The two finally left, and Laiqike had won in such a nerve-racking way for the first time.
At the beginning, he had kept losing until he was numb from it, his heart already dead, yet he had not dared leave the table.
Later, he started winning again. Clearly, he was the one winning, but the terrifying man sitting across from him only smiled more and more happily. He was genuinely terrified ⊙﹏⊙
Surely he wouldn't kill him to silence him after the game and then take the money back, would he?
On the deck of the cruise ship, the two walked side by side, chatting intermittently.
“After tonight, my understanding of your assets has been refreshed once again. What exactly do you do?”
“I have my fingers in everything. It’s a little miscellaneous. Whatever industry you can think of, I probably have a hand in it.”
He really was involved in everything—the good and the bad, the black and the white.
“No wonder you’re so loaded. Then, Mr. Eisner, you’ll have to look after me from now on.”
Jiang Xuning even put on a pitiful expression and clasped her hands in a pleading gesture.
Calisto’s eyes gradually darkened. His voice grew slightly hoarse as he took Jiang Xuning’s hand and placed it over his heart.
“Xuxu, you should understand what I mean.”
Jiang Xuning applied a little pressure with her hand and pressed against his chest twice before chuckling. “Understand what? I don’t understand.”
“Xuxu is so heartless…”
Calisto lowered his head and gently rested it against Jiang Xuning’s shoulder.
Jiang Xuning pushed his head up and ran away. Her cheerful laughter drifted through the air.
“We’ll see how you perform.”
From behind, Calisto watched Jiang Xuning’s retreating figure, his heart seeming to be filled to the brim. He only hoped that this trip aboard the Saint Sti could last a little longer.
He had thought that way, and he truly acted on it. After all, the Saint Sti belonged to him.
What had originally been a month-long voyage at sea was forcibly turned into an endless journey.
The cruise ship sailed aimlessly like that. Whenever it reached a port, one group of people would disembark, and another group would board.
Calisto and Jiang Xuning continued playing in one place after another.
What made him especially happy was that, after a month, Jiang Xuning finally agreed to accept his pursuit, and the two officially entered into a relationship.
That night, the Saint Sti, usually steeped in pleasure and luxury, was filled with flowers, while the fireworks overhead burned for a long time.
Everyone aboard the cruise ship was fortunate enough to receive the news that all their expenses would be waived.
Calisto’s room on the top floor.
Jiang Xuning was happy tonight, and she had gotten drunk again.
“I want more to drink. I want more to drink~”
Jiang Xuning hung onto Calisto, stretching out her arm as she tried to reach for the alcohol.
“Baby, you really can’t drink anymore. You’ll feel awful tomorrow morning.”
Calisto held the bottle high with one hand while gripping her waist tightly with the other to keep her from losing her balance.
His voice was low and deep. Feeling the small, fragrant, soft body against his chest, he looked at Jiang Xuning with eyes as dark as ink, an almost obsessive light appearing in them without his noticing.
They had only just gotten together. He had to take things slowly; he couldn’t frighten Baby.
“I hate you~ You were the one who brought it out and made me drink it, and now you won’t give me any more. I’m going to bite you.”
Jiang Xuning rose onto her toes, wanting to bite Calisto’s neck, but she was completely drunk. She could not bite him accurately, and it turned into a mixture of kissing and licking instead.
Calisto’s dark pupils abruptly contracted, and his voice became husky.
“Baby, stop bullying me….”
He truly was about to lose control. The little thing could entice him without doing anything at all, and now she was doing this on top of that.
Calisto, who had always commanded the winds and clouds and held overwhelming power in one hand, was this flustered for the first time.
Jiang Xuning thought she had successfully bitten him.
“Hmph, then give me a drink, or I’ll bully you again.”
He really loved being bullied like this. If only Baby would bully him a little more harshly.
“All right, then have another sip.”
Baby, you brought this on yourself.
He took a sip himself, then lowered his head and kissed those tempting, soft lips.
“Mmm…”
The sweet, fruity aroma of the wine wound between their lips and teeth, their tongues dancing together.
Calisto wrapped an arm around Jiang Xuning’s waist and pulled her against him, while his other hand came to rest against the back of her head.
Jiang Xuning unconsciously tightened her grip on the corner of his clothes, her breathing gradually tangling with his.
The sounds outside the window seemed to recede into the distance, leaving only the softness turning between their lips and teeth and the increasingly distinct pounding of their hearts.
Gradually, Jiang Xuning began to run out of breath. She pushed hard against the assertive man in front of her, trying to move him away.
“Baby, don’t forget to breathe…”
“I won’t~”
“It’s all right. Hubby will teach you.”
The seawater struck the cruise ship, carrying the weight of the deep sea as it washed over the gunwale in circles. The wind and waves outside had nothing to do with the intimacy unfolding indoors.
The temperature gradually rose, and the figures inside the room became more and more tightly entwined.
No one knew how long they kissed before the two finally parted.
Calisto leaned against the bed, every button of his shirt undone, looking exactly like an incubus.
Jiang Xuning rolled about in his arms, touching his Adam’s apple one moment and stroking his abdominal muscles the next.
In front of Jiang Xuning, he was best at making use of his advantages. He knew better than anyone what Baby liked, and now her little hand was pinching his pectoral muscles again.
“They’re so soft… I like them.”
Jiang Xuning, drunk and hazy, lay sprawled on Calisto, touching and kissing him all over. She had him breathing hard, his gaze unfocused, looking as though he were drunk as well.
“Baby, there’s also a hard one. Do you want to touch it?”
He guided her hand gradually downward, his gaze at Jiang Xuning dark as ink.
“Yes!”
Jiang Xuning’s drunken face was flushed bright red, and her eyes grew even more radiant, as though she intended to play with every part of him that night.
The two made a commotion for quite some time before finally falling asleep in each other’s arms at dawn.
Three in the morning.
Jiang Xuning had drunk too much that night and wanted to use the bathroom. The moment she woke up, she felt something wrapped around her waist, heavy and tight.
Calisto’s arm was pressing down on her waist, and she could not lift it at all. After sleeping for two hours, Jiang Xuning was already mostly awake. She angrily twisted his arm.
“Let go. I need to go to the bathroom.”
“Baby, I’ll carry you there.”
He had woken up the moment Jiang Xuning moved. Before they had confirmed their relationship, he could only restrain himself fiercely. Now, he wished he could stay pressed against Jiang Xuning every moment of every day.
“No way. I can go myself.”
Calisto stood at the bathroom door. The moment Jiang Xuning came out, he picked her up and carried her back to bed, where they fell asleep in each other’s arms.
On the very first day of their relationship, Jiang Xuning deeply experienced just how clingy her boyfriend could be. Still, she enjoyed it very much.
She liked this profound, one-and-only kind of love.
Jiang Xuning lay on the bed, held tightly in his arms. The bedding carried a lovely fragrance.
It smelled of Calisto, as well as of her. She suddenly felt very happy. Since her mother had left, this was the first time she had felt happy.
“What are you thinking about, Baby? You’re smiling so happily.”
“I’m thinking about how I could possibly like you this much.”
Her head rested against his chest, and her hand slipped beneath his pajamas. Jiang Xuning swore she had no other intention.
She simply did whatever she wanted. She had always been like that, and what she said was heartfelt; she had no intention of seducing him.
But in Calisto’s eyes, this was practically an invitation.
“Baby, stop teasing me.”
The two made another commotion, and the next day they successfully slept until noon.
In the morning, Calisto had actually woken up once, but Jiang Xuning was lying in his arms, fragrant and soft, and he was simply too happy.
Besides, they really had gone to sleep too late the night before, so he had not woken Jiang Xuning for breakfast.