Chapter 117
There wasn’t much traffic on the way back, and the road was clear.
The wind flew in through the window, messing up the hair by Fang Bai’s ears and unsettling her heart.
Perhaps it wasn’t about the wind; Fang Bai’s heart hadn’t been calm at all.
These past few days, three things had been bothering her:
1. Why did she take the initiative to kiss Ji Yuning?
2. When did her attitude towards Ji Yuning change?
3. What was her relationship with Ji Yuning now?
For each point, Fang Bai vaguely had an answer, but she couldn’t help but think about them repeatedly.
After much deliberation, the general idea remained the same:
1. In that kind of atmosphere, she wanted to kiss, and when she wanted to, she did.
As for why?
The next point provided the answer.
2. To ask it another way, when did she fall in love with Ji Yuning? Fang Bai clearly knew that she had mixed up habit and acceptance, but through Ji Yuning’s word-by-word analysis, she didn’t know when it had become like this.
Unknowingly.
Perhaps it was during the days Ji Yuning accompanied her in South City; perhaps it was Ji Yuning’s daily concern for her after returning to Beijing; perhaps it was the little things in life…
But no matter what, Fang Bai knew she couldn’t refuse Ji Yuning.
3. Since she couldn’t refuse, then she had to agree to Ji Yuning.
But after that day, Ji Yuning hadn’t mentioned it at all.
Fang Bai had been in a state of entanglement, and hadn’t brought it up either.
The three things washed back and forth in Fang Bai’s mind, and Fang Bai answered these questions again and again without getting tired of it.
Such repetition, such entanglement.
Community parking lot.
Fang Bai unbuckled her seatbelt and turned to unfasten Ji Yuning’s, but when her gaze landed on Ji Yuning’s face, her movements slowed down.
In the dim light, Ji Yuning’s features were shadowed and illuminated, adding a touch of depth.
Looking at this face, Fang Bai couldn’t help but think of the message the intern had sent her.
The word “girlfriend” resurfaced in her mind.
Fang Bai suddenly realized what had been causing her entanglement these past few days.
Because of Ji Yuning.
To be precise, because of Ji Yuning’s attitude.
She had used repeatedly entangling her own questions to cover up the panic that Ji Yuning’s attitude had caused her.
Ji Yuning’s demeanor was like someone who had gotten what they wanted, then got tired of it and didn’t want it anymore, or was deliberately dangling a carrot, a little scumbag girl.
Looking at it now, she had overthought things.
While she was still entangled about what their relationship was, Ji Yuning had already publicly announced that she had a girlfriend.
“…”
Was she getting old and unable to keep up with the thinking of young people?
Was this development a bit too fast?
Just then, the person in the passenger seat slowly opened her eyes, meeting Fang Bai’s gaze.
There was no sleepiness in Ji Yuning’s eyes. Fang Bai was taken aback. “When did you wake up?”
“When Auntie parked the car,” Ji Yuning replied.
Fang Bai asked, “Then why did you pretend to be asleep?”
“I thought if Auntie didn’t call me, she was going to steal a kiss me,” Ji Yuning said with some regret.
As a result, besides unbuckling the seatbelt, Fang Bai hadn’t done anything.
Fang Bai: “.”
She thought a lot.
••••
Ji Yuning was only slightly tipsy, still very awake, not at all like the time in South City.
But perhaps the image of Ji Yuning after drinking had left a deep impression on Fang Bai. Even though she saw Ji Yuning walking in a straight line, Fang Bai still felt that Ji Yuning needed someone to support her.
So Fang Bai supported Ji Yuning all the way home.
Ji Yuning also cooperated with Fang Bai, obediently giving Fang Bai her arm to hold. If she could, Ji Yuning would have wanted to stick to Fang Bai.
After helping Ji Yuning to the sofa, Fang Bai said, “I’ll go make you a cup of honey water.”
Ji Yuning held Fang Bai’s hand, like a child. “Don’t want to drink it.”
Remembering that Ji Yuning didn’t like sweet things, Fang Bai asked softly, “Then what do you want to drink?”
“Just water.”
“Okay.”
After the water boiled, Fang Bai came out of the kitchen with a cup of warm water and heard Ji Yuning ask her, “Who is Zeng Meng?”
Fang Bai walked up to Ji Yuning. “That intern in our department, what’s wrong?”
Ji Yuning said in a deep voice, “She keeps sending you messages.”
The WeChat notification sound dinged several times in a row.
“Really? Let me see.”
As she spoke, Fang Bai gave the water cup to Ji Yuning and picked up her phone to check the messages.
The nervousness Ji Yuning had shown vanished instantly.
It seemed more important to reply to this intern named Zeng Meng.
Ji Yuning held the water cup and waited for a few seconds, seeing that Fang Bai was still replying to messages. She asked nonchalantly, “What is Auntie chatting with her about?”
“Nothing much,” Fang Bai replied.
Better not to answer.
Ji Yuning’s expression didn’t change. “The water is very hot.”
Fang Bai turned her head and glanced at Ji Yuning. “Blow on it.”
Then her attention returned to her phone.
Zeng Meng hadn’t sent Fang Bai anything else; the topic was still about Ji Yuning’s girlfriend.
Fang Bai was very curious about what Ji Yuning had said, so she chatted with Zeng Meng.
The person immersed in Zeng Meng’s vivid descriptions didn’t see the topic of conversation’s face gradually darken.
After a while, Zeng Meng finally finished her topic. Fang Bai said goodbye to her and then remembered Ji Yuning.
Seeing that the water in the cup hadn’t gone down, Fang Bai asked, “Is the water still hot?”
Fang Bai reached out to test the water temperature, but Ji Yuning raised her hand and avoided her touch.
“?”
Ji Yuning took a sip of water. “It’s not hot anymore.”
Suppressing the strangeness in her heart, Fang Bai nodded. “Oh, okay.”
Ji Yuning took another sip of water and asked softly, “Was that intern at the company gathering today?”
Fang Bai didn’t think much of it and replied, “Yes.”
“Then when I said my girlfriend was picking me up to go home, did she also know?” Ji Yuning raised her eyebrows slightly.
“Mm, she kn—” Fang Bai paused. “What girlfriend?”
Ji Yuning stared at Fang Bai, put the cup on the coffee table, took Fang Bai’s hand, and said softly, “My girlfriend.”
Fang Bai was sitting right next to Ji Yuning. No matter how low Ji Yuning’s voice was, she heard it clearly.
“Who is your girlfriend?” Fang Bai pretended not to understand.
Ji Yuning whispered, “You.”
Fang Bai pulled her hand away, teasing Ji Yuning, “Who wants to be your girlfriend? You haven’t even—”
The words she hadn’t finished speaking were blocked by Ji Yuning’s lips.
Ji Yuning’s sudden attack caught Fang Bai off guard. She was completely pressed against the sofa by Ji Yuning.
A lipstick lay on the coffee table. Fang Bai had been in a hurry to leave in the evening and had forgotten to put it away.
Ji Yuning glanced at it out of the corner of her eye and, while kissing Fang Bai, reached out and picked up the lipstick.
Fang Bai was just about to respond to Ji Yuning when the warmth on her lips disappeared.
The kiss was very short.
It seemed to have been just to stop Fang Bai from speaking.
But when Fang Bai opened her eyes and saw what Ji Yuning was doing, she realized she had thought too simply.
She saw Ji Yuning remove the lipstick cap and twist out the paste.
The action of applying lipstick wasn’t elegant, but it was full of seductiveness.
“You…” Fang Bai wanted to ask Ji Yuning what she was doing with the lipstick, but she had only said one word when her arm was pulled up by Ji Yuning.
Then, the lips that had been covered in lipstick kissed Fang Bai’s arm.
Fair skin, a bright red lip print, a cherry blossom pink dress.
The three colors complemented each other, the dazzling colors far surpassing the seemingly serious but incomprehensible actions of Ji Yuning at that moment.
Ji Yuning held the lipstick, applying it to her lips every two kisses, causing the marks on Fang Bai’s arm to multiply.
Fang Bai felt a bit of pity.
That was her new one. Although the novelty had worn off after using it a few times, it was… quite expensive.
She didn’t even know what she had said to provoke Ji Yuning, and now her left arm was covered in Ji Yuning’s lipstick marks.
Each one was very heavy and bright red.
Later, Ji Yuning stopped applying lipstick to her own lips. She took Fang Bai’s other snow-white wrist and gently bit it.
Ji Yuning’s bite didn’t hurt, but it was still a bit uncomfortable for Fang Bai. Not to mention that after Ji Yuning released her teeth, her tongue unconsciously swept across the center of the teeth marks, causing an itch.
Fang Bai involuntarily let out a soft “Hmm…”
Hearing the sound, Ji Yuning turned her head to look at Fang Bai.
She raised Fang Bai’s hand to her face, kissing it little by little along the wrist. Throughout the process, Ji Yuning maintained eye contact with Fang Bai, her dark eyes filled with a dim light.
It was like performing some mysterious ritual.
Fang Bai was being watched, and her heart inexplicably sped up. She wanted to look away, but there seemed to be something in Ji Yuning’s gaze that attracted her, making it impossible to move her eyes.
As the kisses moved higher, the lipstick marks became fainter.
Just when Fang Bai thought it was finally going to end, Ji Yuning turned her head and kissed her.
Fang Bai was stunned for a moment when Ji Yuning’s lips touched hers. By the time Ji Yuning’s tongue invaded her teeth, her eyelashes fluttered a few times, and her eyelids slowly lowered.
Her wrist was still held by Ji Yuning, and even her other hand was held by Ji Yuning, their fingers interlaced and pressed against the sofa.
Ji Yuning’s kiss was still as passionate as ever.
She was using kisses to tell Fang Bai about herself.
Fang Bai was kissed by Ji Yuning until she involuntarily arched her back. Several times, she turned her head to gasp for air, but within a second, Ji Yuning would find her lips and capture them.
Lost in the haze of desire, Ji Yuning finally released Fang Bai.
Fang Bai’s wrists were red, her hair slightly disheveled, and her lips were much fuller.
Ji Yuning’s face was pressed against Fang Bai’s nose. “If Auntie doesn’t want to be my girlfriend, whose does she want to be?”
Ji Yuning pecked Fang Bai’s lips. “Hmm?”
“You…”
Fang Bai’s eyes were slightly red and watery.
So just because of that sentence, she had been… tormented like this?
Fang Bai pinched Ji Yuning’s cheeks, unable to bring herself to use force. “You didn’t even say you wanted to be together…”
Ji Yuning let Fang Bai do as she pleased, allowing her to pinch her cheeks. Hearing Fang Bai’s words, she was surprised.
She hadn’t expected Auntie to be so innocent.
After placing a few kisses on the corner of Fang Bai’s lips, Ji Yuning said sincerely, “Be my girlfriend.”
Fang Bai didn’t speak, her hand that had been pinching Ji Yuning’s cheeks moved to tug on Ji Yuning’s earlobe. Ji Yuning didn’t have pierced ears, and her earlobe felt soft to the touch.
Fang Bai couldn’t put it down, letting out a soft a grunt from her nose. “You only ask after you’re done kissing? I won’t do it.”
The words she spoke contrasted with her actions, and only saying one thing and meaning another could describe Fang Bai.
The corner of Ji Yuning’s lips lifted slightly. She asked in return, “Didn’t Auntie also kiss me and run away?”
Her words hit the mark, and a awkward look flashed across Fang Bai’s face.
While her eyes darted around, Fang Bai saw the lipstick marks all over her arm.
“Why did you kiss me so many times? I haven’t used that lipstick for long.”
For a moment, Ji Yuning didn’t know if Fang Bai was disliking that she had kissed her too much or if she was cherishing her lipstick.
Ji Yuning took Fang Bai’s hand from her ear to her lips, placing a kiss at the junction of her palm and wrist, and said softly, “Ji Yuning’s exclusive.”
Fang Bai was only moved by Ji Yuning’s possessiveness for a second.
The next second, she said, “You can wipe it off.”
Fang Bai had a bit of a straight woman’s attribute, and the atmosphere shattered after she said this.
Ji Yuning didn’t take it to heart, lowering her eyes and chuckling softly. “Okay.”
Her laughter was casual, but the voice containing doting and desire was somewhat sexy.
After a series of conversations, Fang Bai’s heartbeat and body temperature had almost returned to normal.
But because of Ji Yuning’s laughter, Fang Bai’s heart couldn’t help but beat faster again.
Teased by the little kid, Fang Bai awkwardly thought of getting up and leaving.
Before Fang Bai could move, Ji Yuning had already straddled her legs. Although she was sitting in the air, not putting too much weight on Fang Bai, she had also fixed Fang Bai on the sofa, making it impossible to move.
Fang Bai raised her eyes, just about to speak, when her gaze directly met Ji Yuning’s chest.
Her gaze lingered for a second, and Fang Bai coughed softly, looking up and asking, “…What are you doing?”
Ji Yuning took in Fang Bai’s expression before she looked up and said in a low voice, “Auntie said before that I was malnourished.”
Fang Bai was taken aback. She seemed to have said that, in the corridor of Ji Yuning’s high school classroom when she went to give Ji Yuning living expenses, and had also bought her canned food and a few bags of candy.
Memories flooded back, and a tender look appeared in Fang Bai’s eyes. “Mm, I did say that. You remember?”
“I remember,” Ji Yuning said.
At that time, she had still scoffed at women’s concern.
Ji Yuning felt regret. She placed her hands on Fang Bai’s shoulders and said slowly, “Then doesn’t Auntie want to see my development now?”
Fang Bai’s thoughts were very serious, but she didn’t lower her head to look. Instead, thinking of what she had just seen, she replied, “It’s quite good.”
“Mm,” Ji Yuning added, “Want to feel it?”
This time, Fang Bai was no longer naive. She cleared her throat. “Weren’t you going to wipe off my lipstick for me?”
Fang Bai changed the subject. “I’ll go get a makeup remover wipe.”
Ji Yuning pressed down on Fang Bai’s body, preventing her from getting up. “Doesn’t Auntie want my mark to stay on you a little longer?”
Without waiting for Fang Bai’s response, Ji Yuning cupped Fang Bai’s face and leaned down. “Before that, can Auntie do me a favor?”
“What?”
Ji Yuning took Fang Bai’s hand and placed it against her chest, gently biting Fang Bai’s earlobe while guiding Fang Bai’s fingers to the buttons.
Her voice was low and hoarse. “Help me unbutton them.”
The buttons were cool to the touch. When her warm fingers touched them, they curled up.
Just as Fang Bai was about to withdraw her hand, Ji Yuning’s murmur sounded in her ear, “Auntie, I want you, help me.”
Author’s Note:
Fang Bai: You want me and also want me to help you? Help you give me to you?
Ji Yuning: It’s not impossible.
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