"Hoo..."
Unconsciously, Wan Yunting, who had been writing his thesis for over an hour, put down his pen, picked up a few drafts, and leaned back in his chair to carefully ponder. He even lit a cigarette and checked his thesis, which was only half finished.
As Zhang Wenxia's skin laxity had not completely recovered, Wan Yunting had not finished writing his thesis. He placed the written drafts on top of some economics books on the desk. Glancing at his phone, it was already 12:30. He swiped open the screen and looked at Fang Yanxi's avatar on WeChat. She hadn't sent him any messages...
Wan Yunting raised his eyebrows slightly, smoking his cigarette and slowly exhaling the smoke that diffused into the air. He thought about Fang Yanxi's decision to temporarily separate that night, which had made him feel very uncomfortable for the past two days...
"Hoo..."
He exhaled the last puff of smoke and extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray. He really couldn't think of what to say or how to message Fang Yanxi.
Because he understood women too well, especially with her stubborn personality. Once a decision was made, it was hard to change her mind. He knew Fang Yanxi was forcing him to make a choice!
Wan Yunting put away his phone, sighed softly, and stood up. He turned off the light in the study and walked out. He could still hear sounds coming from the cinema room on the second basement floor. Clearly, Lu Xiaodie, who was watching a movie downstairs, hadn't closed the door properly, and the sound was drifting out. It was likely disturbing Aunt Lan's rest, and she surely wouldn't dare to say anything.
Wan Yunting had no choice but to go down to the second basement floor, to the cinema room door. He saw Lu Xiaodie holding a glass of red wine, with two wine bottles already placed beside her. One was finished, and the other was half-empty. Her cheeks were flushed with a slightly enchanting blush, and she was completely engrossed in a foreign film on the screen. Wan Yunting hadn't seen it before and didn't know what movie it was, so he walked in...
"Ah, why are you here?"
Seeing Wan Yunting appear before her, Lu Xiaodie was startled. She had been too engrossed.
The cinema room was dark, with only the light from the screen. However, Wan Yunting could still clearly see Lu Xiaodie's flushed cheeks. He sat on the chair next to her and smiled, "Sister Lu, how much have you drunk? Are you not drunk?"
"Drunk? How could I get drunk on this little red wine? You know my tolerance."
Lu Xiaodie immediately nodded, glanced at him, and holding the remaining half bottle of wine, said, "Have some too. Watch a movie with me?"
"Alright, I just finished my thesis. I'll have a drink with you..."
Wan Yunting turned, reached out his big hand, and took out a wine glass from the cabinet where the wine glasses were kept. Lu Xiaodie took the wine bottle and poured him a drink, smiling, "What thesis are you writing? Aren't you cultivating with Shuyun?"
Wan Yunting's expression froze, and he immediately felt awkward. Lu Xiaodie, seeing his embarrassed look, chuckled and gave him a flirtatious glance, smiling, "I came downstairs earlier to get wine and watch a movie, and I heard your commotion on the second floor."
"...Alright."
Wan Yunting's gaze shifted to the movie screen, and he took a small sip of red wine. Beside him, Lu Xiaodie turned her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him askance. Wan Yunting also felt her gaze and turned to look at Lu Xiaodie, saying, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lu Xiaodie immediately leaned forward, resting her elbow on the armrest of the seat, her fists supporting her chin. Her beautiful eyes fixed on him, and a smile played on her lips, "Brother Wan, no wonder Luo Tang likes you, and Shuyun cultivates with you. Actually, when you look closely, you are quite handsome!"
Wan Yunting's expression was stunned. His gaze couldn't help but drift to Lu Xiaodie, who was leaning over. The white, luminous peaks of her cleavage beneath the deep V neckline of her nightgown flashed before his eyes. He quickly came to his senses and said rather unnaturally, "Isn't that obvious? This brother was a campus heartthrob back in college."
"Hehe, I believe that."
Lu Xiaodie nodded with a smile, then couldn't help but ask curiously, "But Brother, why are you cultivating with Shuyun? How many dual cultivation inner energy techniques do you know?"
Wan Yunting glanced at her and said, "Sister Lu, please don't look at me like that. It makes me sound like a lecherous thief."
"Hehe, aren't you?" Lu Xiaodie gave him a flirtatious glance and giggled incessantly.
"Alright."
Wan Yunting gave up resisting. After being disrupted by Li Shuyun, his image in Lu Xiaodie's eyes had completely collapsed. He said, "I only know two dual cultivation techniques: one is called the Yin-Yang Complementary Art, and the other is the Peerless Yin-Yang Technique I told you about. The reason Shuyun and I cultivate together is a long story..."
"Then tell me in detail..."
Lu Xiaodie used the remote control to lower the volume of the movie and then looked at Wan Yunting with keen interest, listening to him talk about cultivating with Li Shuyun...
Wan Yunting looked at her sparkling eyes and could only smile helplessly. He then briefly told Lu Xiaodie about how he went to Vietnam to investigate the drug dealer Gao Zhe, then traveled to Malaysia to meet Li Shuyun, then how he was injured, and finally how they cultivated together...
"So that's how it is..."
Lu Xiaodie put down her hand, leaned back in her chair, and turned her head, her beautiful eyes glancing sideways at Wan Yunting. "So, it was that girl Shuyun who actively wanted to cultivate with you and heal your injuries?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting nodded, turned to look at Lu Xiaodie, and smiled, "But that girl is a martial arts fanatic. After experiencing the rapid increase in cultivation power brought by dual cultivation, she now clings to me every day wanting to cultivate."
"Hehe..."
This made Lu Xiaodie burst into laughter, her body swaying as she flirtatiously glanced at Wan Yunting, smiling, "Serves you right. Who asked you to be pestered by her? When she latches onto you, let's see how you'll reconcile with your girlfriend."
"That won't happen."
Wan Yunting waved his hand and smiled, "Shuyun, although her thinking is eccentric, she doesn't have romantic feelings for me. In other words, in her eyes, I'm just a tool for practicing martial arts!"
"Haha..."
This time, Lu Xiaodie burst into laughter. Looking at Wan Yunting's pitiable and helpless, depressed expression, she pointed at him and laughed, "Brother, you're truly pitiful. A tool person, haha..."
Wan Yunting thought about it and shook his head, finding it amusing. After finishing the wine in his glass, he got up and fetched two more bottles of red wine. He continued to drink and watch the movie with Lu Xiaodie. She then asked, "But Brother, does this dual cultivation technique really increase the internal energy in the dantian so quickly?"
Wan Yunting nodded and said, "It is indeed faster than our normal method of meditating and absorbing the energy of heaven and earth. However, dual cultivation also has side effects!"
"What side effects?" Lu Xiaodie widened her eyes and asked curiously.
Wan Yunting turned to look at her and smiled, "Like Shuyun, becoming obsessed with it!"
Lu Xiaodie immediately gave him a big eye-roll and snorted, "Brother, don't you like it?"
"Hehe..."
Wan Yunting smiled sheepishly, which made Lu Xiaodie roll her eyes even more directly and snort, "I knew it. You men are all like this..."
Then, both of them shifted their gaze back to the big movie screen. At that moment, the male and female protagonists were passionately kissing, which made Lu Xiaodie and Wan Yunting's eyes widen...
One must know that foreign romantic films of this nature were very explicit. Lu Xiaodie's face turned flushed, her heart beat faster, and even her breathing became rapid. Her hands gripping the wine glass were tight, and she was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether to put it down or hold it, especially with a man sitting next to her...
Wan Yunting's eyes also widened slightly, staring blankly at the passionate scene between the male and female protagonists on the screen. He felt extremely awkward, and he could even clearly hear Lu Xiaodie's heartbeat and rapid breathing beside him. For a moment, neither of them dared to speak, their gazes awkwardly fixed on the screen...
"Why is it taking so long...!"
Lu Xiaodie's pretty face was flushed. Looking at the intense scene on the screen, which hadn't passed for two minutes, her restless heart felt like it was being roasted over a fire, and she kept praying for the scene to pass quickly...
The awkward atmosphere was too much for Wan Yunting. He finally couldn't help but turn his head and ask, "Sister Lu, where's the remote control..."
"Oh, the re... remote control... where's the remote control..."
When the man suddenly spoke, Lu Xiaodie also panicked. She searched around frantically...
Wan Yunting saw the remote control placed in the designated slot on the armrest of her chair on the right. He got up and leaned over, which immediately made Lu Xiaodie stiffen, hold her breath, and stare wide-eyed at Wan Yunting, who had suddenly leaned over. She screamed internally, "Oh my god, what... what is he going to do? Could it be... Should I agree..."
Wan Yunting's hand had already reached the remote control, but Lu Xiaodie's defensive and tense posture also made him freeze. He looked up at her, and their eyes met instantly. This made Lu Xiaodie's heart pound with excitement. A thought inexplicably popped into her head, filled with anticipation. She even involuntarily slowly closed her eyes...
Wan Yunting's expression was stunned. He looked at her with her eyes closed, her face flushed, not knowing if it was from drinking or shyness, but her face was full of anticipation, as if saying, "I'm ready, come on..."
The passionate sounds of the movie's protagonists still echoed in his ears. Wan Yunting, with alcohol in his system, also inexplicably leaned towards Lu Xiaodie's slightly trembling red lips and slowly kissed her...
Lu Xiaodie's body trembled with excitement, as if struck by electricity. She tensed up completely, her mind instantly going blank...