Foolishly Flirting with the White Moonlight Leads to Being Marked - Chapter 18.1

The curtains in the office moved slightly. The strong sunlight outside passed through, connecting to the floor by the office desk and turning it into a white patch.

Song Qingre was too close to her. She blocked the light shining in. Her breath fell on Yan Qingqiu’s cheek, giving her the illusion of a kiss. Song Qingre’s fingertips pinched the small pointed bump at the back of her neck and asked, “Do you want it…”

It was clearly a very simple question, but once spoken, it sounded exactly like an implication.

Yan Qingqiu’s mouth said, “No need…”

Her heart: I want it.

Song Qingre’s knee pressed against the chair Yan Qingqiu was sitting in, and her body leaned even closer. Her chin rested on Yan Qingqiu’s shoulder. “How strange. Qiuqiu is clearly an Alpha, so why does she smell so sweet to me?”

No.

Yan Qingqiu pressed her hands against Song Qingre’s shoulders and pushed hard, but her strength was truly like striking cotton. Alpha… Were Alphas all this strong?

There were faint footsteps outside. Yan Qingqiu wanted to open her mouth and shout for help, but unfortunately, the door was locked too tightly. The person outside tried it twice and could not open it. After pausing for a few seconds, they continued knocking and asked, “Boss, are you there?”

She was.

How could she not be?

Yan Qingqiu pinched Song Qingre again, pinching her collarbone. “If you keep messing with me, I’ll pinch you to death.”

Song Qingre did not seem afraid at all.

Sheng Huajian continued speaking outside. “Boss, there are two contracts that need your review. Are you inside?”

Yan Qingqiu’s face flushed red. She pushed Song Qingre several times, then clenched her fist and hit her. The Alpha was like a tense leopard, holding her prey tightly.

Yan Qingqiu pressed her hand against Song Qingre’s shoulder, clenched her fist, hammered her shoulder once, and pinched her flesh. Song Qingre’s grip loosened. Yan Qingqiu planted one foot on the office desk, and the chair suddenly slid backward. Finally, she was far away from Song Qingre.

Yan Qingqiu gasped for breath, her eyes becoming moist.

Song Qingre slowly straightened. Several wrinkles had appeared on her shirt. Song Qingre looked at Yan Qingqiu and smiled, her expression somewhat strange.

Yan Qingqiu shrank her neck. She quickly glanced at Song Qingre’s fingers. The finger that had touched her lips was wet, but the finger that had touched her gland was dry.

Yan Qingqiu was deeply relieved, almost moved to tears.

So painful. I actually endured it.

Song Qingre wiped her middle finger with a tissue and asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Yan Qingqiu had not yet come back to her senses. Song Qingre’s movements paused, and she continued asking in a gentle voice, “Do you want to do it again?”

“No need.” Yan Qingqiu’s feet landed on the floor, and she desperately slid the boss’s chair, moving far away from Song Qingre. She kept retreating toward the door, wanting to open it and leave. Unfortunately, Sheng Huajian had urgent business with Song Qingre, so she kept knocking outside.

Bang, bang, bang. A few more knocks, and it felt as if they were knocking against Yan Qingqiu’s shoulders.

Song Qingre’s fingers had already been wiped clean. She turned and tossed the tissue into the trash can, then looked at Yan Qingqiu again.

“You, I… Your technique is so bad. You made it hurt. You’re not allowed to do that again in the future.” Yan Qingqiu was stubborn again, striking first and turning the blame back on her.

Song Qingre narrowed her eyes. “Am I that bad?” She straightened and walked over step by step with her hands in her trouser pockets. “If you put it that way, I’m a little dissatisfied. You seemed pretty out of control just now.”

Yan Qingqiu grabbed the chair and instantly slid far away again. She said, “Hmph. If I were the one doing it to you, you’d lose control too.”

Her cheeks grew redder and redder.

Fortunately, she had only just entered the second stage of differentiation. Her gland was merely active, and the gland fluid was still relatively dry. But in another week, there was no telling. She might turn into a bursting flood beneath Song Qingre’s fingertips.

Yan Qingqiu’s mouth was stubborn, but her body understood that things could not continue like this.

“You really didn’t feel anything?” Song Qingre asked.

“How could I feel anything? It only hurt.”

“You’re so good at enduring.” Song Qingre smiled.

Yan Qingqiu said seriously, “It’s not that I’m good at enduring. Mainly, I’m a fierce Alpha with very firm self-control. Ordinary seduction has no effect on me.”

Song Qingre turned to look at her and did not refute it. Her lips only curved slightly. She pressed down the collar of her shirt, folding a crease into it, and said, “You can come try mine and see whether I feel anything…”

She was not stingy at all and directly invited Yan Qingqiu over to observe. Yan Qingqiu was extremely curious inside, but her ability to act lagged half a beat. How would she dare go?

There was not much difference in appearance between Omega and Alpha glands. It was just that Alpha glands were larger than Omega glands, while Omega glands were more delicate. But there were exceptions too. For example, some people looked like A’s, but were actually so pitifully lacking that their glands were not even as large as an Omega’s. Commonly known as: not very capable.

Yan Qingqiu’s gland should not have exposed her.

At most, she was just an Alpha who was not very A!

“Won’t you look?” Song Qingre asked again.

Yan Qingqiu firmly shook her head. No need.

Her heart wavered a little. What did Song Qingre’s gland look like? She was curious.

Song Qingre did not insist on showing it to her. Her fingers hooked her collar and covered her neck with it again.

Song Qingre’s office chair had been taken by Yan Qingqiu, and Song Qingre did not ask her for it. She took the documents and sat on the gray sofa to continue reading. After reading for a while, she remembered that someone was still knocking outside. She looked at Yan Qingqiu, as if confirming whether her captive would run away, before going to open the door.

Yan Qingqiu was also sneaking glances at Song Qingre. Suddenly, Song Qingre stood up. Yan Qingqiu had nowhere left to retreat, and in her panic, she rose onto her toes. “I—stay where you are!”

Song Qingre went to open the door and turned to look at her. “What did you say just now?”

Yan Qingqiu did not answer. She turned around, pressed her forehead against the wall, and slowly shifted as if pretending to look at the scenery outside the window. So embarrassing. Was she being a little cowardly?

That citrus fragrance drifted in thickly and spread through the office. Yan Qingqiu felt like she could not move. If she took even one more step, she would go soft.

Yet Sheng Huajian, who came in to discuss the contract, did not seem to smell anything at all. She stood very close to Song Qingre and pointed at several parts of the contract. “Boss Zhang bought three paintings, but now he’s only willing to pay the original price.”

“The contract should state that breach of contract requires 30% compensation. If he doesn’t want them, then follow the contract.”

“What he means is that if it’s not the original price, he wants to return them all. Now he’s unwilling to pay. That painting was originally 400,000. It could have been bought for 500,000 after the price was raised, but he won it for 580,000.” Sheng Huajian said, “He’s just a shameless debtor deliberately trying to take advantage of us. He knows we won’t hold a second exhibition in a short period of time. With the contract there, we can’t resell the paintings either. He’s deliberately dragging us into a dilemma.”

What mattered in an art exhibition was freshness and rarity. If one held one every day, it would be no different from selling cabbages in the market.

Yan Qingqiu had originally planned to sneak away, but now she was very curious. She tilted her ear to listen. She was the type who liked speaking quickly and always wanted to say something, so she first covered her own mouth and tried her best not to express any opinion.

Song Qingre held the contract clauses. “We haven’t contacted legal yet.”

“Mm. Previously, we always worked with a law firm. I asked them. A lawsuit wouldn’t be worth it for us. Hiring a lawyer would cost at least over a hundred thousand from beginning to end, and the hearing would be next year. Back and forth, the fastest would still be a year and a half or two years. If your paintings go up in value, and he pays two or three years later, he’ll make a huge profit…”

“Go contact the media and directly expose the matter of Mr. Zhang buying paintings and then forcing the price down. See if we can earn some information fees. After that, use the information fees to issue a lawyer’s letter on Weibo. I think Mr. Zhang will come to us on his own to negotiate.”

“Then are we still selling the paintings?”

“If it’s already gone up on Weibo, why would we still sell them to him? My paintings aren’t that cheap. Just directly say that my paintings will never be sold to him again. Go handle it.”

Song Qingre was not angry. Her tone was calm the entire time. After that, she looked at the second contract. Once she confirmed there was no problem, she called another assistant up too.

Yan Qingqiu was shocked. So amazing.

She had been so wild just now, but now she was actually so capable?

Yan Qingqiu did not really understand the operating model of Song Qingre’s studio. From the side, she could only understand some simple points. Song Qingre was not merely painting now. She also accepted artistic commissions, such as artistic arrangements for fashion shows, art design for song-and-dance theaters, and even film crews inviting her to design scenes.

Her business involved a wide range of areas.

That also showed one thing: she had broad connections and strong ability.

Yan Qingqiu walked along the base of the wall, wandering around Song Qingre’s office with nothing to do. Song Qingre’s slender fingertips held a fountain pen as she signed. Yan Qingqiu kept feeling that the fingers Song Qingre used to hold the fountain pen were not clean.

“There are some things in your office that I want. Later, just give them to me to offset the debt,” Yan Qingqiu said. She was not that unreasonable either. If there were things she could not take, she would not take them. If there were things she could take, she would not be polite and would directly use them to offset the debt.

Song Qingre paused with the pen in her hand and nodded. “Take whatever you like.”

Yan Qingqiu rudely took out her own notebook. Song Qingre read documents beside her, while she earnestly evaluated the things in Song Qingre’s office beside her. One moment, she looked at Song Qingre’s desk. The next, she looked at the paintings hanging on the wall. If she was unsure, she used her phone to scan and identify them.

When the assistant came in to deliver tea, Yan Qingqiu was standing beside Song Qingre. Song Qingre was reading documents, while Yan Qingqiu stared at Song Qingre’s fountain pen. Once Song Qingre finished signing, Yan Qingqiu took the pen and looked at the brand on the cap and nib, then wrote it down in her little notebook.

“How much is it now?” Song Qingre asked.

Yan Qingqiu returned the pen to her and put away her little booklet. “Don’t worry about it.”

“The things here are all worthless fakes…” Song Qingre said. “If you want them, I can just give them to you.”

Assistant: “?”

Shocked. Which thing here was worth less than a hundred thousand? Some of the antiques were worth a million!

She looked again. Song Qingre was serious, her fingers interlaced as she looked at Yan Qingqiu and smiled very gently.

Yan Qingqiu took the notebook and sat in Song Qingre’s office chair. She silently erased one zero from the end of every amount in her little book.

Song Qingre was too poor. Everything added together did not even reach one million.

So poor… she felt too embarrassed to move everything away.

What a headache.

Why was collecting debt so painful?

Song Qingre tapped the cover of the blue folder with her fingers. She handed over the fountain pen. “I’ll give you this. Deduct the money yourself.”

Yan Qingqiu did not hold back and directly took it. She had been staring at it for a long time.

At noon, the studio employees got off work and prepared to eat lunch. Song Qingre’s office had moved from the previous office building to the exhibition location, and beside it was a high-end Xitulanya Restaurant. She asked, “I’ll take you to eat. Order whatever you want.”

Yan Qingqiu was indeed hungry, but she was also afraid Song Qingre would tease her.

Song Qingre directly asked, “Are you that afraid of me? Because of what happened just now…”

“How is that possible?” Yan Qingqiu said seriously. “You didn’t pay me back today. If you paid me back faster, I would have left long ago.”

“Oh, right.” Song Qingre looked as if she had suddenly understood and had her secretary urge finance to transfer five hundred thousand to Yan Qingqiu.

Yan Qingqiu felt too embarrassed to ask for that much. Song Qingre had encountered so many hardships just selling paintings. This world was probably deliberately targeting her so that the male lead could come rescue her. Yan Qingqiu lowered her head and continued recording in her little notebook. Song Qingre took her phone. “Let’s go.”

There was a good high-end Xitulanya Restaurant near the company. Song Qingre took the menu and ordered. Yan Qingqiu wanted to take out her little notebook to record it, but seeing the person beside her eat slowly and gracefully, she felt embarrassed.

Song Qingre said considerately, “Use your phone to record it.”

Yan Qingqiu switched to her phone.

Song Qingre paid, and Yan Qingqiu kept accounts. After leaving Xitulanya Restaurant, Yan Qingqiu planned to call a taxi and go back by herself. Unless absolutely necessary, she would never be alone with Song Qingre again.

Song Qingre looked at the time and said, “I’ll send you back.”

Yan Qingqiu wanted to say no.

Song Qingre asked back, “What are you afraid of? There are many Alpha drivers nowadays. What if you meet one in a bad state…”

Yan Qingqiu got into her car. “Drive properly and don’t talk.”

“All right. I won’t talk anymore.”

After getting in, Song Qingre adjusted the navigation and asked, “Qiuqiu, what does your pheromone smell like?”

Yan Qingqiu’s legs went soft. She felt like she had climbed onto a thief’s car. What did her pheromone smell like…

She seriously thought about it. This—she did not know either.

The previous “her” had been a B pretending to be an A. Betas did not have pheromones. Who knew how she had boasted about her pheromone scent before?

“Didn’t I tell you to drive and not talk?” Yan Qingqiu frowned, raising her voice very high.

Yan Qingqiu asked the system once. Asking was no different from asking nothing. The system did not make a sound. Clearly, it did not know.

Song Qingre drove very calmly. There were no extra emotions on her face, as if she was not that curious about this question. Yan Qingqiu was afraid her wildly pounding heart would scare…

“All right.” Song Qingre pressed her lips together.

Yan Qingqiu secretly took her earbud case out of her bag and put on her earbuds. This way, no matter what Song Qingre said, she could pretend not to hear and not answer.

She secretly took out her phone to send Su Xingjie a message. Her own sister should know. But then she thought: what if Song Qingre saw it? Wouldn’t she be exposed even more?

During this time, Song Qingre seemed to say something.

Song Qingre glanced at her and said, “Don’t keep crossing your legs like that. It can easily deform your bones and isn’t good for your body.”

“My bones are hard. I like sitting like this,” Yan Qingqiu said.

She heard Song Qingre laugh softly. Yan Qingqiu frowned. What was so funny?

Her legs crossed tighter and tighter. She could not endure it anymore.

The car stopped.

“Does it smell like tap water?”

Song Qingre continued asking. When Yan Qingqiu was about to keep pretending to be angry, Song Qingre tapped the steering wheel with her fingers. “The car has stopped.”

Yan Qingqiu did not answer. She feigned anger. “What do you mean?”

“I just remembered how Qiuqiu was so wet last time. I’m a little curious,” Song Qingre said.

She was talking about that time when Song Qingre helped her relieve herself. Back then, Song Qingre had said she had a lot of water. Yan Qingqiu was so embarrassed her face hurt. She bit the tip of her tongue. “Pervert.”

“Yes. I feel like I’ve evolved and become a pervert.” Song Qingre calmly faced herself.

Yan Qingqiu felt too guilty. She kept feeling that these words were talking about her. She quickly unbuckled her seatbelt. Song Qingre took the chance to lightly pinch her nose. “Stay properly at home and don’t run around everywhere.”

For some reason, Yan Qingqiu felt those words carried no good intentions.

“Go on.” Song Qingre pushed the car door open for her.

But Yan Qingqiu misunderstood. She directly slapped Song Qingre’s hand away and desperately raised her chin, proving that she was a fierce Alpha, very ferocious and untouchable.

Unfortunately, people could not see what they looked like. Otherwise, she would have seen how red her own face was. The flush on her cheeks was like a sunset dyeing the sky, burning through clouds one patch at a time. If Song Qingre used just a bit more strength, she could make her cry, make her eyes grow wet.

Song Qingre pressed her lips together, nearly laughing. “Qiuqiu, are you about to cry?”

As if Yan Qingqiu had been hit where it hurt, before she could collect her emotions, her mouth spoke first. “What joke are you making? I won’t cry. Wu…”

Song Qingre suddenly leaned closer, her lips only a strand of hair away from Yan Qingqiu.

“Do you want to kiss me?”

Ten seconds later.

Even the sound of Yan Qingqiu swallowing was very obvious.

After that, the car door was suddenly pushed open from the inside. Yan Qingqiu jumped out of the car. Because she ran too quickly, her knees almost directly hit the ground.

Song Qingre wanted to reach out to help her, but failed. Yan Qingqiu ran extremely fast.

The car window was half lowered. Song Qingre’s fingers tapped the steering wheel as she watched Yan Qingqiu run lively into the courtyard.

She pondered, her fingertips tracing the lines of the steering wheel.

Was it… a mistaken feeling?

It probably was not.

She was so afraid.

Yan Qingqiu ran into the courtyard, then all the way into the living room. Once she was sure Song Qingre’s gaze could no longer reach her, she immediately sped up and ran into her own room. She almost fell to her knees.

Fortunately, she had been clever and ran. Otherwise, she would have collapsed after just two steps!

She locked the door, lifted her skirt a little, then felt too embarrassed and went into the bathroom. She lowered her head and looked once, then squeezed her eyes shut hard.

Little sister, you’ve suffered.

Crying several times a day. My heart hurts along with you.

Boohoo.