Come Sit At My House - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Qiu Shuxue took a step back and watched her undress. Luo Qingmeng had specifically changed into a new outfit to go out, a thin knit sweater paired with jeans.

Luo Qingmeng felt uncomfortable under her gaze. She said, “It’s cold. You’ll catch a cold.”

“No, you won’t. The house has a heater. It’s very warm. I’ll go turn it on.” Qiu Shuxue had a clingy vibe. “Sister, you’re not keeping your word.”

“So what if I’m not keeping my word? What can you do about it?” Luo Qingmeng muttered under her breath. She huffed, “Do you still want to eat or not?”

Between eating food and eating a person, Qiu Shuxue would of course choose the latter. She could skip food, but she couldn’t not touch the person. Qiu Shuxue was already hungry. She said, “…Hmm, it’s true I can’t do anything to you, but, sister, I can also not keep my word in the future. I’ll learn from you.”

“…”

Luo Qingmeng’s hand that was chopping vegetables paused. She steeled her heart. “Then I won’t cook for you! You can take your things back. I don’t want them anymore.”

Qiu Shuxue didn’t expect her to say that and was stunned. She looked at her for a while, then walked behind Luo Qingmeng and coaxed her softly. “I’m sorry, sister. How could I not keep my word to you? I’m afraid you’ll stop talking to me. I just wanted to see. I think you’re very sexy like that. Since I’ve already bought them, they’re all for you. You just finished organizing them. If I send them to my house, I’ll have to make trips back and forth, and I’ll have to come to your house to check on them… It’s so much trouble. I’d feel bad for you.”

Luo Qingmeng felt that something was off about her words. It seemed like she was being threatened. What did Qiu Shuxue mean? Was she saying that if she sent the things back, she would have to go to her house repeatedly?

But this kind of threat wasn’t unreasonable.

Luo Qingmeng didn’t want to go to her house. She felt conflicted. Qiu Shuxue got closer to her, resting her chin on her shoulder, and said softly, “I don’t want sister to give them back to me.”

“I want to eat the food sister makes,” she said as if she was confessing. “Actually, at Li An’s place, I thought your cooking smelled so good.”

“The food is fragrant, but the person is even more fragrant.”

Luo Qingmeng was a soft touch. With these one or two sentences, she was won over. But she wasn’t so easy either. What kind of person just takes off their clothes?

She recalled the last time she cooked. She actually didn’t remember much because she was busy in the kitchen all day. What she remembered most was that she came out to serve some fruit she liked and heard someone say she looked like a maid.

She was so wronged. She only told Li An after the person left.

Li An comforted her, siding with her and saying that he would never bring that colleague over again. However, the second time, that colleague came again. She hinted to Li An, but he seemed to have forgotten about it. Luo Qingmeng was very upset and always wondered if she was being petty.

Qiu Shuxue stood behind her and said, “That wasn’t the first time I saw you, sister.”

Her mind had wandered just now.

Qiu Shuxue’s hand reached out again. For some reason, Luo Qingmeng let her take advantage of her. This time, Luo Qingmeng didn’t move, letting Qiu Shuxue do whatever she wanted from behind.

Luo Qingmeng couldn’t say why she did it. Was it for revenge?

But her wronged memories had nothing to do with Qiu Shuxue. It was more like she was proving to herself that she wasn’t a free maid who cooked to serve others.

Luo Qingmeng felt so strange.

She even let Qiu Shuxue unbutton her shirt without a word, letting Qiu Shuxue do as she pleased. Qiu Shuxue turned her around, lifted her, and sat her on the kitchen counter. She felt it was too narrow and wanted to get down, but Qiu Shuxue leaned in closer. Qiu Shuxue propped her hands on the counter. She was close to her. Qiu Shuxue was very beautiful and had very fair skin. Her face was oval-shaped, but not like a typical influencer. She looked a bit like a mature woman, but she was younger than her, spoke softly, and was good at acting spoiled. Her aura wasn’t very overbearing.

Her scent was even very pleasant, much better than Li An the scumbag’s, which made her always forget to push Qiu Shuxue away.

Qiu Shuxue told her, “You’re so radiant. It makes me feel a little inferior. Sister, why don’t you ever notice me?”

These words hit a nerve for Luo Qingmeng.

“You have to sign a note later… and leave a fingerprint… and say that all the things you bought today belong to me.” Luo Qingmeng said.

Qiu Shuxue agreed.

So, Luo Qingmeng did something very shameful and even cursed herself for it, but she did it anyway. She let Qiu Shuxue take off her sweater and jeans, and then she put on the apron to cook.

She was scared. “You’re not allowed to film. You can only look…”

Qiu Shuxue tied the apron for her, her fingers making a knot on her waist, and she said, “If you’re scared, I can take mine off, too.”

Luo Qingmeng ignored her.

She pushed Qiu Shuxue away, tugged on her own apron, and turned her back, lowering her head to work on the things in front of her. She chopped the vegetables angrily, feeling like she had been bullied.

If… Qiu Shuxue dared to do anything ridiculous, she would kill her. She wasn’t living a good life anyway, and Qiu Shuxue had a great future. If they both died together, she wouldn’t be at a loss.

In front of the kitchen counter, Luo Qingmeng wore a pink apron. Her skin was fair and her back was smooth. She didn’t have a straight shoulder line. Because her chest was fuller, her shoulders looked a little wide, but the dimples on her back were beautiful.

She chopped vegetables and cooked soup. She was being admired and watched… At the same time, she was enjoying the way Qiu Shuxue was so captivated by her.

Qiu Shuxue seemed to have an addiction to her. She always wanted to come and hug her and cling to her. When Luo Qingmeng ignored her, she would call her “sister.”

Luo Qingmeng left one piece of underwear on, feeling it was sexier that way. And indeed, Qiu Shuxue would always hook her finger into it.

She would touch her waist and that black strap. Luo Qingmeng was flustered. She just pretended she was wearing a backless top. Qiu Shuxue kissed her back, and her lips brushed against her shoulder.

She took a deep breath. She wanted to push her away, but she liked the feeling. It made her feel like a strange chef. From the beginning of rejecting her to now, she enjoyed being touched by Qiu Shuxue. Qiu Shuxue’s arms were wrapped around her waist, and then she cupped her chin, trying to kiss her. Qiu Shuxue said, “Sister, you’re so sexy.”

Luo Qingmeng’s hand trembled, and she poured a continuous stream of chili peppers into the pot.

People in this city ate mild food, but she liked it spicy.

Luo Qingmeng thought to herself.

Qiu Shuxue, you look so refined, like a lady from a good family.

But you’re actually so lewd. You’re like a dog.

Luo Qingmeng didn’t understand the online terms. She didn’t know she had a certain “wife” persona, nor did she know how to be more sexy.

She just knew that when she cooked, Qiu Shuxue would get hungry for her.

So she made a lot of dishes.

When Luo Qingmeng bent over, Qiu Shuxue’s breathing would get rapid.

She turned off the stove and saw that Qiu Shuxue’s eyes were red. She must have been choked by the chili.

“After you’re done cooking, can you sit on the counter for a bit? That would be even sexier.”

Qiu Shuxue looked like she had a lot to say and was trying to seduce her again. Luo Qingmeng didn’t fall for it. She said, “Are you stupid? The counter is so hot after cooking. My butt would never be able to handle it.”

“Plate the dishes,” Luo Qingmeng scolded her.

The kitchen was her domain, and Qiu Shuxue had to listen to her.

“Okay,” Qiu Shuxue took the pot of seafood she had cooked. Luo Qingmeng washed her hands and went outside to get her clothes. Qiu Shuxue had taken them off her and put them outside. She went into the bedroom to put them on. Feeling uncomfortable, she pretended to go to the bathroom to wash her hands. She then went into the shower and turned the water to the lowest setting to rinse herself off. She didn’t dare to guess if Qiu Shuxue had noticed, but she was glad she wore one piece of underwear… Otherwise, she would have been discovered by Qiu Shuxue while she was cooking.

Luo Qingmeng took a deep breath. After she came out, the two of them were ready to eat. Luo Qingmeng frowned and said, “Why didn’t you wash the new bowls and chopsticks?”

“I’m sorry,” Qiu Shuxue went to get the bowls and chopsticks to wash them. Luo Qingmeng then said, “You have to scald them with hot water to disinfect them.” Seeing how clumsy she was, she was about to do it herself, but when she was about to, she remembered a saying she saw online, that you can’t spoil your partner. Some partners pretend to be stupid on purpose, and then their partner says they’ll do it themselves, and that’s how it is for the rest of their lives.

Luo Qingmeng sent Qiu Shuxue over to the side and told her how to wash and disinfect the dishes. She taught her step by step. Qiu Shuxue followed her instructions and said okay with a smile. She wasn’t angry with her either.

The two of them ate together.

Luo Qingmeng was a good cook. Even if she didn’t work at the bookstore, she could make a living by opening a small food stall.

But Luo Qingmeng didn’t want that kind of life. She loved books. Before this, she worked in a factory. Although being a factory girl didn’t sound good, if you found a good factory, you could work hard and make money.

Working two shifts a day, she could make 6000 yuan a month, and housing and food were included. But it was a non-stop, day-and-night job.

In this city, she would make 4000 yuan a month, and with all the expenses, she would always be broke. It was impossible to live a stable life. It was hard to see any hope. Working at the factory, the suffering would only last for a year or two.

Before she started working at the bookstore, Luo Qingmeng had thrown herself into factory work because she wanted to have some savings. She was a blank slate with no one to rely on.

The big shrimps she bought were all big, but they didn’t taste very good. She still preferred farm-raised prawns.

Qiu Shuxue, on the other hand, was good at eating. She peeled the shrimp for her. The two of them couldn’t eat much, and there was still half a pot left. Qiu Shuxue took the initiative to wash the dishes and came out. “We can have another meal tonight.”

Luo Qingmeng looked at the leftover food in the pot and didn’t say anything. After all, it would be a waste if she ate it alone, and it didn’t seem right for Qiu Shuxue to only eat one meal.

It was 1:30 PM after all the chores were done. Luo Qingmeng wiped her hands and turned on the TV.

“Why didn’t you buy a projector?” Qiu Shuxue asked.

Luo Qingmeng found a channel and asked in return, “Why would I buy that? Don’t we have a TV? The TV is so big. Isn’t that enough for you?”

Qiu Shuxue pondered for a moment. “Hmm, that makes sense. It’s just that when you spend my money, you shouldn’t feel bad for me.”

Luo Qingmeng couldn’t understand. Did she have a masochistic tendency?

Luo Qingmeng’s frugality was ingrained in her bones. She didn’t want to be led astray by Qiu Shuxue. In the future, she would have to return to her own life.

She said, “Write me a note.”

“What note?”

“Didn’t I say? All those things you bought belong to me, and you can’t just take them away.” Luo Qingmeng was afraid that she would call the police in the future and make her give them back.

After all… she couldn’t say that she took off her clothes for her, and she said they belonged to her.

Luo Qingmeng didn’t trust Qiu Shuxue’s character.

Hmph.

No mistress is a good person.

She couldn’t understand. With a great future and three billion men in the world, why did she like to get involved with someone who was already taken or married?

Pfft.

Qiu Shuxue remembered and immediately wrote her a note. Since there was no ink pad, Luo Qingmeng found a red pen and told her to put some on her thumb and press down. Qiu Shuxue said she didn’t know how. Luo Qingmeng squatted beside her, holding her finger and applying the color. The tip of the pen drew circles on her fingertip. Qiu Shuxue kept looking into her eyes.

When everything was done, Luo Qingmeng took the note to the bedroom, then grabbed a book and sat on the tatami mat in the living room to read. After only forty minutes, she felt sleepy and lay down to sleep.

When she woke up again, Qiu Shuxue was still at her place, watching an English program. It was all in English with no translation. Qiu Shuxue had the volume turned very low. She asked, “Can you understand? Do you want me to translate for you?”

Luo Qingmeng couldn’t understand it. She only knew that two old men were arguing. Luo Qingmeng ignored her. After watching for a while, she got off the tatami mat and went to fold her clothes, then went to wipe the windows.

After busying herself, she went to the kitchen to heat up the seafood pot and then threw a handful of noodles into it. She wouldn’t cook dinner.

But after dinner, Qiu Shuxue still didn’t want to leave. She was full and started to act like a rascal. She seriously said to Luo Qingmeng, “Sister, didn’t you buy a lot of bedding? Can I sleep in it too?”

Luo Qingmeng said, “But I bought it for myself, not for you.”

Qiu Shuxue said, “But we agreed to only buy groceries. I ate half of the groceries, and the rest are yours. I’ll sleep in half of the bedding, and the rest will be yours.”

Luo Qingmeng thought it made a little sense, but something felt off. Did people with high education and smart brains think differently?

Lying in bed that night, Luo Qingmeng was still thinking about this problem. She curled up in her blanket and started thinking about that “moonlight” and “kiss” again. She even thought a little more. She wondered what kind of movies Qiu Shuxue watched and why she liked to be in the kitchen like that. It was the first time someone had told her cooking was sexy… There was something else in between, and now she regretted it. When Qiu Shuxue was kissing her in the kitchen, she whispered in her ear, “Sister, I want to give you…” She didn’t hear it clearly and shrunk back, directly refusing. She was a little scared…

Qiu Shuxue walked in. Luo Qingmeng’s whole body trembled when she heard the sound. She immediately jumped out from under the covers and propped herself up on her arms, scolding the person at the door. “Even if I let you sleep in half of it, you should go to the next room. What are you trying to do again?”

“I’m here to get this.” Qiu Shuxue had her phone screen on. She opened Luo Qingmeng’s nightstand drawer. Inside was a box of finger cots. Luo Qingmeng didn’t actually know what they were for, but she saw Qiu Shuxue’s fingers, which were slender and very flexible, and she remembered what had happened on the sofa that day.

Qiu Shuxue took the box and sat on the edge of her bed. The light from her phone screen dimmed, leaving only a little moonlight from outside the window. She was tearing open the package blindly. There was the sound of plastic tearing. She said, “Sister, you’ll use half of these, and I’ll use half of them too…”