt. She wants to open the door to get out, but she finds that the door won't open. She turns her head to look at him. “Unlock it.”
What she receives is Fu Guanxian's deep kiss.
He lifts her chin with one hand and holds the back of her head with the other. When their lips meet, he applies slight pressure with the hand behind her head, pulling her closer to him.
Suddenly, his breath is closer to hers.
Her tongue is sucked on until it goes numb. Her heart is pounding. Xiang Yang is about to suffocate when he finally releases her with a smile.
Xiang Yang sensitively feels his fingertips slowly rubbing back and forth on her neck. Every movement of his fingertip causes her body to tremble countless times.
Xiang Yang breathes slightly, wanting to slap his hand away, but he holds it tightly. He leans in, buries his head in her shoulder, and mumbles, “Don't move. Let me recover.”
Recover…
His breath is so close to hers. The warmth of it washes over her delicate skin. Xiang Yang's body warms up.
Neither of them moves. In the quiet space, after a long time, a soft voice asks, “Fu Guanxian, do you know what you're doing?”
“Kissing you.” And wanting to kiss you.
“To humiliate me?”
Her voice turns cold. Fu Guanxian reluctantly leaves her soft body. He gazes at her solemnly and asks, “Is that how you think of me?”
“Mr. Fu, how else should I think? It's reasonable to assume that I'm delusional and think you like me?”
Fu Guanxian looks away, looking at the bright streetlights outside the window. He lowers his voice. “It is.”
"…" Xiang Yang is stunned. Then she waves her hand. “Fu Guanxian, don't play games with me. I can't play.” She reaches out to push the door open to get out.
Fu Guanxian pulls her hand back. His face becomes serious. “What kind of image do I have in your heart that you have to speak like this?”
“You don't have an image in my heart.”
“Xiang Xiaoyang!”
“Don't call me that. It's fine for elders to call me that. You definitely shouldn't. I hate it when you call me that.”
Fu Guanxian clenches his fist, then releases it. He smiles. “Okay, I won't call you that. Anyway, we'll have to change the way you call me once we get married.”
"…" “Are you shameless?”
“No. If you're in my face, then I want you.”
"…" Xiang Yang realizes what he means and is ashamed. This guy is just talking nonsense!
“Fu Guanxian, there are so many women out there. What do you…”
“There isn't anyone like you out there.”
This guy is really good at seizing opportunities.
Xiang Yang feels like she's about to give up. She throws caution to the wind. “So, you only like me? And you only want me?”
“How smart and cute you are!” Fu Guanxian says, leans forward, and gives her a kiss as a reward. His words are full of affection and satisfaction.
Xiang Yang's face flushes. She stammers, “You… you shouldn't…”
“Shouldn't what?” Fu Guanxian waits for her to say the two words with an air of leisure.
Xiang Yang grits her teeth slightly. “Don't kiss me without my permission.”
Fu Guanxian ignores this request.
Xiang Yang chases after him. “Did you hear that!”
“No.” Fu Guanxian says intentionally. “Maybe I'd hear if you kissed me.”
“You're a scoundrel!”
“I'm undeserving.”
Xiang Yang: "…" “Whatever!”
Xiang Yang feels a stuffy sensation in her chest. She can't vent it! So she comforts herself: Let him do whatever he wants. But she will absolutely not agree to him if he asks for her approval.
After being repeatedly rejected, Fu Guanxian finally understands her thoughts. He can't help but laugh.
He asks her out to dinner. She doesn't answer his calls or messages. She insists that he go find her personally. She reluctantly agrees to have a candlelit dinner with him.
Xiang Yang eats glumly.
Fu Guanxian puts down his chopsticks and considerately pours her a bowl of hot soup.
Xiang Yang looks up at him. Seeing his black and white eyes looking at her, her face flushes slightly.
She was just practicing singing. She didn't want to go out with him. He chased all the irrelevant people away, then closed the door and pressed her against the piano, kissing her hard.
She was nervous. She grabbed his collar with her hands, which earned a chuckle from him. Then she realized that her action was too suggestive. She tries to pull her hands away, but she can't escape his embrace.
With no place for her hands, they accidentally touch the black and white keys on the piano, creating some jarring sounds.
Xiang Yang is startled.
But Fu Guanxian chuckles.
“You dare to laugh!” She scolds him angrily.
He chased everyone out. Then he closed the door pretending nothing happened. What was he doing? Everyone must have figured it out! Is he still able to hold his head up?
Xiang Yang is angry.
Fu Guanxian smiles and cups her face. “It suddenly occurred to me that if we rolled around on this, I wonder what kind of music the piano would play. Should we try it?”
“Fu Guanxian, get lost!”
She's afraid that he'll really do something so shameless. Xiang Yang quickly fixes her clothes and goes out to dinner with him.
Finally, after eating, Xiang Yang is about to leave. Fu Guanxian stops her. “Why is your face red the entire time?”
“Where?” She quickly denies it. She just doesn't dare to touch it.
Fu Guanxian lowers his head to look at her. Seeing her rosy cheeks, he reaches out to touch her forehead. She doesn't have a fever.
Xiang Yang quickly takes a step back. “I don't have a fever!”
Fu Guanxian looks at her thoughtfully. “So, your face is red because of what we…”
“I don't remember anything!” Xiang Yang hastily shouts.
Fu Guanxian smiles, grabs her hand, and says, “If you don't remember, I'll help you recall.” He grabs her neck, leans in, and kisses her.
His hot breath blows on her face. Xiang Yang freezes. Then she realizes what's happening. She tries to push him away. He gently bites her lower lip and releases her hand.
She didn't expect his aggressive stance, but it ended up being just a quick taste. She doesn't realize it right away.
Fu Guanxian smiles and says, “If you want me to, I can sacrifice myself and cooperate with you.”
“You!” Xiang Yang is so angry she could grind her teeth. In the end, she can only squeeze out one word. “Fu Guanxian, you're a bastard!”
“There are even more bastardly things. Do you want to experience them?”
Xiang Yang: "…" She can't win against him. She admits defeat.
Author's Note:
“99 Times, I Died” is being serialized in October…
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