Chapter 41: The Rival Always Wants to Taste Him Again [41]

Chapter 41: The Rival Can't Stop Wanting to Taste Him "41"

"Don't waste it, Ye Kitty."

Shi Mo's voice was a little husky, obviously dripping with playful teasing.

Ye Qi jerked back to reality, his heart pounding like crazy, the soft feel of it still lingering on his fingertips.

He couldn't help but swallow hard. "A Mo, why have you been so into messing with me lately?"

Shi Mo had been way too forward lately, so it took him a minute to get used to it.

Sometimes he'd even get this weird, unexplained panic, like this guy might up and leave him.

To the point where every time he woke up, he'd have to check if Shi Mo was still there next to him.

Only when he felt the warmth of Shi Mo's body would he finally breathe easy.

"What's wrong with me being more forward? Or... do you not like it?"

Shi Mo let out a slow, soft chuckle.

Ye Qi didn't have the energy to overthink it right then, just gave a helpless little smile.

"Of course not. It's just... it's so good, I love it so much... it feels almost unreal. A Mo, sometimes I seriously feel like I'm dreaming."

Ye Qi whispered softly, reaching out to pull Shi Mo closer by the waist, drawing him in toward himself.

He dipped his head, pressing his forehead to Shi Mo's, and finally pressed a kiss to his lips...

Shi Mo let out a little snicker. "Oh, really? Are you this sweet to me in your dreams too?"

Like he didn't know what this guy had been dreaming about last night.

In that crazy dream last night,

Ye Qi had dressed him up like a tasty cake right here in this very spot, then eaten him up bite by bite...

Dream Ye Qi was wild and over the top, but in real life, he was acting all innocent.

Ye Qi probably thought of last night's dream too, his body tensing up for a split second.

But he figured there was no way Shi Mo knew what he'd dreamed, so he still answered super calmly:

"Of course."

Hearing this, Shi Mo reached up and placed a hand on Ye Qi's chest, giving him a gentle push back, looking at him with a sly, knowing smile.

"Oh, really?"

"Of course it's true."

"Huh... I thought you'd be rough with me in your dreams."

Shi Mo caught the flash of guilt in Ye Qi's eyes, his smile growing wider.

Ye Qi only felt a split second of guilt, but then said firmly: "I wouldn't. A Mo, I'd never be mean to you."

Ye Qi wasn't lying there.

He'd fought so hard to get this far with Shi Mo, and he loved how things were right now—how could he ever be mean to Shi Mo?

What made him feel guilty were his dreams, which were getting crazier and crazier.

But then he figured, they were just dreams.

Sure, he did want to do those things to Shi Mo, but if Shi Mo wasn't into it, he wouldn't push it.

It couldn't hurt to just dream about it.

Besides, how was that being mean?

That was just... kinky fun...

Ye Qi managed to convince himself, and the last bit of guilt disappeared without a trace.

Shi Mo just smiled at him, watching, seeing right through him almost instantly, but didn't plan on calling him out on it.

"Okay, keep making those little cakes. I can't wait to eat them."

Ye Qi was quiet for a few seconds, then nodded slowly, and went back to making the cakes, though he couldn't help feeling a little let down.

Shi Mo had been so forward just now—he'd thought maybe...

Guess he'd been reading too much into it.

The two of them were getting along great, and nothing from the outside world bothered them one bit.

The parents from all three families were scheming and competing against each other, none of them backing down. When they met, it was all snide remarks and open digs, the thin veneer of civility they'd managed to keep up was now completely shredded.

But the Shi and Ye families were clearly starting to team up, which put the Lin family at a big disadvantage.

The only thing saving their reputation was Lin Ran's earlier comments; otherwise, after all this back-and-forth, they'd have crumbled long ago.

Lin's father, since he'd met Yun Mujin before, had wanted to get the Yun family to cooperate and help out, even trying to set up a business marriage between Yun Mujin and Lin Ran in exchange for a big influx of cash.

Lin Ran had said no at first, saying Shi Mo was the only one he liked.

He figured the Shi family teaming up with the Ye family was all Shi's dad's doing, and didn't mean Shi Mo felt that way.

But after hearing nothing back from Shi Mo, and his dad breaking it all down for him, he started to cave.

Right when he agreed to his dad's plan for a business marriage with the Yun family and was getting ready to reach out to Yun Mujin—

Yun Mujin, who was suddenly sought out, was absolutely horrified.

She'd already wrapped up her business.

The only reason she was still in the country was that such a huge mess had gone down, and she wanted to stay close and watch the drama unfold.

But she never thought the drama would end up involving her!

She was all for watching the drama, but being the drama herself? Hell no!

She immediately called her parents up, explained what was going on back home, and told them to forget about marrying her off to Lin Ran.

Then she grabbed a plane and got the hell out of there that night!

Before she bolted, she even texted Shi Mo, telling them she'd keep an eye on things.

Tell them to make sure they let her know the moment there's any new gossip.

Even though she's not in the country, she has to be front and center for the tea!

Besides that, Yun Mujin also made sure to text Ye Qi, telling him she wouldn't be going back to the Yun family anytime soon to dodge getting dragged back into an arranged marriage.

But if they got together, they had to send her an invite, no exceptions.

Ye Qi went quiet, listening to the tearful voice message from Yun Mujin.

Yun Mujin: "Wahhh~ If you two get married, make sure to send me an invite! I'm dying to try your wedding sweets!"

Ye Qi lowered his eyes and listened to the voice message again, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth without him meaning to.

Mm.

Marriage, wedding sweets.

Yeah, that was definitely something he should be thinking about right now.

Once this matter was resolved, the custom rings he'd ordered should be just about done, and then he would propose to Shi Mo.

As for the voice messages his dad had sent this year, Ye Qi didn't even have to open them to know they were all about chewing him out.

I mean, if he and Shi Mo were out on a date and got called back to deal with work, he'd be pissed too.

But what could he do? It wasn't him and Shi Mo getting interrupted this time.

Ye Qi thought this to himself, yet he still texted his dad back, saying he was doing all this to win someone over, and even sent a pic of Shi Mo.

Ye Fu, who'd been ready to keep ripping into him for finally daring to reply, swallowed his words after seeing that last message.

Ye Fu glanced at Shi Fu, who was sitting across from him and had just been singing Shi Mo's praises.

Then he looked at the photo Ye Qi had sent and fell silent.

"So you really went and snagged old Shi's kid, huh?"

Ye Qi: "Yeah, I'm one step away from popping the question, so I'm gonna need you to cut me some slack for a while."

Ye Fu took a deep breath, looked back up at Shi Fu across from him, and plastered on a smile:

"Hahaha... You're totally right, that kid A Mo is seriously impressive! Way better than my good-for-nothing son!"

"My brat of a son can't even hold a candle to A Mo!"

Shi Fu looked at Ye Fu with some confusion.

He didn't get why the guy who'd just been going back and forth with him about whose kid was better would suddenly start agreeing with everything.

But since it was praise for his own kid, he smiled and took it, sounding pretty proud:

"Of course! If you ask me, you should have Xiao Qi take a few lessons from my A Mo, then he wouldn't have gotten dragged through the mud by certain people."

Ye Fu looked at Shi Fu, who had no clue what was really going on, and nodded with a huge grin.

"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you're totally right. I'll definitely make sure that little shit learns from A Mo."

As he spoke, Ye Fu urged Ye Qi to keep it up and get that person to the courthouse for the marriage certificate as soon as possible.

He couldn't wait to put the whole world on mute and just listen to his old buddy completely lose it.