After Breaking Up, I Shared an Apartment With My Best Friend and Her Boyfriend (H) - Chapter 5: Sleep Naked

Chapter 5: Sleep Naked

Lin Yizheng was pushed into the corner. He wanted to fight back, but he couldn’t move at all.

“What, do you want to fight with me?” Xu Yanqi asked in a deep, sharp voice as he grabbed Lin Yizheng’s shirt.

Lin Yizheng couldn’t beat Xu Yanqi, as the man was full of strength. He held Lin Yizheng’s shirt with one hand and pressed the other hand against his ear, acting very violently.

Lin Yizheng spoke stiffly, “Xu Yanqi, I’ll let you go for Wen Sui’s sake.”

After saying this, he pushed Xu Yanqi’s hand away and made a cruel remark to Chen Qiao before leaving.

“Chen Qiao, I’ll give you time. You’d better think carefully if you still want to be with me.”

He was always so domineering and brutal.

Chen Qiao ignored him.

When the commotion ended, the door outside the living room was slammed shut, leaving Chen Qiao’s room in silence.

“Chen Qiao.”
“Xu Yanqi.”

They called each other’s names at the same time. Later, Xu Yanqi let Chen Qiao speak first. He watched as she raised her hand and gently pulled her open nightgown over her shoulder, then skillfully fastened the buttons.

Although her movements were quick, Xu Yanqi still saw a glimpse of her inside. Her breasts were not very large, just the right size to fit in one’s hand – small and delicate, like unripe fruit, slightly protruding.

Xu Yanqi averted his eyes as he heard Chen Qiao thank him.

“Thank you, Xu Yanqi.”

Seeing that she had tidied up her clothes, Xu Yanqi looked up. “Well, next time I’ll ask for your permission before letting him in.”

He still felt a little guilty for allowing Lin Yizheng’s intrusion.

Chen Qiao’s eyes were slightly red, but she still smiled at him. “It’s fine, it has nothing to do with you.”

Somehow, seeing Chen Qiao in this state made Xu Yanqi want to ravage her, to use force on her and make her shatter beneath him.

Xu Yanqi paused, realizing his despicable thoughts. He didn’t say anything further and left Chen Qiao’s room, feeling like he was fleeing. Before closing the door, he said, “You rest.”

Chen Qiao responded with a simple “Mm.”

Back in his own room, Xu Yanqi closed the door and leaned against it, taking a deep breath. He could feel that his shirt on the back was already damp with sweat.

*

In the deep of the night, Xu Yanqi kept hearing coughing sounds coming from the opposite room – it was the sound from Chen Qiao’s throat. It seemed she was sick.

The next morning, Xu Yanqi saw a takeout receipt for medicine in the trash can outside, so Chen Qiao had ordered and taken the medication herself.

Later, when Xu Yanqi left for work, he thought about it and decided to boil a kettle of hot water, placing it on the dining table in the living room. Normally, Chen Qiao preferred to drink bottled mineral water with labels, and she never used the kitchen or boiled water for herself. She always ordered takeout.

Takeout had become a way of life for her.

In the evening, Xu Yanqi didn’t return until after 8 o’clock, as his work meeting had gone late. When he got home, Chen Qiao’s shoes were still at the door, meaning she hadn’t gone to work like the previous night. However, there were no takeout boxes, just the medicine bag from the morning.

Xu Yanqi guessed that maybe she had eaten out today.

He then went directly to his own room. Later, he heard Chen Qiao’s coughing again, and it was more severe than the night before.

As her roommate, Xu Yanqi decided to knock on Chen Qiao’s door. He knocked several times, but there was no response.

Xu Yanqi saw that the door was unlocked, so he pushed it open. The room was completely dark, and Xu Yanqi found the source of the coughing – Chen Qiao was curled up in her bedding, burning with fever.

Xu Yanqi checked her rising body temperature and her unconscious moaning.

“Chen Qiao, you have a fever.”

She knew the symptoms of a high fever – her body was weak and cold.

“Mm, I know. I’ll be fine after a nap.”

Xu Yanqi frowned deeply and bent down to check her temperature again.

“It’s too high, no, you need to go to the hospital.”

He maintained his gentlemanly manner, not sitting on her bed, just bending down to care for her.

Chen Qiao closed her eyes and shook her head. “No, I don’t want to go to the hospital. Xu Yanqi, do you have any fever-reducing medication? Just give me one to take.”

After she insisted on not going to the hospital, Xu Yanqi went to his own room to find some fever-reducing medicine for her.

Later, he brought a cup of warm water and the medication to her room. Chen Qiao still didn’t want to get up, and Xu Yanqi thought it was because of her weak physical condition.

So he leaned forward to help her sit up, and as he did, Chen Qiao’s pale, slender shoulder became exposed.

The blanket slowly slid down, revealing her two delicate, soft arms and the tempting sight of her chest.

Xu Yanqi’s gaze quickly swept over the exposed areas – her small, well-shaped breasts, the two cherry-like nipples that, though not as erect as that night, still beckoned to be caressed. Her clear collarbones, clean armpits, and trembling shoulders were all on display before him.

Xu Yanqi swallowed hard, wanting to ask why she wasn’t wearing clothes. But he ultimately didn’t, quickly covering her back up and placing a pillow under her head so she could take the medicine.

After she had swallowed the pill, Xu Yanqi moved the pillow away and told her to rest, then stepped out.

But just as he was leaving, a soft hand reached out from under the blanket and suddenly grasped the edge of his trousers.

“Xu Yanqi, I like to sleep naked, just like you do. You didn’t know, did you?”

She looked at him with tired eyes, and her touch on his soft, silky trousers seemed like a silent invitation.