Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 128 Can I Sleep with You?

Liang Yutong said with considerable guilt, "I told him I had something come up, but I don't know if he believed me or not."

"Okay, I understand." Lin Xi sat down on the sofa at the foot of the bed. "Don't worry, he should call me again. I'll talk to him."

Liang Yutong apologized profusely before ending the call.

"What's wrong?" Duan Yiheng asked, noticing Lin Xi's unusual expression. "What did Liang Yutong say to you?"

Lin Xi said, "Duan Mingxuan asked me to go out with him before, but I said I was going to keep Yu Tong company. He ran into Yu Tong on the street this morning."

Duan Yiheng chuckled: "If he knew you came here alone with me, he could break into the manor at night."

"That's exactly the kind of thing he's capable of doing," Lin Xi remarked.

Duan Yiheng hugged her waist and chuckled softly in her ear: "Don't worry, even if he finds out I'm kissing you inside the carved iron gate, he won't be able to get in."

"Can you be serious for once?" Lin Xi nudged him.

Just imagining that scene made Lin Xi's scalp tingle.

She now avoids Duan Mingxuan like the plague.

As soon as you mention Cao Cao, a video of him appears.

Lin Xi didn't ask Duan Yiheng to leave and accepted the invitation.

"Xiao Xi, where are you?"

Lin Xi calmly replied, "Outside."

Duan Mingxuan frowned: "Didn't you say you went with Liang Yutong? Why did I see her this morning?"

Lin Xi: "She had something to do at the time."

Duan Mingxuan remained silent for a long time before saying, "Then call her in the video."

“I won’t call you that.” Lin Xi looked at him calmly. “I have no obligation to explain everything to you.”

"Xiao Xi, I'm just worried about your safety."

"Is that so?" Lin Xi laughed sarcastically. "Didn't you want to check up on me?"

Duan Mingxuan felt extremely guilty: "...I didn't."

Lin Xi said "Oh," and then said, "I'm hanging up now. Don't call me unless it's absolutely necessary. I'll go back when it's time."

Duan Mingxuan choked, but Lin Xi couldn't see his darkened face.

But he wasn't stupid; what he saw about Liang Yutong that morning planted a seed of doubt in his heart.

He immediately called Yu Lang over.

As dusk settled, Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng had dinner and then went to the villa to the south.

Duan Yiheng has only brought Lin Xi here once in all these years.

"My mom's things are all here."

When Lin Xi arrived on the third floor, she was stunned.

There are no rooms on the third floor; several walls separate the space, making each space resemble a small exhibition hall.

Miss Meng's gowns, jewelry, and artworks from her lifetime are all displayed in a glass cabinet.

Fresh, elegant tulips are displayed in the entryway, and a faint fragrance floats in the air.

Lin Xi was moved by what she saw. She turned to Duan Yiheng and said, "You love your mother very much."

Duan Yiheng ruffled her hair.

"Can I see her?" Lin Xi asked Duan Yiheng cautiously. "Sister Mei said there are photos of your mother and you here."

"Go downstairs," Duan Yiheng said. "Everything's downstairs."

"it is good."

Duan Yiheng's mother passed away when he was 11 years old, so the photos of the two of them are naturally of him when he was a child.

Lin Xi wasn't interested in his photo because she had come to the Duan family when Duan Yiheng was 12 years old.

Duan Yiheng's mother has deep-set features and a more three-dimensional face shape, resembling Duan Yiheng, but with a more mixed-race look.

Looking at her face alone, it doesn't look like she's troubled by love.

Lin Xi felt heartache and regret for this woman who died young.

If she were still here, would everything be different?

Duan Yiheng's phone rang at that moment, and he got up and went to the balcony without making a sound.

"what's up?"

Butler: "The security team spotted a red Ferrari parked 100 meters outside the manor. Upon inspection, they found it belonged to the second young master."

Duan Yiheng raised an eyebrow in surprise, his movement quite swift.

"The second young master wants to come in."

Duan Yiheng succinctly replied: "Stop them."

"Yes."

Duan Yiheng hung up the phone without mentioning Duan Mingxuan at all in front of Lin Xi.

Back in the main building complex, Lin Xi belatedly felt a little embarrassed and said to Duan Yiheng, "I'm going back to my room to take a shower first."

Duan Yiheng's words to her that morning were just a joke, so he didn't tease her anymore and simply said goodbye.

Just as Lin Xi was about to enter the bathroom, Duan Mingxuan called again.

She didn't answer and went straight into the bathroom. After taking a shower, she discovered that he had called her more than ten times.

Lin Xi then slowly dialed back: "Why did you call so many times?"

"When are you coming back?" Duan Mingxuan's voice sounded somewhat restrained and somber.

Lin Xi said, "Two days later."

"...Where did you and Liang Yutong go?"

"Duan Mingxuan, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Duan Mingxuan clenched his fists tightly, holding back his anger, and said, "Didn't you say you'd come back the day before your birthday? I wanted to pick you up."

"No need, I'll go back by myself." Lin Xi turned on the speakerphone, took off her bathrobe, and changed into a white nightgown.

"Xiao Xi, your older brother isn't at the villa either. Do you know where he went?"

Lin Xi paused in her dressing: "What do you mean?"

Duan Mingxuan chuckled self-deprecatingly: "You didn't go out with Liang Yutong, did you?"

Lin Xi continued dressing with her head down, saying, "It's none of your business."

"Why did you go out with Duan Yiheng? Why did you lie to me? Xiao Xi, why?"

Lin Xi smiled at herself in the mirror, then realized she looked terrible. She looked down at her phone and asked Duan Mingxuan:

"I've never understood why you dislike me being close to Duan Yiheng so much. Can you tell me?"

"Don't you know? He and I have always—"

"Don't lie." Lin Xi interrupted him. "Duan Mingxuan, don't lie to me."

Duan Mingxuan was stunned, then his temper flared up immediately: "Haven't you been lying to me all along? How many times has it been, Lin Xi, do the math yourself."

“Because you have nothing to do with me, yet you always make decisions about me without my consent,” Lin Xi said. “If I tell you beforehand, you’ll make a scene and everyone will know, so I’ll choose to settle things quietly and compromise. Isn’t that how it always has been?”

"Lin Xi!"

"Alright, if you don't want to say, that's fine. I can probably guess. I'm hanging up."

Duan Mingxuan was so angry that he called back, but Lin Xi didn't answer.

What does that mean? Did she guess it?

Did she find out that Duan Yiheng liked her?

Duan Mingxuan was restless and got out of the car to smoke half a pack of cigarettes before driving away.

Lin Xi tidied her hair, opened the door, and after confirming that no one was there, went out of the room to knock on Duan Yiheng's door.

Duan Yiheng had just taken a shower, and he could tell from the rhythm of the voice that it was Lin Xi.

He was only wearing trousers at the moment, and casually grabbed the pajamas from the bed and put them on.

When he opened the door, he seemed to see a jasmine quietly blooming.

"What's wrong?" Duan Yiheng cleared his throat.

"I..." Lin Xi clutched her pajamas, "Can I...sleep with you?"