He is Lovestruck in the Revenge

Chapter 77 - 77 076 The First Kiss After Starting a Relationship

?Chapter 77: 076: The First Kiss After Starting a Relationship (Part 1) Chapter 77: 076: The First Kiss After Starting a Relationship (Part 1) “Changling, this bottle contains Aphrodisiac Fragrance.”

Wen Changling blankly turned around.

Xie Shang appeared normal, except for the redness of his ears.

“Why did you mix such a scent?”

Xie Shang said, “Just for fun.”

He wanted to see if he could create it, having experimented with every unimaginable fragrance before.

The burning sensation in her throat seemed even more intense than before, and Wen Changling involuntarily softened her breathing, “So does this scent work?”

“It should work.”

Others had tried it, but Xie Shang hadn’t.

Wen Changling still found it too fantastical, “Let’s see if it works.”

She was quite bold, and whether it was due to the effects of Lian Ningsu or not, she reached out to touch Xie Shang’s neck, then slowly moved to his collarbone.

Xie Shang had touched her body earlier, so she thought of this as reciprocating the gesture.

The warmth she felt from the touch surprised her, “It really does.”

Xie Shang was hot to the touch, hotter than his normal body temperature.

Wen Changling’s desire to do something mischievous always came very suddenly, “So, should we do something to go along with the atmosphere?”

She felt a bit hot too, oddly enough, and wanted to cause trouble.

Xie Shang didn’t stop her, even lowering his head, “What do you want to do?”

She wanted to see Xie Shang lose control.

She might be crazy.

She wrapped her arms around Xie Shang’s neck, pulling him closer, tilted her face upwards, and moved in to kiss the corner of his eye. She adored Xie Shang’s eyes, which she was certain would look beautiful when he cried.

Xie Shang remained still, the red spreading from the tips of his ears to his neck, “What are you doing?”

She smiled, like a mischievous fairy, brazenly seducing him, “Loving you, isn’t that what you wanted?”

At that moment, Lian Ningsu released a large amount of pheromones, enough to bewitch anyone.

“Not like this.”

Xie Shang removed her glasses and bent down to kiss her.

It must be the perfume, the perfume was causing mischief. At that moment, his heart was pounding violently, his body heating up, his brain gasping for oxygen.

With one hand, he lifted Wen Changling. She was light, and he could effortlessly support her waist with one hand, carefully avoiding the injury on her lower back, holding her tight, kissing her while shifting their positions.

He sat down, placing her on top of him, her legs dangling on either side of the chair. Her sandals had fallen to the floor, and the arches of her feet were slightly curved, dusted with sunlight.

This was their first kiss since they started dating.

Passionate, moist, infused with the scent of lime.

In the pauses between their kisses, they looked into each other’s eyes, the sun filtering through the curtains into their gaze. Xie Shang lifted Wen Changling’s face and kissed her again.

——The sun also contracted the pupils to pinpoints, to prevent an excess of light. When our vision blurs, that is when we are most likely to fall in love.

They kissed for a long time.

Before losing control, Xie Shang stopped, his hand resting on Wen Changling’s waist, his heart still racing.

“We can’t stay here, the scent of this perfume will linger for a long time.”

“Mhm.”

Wen Changling, her head lowered, was flushed all over.

After holding each other for a while, Xie Shang took her outside.

*****
Summer nights, the evening breeze hot and dry. After the stillness of deep night, even the cicadas slept.

“Xingxing.”

“Xingxing.”

“…”

Xie Shang heard Wen Changling calling him, so he opened his eyes and saw her sitting on him, wearing the same clothes from the day.

“Xingxing.”

He was stunned.

Wen Changling gently tapped his eye corner with her fingertip, ordering him with a soft tone, “When I call you, you must answer.”

She had said this before.

Xie Shang always had a good memory.

“Xingxing.”

He replied, “Mhm.”

She lay in his arms, pulling down his collar, “You have a mole here.”

She wrapped her arms around his neck, leaned in to bite the mole, and gently ground it with her teeth.

“Wen Changling.”

“Wen Changling.”

She didn’t respond.

He clearly could have pushed her away, but he did nothing, letting her be presumptuous, letting her light the fire.

“Xie Xingxing, you’ve misjudged,” she said with a smile, proud like a victor. “I am a bad person.”

She placed his hand on the injured area at her lower back.

He smelled it, the scent of lime. A strong burning sensation swept through his entire body, triggering a reaction from Lian Ningsu. He lifted her clothes, calling out her name amidst the chaos.

She was laughing, laughing at his poor judgment.

He took off her glasses and carried her to the table they were at in the afternoon.

Then everything began to descend into chaos…
“Meow.”

“Meow.”

The sound of a cat meowing woke him from his dream.

Xie Shang suddenly opened his eyes, and all the chaos stopped. He sat up, motionless, empty for a long time. The air conditioning was set low, yet he was still drenched in sweat.

The air still carried a faint scent of lime. Xie Shang got up, drew back the curtains, and opened the window. The moonlight was bright outside, and the tabby cat from next door stood at his window, its light brown eyes staring at him.

“Meow.”

It was mocking him.

He was wide awake, rummaging through the drawer under his bookshelf and finding a pack of cigarettes. He lit one, inhaled deeply, the smoke filling his lungs.

Xie Shang, oh Xie Shang, it turns out you too are a lesser man, swayed by a bottle of perfume.

*****
Returning from a night shift, Wen Changling got home to catch up on sleep. She was in a rush and didn’t take off her hearing aid; it wasn’t long before the noise from outside woke her. Unable to fall back asleep, she got up, washed her face, and then went out.

Granny Zhu was in the courtyard when she came out. “Did I wake you up?”

There was a guest in the courtyard.

Wen Changling didn’t recognize her. “Who are you?”

The lady was pregnant.

“Miss Wen,” she said. “I am Chen Chunshan’s wife.”

Chen Chunshan’s wife’s last name was Bai. She and Chen Chunshan met through a matchmaking arrangement and were married at the end of last year.

Wen Changling moved a chair over next to Miss Bai, because it’s not good for a pregnant woman to stand for too long.

“Do you need something from me?”

Miss Bai had arrived half an hour ago. Granny Zhu had asked her to go back home, but she refused to leave and insisted on seeing Wen Changling.

“I’d like to ask for your help, could you possibly persuade your boyfriend? Ask him to let my father-in-law off.”

Chen Fugui was in detention, and Wen Changling had heard that he was refusing to pay compensation. Xie Shang’s vase wasn’t brought by the wind, there was no reason for it to be smashed for nothing.

Wen Changling declined Miss Bai’s request. “I’m sorry, but I won’t intervene in this matter.”

Miss Bai’s eyes reddened, and she begged in a low voice, “Please, Miss Wen. Boss Xie is your boyfriend; he will surely relent if you speak up.” She defended Chen Fugui, saying, “My father-in-law was just impulsive, and he knows he was wrong. He can come and apologize to you.”

Not a word about compensation.

Even if he couldn’t afford it, the attitude still mattered.

Miss Bai was still pleading. “Can’t you just do a good deed and drop the lawsuit? My mother-in-law has fallen ill at home, and my husband isn’t home either. This family is about to fall apart, and here I am, expecting.” Tears streamed down Miss Bai’s face. “Miss Wen, can you help me out? You wouldn’t want to see a good family fall apart like this, would you?”

Wen Changling didn’t like this kind of talk. “Whether your family falls apart has nothing to do with me, nor my boyfriend. The ones who did wrong aren’t us; it’s your father-in-law and your husband.”

Miss Bai wanted to plead further.

Wen Changling moved the chair behind Miss Bai—it was up to her whether to sit. Wen Changling spoke clearly, “I will not plead for someone who has made a mistake. Making a mistake isn’t just about apologizing. You don’t need to come pleading to me anymore; you’d be better off thinking for yourself. Is a man worth your groveling pleas when he steals from his own home to squander on extravagances, lies and shifts blame afterward, and when trouble comes, he just runs away?”

Miss Bai fell silent, covering her mouth and crying without a sound.

*****
The incident at Ruyi Pawnshop also became the talk of the neighborhood.

Chen Chunshan pawned a pair of ancestral candlesticks for two hundred thousand yuan, but lied to his family that he had only pawned them for twenty thousand. He squandered the money in less than a week, spending it on tips for three female live streamers.

Chen Fugui was detained the day after. Chen Chunshan’s whereabouts became unknown, all because he ran off to another province to meet one of the live streamers.

After learning the value of the vase, Chen Fugui refused to pay compensation and even claimed that the broken vase wasn’t worth that much, accusing the pawnshop of extortion. In any case, he wouldn’t pay. Xie Shang did not withdraw the lawsuit; the law would handle it as it should.

Oh, and there was another matter.

On Wulixing Avenue next to theirs, a man surnamed Zou caught his wife cheating right on the street. Instead of showing remorse, the wife defended her lover to the extent of cracking her husband’s skull.

This wife seemed to be under some spell, perhaps bewitched or fed some sort of love potion, ready to leave home, wanting a divorce and not even her children—just the lover.

This gossip spread far and wide.

Mr. Zou was strong, bravely facing a life of betrayal with a smile. He continued to cheerfully take his two children to and from school as if life went on as usual.