The Curse of Desire

Zhang Tianliang called this time because he wanted to know what Bai Qiuyi was up to and why she didn’t have time to get together.

But when he asked, he didn’t ask directly, but insinuated, and he didn’t mention Ji Yan at all.

After all, the two of them, one was Bai Qiuyi’s husband and the other was her best friend. Under normal circumstances, the two should not contact each other in private.

But no matter how much Zhang Tianliang paid attention, Bai Qiuyi discovered the problem after chatting with him for a few words.

Ji Yan just called and invited her out, but after she refused, Zhang Tianliang called.

These two people have definitely contacted each other before, and they discussed it for Ji Yan called to ask her out.

Bai Qiuyi didn’t know what the hell the two of them were up to, if she hadn’t asked Ji Peicheng before, she probably would have changed her mind by now, accepted Ji Yan’s appointment, and gone to figure out what was going on.

After dismissing Zhang Tianliang with the same excuse, Bai Qiuyi hung up the phone.

She couldn’t stay outside tomorrow, because Zhang Tianliang gave her an ultimatum just now. If she didn’t go back tomorrow, he would directly go to her family house and take her back.

Bai Qiuyi was not at her parent’s house, if Zhang Tianliang really went to get her, she would be exposed.

After going back to Ji Peicheng’s WeChat chat and sending him an address, Bai Qiuyi put down her phone and went into the bathroom.

When she was cleaning the rental, she had a lot of dust on her body. After cleaning herself carefully, Bai Qiuyi came out of the bathroom naked.

When night fell, Bai Qiuyi got into Ji Peicheng’s car.

This time she didn’t come out early to wait for him, and it was Ji Peicheng who waited for her in the car for a long while.

During the day, Bai Qiuyi said that she went to the rented house to do cleaning, because the house had not been lived in for a long time, and a lot of dust had accumulated.

She also said that she was going to find another job.

Ji Peicheng wanted to say that he would give her a department, but he didn’t think she would take it, so he didn’t say anything.

However, he did ask her if she wanted to work in his company, but Bai Qiuyi flat-out refused.

“This is where you rented the house?” Ji Peicheng didn’t start the car immediately, but looked through the window and observed the gate of the community not far away.

He wondered when he would have the chance to go up and have a look. He wanted to understand Bai Qiuyi and everything about her.

Bai Qiuyi hummed. “I washed the sheets and it will take some time before they completely dry…”

She turned her face and stared at him. “Can I sleep at your house?”

In fact, the place where Bai Qiuyi rented was not far from the old district, and it took at most an hour’s drive to get there.

So she could have gone to her parents home after dinner, but she just didn’t.

Ji Peicheng's heart thumped so fast. Why did he feel like she was greedy for his body, and wanted to climb into his bed each and every day?

“Up to you.” Ji Peicheng said.

If she wanted to, she could just move in and live with him.

But he knew that Bai Qiuyi didn’t want to.

Because if she wanted to, she would’ve mentioned it during the day.

“Can’t you just say ‘yes, you’re welcome’?” Bai Qiuyi side-eyed him. “Every time you’re so dry. Those who didn’t know, would’ve thought you didn’t want me there.” Fortunately, she already knew him a little bit.

“Don’t you know?” Ji Peicheng started the engine, “Where do we go?”

Bai Qiuyi gave an address, and when the traffic lights were waiting, she pulled out her phone and took a photo of Ji Peicheng. “So handsome!”

She stared at Ji Peicheng’s profile in the photo. “It would be great if I could take a photo of your face.”

Ji Peicheng glanced at her. “If you want to take a photo of me, just take the photo. Why are you beating around the bush?”

She raised her phone eagerly, “The other day when I said that I had enough money for my sister’s medical expenses, my parents asked me where I got the money from.”

“What did you say?” Ji Peicheng turned to her side, looking at the camera lens.

“I said my boyfriend gave it to me,” Bai Qiuyi said, “Guess what? They thought I had found a boyfriend who was as old as them, and they cried on the spot, asking me to return the money, saying that no matter how hard it was, they couldn’t wrong me…”

In short, the translation of these words meant that her elders thought that Bai Qiuyi was being raised by someone.

“If you want, when your sister recovers from illness, I can visit uncle and aunt.” When Ji Peicheng said this, he unconsciously clenched the steering wheel with both hands.

Bai Qiuyi turned around and looked at him with a smile, “Are you really going to be my boyfriend?”

“If you want to?” Ji Peicheng tilted his head slightly, looking at her out of the corner of his eye.

“Of course!” Bai Qiuyi kicked her feet, making people feel that she was very happy now, “Ji Peicheng, if I say, I liked you a long time ago, would you believe it?”

Ji Peicheng didn’t believe it, but his heart still jumped quickly. “A long time ago, how long was it?”

Bai Qiuyi smiled without saying a word.

Ji Peicheng was a little disappointed when he didn’t get a response.

Sure enough, it was false, otherwise why wouldn’t she tell him?

He guessed that before meeting in Sheng Hao, she probably didn’t know him. Like this, there was no such thing as ‘a long time ago’.

The translator has something to say: I love their flirting, I feel like I’m translating a rom-com and not a smutty novel. (I guess my bar for smutty novels is on the floor since an actual conversation has me shocked.) Thank you for reading!