Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 308-309

Unfortunately, the person in his arms was struggling forcefully, trying to get down. He lowered his arms and said, "You should eat more, you are too light!"

Jiang Yao gave her dress a pat down, soothing the wrinkles and making sure that she looked presentable. As she was still angry, her chest heaved, accompanied by sporadic grunts and curses. Noticing Lu Xingzhi's gaze on her chest, she raised her hands trying to shield it.

Lu Xingzhi grinned, "Well, I have seen it before though."

"Shut up, Lu Xingzhi!" Jiang Yao was offended. What a thug!

"Still angry?" Lu Xingzhi stopped grinning, betrayed only by his smiling eyes.

"Well, what do you think?" Any lady would be mad getting carried into a men's restroom.

How embarrassing!

To the uninitiated, it might seem like they were trying to do something else.

Lu Xingzhi pulled his tie, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down. "I don't know."

A moment later, he asked, "What else did she say to you?"

The person in question was Chen Feitang. He had no intention of mentioning her name.

Jiang Yao rolled her eyes, "You heard everything. What are you asking? We did not get to talk much before you came and interrupted us."

Lu Xingzhi smiled faintly, "I don't like her, never did and never will. You should have faith in me. Or should I say, you should have faith in yourself."

Jiang Yao turned on the water tap and splashed her face with a handful of water. The cold water was soothing to the touch and calmed her mind down.

Such a sweet talker, who said that Lu Xingzhi was quiet and unemotional?

"I know you have no feelings for her." Jiang Yao was very sure of this fact.

Lu Xingzhi was a straightforward character. The things that he wanted; he would get it no matter the cost.

Even if one day, the entire world told Jiang Yao that Lu Xingzhi caught feelings for somebody else, she would never believe it unless he admitted to it himself.

A person who could stand the intense loneliness and suffering for eleven whole years! Jiang Yao strongly believed that these feelings would not fade away easily.

Back then, she spent eleven years unsuccessfully trying to discourage him and force him to lose his love for her. Now, with her by his side, Lu Xingzhi would never love someone else the way he did for Jiang Yao.

"Then why are you still angry?" Lu Xingzhi asked.

"Can't I be angry still?" Jiang Yao sighed. "I am mad because I was praising my love rival, like an idiot! Seeing another woman trying to pry you away from me, how can I stay calm?"

She looked at the mirror and saw the reflection of the person standing beside her suddenly smiling. Startled, she lost her focus momentarily.

Lu Xingzhi looked really good when he was smiling, Jiang Yao realized. It softened his apathetic face and added some gentleness to it.

The man in the mirror walked closer and wrapped his arms around Jiang Yao's waist, resting his chin on her shoulder. Without saying anything, he gave her a peck on her lower jaw.

"I don't see a love rival here," Lu Xingzhi said nonchalantly. "I have no feelings for her at all."

He lifted his head and turned her around, facing him.

At that moment, he had the sudden urge to kiss her. To which he did.

He was the happiest guy on Earth right now.

His big brother, Liang Yueze, got to finally marry his longtime sweetheart. The woman who ignored him for an entire year felt jealous and got mad at another woman's advances on himself.

Lu Xingzhi liked Jiang Yao's temperament, or rather, he wanted her to keep at it.

They both needed each other, that was how deeply connected they were in the relationship.

His kiss came unexpectedly.

Neither gentile nor forceful, his lips connected with hers. He sucked on it, trying to suffocate her with his passion.

Instinctively, Jiang Yao responded. For the past month, the increasingly frequent intimacy they shared allowed her to react accordingly.

She never told him how much she liked kissing him, seeing only herself in those sharp and bright eyes of his.

In the military, Lu Xingzhi belonged to his platoon. But when he kissed her, he belonged only to her.

Back at the banquet hall, seeing Lu Xingzhi and Jiang Yao leave through the side door, Liang Yueze called for Yannie, wanting to know what happened.

After hearing that Chen Feitang managed to talk to Jiang Yao one-on-one, and that both Jiang Yao and Lu Xingzhi left the hall right after, Liang Yueze could no longer hide his irritation.

"Chen Feitang, right?" Luo Ruoran stirred her glass of fruit wine and chuckled. "That lady is a character; do you think Jiang Yao can prevail?"

"I don't know what that lady told Jiang Yao. All I know is that she looked angry when Brother Lu led her out of the hall. I hope they don't start quarreling." Zhou Weiqi looked at Chen Feitang, who had her back turned against them, with fury in his eyes. Why did she go and talk to Jiang Yao then?

If they started fighting here at the wedding, the whole issue would spiral out of control, ruining everybody's night.

"Should I go look for them?" Gu Haoyu, who had the least interaction with Jiang Yao, offered his help.

"No." Liang Yueze stopped him. "Let us not interfere in a married couple's quarrel."

He then called out to Luo Ruoran, who was winking and making faces at Gu Haoyu, to make a toast with the rest of the wedding guests.

Gu Haoyu was probably the person with the best temper among the brothers. He was never seen in anger, always calm and collected, just like a breeze in a hot summer's day.