Rebirth Begins with Rejecting my Childhood Friend - Chapter 339
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Cheng Lu gave a look that said, “You’re doing well.”
Xu Xiuwen received it and winked at her.
Cheng Lu rolled her eyes at him.
An Shishi was just enjoying the spectacle, not believing any of it, so she didn’t care.
Xiao Youran, however, was genuinely upset.
Xiao Xu didn’t side with her at all.
She pouted, not wanting to speak.
The atmosphere gradually grew cold.
At this moment, they happened to walk along the lakeside street.
There were many tourists around Tianyun Lake.
On a long street along the lake, there were vendors everywhere selling floating lanterns.
After buying the lanterns, tourists would eagerly walk to the lake to release them.
The vast lake was dotted with countless floating lanterns.
The twinkling lights decorated the lake, dazzling the eyes.
Xu Xiuwen asked, “Lulu, do you want to release a lantern?”
Cheng Lu replied, “Sure.”
She smiled gently.
Xu Xiuwen returned her smile.
This scene was observed by Xiao Youran, who suddenly said, “I want to release a lantern too.”
Interrupted by Xiao Youran’s voice, Xu Xiuwen turned to her and said, “If you want to release one, go buy it.”
Xiao Youran said, “I didn’t bring any money.”
“How could you not bring money? Really can’t do anything with you.”
Although Xu Xiuwen complained, he walked towards the lantern vendor.
He bought three lanterns and gave them to the three girls.
It’s worth mentioning that wishes or blessings could be written on the lanterns.
The vendor thoughtfully provided a table with paper and pens.
The three girls wrote something on the lanterns one by one.
Xu Xiuwen didn’t look at what they wrote; it didn’t matter.
After they finished writing, the four of them went to the lake to release the lanterns.
Watching the lanterns float away with the current, Xu Xiuwen stood up and said, “Alright, it’s getting late, let’s go back.”
No one objected.
The four turned to leave.
They hadn’t taken more than a few steps.
“Ah!”
Xiao Youran suddenly cried out in pain.
When Xu Xiuwen turned to look, Xiao Youran was crouching on the ground, holding her ankle, looking pitiful, “Ouch, it hurts. Xiao Xu, I think I sprained my ankle again. Seems like I can’t walk back. Maybe you should leave me here. I’ll rest for a while and go back on my own. Don’t worry about me, even if there are strange uncles and traffickers, I can still…”
Before Xiao Youran could finish, Xu Xiuwen was already in front of her, crouching down.
Xu Xiuwen turned to the girl and said, “Get on, I’ll carry you back.”
Xiao Youran secretly smiled to herself, then quickly jumped onto Xu Xiuwen’s back.
Cheng Lu and An Shishi exchanged glances.
An Shishi whispered, “She seems to be pretending.”
Cheng Lu said, “Maybe she really sprained her ankle.”
Since Cheng Lu said so, An Shishi didn’t say more.
The four walked back, or rather, three walked back.
Xiao Youran lay on Xu Xiuwen’s back, not needing to walk herself.
She glanced at Cheng Lu beside her and said softly, “Sorry, Xiao Xu, for troubling you.”
Xu Xiuwen said grumpily, “Your ankle hasn’t healed, why did you come out at night? What if it gets worse?”
Xiao Youran nodded obediently, “I know I was wrong.”
Seeing her admit her mistake so readily, Xu Xiuwen didn’t press further.
Xiao Youran, seeing this, smiled secretly and then deliberately said loudly, “Xiao Xu, you are so good to me, I’m really touched.”
Xu Xiuwen laughed, “Silly girl.”
An Shishi and Cheng Lu heard the conversation between Xu Xiuwen and Xiao Youran.
An Shishi was a bit surprised.
She had already figured out that Xiao Youran might not have sprained her ankle; she was pretending.
Cheng Lu sensed the provocation in Xiao Youran’s words but didn’t mind and just smiled it off.
They finally returned to the hotel.
Unknowingly, it was already 9 o’clock.
Xu Xiuwen carried Xiao Youran to the door of her room, then squatted down and put her down.
He knocked on the door, and Song Siyu had already returned.
Xu Xiuwen handed Xiao Youran over to her, then turned and walked over to Cheng Lu.
Song Siyu and Xiao Youran were still standing at the door and hadn’t gone inside.
An Shishi, however, opened her room door and went in.
Xu Xiuwen didn’t want to whisper to Cheng Lu in front of Xiao Youran.
He pulled Cheng Lu a bit farther away and said, “Lulu, do you want to come to my room tonight?”
Cheng Lu rolled her eyes at him.
Seeing this, Xu Xiuwen sighed in disappointment.
Cheng Lu suddenly asked, “Were you happy carrying Xiao Youran back just now?”
Xu Xiuwen, with a bitter expression, said, “How did you see that I was happy?”
Cheng Lu asked, “Carrying your childhood friend, walking back together, how romantic. You weren’t happy? I saw Xiao Youran was very happy.”
Xu Xiuwen immediately understood that Cheng Lu was jealous.
It seemed her calm demeanor earlier was just a facade.
He directly reached out and pulled Cheng Lu into his arms, soothing her, “Don’t be jealous. I only like you now.”
Cheng Lu snorted lightly, “Who knows if what you’re saying is true.”
“Of course, it’s true. Do you want me to dig out my heart to show you?”
Cheng Lu rolled her eyes again and said, “Who wants your heart, gross.”
Xu Xiuwen chuckled, “You don’t want it? Then should I give it to someone else?”
Cheng Lu’s expression instantly turned cold.
“To whom? Xiao Youran, right?”
Cheng Lu, like the snow lotus growing on the edge of a cliff, looked down on everyone.
Her usually indifferent expression always brought an invisible sense of pressure to everyone who approached her.
Those men attracted by her beauty, wanting to pluck this snow lotus, had to first consider whether they had the courage to take the risk of being shattered to climb that towering peak.
Xu Xiuwen, undoubtedly, was a person of great courage, so he had plucked Cheng Lu, this snow lotus.
But a snow lotus remains a snow lotus, its nature doesn’t change just because it has been plucked.
At this moment, Cheng Lu was giving Xu Xiuwen a strong sense of pressure.
Xu Xiuwen felt that if he said the wrong thing, he would fall into an abyss.
Xu Xiuwen quickly said, “I won’t give it to anyone. My heart is reserved only for you.”
Cheng Lu stared at Xu Xiuwen for a few seconds.
Her expression finally softened a bit.
She said softly, “Alright, I’m going back.”
“Okay.”
“Then let go of me. How can I go back if you’re holding me like this?”
Only then did Xu Xiuwen realize he was still holding her.
He laughed and let go.
Cheng Lu then turned and went back to her room.
Xu Xiuwen looked up and saw that Xiao Youran and Song Siyu had also gone back to their room.
Xu Xiuwen shook his head and went downstairs.
Back in his room, Xu Xiuwen took a shower and then went straight to bed.
Having climbed mountains for several hours in the morning, then descended twice to look for Xiao Youran, served as a laborer in the afternoon rowing boats on the lake, and in the evening accompanied the girls to the lantern festival, he was really tired and quite sleepy.
Once in bed, he quickly fell asleep.
He didn’t know how long he had slept.
Xu Xiuwen was suddenly awakened by urgent knocking on the door.
Xu Xiuwen opened his eyes and looked towards the room’s entrance.
He wondered, who is knocking? Could it be Cheng Lu? But didn’t she say she wouldn’t come? Could it be An Shishi?
Given An Shishi’s personality, she might indeed come looking for him.
She was bold enough to do so.
Xu Xiuwen got up to open the door.
When the door opened, An Shishi was indeed standing outside.
She looked at Xu Xiuwen with a smile, not in a hurry to come in but standing there.
Xu Xiuwen was worried about being seen by other marketing classmates, feeling very nervous.
He quickly pulled An Shishi inside, then poked his head out to check the hallway.
Seeing no one, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly retracted his head, closed the door, and for extra security, locked it from the inside.
After doing all this, he turned to An Shishi and asked, “Why are you here?”
“What do you think?”
An Shishi smiled seductively.
Her smile made Xu Xiuwen feel a burning sensation.
He felt a bit helpless and didn’t dare to look her in the eye, saying, “How would I know what you want?”
An Shishi leaned in closer.
She stood on tiptoe, bringing her mouth to Xu Xiuwen’s ear, and gently blew a breath, saying, “I was worried you’d be lonely, so I came to keep you company.”
The warm breath on his ear gave Xu Xiuwen goosebumps.
He quickly stepped past her, walking to the bed, saying, “I sleep very well without you. Thanks for your concern. You should go back now. If Cheng Lu finds out you’re not in the room, it won’t be good.”
An Shishi reassured him, “It’s okay. I told Cheng Lu I went out for a midnight snack.”
Xu Xiuwen sat down on the bed.
An Shishi followed.
Before Xu Xiuwen could refuse, she sat on his lap.
She wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him like a cat.
Her soft cheek brushed against his neck.
Xu Xiuwen said sternly, “Stop fooling around.”
An Shishi asked, “If you didn’t want to fool around, why did you lock the door?”
Xu Xiuwen explained with a bitter smile, “Just to be safe.”
An Shishi suddenly licked his earlobe with her tongue.
Xu Xiuwen shivered.
“What are you doing?” Xu Xiuwen asked in a low voice.
An Shishi pulled back a bit and looked at him, “Guess what I’m doing?”
“Seriously, stop. I’m not in the mood.”
An Shishi licked her lips, “You think I believe that?”
Xu Xiuwen was about to speak.
But An Shishi didn’t give him a chance, pushing him back.
Caught off guard, Xu Xiuwen fell backward.
An Shishi immediately kissed him.
After a while, she stopped to catch her breath.
Breathing heavily, An Shishi said coquettishly, “You’re heartless.”
Xu Xiuwen, also panting, asked, “How am I heartless?”
“How dare you say that. I was worried about you being emotionally bottled up and unable to sleep, so I came down to see you, and you keep pushing me away?” An Shishi said coquettishly.
She paused, then with eyes full of seductive grievance, said, “Are you tired of me?”
Her eyes showed a look of hurt.
Xu Xiuwen felt both helpless and amused.
With a wry smile, he said, “I’ve been climbing up and down mountains all day, busy all day. I’m a bit tired. How does that mean I’m tired of you? Even if I’m tired of eating and drinking, I can never be tired of my little darling.”
An Shishi was pleased with this but still bit her lip, “You’re lying.”
Xu Xiuwen said, “How am I lying?”
“Then how will you prove it?”
Seeing An Shishi say this, Xu Xiuwen stopped opposing.
He chuckled, then slid his hand under her shirt.
“Since you say so, I guess I have to prove it.”
“Mmm~~ be gentle,” An Shishi said coquettishly.
Feeling the smoothness under his palm and having rested a bit earlier, Xu Xiuwen had regained much of his energy.
He slowly grew excited. “Thank you, Shishi, for thinking of me and coming so late to keep me company.”
An Shishi, her breath uneven, asked, “How are you going to thank me?”
Xu Xiuwen became more and more bold.
Finally, An Shishi couldn’t take it anymore.
Xu Xiuwen couldn’t help but tease, “Be honest, are you worried about me or are you the one who couldn’t wait?”
If it were Cheng Lu, she would definitely be too shy to admit it.
But not An Shishi.
She leaned close to Xu Xiuwen’s ear, her breath fragrant, and in a seductive voice that could drive anyone crazy, she teased, “I wanted it. You haven’t touched me in days. Can’t I want it? I don’t just want it; I want to drain you dry, so you can’t keep up with Cheng Lu tomorrow. Hehe… And don’t you think it’s exciting that Cheng Lu is upstairs while we’re downstairs like this? She would never imagine I’d be in your room this late, being intimate with you.”
Xu Xiuwen felt his desire stirred intensely by her provocations.
He suddenly reached out and slapped her backside.
Looking into An Shishi’s eyes, Xu Xiuwen asked, “Shishi, you’re teasing me like this, don’t blame me if you can’t make it back to your room later.”
Xu Xiuwen imagined the scene.
An Shishi, dragging her weak legs, supporting herself against the walls, barely making it to the stairs, then looking helplessly at the flights of steps.
Finally, after much effort, she would reach the second floor, return to her room, worried Cheng Lu would notice, and have to immediately dive under the covers.
The image was too amusing.
Xu Xiuwen couldn’t help but laugh.
An Shishi didn’t know what Xu Xiuwen was thinking.
She smiled and said, “Who wins or loses isn’t decided yet, don’t be too cocky.”
Xu Xiuwen laughed heartily, “It seems you still don’t understand your husband’s prowess. Looks like I’ll have to teach you a lesson.”
With that said, Xu Xiuwen stopped wasting time.
Although he joked about making sure An Shishi couldn’t return to her room, it was just a joke.
Xu Xiuwen was actually worried about An Shishi staying too long in his room, thinking it wasn’t safe, so he wanted to finish quickly.
An Shishi had the same thought.
Just then.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Hearing the knock, Xu Xiuwen and An Shishi froze as if under a spell.
The knocking grew more urgent when the person outside received no response.
He quickly got up.
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