Jiang Qing’s gaze firmly fixed on her: “What if it isn’t?”
Deep down, Kexin Lin felt that she and Jiang Qing had only met a few times, and she lightly drawled the end of her sentence: “I’m used to sleeping in a room by myself. You must be too, right? Be a good girl.”
Hearing this, Jiang Qing was amused by her.
She was coaxing her like a child.
Kexin Lin looked away and pouted.
Please, they weren’t close enough to lay bare their hearts to each other.
Although Jiang Qing was very good-looking, she wouldn’t lose her mind to beauty.
She still hoped that both of them could handle things according to the contract and not disturb each other in private.
Thinking of this, Kexin Lin’s tone returned to normal: “I’m very tired, I’m going to wash up first.”
“Okay.”
Jiang Qing watched her back as she walked into the room, the corners of her mouth curving up, her mood exceptionally good.
Even in an unfamiliar environment, Kexin Lin’s mood wasn’t too bad.
The scene of Wang Yuan cheating yesterday was still vivid in her mind, but no matter how sad she was, she would heal herself. Since she chose to have a contract marriage with Jiang Qing, she was mentally prepared for many situations.
In the past, her strength was low, and she had no say in the Lin family.
Jiang Qing had a formidable background, so she could completely and quietly lean on Jiang Qing’s power to develop her own career.
Once she saved enough money, she could divorce Jiang Qing, take the high compensation, and start her happy life of flirting with pretty girls.
Kexin Lin closed her eyes comfortably and soaked in a petal bath, feeling that her plan was very feasible and looking forward to her future life more and more.
A prompt sound came from the phone placed to the side.
Kexin Lin opened her eyes slightly, her long arm stained with water droplets reaching out from the water to grab the phone and unlock it.
There were many messages on the phone.
Most of them were wedding blessing messages sent to her by close friends, alma mater mentors, and junior schoolmates.
Mentor Wang Shan:
[Getting engaged makes you an adult. Wishing you a happy and fulfilling life ahead]
[Transfer / Note: Wedding gift]
Kexin Lin felt warm inside looking at it.
The Lin family naturally had also sent a wedding banquet invitation to the teacher, but the teacher happened to be away at an archaeological site in another place.
Kexin Lin had originally planned to elope, so she hadn’t paid much mind to sending out the engagement banquet invitations. Receiving the congratulatory cash gift sent by her teacher now was really a pleasant surprise.
In college, what she studied under Teacher Wang was cultural relic appraisal and collection. After graduation, she didn’t stay at the school; instead, she opened an antique shop called “Yibaozhai” in the Gandou Antique City to run it herself.
In the eyes of the Lin family members, she was just making a blind fuss relying on her youth and family money. Naturally, not a single person was optimistic about her, feeling she wouldn’t make a name for herself in this industry.
From graduation until now, she occasionally still took on private collection authenticity appraisal work, and she was considered quite well-known in the circle.
Kexin Lin replied to Teacher Wang with a smile, indicating that once the teacher returned to Gandou, she would bring Jiang Qing to visit.
Kexin Lin switched to another work WeChat account on her phone.
Scrolling down the messages.
A client with the note “Auction House An Ting” caught her attention:
[Boss Lin, next year… next week there’s a private auction that needs an expert eye like yours. The compensation will follow your rules entirely. I wonder if Boss Lin has time?]
Kexin Lin thought about some of her time arrangements for next week.
She really did have free time.
Thus, Kexin Lin replied to the other party:
[Sure, send me all the collection data for the auction first.]
[For everything else, come to my shop to talk in detail later]
After replying to the message, Kexin Lin remembered something and opened the stock market software on her phone.
Ever since the announcement of her engagement with Jiang Qing in the morning, the stocks of both companies had been skyrocketing.
Her marriage alliance with Jiang Qing was currently looking overwhelmingly positive.
Once Kexin Lin finished dressing in her pajamas, a text message sent from a familiar number popped up on her phone:
[Xinxin, your anger should be gone by now, right? I don’t blame you for hitting me; I was in the wrong. If you want to blame someone, blame me for falling in love with someone else. I hurt you, and I apologize to you. To be honest, you’re a very good girl, and those days dating you are days I probably won’t forget in this lifetime. Fate is just like this, leaving us no way to walk together. I hope we can part on good terms and still be friends when we meet. That’s all I want to say. I wish you a bright future and wish you can find your own love.]
Kexin Lin only glanced at it, a lingering breath of anger pent up in her chest, so angry that she blocked the number.
She and Wang Yuan had met over a year ago at a certain antique trading fair. She had unintentionally helped Wang Yuan do an antique appraisal, and Wang Yuan invited her to dinner to repay the favor.
Thinking of expanding her network in the circle, she went to the appointment.
After a few back-and-forths, they got to know each other.
It was also later that Kexin Lin learned Wang Yuan turned out to be her chess partner whom she had known online for many years.
They had never met offline before.
She hadn’t expected fate to be so clever.
After going out on dates many times, the two of them had many common topics and naturally ended up together.
She never expected…
“Sigh.”
Kexin Lin let out a long sigh, and after much thought, she still canceled and blocked Wang Yuan’s WeChat and mutual follows on several online platform accounts.
Since the relationship was breaking, it had to be cut clean.
During the time Kexin Lin was taking a bath, Jiang Qing had also finished washing up in the next room.
Jiang Qing came out of her room, rubbing her washed long hair, when she ran into the housekeeper coming to deliver milk.
“I’ll take it.”
Jiang Qing deftly wrapped her half-damp long hair in a towel, taking the tray from the housekeeper unhurriedly: “It’s very late, you can go rest.”
The housekeeper smiled: “Alright.”
Jiang Qing carried the milk and was about to knock on the door when she saw that the bedroom door had already been pulled open from the inside, right as she raised her eyes to see Kexin Lin preparing to come out.
The first thing she smelled was a refreshing rose fragrance emanating from the other party. Kexin Lin had clearly just finished a bath, wearing an off-white bathrobe. After removing her makeup, her little face was pure and well-behaved, her skin as white as jade.
Kexin Lin probably hadn’t expected someone to be standing at the door either; her eyes widened slightly, her expression somewhat flustered and at a loss.
Instead, it made Jiang Qing think her little look was cute as hell.
Just as Jiang Qing was about to speak, her vision caught a water droplet falling from the tip of Kexin Lin’s long hair clinging to the side of her neck, brushing past her exquisite collarbone, and sliding towards the neckline of her loose bathrobe…
Jiang Qing’s heart skipped a beat, and she slightly turned her head, not daring to look any further.
“What is it?”
Kexin Lin only felt that the expression Jiang Qing was giving her was a bit strange, suspecting that she was blocking her way into the room, and awkwardly stepped aside to make room: “You, come in.”
“Cough.”
Jiang Qing gave a light cough and explained to her: “I came to bring you milk. Drinking milk before bed helps you sleep well.”
Kexin Lin pressed her lips together. She had a habit of drinking milk before bed and hadn’t expected Jiang Qing to be just like her. Her voice carried a smile as she thanked her: “Thanks a lot, next time just shout and I’ll come get it myself.”
Kexin Lin took the tray and placed it on the side table after entering the room.
The tray was placed crookedly.
Jiang Qing frowned slightly, stepping forward to straighten the tray.
Noticing her action, Kexin Lin wondered in surprise if she had obsessive-compulsive disorder…
“There’s one more thing.”
Jiang Qing raised her eyes to look at her, her voice gentle: “Tomorrow is a good day, let’s go get our marriage certificate.”
“…Okay.”
Kexin Lin observed Jiang Qing’s expression, her voice hesitating slightly as she consulted her opinion: “Returning to the initial topic, I want to discuss something with you. At night, I want to sleep by myself. Is that okay?”
Jiang Qing’s gaze flickered. She didn’t refuse and explained clearly to her: “We’re just married, you don’t need to change your own living habits. If you can’t adapt to sleeping in the same bed, we can temporarily sleep in separate rooms.”
“Really?”
Kexin Lin ignored the word “temporarily” that she mentioned and looked at her in great surprise: “That’s fantastic.”
Seeing her agree so happily, Jiang Qing still felt a little disappointed in her heart, but seeing her smile sweetly at her, ripples stirred up in her heart, and she smiled at her like nothing was wrong.
“Good night, see you tomorrow morning.”
Jiang Qing incidentally took the tray and left the room.
“Okay, good night.”
Kexin Lin smiled brightly as she saw her to the door, looking eager for Jiang Qing to leave quickly.
Until Jiang Qing’s figure disappeared, Kexin Lin’s mouth couldn’t hide her elation.
She had thought she would have to share a quilt with Jiang Qing tonight.
It had kept her nervous the whole time.
The next day, both of them woke up very early.
Kexin Lin was quite certain that Jiang Qing had obsessive-compulsive disorder. In the morning, the colors of the millet porridge and the sushi with fried eggs had to be matched and symmetrical, and even if the bowls and chopsticks used for dining were accidentally placed crookedly, Jiang Qing would adjust them at the first instance.
Kexin Lin noted these down.
As long as she wasn’t forced, she was quite accommodating when it came to lifestyle habits.
Because they were going to get their marriage certificate, breakfast was eaten very simply.
After getting in the car, just as Kexin Lin finished buckling her seatbelt, she received a velvet box handed over by Jiang Qing.
Kexin Lin was very surprised: “What is this?”
A flash of softness crossed Jiang Qing’s brows and eyes: “Wedding rings, to wear daily. Take a look and see if you like them?”
Kexin Lin twitched the corners of her lips and took the velvet box.
She wasn’t used to wearing rings.
Naturally, she hadn’t bothered to learn that wedding diamonds had to be worn daily either.
Kexin Lin flipped open the lid of the box and found that the daily-style wedding rings were a pair of diamond rings. It could be seen that this pair of diamond rings was cut directly from raw ore. Unlike the diamond rings at yesterday’s engagement banquet, the style was much simpler and grander.
It was indeed very daily and not flashy at all.
Kexin Lin nodded slightly: “It looks good.”
With that, Kexin Lin took out one of them and quickly tried it on herself.
Jiang Qing had originally wanted to put it on for her, but her movements were even more impatient than her own, so she could only silently withdraw the hand she had already extended.
Kexin Lin froze.
Amused, the corners of Jiang Qing’s lips hooked up, and she simply took out her own diamond ring and put it on herself: “It’s fine, I’ll do it myself.”
Kexin Lin only then realized that when Jiang Qing handed her own diamond ring over just now, she meant for them to put the diamond rings on each other.
Kexin Lin’s eyelashes trembled slightly: “…”
She rubbed the diamond ring she was still unaccused to wearing on her finger, awkwardly not knowing what to say in her heart.
After this small episode passed, the entire journey to the Civil Affairs Bureau was safe and sound.
The two arrived at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau hall.
It had been a full ten years since the legalization of same-sex marriage, and quite a few same-sex couples were here at the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificates. Coupled with the fact that it was the last day before the National Holiday to normally process marriage registrations, the scene was quite tense when drawing numbers.
After waiting in line for a short while, it was quickly Kexin Lin and Jiang Qing’s turn.
When filling out the materials, Kexin Lin looked at the spouse column for a long time, not knowing how to put pen to paper.
Jiang Qing noticed her situation right away and softened her tone a bit: “If you haven’t decided yet, we can wait until you’ve thought it through before getting the certificate?”
Kexin Lin raised her chin: “Nothing to hesitate about.”
Having said that, Kexin Lin quickly signed the name of her spouse, Jiang Qing.
After signing, there was only a small bit of friction during the photo-taking process.
The two of them had too rigid photo-taking poses.
The photographer kept adjusting them, telling them to lean closer and appear more intimate and natural in front of the lens.
Aside from that, the oath-taking process went super smoothly.
A few minutes later, the two walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau and got back into the car.
Looking at the fresh, brand-new marriage certificate in her hand, Kexin Lin felt an indescribable sensation in her heart.
They really were married.
The term was three years, and it was currently only the second day.
Jiang Qing silently put away her copy of the marriage certificate, stared intently at Kexin Lin beside her for a full several seconds, and said in a light and gentle voice: “Where do you want to eat at noon?”
Hearing this, Kexin Lin looked at her full of question marks.
Lunch??
It was less than ten o’clock now, and she was already thinking about lunch?
Jiang Qing didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, her smile gentle: “I suggest eating lunch first, should we go see a movie in the afternoon?”
Kexin Lin had no objections; Jiang Qing was keeping her company anyway: “Sure, aren’t you busy?”
Jiang Qing smiled at the corners of her mouth: “Not busy, the company has marriage leave.”
Kexin Lin almost forgot that she was a company CEO. Blinded for a moment by her smile, she gently pressed her lower lip: “Any good movies lately?”
“You can take a look first.”
Jiang Qing very smoothly handed her the tablet placed beside her, saying softly to her: “I just checked, and there are quite a few movies playing recently. If you like all of them, we can watch a few more.”
“Let me take a look.”
Kexin Lin said as she took the tablet.
The tablet page displayed a list of currently trending movies.
Indeed, there were many movie information items that Kexin Lin hadn’t paid attention to, and she flipped through them one by one.
Who would have thought that the next second, Kexin Lin’s wrist might have brushed against the screen, and the movie page she was currently viewing actually jumped straight to another page…
In less than a second, the page stopped.
What appeared was the tablet’s built-in browser.
Kexin Lin wanted to return to the movie information page and her finger was about to swipe, but when she clearly saw the numerous search histories appearing on the current browser, her pupils shrank slightly…
#8 small actions to increase partner intimacy skills#
#108 positions for lesbian lovemaking#
#10 pictures of 10 lesbian oral sex tips#
Seeing this, the roots of Kexin Lin’s ears turned red: “…”
This, this, this…
What on earth are these?!