Chapter 81

He Xiaoyun X Xia Chi [Extra]

He Xiaoyun X Xia Chi

Perhaps it was really because he had been abstinent for too long. He Xiaoyun sat in the car, a heat burning up from his lower abdomen, making his entire back hot. He tugged at his collar in annoyance, but in the end, he was still concerned about Ling Sheng’s matter. He drove out to buy a bottle of water. After suppressing the heat in his heart, he went to find Lu Sheng.

Things progressed more smoothly than expected. The only sticking point was Jiang’s father, who was stubbornly clinging to Ling Sheng, while Ling Sheng and Jiang Chen refused to let go. He Xiaoyun came out from Lu Sheng’s place and leaned back in the car. For some reason, he thought of Xia Chi’s flushed face and neck when he stood in front of him today.

He looked like a virgin with no experience, but his innocent appearance was quite attractive.

The heat that he had suppressed during the day surged back. He Xiaoyun recalled that he had been thinking about Ling Sheng’s affairs for the past half month. He had been cooped up at home without any release. Perhaps he had really been holding it in for too long.

Just then, a call came in.

It was Grandpa.

He Xiaoyun’s father was someone without much ambition, and his mother was only interested in having fun. He Xiaoyun had been attending high-level company meetings since he was seventeen and had joined the board of directors at twenty. At twenty-four, his father threw the company and business to him, and then the two of them went their separate ways. Originally, the two had married because of their families, but now that they had left everything to He Xiaoyun, they barely even saw each other.

He Xiaoyun had grown up with Grandpa He since he was a child. His personality was more like Grandpa He. He had a strong desire for control since he was young, and he had inherited Grandpa He’s assertive nature. On the contrary, he was very satisfied with this kind of life. But at the same time, no one in the family could control him.

Except for Grandpa.

He Xiaoyun answered the phone, “Grandpa.”

The relationship between the grandfather and grandson was very good. Grandpa He was also very happy to hear his grandson’s voice, “You seem to be quite busy in the country.”

Although Grandpa He was already over seventy years old, he usually didn’t interfere with He Xiaoyun, but he was still very clear about the company’s affairs. As soon as the engagement banquet was announced, Grandpa He called to ask him. He Xiaoyun only said that he could handle it, and Grandpa He didn’t ask any further questions.

He Xiaoyun leaned back in his chair, “It’s okay, it’s almost over. I can go back to see you in a while.”

Grandpa He chuckled twice, “Okay, then bring Xiao Chi with you. I haven’t seen that child in a long time.”

He Xiaoyun’s eyes turned cold, and he understood the purpose of Grandpa He’s call. He switched hands holding the phone, “Did Xia Chi call you?”

What did Xia Chi say to Grandpa He?

Grandpa naturally knew about his sexuality, but he never interfered with his emotional affairs. Now that he was engaged to Xia Wan, he was messing around with his little brother-in-law. He didn’t want such a thing to reach Grandpa’s ears.

Grandpa He’s side was filled with the sounds of birds, indicating that he was probably teasing the birds while talking to him. His voice was still kind, “Didn’t he go to play with you? That child hasn’t liked to show his face much since his grandfather passed away. He even came to find me when you and Xia Wan got engaged. I don’t care about your own affairs. Whether or not you get married is up to you. I won’t interfere with the cooperation with the Xia family. Xia Chi is the only person his grandfather couldn’t let go of. Since he’s with you, take good care of him. Come back and see me together next time.”

It seemed that Xia Chi hadn’t said anything he shouldn’t have.

He hadn’t moved out directly because of the humiliation during the day, and had even asked Grandpa to put pressure on him to stay.

He really was a little brat, even knowing to complain to someone behind his back.

He Xiaoyun chatted with Grandpa He for a few more words, saying that he would bring Xia Chi back as soon as things were over, and then hung up the phone.

This call had dispelled all the fire in his heart.

When he returned home, Xia Chi was still sitting in the living room. He was still wearing the same clothes as during the day, with a laptop on his knees. When he saw He Xiaoyun come back, he quickly closed the laptop and stood up, “You’re back.”

For some reason, he had a kind of “housewife” feeling.

He Xiaoyun changed his shoes and gave a faint “hmm.”

“I thought you would eat out. I’ll call the hotel to deliver food right away.” Xia Chi picked up his phone and was about to make a call.

He Xiaoyun didn’t like the smell of cooking fumes at home, so he usually had his three meals a day delivered from his favorite hotel. Although there was a kitchen at home, it basically didn’t have anything other than fruit. Usually, only Xia Chi would use it, mainly to make juice.

“I’ve already called. It’ll be delivered soon.” He Xiaoyun took off his suit jacket and threw it on the sofa. Xia Chi immediately picked it up, preparing to send it to the dry cleaners.

He Xiaoyun’s clothes that he had worn outside needed to be sorted and sent to the dry cleaners, and then sent back. After the nanny left, this task naturally fell to him, Xia Chi.

Xia Chi acted as if nothing had happened, put away the clothes, and asked him, “I’ll make you orange juice.”

“No need, sit.”

He Xiaoyun was rarely in a good mood, which made Xia Chi a little uncomfortable.

He sat on the sofa, observing He Xiaoyun’s expression. He had thought about it today. He couldn’t move out. He couldn’t just watch He Xiaoyun marry his sister, even if it was fake. He had finally taken this step, and his feelings had been made clear. He couldn’t just give up the person.

He had to stay, even if it meant using any means.

So he called Grandpa He.

He Xiaoyun leaned back on the sofa, reached out, and pointed to the cigarette case on the table.

Xia Chi immediately took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and handed it to him, picking up the lighter to light it for him.

He Xiaoyun took a puff of smoke and slowly exhaled a smoke ring, “Quite capable, calling my grandpa.”

Xia Chi knew that this trick wasn’t clever, but it didn’t matter, as long as it was useful. So he said, “I didn’t say anything else.”

He Xiaoyun was a little angry at first, but on the way back, he felt that it wasn’t necessary. It was just about staying, there was no need to go against Grandpa for this small matter. Once things were over, he just needed to take this little brat back to America and throw him back to the Xia family. There was no need to waste too much of his energy on him.

“Three rules.” He Xiaoyun didn’t mention Grandpa He’s matter, after all, they both knew what was going on.

This meant he agreed to let him stay. Xia Chi said without thinking, “Okay.”

Ever since he confessed his intentions to He Xiaoyun, Xia Chi’s gaze towards him had become more and more undisguised. He was fascinated by the way he narrowed his eyes slightly as he exhaled smoke rings.

Suddenly, He Xiaoyun frowned slightly. Xia Chi reflexively reached out his hand, and the burnt cigarette ash fell into his palm.

He Xiaoyun was stunned by his action.

That palm was just below his cigarette, as if he wouldn’t even move if he directly extinguished the cigarette in his palm.

But He Xiaoyun didn’t have a sadist tendency. He directly extinguished the half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray.

“First, don’t mention things to my grandpa that shouldn’t be mentioned.”

“Second, don’t mention things like liking or disliking anymore.”

“Third, after things are over, I will go back to America. After I go back, don’t follow me.”

He Xiaoyun would never bring emotional issues into his work, even with Ling Sheng, he would weigh the pros and cons. Xia Chi was clearly in the “cons” and “losses” options, so he undoubtedly wanted to get rid of the trouble.

Xia Chi’s expression dimmed after hearing his words. He didn’t speak for a while. He gently shook the cigarette ash in his palm into the ashtray, and when he turned his head again, his expression had calmed down a lot. He looked at He Xiaoyun, “Have you considered another option?”

He Xiaoyun was slightly surprised, raised his chin slightly, and signaled him to speak.

Xia Chi didn’t open his mouth immediately. His gaze went over He Xiaoyun’s face, from his slender eyebrows to his indifferent yet affectionate eyes, and then to his thin lips slowly exhaling smoke. He gulped, looking a little nervous.

Just from his gaze, He Xiaoyun felt that what he was going to say might not be a good idea. Just as he was about to interrupt him, he heard Xia Chi say, “Marry me.”

This sudden proposal stunned He Xiaoyun. Before he could react, Xia Chi’s voice, hoarse with nervousness, rang out again, his words a little fast, “We are both American-born Chinese, we can register our marriage directly in America. This is as valid as your marriage with Xia Wan. The He family and the Xia family can also cooperate, without being affected, nothing will change.”

Confessing his feelings in the morning, offering his body in the afternoon, and proposing marriage in the evening.

He Xiaoyun didn’t take it to heart, and was amused by him for some reason, “Are you poaching your sister’s wall like this? Does she know?”

“This engagement was fake to begin with. This matter shouldn’t have happened in the first place.” When he mentioned this matter, Xia Chi seemed a little agitated. He frowned, and his body leaned slightly towards He Xiaoyun, “You can marry Xia Wan, or you can marry me. It’s all for profit. To you, it’s the same anyway, isn’t it?”

He Xiaoyun’s gaze was calm and sharp, “Since it’s the same, why should I bother? Xia Chi, there are many benefits to cooperating with the Xia family, but these chips are not enough for me to lose myself. If your Xia family wants to cooperate, fine. But if you have ideas that you shouldn’t have, get out as soon as possible.”

Xia Chi’s eyes darkened. He looked at He Xiaoyun, both sad and disappointed, but also with a hint of undisguised desire.

But He Xiaoyun ignored him. He accepted talking about conditions, but didn’t accept pushing his luck. He stood up and prepared to leave.

Xia Chi quickly reached out and grabbed his wrist, “I know, I won’t mention it again. I accept everything, as long as you say it, whether it’s three rules or thirty, I accept them all.”

His hand holding He Xiaoyun’s hand was trembling slightly, as if afraid that He Xiaoyun would shake him off. He Xiaoyun looked at the top of his head, thinking of his passionate and agitated eyes just now, and finally didn’t shake off his hand. Just then, the doorbell rang. He Xiaoyun moved his wrist slightly, “Go open the door.”

It was the food delivered by the hotel.

Xia Chi placed the dishes one by one on the dining table, and took out the tableware from the cabinet and placed it in front of him. Seeing Xia Chi familiarly busying himself with everything, he said faintly, “Orange juice.”

Xia Chi, who had just sat down, immediately put down the tableware in his hand, got up from the refrigerator and took out fresh oranges to start making orange juice for him. A glass of fresh orange juice was quickly delivered to his side. He Xiaoyun ate slowly and deliberately, watching Xia Chi cleaning the juicer, pouring out the pulp, rinsing, wiping, putting it back in place, then washing his hands clean, and sitting back at the dining table.

When Xia Chi first moved in, he was very excited. When they ate together, he always liked to find topics to chat with him, but He Xiaoyun was annoyed by Ling Sheng’s matter, so he told him to shut up. Xia Chi really shut up, and never dared to take the initiative to start a conversation at the dinner table again. He only dared to speak when He Xiaoyun asked him, and as long as He Xiaoyun didn’t speak, he didn’t dare to take the initiative to open his mouth.

As before, He Xiaoyun left the table after eating, and Xia Chi got up to clean up everything, wiping all the places clean, classifying all the garbage, and putting on a mask and hat to go out to throw the garbage.

He Xiaoyun didn’t allow any garbage in any of the trash cans in the house to stay overnight.

Xia Chi almost unconditionally accepted his living habits, and even some of his bad habits in his personality, and never showed a bit of impatience, or even discomfort.

Wherever there was friction, he would correct his habits to adapt to He Xiaoyun’s habits. Even He Xiaoyun, who was so picky, couldn’t find any faults with him now.

He Xiaoyun snapped back to his senses, glanced at the ashtray on the table, and frowned slightly when he saw that there was still a cigarette butt and a little ash left.

This was the half-smoked cigarette he had just smoked. Although there was only one cigarette butt, it was still dirty. Had Xia Chi forgotten to clean it up?

But given that Xia Chi had been performing well, He Xiaoyun didn’t bother to worry about it, he would just remind him to clean it up later. So he stood up and went upstairs, preparing to spend some time in the video room.

But he was inexplicably a little restless today. He lost interest after watching half of the movie. He came out barefoot and prepared to take a shower, but as soon as he came out, he saw Xia Chi downstairs still sitting on the sofa, sitting in the same place he had just sat, with the computer on his lap, but his eyes were obviously not on the computer, but on the coffee table.

What was he looking at?

He Xiaoyun followed his gaze and found that he was looking at the ashtray on the table.

Good, he found it himself, saving him from saying it.

Just as He Xiaoyun was about to turn around and leave, he saw Xia Chi arching his body and bending over – he didn’t take the ashtray, but took out the half-smoked cigarette that had been extinguished from the ashtray.

What was he doing with this? Wasn’t it dirty?

Xia Chi gently flicked off the ash on the cigarette, and his gaze fell on the wet filter, which had been bitten and still had tooth marks.

His eyes were full of greed, and a little struggle.

He Xiaoyun seemed to know what he was thinking from his eyes, and suddenly shuddered. He was a little unbelievable, but Xia Chi moved. He bit the cigarette in his mouth, leaning his back against the soft back of the sofa – he didn’t dare to light it, because if there was a smell of smoke in the room, He Xiaoyun would notice it and be unhappy.

But just like that, he held the half-broken cigarette that had been smoked by someone, and even distorted by the pressing, and a look of satisfaction with a hint of fascination appeared on his face.

He Xiaoyun suddenly regretted agreeing to Grandpa He to let Xia Chi stay.

In his nearly thirty years of life, he had met too many people who liked him, sincerely or falsely, he had met them all. This kind of feeling was too common for him, so he didn’t take Xia Chi’s liking too seriously, and didn’t think it was anything special. But at this moment, he clearly realized that Xia Chi really liked him, and this kind of liking was different from all the people he had met.

This kind of difference was outside his cognition, and he even vaguely felt that it was not under his control.

He hated losing control, which made him uncomfortable.

Just then, Xia Chi’s face, which was leaning on the sofa, suddenly turned around. His originally dazed eyes suddenly woke up when he saw He Xiaoyun standing there on the second floor. Then he realized that He Xiaoyun must have seen what he had just done.

Instantly, his body froze, and he looked up at He Xiaoyun, at a loss, and opened his mouth to say something, maybe to explain something, and that half of the cigarette fell out of his mouth.

He hurriedly caught it with his hand, but at the same time, he lost the courage to look up at him.

“It’s just smoking, you don’t have to pretend in front of me.” He Xiaoyun turned around, as if he hadn’t seen anything, “Clean it up.”