Chapter 76:
For the first time, she had taken the initiative to express her longing for someone.
After sending the message, the moment she put down her phone, with a clatter, her heart skipped a beat, and her eyelashes trembled with shyness.
Would this make Summer happy?
Indeed, she was thinking of her, thinking of everything that had happened since she had met her, thinking of the reason for her insecurity.
In matters of the heart, she was used to being reserved. But if she could give Summer a little more confidence in her by putting her thoughts into words, she was willing to be the one to take the initiative.
Love is like two parallel rivers, each flowing in its own direction. One river must take the initiative to change its course for the possibility of them to meet.
After receiving the text, Yan Qinghe felt as if she were in a dream. She almost stared a hole through her phone screen. The two short lines of text, she read them over and over, and finally, she couldn’t hold it back any longer. A smile spread from the corners of her lips to her eyes.
She hugged her phone and, with a thud, fell onto her bed, tossing and turning, rolling from side to side. The two short lines of text, she looked at them up and down, and with a grin, she replied—
[I miss you so much too, but not just half, a hundred percent.]
[Hearing you say that makes me so happy, Sixue.]
After sending a goodnight to Mu Sixue, Yan Qinghe rubbed her stiff cheeks from smiling so much. She hummed a little tune as she went to the washroom to take a shower. Afterward, she tossed and turned happily in bed, thinking, is the feeling of mutual love so happy?
It was a different feeling from being with Ji Qianqian in her past life.
She knew she shouldn’t compare, but she couldn’t help it.
In the shower, she had painfully washed away the two red lipstick marks. She just felt that her heart was soaked in a honey pot named “Mu Sixue,” and she was firmly held by the woman, and she was willing to be held by her.
Because she knew that her sincerity would not be trampled on by her.
But after a moment, a little bit of unease came to her heart again.
Mu Sixue’s powerful family, the reclusive Nangong family, had explicitly forbidden the marriage of a Nangong family member to an alpha. If Mu Sixue’s original name was really Nangong Sixue, as Su Fang and Ji Qianqian had said, and she chose to be with an alpha, what would her senior choose between her family and her?
Besides, although Mu Sixue had indirectly indicated that she had never been with anyone else, she always felt that Mu Sixue was sometimes looking through her, trying to find a trace of another person.
Did her senior have her own first love?
Yan Qinghe pursed her lips, a barely perceptible jealousy spreading in advance.
She only had a one-month probation period. During this time, she had to make Mu Sixue fall completely in love with her.
She made a video call to Zhang Siyu. Zhang Siyu was playing “Strange Jianghu.” Seeing Yan Qinghe’s face, she chuckled. “Well, Qinghe, you’ve become a celebrity after filming a drama.”
“Are you planning to rekindle things with the great Miss Ji?”
She was bringing up a sore subject again. She quickly told her about her recent situation and the good news, and emphasized that she should not mention Ji Qianqian in front of Mu Sixue in the future.
Zhang Siyu zipped her lips and looked at her friend in disbelief. “You really got Mu Sixue?”
Yan Qinghe raised an eyebrow and tapped her nose with a smile. “A one-month probation period. Senior has to decide whether to make it official based on my performance.”
“But I believe I can satisfy Sixue.”
Zhang Siyu clicked her tongue. “Look at you, so hopeless. You’re not even married yet, and you’re already showing signs of being a wife slave.”
“Wife?” Yan Qinghe automatically filtered out the word “slave.”
Mu Sixue, her wife?!
She hadn’t dared to think of it. Although she had been married before, if her spouse were Mu Sixue…
At work, in conversation, she was dignified and generous. To outsiders, she was as cool as snow. But when they kissed, she was shy and gentle, and she would stand on her tiptoes to kiss her neck.
If she became her wife, what would she be like?
Zhang Siyu’s unintentional words had pushed the progress of their relationship to an unbelievable point. Yan Qinghe was already lost in a beautiful thought.
She suddenly felt that it would be so good if she and Mu Sixue could have a child.
In her past life, the lost child was a permanent pain in her heart. But if she and the person she loved most had a child, and it looked like Mu Sixue, that would be so good.
Her dazed look was taken in by Zhang Siyu. She had said several things, but Yan Qinghe hadn’t reacted.
Zhang Siyu waved her hand and teased, “Qinghe, others are a fool for three years after giving birth. How did you become like this after falling in love?”
Yan Qinghe’s thoughts returned to the right track. She asked impatiently, “How can I pass the probation period as soon as possible?” She began to ask Zhang Siyu for advice. Before, when Yan Qing was pursuing Xi Zhaowan, according to Zhang Siyu, she had gotten a lot of guidance from her.
Zhang Siyu, one, two, three, four, explained the tricks clearly. She proposed a “two-step” strategy. The first was to “act cute,” and the second was to “seduce if you can.”
The ultimate goal was to make Mu Sixue fall head over heels for Yan Qinghe, unable to stop loving her.
She explained the pros and cons and the reasons—
“Hasn’t Mu Sixue repeatedly emphasized that she doesn’t like alphas?”
Yan Qinghe nodded. “I don’t know why.” She had previously suspected it was the Nangong family’s rules, and had even mistakenly thought that Mu Sixue was an alpha, but neither was the case.
Zhang Siyu analyzed with an old god’s air, “She’s a beta. Her attitude towards AOs is neutral. I guess she doesn’t like alpha traits.”
“If you want her to like you more, just restrain your alpha traits and show a more helpless and fragile side.”
“The deepening of love starts with heartache, and then goes to being unable to help oneself,” Zhang Siyu said, bringing out her love theory.
“Helpless and fragile?” Yan Qinghe was stunned. This posture was too much. She was strong and agile, not at all like a weak willow in the wind.
Zhang Siyu let out a “sigh.” “If you can’t be fragile, then act cute more. A cute alpha has the best life.”
Yan Qinghe raised an eyebrow. “Isn’t it a cute omega who has the best life?”
Zhang Siyu: “Your Sister Sixue, can she be judged by ordinary people’s standards?”
“Her Sixue.”
These five words made Yan Qinghe feel as if she had eaten a qi-replenishing pill. She smiled and nodded. That was right. Her Sixue was not an ordinary person.
Seeing this, Zhang Siyu finally had a “the child is teachable” look. “Secondly, create more opportunities to be alone, have more contact, and use your body as bait to make her unable to resist.”
“I seduce Mu Sixue?” Yan Qinghe almost spat out the water in her mouth. Wasn’t it her senior who was seducing her?
Zhang Siyu had said her piece and shook her head with a sigh. “Qinghe, have a little more confidence in your looks.”
At this moment, she had no idea that her few short words would affect the well-being of all the employees of the Yan Corporation.
The next day, after the Monday board meeting, Yan Qinghe announced that the company would organize a three-day team-building trip for its employees, with all expenses covered.
Mu Sixue, who was used to her work state, found this a bit sudden.
Yan Qinghe’s intentions were not on the wine. She stood behind Mu Sixue, her hand on the back of her office chair, and slowly moved it to Mu Sixue’s shoulder. “Senior, while the employees are on their team-building trip, let’s go out and have some fun too.”
“But these projects…” Mu Sixue hesitated. There were still many things to be dealt with.
Yan Qinghe massaged Mu Sixue’s shoulders, her strength just right, her voice so wronged that it was almost dripping with water. “Senior, it’s so rare for us to be together. Don’t you want to go for a walk with Summer, to stroll around?”
“I haven’t even had a date with Senior yet. It feels like we’re not even together.”
“The last time we went out was more than ten years ago. At that time, I was alone, and it was so boring. Speaking of which, I haven’t even gone out with someone I’ve liked.”
Seeing her getting more and more sad, Mu Sixue’s heart softened for a moment. Never mind, no matter how busy she was with work, no one was more important.
But she was also worried about Sichen. “If it’s three days, we have to bring Sichen.”
How could that be? If they brought their little sister-in-law, this huge third wheel, these few days would be a waste.
Yan Qinghe quickly held up two fingers. “Just two days, just the two of us!”
“Okay~” The hand that was massaging her shoulders stopped. Mu Sixue felt Yan Qinghe’s lips, with the rise and fall of her tone, brush against her ear.
Like a small animal, it nuzzled her earlobe, and the faint scent of calamansi rushed to her nose.
The alpha’s pleasant breath, mixed with light pecks, circled her ear. A soft breath, like a pillow talk, tickled her heart.
Her scalp tingled. She had the illusion that if she didn’t agree, she would be bitten by Yan Qinghe in the next second.