Chapter 22 Part 1
Ye Qiao was somewhat disappointed by Lu Qing . Though she could understand
his cautiousness, she found his indifference disillusioning . Perhaps it was because
Lu Qing had been her idol in her youth and in the eyes of a little girl, he was
supposed to be a righteous hero .
Ye Qiao realized that she had been a bit unreasonable . After returning to her room,
she tried to get on Weibo to distract her mind .
Her signal strength was only at one bar and she constantly received notifications
saying “Please check your network connection . ” She kept trying with little hope .
Surprisingly, the page updated with a new post .
It was a post by Zhou Tingsheng whose account she had followed a while ago when
she was bored . He basically never posted anything, it was practically a ghost account,
since she’d followed . Just as Ye Qiao had almost forgotten about him since coming to
the village, he suddenly posted some pictures on the Weibo .
With the weak signal in the village, it took ten minutes for one of the pictures to
download . Ye Qiao was amazed at her own persistence . She kept trying over and
over again until she finally saw the entire picture------a milky white kitten lying down
next to an imposing black dog, sleeping with its eyes curved in two crescents . The
black dog guarding it as if she was his mother .
It was Ophelia and Desa .
Then Ye Qiao discovered that Zhou Tingsheng had posted several similar pictures
of the two: eating together, going out together, sleeping under the sunlight together… . . .
Zhou Tingsheng, being a man of few words, didn’t seem to bother captioning the pictures .
There was only one picture that had a caption, it showed Ophelia sleeping on the balcony
with the words------ “taking Ophelia to look at the stars, but couldn’t find the Uranus . ”
The kitten was sleeping inside a green, eggshell shaped swing chair under a brown
arbor and on a soft woolen blanket inside the chair . The slumbering kitten was curved
into a fuzzy ball, melting the hearts of anyone who saw the picture .
Ye Qiao certainly knew that this was Zhou Tingsheng’s latest attempts at luring her in .
Even their pets had become his tools .
Yet, the trick was rather effective on a woman’s heart . Ye Qiao was busy filming in a
remote village and there wasn’t much to do after filming . Whenever she had the time,
she would struggle with the intermittent signal just to see whether she could see more
pictures . Shen Ting’s cell phone carrier somehow had a better connection, which
Ye Qiao took advantage of to get on Weibo .
After three days, Shen Ting pointed out to Ye Qiao: “See, his followers has increased
so much . These days, anyone who posts cute pictures of their pets become instantly
popular . The fans are now calling the owner to show his face . ”
Ye Qiao took a look . The sharp contrast between Ophelia and Desa had gathered a
large following on Weibo, especially from a short video clip . In the video, Desa stood
tall and majestically while Ophelia circled around between her legs . Ophelia would
sometimes stand up to hold Desa’s neck, scratching rather mischievously, to the large
dog’s indifference . But when Ophelia went overboard and almost tripped, Desa would
use her paws to steady him . Most of the comments under the clip were from teenage
girls who would say that the video was like reading a 100K character novel about an
overbearing boss!
Ye Qiao was amused: Didn’t they know that Desa was a female dog?
The number of fans snowballed in the next few days . Some resourceful fans even
dug up the details of all the pet toys and furniture in each picture, along with the
unusually lavish pet food served to Ophelia and Desa . They concluded------ “that dog
has a better life than a person!” “Do you still want another cat!” Some would cry out
under the pictures where he held the cat------ “that hand is so beautiful!” “release that
cat, let me hold it!”
Even Qianxi would mention the posts when she called Ye Qiao: “Cousin, don’t let
those messy thoughts bother you . I’ve already found a reliable psychiatrist for you .
He’s a colleague of Dr . Fu’s father that just came back from abroad . After you come
out from the countryside, you can meet him . For the time being, just relax and let the
wilderness cleanse your soul . If that doesn’t work, you can watch some cute animals!
I can recommend a Weibo account that has gone viral lately, it’s called-------”
Ye Qiao almost dropped her cell phone .
He used her pet cat to attract so many followers, had he gotten her permission?
However, all of that was besides the point .
The point was that she had finally gotten online after so much effort only to discover
that Zhou Tingsheng hadn’t updated his account today .
Chapter 22 Part 2
Ye Qiao put her phone down . In the past couple of days, she didn’t have
much filming to do . She could go stay at the nearest town, but she didn’t
like the bumpy drive back and forth and chose to stay in the village instead .
Now that there weren’t any new posts to entertain her, she decided to roam
around the mountains . She found the desolated forest and lake rather
peaceful . No wonder nowadays city folks liked to visit the countryside . Not
noticing the time, she return just in time to have dinner . Afterwards, she
was told that she had a visitor .
Who would come to this remote mountain village just to visit her? There
was no signal for her to find out . She was told that Shen Ting had gone to
greet the person on her behalf .
She went to look for them and saw a tall man leaning against an all terrain
vehicle casually talking to Shen Ting . The light of the evening sun fell on his
shoulder and reflected off a metal button . As if he had a hunch, he turned his
head just at the moment when Ye Qiao drew closer .
Zhou Tingsheng broke into a smile at the sight of Ye Qiao and extinguished
the cigarette between his fingers .
Ye Qiao walked over with a long face: “Why are you here?”
Shen Ting was busy distributing all the drinks that Zhou Tingsheng had
bought for the whole crew . She smiled and was about to compliment Zhou
Tingsheng when she saw the cold face on Ye Qiao and tactfully excused
herself: “Then, I’ll be off?”
Zhou Tingsheng nodded and after Shen Ting had walked away far enough,
he leaned forward to whisper besides Ye Qiao’s ear: “I missed you . ”
Ye Qiao sneered: “You couldn’t find other women?” She noticed from the
side mirror of the car that crowd of the film crew were looking at their
direction . She frowned: “We better not keep in touch in the future . ”
Zhou Tingsheng didn’t seem to mind: “I knew you would say that . ”
“You knew and still came here?”
“I’m bored, so I just come for an outing . ” He was brazen-faced and figured
that she wouldn’t turn him down . “I’ve heard that you like to hike in the
mountains lately?”
Ye Qiao was alarmed: “So?”
Zhou Tingsheng opened the car door and said: “Since I’m already here,
you can at least show me around, can’t you?”
The looks and whisperers from the crew members made her uneasy . She
figured that if she turned to walk away, it would inadvertently create even
more unnecessary gossip . She decided to go along, nodded, and got into
the passenger side .
She buckled up the seat belt and heartlessly warned him: “Just for one hour .
I’ll charge you if you go over the time limit . ”
Zhou Tingsheng started the car . Despite the steep road, he kept the drive
rather smooth . Ye Qiao didn’t respond to his chatter but quietly watched the
scenery outside the window .
Zhou Tingsheng looked at her face in the rear view mirror . She didn’t have
any makeup on, her eyebrows were slightly gathered, and she didn’t look
too happy . However, in his eyes, she was still fascinating to look at, he
couldn’t look enough at her .
He abruptly burst into laughter .
Ye Qiao asked: “What are you laughing at?”
Zhou Tingsheng didn’t answer the question: “You look a bit darker . ”
Ye Qiao was stunned, she had never heard anyone saying that she had dark
skin . She flatly said: “I’ve become ugly?”
Zhou Tingsheng replied quite naturally: “You look healthier . You were so pale
before . ”
Ye Qiao mocked him mentally, he could even say such flattery so sincerely .
The vehicle was now deep far along a small trail . There were many trails just
like this one around the village . It was the routes villagers would use them to
go gathering herbs and hunt . But they had gone so far that trees and bushes
covered the trail and they couldn’t see where they were going .
Chapter 22 Part 3
Zhou Tingsheng suddenly stopped the car, right in the middle of the untrodden
forest .
Ye Qiao had a hunch what he was up to . She looked at her wrist watch: “It’s been
43 minutes . If we don’t head back now, you’ll be over the time limit . ”
“How much for each minute overtime?”
“You can’t pay with money . ” Seeing that he had no intention of turning back, Ye Qiao
adamantly released her seat belt and jumped out the car, walking towards the way
they came, without looking back .
Zhou Tingsheng circled his arms around her waist from behind, keeping her tight in
his arms: “Then what can I use to pay for it? How about with my body . ”
Ye Qiao struggled but couldn’t free herself from his grasp . Zhou Tingsheng’s warm
breath tickled the back of her ear . Ye Qiao’s temper flared, her voice grew harsh:
“I don’t like to be forced . ”
“No one is forcing you . ” His strength was stronger than she had imagined . He turned
her around to face him, her head hit his solid shoulder . “What have I done to irritate
you, Ye Qiao?”
Ye Qiao quieted down all of a sudden .
He hadn’t irritated her at all . Everything was fine before that night . It had been so
nice that she had almost forgotten that it was just an affair, she had fallen under
the illusion of sharing a simple and warm family with him .
She was the one who wanted to end the relationship unilaterally . It seemed a bit
unfair to him . But……she thought that he was a womanizer, always looking for
his next love affair, and wouldn’t hang around her for long . So she had no misgivings
for being the cold-blooded heartbreaker . They had never expressed love for each
other to begin with .
Somehow, it seemed that reality was the opposite of what she’d surmised .
As she was lost in thought, Zhou Tingsheng abruptly picked her up from the ground
and sat her down on the hood of the vehicle . As she came to a rest with a thud, he
unleashed a string of scorching kisses followed with passionate mumbling: “Ye Qiao,
I really like you . ”
Ye Qiao was lost in the forceful, long kisses and had difficulty discerning the truth in
his words . She seemed to taste blood and couldn’t tell whether it was from her or him .
After a long while she pushed him away, gasping for air . In the confusion, she had
forgotten why she came out of the car and asked him out of instinct: “While I wasn’t
there, did you touch anyone else?”
“No . ”
He was telling the truth, besides there was no need to lie to her .
Ye Qiao returned to her senses and even smiled: “I would mind very much if you did . ”
After saying those words, it felt to her that she was quite a moody person . Regardless,
in that moment she realized that all those mixed feelings she had been grappling with
had now become meaningless . What if she was indulging herself? If she had to give
up on the intimacy right in front of her, then her life would be too pitiful .
“There’s no need for that . ” Zhou Tingsheng was delighted and pushed his forehead
against hers: “Are we going back?”
Ye Qiao countered: “Do you want to go back……” She drew closer to him after speaking
nd started to lick his warm lips, which came with the taste of blood .
She became a blood sucking animal, lightly sucking on his lips .
Zhou Tingsheng felt the sting on his lips . Ye Qiao suddenly grabbed the back of his waist .
Her slightly cool fingertips went under his shirt and lightly caressed his back . His breathing
grew heavier and he asked in a low voice: “How about in the car?”
“No . ” Ye Qiao slyly smiled and pointed downward with her finger . She whispered next to
his ear: “Right here . ”
Chapter end
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