Flash Marriage - Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Gong Xiaoyan isn’t stupid!

“You look really happy,” said Xue Yunfeng to me, “If I told you that Jiang Li was about to break up with me, would you be even happier?”

I was so shocked that I almost bit my own tongue . “What? What did you say? Break up?”

Xue Yunfeng nodded, his voice a little weak . “He doesn’t like me . ”

I didn’t quite buy it . From what I had seen, Jiang Li cared deeply about him . I asked, “He said this to you in person?”

“He didn’t even have to say it . I could tell, too . ”

I waved my hand, comforting him, “Even if he said it in person, that doesn’t mean it’s real . Plus, he didn’t even say it . You’re just overthinking it . ”

Xue Yunfeng’s eyes brightened before dimming again immediately . He shook his head . “I don’t want to lie to myself anymore . I just feel like…Jiang Li’s heart belongs to someone else . ”

“What?” I didn’t expect Jiang Li to be so slippery, cheating on someone like that…what a douche!

Xue Yunfeng suddenly glared at me with a vengeance . “Tell me . Does he like you?” he said vehemently .

I shook my head hurriedly, horrified, “The first thing he does every day is look down on me . I’m lucky enough that he isn’t actively picking on me . Him liking me? No one would believe that!”

Xue Yunfeng nodded, seeming to agree with me . “You’re right . I also think that with your looks, you’d be hard-pressed to seduce him . ”

Me: “…”

Suppressing the urge to murder this cute shota in front of me, I chuckled as if I were shrugging it off . “Exactly . Plus, he’s gay . He only likes men . ”

Unexpectedly, Xue Yunfeng said, “To be honest, if he were in love with a woman, I wouldn’t have anything to say . But if he was thinking of another man…” While he spoke, his eyes dimmed again . My heart ached for him .

But his words awoke a thought in my mind, and I immediately thought of someone: Wang Kai, who Jiang Li hated and loved at the same time . Hm…would Jiang Li really, truly have shifted his affections to Wang Kai instead?

Wow, he really had it out for others like him when hunting for new lovers . Wang Kai was obsessed and flirty with women, always on the look for someone new . Thinking that he would fall for a guy–that was completely ridiculous!

The more I thought about it, the more suspicious things seemed, and I couldn’t sit still anymore . Xu Yunfeng sensed my discomfort . Tugging on my shirt, he asked nervously, “Is he…is he really in love with another man?”

“Um…well…” I was stuck between a rock and a hard place, and didn’t know how to answer him . Jiang Li falling for Wang Kai was just another guess of mine . Besides, this was someone else’s business . I couldn’t really speculate or gossip without knowing the full situation .

Xue Yunfeng’s eyes were wide as he stared at me . He seemed almost close to tears . “Can’t you tell me who it is? I just want to know what kind of person it was that could stun him . ”

Seeing Xue Yunfeng’s pitiful gaze, I ground my teeth together . “So…this is only a guess, and it might be completely false . ”

Xue Yunfeng seemed relatively calm . “I understand . Tell me . ”

“Do you know Wang Kai? He’s the co-manager of our company . ”

“How could I not? He spied on my sister when she was showering when he was sixteen . ”

“…” So Wang Kai’s flirtiness had gone on for ages already .

Xue Yunfei finally understood what I was getting at . His voice was hoarse as he cried out, “Ah! Are you saying that Jiang Li…he likes Wang Kai?”

I nodded painfully . “It’s just a guess, and it’s up to you if you believe me or not .  Honestly I don’t even fully believe it . I wouldn’t even go for Wang Kai, so Jiang Li with his high standards…but it’s hard to say . Twisted people have twisted standards . Besides, Wang Kai is at least good-looking…hey, what’s wrong with you?” I suddenly realized that Xue Yunfeng’s expression looked terrible . It was the anger of lost reason .

His hands curled into fists, a dangerous light flickered in his eyes . He ground his teeth together as he spoke . “Wang Kai…as if harassing my sister wasn’t enough, he plans to seduce my boyfriend? If I don’t show him some trouble, he won’t know not to mess with me!”

As he spoke, he slammed his fist down on the table next to the bed . The glass fell, as if startled by his outburst, and rolled to the ground, shattering into pieces .

My wee little heart shuddered with the sound . Even if this shota looked weak and gentle, he wasn’t as kind as he seemed .

“So…” I said, still shaking, “I don’t think that there’s anything between them…it’s just Jiang Li’s crush on him…”

Little mister Xue here got even angrier at my words . “A crush? Wang Kai is trapping him with seduction . It’s an old trick!”

Stroking my forehead, I continued to explain, “Wang Kai likes women though . You should know that . ”

“He must’ve gotten sick of all the women and wanted a taste of men . I’ve seen plenty of his kind!”…

“Um…I think I’m going to leave for now…” Grabbing my bag, I waved a meek hand in the direction of the angry young man before leaving him behind . Before I left, though, I gave him one last warning .

“Xue Yunfeng, don’t let Wang Kai know that Jiang Li is gay . Please . ”

Downstairs, I spotted Jiang Li’s luxury car in front of the building . I ran over, pulled the door open, and tunneled inside .

It was dark . Jiang Li didn’t seem to intend to turn on the lights . My face turned to his hazy silhouette, I spoke . “You really aren’t planning to go up there and take a look?”

Jiang Li’s irritated voice cut through the dark . “Nosy . ”

…dammit!

When we got home, Jiang Li leaned into the couch like a prince, commanding me without even looking up . “Gong Xiaoyan, go make me some late dinner . I want long, longevity noodles…if they’re not good, I’ll eat you . ”

Ew .

So Gong the servant girl escaped into the kitchen . At one in the morning, she made her “master” long noodles…f**k . His birthday was already an hour past . What the hell did he need noodles for?

When I put the two bowls of noodles on the table, Jiang Li patted my head rewardingly . “You’re so kind . You knew I didn’t eat my dinner and made so much for me!”

“Um…Jiang Li…the other bowl is for me…”

Slowly, Jiang Li took a bite from each bowl before glancing over at me . “There’s chocolate cake in the fridge .  Your favorite . ”

I watched him do all this with my mouth hanging open, and forgot to stop him . I only came back to myself when he started talking about cake and started in anger . “Do you have a heart or not?”

Jiang Li didn’t even look up . “Nope . ”

“…” I’d seen shameless guys, but no one as shameless as him! I ground my teeth together, but couldn’t do anything about it . All I could do was play pitiful, “Jiang Li, eating cake will make me fat . Wouldn’t you be sad if I got fat?” If he dared say that he wouldn’t, I was worried that I’d grab one of the bowls of noodles and shove it into his face .

He finally looked up at me . Sizing me up, he shook his head, “With the pounds you’ve got on you…if a man were willing to sleep with you, it wouldn’t even be as good as holding a sack of bones . ”

“…”

“Not everyone deserves to lose weight . You’d better gain some weight . I hate skinny little things . If you go around looking like that, I won’t be able to resist mistreating you . ”

“#&m;*#$!” You’ve already been mistreating me plenty!

When I walked into the bedroom, he was already lying sideways in bed, one hand cushioning his head . He looked like sleeping beauty . When he saw me walk in, he looked at me . His gaze followed me, sending chills down my spine . Had I offended him somehow again?

“Gong Xiaoyan,” he said, his eyes smiling with some strange gleam .

“Hm?” I looked at him, on alert . What was this guy up to now?

“Come here . ”

Of course I was coming over . I wanted to sleep, and the bed was there . Iswaggered to the bed, yanked off the blankets, and burrowed in .

Jiang Li suddenly came close . Hands propped on both sides of my body, he lowered his head to smile at me while I was still frozen with fear . “Gong Xiaoyan, I heard you want a child?”

Shocked, I pushed at him, “Who said that? You’ve gotta know that the thing I’m most afraid of is having children!”

But Jiang Li grabbed my hands, preventing me from moving . His nose almost brushed against mine . A twisted light moved in his eyes, scaring all the sleepiness out of me . “Gong Xiaoyan, let’s have a kid . It won’t hurt that much . ” Although his breath against my cheek was hot, it startled me into a shuddering fit .

I peered fearfully into his bright black eyes, so dark they could reflect my face . But because the light in here was dim, I couldn’t quite see anything . The creepy atmosphere was suffocating me . Shivering, I said, “Jiang Li, are you crazy?”

“The husband has the responsibility and right to make his wife bear children . ”

“Then let’s get divorced . There’s no negotiating on having children . ”

Jiang Li’s eyebrows shot up . “You don’t want to have children with me?”

I rolled my eyes and decided to be direct with him . “Nope . ” Having kids was terrifying . Only an idiot would want that!

“I don’t really want it either,” Jiang Li got off me and lied down again, releasing me from his grip . “If we had a kid as dumb as you, that wouldn’t be nice . ”

At least that was freaking better than having a pervert as a child!

“Of course, I don’t want to have children with a skeleton . ”

Of course you want to have children with a man!

“What are you simmering about over there?”

“Nothing…”