After Cao Yang finished speaking, he clamped Xia Rou's hands and held her in his arms. He pressed his lips against her ear, comforting her in a low voice.
Xia Rou gradually calmed down...
Leaning softly against him, grunting twice, she burrowed into his arms, and put her hands into his coat.
There were still tears in the corner of the eye. With a sway of the body, it slid down the face, leaving a shallow mark on the fair cheek.
Cao Yang stared quietly in the dark for a moment, and wiped away the tear stain with his thumb.
Then closed his eyes.
When the car drove to the door of the house, Xiao Yang called him two or three times before he opened his eyes.
Unlike those brats who poured down as soon as they drank, those of them drank strong alcohol, which had a strong aftertaste.
"Do you want me to come?" Xiao Yang asked while pawing on the car door.
Cao Yang closed his eyes, opened them again, and shook his head: "No need."
Xiao Yang stepped back, Cao Yang stepped out of the car with long legs, and carried Xia Rou out of the car.
The sudden chill made the person in his arms shiver.
Xiao Yang had already opened the door, and Cao Yang entered the building in a flash. He took the elevator up to the second floor, kicked open the door of Xia Rou's bedroom, and put her on his bed.
She wanted to get up and leave, but Xia Rou hugged her tightly, and even called out in a low voice: "Brother..."
Cao Yang was slightly taken aback.
Looking closely, she still had her eyes closed, frowning. Obviously drunk and not awake.
He wanted to break her hand away, but he heard her whisper: "Brother... don't... hate me..."
There were tears rolling out of the corner of the eye.
Why are you crying so much
Cao Yang couldn't help but soften in his heart.
"Okay, I don't hate you..." he whispered.
His arms stretched out from under her, and he hugged her into his arms again. Just hugging her like this, leaning against the head of the bed, half lying and half sitting.
He thought, calmed her down, and went back to his room...
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When I woke up suddenly, I didn't know how long I had been asleep. The room was still dark, and it was still night.
The drunkenness has not subsided, and the head is still dizzy.
He would wake up because the person in his arms writhed restlessly on his body...
"What's wrong?" He held her down.
"Water..." Xia Rou's voice was hoarse.
Cao Yang rubbed his temples, pushed her away, got up and poured a glass of water back.
Xia Rou wasn't awake at all, lying motionless on the bed.
Cao Yang's head was also dizzy, and he still had some pain. Sitting down on the edge of the bed, he helped her up and held her in his arms.
Seeing that she was not moving, she shook her: "Drink water..."
Xia Rou remained motionless.
Cao Yang had no choice but to hug her, brought the cup to her lips, and fed her a few sips.
Xia Rou was so confused that she seemed to open her eyes for a while, but when she saw that it was him, she closed them with confidence...
Clear water overflowed from the corner of her lips, flowed down her jaw, and slid down her neck...
In the dark, Cao Yang could see clearly.
He put the cup on the bedside table and slowly raised his hand.
The fingertips touched Xia Rou's lips... It looked like a petal, but it was as soft as a petal when touched...
Cao Yang's thumb gently caressed the tender lips...
Then, along the water marks on the corners of the lips, wipe it all the way... from the small jaw to the slender neck.
Xia Rou was in his arms, her head slightly tilted back. The soft, slender, and fragile neck was completely exposed to his eyes.
This is the undefended gesture of a woman.
The man stroked the slender neck with his strong hand, feeling that with a little force, he could take her life, or, without using force, he could also occupy her.
The arm around her suddenly tightened, and in the darkness, Cao Yang's breathing became disordered...
He hugged Xia Rou tightly, pressing her head against himself...
Until the heart calmed down, the body also calmed down.
He gently let go of Xia Rou and let her lie down peacefully.
He stood up and looked at her quietly for a while in the dark.
Pull the covers on her.
He turned around and picked up the coat on the ground, closed the door and left.
The next day, Xia Rou got up with a splitting headache, and saw a face as pale as a female ghost in the bathroom mirror.
The throat is dry and sore, and I feel nauseous. It took me a long time to retch on the water table before I got better.
He was still wearing yesterday's clothes, and smelled it, and it seemed to still smell of smoke. Quickly took off and took a hot shower.
When he appeared in the restaurant, he felt much refreshed, but his face was still pale.
"Good morning, second brother... Fourth brother... early..."
After saying hello feebly, Xia Rou slapped her face on the table.
"Good morning, Zhenzi." Cao Bin said with a smile.
Cao An laughed with a "chi" and poked her head: "What's the matter?"
"Where's the third brother?" Xia Rou was as angry as a silk.
"Go skiing. Are you dying?" Cao An said.
"It's not far away..." Xia Rou really felt that she was about to die, moaning in pain: "My head hurts..."
"Have you been drinking?" Cao An was surprised, "Brother is here, but you are actually asked to drink?"
"It's because the eldest brother is here that I can drink it..." Xia Rou explained weakly.
When Cao An thought about it, it was true. If no one is watching, no one can rest assured that she is drinking outside alone.
Cao Bin has already dialed the inside line on the wall to the kitchen: "Master Zheng, do you still have hangover soup? We have a little drunk here..."
Cao An lifted the cover of the dinner plate on the table, served Xia Rou with a bowl of porridge: "Warm your stomach first."
Xia Rou took two sips from the spoon and asked, "Where's big brother?"
"You look like you when you are the eldest brother? The eldest brother got up earlier than us. We have already finished our meal." Cao An said, "I don't know what to watch in the audio-visual room."
"Oh..." Xia Rou didn't care.
Cao Yang was alone in the audio-visual room watching the surveillance video of last night's party. Xiao Yang rushed back last night to get the monitoring out, and gave it to him early this morning.
At the party, Xia Rou stayed with those younger ones all the time, and she didn't move much, so it was easy to find. Seeing that she hadn't left the private room for the whole match, Cao Yang felt relieved.
He noticed a detail while watching. Not long after they arrived at the party, after Xia Rou greeted someone, she seemed to suddenly become stiff. He adjusted the progress there again, zoomed in, and saw through a profile that the person was Hu Chen.
Although Hu Chen is lustful, he is a sensible person who knows how to measure. Cao Yang is assured of him.
He zoomed in on that paragraph carefully, and found that when Xia Rou first saw Hu Chen, she was still smiling and saying hello. Her complexion changed suddenly after Hu Chen approached her. Cao Yang looked carefully twice, and found... following Hu Chen's body shaking, Xia Rou...should have seen the person behind Hu Chen.
He fast-forwarded and found the front shot of the man in the back shot. He is a very handsome young man, he seems to have seen it around Hu Chen
He called Hu Chen.
"Brother Yang?" Hu Chen's voice was still a little hoarse, apparently he hadn't woken up yet. I don't know when yesterday's wave will end.
"Yesterday there was a young man who was by your side all the time. He looks good. Who is he?" Cao Yang asked.
Hu Chen let out a long "um..." sound, as if his mind hadn't fully come to his senses, and he was a little dull. It took a few seconds to answer: "Oh, Xiaoliang?"
Beam...
Brother, Liang Zihuan is an asshole!
Cao Yang's tone remained unchanged: "Who is he?"
Hu Chen didn't know why Cao Yang was suddenly interested in Liang Zihuan, but it was unusual for him to call and ask so early in the morning. Pushing away the woman who was pestering him, he rubbed his eyes and sat up.
After thinking about it, he replied: "His name is Liang Zihuan, and his family works in engineering. His mother passed away two years ago, and his father remarried last year. The stepmother and my mother who married him are considered distant cousins. The blood relationship is basically gone. The kind. But people will come and run to our house frequently.”
"Brother Yang, what's wrong with him?" He asked.
"It's nothing. Help me find out about him," Cao Yang said, "See what's going on between him and our family Xiaorou?"
Hu Chen was a little surprised, he didn't expect it to be about Xia Rou. His mind quickly flashed through last night, Xia Rou's expression suddenly changed after seeing Liang Zihuan.
That look and that look clearly seemed... as if he saw an enemy.
"Okay. Leave it to me." He immediately agreed.
Hu Chen gave Cao Yang an answer the next day.
"Xiaoliang saw Xiaorou for the first time the day before yesterday, and he had never seen him before. He was amazing and thought our Xiaorou was beautiful. Apart from that, there was nothing else." Hu Chen said.
"that's it?"
"That's all." Hu Chen was very sure.
Hu Chen is a fine individual, Cao Yang is very relieved of his ability to handle affairs. He said that's all, then there should be nothing else.
"But..." Hu Chen hesitated.
"What?"
"Xiao Rou...does she know Xiao Liang? I looked at her the day before yesterday, and it seemed that she was not seeing Xiao Liang for the first time. It seemed that there was something wrong with her, and she didn't like Xiao Liang very much." Hu Chen told truthfully Cao Yang.
"... Got it." Cao Yang said, "Thanks."
After hanging up the phone, Hu Chen glanced at the screen and picked up the phone.
There was one more thing he didn't tell Cao Yang. When he told Liang Zihuan about Xia Rou, Liang Zihuan was very interested and questioned Xia Rou.
Knowing that she was only seventeen years old and still a sophomore in high school, she showed obvious disappointment.
The heart is quite big! Probably because Xia Rou's surname is not Cao after all.
Hu Chen knew that Liang Zihuan was the only son of the Liang family. Over the past few years, Liang's father has gradually let him try to manage the family business.
Although Hu Chen didn't pay much attention to the Liang family's family business, he still liked Liang Zihuan's spirit of working hard.
Xia Rou...
Xia Rou is quite likable. It's a pity that the surname is not Cao.
Hu Chen remembered that this morning when his brother on the other side of the world was talking to him via video, he asked about Xia Rou.
At such a young age, he can seduce people...
If the Cao family could really keep raising her as a daughter, then even if her surname was not Cao, Liang Zihuan would not be able to climb high. The silly brother of their family can think about it.
but…
He thought of the party the night before yesterday, when Xia Rou was seen twisting her waist to the music on the dance floor. That waist that is not enough to hold...
He lit a cigarette and took two puffs. The corners of his lips couldn't help but pull out an inexplicable smile.
Prince Cao... so thin waist...
When Cao Yang talked with Hu Chen on the phone, he was still outside, and he returned home at night.
Looking at Xia Rou again during dinner, she has returned to her usual state. The cheeks are white and pink, and the skin is radiant. His eyes are crooked when he smiles, revealing a mouthful of small white teeth.
With her there, the atmosphere at the dinner table was much more relaxed and pleasant.
She added a bit of vitality to this family.
While eating, he looked at it calmly. In Xiarou's eyes, I can only see the softness and calmness, the relief that the holidays are finally coming after the heavy study is over.
I couldn't see the sadness that night when I was crying hoarsely while clutching his clothes.
It's not pretending.
Cao Yang could tell that her peacefulness at the moment and her sadness at that time were all expressions of true emotion.
After dinner, he said to Xia Rou, "come to my study."