Chapter 59

Chapter 59 Rose x Kiss

At the junction of Yin and Shen cities, mountain shadows shrouded green, sunlight warm and hazy.

In the morning, the hot spring winery welcomed the chirping of birds among the mountain streams.

And if the camera were shifted to the large suite on the first floor, those sounds might also be mixed with the creaking of a bed frame.

Ji Mingzhu buried the side of her face in the pillow, long curled hair loosely scattered, enduring each thrust of force.

Morning light filtered through the curtains, spreading across her snow-white back, dazzlingly bright. The girl was gripped at the waist, restrained; she twisted, trying to escape, only to be scooped back and buried deeper.

Jiang Ji leaned over behind her, close to her ear, his heavy breath enveloping her, only calming down after a long while.

Early in the morning, Ji Mingzhu’s throat was almost cried dry, like a dried-up stream, flowing over pebbles, no longer smooth.

“Jiang Ji… stay away from me…” Ji Mingzhu spoke in a muffled voice, and after it ended she didn’t look at him again.

She was sulking, feeling like she was about to explode.

Because Jiang Ji was a bit excessive—last night wasn’t enough, and he caught her again early in the morning.

“Tired? Want me to carry you to the bathroom?” Jiang Ji removed the item and threw it into the trash can beside him.

“............”

And he still had the nerve to ask! Couldn’t he tell whether she was tired!

She felt confused for a few seconds; she had just closed her eyes and was woken again, without even time to catch her breath or rest.

Ji Mingzhu lay on the bedding, wanting to kick him, but found her legs had no strength at all and couldn’t lift.

“I’m going to sleep a bit more… if you come near me again, you’re really dead!” Ji Mingzhu threatened fiercely.

Jiang Ji remained unmoved, hovering above her. His long hand reached over to stroke her, voice slow. “Better clean up, otherwise it’ll be uncomfortable.”

That sounded nice, but why did she need to clean up! And who caused the discomfort!!

Anyway… she didn’t want to argue with him anymore.

Ji Mingzhu lay still, seeing he had no intention of giving up, she started acting spoiled. “Jiang Ji, just leave me alone, I’m really really sleepy.”

Her eyelids drooped, unable to open, like glued shut.

“Call me when you wake up. I’ll carry you in.” Jiang Ji brushed her long eyelashes.

“............”

He was really persistent about carrying her.

“I don’t care.” Ji Mingzhu pushed him away. “Why are you like sticky malt candy.”

Jiang Ji lightly pinched her curves before getting up and putting on a bathrobe.

After driving him away, Ji Mingzhu pulled the blanket over herself, not caring how wet the sheets were, and curled up to lie down.

She was truly sleepy and soon fell into deep sleep.

Jiang Ji looked at Ji Mingzhu for a moment and muttered softly, “Really like a little pig.”

……

Jiang Ji picked up the clothes and tissues on the floor, tidied them slightly, and threw them into the trash.

While Ji Mingzhu slept, he called hotel service to bring new bedding, without troubling the butler.

For things like changing sheets, Jiang Ji understood that if Ji Mingzhu knew someone else had changed them, she would probably beat him for a long time.

Sometimes Ji Mingzhu was quite bold, but more often, when it came to actual action, she became timid.

Last night she was clingy, and when pleading, she was so delicate it seemed she could drip water.

But seeing him restraining himself uncomfortably, she also proactively matched him.

Jiang Ji could feel Ji Mingzhu’s enthusiasm toward him.

Actually, when he was young, there were times of certainty, but because of youthful impulsiveness, after happiness, he would fall into a new round of self-doubt, wavering between certainty and uncertainty.

He still remembered in the first year of high school, when Yingli International High and the neighboring Affiliated High held a basketball league. In Yin City there were quite a few dignitaries and nobles who attended public schools rather than private ones, so in the Affiliated High basketball team, there were many people the two had known since childhood, not lacking in good-looking ones.

Unlike Xiao Yi, who loudly boasted about sweeping the whole court, Jiang Ji didn’t show it on the surface at that time, but secretly worked hard.

Among so many girls in Yingli International High, he only noticed her.

Their gazes would meet from time to time, and during halftime, Ji Mingzhu led the cheerleading squad over to deliver water to them.

Many things, when carefully savored today, made sense. At that time, after the misunderstanding, she went abroad in one go. He followed soon after, and their small friend group scattered.

After that, neither of them took the initiative to speak, and of course, neither took the initiative to mention what happened back then.

Jiang Ji suddenly thought of something and turned to look at the sleeping girl beside him.

Last night was an unexpected joy, but also within reason.

If one were to say how lovers express their fondness for each other, sometimes one could glimpse it from what happened in bed.

Too many things didn’t need to be said, they needed to be proven through actions. Just like the bedding—it truly couldn’t be looked at anymore, dark patches and light patches, wrinkled. On it were also small traces of water.

Jiang Ji spread out a new bedsheet to change it, after all they would still stay here for the nights ahead. Because Ji Mingzhu only occupied one spot, it wasn’t hard to change. He deliberately slowed his movements, shifting bit by bit.

Extremely patient.

……

When Ji Mingzhu woke up, the room was quiet, no one there.

“Jiang—”

She originally wanted to call Jiang Ji, but the words turned back.

Last night, when emotions surged, she had been forced to call out “A Ji” countless times.

Under her body was soft and comfortable, different from the damp feeling before falling asleep.

Ji Mingzhu half propped herself up, lifted the blanket, and looked downward.

At some point Jiang Ji had changed the sheets, and her clothes were also replaced with the hotel’s bathrobe, clean and neat.

Ji Mingzhu got out of bed barefoot and immediately weakened embarrassingly.

What she had heard in novels and TV dramas was probably true! She really felt like she was floating in the air, light and airy, unable to walk with force.

Plus the morning round, Ji Mingzhu felt like she had been crushed, ground into dust, scattered into the air.

This little rose that bloomed again had its petals ravaged and wilted.

Without thinking where Jiang Ji had gone, she pushed open the frosted bathroom door, rinsed off, and directly soaked in a bath.

She sprinkled some rose fragrance and turned on the bathtub’s automatic massage. In the bubbling water, her mind gradually cleared.

Last night’s intimacy remained vivid, impossible to forget.

The beautiful waist muscles, clean yet burning aura, sweat-damp black hair, sharp jawline, and… slightly protruding Adam’s apple.

And the various scenes she couldn’t control…

Ji Mingzhu suddenly covered her face with both hands, unable to believe it.

Only now did she dare to ask herself word by word.

She… last night with Jiang Ji?

With… Jiang Ji?!

After accepting this fact again, the soreness in her legs awakened certain memories. Ji Mingzhu thought of Jiang Ji’s later relentless force, but clearly his first-time performance… had no order and was quick :)

As for nervousness, she was no less than him.

At this time, Ji Mingzhu thought that luckily she practiced yoga; after stretching, she felt much better.

After bathing, Ji Mingzhu changed clothes. When she came out, she happened to run into Jiang Ji returning from the courtyard.

By the floor-to-ceiling window beside the hot spring pool, there was a small courtyard for overlooking the distant mountain scenery.

“Just now I looked for you and you weren’t there, you went to the courtyard?”

“Mm.” Jiang Ji was slightly unnatural.

In fact, the one who held her last night and tossed and turned unable to sleep was him.

And the one who, after changing the bedsheets in the morning, stood in the courtyard staring at the distant mountains in a daze was also him.

After this brief conversation, the two fell into silence again.

Generally speaking, after lovers break through a certain boundary, their hearts grow closer, and their bodies unconsciously draw nearer.

But these two, their hearts were connected, yet they kept far from each other; the more they had nothing to say, the more silent they were.

Jiang Ji ordered lunch. Only when the butler’s phone rang did the two come back to their senses.

While the butler and waiter were arranging the dishes, Jiang Ji pulled her over to lean against the soft couch, letting Ji Mingzhu sit in his arms.

“Are you okay.” He looked at her acting no different from usual, yet last night, her tears were comparable to… other things.

“What do you think.” Ji Mingzhu twisted his neck for a moment. “You last night were too…”

Any words touching on last night made them silently stand on the same level.

The two like this quietly spoke private words.

“I’ll pay attention next time.” Jiang Ji wrapped an arm around her waist and asked softly, “Is it not that sore anymore?”

“............”

Still “next time.”

Saying such words so openly—was Jiang Ji’s skin so thick that he didn’t even blush?

She remembered after the final round yesterday, Jiang Ji had quietly said, “Next time we’ll time it again.”

Listen, listen, is that something a person says!

Probably because that fatal number of seconds in the first round dealt him… a bit of a blow…

Timing it again in the future—how could that be okay???

And at the end he was like a storm hitting a wall, uprooting trees, extremely arrogant.

For a moment, Ji Mingzhu felt her butt might not be safe.

But talking to this point, Ji Mingzhu understood.

Their first time was equally messy; many things were obvious.

Ji Mingzhu looked at the young man whose face bathed in warm sunlight. The feelings he gave her, overturned again and again, were truly unforgettable.

Yet such a person, guarding himself properly, during the years without her response, hadn’t acted recklessly.

“Jiang Ji, last night was your first…?” Halfway through, Ji Mingzhu leaned close to his ear, like she was afraid others might hear, like a thief, softly asking the rest.

Back when she knew he had never dated a girlfriend, she had guessed. But this kind of thing needed to be asked personally and answered personally to feel most reassuring.

Jiang Ji lowered his eyes to look at her, not knowing what he was thinking.

After quite a while, he responded slightly, “Mm.”

Ji Mingzhu looked at his calm face, and suddenly placed her hand on his earlobe.

There, red like it could drip blood.

—“Miss Ji, Mr. Jiang, the meal has been prepared. If you would like other services, you may call the direct line.” The butler said this, and after receiving Jiang Ji’s nod, slowly withdrew.

Ji Mingzhu stood up from Jiang Ji’s legs, muttering, “If I hadn’t practiced yoga, the me you’d see now would probably be dried rose petals.”

Jiang Ji sat down opposite her. “Yoga?”

Ji Mingzhu: ?

Shouldn’t the key point be dried rose petals!

“The yoga class I signed up for before.” After going through several rounds, Ji Mingzhu could still recover her energy after soaking in the bath. Thinking about it, she owed it to Teacher Liu.

Speaking of this, she was almost finished with one course. After that she would probably continue and start a new round of classes.

Liu Xi was someone she quite liked. Recommending her to Lian Tang later would also be good, but recently Lian Tang had disappeared; Ji Mingzhu hadn’t seen her for a long time.

“I know.” Jiang Ji’s words interrupted Ji Mingzhu’s drifting thoughts.

Jiang Ji’s gaze was ambiguous, casually teasing over, “But since you mentioned it, I think we can try it in the future.”

Let him try!

If he dared, she’d dare to tease him to death!

Earlier in the hot spring pool he was probably already teased to the limit. Combined with certain performances afterward, Ji Mingzhu suddenly became confident.

Ji Mingzhu couldn’t be bothered with him. She didn’t have much appetite, ate a few bites casually, supported her face with one hand, and lazily looked at him sideways. “Jiang Ji, we’ve been here so long, and it seems we haven’t really gone out. What’s the plan next?”

Who drives out specially to play just for this and that and then this and that!

She thought soaking in the hot spring would be like before, but who knew it was so close at hand—an easily bullied distance. Staying in the room was dangerous.

“Where do you want to go?” Jiang Ji threw the question back.

“…Bar?”

Jiang Ji seemed to look down on her alcohol tolerance—at least that’s what Ji Mingzhu guessed—but he agreed directly, “Sure, I’ll accompany you.”

Seeing how calm he looked, Ji Mingzhu kicked off her slippers. Under the table, she slid upward, rubbing against his leg.

Winding, slow, using every trick to change positions…

Jiang Ji sensed it, raised his eyebrows, his gaze dark.

Feeling she had grasped the heat well, Ji Mingzhu smiled. Before he could catch her, she quickly withdrew.

“Ah, President Jiang, sorry, I accidentally kicked you.”

Jiang Ji outwardly stayed still, only smiling lightly. “It’s fine.”

After the two finished eating, they learned the bar would only open at night.

With nothing to do, Ji Mingzhu looked through the suite and took out a set of Lego. There was a little yellow chick theme, so she and Jiang Ji assembled it together.

The two sat cross-legged on the soft carpet. Halfway through assembling, Ji Mingzhu’s gaze fell on the bedding nearby.

A doubt suddenly appeared in her heart.

She had sensed it when she woke up in the morning, but Jiang Ji wasn’t there at the time, so she didn’t ask.

“Jiang Ji.”

“Mm.”

“…The bedsheets… who changed them?” Ji Mingzhu recalled the butler’s expression at noon while setting the table—understanding yet seeming like everything was under control.

Could it be…

Thinking of this, Ji Mingzhu suddenly felt she couldn’t bear to look!

“Who do you think?” Jiang Ji said slowly without even raising his eyes.

He wore a light gray shirt, head slightly lowered, still assembling the Lego.

Ji Mingzhu’s gaze moved from his lowered eyes downward, to his rosy lips, to the exquisite pale collarbone exposed by the slightly open collar.

On the collarbone were clearly visible small red marks.

They seemed to be her masterpiece…

All of this ran through her mind, all hinting at the state of the bedsheets.

“…No way!” Ji Mingzhu’s voice rose slightly.

Jiang Ji’s clearly defined fingertips stopped, then he lifted his eyes to look at her.

Ji Mingzhu leaned in to punch him, but he deftly grabbed her hand. “What are you thinking, I changed them myself.”

His voice flowed quietly. “You were like that—how could I let others see?”

“............”

Ji Mingzhu’s focus was on who would see those bedsheets, while Jiang Ji’s focus was on who would see her like that.

“Fine, you’re right.” Ji Mingzhu’s face warmed slightly. His thoughtfulness made her roll up her long hair, letting it fall to cover her face.

But Jiang Ji still wouldn’t let her go. He tightened his grip on her hand, making her unexpectedly fall into his arms.

Jiang Ji lowered his head and eyes, imitating what she had said at the dining table—

“Sorry, caught you.”

Author’s note: 【Mini Theater】:

Piggy: Practicing yoga is really good.

Chicken: Mm.

Piggy: Why are you agreeing? What does it have to do with you?

Chicken: It’s time to set up a yoga room at home.

After this comes a shameless life, plus the synopsis Shura field (pushing up tyrannosaurus glasses!

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