Shi Yang hurriedly turned around to grab a towel and wrapped himself up before rushing over to help Zhao Meimei.
As Zhao Meimei covered her nose with a towel, she couldn’t help but recall Little Yang being covered by the towel earlier. She felt her blood rushing to her nose, making the nosebleed even worse...
Dizzy and disoriented, Zhao Meimei was led by Shi Yang to the bathroom, where he splashed cold water on her forehead and cleaned the bloodstains from her face, using tissues to wipe and then stuffing a small ball of tissue in her nose.
Zhao Meimei leaned against Shi Yang the entire time, boneless. If Shi Yang hadn’t supported her with his arms, she felt that her legs would be too weak to prevent her from falling to the floor.
That night was, apart from when she wet the bed as a child and pushed Shi Yang away, the most unlucky and embarrassing moment in Zhao Meimei’s life.
After helping Zhao Meimei stop the bleeding, Shi Yang held her still flushed red face, his eyes dark, comforting her: "It’s okay, after a while you can just take out the tissue and throw it away."
Feeling intensely embarrassed, Zhao Meimei couldn’t bring herself to meet Shi Yang’s eyes, her gaze drifting aimlessly and refusing to land on his face.
Shi Yang said nothing further, guiding Zhao Meimei to the living room to sit and rest, while he threw the towel for washing, wiped the puddled water off the floor, and changed into clean clothes in the bedroom before returning to the living room.
Shi Yang made a spur-of-the-moment decision to come back today. The franchise matter had already been settled; he initially planned to stay in the provincial capital for two days to help Wang Tianyu take care of some things, but then Third Brother’s negotiations with the kindergarten about installation fees hit a snag, so Qu Chaozong rushed to handle it, leaving no one at home to keep things running, forcing Shi Yang to hastily return.
After arranging everything, he returned home, intending to take a shower and rest for a bit before picking up Zhao Meimei from her tutoring class, never expecting Zhao Meimei to come home early.
While showering, he forgot to bring a change of clothes, thinking no one was at home, so he boldly opened the door to head back to the bedroom.
The whole situation was really awkward for both Zhao Meimei and Shi Yang; it was quite a shock.
Both tacitly decided to turn the page on this incident, never mentioning it again.
Feeling awkward, Zhao Meimei sat on the sofa, struggling with herself, feeling humiliated. She had stared at Shi Yang’s Little Yang like a shameless floozy, and worst of all, she had a nosebleed, which showed just how inappropriate her imagination had become.
Shi Yang noticed Zhao Meimei’s little thoughts, suddenly squeezed next to her, stretched out his arms, and pulled her into his embrace, warmly cupping her face, planting a kiss on her forehead.
Zhao Meimei, caught off guard, was held in a warm and fragrant embrace of body temperature and shower gel scent, receiving a comforting kiss, which immediately dissipated some of her embarrassment.
Shi Yang gently rubbed her, asking: "What’s wrong? You look unhappy."
Zhao Meimei played dumb: "No, I’m not."
Shi Yang kissed her again, this time on the tip of her nose: "Baby, did you miss me? Seeing me back, is this how you welcome me? What happened to the hug, kiss, and cuddling to sleep tonight?"
Zhao Meimei replied sulkily: "I did miss you."
Shi Yang playfully tousled her hair, his voice raspy: "You missed me? I couldn’t tell."
Zhao Meimei truly felt embarrassed; after so many years, she unexpectedly greeted Little Yang up close again, her thin layer of skin couldn’t hold up, but she stubbornly insisted: "I really missed you!"
Shi Yang extended his hands to embrace her again, soothing: "I missed you too, always thinking about you. Sometimes, during the day, when I miss you a lot, I look at the phone wallpaper, wishing I had taken more pictures to look at them often." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ noᴠelfire.net
Upon hearing this, Zhao Meimei softened immediately, obediently resting against Shi Yang: "Me too, brother, I really, really miss you. I want to sleep with you tonight."
Shi Yang laughed: "Cuddle me to sleep?"
Zhao Meimei nodded: "Cuddle."
Shi Yang asked: "How to cuddle?"
Zhao Meimei laughed, hugged Shi Yang back, briefly embraced him, retracted her hands, and mischievously started tickling Shi Yang’s sides.
The two rolled over the sofa, diving back and forth into a playful mess, creating chaos.
At last, Shi Yang pressed Zhao Meimei down, grinning handsomely: "Let me give you a kiss, and I won’t tickle you anymore."
With that said, he didn’t wait for Zhao Meimei’s response and directly kissed her.
Under the lighting, Shi Yang’s back was upright, his legs long, and his movements were focused and enjoyable, with satisfaction and happiness overflowing from his brows and eyes, nearly dripping down his long, thick lashes.
That night, Zhao Meimei didn’t do her homework for the first time; she truly couldn’t focus.
She sat on the sofa, unpacking the gifts Shi Yang brought back one by one, sampling all the local specialties.
Shi Yang even specifically bought a few sets of spring clothes for her from Wenzhou, including skirts, pants, long shirts, and a pair of identical couple jackets, one large and one small.
Zhao Meimei couldn’t stop admiring them, holding them in her hands and examining them for a long time.
After carefully storing the clothes, Zhao Meimei said to Shi Yang: "When the time comes, we’ll wear them together, go shopping, watch movies, eat, and take photos. I want everyone to know you’re mine."
Amused by Zhao Meimei’s sweet words, which she loved to slip out, Shi Yang happily offered the surprise gift he originally planned to reveal the next morning.
Upon seeing it, Zhao Meimei was delighted—a black tablet computer.
Shi Yang explained: "I downloaded many learning courses for you; you can use the tablet for doing worksheets, much easier than writing. Later, I’ll take time to collect problem sets for you from the bookstore, and when you have the time, you can use the tablet for studying—it’s convenient and efficient."
Zhao Meimei wore a bright smile, genuinely loving the gift; although she’s never been to an internet café, her computer skills remain limited to gaming on keyboards and chatting on QQ using pinyin.
Shi Yang chuckled: "It’s okay, when you do worksheets, just use the mouse to select answers. Once summer vacation comes, I’ll teach you how to type in Chinese."
Zhao Meimei eagerly nodded.
Shi Yang coaxingly added: "Later, if you get into a university in the provincial capital, I’ll give you the latest model of a laptop, guaranteed to be fancier than this one, for you to use in your university dormitory."
Zhao Meimei initially agreed with a smile, then suddenly realized something wasn’t right, frowning in protest: "Brother, didn’t you say you would move your business to the provincial capital? Why should I stay in a dormitory after I go to university? You should buy a house in the provincial capital then! I don’t want to stay in a dormitory; I want to live with you!"