Troublesome – Chapter 86

Kiss

Just one kiss, and Jin Shuilan disarmed and surrendered.

Lu Zhenqiu and Jin Shuilan stood face to face, neither of them speaking. Maomao fussed in Lu Zhenqiu’s arms for a while then also rested. Jin Shuilan said: “It should eat now.”

Maomao woof-woofed at her twice, as if asking for food. Lu Zhenqiu rubbed its head and said softly: “Not obedient at all.”

Jin Shuilan watched her bend over slightly, revealing a little of the pajamas inside, which were a light pink color. She said: “Let’s go inside, it’s cold outside.”

Lu Zhenqiu nodded and asked Jin Shuilan: “Are you still going back tonight?”

“Not going back.” Jin Shuilan said: “My new article is completely finished, I plan to rest here.”

Just in time to accompany Lu Zhenqiu.

Lu Zhenqiu was surprised: “This fast?”

Jin Shuilan smiled: “It was just missing a little bit of the ending anyway.”

It had already been dragged out for a long time. It was originally scheduled to be finished the month Lu Zhenqiu had just moved over, but in the end it was dragged out until after the New Year. Lu Zhenqiu bit her lip: “Then where are you staying tonight? Pets aren’t allowed here.”

“The suite upstairs allows them.” Jin Shuilan said: “I booked a room.”

Lu Zhenqiu said “oh”, and followed her into the elevator. At this time of day, there should logically have been other colleagues getting into the elevator. Lu Zhenqiu had already thought about what to say if she ran into someone, but unexpectedly, they didn’t encounter a single person all the way to the top floor. Jin Shuilan took a key card out of her bag and walked in first. Maomao followed behind, and Lu Zhenqiu stood behind her.

After Jin Shuilan went in, she first prepared food for Maomao. Seeing Lu Zhenqiu, Maomao came alive again, burying its head to eat the dog food. Lu Zhenqiu surveyed the surroundings. It was a suite, more than double the size of her room. There was a particularly large floor-to-ceiling window, from which one could clearly see the lights twinkling below, like little stars, shining brightly. Everything below was shrouded in mist, and could not be seen clearly.

Besides the floor-to-ceiling window, the rooms were also separately partitioned, and there was also an open-plan kitchen. It truly had everything one could wish for. The heating was on in the living room. After entering, Jin Shuilan took off her overcoat. Inside, she was uncharacteristically wearing formal attire: a white shirt and light gray suit pants. The rarest thing was that she was even wearing a tie. Seeing her dressed like this, Lu Zhenqiu laughed: “Where did you go?”

“I went to the magazine publisher for a meeting this morning.” Jin Shuilan said as she loosened her shirt buttons and pulled at her tie. She tugged it twice but it didn’t loosen. She looked at Lu Zhenqiu: “Qiuqiu, help me.”

Lu Zhenqiu looked at her, and after two seconds, she couldn’t help but laugh: “How can you be so barbaric.”

As she spoke, she walked in front of Jin Shuilan and reached out to loosen the tie for her. Jin Shuilan lowered her eyes. Lu Zhenqiu was right before her eyes, not a dream, nor a fantasy. She was just standing in front of her, her breathing warm and slow, long and drawn-out. Lu Zhenqiu’s slender fingers fiddled with the edge of the tie, and after a short while, it loosened. She said: “Okay…”

Jin Shuilan took the opportunity while she was speaking to give her a small peck. Lu Zhenqiu was instantly like a cat had bitten her tongue, and fell silent.

The tie was still pinched in her hand, and a clear, cold fragrance was at the tip of her nose. Lu Zhenqiu looked at Jin Shuilan, their four eyes met. Jin Shuilan reached out to wrap an arm around Lu Zhenqiu’s waist, pulling her towards herself.

She lowered her head and gently kissed her lips.

A kiss with the fragrance of mint. Lu Zhenqiu really liked this kind of cool and refreshing taste. She leaned against Jin Shuilan’s body. Jin Shuilan took two steps back and sat on the edge of the sofa, holding Lu Zhenqiu and sitting her on her lap.

Their thin lips parted for a moment, their foreheads touching. Jin Shuilan moved closer, kissing from the corner of her lips to her neck, to her collarbone. There was a slight stinging pain, the tingling numbness and dry heat produced after her skin was sucked. Lu Zhenqiu’s hands unconsciously wrapped around Jin Shuilan, face to face with her. Jin Shuilan’s hands had already squeezed in through her overcoat, landing on the outside of her thin pajamas. The scorching heat of her palms warmed the thin pajamas, the heat seeping in through the clothes, even more sensitive than being touched directly on the skin.

Lu Zhenqiu was sitting on Jin Shuilan’s body. A shoe fell to the floor with a patta sound. Both of them were startled. Lu Zhenqiu lowered her eyes. Jin Shuilan’s soft hair was resting against her neck. She gathered her beautiful hair, retreated slightly, got off of Jin Shuilan, and sat beside her.

Jin Shuilan turned her head to look at her. There were several red marks on Lu Zhenqiu’s neck, which also looked like marks ground out by teeth, very faint. She called out: “Qiuqiu.”

Lu Zhenqiu turned her head to look at her. The hem of Jin Shuilan’s shirt had just been pulled out by her, no longer proper like at the beginning, now appearing very messy, especially the wrinkles at the end of the hem, which seemed to have been forcefully crumpled out by herself just now.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

After regulating her breathing, Jin Shuilan reached for Lu Zhenqiu’s slippers, half-squatting to put them on for her. Lu Zhenqiu blushed from shyness. She said: “I’ll do it myself.”

As she spoke, she slipped them into the slippers. Jin Shuilan was still looking at her feet. Just like that day in the video, the top of her feet were fair and clean, her toes were curled up cutely, and her ankle bone protruded a little, very delicate. Lu Zhenqiu pulled her feet back and sat up straight. She gathered her pajamas and said: “Maomao seems to be full.”

Hearing its name, Maomao wagged its tail and went over, squatting in front of Lu Zhenqiu. Lu Zhenqiu poked its head, looking like she was about to get angry. Maomao was afraid of her getting angry, so it moved closer and rubbed its head against Lu Zhenqiu’s face. Lu Zhenqiu was tickled by its rubbing and wanted to laugh, letting out a muffled laugh. Maomao panted, sensing Lu Zhenqiu’s happy mood, and its tail wagged even more joyfully.

Jin Shuilan poured a glass of water for Lu Zhenqiu. Lu Zhenqiu took a sip, and her stomach rumbled with a gulu sound. She looked down at her own lower abdomen and then looked at Jin Shuilan, hearing Jin Shuilan ask: “Hungry?”

“A little.” Lu Zhenqiu said: “I ate little for dinner.”

At that time I had no appetite. Now that it’s resolved, my mood is good, and my appetite has also returned. Jin Shuilan said: “I’ll have the attendant send something up. What do you want to eat?”

Lu Zhenqiu looked at the room service menu on her tablet and said: “Noodles, I guess. Are you eating?”

Jin Shuilan wasn’t hungry, but still said: “I’ll have the same as you.”

As she spoke, she ordered two set meals. The phone on the coffee table vibrated. Jin Shuilan picked up the phone to look, it was Jin Wei. She said a word to Lu Zhenqiu and answered the call.

Jin Wei said: “Lanlan, your mom said you went to the head office?”

Jin Shuilan glanced at Lu Zhenqiu and replied: “En, just arrived this afternoon.”

“Then your mom and I won’t go over. Will you make an appearance at the evening party?” Actually, up until now, not many people knew that Sanshui belonged to their Jin family, because he and He Jinmei didn’t really like attending events, and generally had the person in charge appear. So everyone knew that Sanshui had a boss, but they just didn’t know who the boss was. It was even said within Sanshui that this was just one of the boss’s branch companies, which was why the boss didn’t appear.

Actually, it was because both sides were pushing it onto the other. Jin Wei wanted Jin Shuilan to go, and Jin Shuilan wanted Jin Wei to attend. It was dragged back and forth like this, and to this day, neither has made an appearance.

This year, it came up again.

Unlike previous years when she would refuse outright, Jin Shuilan said after a moment: “Alright then.”

It was rare for her to be so agreeable. Jin Wei asked: “You agreed?”

Jin Shuilan said: “En, I know. I’ll see to it.”

Only then did Jin Wei hang up the phone, satisfied.

Lu Zhenqiu asked: “Was that uncle?”

Just now she had glimpsed the name on the screen. Jin Shuilan nodded: “En, Qiuqiu, I…”

She had just started to speak when the phone rang again. She thought it was Jin Wei having forgotten to mention something, but unexpectedly it was the person in charge of the platform. Jin Shuilan’s fine brows furrowed slightly. She pinched the phone and after a few seconds said: “I have to take a call.”

Her phone was pinched in her hand. Lu Zhenqiu didn’t see who it was and didn’t disturb her, just taking Maomao over to the floor-to-ceiling window to play for a while.

Listening to the words from the phone, Jin Shuilan’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter. Her face was stern, and her voice was chilly when she spoke: “What do you think.”

Mo Bai opened his mouth. He actually preferred reporting to Jin Wei. Jin Shuilan didn’t look old, but her aura was damn strong, especially her cold rhetorical questions. Every time, he would be startled into a cold sweat.

The call was silent for a few seconds. Mo Bai said: “Then I’ll handle Lu Yan’s matter first.”

Jin Shuilan put down her phone and looked at Lu Zhenqiu not far away. Why did something like this happen, and she didn’t tell me? Jin Shuilan called out: “Qiuqiu.”

Lu Zhenqiu turned her head. Jin Shuilan walked over, squatted down to be at eye level with her. Lu Zhenqiu was puzzled: “What’s wrong?”

Her eyes were clear and bright, rippling with joy inside. Jin Shuilan was silent for a few seconds and said: “It’s nothing. Eat a little more later.”

Lu Zhenqiu smiled: “I’m not Maomao.”

Jin Shuilan reached out and rubbed the top of her head.

Soon, two set meals were delivered. Besides the noodles, there were also two glasses of milk. Jin Shuilan ate two bites and drank the milk. Lu Zhenqiu asked: “Are you not eating anymore?”

Jin Shuilan said: “I’m not very hungry.”

As she spoke, she propped up her chin to look at Lu Zhenqiu. Lu Zhenqiu’s face turned red from her gaze. She reached out a hand to block her line of sight. Jin Shuilan grasped her outstretched hand. The noodles Lu Zhenqiu hadn’t swallowed yet almost made her choke.

With great difficulty, she finished eating the noodles. Jin Shuilan placed the milk in front of her. Lu Zhenqiu took a sip and said: “Fresh milk?”

Jin Shuilan nodded and asked: “You don’t like fresh milk?”

“No.” Lu Zhenqiu said. Although the milk didn’t have much taste, her heart was sweet. Even the milk had a sweet taste. Having eaten and drunk her fill, Jin Shuilan pushed the service cart out. Lu Zhenqiu said: “I should go back too.”

Jin Shuilan turned her head, gazed at her for several seconds, and said: “I’ll walk you.”

Lu Zhenqiu was just about to say there was no need, when she saw that Jin Shuilan had already put on her overcoat. Maomao also wanted to squeeze out but was glared back by Lu Zhenqiu. The two of them got on the elevator. Lu Zhenqiu pressed the floor button and lowered her head. Jin Shuilan asked: “Is living with your roommate going okay?”

Roommate? Lu Yan?

Lu Zhenqiu was silent for two seconds and said: “It’s okay.”

Jin Shuilan turned her head to the side to look at her, not speaking.

Soon they arrived at Lu Zhenqiu’s floor. The hallway was quiet. Lu Zhenqiu walked to the door, swiped the card to open it. Lu Yan was surprisingly not back yet. She didn’t really care either. She turned around and said to Jin Shuilan: “I’ve arrived.”

Jin Shuilan stood at the doorway and nodded. The two looked at each other for two seconds. Lu Zhenqiu said: “You should go back.”

“Okay.” Jin Shuilan said: “See you tomorrow.”

Lu Zhenqiu made an “en” sound and said: “See you tomorrow.”

As she spoke, she took half a step back into the room. The living room light was bright, shining on her pupils, refracting a beautiful luster. Jin Shuilan was silent for a moment, then said: “Go on in.”

Lu Zhenqiu looked at her eyes, a smile on her face: “En.”

Jin Shuilan turned around and was just about to leave when Lu Zhenqiu suddenly took a step forward and called out: “Jin Shuilan.”

Her voice was soft and thin, very intimate. Jin Shuilan turned her head and saw Lu Zhenqiu suddenly reach out and grab the collar of her shirt. A sudden closeness, soft lips pressed against the corner of her lips. The fragrance of milk overflowed, both sweet and soft.

Lu Zhenqiu took the initiative to kiss Jin Shuilan. When she let go, her knuckles were tense and her face was flushed red. She said: “Goodnight.”

Just one kiss, and Jin Shuilan disarmed and surrendered. Her voice was soft: “Goodnight, Qiuqiu.”

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The author has something to say:

Thirty red envelopes, memeda.

Jin Shuilan: A little unhappy, but she took the initiative to kiss me, ai.

Lu Zhenqiu: ……

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