Chapter 269: Caught in the act
In the bed, Shi Qingxue, wearing a silk pajamas with a kitten pattern on it, nuzzled herself in Lu Yiming's arms. The two were so close that they could almost hear each other's heartbeats.
Lu Yiming smelled the fragrance of Shi Qingxue and couldn't help but feel a little distracted. But thinking that Shi Qingxue was having her period today, he had to suppress his evil thoughts and asked softly with concern: "What's wrong? You should rest well during this special period."
Shi Qingxue muttered, "I can't sleep."
Lu Yiming sighed.
You were the one who couldn't sleep before, and now I can't sleep either.
"Lu Yiming, please talk to me."
Shi Qingxue whispered a request in his ear.
Lu Yiming agreed without hesitation: "Okay."
He lay on his side and looked at Shi Qingxue. There was a thunderstorm outside the window, and he could only vaguely see a little outline in front of him: "What do you want to talk about?"
Shi Qingxue pouted and said, "I don't know either."
Things at home made her feel uneasy and she just wanted to find someone to talk to.
But when she was about to speak, she didn't know what to say.
Lu Yiming knew that she was in a bad mood, so he naturally didn't want to talk about unhappy things, so he changed the subject: "By the way, when will you give me the stars you folded? I will wait until the flowers have all withered."
Shi Qingxue snorted twice, her nose puffed up, and her expression was innocent: "Then you'll have to wait."
According to the original plan, she had to wait until the college entrance examination was over before stuffing these stars into the teddy bear and giving it to Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming was actually very curious about one thing. He felt like he had seen Shi Qingxue before, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't remember. He actually found it incredible that Shi Qingxue liked him.
After all, he had poor academic performance, his family was on the verge of bankruptcy, and apart from being a little handsome, he had no other shining points. Logically speaking, there should be no intersection between him and a rich and beautiful woman like Shi Qingxue.
"So, when did you start liking me?"
Although the two had already expressed their feelings to each other, Lu Yiming's question still made Shi Qingxue blush: "Bah, who likes you? You are just being sentimental."
Seeing Shi Qingxue's coy attitude of wanting to refuse but also to accept, Lu Yiming almost couldn't help himself.
However, after hesitating for a while, Shi Qingxue decided to tell the secret.
Her pretty face flushed, and she gently buried her head in Lu Yiming's chest, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum: "In fact, we met a long time ago."
"We met a long time ago?"
Lu Yiming was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't we just know each other in high school?"
Shi Qingxue was so angry that she punched Lu Yiming on the chest several times and said coquettishly, "Humph, I knew you definitely don't remember."
Lu Yiming was confused by what he said: "No, you must be lying to me. For someone as beautiful as you, I would never forget you even if I saw you once in the crowd in my previous life, let alone a long time ago."
"Smooth talk."
Shi Qingxue said this with a look of disgust, but she was very happy in her heart.
"We met when we were in the second grade of elementary school. At that time, I had just transferred to Baiyun Experimental Primary School and didn't have many friends..."
Lu Yiming was surprised: "Oh my god, that tomboy is you, right?"
Shi Qingxue suddenly mentioned it, and he had some impression of it.
It is said that girls change a lot when they grow up. Shi Qingxue had short hair at that time and her figure was "ordinary", far from being as beautiful and charming as she is now, so Lu Yiming did not connect the two images together.
Hearing Lu Yiming calling her a tomboy, Shi Qingxue angrily punched his chest several times with her little fist, and then continued to talk about what happened at that time.
At that time, Shi Caijiang had just come to Baiyun to develop his career, and Shi Qingxue and Su Yunjin naturally followed him to settle here.
But as luck would have it, Shi Cai also settled his mistress here, and Shi Qingxue accidentally saw them, so she became depressed and even thought of running away from home.
It’s not her fault. After all, which child of that age isn’t sensitive and fragile?
Let alone an illegitimate child, even if Shi Caijiang and Su Yunjin added a younger brother to the family, Shi Qingxue would probably be jealous, worried that her fatherly and motherly love would be taken away by someone else.
As if recalling her feelings at that time, tears welled up in Shi Qingxue's eyes.
"Really, I was very sad at that time."
Lu Yiming also recalled some details of that time and gently held Shi Qingxue in his arms.
"I know. I saw you sitting by the flower bed crying secretly, and I treated you to an ice cream cone."
Oh, this father-in-law is really not a decent person.
The two then talked about a lot of past events, and Lu Yiming realized that Shi Qingxue had liked him for a long time, but he was blind and had never noticed it.
They were in different classes in elementary school and their social circles did not overlap. In addition, Shi Qingxue had a slightly introverted personality, so she had always kept her affection for him deep in her heart.
It wasn't until high school that she found out that she and Lu Yiming were in the same class. She was so happy.
It was a pity that Lu Yiming's mind was all on Wu Qiuya at that time, so she buried this feeling deep in her heart until Lu Yiming "woke up".
As if she was afraid that everything was just a dream, and even more afraid that Lu Yiming would change his mind like his father, Shi Qingxue hugged Lu Yiming tightly: "Will you also leave me like dad?"
When Lu Yiming thought of Shi Qingxue's previous life, when she left her homeland with sorrow and regret and went to the other side of the ocean, he felt distressed. He gently embraced Shi Qingxue in his arms again and stroked her back with his palm: "Don't worry, I will stay with you all my life, and Uncle Shi will never leave you."
"Well, you're very nice."
"Go to sleep. If you don't, you'll turn into a panda tomorrow."
"I understand."
The next morning, Shi Qingxue woke up in Lu Yiming's arms.
Lu Yiming was very well behaved the whole night - there was nothing he could do if he wasn't honest, since Shi Qingxue's relatives were coming, he couldn't just force himself on her, right?
Shi Qingxue raised her head slightly and found that Lu Yiming had not woken up yet. She remembered her actions last night and was immediately frightened by herself.
She couldn't remember why she suddenly became so bold last night.
However, in Lu Yiming's arms, she felt very secure.
Despite the thunder, lightning, strong winds and heavy rain outside, she slept very soundly and never woke up once.
If it were usual, she would not be able to sleep in this kind of weather and could only keep the lights on and wait for dawn.
Thinking about these inexplicable things in her mind, Shi Qingxue yawned again and continued to curl up in Lu Yiming's arms like a docile kitten.
When Lu Yiming woke up, he found that the sun was shining brightly outside, and it was obviously getting late.
He only felt that half of his body was numb, but when he looked down, he found that Shi Qingxue was still asleep. He didn't dare to move, so he had to continue to endure it and looked up at the sky.
Oh, God, why did Shi Qingxue have her period yesterday?
Lu Yiming thought that he had never been a gentleman, and he had always scoffed at the character of Liuxia Hui, but he was also a man with principles and bottom lines, and would never take advantage of others in distress.
So things became what they are now.
As if she had sensed something, Shi Qingxue woke up quickly. She raised her head slightly to see if Lu Yiming was awake, but found that Lu Yiming was looking down at her, and her face immediately blushed.
"How long have you been awake?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said jokingly, "Just woke up. How was it? Did you sleep well last night?"
"Um."
Shi Qingxue nodded vigorously. After what happened yesterday, she seemed to be much braver. She sat up cross-legged and helped Lu Yiming massage his arm: "Does it hurt here?"
"It doesn't hurt."
"You're lying."
"It really doesn't hurt. What time is it?"
"Hmm...it seems to be past eight o'clock."
"Luckily today is Saturday and we don't have classes. Let's get up first."
"good."
Shi Qingxue came out of bed, took Lu Yiming's clothes out of the washing machine and put them on the bedside. Lu Yiming was not polite, he just lifted the quilt and started to put on his clothes.
Thanks to his daily exercise, Lu Yiming has a very well-proportioned body. Shi Qingxue first took a sneak peek and then began to admire him openly.
While Lu Yiming was getting dressed, Shi Qingxue was not idle either. She was making the bed tidy.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps came closer and closer. Before the two men could react, Su Yunjin was already standing in front of them.
At this time, Shi Qingxue was wearing pajamas and Lu Yiming had just put on his clothes.
The three of them stared at each other.
Shi Qingxue was extremely nervous, and her hands were nervously kneading the hem of her skirt: "Mom... why are you back?"
Su Yunjin's face darkened, and she stared at Lu Yiming with her eyes fixed on him. She gritted her teeth and said, "If I don't come back, the daughter I have worked so hard to raise for more than ten years will be kidnapped!"
Lu Yiming didn't expect that his mother-in-law would come back so early.
He was a little flustered at first, but soon calmed down and said, "Auntie, don't say that. Shi Qingxue didn't go to school yesterday, and I was worried about her, so I came to visit her after school. Unexpectedly, there was a thunderstorm, and Shi Qingxue said she was scared, so I stayed."
Although Lu Yiming's words were high-sounding, how could Su Yunjin easily believe them? She angrily said to Shi Qingxue: "Go back to your room first. I want to have a good talk with your 'classmate'."
When speaking of the word "classmate", Su Yunjin deliberately gritted her teeth and stressed the word, indicating that she was aware that their relationship was not as simple as classmates.
Shi Qingxue did not leave, but looked at Lu Yiming with some uneasiness. She knew that Su Yunjin was a person with strong endurance and never got angry easily, but this morning, she was like this, and it was not an exaggeration to describe her as "furious".
Shi Qingxue was afraid that Lu Yiming might "encounter an accident" and cast a worried look at him.
Lu Yiming knew that Shi Qingxue was worried about him, but he also knew that if Shi Qingxue stayed here, it would only increase the conflict, so he said, "Be good, go back to your room first, I'm fine."
"Oh, all right then."
Shi Qingxue responded and returned to her room with a heavy heart.
Seeing this scene, Su Yunjin was even more furious. Her daughter hasn't even gotten married yet, but she has already become unfaithful. It must be this guy who has led her precious daughter astray!
Without Shi Qingxue present, Su Yunjin looked at Lu Yiming with an extremely unfriendly look, as if she could spit fire, and she wished she could roast him on the spot.
"You're not going to give me an explanation?"
Lu Yiming said politely, "Auntie, Xiaoxue and I were both emotional and polite. Nothing really happened last night. Really, I promise, nothing was excessive!"
Su Yunjin bit her lip tightly, obviously not accepting this argument: "You two crawled out of the same bed, and you're not exaggerating?"
It is the 1990s, and people's concepts about love and marriage are still relatively traditional.
Although it was not as bad as in ancient times where men and women were not allowed to touch each other, it was not as unruly and shameless as it would be twenty years later.
Therefore, Lu Yiming understood why Su Yunjin was so angry . He stopped trying to defend himself and said seriously, "Don't worry, Xiaoxue and I are truly in love. When we reach marriageable age, I will definitely marry you in a formal way."
Although Lu Yiming looked sincere and had a genuine look in his eyes, Su Yunjin didn't believe it at all. She was already in a bad mood because of Shi Caijiang's matter, and she didn't give Lu Yiming a good look at this time.
"You're a high school student, do you know what love is? I will never agree to what's going on between you two! You'd better stay away from Xiaoxue, or I will report it to your school."
Lu Yiming was helpless all of a sudden.
Although he didn't care about the school's punishment at all, it was bad for Shi Qingxue's reputation after all.
Seeing Su Yunjin burning with anger, Lu Yiming knew that if he didn't deal with his future mother-in-law, he and Shi Qingxue would be in trouble again.
"Whether you understand love or not actually has nothing to do with age. In fact, you can rest assured about me, Auntie. I am not the kind of person who is irresponsible. I can clearly distinguish between liking and loving."
This unforgettable experience spanning two lifetimes is probably something that no one else in the world can match.
Su Yunjin sneered, "You? Can you tell the difference? Why don't you look at yourself, are you an adult? It has nothing to do with age, you are lying with open eyes!"
Facing Su Yunjin's ridicule, Lu Yiming did not feel any resentment. He said calmly, "Liking someone is just a momentary impulse, but true love requires restraint. So I won't do anything to hurt Xiaoxue. I just hope that she can live a peaceful and happy life."
When saying this, Lu Yiming's eyes were calm and his expression was composed. Although he was young, he gave people a very convincing feeling.
Even Su Yunjin forgot to be angry for a moment, because she saw in Lu Yiming a calm demeanor that was different from his peers.
Young people are always impatient when doing things. When faced with doubts from others, they always become emotional and want to prove themselves.
But Lu Yiming was different. He was so calm from beginning to end, as if everything was under control and nothing could stump him.
Su Yunjin thought she was so angry that she was hallucinating.
However, Lu Yiming was reasoning with her, and as an elder, Su Yunjin naturally couldn't bring herself to act unreasonably. After all, she was not a shrew.
Su Yunjin looked at Lu Yiming: "I don't know where your confidence comes from, but I will never allow you to hurt my daughter."
Seeing that Su Yunjin's expression had eased, Lu Yiming heaved a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Auntie, no one can hurt Xiaoxue, not even her biological father."
Su Yunjin frowned immediately, with a look of doubt on her face: "What do you mean by that?"
Lu Yiming looked at her calmly: "I guess you have noticed that Uncle Shi wants to transfer assets, right?"
Su Yunjin was horrified and asked in a stern voice: "How did you know? Who are you?"
Lu Yiming sighed, but did not hide anything: "I am Shi Qingxue's classmate. Of course, I forgot to introduce another identity. It's not too late to tell you now. I am also the third largest shareholder of Shijinji. The shares originally held by Ge Youcai have now been taken by me."
