Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 47

In the ambiguous glances of her cousins, Xing Yuanzhi blushed as she took Cheng Jinyang’s measurements, then fled as if her life depended on it.

“Oh, by the way,” Xing Junmo remembered something, “The Qinghe Cui family seems to have the intention of inviting our two clans over as guests.”

The Cui family? Cheng Jinyang was momentarily taken aback but quickly understood.

First, through ordinary clan members, they secretly confirm that the leaders of the two clans are willing to come, and then they officially send the invitation. This is a common practice among noble families.

“That’s fine. If they send a formal invitation, I will arrange the schedule,” he said to Cheng Huaiyan.

“Hmm.” Cheng Huaiyan nodded.

The Cheng and Xing clans were connected to the Cui and Lu clans of the Five Great Families, so gaining the favor and protection of the Qinghe Cui family was very important to them—it was an invitation they had to accept.

However, thinking of Cui Jinqi and Lu Qingyun, he felt a strange emotion that he couldn’t quite describe.

The afternoon passed quickly, and soon it was evening. Unexpectedly, it began to drizzle snow mixed with rain.

The moon was nowhere to be seen.

Cheng Jinyang stood in his bedroom, gazing out the window, unsure whether he should feel disappointed or relieved.

After dinner, Xing Yuanzhi went to take her usual bath in the bathroom, Wang Wanrou sat at the desk reading, and Xiao Wangshu curled up in the corner playing video games.

Only Miss Qingqing was bored and decided to tease him:

“Jinyang~ There’s still a long time before bed. Should we play something exciting?”

She leaned closer, speaking in a sweet, syrupy voice.

“What game?” Cheng Jinyang frowned, “A game of handstands on the ceiling?”

“No.” Chu Qingqing giggled, “A game of cops and robbers.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the metal threads darted to the bed like lightning, binding his hands tightly and solidifying into handcuffs.

“You enjoyed hanging me upside down on the ceiling this morning, didn’t you?” Miss Qingqing smiled wickedly, extending her long, slender fingers to lift his chin.

“Ah, this…” Cheng Jinyang tried to struggle, realizing he couldn’t break free from the handcuffs, he laughed awkwardly, “Qingqing, my dear Qingqing, it was just a misunderstanding…”

“Misunderstanding?” Chu Qingqing’s lips curled up, moving closer to him, soon pressing down on his powerless body, “How could it be a misunderstanding? Do you know what it’s like to be hung upside down, constantly worried that the gravitational power holding you will suddenly disappear, and you’ll crash to the ground?”

She started with a smile, but by the end, she was gritting her teeth.

Then she was thrown back to the ceiling by the gravitational reversal of his gravity manipulation.

“You dare mess with me again!” Regaining her senses, Miss Qingqing was furious, stomping on the ceiling.

“Unlock my handcuffs, and I’ll let you down!” Cheng Jinyang tried to negotiate.

“No problem.” Chu Qingqing sneered, “I’d rather stay on the ceiling than be unable to move my hands like someone.”

However, she quickly regretted it because most of the fruits and snacks were on the table below, and the ceiling was empty except for the chandelier.

Worse still, her phone was on the bedside table below!

Staying on the ceiling, she had nothing to do.

Cheng Jinyang was also uncomfortable.

Although his phone was beside the bed, he couldn’t use it because Chu Qingqing had cuffed his hands behind his back. He could only stare helplessly at the girl on the ceiling.

After a moment of “affectionate” gazing, Miss Qingqing couldn’t bear it anymore and began searching for available metals around her.

The curtain rod.

The curtains immediately fell as the rod transformed into thin, flowing metal, quickly moving toward the phone on the bedside table.

Cheng Jinyang’s thoughts shifted, and “Weaving Net” was activated. The phone quickly flew to his side and slipped into his clothes.

“Give me back my phone!” Chu Qingqing was furious.

“Unlock my handcuffs!” Cheng Jinyang retorted.

“Both of you, stop arguing!” Wang Wanrou said impatiently.

“Alright.” After another moment of staring, Cheng Jinyang proposed a solution, “I’ll count to three. You unlock my handcuffs, and I’ll restore your gravity. Deal?”

“Deal.” Miss Qingqing nodded, extending a metal thread to his handcuffs.

“One, two, three!” As Cheng Jinyang counted to three, the metal handcuffs liquefied and dispersed, and Chu Qingqing fell from the ceiling.

And landed right on top of him.

Cheng Jinyang didn’t even have time to cry out before she crashed into his arms.

If having a girl fall into his arms had a hint of romance, having a girl plus heavy metal fall into his arms was pure pain.

Miss Qingqing, with a blushing face, climbed down from Cheng Jinyang and redirected the surrounding metal back towards the ceiling, shaping it into a curtain rod. She spat at him in relief, saying, “Pah! You dare to hang your grandmother upside down, letting yourself be a cheap cushion for her is going easy on you!”

Cheng Jinyang could only groan, barely having the strength to respond.

Xing Yuanzhi finished bathing in the bathroom and came out wrapped in a towel. She saw Cheng Jinyang lying on the bed in a spread-eagle position, eyes rolled back, looking like he was about to breathe his last.

“Jinyang, what’s wrong with you?” Ah Zhi asked, furrowing her brow.

“I’m scared of women,” Cheng Jinyang murmured.

Xing Yuanzhi: ???

She looked at Xiao Wangshu (playing games), then at Miss Wang (reading a book), and finally at Miss Qingqing (on her phone), gradually wearing a perplexed and puzzled expression.

…………….

On the other side, Cui Jinqi finished her first day of work and prepared to go home.

For the first few days, she would have to stay at home because her father would certainly be concerned about her situation. After a few more days, once her career was on track, she could find a reason to move out and live closer to him again.

As Ah Zhi said, as a member of the fifth-grade noble family, the Hejian Xing family was still a potential match for Cheng Jinyang.

However, as a woman of the Five Great Families, the disparity between her and Cheng Jinyang’s background was like night and day.

Even if she were willing to marry down, the prestigious Qinghe Cui family would never agree.

Unless she could gain enough status and influence within the Qinghe Cui family and then work to integrate the Shendu Cheng family as a vassal of the Cui family, Cheng Jinyang could marry her openly and formally.

Although called marrying down, according to the rules of noble families, the surname of the offspring would still be determined by the inherited supernatural abilities, so she was not worried that the Shendu Cheng family would oppose it. At worst, she could privately show respect and obedience to him after marriage.

Moreover, with the shelter of the current relationship between the Cheng and Xing families and the Cui and Lu families, Cui Xiaoniang also had the confidence to make Cheng Jinyang obedient to her. She had already played the trick of the loan once, so she had strong self-confidence in how to tie him to herself!