Chapter 28

Du Hongting laughed at me, calling me a paper tiger. Normally, he looked like a bully, but at crucial moments, he was completely useless.

Looking at his cunning and sly face, I suddenly understood.

So, the thing just now was intentional on his part?

This guy was still planning to fill the presidential suite with rose petals!

He was too ruthless.

The next morning, peeing felt like hot pepper water – damn, it hurt.

I decided to show this shameless guy a bit of color.

I claimed to be busy with work and decided to give him the cold shoulder for a while.

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I politely smiled, “Sorry, Manager Du, this is not my expertise.”

Du Hongting: “You won’t even help with such a small favor?”

He pretended to call Shang Lao Da.

I said, “Manager Du, may I know where the computer is having issues? I can take a look for you.”

Du Hongting kicked his chair back, revealing the computer under his desk.

“Miss Meng, please.”

I walked to the computer, pressed the power button, and it didn’t light up.

So, I bent down, checking if the connections at the back were loose.

Suddenly, my butt got a smack.

I was so scared that I almost jumped up.

But Du Hongting was behind me, laughing uncontrollably. How boring.

I ignored him.

I squatted down and pulled out the mainframe.

I heard the sound of wheels rolling on the floor.

I felt cool fingertips on my neck, caressing.

I struggled to swallow.

Continuing to focus on checking the wires, the fingertips continued to slide, deftly opening the first button of my shirt, then slipping inside…

I turned my head in slow motion, looking up at him.

He raised an eyebrow, “What’s wrong? Continue fixing it, Miss Meng.”

No words to say.

I lowered my head to keep inspecting, and he became even bolder.

One side was soft, filling his hand.

I said coldly, “Big brother, if you keep doing this, I might just accuse you of harassment!”

Du Hongting leaned closer, “Go ahead and accuse me.”

Wow, a refined scoundrel.

A gentlemanly beast.

I liked it!

Unable to resist, I pouted my lips and leaned towards his face—

“Manager Du, the meeting you’re hosting is about to start at 3:30…”

The secretary sister barged in.

I was so scared that I rolled under the table directly!

Du Hongting changed his expression in a second, stood up straight, and said seriously, “Understood, I’ll be right there.”

After the secretary left.

He lowered his head towards me, raised his chin a bit, “Over there, the main power for the sockets hasn’t been turned on.”

Me: “…”

He stood up, picked up the suit on the hanger, “After the meeting, come over. Play a game or something while you wait for me.”

I was scared out of my wits!

Without waiting for him, I quickly ran away.

I came back and told Manager Shang that I don’t want to handle the handover work for this client in the future.

Manager Shang: “What’s wrong, failed to flirt and ended up harassed?”

I waved my hand: “No, no!”

Manager Shang said, “If there’s anything, you must seek help from the leaders, okay?”

Me: “Okay.”

Manager Shang scolded me, “Your judgment of men is really poor. That kind of appearance clearly indicates a seasoned player in the romantic field, specifically deceiving innocent girls like you!”

Me: “…”

To retaliate against Du Hongting’s malicious harassment, I invited him to my home that night.

Then I shared with him a surprise—

I got my period.

Surprised or not?

Unexpected, right?

But even more unexpected things happened.

Zuo Zuo’s boyfriend somehow found out.

The two of them closed the door and had a big argument, making a lot of noise.

I asked Du Hongting, “Do you want to go over and take a look?”

Du Hongting replied, “It’s not good for outsiders to meddle in the quarrels of a couple. Let’s see how it goes.”

So, Du Hongting and I picked a movie and sat down to watch.

Du Hongting complained, “Why not go to the cinema? Movies should be watched in the cinema.”

I said, “Because they don’t show adult movies in the cinema.”

Du Hongting: “…”

It was a famous French erotic film.

The female protagonist was a Lolita-like girl.

Within a few minutes of the opening, it went straight to the point, making both Du Hongting and me a bit uneasy.

Misfortunes never come singly.

Not only the movie, but even the argument sounds of the couple next door gradually took a different turn.

“Mm… ah…”

“It’s too deep… don’t…”

“Ah, ah, ah, we’re almost there… a bit harder…”

I froze.

Turning my head slowly, I asked Du Hongting, “Do you want to…”

“Yes.”

Du Hongting unbuckled his belt.

I said, “I mean, do you want to have a Wang Lao Ji (Chinese herbal tea) and cool down a bit?”

Du Hongting’s face turned livid.

He suddenly stood up, “I’m going back!”

Uh.

Me: “How about… let me help you with that?”

Du Hongting gritted his teeth: “I’ll go back and take a cold shower!”

Sure enough, after a week, he didn’t come to find me.

The heart felt empty.

During overtime at night, I ordered two takeouts and finished them all.

Around 8:30 in the evening, I felt a bit of pain in my stomach.

Took a roll of toilet paper and went to the bathroom.

Discovered the circuit was broken, no electricity, and the pitch-black darkness was a bit scary.

So, I went downstairs.

The miserable discovery was that everyone from other departments had already finished work, and there was no one on the two floors below.

As the self-proclaimed ghost movie database, I suddenly remembered watching “Office Ghost” when I was a child.

Shivered a bit.

Decided to seek help from Uncle McDonald’s across the street.

After resolving the issue, I bought an ice cream cone and leisurely returned to the company.

From a distance, I noticed a fire in the company building.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be on the third floor, our floor.

Two fire trucks were parked downstairs, sirens blaring, and the fiery lights made people anxious.

I watched as colleagues rushed out, and firefighters entered against the flow.

A colleague saw me and shouted, “Meng Qiqi, what are you doing here!”

Me: “Where else should I be?”

Colleague: “We thought you were trapped, and people rushed in to find you!”

Me: “Who?”

Colleague: “Looking familiar, seems like your client…”

No way!

Du Hongting…

Did he rush into the fire?

Colleagues quickly contacted firefighters to get them to bring him out.

I was completely shocked.

Listening to a colleague at the scene, at that time, the fire trucks hadn’t arrived yet, and the fire was fierce. However, that person didn’t listen to advice, crazily rushed in, and several people couldn’t stop him.

After hearing this, my thought was, if they didn’t rescue him later, I would go in and burn with him.

If fate allows, in the next life, I’ll be reborn as barbecue, and we can still hang out together…

When my vision began to blur, there was a commotion in the crowd.

The firefighters brought Du Hongting out.

His clothes were dirty, his face was blackened, and a small clump of his hair was burned off.

His once polished image was now in ruins.

And me, holding a roll of toilet paper in my left hand and a melted ice cream cone in my right hand, feeling a bit lost.

Du Hongting, as if having experienced a catastrophe, stared at me with hollow eyes, dragging his feet towards me.

His tall figure covered me, and almost all his weight pressed on me. He hugged me so tightly that I could hardly catch my breath.

Only then did he seem to recover, took a long sigh, and said, “Meng Qiqi… where did you go…”

I stood there dumbfounded, “I… I went to the bathroom…”

Why?

In such a touching moment in life, how could my lines be like this?

Du Hongting coughed a bit.

The firefighter said he might have inhaled some smoke, so he should go to the hospital.

Du Hongting said he had a car.

But when he took out the keys, his hands were still shaking.

I watched, feeling my eyes stinging.

It was already very late when we finished at the hospital.

Du Hongting didn’t seem to be in good shape, running a slight fever.

The doctor actually said it was due to excessive shock.

Me: “…”

I’m sorry; next time I go out to the bathroom, I’ll definitely send you a location on WeChat.

I drove him back to the hotel.

After he finished showering and lay down on the bed, I mentioned that I should leave.

Suddenly, he sat up, “You’re not allowed to leave!”

It startled me.

He came over, threw me onto the bed, covered me with a blanket, and held me tightly, “Stay with me.”

Me: “Oh.”

After two seconds.

Me: “I haven’t taken off my shoes yet.”

Du Hongting kicked them off the bed in three moves.

Then, he casually stripped off my clothes and threw them down as well.

He held me quietly for a moment and suddenly said, “In the future, you can’t scare me like this again.”

I responded with a nod, “You, too, can’t be impulsive like that next time.”

He said, “Now that I think about it, it wasn’t impulsiveness but instinct. I can’t imagine leaving you alone, leaving you in such a terrifying place… Could you bear to leave me alone in this world? Can you?”

After thinking for a moment, I said, “No.”

Then, tears welled up.

Du Hongting tried to comfort me, but it didn’t work. Eventually, he resorted to using his lips to silence me, and surprisingly, it worked.

I kissed him passionately, his eyes, nose, and the clump of hair curled by the heat…

This life is truly worthwhile.

There’s a man who loves me like this.

Perhaps finding my kisses too artistic, he flipped over and pressed me beneath him, devouring me like a hungry tiger.

It was so intense; it turns out kissing can be this satisfying.

The fire in my whole body was ignited.

This guy, in this area, can be considered a hidden master.

Sometimes burying his head in the softness of my chest.

Slowly moving down—

Sometimes tending to me with lips and tongue, sometimes teasing with fingertips.

Although Du Hongting’s techniques were gentle and indeed impressive, I still felt a bit uncomfortable, “How much longer… it won’t hurt a lot, right…”

I thought he leaned in to comfort me when he approached my ear, but instead, I heard, “It’s still early, be patient.”

After waiting for a while, a wave of intense pain came…

Gradually becoming unbearable.

I forced myself to shift my focus, silently reciting a passage from a historical text.

Too nervous, I forgot the words and couldn’t continue.

Switched to reciting a poem from Qinyuan Chunxue.

I admired his endurance.

Enduring the continuous sweat on my forehead, drop by drop, like dripping wax falling onto my chest, not scalding.

Finally, when the time was right, we engaged in the real battle.

Du Hongting controlled the rhythm very well, advancing bit by bit, waiting for me to adapt, progressing gradually until there was no gap between us.

Every time he moved, I let out a miserable scream, internally.

Did I scream out loud? I have no face to maintain!

After a while, he gradually accelerated, the intensity getting out of control several times.

…

A man who usually appears refined and gentlemanly now reveals his true nature, fierce and brutal.

I’m in pain, gritting my teeth.

Suddenly, I feel life is difficult, human hearts are sinister, and this real world is too cruel.

Apart from that, my stamina can’t keep up.

Too tired, like a high-speed racing car about to reach its peak, unable to catch my breath.

I feel waves piling up one after another.

Unexpectedly, splendid, blooming…

I have never experienced the simultaneous arrival of pain and pleasure.

Electric currents spread through every limb, my body becomes numb to the point of indescribable.

In one day, I truly experienced it twice, a rebirth after a disaster.

I thought the first time would mark a beautiful ending.

However, Du Hongting will tell you.

That’s what you think.

Just as I caught my breath, Du Hongting lifted one of my dripping wet arms and pulled me onto him.

I was instantly overwhelmed, “Du Hongting… it hurts a lot… please don’t continue…”

His hands didn’t stop for a moment, “Just pain?”

I touched my conscience—

“Fine, fine… it hurts but kind of enjoyable…”

The next morning when I woke up, I looked at the clock.

It’s over.

No more perfect attendance award.

Lying on the bed unable to move, reflecting on last night, I felt—

As if my body had been emptied.