Monster Escape Room Re-Employment Chapter 17
byBoss and store manager and superior (4)
Water dripped down from the tips of Lian Moqin’s hair, sticking wetly to his delicate cheeks. Large water droplets hung on his long eyelashes, and they were about to fall. As soon as he blinked, a dark halo of water spread on his clothes.
The whole restaurant fell into a deathly silence.
Lian Mo Qin had long expected the consequences that the name “Jiang Xinyue” would bring. He pursed his lips lightly, but instead lowered his head and said nothing as if he had done something wrong.
Jiang Lingyi’s hands were faster than his brain, and he couldn’t stop the water. He stared at Lian Moqin, and more and more eyes were on him. He didn’t want to make any announcement, but now it’s better. Not only the business department, but also the whole company may spread.
The top priority was to escape the scene quickly. Jiang Lingyi said loudly: “Oh, my hand slipped. I’m sorry, Mr. Lian. I’ll take you to clean it.” Pulling him by the lapel, Lian Moqin followed him out of the restaurant like an obedient doll.
Jiang Lingyi grabbed a stack of tissues from the tea room, pushed Lian Mo Qin into the narrow and deserted stairwell, made sure there was no one upstairs and downstairs, and threw the tissues into his arms.Lian Moqin still looked a little tame and resigned, and for those who didn’t know, he thought Jiang Lingyi was his boss.
Jiang Lingyi disliked him the most when he acted pitifully like a victim. He was so indifferent and made him angry just looking at him.
“I have long advised you not to ask.” Lian Mo Qin complained weakly.
Jiang Lingyi’s slender and strong hands pinched the soft, unprotected part between his mandible and neck. The dark eyes under the silver-rimmed glasses revealed a coldness and ruthlessness that no one else had seen before in the vague reflection.
“I don’t care what your relationship is with Jiang Xinyue. If you are here to ruin my current life, then I will do whatever it takes to get you out.”
“I…have no ill intentions towards you…” Lian Moqin struggled to escape a few words from his lips, and coughed with a pale face.
Jiang Lingyi let go of his hand, found the stairs at the top, and sat down with his legs crossed. He took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. He hardly smoked. If he hadn’t suddenly heard the name of the Jiang family, he wouldn’t have needed to use this method to calm down the anger in his chest.
“If you want to use me to get close to Jiang Xinyue, give up as soon as possible. I have not had any contact with the Jiang family since I was eighteen.”
Lian Mo Qin was holding his neck and still coughing. He inhaled the choking smell of smoke and almost shed tears. He stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked up at Jiang Lingyi. The other party was unmoved by his suggestion and watched the smoke drift away indifferently.
Lian Moqin was very surprised that Jiang Lingyi had such a cruel and ruthless side. Like everyone else in the company, he thought Jiang Lingyi was a cheerful, quick-witted person who laughed and cursed.
He triggered the lid of the magic box and saw the unknown Jiang Lingyi suppressed at the bottom.
Seeing him look at her like this, Lian Mo Qin was even more convinced that he had found the right person. That arrogant and equal contempt for everything was exactly the same as Jiang Xinyue’s, which made him deeply fascinated.
He smiled bitterly: “No matter how much you deny it, you are still very similar to her.”
Jiang Ling leaned forward mockingly, grabbed the end of Lian Moqin’s tie and pulled it. Regardless of his loss of balance, his knees hit the steps. The tips of their noses were only a few inches apart, their breathing intertwined. Lian Moqin’s mouth was half open in a daze, obviously inexperienced in this kind of scene.Jiang Lingyi turned her head and took a puff of cigarette, almost kissing him, and slowly blew the smoke into his mouth.
“Isn’t this what Mr. Lian wants?”
Gray light smoke penetrated into Lian Mo Qin’s nose and the gap between his lips and teeth. He did not smoke and did not like cigarettes. He felt dizzy as if he was deprived of oxygen, his hands and feet were weak, and his heartbeat was so fast that he slumped on the steps, leaning on the railing to catch his breath.
“Don’t let me see you again.”
Jiang Lingyi put out the cigarette butt, said coldly, and walked out of the stairwell.
…
Rooftop garden at night.
When Jiang Lingyi saw Lou Xian’s figure sitting there peacefully, all the irritability and fatigue of the day were swept away, and a sense of happiness arose spontaneously.
Just seeing him there brings all kinds of tenderness to my heart.
The first thing Lou Xian said when he saw Jiang Lingyi was: “You smell like smoke.”
Jiang Lingyi raised his arm and sniffed: “Huh? Does it still smell? Today’s customer really likes to smoke. I almost suffocated.”
Lou Xian mercilessly exposed him: “I can still distinguish between my own smell and the smell I am contaminated with.”
Jiang Lingyi said miserably: “I encountered something bad today and took two puffs after a long time. I won’t do it next time.”
“You don’t seem to have this habit before.”
“Working makes you grow old…”
“Did helping you in Youhuan cause you trouble?”
Lou Xian usually doesn’t like the fireworks of the world, but he is always very keen on this kind of thing.
“It’s not too much trouble. I just got a few words from my boss.”
“Mr. Lian?”
“Don’t mention him.”
Jiang Lingyi thought of a question. Does Lou Xian know about his past entanglements with the Jiang family and Jiang Xinyue?There was only one thing he was sure of, whether Lou Xian knew it or not, this matter would not affect their relationship.
“Didn’t you say before that you have been watching me? That means you also know everything about me…including the things before we met?”
Lou Xian nodded.
Jiang Lingyi didn’t know what to do. He was happy and disappointed at the same time. He was happy that what Lou Xian said was true and he really investigated everything about him. What was disappointing was that the secret he tried so hard to hide had been inadvertently exposed to the people he least wanted to know.
“What’s wrong with you? Hesitating is not your style.” Lou Xian felt that Jiang Lingyi was abnormal today, so he moved closer to the side.
Jiang Lingyi’s body stiffened. Yes, compared to the world that was constantly being destroyed, the family feud that happened on the earth was really nothing to mention. He suddenly felt that his troubles were like a drop in the ocean.
He took the trouble to confirm with Lou Xian: “Do you really know? It’s the relationship between me and the Jiang family…”
“I know. Do you need me to prove it?”
“No need.”
“Oh.”
“Today, Lian Moqin mentioned Jiang Xinyue to me.” Jiang Lingyi held his breath. He only cared about Lou Xian’s answer, “I don’t know what he was thinking. Maybe he couldn’t catch her, so he wanted to find me as a substitute.”
Lou Xian said: “You are not her.”
After just four words, Jiang Lingyi felt relieved. He held Lou Xian’s cold and gentle hands and rested his head on his shoulder.
“You don’t care about my identity, do you?”
Lou Xian doesn’t care about things that everyone cares about, because he comes from a different world and because he is Lou Xian.
Jiang Lingyi was glad for this.
“You are who you are. Your appearance, wealth, title, origin, and all other external things are unnecessary in our world and will not affect my view of your essence as a human being.”
Jiang Lingyi squeezed his hand: “Then what do you think of me?”
Lou Xian actually started thinking seriously.
“Forget it, forget it, think about it later if you can’t think of it.” I didn’t expect it to get to the point of confession so quickly.
“Lian Moqin and I are at loggerheads. If he fires me tomorrow, can I ask you to take me in?”
Having said that, Lian Moqin probably wouldn’t fire him. Jiang Lingyi felt that the man lacked the courage and decision-making of a superior person, and judging from his reaction today, he was just a cigarette kisser. He might have the potential to be a pussy, so he liked Jiang Lingyi to make a bad face to him.
“Okay.” Lou Xian hesitated.
“You actually hesitated…” Jiang Lingyi covered her heart.
Lou Xian was thinking about another way to support Jiang Lingyi “forever”. After thinking about it, he felt that it was still a bit too exciting for people on earth.
“No more.”
“What?”
“The smell of smoke.”
Jiang Lingyi could only smell Lou Xian’s unique scent, which was as cold as snow. When he thought that Lou Xian’s smell covered the unpleasant smell of smoke, his soul almost flew away.
“It would be great if I could get the Jiang family out of my mind.”
Lou Xian held his head, lifted it from his shoulders, put his hands on his cheeks, and looked directly into Jiang Lingyi’s eyes with his calm gray eyes.
Then, he kissed her.
Lou Xian’s lips were as soft and cold as fine snow, almost imperceptible. Unlike the last time he opened his spiritual vision, this was not a ceremony, but a real kiss.Jiang Lingyi felt the comfort from the touch, and his mind was already captured by this sudden kiss.
In a sense, this was their first kiss.
Lou Xian’s lips parted, but his hand did not loosen. He and Jiang Lingyi pressed their foreheads against each other, with a faint smile escaping from their eyes.
“Have you forgotten?”