Kicked Back to a Rich Family by the Real Eldest Daughter - Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Seriously, what was she thinking? Xie Xiangyi had just gotten back; even if she wanted to get intimate, she didn’t need to be so impatient.
Was she really that desperate?
Tang Jinzhi’s lips pulled into a fake smile. “Yes, yes, you’re so smart. What else would we do in the room?”
Tang Jinzhi, being sarcastic, didn’t even bother to explain and just went along with what Zhang Yueqi said.
But apparently, the other two people in the room didn’t catch her sarcasm.
Zhang Yueqi’s face immediately broke into a big smile. “Wow!”
Xie Xiangyi subconsciously took a half step back, her breathing slowing down a beat.
Her already tired mind didn’t have the energy to analyze Tang Jinzhi’s tone. She just took what she said at face value.
Tang Jinzhi was so annoyed she wanted to grind her teeth.
She closed her eyes and said to Zhang Yueqi, who was still standing there, “So, could you be a little more perceptive?”
“Got it.” Zhang Yueqi grinned, then turned and went back to the living room.
It took Tang Jinzhi a bit of effort to pull Xie Xiangyi back to the room.
She stood with her arms crossed, looking at Xie Xiangyi, who was still standing at the door and unwilling to enter. Her eyes twitched. She took a deep breath and said helplessly, “Come in.”
Xie Xiangyi leaned on the door frame, a bit of wariness on her face. She didn’t dare to move.
Tang Jinzhi: “Hmm?”
Xie Xiangyi clutched the door frame tightly, her knuckles turning white. She looked at Tang Jinzhi with a complicated expression, her face extremely unnatural.
“Is this… is this too fast?”
Xie Xiangyi’s voice, which lacked confidence, became quieter with the last two words. Her gaze shifted directly from Tang Jinzhi’s face, her eyes lowered, not knowing where to look.
She could only barely manage to sleep in the same room with Tang Jinzhi right now…
Tang Jinzhi narrowed her eyes, a meaningful smile playing on her lips.
If Xie Xiangyi dared to look at her at this moment, she would definitely see the obvious mischief on her face.
“Too fast? But I don’t think it’s fast at all.”
Tang Jinzhi’s face lit up with a smile. She took a step closer to Xie Xiangyi.
Xie Xiangyi’s throat tightened. Her fingers gripping the door frame were so tight they were white, and her breathing became erratic due to Tang Jinzhi’s proximity.
Facing the tense Xie Xiangyi, Tang Jinzhi put her hands behind her back, her smile innocent.
She stood with her hands behind her, staring at Xie Xiangyi, leaning forward slightly, and bringing her face a little closer.
Seeing the face magnified in front of her, Xie Xiangyi closed her eyes and turned her head, not daring to face Tang Jinzhi directly. Her heart was pounding with nervousness.
She couldn’t handle Tang Jinzhi’s deliberate teasing at all.
Tang Jinzhi didn’t get any closer for some reason. She stared at Xie Xiangyi’s reddening ears, lost in thought.
She just realized that Xie Xiangyi was so easy to tease.
And very cute.
A bunch of random thoughts popped into Tang Jinzhi’s head.
Her breathing became a little heavier. Her gaze slowly moved away from the ripe red earlobe, her eyes firmly fixed on Xie Xiangyi’s gradually reddening cheeks.
Tang Jinzhi bit her lip hard, trying to suppress her mischievous thoughts so she wouldn’t lose control.
Xie Xiangyi like this really made people want to do something wrong.
Tang Jinzhi bit the tip of her tongue hard. The pain brought her back to her senses.
She suddenly leaned back, closed her eyes, stood up straight, and took a step back, constantly repeating the words “don’t be lecherous” in her mind, brainwashing herself frantically.
In just a few short seconds, not only was it difficult for Xie Xiangyi, but Tang Jinzhi almost got herself into trouble.
Noticing Tang Jinzhi’s backward movement, Xie Xiangyi was stunned. She turned her head and looked over, and saw Tang Jinzhi with her eyes closed, not saying a word.
Was she… angry?
Xie Xiangyi pursed her lips. Her heart became even more complicated and confused.
After Tang Jinzhi managed to get herself together, she was about to open her eyes and pat her face when she was unexpectedly hugged.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and her tense body froze instantly.
Xie Xiangyi’s loose hair brushed against her cheek.
Xie Xiangyi was hugging her.
Tang Jinzhi was so stunned she didn’t dare to move.
Xie Xiangyi let out a light breath and explained softly, “For now, this is the most I can do.”
She was very nervous before taking this step, but after taking it, the worry in her heart also subsided a little. She gradually took control and tried to explain to Tang Jinzhi.
Her tone was gentle as she discussed with Tang Jinzhi, “Can you give me some time to adapt?”
Tang Jinzhi’s mind went blank for a moment, and she almost agreed.
“Wait, wait.” Tang Jinzhi’s thoughts returned. She felt that she had overplayed her hand and couldn’t explain it clearly. “No, that… you…”
Xie Xiangyi patted Tang Jinzhi’s back. “I know you might have been teasing me on purpose, or maybe you were testing me, but this is really all I can do.”
She didn’t think that Tang Jinzhi had developed feelings for her in just half a month. It was just that what happened today misled her into thinking that way.
And, Xie Xiangyi didn’t think Tang Jinzhi was just teasing her just now.
Tang Jinzhi fell silent. She really just had a sudden whim.
But she didn’t dare to explain it that way.
It was too embarrassing that she was almost fooled just now.
Tang Jinzhi was being held and didn’t dare to move. Afraid of offending Xie Xiangyi, she even breathed lightly.
“You don’t have to force yourself to adapt.”
Tang Jinzhi whispered. Before Xie Xiangyi could ask, she continued, “If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. There’s no need to make things difficult for yourself. Besides…”
Tang Jinzhi paused, and then whispered, “Have you ever thought that we could get a divorce later?”
There was a hint of a test in this sentence. Tang Jinzhi really wanted to know Xie Xiangyi’s attitude toward this.
Xie Xiangyi was stunned. Her hands around Tang Jinzhi finally let go. The redness on her face had faded.
“Divorce?”
Xie Xiangyi suddenly let out a soft laugh and looked at the whimsical Tang Jinzhi. “We can’t easily get a divorce.”
Tang Jinzhi’s thoughts stalled for a moment, and she quickly understood. They were in a marriage alliance, not an ordinary arranged marriage between two families just trying to make it work.
So Xie Xiangyi had never considered the possibility of divorce.
She really was…
Tang Jinzhi’s expression was complicated.
“Are you just going to go with the flow? Not struggle at all?”
Xie Xiangyi’s expression was unchanged. She didn’t really care. “There’s no point in struggling.”
Tang Jinzhi frowned. “What if you weren’t marrying me right now, would you still have the same plan? Slowly adapting?”
Xie Xiangyi’s eyes flickered slightly. Her gaze lingered on Tang Jinzhi’s face. After two seconds of silence, she replied, “I’m not that stupid. I would also look at a person’s character. It would depend on the person.”
Tang Jinzhi was inexplicably comforted. She felt a little better, but she still let out a snort, and retorted, “Isn’t it too late to look at a person’s character after you get married?”
It was a good thing her character was good.
If she had met someone who was also lusting after Xie Xiangyi’s beauty…
Tang Jinzhi’s brows furrowed just thinking about it.
It was truly unsettling.
Thinking of something, Tang Jinzhi asked again, “What if your marriage partner was a man? Would you accept it too?”
Tang Jinzhi felt a surge of anger at the thought of this possibility.
Probably because they had gotten their marriage certificate, her possessiveness toward Xie Xiangyi was completely out of control at this moment.
Xie Xiangyi chuckled softly: “You forgot you have amnesia. The day we met, I told you that you weren’t the only candidate for a marriage alliance with me. They would respect my wishes in this regard. I have the right to choose.”
Tang Jinzhi was stunned for a long time. Okay, okay, as expected, among all the rich families in the world, the fake heiress was the most miserable. She didn’t get to choose!
Tang Jinzhi was not convinced.
She became serious: “Then why did you choose me?”
Xie Xiangyi’s eyes flickered. She didn’t really want to say.
Tang Jinzhi narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing her, and asked in a teasing manner, “Are you secretly in love with me?”
Xie Xiangyi’s breath caught in her throat. She gave Tang Jinzhi an annoyed look and simply admitted her superficiality. Her words came out very quickly: “You were the best-looking one.”
And the most narcissistic.
Tang Jinzhi crossed her arms and said something even more narcissistic: “So you fell in love with me at first sight when you saw my picture!”
Tang Jinzhi did it on purpose.
She was really starting to enjoy teasing Xie Xiangyi. Every time she said something, the other person would react.
In just a few minutes, Xie Xiangyi’s expressions were incredibly rich and colorful.
Xie Xiangyi said with a difficult expression: “You’re really…”
Tang Jinzhi raised her eyebrows: “What am I?”
Xie Xiangyi: “Shameless.”
See? She even made Xie Xiangyi curse.
As expected, everyone had a limit to their patience.
Tang Jinzhi didn’t believe that Xie Xiangyi could be indifferent to everything.
“I’m going to take a shower.” Xie Xiangyi didn’t want to talk about this topic anymore. She was worried that Tang Jinzhi would say something even more shameless later.
For some reason, everyone around her was so unreliable.
Xie Xiangyi was very helpless.
Watching Xie Xiangyi enter the bathroom, Tang Jinzhi let out a long breath. Her slightly tense body relaxed.
She was far from as calm as she appeared.
Remembering the sudden hug from Xie Xiangyi, Tang Jinzhi’s heart was still pounding. She had been hugged.
After getting herself together, she walked to the bathroom door and knocked.
“Xie Xiangyi, remember not to brush your teeth yet. Come out and eat something when the takeout arrives later.”
Xie Xiangyi, who was about to turn on the shower, stopped. She thought for a moment and replied, “Got it.”
Soon, she heard Tang Jinzhi say, “Oh, right, I called you back to the room because I had something to discuss with you.”
Xie Xiangyi looked at the bathroom, then at herself, who was already undressed. Her eyelids twitched.
Why couldn’t Tang Jinzhi just wait until she was dead to say this?
Xie Xiangyi took a deep breath. “What is it?”
Tang Jinzhi gave a light cough and asked, “I heard Zhang Yueqi say that she’s been your little follower since she was a child, and her mom often listens to you and beats her.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Xiangyi, who had put on her bathrobe, opened the bathroom door.
“Hey!”
Tang Jinzhi gasped in surprise. Her body, which was leaning against the door, swayed, and she almost fell. Luckily, she grabbed the door frame.
Xie Xiangyi reached out to help her, but then pulled her hand back.
She replied, “Her mom beats her because she did something wrong.”
Tang Jinzhi blinked: “The point I’m asking is, if you make some suggestions to her mom, would her mom consider them?”
Xie Xiangyi looked at her, her voice calm: “She wouldn’t consider them.”
The smile on Tang Jinzhi’s face was about to fall, when she heard Xie Xiangyi add, “She would agree directly.”
Tang Jinzhi smiled, her smile extremely wicked.
Xie Xiangyi finally asked, “What do you want to do?”
Tang Jinzhi’s smile gradually became perverted. “Don’t you think the little follower is too free? Can you ask her mom to cut off her allowance? I want her to work for me.”
“The kind where she doesn’t get paid.”