Jian Youyou was kissed and held until she was breathless. When Yu Hekun finally released her, she was filled with bewilderment, her tongue root still slightly numb.
From all the sucking.
Speaking of which, it must be mentioned that Yu Hekun truly had the constitution of a male lead. When it came to intimate matters, he could always extrapolate and come up with endless variations.
Youyou wiped her lips, unable to figure out what was going on with Yu Hekun. Why did he become more passionate towards her after meeting the female lead?
She was afraid this coward didn't dare to kiss the female lead and was just using her for practice.
However, Jian Youyou wasn't worried about such things now. Since the female lead had arrived, the plot would naturally push forward. She just needed to put on a fake show of obstruction when the male and female leads got together, complete her part as the vicious supporting female character, take the money, and leave.
So, after locking eyes for a moment with Yu Hekun, who had inexplicably become shy again, Jian Youyou pressed her stomach and said, "Let's go eat, Brother Kun. I'm really hungry, my stomach's touching my backbone."
Yu Hekun gave an "Mhm" and then went to the bathroom. Jian Youyou wasn't surprised; he must have gone to brush his teeth.
But in reality, after entering the bathroom, Yu Hekun didn't frantically brush his teeth and wash his mouth like the previous few times. Instead, he stood in front of the bathroom mirror for quite a while, feeling somewhat unfamiliar with himself.
He licked his lips, not feeling the slightest bit of disgust towards Jian Youyou. In fact, he was still savoring the memory. Yu Hekun patted his own face in the mirror, finally just washed his hands, and came out of the bathroom.
The two tidied each other's clothes in the room and then returned to the dining hall. Huo Jiaoyue was no longer there. After all the earlier commotion, the dining hall had become more crowded. The two found a seat and finally began their breakfast.
After breakfast, Jian Youyou spent the entire morning in Yu Hekun's room, not seeing Yu Mingzhong or Huo Jiaoyue. Yu Hekun was busy with work the whole time, while Jian Youyou lay on the large bed in his room. During the gaps when he looked up or got up, she would try to seduce him, "Come lie down for a while, Brother Kun. This bed is so comfortable. Come lie down, I'll help you relax..."
Yu Hekun just treated her like a little mosquito buzzing, not coming over at all. He kept facing his computer, who knows what he was looking at. Jian Youyou didn't understand his work matters and didn't disturb him when he was focused.
According to the plot, Jian Youyou still had to strive to climb into his bed, but she wasn't quite sure about the scale of this "climbing into bed." Did it just mean lying on the same bed as Yu Hekun? Or did she have to sleep with him? Or perhaps some substantial development was necessary?
Of course, Jian Youyou thought the last possibility was unlikely. After all, she hadn't transmigrated into some steamy novel, and the female lead was right there. Her role as the supporting female character was just to be thrown out after attempting to climb into bed.
It wasn't until past one in the afternoon that Yu Mingzhong finally knocked and entered. Yu Hekun had been at the desk facing his computer the whole time, so it was Jian Youyou who opened the door for Yu Mingzhong.
However, upon seeing Jian Youyou's face after opening the door, Yu Mingzhong almost couldn't maintain his expression. He took a deep breath, pushed his glasses up with his hand, and then sidestepped into the room, avoiding Jian Youyou as if she were some unidentified object.
"Xiao Kun, get ready. Someone will take us up the mountain later. They say there's a theme hotel," Yu Mingzhong said. "Since it's arranged by the partner, let's go check it out."
Yu Hekun snorted without turning around. Yu Mingzhong glanced back at Jian Youyou and added, "Jiaoyue will also go. The Huo family is also interested in participating in this project. I heard from her that the Huo family intends to gradually move their business back to the country."
Yu Hekun's movements paused. He glanced sideways at Yu Mingzhong, then looked towards Jian Youyou, who was standing by the window not far away, seemingly not hearing their conversation.
In the end, he just gave an "Mhm" and said nothing more.
However, since all of this was originally arranged by Yu Mingzhong, he spoke up again, "You and Jiaoyue haven't seen each other for so many years. Why didn't you have a proper chat?"
Yu Hekun stood up from the desk, looking at Yu Mingzhong with pursed lips. He didn't want to speak harshly to his brother, but Yu Hekun wasn't a complete fool either.
He was just a bit slow when it came to emotions, lacking experience which led to immature ways of handling things. But even if Huo Jiaoyue was to participate in this project, even if the partner knew they were acquainted, it wouldn't make sense to arrange them together so awkwardly after so many years of no contact.
Huo Jiaoyue coming with Yu Mingzhong was just too much of a coincidence.
"Brother, this is just not interesting," Yu Hekun said. "What could Jiaoyue and I possibly talk about? Talk about you?"
Yu Mingzhong looked at Yu Hekun with a helpless expression. Earlier in the dining hall, when he appeared with Huo Jiaoyue, Yu Hekun's dazed and foolish look immediately convinced Yu Mingzhong that his decision to seek cooperation with Huo Jiaoyue was right.
His silly younger brother still couldn't resist Huo Jiaoyue.
As for his current tough talk, besides feeling helpless, Yu Mingzhong didn't argue with him. When this little wildcat stood next to Huo Jiaoyue, there was a natural gap. Yu Mingzhong didn't believe Yu Hekun couldn't tell the fake from the genuine article.
Anyway, they would need to spend the next few days together. Yu Mingzhong wasn't in a hurry. He had to get this little wildcat away from Yu Hekun's side. She was not only greedy and materialistic but also had a nasty temperament. Such a person absolutely could not stay by his younger brother's side.
Yu Mingzhong didn't say anything more to provoke Yu Hekun, simply stating, "Get ready. Eat less tonight. I heard they've prepared a special barbecue for the evening."
Yu Mingzhong patted Yu Hekun's shoulder. "It's rare for us brothers to get together. Let's have a drink tonight."
Yu Hekun nodded. As soon as Yu Mingzhong left the room, Yu Hekun quickly walked over to Jian Youyou.
He wrapped his arms around her shoulders from behind, wanting to comfort her. Yu Hekun knew she must have heard and thought her pretending to look out the window meant she was very hurt.
But Yu Hekun was clumsy with words and didn't know what to say. He just held Jian Youyou's neck, applying a bit of force.
Jian Youyou had been staring at a spider outside the window. Of course she heard what Yu Mingzhong said. That old dog Yu Mingzhong probably said it specifically for her to hear.
However, Jian Youyou already knew Huo Jiaoyue would definitely follow. Not only would Huo Jiaoyue follow, but there was also a series of plotlines involving her and Yu Hekun later. Even if Yu Mingzhong didn't arrange it, weren't the male and female leads naturally destined to fall and kiss each other?
So, Jian Youyou was just standing by the window lost in thought, actually pondering how to climb into Yu Hekun's bed that night.
When Yu Hekun suddenly hugged her from behind, Jian Youyou coughed from his tight hold, both amused and exasperated. "Did you hear Huo Jiaoyue is also going and think I'm in the way, so you want to strangle me to silence me?"
Yu Hekun immediately retorted, "What are you talking about?"
Jian Youyou turned her head and looked at him with a half-smile. The plot had moved up; this part was actually supposed to happen much later. But it was good that it was early, wonderfully so. Just thinking about the thrilling and romantic experiences Huo Jiaoyue and Yu Hekun were about to share on the mountain, which would even reawaken some memories of facing adversity together in childhood...
And then completely, kissing in a cave or something...
Jian Youyou felt a little excited. As a reader herself, the feeling of shipping a couple up close—no one could understand how thrilling it was unless they were right there in the situation.
Huo Jiaoyue was so beautiful, and Yu Hekun was handsome too. Their personalities—Yu Hekun was irritable and quick-tempered, while Huo Jiaoyue appeared so steady and elegant—she was practically born to be his natural counterbalance, a match made in heaven.
Jian Youyou even felt like tailing them to watch them fall in love. This urge to desperately push their heads together manifested on her face as a rather peculiar expression.
Yu Hekun couldn't decipher it. By now, he had attributed all of Jian Youyou's emotions to jealousy over him. He didn't know how to comfort her, only knew how to express himself through action.
And so, Jian Youyou, who wanted to push the male and female leads' heads together, ended up having her own head pushed—by Yu Hekun.
When Yu Hekun cupped her face and kissed her again, Jian Youyou was once more bewildered by the ways of the world.
After pushing Yu Hekun away, she couldn't help but ask, "Brother Kun, you're acting a bit strange today. Usually, if I try to kiss you, you call me shameless. So why today—mmph."
Alright then. He was just using her for practice.
Jian Youyou tilted her head back slightly, rolling her eyes in speechless exasperation.
Yu Hekun, with his eyes closed, was kissing her with deep absorption. He was usually very restrained. He hadn't yet sorted out his feelings for Jian Youyou, so he tried to avoid doing such intimate things with her too frequently.
But today was different. Perhaps because he had met Huo Jiaoyue, Yu Hekun's emotions were somewhat out of control. The more he kissed her, the more immersed and excited he became, to the point that when Yu Mingzhong, who was preparing to go out, knocked on the door again, Yu Hekun already had Jian Youyou pinned against the curtains by the window.
Jian Youyou had never longed for Yu Mingzhong's arrival so much. If Yu Mingzhong hadn't shown up, she suspected Yu Hekun was going to try some "floor-to-ceiling window play" with her in broad daylight.
The knocking interrupted Yu Hekun. He took a step back, panting heavily, his shirt half-untucked. He reached out to straighten it, then pulled Jian Youyou, who was all rumpled, out from behind the curtains, smoothed her dress for her, and only then went to open the door.
Jian Youyou stood by the window, scratching her head, having a rather bad feeling about this development.
Yu Mingzhong was a shrewd man. Not seeing Yu Hekun come downstairs for so long, getting no answer on his phone, and with the car already waiting, he had the same bad feeling as Jian Youyou when he came to knock.
Upon opening the door and seeing the lingering flush on Yu Hekun's face, his noticeably brighter lips, and his somewhat disheveled shirt, Yu Mingzhong pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth. He looked past the doorway at Jian Youyou standing by the window, head bowed as she adjusted her dress, feeling a sense of exasperated frustration.
He'd clearly been seduced again.
Yu Mingzhong pursed his lips, frowning slightly as he said to Yu Hekun, "The car is waiting downstairs. Hurry up and come down."
Yu Hekun nodded. Yu Mingzhong turned and left. After closing the door, Yu Hekun looked back at Jian Youyou, walked over to her, pulled her into his arms, and stroked her head.
For a moment, it was actually somewhat sweet. Sniffing the always fresh scent from Yu Hekun's collar, Jian Youyou blinked and said, "Can I sleep with you tonight?"
She had obediently let Yu Hekun manhandle her into the curtains and get close to her for so long, all just to ask this question.
Give him a little sweetness, so she could complete her task first. If she couldn't finish the task before tomorrow, she'd have to return empty-handed this time.
Upon hearing this, Yu Hekun's hand, which was stroking her head, paused. He pressed his chin firmly against the top of her head. "Can't you be a little more reserved?"
Jian Youyou thought to herself, Just now you were panting like you'd run 800 miles and went for the belt. If Yu Mingzhong hadn't knocked, who knows who wouldn't be reserved right now.
But right now, to coax Yu Hekun into agreeing, Jian Youyou wrapped her arms around his waist and kissed a patch of exposed skin on his chest.
"Please? I promise I won't do anything. I just want to be with you," Jian Youyou spouted sweet nothings effortlessly. "I want to see you when I go to sleep at night, see you if I wake up in the middle of the night, and see you first thing when I wake up in the morning."
Held by her arms, Yu Hekun felt a little dizzy from her swaying. Of course, this dizziness wasn't physical, but came from his heart.
He was beginning to understand his own feelings. After all, he wasn't actually a three-year-old child.
So Yu Hekun replied hoarsely and vaguely, "We'll see tonight..."
Hearing his tone, Jian Youyou knew there was a chance. Instantly delighted, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed Yu Hekun's chin.
The two of them tidied up briefly and went downstairs. The car was waiting at the hotel's main entrance—a business van. After Jian Youyou and Yu Hekun got in, Yu Mingzhong, sitting in the front, glanced back at the sight of the two holding hands. He pushed up his glasses and turned back around, expressionless.
In contrast, Huo Jiaoyue, sitting in the passenger seat and having changed into sportswear, turned around and waved at Jian Youyou, her face full of smiles.
Jian Youyou waved back at her too. The two smiled at each other, genuinely and sincerely.
The car started moving. Yu Hekun opened his laptop again. Jian Youyou looked out the window for a while, found it uninteresting, and leaned back in her seat, closing her eyes.
After about ten minutes of driving, the car turned into the mountains, winding its way up the mountain road. Jian Youyou, lulled by the motion of the car, grew drowsy and unknowingly fell asleep.
Her head slowly slid toward the window. Yu Hekun, glancing up unintentionally, saw this and slipped his hand between her head and the window, cradling it.
But holding that position made his arm sore. Before long, Yu Hekun slowly shifted Jian Youyou's head to rest on his arm.
However, because he was quite tall, leaning against his arm made her neck crick uncomfortably. With her eyes closed, Jian Youyou nuzzled in Yu Hekun's direction. Yu Hekun immediately moved his laptop away and let Jian Youyou lie down with her head on his lap.
This series of actions was done very naturally. Not only did Yu Mingzhong, who had turned to look, see it, but even Huo Jiaoyue in the front passenger seat saw it through the rearview mirror.
This wasn't a simple sugar daddy arrangement, was it? This was clearly mutual affection.
Huo Jiaoyue blinked, meeting Yu Mingzhong's eyes in the rearview mirror with a questioning look.
If she was just a little con artist, she could help. But breaking up a loving couple seemed a bit unethical, didn't it?
Yu Mingzhong averted his gaze, feeling it necessary to talk to Huo Jiaoyue again. This little wildcat was too deceptive. If it weren't for Yu Mingzhong having uncovered some things—like Jian Youyou secretly spending his brother's money to buy and hoard gold, and Jian Youyou having shown her true colors in front of him before—even he might have been fooled by Jian Youyou's harmless appearance.
He hooked his glasses down and pinched the bridge of his nose. After so many years in the business world, no matter what he encountered, he had never felt anything was this difficult to handle.
With a head now resting on his leg, Yu Hekun had no place for his laptop, so he had no choice but to put it away. He then looked down at Jian Youyou's sleeping face, reached out to tuck the hair covering her face behind her ear, and gazed at her slightly pink cheeks, really wanting to lean down and give her a kiss.
But halfway down, he remembered they were in the car, with his brother and Huo Jiaoyue sitting in the front.
Yu Hekun glanced toward the front of the car. Just then, Huo Jiaoyue turned her head, and their eyes briefly met in the air. This time, Yu Hekun didn't hurriedly look away; instead, he calmly met her gaze.
It wasn't as hard as he had imagined. Those years of longing were mostly built upon his own fantasies.
Huo Jiaoyue smiled at Yu Hekun and said, "Mingzhong-ge said your personality has changed a lot. I didn't believe it, but seeing you now, it's true. You used to love talking so much."
Yu Hekun took a slight breath and also curved his lips into a smile, replying, "Not really, I wasn't much of a talker before either."
It's just that I talked more when I was with you.
Their brief conversation was effectively ended by Yu Hekun's remark. Yu Mingzhong leaned back against the car seat, adjusting his cuff, wondering what on earth he was trying to achieve. With his foolish younger brother's level of emotional intelligence, even if he managed to get rid of this little stray cat, if he wanted to find a partner, he'd probably only be able to do so by paying for it.
Jian Youyou didn't sleep for long, but surprisingly, she slept quite soundly. She woke up when the car arrived at the theme hotel on the mountain, rubbing her eyes and sitting up. Huo Jiaoyue and Yu Mingzhong had already gotten out of the car first. Yu Hekun reached out to smooth her hair, glanced around to make sure no one was looking into the car, and quickly planted a loud, smacking kiss on Jian Youyou's cheek.
It was a very audible mwah sound.
Jian Youyou blinked at him, and Yu Hekun couldn't resist giving her lips a peck as well.
Had Jian Youyou opened the floodgates today or something?
The two got out of the car and followed the staff who came to greet them for a tour around the hotel. The lobby wasn't very large. The hotel was quite interesting, with a camping theme. The rooms weren't concentrated in a main building but were scattered in various corners of the surrounding woods.
There were styles with panoramic glass walls, treehouses, tents, hammocks, and even overwater accommodations.
By the time they finished a tour on a special buggy and returned, the sky had completely darkened.
In front of the hotel was a large open area with various recreational activities, such as sports, shooting, rock climbing, and other fitness-related options, a women's dance and yoga cabin, and some open-air DIY kitchens.
Jian Youyou and the others hadn't eaten dinner. As darkness fell, hotel staff started lighting charcoal fires. However, the hotel wasn't fully open yet, so besides them, there were no other guests for now. The group wandered around and each chose their preferred accommodation.
The four chose places relatively close to each other. Jian Youyou picked a treehouse, Yu Hekun chose a tent, Yu Mingzhong also chose a tent not far from Yu Hekun's, and Huo Jiaoyue selected a small hammock hut.
The place had a nice rustic charm. After the staff prepared the charcoal, they brought it over in a brazier and set up a small grill right in the central area among the four accommodations.
The items for grilling were already marinated and skewered. Originally, there were staff to help them, but everyone was quite interested and decided to do it themselves.
They didn't specifically sit at a table to eat either. They would eat a little as soon as some skewers were ready. Jian Youyou was the main griller. Her family ran a small restaurant, and before they fully transitioned to mainly serving rice noodles, they had also done barbecue for a period.
Jian Youyou was quite deft with her hands. Yu Hekun followed behind her. When Jian Youyou finished grilling a bunch of meat skewers, she handed them all to him, and Yu Hekun then passed them to Yu Mingzhong and Huo Jiaoyue.
Jian Youyou had thought wealthy people wouldn't eat like this, having seen more of it in novels and TV shows where the rich usually sat in very upscale restaurants eating steak and such.
But she saw even Yu Mingzhong holding meat skewers, sitting by a table enjoying them. The table also had some other small dishes sent over by the hotel, paired with the hotel's own craft beer. Just looking at it made Jian Youyou's mouth water.
Yu Hekun kept running back and forth helping Jian Youyou bring skewers. Huo Jiaoyue also walked over to Jian Youyou's side. A bit of oil had smeared at the corner of her mouth, but it didn't affect her goddess-like aura in the slightest. She smiled very gently, and her tone of voice was as clear and pleasant as in commercials, making it very comfortable to listen to.
"You know how to do this too? You look very skilled. Did you eat this often before?"
Huo Jiaoyue asked very naturally. However, given their relationship, such natural conversation could easily be misinterpreted. Yu Hekun grew very nervous, anxiously watching Huo Jiaoyue and Jian Youyou, afraid that Jian Youyou might feel hurt or inferior upon hearing such a question.
Yu Hekun certainly understood Huo Jiaoyue's character; he knew her question held no malice. Yu Mingzhong also looked over, his eyes narrowing slightly behind his glasses, waiting to see how Jian Youyou would respond.
Jian Youyou didn't have those messy thoughts in her mind, so of course, she didn't misinterpret Huo Jiaoyue's question. She even turned her head and offered Huo Jiaoyue a freshly grilled cartilage skewer.
"I do love eating these, but my mom doesn't let me have them often, says they can cause cancer," Jian Youyou brought the skewer to Huo Jiaoyue's lips. "Sister, try this one, it's crispy."
Huo Jiaoyue usually carried herself with a certain air, her beauty creating a sense of distance. Those with messy intentions in their social circle generally didn't dare get too close to her because Huo Jiaoyue didn't need to say anything; just standing there with a faint smile was usually enough to make those girls who wanted to compete know what it meant to feel ashamed of their own inadequacy.
Jian Youyou, however, absolutely did not have this feeling. She had never truly grasped the fact that she was seen as Huo Jiaoyue's substitute. She sincerely admired Huo Jiaoyue's beauty and called her "sister" with genuine affection.
Almost no one Huo Jiaoyue associated with had eyes as frank and clear as Jian Youyou's. When the cartilage skewer was offered to her lips, she really did open her mouth and take a bite from Jian Youyou's hand.
Yu Mingzhong watched somewhat nervously, while Yu Hekun grew even more tense, his hand gripping a skewer turning pale.
However, no bloody incidents like skewers being jabbed into faces occurred. The two girls got along better and better, finding each other more beautiful and lovely as time went on. In about half an hour, they were standing by the nearly extinguished charcoal, eating and chatting, their sweet laughter carrying far into the distance. As for Yu Mingzhong and Yu Hekun...
One was heartlessly devouring skewers and downing drinks, while the other watched with an expressionless face as the help he had promised a hefty sum to hire was practically cozying up with the enemy. Remember to bookmark the site or keep the URL in mind—the site is free, no theft, no errors. Looking for chapters, searching for books, or chatting with fellow readers? We've got you covered.
