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Exhilarating.
For an entire week, Bian Xun had been immersed in an immense, exhilarating euphoria that no one else could understand.
It was as if a layer of exquisitely carved frost had formed over his innate aloofness. Even though his aura remained icy, there was an inexplicable, ostentatious swagger in the corners of his eyes and the tips of his brows.
He was a man of few words, yet he flaunted his triumph for all to see.
The subtle, smug magnetism he radiated was indescribable, beyond words.
Classmates would be envious upon seeing him, and rivals would be infuriated to death.
After school that day, Ning Zhitao was picked up by her father.
Upon returning home and discovering her mother was there too, she happily trotted into the bedroom, only to find her mother was actually sleeping!
Ning Zhitao scratched her head. It wasn't bedtime yet, was it?
Her father, looking thoroughly refreshed, gently closed the bedroom door. Looking dignified and elegantly reserved, he explained, "She participated in the school sports meet today and used up too much energy."
"Let her sleep a little longer."
Ning Zhitao didn't doubt him at all and obediently nodded, "Okay!"
Children were also the product of their countless future times together.
The corners of Bian Xun's lips curled up. In an excellent mood, he bent down and picked up the little girl. "Let's go, we'll eat out and bring back something nutritious for your mom."
To feed her.
Ning Ye was indeed exhausted to the point of collapse. The intense psychological and physiological stimulation was too much, and she needed a long time to recover.
Bian Xun, on the other hand, still had the energy to clean her up afterward. During the washing process, he got aroused again—at that moment, Bian Xun was just as naked as she was, pressing against her in the mist to wash her, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.
Unfortunately, she was already too out of it to notice, so a certain someone could only secretly revel in his satisfaction as he dried her off, wrapped her up, and carried her out.
Before falling into a deep sleep, Ning Ye didn't forget to groggily check a certain little square packet.
Her exploratory curiosity was very serious; she had heard that one should check the little pouch for tears afterward, even though she had absolutely no energy to think about it during the process—Ning Ye felt they were practically sparking, and she had even been afraid the rubber would melt.
Afterward, looking at the used, full pouch... she felt like she was about to start smoking too.
Fortunately, Bian Xun maintained a very thorough routine in this regard, without any oversights.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Ning Ye, completely exhausted, passed out in his arms. Half-asleep, she heard him chuckle softly and kiss her brow. "...Don't worry."
He would check all of this.
Her only task was to build up her stamina.
This time, she had cried out and trembled three times; next time would only be more intense.
Ning Ye was on the verge of losing consciousness, sinking tiredly into the soft pillow. Her swollen lips murmured something in her sleep. Intrigued, Bian Xun leaned in to listen and barely caught the words.
"Because this one isn't Taotao..."
Even when indulging their desires, the young parents had to be careful—
They would only have one "grape" (Taotao) in this life.
Bian Xun froze slightly before a smile filled his eyes. Bringing his thoughts back to the present, he patted Ning Zhitao's completely oblivious little head.
"Your mom loves you very much."
...
Over the following week, a certain someone radiated a sense of being unchained. His smugness flickered subtly, and his exhilaration was kept just beneath the surface. People around him, such as Assistant Zhang, all noticed that their future boss was in an exceptionally good mood.
In the faculty building, Professor Lin looked at his prized student with curiosity. The old professors couldn't really understand the student gossip on campus, but Bian Xun's way of doing things was very... very unique, to the point that even Professor Lin had heard of some of his exploits.
As graduation approached, Bian Xun's future plans needed to be finalized. While discussing this with him, Professor Lin couldn't help but study him.
Rumors were running wild in the school that he was unrequitedly in love with a female freshman.
So why did he seem to be in such a good mood?
Not just good, but fantastic!
Concluding their meeting, Bian Xun actually had very clear plans and procedures, as well as things he had to accomplish within the next few years. He needed to firmly secure his position as the heir in his massive, ancient family, drastically reform the bloated corporation that had been overrun by the Bian family, and find the most viable direction for development in the new era.
Therefore, he pivoted directly from the blockchain research that had been so popular during his undergraduate years to software applications. This was actually a very pragmatic move. This young man had the academic background and forward-looking vision, resources and wealth that ordinary entrepreneurs could never dream of, along with an exceptionally calm mind and an innate, profit-driven instinct perfect for capitalism.
It wasn't hard to predict that in a few years, this man would rise to power with overwhelming force.
Bian Xun bid farewell to Professor Lin, a faint smile still lingering on his lips. The usually icy man actually gave off a somewhat warm and pleasant vibe, leaving Professor Lin marveling as he saw him out.
Pushing the door open, the professor's little grandson bumped headlong into Bian Xun again and looked up in fright.
Wasn't this the big brother who kidnapped little kids?!
The little grandson took two terrified steps back. Who would have thought that today, Bian Xun was showing a kind face to the whole world. He even bent down to pick up the boy's dropped pencil case from the floor. "I wish you happiness."
With that, he swaggered off.
Professor Lin and his grandson: "??"
Bian Xun: Exhilarated.
No further words needed.
Meanwhile, Ning Ye was currently practicing abstinence.
She was going to abstain for a week!
Later that day, Ning Ye had trembled all the way back to school. She was so swollen that walking felt uncomfortable, forcing her to awkwardly keep her legs close together. A certain someone had offered to escort her back, but Ning Ye had strictly refused.
His entire being was practically broadcasting, "Yes, we slept together." Although those exact words weren't written on him, the moment Ning Ye saw his dark eyes, her mind filled with his vivid, intensely dirty talk...
Just thinking about it made her legs go weak.
She felt so guilty and shy that she didn't dare appear in the same frame as him.
This tyrannical sexual tension firmly bound her 19-year-old self. It was just too much.
The very first experience of her life was so unforgettable that she didn't dare think too deeply about it.
She was both embarrassed... and afraid of getting addicted.
Bian Xun eventually caught her in the library.
Over the past two days, as she processed what happened, a wave of shame washed over her, and she had been avoiding him by altering her schedule. Bian Xun was in no rush; he simply blocked her path bright and early at their usual spot.
The library had just opened, so there were barely any people around, and this was a secluded corner. Ning Ye looked at him nervously, genuinely afraid he might do something inappropriately suggestive in this place of knowledge.
She hunched her back like a little kitten, curled up in the chair they most often shared. She looked like she had her defenses up high, but in reality... she looked absolutely delectable.
A wicked smile surfaced in the depths of Bian Xun's dark eyes, but his tone was serious, appearing as aloof and normal as ever.
"I won't tease you," he said, leaning one hand on the desk she had just sanitized, his voice dropping low. "It's about serious business."
Hearing this, Ning Ye turned a bit more serious. "What is it?"
"In a little while, I need to go out of town for a week or two. Taotao can stay with me; it wouldn't be convenient for you to keep her here. The lab over at X University has produced something, and I contacted them under the company's name. They've invited me over." Bian Xun explained the situation to her in detail.
Ning Ye blinked. She knew that the C9 university was already leading the trend in this field domestically. If Bian Xun wasn't going to the US for further studies, the next best option was to go there and test the waters.
And his reason for not going to the US seemed obvious.
Ning Ye's fingertips, gripping her pen, paused slightly.
She had a faint premonition.
I don't know if this is accurate... but if she was originally going to separate from Bian Xun, all the conflicts must have happened during this time.
Just because Bian Xun didn't bring up the Bian family in front of her didn't mean the pressure from his family behind his back had disappeared.
In fact, just the day before, Old Master Bian had discovered that he had actually moved his household registration out of the old residence. Bian Xun had hidden the matter of registering Ning Zhitao's household extremely well, so Old Master Bian thought he did it just to date and get married. The old man was absolutely furious.
"Do you really think you and that little girl have a future together!? Do you even know what kind of people her family are?" Old Master Bian's eyes blazed like torches.
"I don't know, but definitely not as prominent as the Bian family," Bian Xun walked past the main hall of the courtyard house with cold laziness. "So, even with my family background, I'm just attending the same school as her. You should reflect on that yourself."
Of course they had a future.
He had only just begun to enjoy the thrill of it.
Bian Xun was in a great mood, so he was willing to be lenient with the whole world.
Ning Ye didn't ask about the Bian family's affairs, nor did she interfere with his business trip.
She was equally unwilling to mention her family of origin to Bian Xun. However, Ning Ye didn't know that on the first day of her freshman year, someone had sat in this very spot and watched her walk out from under the tree, seeing her generously walk around the vibrant campus with her mother.
It didn't matter what the other students thought, but she didn't want Bian Xun and Taotao to feel that she was someone exiled by her family.
It had nothing to do with her family's financial situation, but rather the absence of her mother and the unbearableness of her father. Her youthful pride made her unwilling to take the initiative to uncover all this.
Therefore, she also believed she had no right to demand how Bian Xun should deal with his own family, or even to influence his original life choices.
She also hoped Bian Xun would go further and better, as dazzling as he was meant to be.
Ning Ye finally just nodded. "Is it convenient for you to take Taotao along?"
Bian Xun's eyes held a smile. "Except for missing you too much, there's nothing inconvenient."
Who he would be missing, he didn't say explicitly.
But the look in his eyes made it obvious.
Ning Ye was snapped back to reality by his flirtatious energy. Her cheeks flushed red, and she couldn't help but playfully hit him.
A faint sense of shame began to rise again, but what was even more shameful was that seeing him, smelling the cool sandalwood scent on him, seeing his aloof and handsome features, and his gently bobbing Adam's apple, made her feel... feel...
"I won't disturb your studying anymore. Take this."
The man looked serious as his long, well-defined fingers pulled out a paper bag.
Ning Ye didn't recognize the logo on it. She took it off guard and opened it to take a look.
Inside was a small pair of cotton floral panties.
From the back of the waist down to the crotch, it was tied with a row of bows, looking both innocent and sexy.
Her face instantly turned bright red. Just as she looked up to hit him, he lowered his head and quickly stole a sucking kiss from her lips, causing her breathing to immediately become unsteady.
Bian Xun laughed.
And she was still trying to hide from him.
The back of his neck went numb. His deep, magnetic, and cool voice carried a smile. "Aren't you ovulating?"
You get too wet.
"Change into this when you soak yourself."
...
Bian Xun was so thrilled that he hadn't fully recovered even on the day he left Beijing.
Because that tiny piece of fabric he had picked out ended up being stripped off by him again.
Pushing all the way up along the direction of the little bows.
Bian Xun's student days ended in endless physical exploration.
Counting the days, it had actually been almost a year since Ning Zhitao time-traveled here. Over this year, she had gradually adapted to her college-aged dad and mom. As long as she was with them, anywhere felt like home.
She was very happy to be able to go on a business trip with her dad this time. The only thing she was unhappy about was that her mom couldn't come along!
However, last night her mom had specially stayed to sleep with her, and even read her an English fairy tale before bed.
A child's happiness was just that simple~
Of course, Bian Xun wouldn't tell the child that in the middle of the night, her mom was carried into his bedroom by him, and was tossed about in the master bathroom until she cried.
In the end, she bit a ring of teeth marks into his shoulder.
...He loved it to death.
That was the good thing about being young; not only did he have endless energy, but he could also be reckless and speak without a filter. Bian Xun worried that his future self might hold back due to maturity and restraint, so during this year, he was so dirty that it drove her crazy.
Tsk.
A certain someone crossed his arms and smiled with his eyes closed.
Assistant Zhang was accompanying him on this trip. Outside the security checkpoint, Assistant Zhang's wife, Song Hua, came to drop something off.
Assistant Zhang moved very carefully, supporting his wife, and explained to Bian Xun embarrassedly, "We just successfully conceived, so we're a bit anxious and overly cautious right now."
Bian Xun raised an eyebrow and didn't ask much, but he turned around and had someone give Assistant Zhang a raise for baby formula.
Ning Zhitao looked at Auntie Song Hua curiously. Song Hua had a gentle expression. The little girl in front of her looked to be about four or five years old. She heard it was a child from Boss Bian's family. Her and her husband's greatest wish was to have such an adorable daughter too.
Ning Zhitao carefully reached out her hand, touched Song Hua's belly, and suddenly asked, "What is her name?"
Song Hua smiled and exchanged a glance with her husband. "If it's a cute little girl like you, we'll name her Sijie."
Ning Zhitao's eyes sparkled brightly, and she clapped her chubby little hands: "Sijie, Sijie~ Hello~"
Across many years of time, she unknowingly came face-to-face with her good friend.
Meanwhile, Song Hua and Assistant Zhang absolutely melted from the cuteness.
Bian Xun smiled reservedly.
It would probably be very difficult to have a child as cute as his and Ning Ye's.
That was the crystallization of over a decade of love, nurtured by so much happiness.
Heh.
Bian Xun felt that the pleasure between him and her was also an important factor. Only physical and mental harmony could create a healthy family, and a healthy family could raise a happy and lively child.
Bian Xun leaned back in his first-class seat, closing his eyes in indulgence.
Ning Zhitao sat in the seat next to him. After getting on the plane, she covered her ears with her chubby little hands, opened them, and covered them again, scratching her cheek in confusion.
She seemed to hear someone calling her from far away? How strange.
Approaching takeoff time, Bian Xun opened his eyes and took out his phone to message Ning Ye.
"Taking off soon."
"Are you still swollen?"
"If you miss me, I'll fly back."
Bian Xun couldn't help but chuckle softly after sending a few messages.
She cried like that last night, but in the end, she still unconsciously chased his rhythm.
She was heavily addicted too.
What would happen if this continued?
Could she ever leave him?
How many positions would he put her in over these twelve years?
Bian Xun sent several increasingly inappropriate messages, but in the end, only the little kid's smartwatch received a reply.
"Taotao, let me know when you arrive~ We'll video call tonight." Ning Ye's voice was clear and melodious.
"Okay! Mom." Ning Zhitao replied softly with a voice message.
Bian Xun lowered his eyes to glance at it and let out a light laugh.
Deliberately ignoring his messages.
Tsk.
Ning Zhitao turned off her smartwatch and turned her head to see her dad smiling faintly with an unreadable expression.
He had been like this a lot lately, inexplicably happy!
"Is it because you're going to start working? Dad."
Bian Xun leaned back leisurely. "Why do you ask?"
"Because Mom used to say that you guys only got together after you started working."
The little kid scratched her head in innocent naivety.
The hidden thrill surging in Bian Xun's eyes suddenly paused. What did that mean?
The plane began to taxi. Ning Zhitao bobbed her head and said, "Mommy first started working at a subsidiary of Daddy's company. Later, Mommy did so well that after two years, she transferred to Daddy's company! And then Daddy and Mommy got together~"
?
The "past" the child spoke of was naturally their future. In the future, did they only get together after Ning Ye started working?
What did that mean? Bian Xun's face suddenly went blank.
The child traveling back in time was an accident, which meant that originally, after graduating from college... they would break up?
If he calculated based on the timeline the child mentioned, and factored in her age.
Then they must have been separated for at least... six years?
A surging wave of anxiety suddenly overwhelmed Bian Xun's mind, completely wiping away the blissful happiness he had been enjoying for the past month.
"Congratulations, Daddy!"
CEO Bian: I don't want to live anymore.
Tomorrow night will be the last chapter~ Ending the campus arc TT. After that, there are expected to be three extra chapters for the whole story. I will try my best to serve up more sweet moments for you all!
