CHAPTER 224: 203: WOULD YOU LET SOMEONE ELSE TIE YOUR TIE FOR YOU?

"Alright, I’ll listen to you, Zhizhi." Shi Wei mischievously scratched the waist of the young girl.

As a wave of ticklishness surged over her, she looked up, and he kissed her soft, pale cheek.

Greedy and obsessive, he savored that faint and alluring scent of her body.

When Yu Zhi returned to the front passenger seat, the first thing she did was pull down the rearview mirror inside the car.

Sure enough, her cheeks were already red.

She gently touched the soft skin there and cast a resentful glare at the man. "Next time, don’t kiss for so long."

"Got it, honey."

Shi Wei responded so quickly that it was almost suspicious, though whether he would actually follow through was another matter entirely.

After all, in the end, it would still be up to him to decide.

Yu Zhi didn’t catch the fleeting trace of emotion in the man’s eyes as she looked out the window at the passing shadows, her mind consumed by the earlier scene.

By the time the two of them entered the private room at Lanting Square, several dishes were already placed on the table, yet her thoughts remained a jumbled mess.

"Zhizhi, what are you thinking about?" Shi Wei turned his head and immediately noticed the girl absentmindedly stroking the glass cup in her hand.

Even her favorite macarons in front of her had gone untouched, and she appeared full of worries.

Yu Zhi pressed her lips together. Looking into the man’s dark, deep eyes, she asked softly, "Would you let another woman tie your tie for you?"

"No," Shi Wei replied without hesitation.

He put down the chopsticks in his hand, pulling a napkin from the box. Even the simple act of wiping his mouth exuded a certain air of nobility.

The man tugged at his tie, unbuttoning the top two buttons of his gemstone-blue shirt. The slight opening revealed his fair collarbone.

With one arm wrapped around the girl’s waist and the other fiddling with the wheel of his lighter, he grinned lazily, "Did Zhizhi see something?"

"Yes." Yu Zhi hesitated for a moment before describing the ambiguous scene she had witnessed earlier. "Do you know that woman?"

"What does she look like?"

"Short hair, big eyes, a bit shorter than me, and very cute."

She didn’t know how to describe the woman’s style and could only piece together disjointed fragments from her memory.

Shi Wei: "..."

Shi Wei, who had no impression of any woman other than the girl in front of him, was stumped for the first time.

He sidestepped the topic, pinching the slender waist in his hands. "Zhizhi, Shi Yin hasn’t been in a relationship before, and he’s not the type to mess around."

"But that woman..."

"Sometimes, seeing doesn’t necessarily mean believing, you know that?" The man pressed a kiss to her forehead.

With the warmth of his touch, he soothed the anxiety in her heart.

Yu Zhi pondered for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Should I tell Ruan Yuan about what happened today?"

Just a few days ago, they had officially confirmed their relationship. While they were in a honeymoon phase now, their feelings weren’t entirely stable yet.

This was the first time the girl had encountered such a situation, and she genuinely didn’t know what to do.

Shi Wei locked eyes with the young girl for a few seconds. Unwilling to let her worry, he handed her his phone without hesitation: "Don’t hold it in."

Knowing her personality, if this matter wasn’t clarified, she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep well tonight.

And he absolutely wouldn’t let a trivial issue caused by Shi Yin ruin a night of passion that resonated deep in his soul.

Yu Zhi took a deep breath, slapped away the restless hand on her waist, and quietly sat across from him. Then, she dialed a video call.

"Little Zhi, what’s up?" Ruan Yuan, who was bustling about in the kitchen, wiped the water from her hands and looked at the girl on the screen with a warm smile.

"Are you cooking?"

"Yes, Shi Yin is coming back soon."

When the woman mentioned that name, the happiness in her eyes felt so overwhelming that Yu Zhi didn’t know how to start.

She opened her mouth twice but swallowed the words that were about to spill out. Instead, she opted for a subtler approach: "How have you two been lately?"

"Pretty good." Ruan Yuan bent her knee to close the cabinet under the counter and chuckled lightly. "I’m living the life I’ve always wanted now."

Going to work with him in the morning, coming home with him in the evening—every moment of her life filled with his presence and the security she needed.

This must be the life every woman longs for.

"I see." Yu Zhi responded faintly. Frowning slightly, she found herself reluctant to tell the truth at this moment.

Just as she was about to find an excuse to brush it off—

"Little Zhi, do you have something to say?" Ruan Yuan wasn’t stupid. She saw through the girl’s hesitation in an instant.

The smile on her face didn’t waver, but deep down, an inexplicable unease welled up.

"Shi Yin..."

"What about him? Did something happen?" Ruan Yuan interrupted anxiously before she could finish.

"No." Yu Zhi didn’t bother beating around the bush anymore and spoke bluntly: "I saw your love rival today."

"..."

Ten minutes later.

The girl sitting by the window slowly lowered the phone pressed to her ear. She dropped her gaze, staring at the now-blank screen without blinking, her mood complex.

"Zhizhi, don’t overthink."

A slightly lazy voice suddenly sounded near her ear.

Like a warm cup of coffee on a winter day, it brought a comforting warmth.

Wrapped in that warmth, Yu Zhi leaned over to hug the man’s waist, pressing her head to his chest as she nodded softly.

"What did Xue Xiongsen say to you?" Shi Wei ran his hand through her soft hair, breaking her train of thought and changing the subject just in time.

"He asked for a few Poisonous Insects to catch someone."

"Did you give him Little Black?" Mentioning Little Black again felt less awkward this time, and his tone came more naturally.

The man’s gaze shifted from the top of her head to the hand clutching his shirt.

He curled his lips, his long, well-defined fingers twirling a few strands of her hair. It was as if he was touching a soft cloud, and his heart melted.

"No, he wants Little Yellow." Yu Zhi tilted her head back, beaming at the man. Her crimson lips curved into a slight smile.

Like a budding flower, her beauty in that moment was breathtaking, evoking a desire to pluck it.

Shi Wei’s eyes darkened. He lowered his head and captured that tender petal, their breaths mingling in fiery passion. "What’s Little Yellow for?"

"It can... uh, make them hallucinate."

"And then?"

The man’s magnetic, husky voice carried a seductive quality, wrapping around the girl’s ear and making her unconsciously touch her slightly itchy lobe.

But she didn’t forget to answer: "Then... they’ll... turn on each other."

The next moment, she felt a large hand slip through her hair, cupping the back of her head.

And then, her lower lip was bitten. "Focus."

She instinctively closed her eyes, her fingers clutching at the man’s shirt as she became fully engrossed in the intertwining passion he offered.