Capítulo 723: Chapter 723: Scared to Tears?
He actually quite liked this game.
Although it was indeed a bit physically exhausting, but… at the moment she was thrown up, he always inadvertently saw her terrified expression, and she would reach out her hands, tightly hugging his shoulders.
He really liked it when she hugged him that tightly.
So, later on, he deliberately threw her higher, not expecting her to be really scared. Even though she was inherently restrained, he could still vaguely see the tears of fright in the corners of her eyes.
It was all an instinctive reaction.
What intrigued him was that she was actually afraid of heights.
Rong Ling: “Are you afraid of heights?”
Li Yufei: “Not afraid.”
Rong Ling: “Then why did you get scared to tears?”
Li Yufei stubbornly said: “Who cried from fear? Also, didn’t you notice? I was deliberately giving you a hard time! Who knew… your arm strength was so formidable, you could throw me that high? I felt insecure, afraid you might miss catching me, and I’d fall directly onto the coffee table. Do you know how valuable I am?”
Her tone had a coquettish hint, with a teasing element to it.
Rong Ling: “Why do you think this punishment is giving me a hard time?”
Li Yufei pondered for a moment before she said: “Because… during a previous company team-building activity, I saw the subordinates playing this game. When the host proposed this punishment, each of those men blushed but none dared step up.”
Rong Ling couldn’t hold back: “Oh! You think this move is too hard for me, that I wouldn’t dare.”
Li Yufei gave an “um” and couldn’t help but reach out to pinch his arm: “Why is the muscle on your arm so solid?”
Rong Ling: “I train.”
Li Yufei: “I also work out, I know how tough it is, how long did it take for you to train your shoulders and arms to this level?”
Rong Ling smiled: “Holding you every day, doing dozens of sets of squats like this can maintain it.”
Li Yufei’s face flushed red, as if it were full of blood: “You really have the leisure to indulge!”
Rong Ling: “I like you so much, can’t bear to let you go for even a moment. I want to hold you anytime, anywhere.”
Long-distance romance is quite tough.
Although they managed to see each other once a month, when he missed her and she wasn’t around, the longing doubled.
Rong Ling: “When I get a holiday and return home, let’s get married, okay?”
Li Yufei: “You haven’t proposed yet.”
Rong Ling: “Then I need to think carefully about what kind of sincere proposal ceremony to give you.”
Li Yufei cupped his handsome face, and gave him a kiss of encouragement: “Think it through, if it’s not sincere, I won’t agree to marry you.”
Rong Ling suddenly leaned the other side of his face towards her lips: “Kiss the other side too.”
Li Yufei showed a puzzled look.
Rong Ling: “For symmetry.”
Li Yufei smiled wryly: “Are you obsessive-compulsive?”
Even so, she cooperated and kissed him again.
Rong Ling held her, and the two of them cozied up on the sofa, spending the entire long, leisurely afternoon.
…
The next morning.
Li Yufei received a call from her assistant.
The negotiation meeting was scheduled for nine in the morning.
Li Yufei immediately got up to prepare to leave.
Rong Ling was stirred, opening his eyes to see Li Yufei standing in front of the wardrobe, picking out clothes. He lazily asked, “Where are you going?”
Li Yufei: “For the Huake acquisition meeting, I need to gain the approval of the United States’ senior representatives. After solving this, I have to fly to Europe.”
After a pause, she continued buttoning her shirt and said: “You should get up too, you have classes today.”
Rong Ling slowly pushed himself up from the bed.
Seeing his difficulty getting up, Li Yufei sat on the side of the bed and teasingly said: “What, too much effort last night? Exhausted?”
Rong Ling immediately glanced at her, eyes narrowing, feeling as if she was deliberately provoking him: “Missy, it has always been me exerting effort, of course I’m worn out. I’m still injured, have some sympathy for me ‘fighting with injuries.’
Li Yufei: “Who told you to lose at the game yesterday? Otherwise, if you had won, I’d agree to any request you made.”
Rong Ling gritted his teeth, feeling a bit unwilling, his face slightly sullen.
If he’d known sooner, he wouldn’t have gone easy on her yesterday!
He saw the intense desire to win on her face, so he let her win just a bit, until eventually she overwhelmed him like a snowball, not expecting her to say such provoking words afterward.
Rong Ling: “Next time, I’ll definitely win and then, I want you to…”
Li Yufei covered his mouth: “Hey, are you addicted? How can you do this every day…”
Rong Ling: “Didn’t you really enjoy it too?”
After saying that, he tilted his head and looked at her: “Last night, someone…”
Li Yufei blushed and stood up quickly: “I think you’re still dreaming, not clear-headed.”
After saying that, she turned and went into the bathroom.
Rong Ling watched her back until he heard the door slam shut, couldn’t help but laugh, picked up the pillow she slept on, and lay back down.
He lowered his head and rubbed his handsome face against the pillow.
The white pillow retained the fragrance of her hair.
He really liked the scent of her hair.
Finished washing up, Li Yufei came out and saw Rong Ling still lying on the bed. She walked over, snatched the pillow from his arms, and lightly hit him with it: “You’re still not getting up?”
Rong Ling stretched out his arms, his voice still carrying the huskiness and breath sound from just waking up: “Hug me.”
Li Yufei bent down and hugged him.
Who knew, once Rong Ling held her, he wouldn’t let go: “When will you be back?”
Li Yufei: “If early, I’ll be back before your class finishes. If late, it might be late at night.”
Rong Ling: “Why so late?”
Li Yufei: “The opponent is not easy to deal with. I’m somewhat suspicious that the attack we encountered during the music festival might be related to Huake.”
Rong Ling instantly became alert, eyes widening with a serious demeanor: “Huake? Are they trying to have you die in the United States?”
Li Yufei nodded: “That’s what I suspect. Just now, the assistant told me on the phone that for two nights, your classmate is still missing, as if vanished. It’s very strange.”
Rong Ling: “Do they know you came to the United States?”
Li Yufei: “They definitely know. For the negotiation meeting, Huake people will attend. They know which day the meeting is, so they can roughly calculate when I would arrive in the United States. I’m worried that this time in the United States, they missed their chance, and next time, flying to Europe, similar things might happen again.”
She could ramp up security with bodyguards, but she didn’t want her issues to implicate so many innocent people.