Chapter 47: Birthday Wish

After the staff brought in the cake and left, Guan Xi looked at the almost extinguished candles next to her, silent for a moment.

Jiang Suizhou waited for a while, seeing that she didn’t speak, joked, “Too many wishes? Do you need a piece of paper to list them?”

Ignoring him, Guan Xi directly blew out the candles. Jiang Suizhou raised an eyebrow slightly.

“I’ve made my wish.” Guan Xi turned to look at him.

Jiang Suizhou nodded, with an expression that seemed to say, “Listen, I want to see what rare thing you want.”

Guan Xi beckoned him to come over, “Come here, I’ll tell you.”

Jiang Suizhou also cooperated, getting up and walking over, “Tell me.”

Guan Xi pointed to the nearby large balcony, “My wish is for Jiang Suizhou to stand there and shout, ‘I love Guan Xi the most, the very, very most.’”

“…”

“It must be very, very passionately.”

Jiang Suizhou lowered his gaze and looked at her. “Have you been watching some melodramatic TV dramas lately?”

“Not at all.”

Guan Xi stood up, pulling him towards the balcony. After she opened the French windows, the hot night wind swept in. Guan Xi leaned against the railing, a smile playing on her lips. “My wish is so simple, yet it can’t be fulfilled.”

Jiang Suizhou remained silent in the breeze for a moment, then turned to walk back inside. “Probably can’t be fulfilled.”

“Eh, eh, eh—” Guan Xi suddenly grabbed his wrist. “Jiang Suizhou, you are being unfair! You just said any wish is fine!”

Jiang Suizhou decided to be stubborn. Initially, he thought she wanted something hard to find, but unexpectedly, she presented him with the most challenging scenario from an idol drama.

Jiang Suizhou: “You can make a wish, but I didn’t say I would make it come true for you.”

Guan Xi blinked, slightly stunned. “Then why did you ask me in the first place?”

Jiang Suizhou: “I just wanted to hear what you would say.”

“Okay, fine! You said you liked me so much, but it’s all a lie. Wishes are just for listening…” Guan Xi started to act pitifully, feigning sobs. She looked into the distance and said, “Jiang Suizhou, you don’t love me.”

Jiang Suizhou watched her performance, and as he watched, he found it a bit hard to resist her seemingly genuine grievances.

He pulled her into his arms and said softly, “Okay, if you stop teasing me, stop mentioning breaking up, I can do that.”

Guan Xi’s eyes brightened. “Deal.”

The hot wind of the city permeated every corner. Standing on the balcony for just a short while, they both had a thin layer of sweat. But at this moment, Guan Xi felt no trace of annoyance. In that brief moment just now, she couldn’t think of any specific wish. Looking at Jiang Suizhou, a sudden thought popped into her mind: she wanted him to love her a little more, and then a lot more…

But, she didn’t really expect Jiang Suizhou to say cheesy words like that. It’s not that he wasn’t sincere, but his personality made it scarier for him to express his love in such an idol drama manner.

She just wanted to tease him a bit. After all, tormenting Jiang Suizhou was also one of the joys of her life.

“Can’t say it?” Guan Xi rested one hand on the railing, smiling as she looked at him.

The light spilled through the floor-to-ceiling glass behind them. Jiang Suizhou stood in the light, half of his face bathed in its glow, accentuating his increasingly smooth and fair skin. Second Dog is really handsome, and his skin is so good, fair and tender…

Admiring his looks, Guan Xi suddenly didn’t want to tease him anymore. After a moment of thought, she said, “Alright, alright. I thought of another one. I told you, my wish is—”

Jiang Suizhou: “I love Guan Xi the most, the very, very most.”

“…”

Jiang Suizhou’s voice, deep and magnetic, wrapped in the warm breeze, slowly entered her ears, striking her eardrums. Guan Xi’s voice abruptly stopped, and she just stared at him, stunned.

Did he really say that?

Her heart pounded like a sudden, intense downpour, making her a bit uncomfortable, and she even felt a subtle ache.

He really said it.

Jiang Suizhou lightly tapped her forehead. “Done?”

Guan Xi was at a loss for words for a moment and subconsciously said, “You didn’t shout loudly.”

Jiang Suizhou squinted at her. “When will you stop taking advantage of the situation?”

“No… I just said to shout loudly, ‘I love Guan Xi the most, the very, very most.’”

Jiang Suizhou glanced at her, uncooperative. “You should change your wish.”

Guan Xi silently looked at him for two seconds, then suddenly reached out and pulled at the fabric on his chest. Jiang Suizhou was forced to lean towards her. He thought he was going to hear something more tormenting, but instead, he heard Guan Xi slowly saying, “My other wish is that Jiang Suizhou should kiss me right now, and it should be a French kiss.”

Silence.

Jiang Suizhou stared at her, his expression still calm, but there seemed to be a storm brewing in his eyes.

“Isn’t this wish always simple?” Faced with the visibly darkening gaze of the man in front of her, she provocatively looked back.

At this moment, Guan Xi was still wearing a red dress. As the night wind blew, the light and airy dress fluttered, revealing her dazzlingly white legs. Red suited Guan Xi very well. The charm of the dress and the allure in her eyes intertwined, and the factors of sensuality surged, eagerly trying to burst out.

Jiang Suizhou looked at her for a few seconds, then almost unrestrainedly pressed her against the balcony railing. “It’s simple.”

Guan Xi hooked her hands onto his shoulders, tilting her chin up. “Then come on, hurry up.”

Jiang Suizhou’s breath became heavier, his hand supporting the back of her neck as he directly went in for a passionate kiss. This moment was intense and fiery, yet for some unknown reason, Guan Xi felt a strange sense of relief, as if something that had been stuck in her chest had finally cleared.

After a passionate kiss on the balcony, she was promptly carried back into the room. In the entanglement and collision, after two intense moments, she completely relaxed, lying in his arms.

“Go take a shower…” Guan Xi’s voice seemed to carry a lingering tone, soft and with a seductive undertone.

Jiang Suizhou held her. “In a while.”

Guan Xi groaned uncomfortably. “I don’t feel well…”

“If you wash now, you don’t have to wash again later. Tiring, isn’t it?”

Guan Xi suddenly became vigilant. “No… I don’t want to… I still have to get up early tomorrow. I need to sleep.”

“I’ll let you sleep.”

But it didn’t sound like he meant it. Guan Xi pushed him away lightly. “Mr. Jiang, it’s just a matter of days. Is it necessary to endure like this?”

“You also know it’s just a matter of days.” Jiang Suizhou rubbed his chin against the top of her head, speaking softly. “Don’t you want it, hmm?”

Guan Xi replied, “I’m busy, I really don’t want it.”

Jiang Suizhou’s lips curved slightly. “Hmm, the bedsheet is just a little wet, nothing too serious.”

Guan Xi couldn’t bear the embarrassment, turned around, and was about to kick him. But Jiang Suizhou accurately caught her ankle, then folded it upwards, flipping over and pinning her down.

Feeling him getting playful again, Guan Xi almost wanted to cry. “Jiang Suizhou—”

“Tomorrow, I’ll wake you up.”

“You can’t wake me up at all!”

Jiang Suizhou chuckled. “You know you’re hard to wake up.”

“I can usually wake up just fine. If it weren’t for you—Ah!”

With the previous playful act, this time things went smoothly without any obstacles, causing a tingling sensation and a bone-deep satisfaction.

Jiang Suizhou grunted and took a moment before coaxing, “If you can’t get up, I’ll call you a few more times… If that still doesn’t work… then just stay in bed.”

“…!”

**

Jiang Suizhou had a track record of not keeping his promises in matters of intimacy between men and women. After a restless night, Guan Xi genuinely felt she couldn’t get up the next day. The alarm rang three times, and Jiang Suizhou pressed the snooze button three times.

“I need to get up…” Guan Xi curled up in his arms, whining about needing to get up, but she didn’t move at all.

“Help… I need to get up… Why do I have to get up… so annoying… Jiang Suizhou, you perverted freak…”

With his eyes closed, Jiang Suizhou responded, “Hmm, sure.”

“Pull me up…”

“Don’t want to go?”

“No…”

Jiang Suizhou gently stroked her hair, and finally, with patience, sat up. “Stretch out your hand.”

Guan Xi slowly extended one hand, and Jiang Suizhou grabbed her wrist, pulling her off the bed. However, as soon as she sat up, she turned limp and slid onto him. Jiang Suizhou smirked, lifting her up and heading to the bathroom.

Guan Xi, dressed in a hotel bathrobe, leaned against Jiang Suizhou while brushing her teeth and mumbled, “Where are my clothes…”

“Ruined,” Jiang Suizhou replied.

Guan Xi: “?”

Jiang Suizhou: “I didn’t go too far yesterday; your clothes were just too thin.”

Guan Xi gave a disdainful look at his reflection in the mirror, rinsed her mouth, and then went out to find the remnants of her clothes. She spotted them by the window in the room, picked them up, and after a brief inspection… they were torn thoroughly.

Guan Xi wasn’t particularly attached to a piece of clothing, but after last night’s ordeal, her whole body ached, and she held a considerable grudge against Jiang Suizhou. So, upon seeing this scene, she vented her frustration in his direction.

“Oh no! It’s ruined like this. Look what you’ve done!” Guan Xi held up the torn clothes, ready to pick a fight.

Jiang Suizhou glanced down, quickly realizing the situation. “I’ll buy you a new one.”

Guan Xi protested, “I loved this one the most! It’s irreplaceable!”

“Then I’ll buy you something else and double the compensation.”

Guan Xi: “What should I buy?”

Jiang Suizhou: “This city has plenty of things you like. Buy whatever you want.”

Guan Xi’s eyes lit up slightly. Great! She hadn’t gone shopping for a long time— Oh no, wait. Didn’t she vow to support herself and only spend money she earned? Guan Xi’s forehead was showing a hint of distress…

Ah, it’s so hard to resist. She wanted to buy things! She wanted to treat herself to a new bag! She must have fallen behind recently, right? She hasn’t bought any new items from the latest collection!! Hmm… but this time doesn’t count. Jiang Suizhou ruined her clothes! What’s wrong with getting some compensation?

Yes, she’s still supporting herself; she’s just getting some compensation from her dear Second Dog! After convincing herself, Guan Xi spoke up, “I have to work today. I’ll have time tomorrow afternoon, so you can compensate me then!”

Jiang Suizhou remarked, “You’re on tomorrow night’s flight, right?”

“Yes, there’s still some time before I leave,” Guan Xi replied.

“Alright, I’ll accompany you,” Jiang Suizhou said.

“But no complaining about being tired, and no sneaking away halfway,” Guan Xi warned.

Recalling the scene from the only time he accompanied her to the mall, Jiang Suizhou thought for a moment and said, “I’ll try my best.”

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