Shi Mengwan's body curled up there. She didn't speak, nor did she look at Zhan Haoze.
It was one thing to admit it in his heart, but it was another to show it and say it out loud.
She felt ashamed. In fact, every time she had intimate relations with Zhan Haoze, she felt ashamed.
This was something that could not be controlled. The greater the satisfaction when they were together, the greater the emptiness after.
Her body was carried into Zhan Haoze's arms, but she suddenly waved his hand away.
"Don't touch me."
Zhan Haoze's hand stopped in mid-air. Looking at her back, he didn't seem to understand what was wrong with her.
Shi Mengwan didn't look at him. She quickly got up, hurriedly picked up the outermost clothes to cover her body, and then went into the bathroom.
She locked the door and stayed inside for nearly half an hour. When he came out again, he had already tidied himself up.
She returned to the living room and found that Zhan Haoze was still sitting on the sofa.
"You're still not leaving?"
Shouldn't he have left at this time in the past?
Zhan Haoze sat on the sofa and looked at her. She had just taken a shower, and her skin was red. Her face looked tender, like a lotus flower that had just come out of the water.
Zhan Haoze didn't leave. He even reached out to her.
Shi Mengwan looked at the outstretched hand for a long time. Instead of going over, she went to her small study.
She didn't want to see Zhan Haoze, so she could only let herself draw.
Yesterday, she had saved her sketches in the mailbox. Now, all she had to do was open it and finish the rest.
She had an idea in her mind to make a collection out of yesterday's dress. The entire series is themed around cherry blossoms.
She was a person who immersed herself in her work and did not care about anything else. It was only when she heard a knock on the door that she thought she had misheard.
She looked up and found Zhan Haoze standing at the door. He was really free today. Shi Mengwan was a little puzzled. Why didn't he leave after finishing it like before?
"Time to eat."
He said.
Shi Mengwan was stunned for a moment. She blinked her eyes, as if she only had the time now to pay attention to the time.
It was almost one o 'clock.
Eat? His cooking? Shi Mengwan looked at Zhan Haoze and remembered that he didn't know how to cook.
She was a little curious and couldn't care less that she didn't want to see him just now. He got up and went outside. There were four dishes and one soup on the dining table. From the looks of it, one could tell that it was made by a chef.
She was so engrossed in drawing that she didn't hear the door open.
Zhan Haoze sat down at the dining table. Shi Mengwan glanced at him and sat down as well.
The meal was eaten in silence. Shi Mengwan glanced at Zhan Haoze as she scooped the rice. It was a familiar movement and a familiar face.
She withdrew her gaze and forced herself not to look at him again.
After dinner, Shi Mengwan noticed a detail. Zhan Haoze wasn't wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
This discovery made her wonder if the clothes Zhan Haoze left here last time looked like this.
How could she not remember? She thought about the takeout that had just arrived. Someone had come when she was in the study drawing.
They sent Chinese food and Zhan Haoze's clothes over. She couldn't help but look at Zhan Haoze. If she remembered correctly, he had left more than one set of clothes here.
What was he trying to do? Come often? Or what?
Once this thought came to her mind, Shi Mengwan couldn't sit still anymore. She didn't go back to the study to draw a draft. Instead, she sat down on the sofa and looked at Zhan Haoze. She wanted to have a good talk with him.
She had just sat down when Zhan Haoze came over. He sat next to her and wrapped his big hands around her waist.
Her body stiffened for a moment, but it was only for a moment. Soon, she was completely hugged by him.
Her back was very tense. She tried her best to keep a certain distance from him, but it was almost impossible under such circumstances.
His chin rested in the crook of her neck, and he held her tightly against him.
"Zhan Haoze …"
The atmosphere in front of her wasn't right. She was afraid that he would act recklessly again when he got excited.
In order to divert her attention, she picked up the remote control and turned on the TV. It happened to be a variety show.
Shi Mengwan wasn't very interested in these things, but she forced herself to focus on the TV.
It was a very popular show in recent years. A few guests were trying their best to amuse people. Shi Mengwan wasn't amused, but she watched very seriously.
At first, she was afraid that Zhan Haoze would do it again, but later, she realized that he didn't do anything else.
She calmed down. "Zhan Haoze."
"Yes?"
"Are you okay?"
He should be very busy, right? Didn't he have to go to work?
Although she didn't know what he was doing now, she remembered that the last time they met, he knew Su Qingsang and even called her Mrs. Huo.
He was also there at Huo Jinyao's company's banquet. He had the demeanor of a business elite. Didn't he have to go to work?
Zhan Haoze frowned slightly when she saw how she couldn't wait for him to leave. The hand on her waist tightened.
"I'm free today."
Didn't she say that she wasn't leaving? She resisted the urge to chase him away. "Are you that free?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in her words. Zhan Haoze heard it, but he wasn't angry.
"I'm not free." But he was free today.
He compressed his work into three days to complete it, so he could be free today and tomorrow.
Shi Mengwan was speechless. She thought to herself that she wanted to chase him away, but now she didn't know how to respond. While she was in a dilemma, he gently moved her face slightly.
Her body pressed closer to him. Her overly intimate behavior made her turn her face to look at the TV and focus all her attention on it.
"What plans do you have today?"
Plans? What plans could she have? It turned out that she wanted to go home to accompany her parents and family, but because of the sudden order, she returned to Lin City.
She turned to look at Zhan Haoze, and he was also looking at her.
Zhan Haoze's eyes flashed with uneasiness when she looked at him with a puzzled gaze, but it was only for a moment.
"Aren't you going out?"
Today was the last day of the long holiday. Shi Mengwan bit her lip and turned to look at Zhan Haoze.
Her waist was still sore, which made her lack the mood to go out.
"I don't want to go out."
The atmosphere was a little awkward. She turned to look at him. She had many questions to ask, such as what had happened to him.
For example, why did he forget everything in the past? Or for example, why did he come? What was he thinking? What did he think she was?
But in the end, those questions turned into silence. She turned her face away and forced herself to focus on the TV again.
She sat in his arms, and the two of them snuggled together. Their posture was very intimate.
Shi Mengwan's face was pressed against his chest. She couldn't tell what she was feeling. She couldn't help but sneak glances at him.
His jawline was perfect, and his gaze was on the TV in front of him. Sensing her gaze, he turned his face to look at her.
Shi Mengwan quickly retracted her gaze like a thief. Her heart was beating a little fast, but before she could turn her face away, Zhan Haoze's hand was already on her cheek.
He stared at her face, tilted his head, and kissed her lips just like that.
The kiss was fiery hot, with his nice mint smell. Shi Mengwan didn't even know how to breathe after kissing, but now she could already respond to him.
She knew his actions and what he was going to do next.
His lips weren't as cold as his person. Instead, they were very soft and warm. Her eyes gradually became a little blurry.
It wasn't until she felt Zhan Haoze's hand slowly slide down from her waist, as if he was going to go further that she grabbed his hand.
She took a step back, stared at his face, and swallowed her saliva.
"No."
Don't do this kind of thing every time. Don't come here every time as if he was treating her as a target to vent.
She couldn't stand this.
Zhan Haoze looked at her with a deep gaze, with emotions that she couldn't understand.
In the end, he didn't continue. Instead, he wrapped his arms around her waist again and started watching TV again.
Shi Mengwan didn't pay attention to what was on TV at all. She didn't expect Zhan Haoze to actually stop.
This made her feel a little strange. She didn't sleep much yesterday, and she woke up quite early today.
She was dizzy and slowly closed her eyes again.
..
Shi Mengwan remembered that after eating the wine-brewed meatballs on the Lantern Festival, Qiao Ze left early and returned late for a few days. They slept on the same bed, but they couldn't see each other.
She didn't understand what was wrong, but she felt that he might think she was being frivolous.
After all, she came from a small town. Her parents had always been strict, and she knew that she might have done something wrong.
When she thought of this, she almost couldn't control herself. It was as if she wanted to prove something, but it was also as if she wanted to get an answer.
She woke up early and stopped the young man when he was about to go out.
"Dear Brother, why have you ignored me these few days?"
She looked at the young man's handsome features, her little face full of confusion.
Qiao Ze didn't dare to look at Shi Mengwan's eyes. He was fifteen years old, and there were usually some people by his side. He had also seen a lot of things.
He knew what he meant that night, but he was too ashamed to say it out loud.
He had feelings for this girl who was still a young girl. In his eyes, this was shameful and couldn't be said.
He didn't even dare to face Shi Mengwan.
She called him brother and treated him as her brother. She came and suffered with him.
She cooked for him and washed his clothes. She took care of his daily life. This small house, because of Shi Mengwan, unexpectedly felt like a home.
He felt very guilty.
The young man's thoughts were secretive and couldn't be told. She wasn't even fourteen years old.
At this moment, when he met Shi Mengwan's clear eyes, he looked away. "I'm not ignoring you. You're thinking too much. "
The young man's voice was about to go through puberty. It was still a little hoarse, but it was a little clearer.
Shi Mengwan bit her lip and shook her head. "No, it's not like that. You're just avoiding me. You're ignoring me. "
"It's nothing," the young man replied in a muffled voice and turned to leave. Shi Mengwan quickly blocked in front of him. Her eyes unexpectedly revealed a maturity that didn't belong to her age.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm not going anywhere."
"Where are you going if you're not going? I'm going too. "
"I'm going to earn money."
"I'm going too. I can help you. "
"I don't want your help."
"Why?"
Shi Mengwan decided to get to the bottom of it. "Why can't I go? I eat and use your food every day, and I can also work hard to support myself. I want to help. "
"I told you, I don't want your help."
Could she go where he was going?
A hint of anxiety appeared on the young man's face. "Make way. I'm leaving."
His tone was a little anxious, but it wasn't fierce. Shi Mengwan's face darkened as she took a step forward.
"I just want to help you?"
"I said it's not suitable for you."
"Do you hate me?" Shi Mengwan felt a rare sense of loss and hurt in her heart. "Tell me honestly, do you hate me?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" If he could hate her, he wouldn't be so unable to face her.
"You still say no? You wouldn't have spoken to me in such a tone in the past, and you wouldn't have treated me like this."
Other than the first month she came, she got along with Qiao Ze like brother and sister.
She thought that in his heart, even if he couldn't treat her as his biological sister, he would at least take good care of her. She had a special status.
"You …"
Shi Mengwan's unreasonable pestering made the young man a little angry. Without thinking, he walked past her and was about to leave. Shi Mengwan gritted her teeth and blocked him with determination.
"Tell me, do you dislike me?" She was embarrassed to say that sentence, but now she had to say it. "You dislike me, don't you? Because you think I'm frivolous, you think I'm casual, and I think I'm the kind of girl who doesn't have self-respect? Isn't that right? "
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"That's what you think." Shi Mengwan bit her lip and was immersed in great sadness. "If that's not the case, why are you ignoring me? Is it because I kissed you that day? "
It was fine if she didn't mention that day, but when she mentioned that day, the young man's face instantly turned red.
Half of it was because he was embarrassed, and the other half was because he was anxious.
"If you dislike me, I, I'll leave now." Shi Mengwan didn't see the young man's awkwardness. She turned around and was about to open the door.
Her body was hugged by the young man. His skinny and muscular arms circled her waist tightly.
"Stop fooling around."
The young man's rare fierce tone shocked Shi Mengwan. She turned around. The young man looked at her and said in an unfriendly tone, "I really don't dislike you, and I don't think you're frivolous."
If she was frivolous, then what about him who kissed her first? What about him?
He thought about her entering his dreams, and even his dreams were filled with shameful scenes. What about him?
Meeting the girl's clear eyes, he couldn't say a single word. He didn't want the girl to think that he was dirty and dirty.
"I, really, I've just been too busy recently. I promise you, I'll come back earlier in the future. "
"Then, can you not go today?"
"No."
He promised Sixth Brother that he would take the lead today. "Not today. How about tomorrow? I won't go anywhere tomorrow. I'll stay at home with you. "
"You said that?"
"I said it. I promise. "
Afraid that the girl wouldn't believe him, the young man almost raised three fingers to swear.
Shi Mengwan was satisfied, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Then you go. I'll wait for you at home."
The young man glanced at her, nodded, and turned to leave.
At night, the young man lay on the same bed as the girl again. In fact, ever since he discovered his secret thoughts, the young man wanted nothing more than to stay far away from the girl.
But he couldn't. There was no heating in Lin City in winter, and there was no air conditioning in the house. It was especially cold at night. If he slept on the sofa, he would definitely catch a cold.
He carefully slept on the side of the bed, wanting to avoid the girl's approach.
However, the ubiquitous chill that night made the girl instinctively lean towards him.
Sometimes, when Shi Mengwan was in a daze, she would open her eyes to see where she was.
"Dear Brother."
She murmured softly, then moved her face closer to him and fell asleep again.
At first, she would still keep her distance from him, but as the two of them spent more and more time together, she became more and more at ease with him.
However, she didn't know that this kind of relief was a great torment for the young man.
After all, he was only fifteen years old. After the New Year, he would already be sixteen years old according to the rules in Lin City. The young man was strong and had just experienced his first awakening of love. How could he have such good self-control?
Looking at the girl's sleeping face in his arms, he couldn't bear to push her away.
He gently adjusted the angle of his arm to make the girl sleep more comfortably. The touch of her smooth and fair skin made his heart race.
When Shi Mengwan woke up in the morning, she found herself sleeping in the young man's arms.
Her face was tightly pressed against his chest. The young man used to sleep bare-chested. Ever since the girl shared a bed with him, he would wear a T-shirt.
Shi Mengwan opened her eyes and saw a suspicious circle of watermarks on his T-shirt. Her face instantly turned red.
She hurriedly jumped out of bed. She didn't dare to face the young man.
She couldn't be drooling when she fell asleep, could she? Shi Mengwan was abnormally embarrassed by this discovery. She didn't dare to look at the young man at all. She quickly put on her clothes and flashed into the kitchen. She didn't look at the young man again.
What she didn't know was that after she left, the young man grabbed the pajamas she left on the bed. He smelled the smell on it, and his hand couldn't help but reach into his own clothes and go down.
… …
Shi Mengwan was in a daze. She felt as if there were feathers gently brushing against her face. She felt itchy and woke up from her sleep.
When she opened her eyes, the handsome face in front of her gave her a fright. She tried to step back, but someone held her waist. At the same time, something fell to the ground.
She blinked her eyes and suddenly realized her current state.
She was asleep, and she was even sleeping on Zhan Haoze's lap. And his face was right above her. What fell to the ground just now was a small blanket on the sofa. It had been covering her before.
He was holding his phone in his hand. When he saw that she was awake, he put the phone aside.
"You're awake?"
Shi Mengwan quickly sat up. She had just woken up, so for a moment, she couldn't even tell if it was a dream or reality.
"You …"
She wanted to call him Dear Brother, but she was embarrassed. In the end, she shook her head. She sat up straight. "You, why didn't you wake me up?"
She was asleep, and she was still sleeping on his lap. Why didn't he wake her up?
Zhan Haoze didn't say anything. He just gently brushed his hand against the corner of her lips.
That action made Shi Mengwan freeze again. She didn't dare to move at all.
"You –"
"Do you want to go out for dinner?"
She had slept for almost the entire afternoon, and it was almost five o 'clock now.
"Go out for dinner?"
"Yes." Zhan Haoze moved his feet without leaving a trace. Shi Mengwan had slept on his lap for too long, and his feet were a little numb.
Shi Mengwan was thinking about his suggestion when she saw his movements from the corner of her eye. She immediately understood.
She might have been too tired to sleep for so long.
Didn't he know that she should just leave him on the sofa like this?
"You don't want to go out?"
"Go."
Shi Mengwan answered casually. After she finished answering, she realized what she had agreed to.
"Then, let's go change?"
She was still wearing the same housecoat from yesterday. It was too late for Shi Mengwan to go back on her word. She glanced at Zhan Haoze and hurried into the room.
In less than ten minutes, Shi Mengwan changed her clothes and came out.
Zhan Haoze was already standing at the door, holding his trench coat in his hand. She glanced down at his feet.
Her face was a little hot. Was she too confident in Zhan Haoze? She actually fell asleep on his lap?
She lowered her head and reached for the car key, but Zhan Haoze took it.
"Let's go."
The two of them went downstairs together. Shi Mengwan stood half an arm away from Zhan Haoze.
After leaving the door, the cold wind blew, and Shi Mengwan was completely awake. Now, she was a little regretful.
She shouldn't have come out. If she had known earlier, she would have ordered takeout.
"What do you want to eat?"
Zhan Haoze asked her. She shook her head. "Anything."
After saying that, she realized that this answer seemed to be one of the most annoying answers.
According to the Internet, it was the most annoying to ask someone what they wanted to eat.
She explained a little embarrassedly, "I'm not picky."
During that year when they were together, what hadn't they suffered? What hadn't they suffered?
Zhan Haoze glanced at her and didn't say anything. The two of them got into the car. He sat in the driver's seat.
"Anything?"
Shi Mengwan looked up at the signboard in front of her. The two big words on it made her a little dumbfounded.
Zhan Haoze didn't look at her and led her inside. The signboard on the door was "Anything". They entered the door. It was a small courtyard.
After passing through the courtyard, there were a few private rooms. Someone came over and led the two of them to one of them.
They entered the door. The waiter served tea. Shi Mengwan took a sip. It was Longjing.
She didn't know much about tea, but she used to have a client who was in the tea business. She kind of understood.
After the tea was served, she didn't see anyone. No one brought the menu over. She looked at Zhan Haoze in surprise.
"Don't you need to order?"
"No." Zhan Haoze's voice was very soft. "This shop is called Anything, which means that they don't allow people to order. Their chef will serve the dishes according to the number of people who come. "
There was such a shop in Lin City? Shi Mengwan really didn't know.
The private room wasn't big and was decorated very elegantly. There were only the two of them, but it was too quiet.
Shi Mengwan bit her lip and tried to find something to say.
"How did you know about this place?"
"I found it by accident." Zhan Haoze lowered his head and drank his tea. He didn't say how he found it by accident.
Shi Mengwan didn't ask anymore. When she came in just now, she saw the small courtyard outside and felt that it was very interesting. Now, she wanted to go out and take a look.
"Can I go out and take a look?"
"Sure." Zhan Haoze looked at the curiosity on her face. "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"No need, I'll just take a look."
In this season, she seemed to have seen a plum blossom in the courtyard outside. It wasn't the flowering season yet, but she seemed to have seen the bud. She wanted to confirm it.
Zhan Haoze watched her stand up and didn't follow her. He only added softly.
"The owner of this shop is very nice. You can look around."
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