Under the flickering candlelight, Xu Xian's face was bright red. She lowered her head and sat opposite Tang Jinyan, looking a little shy.
Even if they had done everything, this was still her first romantic date with him. A candlelight dinner. Finally, they were hooked up with a normal relationship between a man and a woman in the city. This made Xu Xian a little nervous.
Their previous relationship?
What were those?
Kidnapping?
Gunfight?
Racing?
Fighting?
Kidnapping and drugging?
What were all these … Xu Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she thought about it. The abnormal life she had experienced after knowing him was more than what she had seen in the previous 20 years. However, he still said that she was very similar to an artist. What kind of artist lived like this?
Then again, it was precisely because the experience was completely different from her daily life that the memory was too deep. It made his imprint in her heart deeper and deeper. It was very difficult to get rid of his shadow.
This was a western-style restaurant. According to Tang Jinyan, it was a business under the New Village Party. He only used one sentence to make the restaurant politely ask the guests to leave and book the whole place.
"So, it's not difficult to be in a place where no one is looking."
Tang Jinyan reached out and grabbed Xu Xian's right hand on the table. Xu Xian shrank back slightly. She couldn't pull it away, so she could only let him hold it. She lowered her head and said, "You have to say this to Yun 'er Oni. I didn't say anything about your extravagance."
Tang Jinyan said in a low voice, "But I also know that you don't want to live too strangely."
"I'm already living a strange life … I don't even know what I'm doing now."
Xu Xian said in a daze, "Am I … officially … stealing Ren Jing Oni's boyfriend?"
Tang Jinyan was silent for a moment and said in a low voice, "Not really."
"Yes, not really.
Because I can't steal him away even if I want to. "
Xu Xian laughed self-deprecatingly. "Master Tang Jiu is just … continuing to experience the feeling of being busy when he was young, but I don't even have the thought of avoiding him …"
Tang Jinyan shook his head and refilled her glass. "You know I don't think that way."
Xu Xian pursed her lips and remained silent.
Indeed, she knew that he wasn't thinking that way. If it was really just for a taste, perhaps yesterday's Shaoshi store would have been finished. That would be a greater sense of achievement than having a taste of Shaoshi.
People like him couldn't let go once they started worrying about something. It was just that his thinking wasn't so open and aboveboard.
He wanted her to be with him all the time, which was equivalent to being his lover.
She didn't want to.
We are not dancers who perform for the Emperor, we are also Emperors.
She kept telling herself that.
Therefore, Lin Yuner was surprised by Xu Xian's inexplicable domineering nature. In fact, it was just a reason that Xu Xian had been using to spur her on for a long time, building a psychological wall for herself.
"Forget it."
Xu Xian suddenly smiled. "It's rare to have dinner with you alone. It's so boring to always think about those things that give me a headache. I can't even enjoy the meal."
Tang Jinyan raised his glass and clinked it with hers. He smiled and said, "I wish Miss Xu Xian eternal youth and that you will never be fat."
"You're the fat one!" Xu Xian habitually replied. Suddenly, she rolled her eyes. "I heard that you like fat ones."
"… How did this rumor spread to your ears?"
"So, I don't want to gain weight?"
"Please don't …" Tang Jinyan said, "Didn't I tell you that the thinned out look I saw at the music center that day was my favorite?"
"So, you're deliberately making me look haggard …"
"This …" Tang Jinyan was at a loss for words. He could only raise his head and drink.
Xu Xian smiled and drank with him. Suddenly, she said, "I remember the first time I drank three years ago … At that time, I was at a loss. I felt that as an adult, I shouldn't have never tried alcohol before. I pinched my nose and drank it … Later, I acted like a fool and was laughed at by my sisters for several days."
"You're really drinking when you're an adult?"
"Yes." Xu Xian answered very seriously. "It's illegal to drink before you're an adult."
"You're such a rule-abiding person …" Tang Jinyan was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly thought of Lee Yoon-rim.
Lee Yoon-rim was a person who despised the rules, and Xu Xian was definitely in the camp of order. He could hardly find any similarities between the two people.
It was as if there was an angel on his left and a succubus on his right.
Xu Xian smiled. "It seems that it's funny to tell you that it's illegal?
You've never cared about that kind of thing.
A husband can't eat five cauldrons of food when he's born, and five cauldrons of food when he's dead? "
Tang Jinyan smiled. "Was it because my words were so domineering that they shocked Little Xian?"
"I think you're a bastard." Xu Xian smiled. "But from the perspective of picking up girls, you've succeeded a little."
"What do you mean?"
"You've succeeded in attracting girls' interest in you."
"…" Tang Jinyan couldn't help but laugh.
Xu Xian continued, "Now, Yun 'er and Oni are very interested in you."
"I've told her that it's very dangerous." Tang Jinyan refilled Xu Xian's glass again. "Don't think that you're safe just because you look flat."
"But you still let her go yesterday?
She made such a big fuss in Qingliang, and you let her go so easily. It's not easy to explain to your subordinates, is it? "Xu Xian's eyes sparkled." Is it because of me? "
Tang Jinyan's hand paused in the middle of pouring wine. "You're too kind. You don't understand … As a leader, I don't need to explain things to them. They only need to carry out my orders."
"Didn't you say that a king needs to be courteous to his subordinates?"
"That's just an attitude when necessary. It's not a reason for you to be overcautious when doing things."
"I've learned something."
Xu Xian shook her head and smiled. She raised her glass and clinked glasses with Qin Ye's, "Actually, I'm still curious about your world. My curiosity is no less than Yun 'er and Oni's."
"If you're curious … then follow me often." Tang Jinyan couldn't help but add.
Xu Xian held her glass with a half-smile. After a long time, she tilted her head back and downed the glass. "Before I find a way to hate you, I can only follow you."
"Do you really still want to hate me?"
"Mm."
Xu Xian put down her glass. Her face was flushed from the alcohol, but her words were very clear, "I can't live like this forever."
Tang Jinyan suddenly said, "Actually, if you want to hate me, it's very simple."
Xu Xian was stunned, "What?"
"As long as … I really reach out to Lin Yun 'er."
Xu Xian's body trembled. She bit her lower lip and trembled slightly.
Tang Jinyan's gaze was somewhat strange and he whispered, "Do you still want to hate me?"
"You …" Xu Xian's breathing was somewhat rapid, "Don't use the methods you used in the underground world on me."
"I can't bear to."
Tang Jinyan grabbed her hand and kissed it gently, "I just hope that you don't always want to hate me."
"Then … I won't hate you, okay …"
"Okay …" Tang Jinyan stood up and sat down on Xu Xian's chair opposite him. He hugged her on his thighs and whispered in her ear, "Obedient Xiao Xian is the cutest …"
There was obviously no one present, but being hugged by him in the middle of the empty restaurant still made Xu Xian feel a strong sense of shame.
The key was that his hands were still wandering around her body. Xu Xian's breathing became more rapid. She wanted to break free, but when she thought of his words just now, she was a little afraid that he would really do it, so she didn't dare to break free. She could only let him bully her while she was panting.
Until the alcohol came to her, her whole body was hot, and her eyes gradually blurred. She had long forgotten why she didn't break free.
When his lips and tongue covered her wantonly kissing, Xu Xian tactfully turned away. In a trance, a thought flashed through her mind: It's hard for me to really hate him. Even if I really hate him … can I escape?
Even if he really did something to Oni, what can I do?
As this thought flashed through her mind, Xu Xian subconsciously avoided those questions. She closed her eyes and let herself sink into his passion.