Chapter 32: If You Like Me, Just Say So!

After dinner, Chu Qingqing suggested going for a walk in the neighborhood.

But no one responded to her call.

Cheng Jinyang was lazy, Xing Yuanzhi disliked the dust outside, and Wang Wanrou simply wasn't interested in any exercise.

Feeling dejected, Chu Qingqing didn't bring it up again.

She went to the kitchen to wash dishes, Wang Wanrou went to the study to work.

Cheng Jinyang continued to lie on the sofa, planning to play with his phone, when he saw Xing Yuanzhi come over to him.

"Come with me to my room," she said.

Cheng Jinyang: ???

Seeing his lack of reaction, Xing Yuanzhi could only furrow her brows, casually finding an excuse, hinting:

"I have some nice things in my room, I want to show you." (I need to talk to you)

"This..." Cheng Jinyang hesitated, "I understand your intention, but Qingqing and Miss Wang are both at home, it doesn't seem appropriate, right? How about this, we find an excuse to go out, and then get a room at an inn..."

Xing Yuanzhi's forehead throbbed as she used her Light Body Technique to pull him up from the sofa and dragged him into the room without a word.

Throwing Cheng Jinyang onto the bed, Xing Yuanzhi closed the door, locked it, then turned back to see him lying on the bed with his arms outstretched in resignation.

"Don't play around!" Xing Yuanzhi sat on her own bed, looking serious. "I want to talk about our engagement."

"Engagement?" Cheng Jinyang suddenly remembered:

Didn't we agree that as long as I don't break off the engagement, you'd give me fifteen thousand yuan each month? How come I haven't seen the money?

"You finally remembered," he sat up, adjusting his collar, and said seriously, "Indeed, this matter has been dragged on for too long."

Xing Yuanzhi: ???

"You..." Xing Yuanzhi subconsciously felt a bit embarrassed and timid, but Cheng Jinyang had already smiled and extended his hand (to give him money).

So she sighed, took the tissue paper from beside the pillow, and carefully wiped his right hand from the palm to the back, from the gaps between the fingers to the fingertips, and then gently held it, saying softly,

"Jinyang, I know you're anxious, but with the family... let me go back this week to ask, okay?"

Go back to ask? Was she saying she didn't have enough money on her right now?

Cheng Jinyang planned to withdraw his hand. Although Ah Zhi's small hand was warm and soft, fair and slender, with a hint of fleshiness in the palm, especially that creamy smoothness, worthy of the soft and tender care it received three times a day.

But being pulled by a girl his head becomes dizzy, and he cancels out the agreed debt... He wasn't that foolish a man!

However, Xing Yuanzhi held his hand tightly. He tried to pull it out a couple of times, but couldn't, so he pretended to be nonchalant and smiled:

"Cough, it's okay, we can just pay in installments, no big deal."

"Installments?" Xing Yuanzhi was a bit puzzled.

"Talking about money ruins the mood," Cheng Jinyang said with a smile. "Besides, I'm not short on money right now, so you can owe me for now."

Xing Yuanzhi fell silent for a moment, then finally reacted.

In the kitchen, Chu Qingqing, who had taken out the dishes from the dishwasher and neatly arranged them in the closed cabinet, suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the bedroom.

Chu Qingqing: ???

Who knocked down the wardrobe?

She placed the frying pan back on the stove and tiptoed to the bedroom door, hearing sounds of fighting and gasping from inside.

Miss Qingqing's face turned red and she immediately wanted to turn around and leave. However she hesitated, unable to move her feet, just quietly turning the doorknob.

It wouldn't turn, the door was locked from behind.

But could a mere door lock stop her?

Chu Qingqing pressed her fingers against the lock hole, slowly melting and removing the lock body from the door frame.

Then she quickly pushed open the door with a mischievous attitude and shouted:

"Ha! Caught you red-handed!"

The two people still entangled on the bed immediately turned to stare at her.

Lying beneath is Cheng Jinyang, with his neck being gripped fiercely by Xing Yuanzhi.

Pressing on top is Xing Yuanzhi, her nose and mouth already pinched by him, attempting to make her unable to breathe and thus struggle to loosen her grip.

Chu Qingqing: ..........

Are they really fighting? And it's such a childish play...

She showed a disdainful expression, turned around, and walked away, coldly saying:

"I thought you were doing something important. Please mind your behavior in public."

The moment Miss Qingqing left, the two people on the bed immediately rolled off, gasping for breath as they stared at each other.

Ah Zhi's purpose in finding Cheng Jinyang was actually to inform him: due to pressure from Wuchang in Jingzhou, the Hejian Xing family was uncertain about the future situation, so they planned to postpone the fulfillment of their engagement.

She came to her fiancé with a heavy heart, intending to discuss and plan their future together, only to find out that he was still thinking about her money, which instantly made Ah Zhi furious.

That's it? Wang Wanrou, is this what you call Liu Bang?

She was so angry that she wanted to strangle the other person on the spot. Cheng Jinyang was certainly not the kind of person who would take a beating without fighting back, so he tried to suffocate her instead.

The two of them tangled and fought, knocking over the bedside lamp and crashing into the clothes rack in the corner of the room, finally attracting Chu Qingqing.

Straightening up, Xing Yuanzhi looked coldly at him, wanting to throw out a few harsh words to express her disdain, but for some reason, her nose started to feel sore.

Trying not to cry here, she hurriedly turned and left.

Cheng Jinyang got up from the bed, feeling somewhat puzzled and annoyed.

He still remembers how Ah Zhi stubbornly insisted on staying, even offering money to keep the engagement just because of his unique physique. In other words, their cohabitation was purely a business arrangement without any emotional attachment.

If, later on, they were to marry for convenience without any emotional connection, he wouldn't mind much (after all, the person he cared about is no longer there).

However, seeing Ah Zhi's expression just now, as if she had been insulted, it was clearly the resentful reaction of a woman whose affection had been betrayed.

But where did our feelings come from? Is it because of time?

Could it be that Ah Zhi... actually has feelings for me? She just hasn't had the courage to tell me?

Why didn't you say so earlier!

Alas, I'm not some devil. If you truly fell for me and wanted to officially start dating as an engaged couple to nurture our relationship, I wouldn't completely shut you out either!

With that, Cheng Jinyang hastily ran out of the bedroom and into the living room, where he found Chu Qingqing propped up on the coffee table, munching on a bag of satay beef jerky while watching an overly dramatic soap opera.

"Have you seen her?" Cheng Jinyang asked.

Chu Qingqing didn't say anything but gestured towards the direction of the bathroom.

Sure enough, besides the bathroom, where else would my Ah Zhi go?

Cheng Jinyang slapped his forehead and ran to the bathroom door, speaking gently:

"Ah Zhi..."

"Get out!!!" Xing Yuanzhi's roar came from inside.

"Chu Qingqing is also listening nearby," Cheng Jinyang quickly reminded her.

"Don't mind me, carry on," Miss Qingqing said cheerfully, opening a box of yogurt for herself.

However, upon hearing this, Xing Yuanzhi calmed down once again and said indifferently:

"I'm not angry. I'll take a bath first and then come out to find you."

"Okay then," Cheng Jinyang could only agree.

Soon, there was no sound outside the door. Xing Yuanzhi then took off her clothes, carefully stepped into the bathtub, and turned on the faucet.

She sat still in the bathtub, hugging her knees, allowing the hot water to slowly cover her ankles, then burying her head into her knees.