Chapter 68: Stir-frying. Love will grow with time.
The next morning, the two of them were still fast asleep when they heard a series of hurried scratching sounds at the door.
Cheng Yang opened her eyes, impatiently held Xu Xun, and rolled around on the bed.
“What’s that… what’s going on outside…”
She mumbled for a while, but then she turned over, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
Xu Xun slowly opened her eyes. She was held in Cheng Yang’s arms, and the moment she opened her eyes, she saw two towering snow peaks that could not be ignored.
“…”
Almost without exception, every morning when Xu Xun woke up, the first thing she saw was Cheng Yang’s breasts.
She loved to bury herself in them, and Cheng Yang also liked to let her, always feeling that Xu Xun at this time was like a little kitten, very cute.
Xu Xun felt that she was becoming more and more dependent on Cheng Yang now. Even if they were separated for half a day, she would be scratching her heart and liver, as if she had skin hunger.
She also knew that this kind of dependence would be addictive, but she could never get rid of it, and it was even getting more and more serious.
So serious that Xu Xun wanted to become a certain accessory of Cheng Yang’s, wishing she could be entangled with her all the time.
Xu Xun looked at the arm that Cheng Yang was holding around her waist, wanting to go out and see what was making the noise outside.
But she couldn’t bear to leave Cheng Yang for even a step.
The joy of a dream come true, in her eyes, was a bit fake.
Xu Xun couldn’t believe what had happened these past few days. It was like a dream.
She also didn’t dare to speak loudly, for fear that she would wake up from this sweet dream, and after she woke up, she would be a lonely person again, just like before.
Xu Xun sighed. She lay on her side quietly, reached out and stroked Cheng Yang’s sleeping face, and gently curved her lips.
At the same time, Cheng Yang also slowly opened her eyes and met Xu Xun’s eyes.
She hummed twice, rubbed her eyes, and said with a smile, “Good morning.”
Xu Xun’s lips curled into a smile. “Morning. It’s only nine in the morning. Isn’t your usual biological clock at ten?”
Cheng Yang sighed with a smile. “Ah, actually, I’ve been awake for a long time. I was about to go back to sleep, but someone’s gaze was so passionate and scorching that it made my whole body heat up, and I couldn’t sleep.”
“…”
Xu Xun hadn’t expected that her secret peeking and touching had actually been discovered by Cheng Yang.
She had acted so well, Xu Xun hadn’t even noticed that this person was already awake.
Just as Xu Xun was about to turn her head, she was pulled back by Cheng Yang by the waist.
Cheng Yang held her and rubbed against her, her hair messy, a tuft of hair sticking up to the sky.
“What are you doing? Come back and sleep with me.”
Xu Xun struggled a little. “It’s already past nine. You’re still sleeping? I usually get up at eight in the morning. Good habits have to be cultivated.”
Cheng Yang pressed her back down again. “Just lie with me for a little longer. Anyway, you don’t have to go to work and have no business. Why are you up so early?”
When Xu Xun heard this, she lay back down.
“You’re right. You should enjoy it when you can.”
The two of them lay quietly on the bed.
At this moment, the years were quiet. Outside, a series of cat meows came again.
Cheng Yang suddenly remembered that last night, they had adopted five dogs and two cats.
Cheng Yang lifted the covers and sat up. “I’ll go and see how the puppies are doing.”
Xu Xun propped her head up with one hand and looked at Cheng Yang with her body on her side. “Didn’t you just say you wanted me to lie with you?”
Cheng Yang put on her outer clothes, put on her slippers, and walked to the door. “I’ll be back after I’ve seen them.”
After saying this, Cheng Yang blew a kiss to Xu Xun and went out of the bedroom.
Xu Xun lay on the bed, looking at Cheng Yang’s leaving back, put on her shoes, and also followed.
It was absolutely impossible to let her stay in the bedroom alone. No matter what Cheng Yang did, she had to go and see.
The room for the kittens and puppies was on the other side. Xu Xun crossed the stairs and walked to the open door of the room. She saw that Cheng Yang was holding one of the puppies and was personally feeding it.
Cheng Yang was feeding the puppy very seriously and didn’t notice that Xu Xun was standing behind her, staring at her with great interest.
After feeding three puppies, Cheng Yang had gone from being nervous at the beginning to being calm and unhurried now.
She picked up the fourth puppy, and when she turned her head, she met Xu Xun’s smiling eyes.
“Didn’t I tell you to wait for me in the bedroom?”
Xu Xun said with a smile, “You know, I can’t stand the loneliness without you.”
She took a kitten from Jiang Huimei’s hand, and her feeding technique was much more skillful than Cheng Yang’s.
“These two are both tuxedo cats. They’ll be a handful in the future.”
Cheng Yang couldn’t help but ask, “Tuxedo cats? Is this species very strange?”
Xu Xun nodded. “The black and white animals in nature are all a bit neurotic, like orcas, and also tuxedo cats.”
“Especially tuxedo cats. They always do some unexpected things.”
Seeing that Cheng Yang was listening seriously, the corners of Xu Xun’s lips curled up. “When the two of them grow up, you’ll know just how neurotic they are. You can’t even guess what they’ll do next.”
Cheng Yang was stunned. “Are they really that neurotic? They’ve only just opened their eyes. Let’s see when they’re a little older if they’re really as abstract as you say.”
Xu Xun sighed. “You just wait. But tuxedo cats are indeed quite cute.”
Cheng Yang suddenly thought of something more important. “By the way, we haven’t named them yet.”
She observed the patterns on the two kittens and pointed to the one in Xu Xun’s hand.
“This one is called Mimi.”
Xu Xun smiled. “What about this one?”
Cheng Yang thought for a moment. “It’s called Miaomiao.”
Xu Xun smiled helplessly. “Then can you tell the difference?”
Cheng Yang said, “The one with more milk and less cow is called Mimi, and the one with more cow and less milk is called Miaomiao. It’s nice and easy to remember.”
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curved. She was just afraid that Cheng Yang wouldn’t be able to remember the names of these two cats.
For Cheng Yang, probably all the cats in the world were called “Mimi.”
But Miaomiao was not bad either. At least when she called it, the pronunciation was similar to Mimi.
The cats’ names were chosen, but there were too many dogs, and Cheng Yang didn’t know what to name them for a moment.
Cheng Yang looked at Xu Xun for help. “Wifey, do you know how to name dogs?”
Xu Xun thought for a moment. “Mmm… Wang Cai?”
“Pfft—”
Jiang Huimei, who was mixing milk powder for the cats on the side, laughed out loud. “Many dogs are called that. It’s too tacky.”
Xu Xun said with a smile, “A humble name is easy to raise. The main thing is that I’ve never had a dog before and don’t know what name to choose. What do you think, Auntie Jiang?”
Jiang Huimei said, “Zhao Cai Jin Bao, Gong Xi Fa Cai Wan Shi Xing.”
“…”
It seemed that there was not much difference from Wang Cai.
Cheng Yang had a sudden inspiration. “Why don’t I find a master online to calculate a name for them?”
Xu Xun nodded. “Good idea.”
As soon as they said it, they did it. The two of them did indeed find a fortune teller to name the dogs at home.
“Chasing the Wind, Treading the Waves, Blowing Snow…”
Cheng Yang’s brow furrowed tightly. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that this litter of black dogs did not match the names that the fortune teller had chosen.
It was too literary. It was not as good as Zhao Cai Jin Bao.
After hanging up the video call, Cheng Yang put down the dog. She stretched, and when the nanny was not around, she directly picked up Xu Xun.
Xu Xun was carried to the bathroom by her. “I haven’t brushed my teeth or washed my face yet. You can let go of me.”
Cheng Yang leaned in, all lovey-dovey. “If only I were an octopus. Then I could hold you and brush my teeth and wash my face at the same time, and I wouldn’t be separated from you for even a step.”
Xu Xun couldn’t help but laugh. “Me too.”
After breakfast, Cheng Yang called Lu Qingzhuo.
“Hello, Sister Qingzhuo. Is your body any better?”
Lu Qingzhuo on the other end said with a smile, “Much better. But let me tell you, the blue-staining bolete is really delicious. Although I was poisoned this time, I’ve learned my lesson and have experience. I guarantee I won’t be poisoned again.”
“…”
Anyway, ever since they had all been poisoned by eating mushrooms and had been sent to the hospital for rescue, Cheng Yang had never eaten mushrooms again.
It wasn’t that she didn’t like them, but that she didn’t dare.
She had already developed a considerable psychological shadow.
Cheng Yang wanted to ask about Fu Yumian’s recent situation, but she heard Lu Qingzhuo’s coquettish voice on the other end of the phone.
“I don’t want to take medicine anymore! I’m already fine, and I’m not having any hallucinations. It’s too bitter. I’m not taking it…”
“…”
Cheng Yang was stunned. She never expected Lu Qingzhuo to be capable of making such a sickly sweet, spoiled sound. It was really a case of you can’t judge a book by its cover.
“Ahhhhhh—”
Lu Qingzhuo’s “crazy” voice came from the phone again.
“Wifey, eat me! I’m going to melt!”
“…”
Cheng Yang frowned, thinking that the two of them were playing some kind of fun game.
Xu Xun directly pointed it out. “Her poison hasn’t been completely removed yet. She thinks she’s an ice cream now.”
Cheng Yang couldn’t help but laugh.
Unlucky, but also very funny.
She was not laughing at Lu Qingzhuo.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yang dialed Su Ran’s number again.
It still took a long time for the other side to answer.
“Hello.”
Su Ran’s voice was hoarse and had a faint fatigue.
“Is something wrong? If not, I’m hanging up.”
Cheng Yang quickly said, “There is. I want to ask you, is Jian Fan with you?”
“No.”
Cheng Yang was a little surprised. “She’s not with you? Did she leave you?”
Every word was a stab to the heart, but it was also very real.
Su Ran covered her heart and hung up with a click.
Cheng Yang listened to the beeping sound on the other end and looked at Xu Xun, dazed.
“She hung up.”
Xu Xun gave a warm reminder, emphasizing, “It was the phone that hung up.”
Cheng Yang sighed. Recalling Su Ran’s past romantic affairs, she couldn’t help but say, “In my opinion, the two subjects mean the same thing.”
Xu Xun asked with a smile, “What’s wrong?”
Cheng Yang said, “You don’t know, right? Su Ran used to be a real social butterfly. She would pass through a thousand flowers without a single leaf touching her. And she also liked older people, especially challenging Alphas and Betas. She had no interest in Omegas.”
Xu Xun frowned. “She told me before that she had always pretended to be an Omega.”
Cheng Yang said with a cold smile, “No wonder Jian Fan hates her. Her love history is so rich that it can’t even be written down. She can almost be described with the word ‘love saint’.”
“But there’s an advantage to dating her, and that is that you don’t have to have any burden.”
Xu Xun’s tone changed. “Oh? You know her so well. Have you dated her?”
Cheng Yang quickly shook her head in denial. “How is that possible? And what are you thinking about every day? I don’t like Alphas. Even if I had to choose one, I would never choose her. We dislike each other.”
Xu Xun said with a smile, “Then when I went to your engagement banquet, I saw you smiling quite happily.”
“That’s because I…”
Cheng Yang’s words were cut off. She turned her head and looked at Xu Xun, dazed.
“You… what did you say? You went to my engagement banquet?”
Xu Xun’s lips were still smiling. “Yeah, I went. I snuck in.”
Cheng Yang was at a loss for words for a moment, a sense of embarrassment from being caught, and more of it was heartache for Xu Xun.
Her consciousness gradually returned, back to the engagement banquet that day, to that fleeting, familiar back.
Cheng Yang knew that she had definitely not seen wrong.
The engagement banquet had lasted from eight in the evening until midnight. Cheng Yang’s face was stiff from smiling. She looked at the guests who were leaving one after another, and only after most of the people had left did the corners of her mouth slowly relax.
Su Ran swayed her neck and shoulders and couldn’t help but say, “Why are there so many rules? If I had known, I wouldn’t have married you.”
Cheng Yang was nitpicking. “It’s an engagement, not a marriage. It’s not set in stone yet.”
Su Ran said with a smile, “Come on. After the engagement, I’m going to marry you in two months. Look how much I’ve sacrificed.”
Cheng Yang glanced at her and let out a cold “oh.”
“Didn’t you say it was fun before? You can even fight with my mom after you move into my house. But you’d better not say anything you shouldn’t. She has late-stage leukemia.”
These words were said so easily by Cheng Yang.
She was already used to it. She had already learned how to face the impending life and death.
After a while, Su Ran answered a call.
The two of them were very close. Cheng Yang heard a sticky and sweet voice on the other end of the phone, which made her goosebumps appear.
Su Ran coaxed her with a smile. After hanging up the phone, the look in her eyes gradually became cold.
Cheng Yang asked, “You don’t like her?”
Su Ran held her phone with two fingers and gently spun it on her fingertips.
“I’m tired of it.”
Cheng Yang asked again, “Have you always been like this with your feelings?”
Su Ran said with a smile, “Life is short. You have to have fun while you can. I prefer to conquer different people. It’s easy to get tired of it after a long time.”
Cheng Yang expressed her respect but did not understand.
She felt that Su Ran could clearly find a fixed partner, and perhaps she could be with her for the rest of her life.
But Su Ran was clearly not this kind of person. She changed her bed partners faster than she changed her clothes.
The day before yesterday, she had taken an Alpha to shop for a bag. A few days later, she would be holding another person’s waist, accompanying the other to look at cars and houses.
At first, Cheng Yang had thought that she was sick, but after watching for a while, she began to predict when this person would change her partner.
Such a boring and dull thing, in Cheng Yang’s eyes, was actually quite interesting.
However, this kind of thing was a matter of mutual consent. They were all adults, and they both had to be responsible for their own lives or feelings.
This was the life that Su Ran liked, and Cheng Yang had no right to interfere.
She could only tell Su Ran that it was best to restrain herself a little before she got married to her and not to let Cheng Yourong see through her.
Thinking of this, Cheng Yang couldn’t help but sigh.
Xu Xun noticed that she seemed to be thinking about something and asked curiously, “What are you thinking about? Is it related to Su Ran?”
“Yeah. Su Ran is a person with money and power. For her, anything in this world is within her reach.”
Cheng Yang said with a smile, “But she ran into Jian Fan. Someone can finally cure her.”
Jian Fan had always been relatively Buddhist, the type to lie down wherever she fell.
Now she was sitting on the rooftop, sunbathing, her cheeks slightly red, and she was taking a nap with her eyes closed.
Su Ran quietly stood behind her, still holding a bouquet of pink lilies in her arms.
She held Jian Fan from behind, placed the bouquet to the side, and gently rubbed her cheek against Jian Fan’s neck.
“You’re clearly a Beta, but how come I feel that you’re so fragrant?”
Jian Fan answered with a blank expression, “You have a smell dysfunction. I suggest you get a full-body check-up, preferably your brain.”
Hearing Jian Fan’s malicious explanation and suggestion, Su Ran was not angry but was very pleased.
A clear palm print was still on her face, and it looked like it had just been hit not long ago.
“You know, the more you say those hateful things, the more I like you, the more I want to do it with you. Do you know that the way you’re indifferent to me is so alluring?”
“…”
Jian Fan had never run into such an unreasonable lunatic.
The longer she was in contact with Su Ran, she found that this person’s train of thought was different from a normal person’s.
Jian Fan couldn’t communicate with her normally at all. Sometimes, as they were talking, this person would suddenly go crazy for some reason and would directly carry her and throw her on the bed.
But Jian Fan was just that kind of person who didn’t care. She didn’t have much energy to have a heart-to-heart with Su Ran, and she was too lazy to comfort the other. Anyway, this person would brainwash herself.
Jian Fan felt that if it weren’t for the fact that Su Ran had suffered some psychological trauma in her childhood, then she was just plain sick, because a normal person would not be so idle.
“Can you unlock the tracker on my ankle?”
Jian Fan looked at the high-tech anklet on her ankle and felt that Su Ran was really too childish.
“Do you think you’re filming a movie? Have you been reading too many domineering president novels?”
Jian Fan pointed to the tracker with her finger helplessly. “You’re doing this to me. Are you sick?”
Su Ran squatted in front of Jian Fan, held her wrist, and kissed the back of her hand.
“As long as you agree to be with me, I’ll help you unlock it and will never restrict your freedom again.”
Jian Fan quickly nodded. “Alright, alright. I agree. Now hurry up and unlock it for me.”
Su Ran lowered her head with an aggrieved expression. “I knew it. You’re just saying you’ll be with me so that I’ll help you unlock the tracker.”
“…”
Jian Fan was completely silent.
She had never run into such a difficult person in her life.
When she was a doctor before, she had experienced a few doctor-patient disputes, and they had been resolved quickly.
But this bastard had been pestering her for several months.
At first, the two of them had agreed to go their separate ways after sleeping together.
But she hadn’t expected that Su Ran would directly press her down on the bed and do it for two days and two nights.
On the third day, Jian Fan finally couldn’t take it anymore. While Su Ran was taking a shower in the bathroom, she had put on the other’s clothes and had fled.
Why did she have to wear Su Ran’s clothes to escape? Because her own clothes had long since been destroyed by Su Ran’s rough methods.
Jian Fan looked at this paranoid Alpha and slowly softened her voice.
“Actually, I don’t like you that much. I don’t lack money, and I don’t want to date. It’s useless whatever you say.”
Jian Fan smiled helplessly. “You have to do a ‘forced love’ and trap me in your manor so that I can’t go out. Actually, I don’t really like to go out. You’re just playing into my hands.”
Su Ran squatted in front of Jian Fan and looked up at her. “I’d be delighted. I believe that as long as I pester you for long enough, you’ll definitely fall in love with me.”
“…”
What kind of twisted logic is this?
Jian Fan couldn’t figure out Su Ran’s train of thought at all. She knew that Cheng Yang and Su Ran were good friends, so she was very curious how the two of them had gotten to know each other.
“Su Ran, I just want to tell you that this world does not revolve around you, and it’s not that you’ll definitely have whatever you want.”
Jian Fan looked down at the tracker on her ankle and smiled helplessly. “Actually, I’m not angry about what you’ve done to me. I just think it’s very interesting, and I’m also willing to play with you. When the day comes that you get tired of it…”
“What are you trying to do?”
Su Ran’s eyes widened as she looked at Jian Fan.
She was of mixed race, and her pupils were gray-green, which gave the illusion of a gem in the sunlight.
Jian Fan knew that Su Ran was very beautiful, the kind of aggressive beauty.
But Jian Fan had never had any unforgettable love. She had never had a crush on anyone since she was a child, and she was not interested in dating at all.
In fact, for her, it was not bad to have a good bed partner.
Su Ran was a very skilled bed partner, but she couldn’t learn to pull away immediately, which was why she had fallen in.
Jian Fan continued, “Actually, your liking for me is just an illusion. It’s because you feel that you haven’t gotten my heart, so you have a strong desire for possession. Actually, you don’t like me. You just like the thrill of the hunt. Am I right?”
Su Ran’s brain couldn’t react for a moment.
Her Chinese was not very good. Every time Jian Fan lectured her, she would always be impatient.
But in the face of Jian Fan, Su Ran would still listen properly.
And she would also ask questions.
“No.”
She said with a firm expression, “I’ve really fallen in love with you. I want to date you, get married, go on a honeymoon, and I also want to have a child with you.”
Jian Fan’s brow furrowed tightly. She was afraid of marriage and children, especially children.
“No!”
Hearing Jian Fan’s unusually decisive denial, Su Ran quickly said, “No, no! We’ll just get married.”
“…”
Jian Fan was really at a loss. “How many times do I have to say it for you to understand? I don’t like you, I have no feelings for you, and there will be no result between us.”
Su Ran smiled and answered a question with a question, “You must be hungry. You didn’t eat much at noon. I’ll go and pan-fry a steak for you and make some pasta.”
Jian Fan was extremely helpless. When Su Ran leaned over to kiss her on the lips, she pushed her away.
“Don’t change the subject. I’m asking you to unlock the tracker on my ankle right now. I want to leave the manor.”
Su Ran said with a smile again, “You don’t like to eat Western food? Then I’ll make you Chinese food. I know how to make steamed sea bass, and I also know how to make mapo tofu. If you like to eat anything else, I’ll go and learn it right away!”
“…”
The moment she finished speaking, Su Ran went into the elevator and began to study how to make Chinese food.
She stood in the kitchen, at a loss, looking at the pile of miscellaneous vegetables in the refrigerator, not knowing where to start.
Su Ran picked up a celery, not knowing how to deal with it. As a result, she threw away all the edible parts, leaving only some withered leaves on top.
If you don’t know how to do it, find a teacher.
Su Ran called Xu Xun. She knew that Xu Xun’s cooking was delicious and that she would definitely be able to teach her to be a food expert.
In the basement of Xu Xun’s study.
Breathing and moans intertwined into an ambiguous symphony.
The sweet peach and the light and elegant Night-blooming Cereus fragrance were mixed together.
Cheng Yang held her phone with her shoulder, held Xu Xun’s waist with one hand and pressed down, and answered the phone.
“What did you say? You want to learn how to ‘stir-fry’? Stir-fry for Jian Fan?”
Cheng Yang knew that the other was not a proper person, and the so-called “stir-fry” must have another meaning.
“Stir-fry? Aren’t you very good at it?”
Cheng Yang hooked her finger, pulled a silver thread from the corner of Xu Xun’s mouth, and said with a smile, “My wife is busy. You can just do it more yourself and you’ll get used to it. Mmm, okay, bye.”
What’s there to teach? Wouldn’t love grow with time?
