Italy—
The wineries that Ye Si sent to Qiao Ying were all freshly picked and purchased, while the one Qin Hanyue sent, apart from the vineyard that was contracted ready-made, the winery and other things inside were newly built.
If it weren't for wanting Qiao Ying to be able to drink wine sooner, Qin Hanyue estimated that even this vineyard would be bought as new saplings and planted anew.
Huo Chengdong: "Ping'an Winery? F*ck —what a tacky name. To see such a tall and cool winery written with the Chinese characters Ping'an Winery in Italy, it's like calling a top-level beauty Huang Cuihua. What kind of cultural level is this, how did they come up with this? Is it foreign enough, tacky enough?"
Qin Hanyue looked at him: "My cultural level is actually pretty good."
Huo Chengdong froze his face: "Ha? This is your winery?"
He secretly swallowed his saliva and hid behind Qiao Yi.
Qiao Ying twitched her lips, like she wanted to laugh but not laugh: "It's a bit tacky indeed." She walked inside and mocked: "Didn't expect there's somewhere even you, Qin Hanyue, fall short."
Being told he was not good enough, Qin Hanyue had to explain: "That's not it. I was going for auspiciousness since it's a gift for you."
Of course Qiao Ying understood his intentions, she did that on purpose. So she pretended not to hear his explanation and said in that surprised mocking tone again: "Didn't expect there's somewhere even you, Qin Hanyue, fall short."
Qin Hanyue: "......"
The winery was very big. The whole winery was filled with the sweet aroma of grapes and wine. Qiao Ying felt the air here smelled extremely good.
At night,
Lying in bed, Qiao Ying put her phone aside after checking her messages and turning it off. She looked towards Qin Hanyue, who had just finished showering with still wet hair, holding a stack of photos of the two of them looking through them.
Qiao Yi had left quite a few shots of them together in the frame.
The photos in Qin Hanyue’s hands were freshly developed.
He had been safeguarding these photos that were washed out all the way.
Sitting sideways, his side profile seemed even more prominent under the lamplight, but looking at the photos and smiling now, his temperament lacked some coldness. In fact, Qiao Ying had never felt he was cold.
And in reality, he had never treated her coldly either.
Sensing her gaze, Qin Hanyue turned to look at her, but her fair little feet suddenly pressed against his face.
The warm soles stuck tightly to his cold cheek. Qin Hanyue’s healthy complexion seemed to produce a strong sense of color difference under her overly fair jade feet. Her unconscious move was strangely ambiguous and tempting, making Qin Hanyue unintentionally aroused.
Qin Hanyue smiled and grabbed her little feet in his big hand. He lowered his head to kiss them, then looked at her while casually putting the photos down. He leaned over, wanting to kiss her.
Qiao Ying seemed to disdain his mouth that had just kissed her feet. She directly turned her head away, exposing her fair neck to him instead. Realizing it, Qiao Ying was about to turn back, but his hot breath had already approached. His warm lips kissed her soft neck a little forcefully and he even nibbled.
A strange numbness like electric current passed quickly through her whole body. Qiao Ying glared at him resentfully.
Qin Hanyue, who had stolen the advantage, smiled like a fox. It was because her neck was a little sensitive and he usually wasn’t allowed to touch it. Only in bed would Qin Hanyue get the chance. And once he touched it, her reaction and the feeling it brought him was maddening.
The fearless Qin Hanyue followed up by kissing her lips again, then kissed her as his body pressed over her. One arm caged her under him as his hand stroked her head, slowly deepening the kiss.
But Qiao Ying turned her face again and mercilessly spat out two words: "No sex."
Qin Hanyue lifted his face. His tone was ambiguous and his gaze made one blush directly: "Wasn't that an invitation just now?"
Qiao Ying: "Inviting your *ss."
Qin Hanyue looked at her slightly blurred eyes and asked gently: "Are you drunk?"
Qiao Ying didn’t respond to him.
Qin Hanyue: "Should I get you a glass of water?"
Qiao Ying: "Not thirsty."
Qin Hanyue: "You're not drunk? To be honest, I really want to see what you look like when you're drunk, would you be different from when you're sober?"
Qiao Ying: "I also really want to know. Why don't you go get me a few more bottles of high proof to find out?"
Qin Hanyue: "I think I’ll hold onto that curiosity. You have too much capacity for liquor that I’d have to get you drunk to the point of hurting yourself."
Qiao Ying: "Have you been drunk before then? What was it like? Was your consciousness clear?"
Qin Hanyue blurted out reflexively: "I haven't been drunk either."
Qiao Ying: "So that time in C Country when you said you were drunk and kept hugging and touching me, that was fake?"
Qin Hanyue: It really was hard to prevent.
Qin Hanyue smiled very awkwardly and shamefully. He shamelessly stuck his face to Qiao Ying's: "If you feel taken advantage of, you can pay me back, double or multiple times over. I won't resist."
Qiao Ying: "I don't like intimacy between adults."
Qin Hanyue laughed even harder: "Why do you always say such teasing things?" He couldn't help kissing her once more. Then he stopped laughing and asked seriously: “Do you want to change the winery’s name?”
Qiao Ying: "Do you have to press on me so hard when you talk?" His firm chest poked her a little.
Qin Hanyue hugged her and rolled over to switch their positions.
Feeling a little tired, Qiao Ying simply sprawled on top of him and closed her eyes to pretend to sleep: "It's already used, why bother changing it."
Qin Hanyue stroked her head again and again: "I think it's good too. That brat Huo Chengdong simply doesn't understand."
Seeing that Qiao Ying seemed to want to sleep, Qin Hanyue turned sideways to gently put her back on the bed. He moved closer, rubbed noses with her: "Really not doing it?"
Qiao Ying opened her eyes: "Piss off."
Qin Hanyue sighed lightly again, but still let her go: "You drank so much, you must be thirsty at night. I’ll pour you a glass of water to put here.”
He got up to pour water for her and came back.
Lying on the bed, Qiao Ying listened to the sound of his footsteps returning after pouring the water. She opened her eyes a sliver to watch him place the water on the bedside table, then go tidy up the photos at the foot of the bed, and prepare the clothes she was going to wear tomorrow, coming back to neatly put her randomly discarded shoes in place for her to wear when getting up tomorrow...
Qiao Ying had friends with very deep relationships, but she was used to being alone, especially when it came to daily life.
Due to professional reasons, she would never rely on others to complete something she could do herself, especially regarding minor things. She did them herself even better attuned to details.
But she was getting more and more used to having Qin Hanyue around in her daily life now.
Even for pouring a glass of water or fetching something, she would ask him. Even for sterilizing her acupuncture needles sometimes she would ask his help. And Qin Hanyue always did it very well.
Such a habit was not allowed for assassins. The former her definitely wouldn’t have allowed herself to develop such habits either, even if the person was Feng Ying. But now... it was probably also because she had let her guard down.
After Qin Hanyue finished tidying up, he turned off the lights and crept into bed gingerly, hugging her into his arms: "Good night."
The last stop of the trip—Country M.
The group headed straight for Qiao Ying’s private residence—Freedom City.
Huo Chengdong: "F*ck, this house, it's too f*cking cool!"
Qiao Yi: "I know this house. It's called Freedom City if I'm not wrong. I've seen it online before."
Qin Yan: "I heard the house was designed by the owner herself." He looked towards Qiao Ying.
Huo Chengdong let out an existential yell: "Sis Ying, you really didn't time travel back right? With your age... your experience, ability and wealth... they really don't match up!"
Qiao Ying: "You need to recognize and accept discrepancies between people."
Huo Chengdong: "......"
From Qiao Ying opening the door with iris recognition, to entering and seeing the tall, cool robot butler and series of operations comparable to sci-fi TV shows plus the sea view outside, Huo Chengdong was rendered speechless.
Qiao Ying benevolently sent Huo Chengdong to the car garage he had been dreaming of, mainly because he was too noisy.
Then she brought Qin Hanyue to her room.
There was a photo of herself in her room that Ye Si had taken and put in a picture frame for her after developing it.
As soon as Qin Hanyue saw that photo, he guessed that it was taken by Ye Si. Holding the photo and looking at the silhouette in the photo, he asked Qiao Ying in an expecting tone that implied he was discussing: "When do we take wedding photos?"
Qiao Ying: "Taking wedding photos, and then what? Getting our marriage certificate? Getting married? Having kids?"
Qin Hanyue nodded: "Mm."
Qiao Ying: "Isn't that too greedy?"
Qin Hanyue: "It's a process. You can skip the beginning and end parts if you don't like them - the wedding ceremony. I really look forward to it, but I also completely respect you. However, the certificate..." He wanted to say must have or definitely need, but these phrases were too forceful, so he just said: "I will try my very best to get it."
Qiao Ying was very satisfied with his attitude: "I'll consider it."
Qin Hanyue: "Consider what? The wedding photos or getting our certificate or the wedding ceremony?"
Qiao Ying deliberately didn't answer him: "I have a weapons storeroom in my basement. Shall I take you to see it?" As she recalled something, Qiao Ying added: "Let me record your iris first so you can easily open the door."
Considering Qin Hanyue's identity, fingerprints and iris scans were private and important things, so Qiao Ying asked: "Is it alright with you?"
Qin Hanyue: "It's fine. Besides, which place could be safer than here?"
As she recorded his iris, Qin Hanyue remarked: "From now on, will I be able to come and go here with a perfectly legitimate reason?"
Qiao Ying shook her head and regretfully told him: "Ye Si and Cheng Jinyan can also enter through this door."
Qin Hanyue: He already knew that.
Seeing that he looked a little dejected, Qiao Ying didn't say anything. But two minutes later, she told him: "You can use the term 'perfectly legitimate reason' now. You're the only one now."
In her lust, she ruthlessly deleted the other two.
Qin Hanyue smiled.
