Please Be More Serious - Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Chapter 69 - Rose tinted

Yin Ting blinked before she finally responded.She started laughing.She was wearing pyjamas wrapped in a house coat. He was well dressed in a suit but had a fat cat wearing flowery clothes. He looked so discordant.Yin Ting laughed till she was teary-eyed. She reached out and took Miao Dada from him. She buried her face in his furry neck.He said he would improve next time. And this was his improvement.It was too fast.Yin Ting laughed till she cried. But she felt that it was not funny at all. How to describe the mood? She could not even think of suitable adjectives.(Zuben: Sexy? No? I dunno then.)The well dressed man complained, ‘Aren’t you supposed to be holding me?’Yin Ting laughed more, her shoulders shaking.‘Well you have no hands now, so I’ll do the holding.’ He said and took her, cat and all, into his arms.She buried her face in his chest and sniffed hard; he was the best, most serious, most unconventional man she’d ever met.‘You haven’t answered yet.’ Zhengqing asked, still seeking her reply.She looked up at him, his eyes were beautiful, focused and enchanting.She sniffed and laughed, ‘I’m not going to talk about this at my doorstep in my pyjamas.’‘So I can come in, shut the door and you go and change.’ He suggested seriously.Yin Ting laughed again, the emphasis was not on this. But she showed him in. She had to put Miao dada in the box because she didn’t want her dad’s allergies to act up. And she felt a little guilty.‘How did you think of this?’ She asked curiously. She guided him to a sofa and sat beside him.‘It just came to me suddenly,’ he replied, ‘There was no reason, I was lying on my bed and I suddenly wanted you there. I wanted to be married to you. I wanted you to be my wife. The idea felt nice.’‘What did you feel?’ she asked with a pointed stare.‘I felt like you were next to me.’ Zhengqing answered with a serious expression. Then he looked at Yin Ting’s expression asked, ‘You think my thoughts were crooked again?’She chuckled and grabbed his arm hiding her face in his sleeve.‘Miss Yin Ting,’ he said in a very proper tone, ‘As a man of marriageable age with a beautiful girlfriend; don’t you think it is impossible to have no evil thoughts? Therefore, you also have to act charitably, don’t tease him all day.’‘Where have I?!’ She exclaimed, her face blushing. ‘I had always thought you were an honourable gentleman,’ she teased. Zhengqing’s expression turned ill-humoured.‘Hao, hao, I am very proper.’Yin Ting looked at him for a few seconds but could not keep a straight face, she grinned broadly and jumped into his arms.‘Please Be More Serious, you are so cute. How can you be so cute?’ she said with a wide smile. His very serious tone and expression while taking about ‘evil thoughts’ was so cute.Zhengqing kissed her interrupting her laughter.It was a warm and energetic kiss.Yin Ting wrapped her hands around his neck. He pulled her onto his lap properly, and pulled her into a more intimate hug.Yin Ting’s heart was beating so fast. She didn’t know why; she had kissed Zhengqing so many times, but she had never felt this shy and flustered. Maybe it was because he had proposed. Or maybe it was because they had been talking about naughty things.They stopped and pulled apart. She looked into his eyes, and she could see he really had wicked thoughts. Her heart beat faster, (Zuben: Any faster you’d be a humming bird) and her face was hot. But she was enchanted, she tightened her arms and kissed him.It went out of control. Zhengqing’s hand reached under her night clothes. She wasn’t wearing any underwear, the feel of his hand on her skin was hot. Zhengqing pushed up her top and was about to kiss her skin when they heard the door unlock.The two held shock still.Zhengqing quickly pulled Yin Ting’s clothes down. Yin Ting held her hand over the scream that threatened to come out. She hadn’t got up from Zhengqing’s lap when Yin Shi walked in. (Zuben: Amatuers)Yin Shi saw that the living room lights were on, ‘Xiaoting…’ he called.He froze when he saw the both of them, the phrase ‘haven’t you slept?’ got stuck in his throat.‘Ge ge,’ Yin Ting called. She was blushing. Her clothes were messy, her hair was mussed. She was still very much on Zhengqing’s lap. Zhengqing who had always been in the serious faction, had a ruddy face and chaotic hair. He didn’t speak but nodded in greeting.Yin Shi looked at both of them and said, ‘Hey, I’m going to my room.’ He wanted to say he didn’t see anything but that would be a lie. So he decided to go to his room.After going to his room, he realised, someone was bullying his sister, well not bullying, in their living room. It was just too unbelievable. Were they taking advantage of dad’s hospitalization? Should he return to the living room, or not. He didn’t know. Well he was also an older brother, right? No matter, it cant be ignored. It would not be worthy of his identity as a brother.Yin Shi thought for a few moments, then shouted, ‘Xiaoting, I’m thirsty could you get me a glass of water.’In the living roon, Yin Ting said to Zhengqing. ‘My brother wants me.’Zhengqing held her fast, ‘Wait a moment, I need to calm down.’ Yin Ting sitting on his lap knew what he referred to, she could not help but blush even more. (Zuben: I don’t think her bum on your lap is going to help matters)After another minute, her brother called again, ‘Xiaoting, where’s my water?’Yin Ting got anxious, ‘No, I have to go. Otherwise, he’ll come out and see us. It’ll be even worse.’She was right, if Yin Shi came out to see them and finds that they haven’t let go of each other, it wouldn’t be good. It really wasn’t good, Zhenqing had no choice but to let go of her. Yin Ting jumped up and but dared not to look at him as she raced to the kitchen. She poured a glass of water and headed to Yin Shi’s room, on the way she picked up the pet box and thrust it into Zhengqing’s arms,‘Use this to cover it.’ She said.Zhengqing was at a loss for words. Use what to block what? Why was she so dramatic? He was much calmer. Well, okay it was best to be cool and calm. If Yin Shi came out, it won’t look good. He hugged the cat carrier, Miao Dada had a bewildered look on it’s face as Zhengqing stroked it’s head.Yin Ting went to hand Yin Shi his water.‘It’s very late,’ he said to her after he took a sip of water.‘I will send Serious home immediately. He-he came to see me.’ She said with awkward hesistance. She was shy and she felt guilty. It was hard to cope with this kind of thing infront of one’s elders.‘You drink your water, I will go and send him off.’ She said and she ran out of his room, her face red.Zhengqing had over heard the two of them and was already up, sorting his appearance. He felt very self-conscious.She ran out to him, and gave him a wink, ‘You should go home. Drive carefully on your way back.’‘Hao,’ he replied calmly, he carried the pet box and shouted, ‘A Shi, I’m going.’Yin Shi came out and said, ‘Walk carefully, drive carefully,’ politely. He wanted to say more, but he stopped short when he saw the cat.Yin Shi had black lines over his head. What were these two doing? There was no one in his house, they didn’t go there to roll. Instead, they are in the woman’s living room being affectionate; they even brought an audience!When Zhengqing left, he looked at his sister and wanted to ask her; what was the cat’s role? But he didn’t have the nerve, in case the answer was too exciting, he was afraid his pure heart would expire from over stimulation.But it was probably not to hot for his sister to tell him, ‘Sleep early.’ He said instead. He was full of curiousity, but instead took on an air of seriousness.‘Good night, gege.’She rushed back to her room, her face ablaze. She jumped into bed and pulled the quilt over her head.She was so happy! So very happy she couldn’t help but laugh. When she thought of his proposal, his kiss, his discomfort, and Miao Dada, she couldn’t help but laugh. Then they were caught by her brother, how embarrassing! But still very joyous! She really wanted to scream with happiness.She rolled about on her bed, and found her mobile phone. Looking at the time, he won’t have reached home yet. She continued to roll.After a while, after enough reliving the moments, she looked at the time again. She quickly called his number, and Zhengqing immediately answered.‘Are you home yet?’‘Just arrived.’‘What are you doing?’‘Getting Miao undressed, it’s sleepy. It’s found a good position to sleep in.’Yin Ting said nothing for a beat, then she said, ‘Serious, listening to your words, I will feel jealous.’‘What are you jealous about?’Yin Ting turned in her bed, as she asked, ‘Is Miao sleeping in my place?’Zhengqing was silent. He didn’t even breathe.If she was talking about her position on the bed, that meant…‘Mr Zhengqing, at this time, you should say something, so that your girlfriend has a step to continue the topic.’Zhengqing cleared his throat, ‘Well, don’t mind it too much. After that, Miao can sleep at your feet?’Yin Ting blushed at she bit her lips unable to hold back her smile, She tried to speak calmly as she said, ‘I don’t mind.’‘After the event is over, you should come for a sleep over.’Yin Ting covered her face trying to hide her happy smile.‘Tomorrow after work,’ Zhengqing continued, ‘I will go to the hospital and talk to your father about it. Then we can go out and buy a ring and flowers.’ The sentence was delivered very imperiously, with no hint of sweetness, so he added, ‘Is that okay?’‘Hao,’ she replied without hesitation. She heard Zhengqing chuckle. She also laughed. She felt satisfied.Only one word had been spoken but her entire life was full of happiness.‘Hao!’ she said again loudly.‘I heard you.’ He replied.‘Hao!!’‘Fool.’ He replied laughing.

 

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