Brother Yang, Stop First

In the classically decorated private room, Chen Qian's ears were faintly tinged red. Clearly embarrassed by their conversation just now, she spoke in a soft, coquettish voice.

"Having it happen so suddenly... it really is a little hard to accept all at once."

Li Yang could tell from the girl's expression that victory was all but assured. His heart beat a little faster, but he continued pressing through the final hurdle. "How about this? Where are you staying now? We'll go check out of your room together later, and I'll take you to a nearby five-star hotel. For the next couple of days, we can go out by ourselves, get to know each other better. It'll give both of us a period to ease into it."

"The Liu Family aren't good people. The sooner you draw a clear line between yourself and them, the sooner you cut your losses. That's being responsible to yourself and your family. Otherwise, if you really end up with someone like that, when something happens later, your family will suffer along with you."

Li Yang looked straight into Chen Qian's eyes, but there was none of that aggressive pressure in his gaze. Instead, it made Chen Qian feel a little shy. After all, he was fairly handsome, and with the invisible bonus that money brought, even more so.

"Brother Yang, then I'll block and delete Liu Wu on WeChat right now. I'll block his number too."

Looking into Li Yang's sincere eyes, Chen Qian could sense the genuineness in him. After hearing him out, she took out her phone and turned the screen toward him. Right before his eyes, she blocked and deleted Liu Wu on WeChat, then added his phone number to the blacklist as well.

The last chat message before the deletion was Liu Wu berating her for being bad at games. Li Yang immediately smiled.

Her mouth said no, but her body was honest!

What swift, decisive movements.

"I'm staying at Wanke Hotel, in a room by myself."

After deleting everything under Li Yang's gaze, Chen Qian noticed the smile on his face. She put away her phone and looked at him as she spoke.

"Come on, let's go pack up your things first."

Li Yang immediately rose to his feet and spoke to Chen Qian. "With me there, you won't have to worry about running into Liu Wu and having complications spring up out of nowhere. If anything happens, I can shield you from it."

"Okay!"

Hearing Li Yang's words, Chen Qian obediently nodded. She turned and picked up the small bag from her seat. As she moved, the red shirt over her chest wrinkled together, and the fair skin at her collar peeked in and out of view.

Li Yang walked over to Chen Qian's side. As she got up, a thought flashed through his mind. After hesitating for one second, despite his fluttering, nervous heart, he reached out and naturally took Chen Qian's soft little hand. Then he held her hand as he led her downstairs to settle the bill at the front desk.

What made Li Yang's heart race was that Chen Qian did not refuse. On her slender jade legs, she followed closely beside him and watched him pay.

It gave him a sense of accomplishment, as though keeping her was about to succeed...

After paying the bill, Li Yang held Chen Qian's arm with one hand and casually took the handbag from her shoulder, slinging it over his own. Chen Qian pursed her lips in slight embarrassment at the look on his face, but she did not refuse. Holding her hand, Li Yang led her out of the restaurant. As they reached the roadside, the ride-hailing car he had called arrived just in time. He ushered her into the back seat, reported the last digits of his phone number to the driver, and smiled as they headed toward their destination.

Li Yang did not let go of her hand the entire way. Even while seated in the car, he kept hold of Chen Qian's soft little hand. But perhaps neither had adjusted to this ambiguous atmosphere yet, so they did not say much. Once they reached the hotel, Li Yang held Chen Qian's hand and led her straight to her room.

The hotel room was clearly a carefully chosen cheap place. The decor looked like a style from several years ago, shabby and worn, with stains in the corners. It showed the Liu Family's situation plainly enough. Even Li Yang could not help frowning outside the door, much less a young girl like Chen Qian.

There was not much in the room. She simply packed a small suitcase and carried it out. When they left, Li Yang glanced at the room next door where Liu Wu was staying and smiled faintly, then held Chen Qian's hand and strode away.

The ride-hailing car had not left under Li Yang's instructions. Besides, this place had originally been set as a waypoint by Li Yang; his final destination was the five-star hotel he had spotted earlier.

Before long, the car arrived. Li Yang paid the fare in the car, then got out carrying Chen Qian's suitcase in one hand and holding her hand in the other as they entered the hotel to check in.

Five-star hotels were quite expensive, costing 1,100 a night. But that was nothing to Li Yang now. Without even blinking, he booked three nights for Chen Qian. Then they headed straight to the room. Only after the service staff left did he stand beside the bed with his arms stretched out, looking around.

The clean, bright room, decorated in a soothing and comfortable style, made one feel refreshed and at ease.

Not to mention anything else, compared to where they had just stayed, it was as different as heaven and earth.

"This is so much more comfortable than the place Liu Wu was staying in."

Seeing the surroundings, Chen Qian also breathed a sigh of relief. She could not resist sitting down on the soft bed before speaking to Li Yang.

Li Yang still had not let go of her hand. Seeing the clean young woman sitting on the soft, spotless, neatly made bed, his heart skipped a beat. Suddenly emboldened, he lunged toward her and pressed her down.

"Mm~"

Chen Qian could not dodge in time. Her petite body, small compared to Li Yang's, was immediately covered beneath him.

"..."

"Brother Yang, stop kissing me. I feel like this... is a little too fast."

Breathing rapidly, Chen Qian wiped the traces of saliva from her lips, face, and neck, pleading with Li Yang.

In just that short while, more than half of her clothes had been thrown into disarray.

When Chen Qian said that, Li Yang's blood had been rushing to his head. But then he suddenly thought of his World Gate, and for some reason, he calmed down. Looking at Chen Qian's troubled expression, he took a deep breath, got off her, and pulled her back to her feet.

"Sorry, I was too impulsive just now. You're so tender, soft, and fragrant—I couldn't hold myself back."

Li Yang gave an embarrassed smile. I really shouldn't be doing this. I have the World Gate now, and I'm so rich. I can't handle things so crudely. I need to make it smooth and natural.

Even if he wanted to keep her, she had to be willing. Besides, judging from her reaction, this was already eight or nine parts out of ten certain.

He could wait.

Chen Qian rolled her eyes at Li Yang. Thinking of how he had held her and kissed her wildly just now, the tips of her ears reddened again. She hurriedly reached out to pull her bra, which had been pushed halfway aside, back into place and adjusted it. Then she put her red shirt back on, covering the large expanse of snowy-white skin exposed on her upper body. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Yang, you're awful. Hurry up and leave. I'm afraid if you stay here any longer, you'll eat me alive."

After getting dressed, Chen Qian pushed Li Yang and spoke irritably.

"Hehe, then I'll head back first. Tomorrow morning, I'll pick you up after breakfast. We'll go to the zoo, then watch a movie afterward. The day after that, I'll take you to the beach."

Seeing Chen Qian like this, Li Yang could not help licking his lips. As he spoke, he suddenly leaned over and kissed her. Then, under Chen Qian's pretend-angry gaze, he burst into laughter and ran out.

Seeing Li Yang leave in that way, Chen Qian could not help smiling as well. She looked around the spacious room, then at the broad, soft bed beneath her, and could not resist sinking comfortably back onto it.

This was the first time in her life she had stayed in a five-star hotel. Only after lying on the bed to her heart's content did Chen Qian stand up, straighten her messy shorts, take off her socks, and put on the hotel slippers. She went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Water stains still lingered on her snowy-white swan neck, as well as on her face, near her ears, and on her forehead. She pursed her lips and hurriedly splashed water over those spots to wash them clean.

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