This was a place he had never reached before. Meng Chu immediately tilted her head back as if unable to bear it.
But this did not let her escape Cheng Jinyu. Instead, it made the fine bones of her slender neck stand out.
He nibbled gently, as if venting, and also as if sucking.
Suddenly Meng Chu let out an uncontrollable whimper.
This unfamiliar sound made her gasp for breath.
Her whole body involuntarily shrank back.
The too-unfamiliar yet intense feeling made her unable to control this physiological reaction.
At that moment Cheng Jinyu’s lips moved upward and bit her earlobe.
He lowered his voice and said, “Don’t be afraid. We’ll take it slow.”
“I’m not afraid,” Meng Chu said in a low voice after a long while.
Although in the darkness Meng Chu did not see it, Cheng Jinyu still instinctively raised an eyebrow and asked in that slow, torturous breathy voice, word by word, “You are willing?”
Willing?
Of course Meng Chu was not foolish enough to ask willing to what.
She was 28, not 18.
Even at 18, she had understood what should be understood.
It was just that it was limited to understanding only.
She could not help biting her lip again, not having figured out how to answer.
After all, this kind of thing came naturally when the time was right.
If one were to say it outright, how could it be so easily spoken aloud?
In the end, she still endured it and squeezed out a faint “mm” in a breathy voice.
This time, instead, Cheng Jinyu was stunned.
He could not help resting his chin in the hollow of Meng Chu’s shoulder.
This posture made the two seem extraordinarily intimate.
“But what should we do? I didn’t prepare in advance,” Cheng Jinyu sighed slightly.
Meng Chu was stunned for a moment, then understood that what he meant by preparing in advance was probably condoms.
At that moment, she suddenly understood that he had not planned to go all the way today at all.
Meng Chu was suddenly a little angry and immediately swung her hand to pound heavily on his chest.
“Cheng Jinyu.”
Her tone carried a thick warning.
Hearing her tone, Cheng Jinyu also knew he had angered her.
After all, with Meng Chu’s personality, it was already rare for her to take the initiative and nod.
He immediately reached out to hug her, but Meng Chu turned around at once, back facing him.
Now she really could not be coaxed.
Who knows how long it was, but Meng Chu, in her angry state, unexpectedly fell asleep so quickly.
Or perhaps because she had gone shopping and cried for a long time today, she was already very tired.
Listening to her even breathing, Cheng Jinyu pulled her tightly into his arms from behind.
He gently kissed her earlobe, feeling an unprecedented satisfaction in his heart.
…
Now, lying in bed, Meng Chu finally completely remembered what had happened before sleep last night: the scorching touch of skin, and that last bit that had made her angry.
But after a sleep, Meng Chu was already no longer angry.
Last night she had not truly been angry, just a little embarrassed into anger.
After Meng Chu got up and quickly washed up, she walked out of the room.
When she reached the Kitchen doorway, she saw the person who had already gotten up, indeed busy in the Kitchen.
On the counter were already two portions of bacon and fried eggs, made some time ago.
With a light ding, it reminded her that the toast in the oven was ready too.
That soft fragrance spilled out as the oven door opened.
Cheng Jinyu put the toast on another plate and carried it out directly.
When he reached Meng Chu’s side, he lowered his head and kissed her on the corner of the mouth. “Good morning.”
Such an intimate gesture now seemed extraordinarily natural for him to do.
As if they greeted each other this way every morning.
After Cheng Jinyu said that, he placed the two plates he was carrying on the Dining Table nearby, then went to carry the other two plates, and then asked, “Do you want Coffee or juice?”
“Coffee,” Meng Chu said.
Cheng Jinyu smiled, as if he had already prepared, and went straight to the Coffee Machine.
He poured two cups of Coffee from it.
Seeing this, Meng Chu said with a smile, “Did you guess early on that I would choose Coffee?”
“Try these new Coffee Beans,” Cheng Jinyu placed the Coffee cup steadily in front of her.
Meng Chu took a sip, and this time she really tasted something different. “It really is good.”
“Then we’ll order this kind from now on,” Cheng Jinyu nodded.
After Meng Chu sat down, looking at the breakfast before her, she could not help saying, “Why did you get up so early today?”
“Last night I made my wife so angry that she fell asleep. Shouldn’t I perform well today?”
Cheng Jinyu sat opposite her, and even while saying this, he did not forget to look into her eyes.
He would have been better off not mentioning it. As soon as he did, Meng Chu was so embarrassed her toes curled.
She lowered her eyes and took another sip of Coffee.
Then she pretended to be calm and said, “Who said I was angry?”
She was not angry at all.
Cheng Jinyu also knew that if he continued, she might really get angry, so he wisely did not mention it again.
After breakfast, Meng Chu was about to get up and clean up.
But Cheng Jinyu said, “No need. Just leave it. The Auntie will come Home to clean soon.”
Only then did Meng Chu remember. “I don’t think I’ve ever met the Auntie.”
Cheng Jinyu said calmly, “I generally rarely see her either.”
After all, he had never liked having outsiders in his Home.
Of course, with such a big Home, he could not clean it himself.
So the Auntie only came Home after he went to work.
And she would also leave Home early before he got off work.
After all, Cheng Jinyu himself did not often eat at Home.
But with Meng Chu, things were different.
He said, “Would you like to have the Auntie stay and make dinner sometime?”
Meng Chu hesitated. “I have quite a lot of overtime at the Company.”
She could not be sure she could go Home for dinner every day.
The overtime at this kind of startup tech Company was comparable to a top-tier big firm.
There was no way around it. Since the money was already less than at those big firms, they could only fight it out with time.
“Then we can discuss it slowly later,” Cheng Jinyu was not in a hurry either.
Just like that, they each left Home for work.
When she arrived at the Company, Meng Chu threw herself into work as usual.
After the routine morning meeting in the morning.
A small group chat at the Company suddenly became lively.
[Did you see? General Manager Meng seems to be wearing a ring.]
[What ring?]
[So I’m not the only one who saw it.]
[What ring exactly?]
[A wedding ring, of course. General Manager Meng is wearing it on her left ring finger.]
[Isn’t General Manager Meng single?]
[Whoever is close to Jiang Xinya, why not ask her?]
At noon, Meng Chu still called Xu Qingying.
“Chuchu, have you eaten?” Xu Qingying was naturally very happy to receive her call, but the first thing she did was ask whether she had eaten.
Meng Chu smiled lightly. “Mom, I just finished eating. What about you?”
Xu Qingying: “I ate a while ago too.”
Meng Chu thought for a moment and said, “It’s about the return gift. I’ve already prepared it. So I called you specially to tell you not to keep worrying about it.”
Meng Chu did not mention Cheng Jinyu’s mother, because she was afraid it would bring up bad memories for Xu Qingying.
After all, for Xu Qingying, she herself was the one who had truly had breast cancer and faced death.
Xu Qingying was clearly relieved and said with a smile, “That’s good.”
Meng Chu thought for a while and then said, “I want to find a time to bring him back to see you. Is that okay?”
As soon as Xu Qingying heard this, how could she not understand Meng Chu’s meaning?
She knew her own daughter best. She was not the kind to easily give in.
And now that Meng Chu said she wanted to bring this boyfriend to see her, it showed she had already acknowledged this person.
“Okay, of course Mom is willing,” Xu Qingying agreed without hesitation.
Meng Chu also completely let out a breath of relief in her heart.
When she got married back then, it was because she hoped to put her mother at ease.
Now everything was even more perfect than she had imagined, so of course she wanted her mother to know Cheng Jinyu even more.
In the evening, Meng Chu indeed had to work overtime again. She sent a message to Cheng Jinyu saying she would be back a little late.
Cheng Jinyu: [I made plans with friends tonight too.]
Inside the club.
When Liu Bozhou arrived, he saw Jiang Min’an and Wei Yuan sitting inside.
Wei Yuan still had his keep-away look, while Jiang Min’an was holding a cue and playing billiards.
“Just you two?” Liu Bozhou was a little surprised.
This place was one they often came to, the top-tier private room with everything inside.
Before, whenever they had nothing to do, they would gather here. Funny to say, all of them were single.
Liu Bozhou had just broken up with his fiancée.
They had already been engaged, but in the end the two still disagreed on their future direction, and finally decided to break up.
Jiang Min’an had never had much resolve.
So the reason they could always gather together was also because none of them needed to accompany a girlfriend.
Seeing him arrive, Jiang Min’an quickly said, “Come on, come play a round with me. Wei Yuan, this bastard, won’t play with me no matter what I say.”
At that moment Wei Yuan looked up from his phone and regarded him with ease. “You’re too trash.”
Fuck.
Jiang Min’an’s temper flared. “Come on. If you don’t play a round today, don’t blame me for turning on you. I’ll make you lose with complete conviction.”
“Forget it, forget it. We’re all brothers. Why be like this?” Liu Bozhou quickly tried to smooth things over.
Hearing him say this, Jiang Min’an actually felt somewhat comforted.
But then Liu Bozhou added, “If you lose, how awkward would that be?”
Jiang Min’an: “Get lost.”
Seeing that he was really about to get angry, Liu Bozhou quickly soothed him and asked, “Why didn’t you invite Jinyu?”
“What do you mean didn’t invite him? It was he who said he wanted to get together. But then he acted all high and mighty and still hasn’t come.”
As Jiang Min’an said this, he grew angry all over again.
Liu Bozhou found it strange. “If he said he wanted to get together, why didn’t he call people in the group?”
Jiang Min’an sneered. “Do you think he’s the kind of person to organize things? It’s only because I have a good temper that I’m willing to organize for him.”
But Jiang Min’an hooked an arm around Liu Bozhou’s neck and said in a relaxed tone, “But he did say he’d cover all expenses tonight, so you know what that means.”
“Fine. I’ll have someone open a few bottles of Romanee-Conti later.”
How could Liu Bozhou not understand Jiang Min’an’s hint? He said at once.
Just as they were talking, the private room door was pushed open again.
Cheng Jinyu slowly walked in and said calmly, “Sorry, the Company had a last-minute meeting. I’m late.”
His words were an apology, but his tone was not quite.
“Have you eaten dinner?” Cheng Jinyu asked.
Jiang Min’an: “Aren’t we waiting for you? You’re so busy. You’ve been nowhere to be seen for so many days. It’s not easy for a brother to see you once.”
Cheng Jinyu glanced at him and looked at him with a half-smile. “Speak normally.”
“Aren’t I speaking normally?” Jiang Min’an looked at Liu Bozhou.
Liu Bozhou clicked his tongue lightly and shook his head. “So much resentment, like he abandoned you after having his way with you.”
“Fuck, you…” Jiang Min’an never expected Liu Bozhou to betray him so quickly.
Cheng Jinyu curled the corner of his mouth slightly. “Don’t frame me.”
Jiang Min’an put down the cue and began rolling up his sleeves. “Come on, come on. I’ll show you what heavy resentment looks like. Today everyone is playing me, huh?”
“Let’s eat first,” Cheng Jinyu said.
Wei Yuan, sitting on the Sofa, suddenly looked up at him. “Are you in a hurry?”
“A little,” Cheng Jinyu nodded.
Liu Bozhou, while dealing with a red-eyed Jiang Min’an, asked, “What are you in a hurry for? You just got here.”
“I’m ready to talk about something serious,” Cheng Jinyu said lightly.
As soon as they heard serious business, even Jiang Min’an quieted down.
The three of them looked at him in unison, clearly urging him to hurry up and speak.
But Cheng Jinyu suddenly said, “No, let’s eat first after all.”
“Why are you so eager to eat? I’ve never seen you love eating so much on ordinary days,” Jiang Min’an saw that he had whetted everyone’s appetite like this, yet he was still thinking about eating, and could not help complaining.
But after being retorted like that, Cheng Jinyu was not angry at all.
Instead, he said slowly, “I’m afraid if we don’t eat now, later you really won’t be able to eat.”
“Just say it directly. I’ll listen first,” Jiang Min’an urged.
Cheng Jinyu’s gaze swept over the three of them, then he said slowly, “There is one thing I have never known how to tell you.”
Jiang Min’an had never known that he was actually an impatient person.
Hearing this, he was really about to lose it.
“Hurry up,” he urged.
Cheng Jinyu glanced at him lightly, walked to the coffee table nearby, took a cup, and unhurriedly poured himself a glass of wine.
Then, holding the glass, he said calmly, “Mainly because I’m afraid after you hear it, you won’t be able to stand the jealousy.”
“…”
“If I really were jealous of you, I would have died long ago,” Jiang Min’an said speechlessly.
Liu Bozhou watched him from the side. “Actively stepping on yourself, you’re still more impressive.”
Jiang Min’an was not wrong. From childhood to adulthood, Cheng Jinyu had been the most outstanding among their group.
Jiang Min’an’s father had always used Cheng Jinyu as the example of ‘someone else’s child.’
Just then, Wei Yuan looked at Cheng Jinyu’s hand holding the glass, and his eyes suddenly contracted.
“Fine,” Cheng Jinyu nodded slightly.
Then he switched the left hand holding the wine glass to his right, and lightly raised his left hand, giving it a slight shake. “I’m married.”
In the private room, the three of them all stared fixedly at his left hand.
They all looked incredulous.
Until Jiang Min’an, in the silence, suddenly burst out, “Fuck.”
Cheng Jinyu seemed satisfied as he glanced lightly at him. “See, I told you you’d be unable to stand the jealousy.”