WSIDIILMBOCIR Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Consciously Sinking

Qin Yuanging drove Li Chongge back.

The large flat in Jiangtan overlooks the river with an excellent view.

“There are extra slippers in the shoe cabinet.”

Qin Yuanging originally wanted to turn around and leave, but he could hear the tiredness in Li Chongge’s voice, and his feet wouldn’t move.

“Then sit for a while, I’ll get you water to take your medicine.”

After putting on the slippers, Qin Yuanging entered the house somewhat restrainedly, hanging his coat up neatly.

Li Chongge leaned on the sofa, his eyes following Qin Yuanging’s movements.

The night was dark, and the moment he entered the door, Li Chongge turned on all the lights in the living room, so he could clearly see every evasive look in Qin Yuanging’s eyes.

Qin Yuanging glanced at his watch. With this delay, it was already close to ten o’clock. Even if he left immediately, the two-hour drive would not allow him to return to Jing City before twelve o’clock.

Qin Yuanging brought the water over, and saw Li Chongge leaning back on the sofa in a very relaxed posture. Even with his eyes closed, the sharp aura emanating from his body could not be ignored.

That delicately carved face, under the all-round illumination of such bright lights, could not be faulted in the slightest.

Qin Yuanging held the water glass, greedily looking the person up and down, and couldn’t help but think, he must be very tired, right?

In a large family like the Li family, there were more than a dozen cousins of the same generation as Li Chongge, but none of them could compete with him.

Li Chongge’s excellence was beyond doubt, but he was only made of flesh and blood. No matter how powerful and unmatched he was, it couldn’t be forgotten that he was only twenty-seven years old to this day.

How much he had paid during this period, others didn’t know, but Qin Yuanging knew it clearly.

“Take your medicine first, rest early, and you’ll be fine after a sleep.”

Taking the water glass handed over by Qin Yuanging, Li Chongge casually put it back on the table.

“I’m taking up your time, it’ll be a bit late to go back now.”

Qin Yuanging frowned, stubbornly trying to put the water glass back in Li Chongge’s hand, and didn’t forget to tear open the medicine for him.

“It’s okay, I don’t have anything urgent. Take your medicine quickly.”

“If you don’t have anything urgent, then just spend the night in the guest room, and go back with me tomorrow morning?”

Qin Yuanging’s hand shook, and he almost spilled the water on Li Chongge’s suit pants.

How could this work?

“Is that okay?”

Li Chongge didn’t take the water glass, but looked at Qin Yuanging with some incomprehension.

“What’s wrong with it?”

“Um… I mean, wouldn’t it be too much trouble for you?”

Li Chongge chuckled lightly. This laugh was like a feather scratching Qin Yuanging’s ear, making his whole body feel weak and numb.

“You’re not sleeping with me, how could it bother me?”

Qin Yuanging: “…”

To be honest, he wanted to.

Qin Yuanging somewhat regretted being quick to say that he had nothing urgent tonight, making it so that he couldn’t even pick out a suitable reason now, let alone that Li Chongge was never easy to fool.

“Qin Yuanging, are you being polite with me?”

Li Chongge’s facial expressions and tone were telling Qin Yuanging that he didn’t understand at all.

Qin Yuanging was speechless but helpless.

“I’ll go see if the bed in the guest room is comfortable.”

Li Chongge took the water glass smoothly and followed behind Qin Yuanging. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Qin Yuanging sprawled on the bed in a “big” shape.

The shirt was pulled out of the suit pants by half an inch because of his large movements.

“Didn’t you eat in Canada?”

Qin Yuanging’s sloppy behavior of getting on the bed without changing his clothes didn’t attract Li Chongge’s criticism.

He only noticed that Qin Yuanging was really a lot thinner.

“I ate, but you also know that I have a standard Jing City stomach, and it’s really difficult to enjoy those strange foods.”

Li Chongge took a sip of water and gave a concise comment: “You asked for it.”

Qin Yuanging turned over, leaving Li Chongge with a sad back of the head.

He didn’t really want to talk.

“That medicine can’t be taken on an empty stomach. I’ll order some food. Eat something with me. What do you want to eat?”

Qin Yuanging turned back by himself, and was about to retort that he had just eaten dinner, how could it be considered an empty stomach.

But he clearly remembered that Li Chongge indeed didn’t eat much, so how could it not be considered an empty stomach?

“How long will it take to be delivered?”

“An hour.”

Qin Yuanging was very dissatisfied with the length of an hour.

“Which restaurant are you planning to order from? Jiang’an?”

Li Chongge didn’t deny it. Within the available range, he always chose food that truly met his heart.

“Or change to another one? The waiting time is a bit long. You should rest earlier if you’re not feeling well.”

Li Chongge didn’t answer, and his slightly drooping eyelids showed his refusal.

“What ingredients do you have in your refrigerator? I’ll cook for you?”

“Do you think a refrigerator in a house that is only lived in very occasionally will have ingredients?”

Li Chongge paused, still feeling a little unbelievable.

“You can cook?”

“If I didn’t learn to cook for myself, I would have starved to death in a foreign country.”

After Qin Yuanging finished speaking, he suddenly slapped his head, got out of bed and walked towards the living room, and carried the box from the entrance to the dining table.

“Try this? See if it suits your taste?”

He couldn’t go back tonight, and he couldn’t take this cake back either. Instead of letting it spoil for nothing, it would be better to make a contribution to Li Chongge.

In fact, even if Qin Yuanging could go back tonight, in this situation, this cake would not fall into her hands.

Qin Yuanging was very biased.

“But this is what you’re bringing to Jiang Muyuan.”

Qin Yuanging had already opened the box, carefully taking out the sweet-smelling cake and pushing it in the direction of Li Chongge.

“It’s okay, she shouldn’t mind.”

Li Chongge walked to the dining table and sat down, picked up the fork next to him and pierced through the entire Basque cake. The rich cheese aroma did not arouse his appetite.

“But you said you were going to bring it to her, what if she minds?”

Qin Yuanging thought for a while and replied, “I can bring her another one before I leave tomorrow.”

“That store opens at eleven o’clock, and we have to leave before it opens.”

“Then there’s nothing I can do, I’ll just say I forgot.”

Li Chongge didn’t give up.

“Qin Yuanging, lying is bad.”

The two of them came and went, discussing the ownership of a palm-sized cake with serious expressions.

Qin Yuanging finally made a final decision and directly sent a message to Jiang Muyuan.

“I have something to do tonight and can’t go back. In order not to waste it, the cake was eaten by Li Chongge.”

Jiang Muyuan held her phone, seriously interpreting this sentence three times, and could not accept the fact that Li Chongge was competing with her for the cake.

It wasn’t until one night later, Jiang Muyuan woke up in the middle of the night, and finally realized belatedly.

What Li Chongge wanted to compete with her for was not the cake at all?

Li Chongge ate most of the cake, and under Qin Yuanging’s expectant gaze, he solemnly commented: “The taste is dense and smooth, the sweetness is moderate, not bad.”

Li Chongge was satisfied, and Qin Yuanging was also satisfied. Watching the person take the medicine, the two returned to their respective bedrooms.

Each bedroom was equipped with a bathroom and toilet. Qin Yuanging was just about to take a shower and go to bed when he discovered a very serious problem.

He didn’t have any clothes to change!

Although he was not so delicate that he had to change his clothes every day, after a day of running around, the shirt on his body had long been crumpled into a ball.

In Qin Yuanging’s view, other things could be tolerated, but a flat and clean shirt was the bottom line.

After struggling and hesitating for half an hour, Qin Yuanging knocked on Li Chongge’s door.

Qin Yuanging swore that he definitely didn’t have to knock on the door at this time.

As for the fact that Li Chongge came to open the door for him with only a bath towel around him, it was really beyond his expectations.

Li Chongge had been a model of all-round development since he was a child, so it was not surprising that he had a perfect body proportion and distinct muscles comparable to a model.

Qin Yuanging’s nose tingled, and he tried to look directly into Li Chongge’s eyes, not letting himself glance around.

“What’s wrong?”

A few drops of water dripped from the ends of Li Chongge’s hair, sliding down his shoulders all the way…

The psychological construction that had just been done collapsed, and Qin Yuanging desperately held back the tip of his tongue to prevent himself from losing his composure.

“Do you have extra shirts? I don’t have anything to change into.”

“Yes, come in and wait for me, I’ll change into my pajamas and get it for you.”

Qin Yuanging stood restrainedly at Li Chongge’s door without moving, waiting for him to come out in a pure black silk pajamas.

Noble and elegant.

“Come with me, it’s not in the bedroom, it’s in the cloakroom.”

Qin Yuanging: “?”

Was he standing at the door of Li Chongge’s bedroom as a door god?

Li Chongge’s cloakroom was very large, but very empty. There were only two sets of suits and a set of everyday clothes hanging inside.

Indeed, as Li Chongge said, he didn’t often come to live in this house.

Li Chongge directly took out two shirts and gave them to Qin Yuanging.

“Wear one tomorrow, and wear one as pajamas, I’m used to living alone, and forgot to prepare for you.”

Qin Yuanging held one in each hand, uncontrollably asking him, “Are they all new?”

If they were worn by Li Chongge, then wouldn’t it be…

This was too ambiguous for Qin Yuanging.

Li Chongge’s expression was a little embarrassed, and his tone was apologetic.

“No, I wore them once or twice before, but Aunt He has washed them all clean. If you mind, I’ll have someone buy you new ones.”

Qin Yuanging realized that Li Chongge had misunderstood that he wasmind, complain about that the clothes were not new, but he couldn’t explain it, so he had to accept this affectation.

“No trouble, I just asked casually, take your medicine and rest early, I’ll wash up and go to sleep too.”

“Then the underwear…”

“I can endure the others for one more day!”

Qin Yuanging quickly returned to his room and closed the door, hugging Li Chongge’s shirt and leaning against the door, the tips of his ears gradually turning red.

As if what he was holding was not a few thin layers of fabric, but Li Chongge himself.

After taking a shower, Qin Yuanging closed his eyes and randomly grabbed a shirt to put on, clearing his mind of messy and dirty thoughts, and lying on the bed wanting to fall asleep quickly, but instead, it backfired.

Not only was he not sleepy, but he became more and more energetic.

Thinking that he was wearing Li Chongge’s shirt, and Li Chongge himself was sleeping in the room not far away, Qin Yuanging couldn’t help but feel throbbing in his heart.

This realization made him excited and helpless, happy and painful.

After a long time, in the silent night, Qin Yuanging’s heart finally gradually calmed down after beating violently.

Qin Yuanging consciously sank, but also knew very clearly that the trust and friendliness that Li Chongge was giving him now were all based on friendship.

If he lost this identity, Qin Yuanging would never be able to get close to Li Chongge again.