One whole chapter this time, because I bunked work 🙂
Chapter nine
The next morning, they woke up on the white bed. As he woke up, he looked to his side. They had stayed in the same place for so long, finally, they were sleeping in the same bed.
Slightly blushing, she laughed sweetly. Like last night, she answered shyly, " I am your wife."
Li Yongxuan buried her face in his chest and listened to his strong heartbeat.
Last night, under the bright moonlight, the desires suppressed for a long time between the two were finally unleashed . The tides surged forward in a maelstrom,again and again till they were both submerged.
A wave of anticipation, followed by a wave of violent impact; sometimes there were just gentle waves swaying her, making her feel as if her whole body was gradually melting.
She was his. And he was hers.
Her little hand gently stroked his iron like arm, his strong chest, his abdominal muscles, his waist…
"If you eat and drink like this, you will get fat here", she muttered.
"You…", she blushed and tried to turn back.
Sure enough, there was a part of his body that had woken up as well.
"You… Stop it!"
"Get used to this!" she mock-scolded him
The he returned the favour fair and square.
He adjusted her body, then bowed to kiss the sweet cherry fruit.
Although the words were disjointed, he still understood.
Temporarily letting go of the fruit in his mouth, he raised his head, his amber eyes flashing a wild beast like desire.
"Grandpa has always seen through my feelings for you…so he always warned me, if I'm not serious about you, I was not allowed to touch you. You're helpless, stupid, too gullible, he was afraid that afterwards…"
Angrily, she hammered his chest with her fists, "Grandpa did not say that!"
" He did! You can ask him", he laughed and resumed what he was doing earlier.
After kissing her to appease her, he leisurely said, "When my parents were like this, in so much love that they lost their heads, my dad was only nineteen years old, a college student. My mother was twenty four. The result was an accidental pregnancy. My mother did not want me and planned to go for an abortion. My grandfather went with my father to beg to her several times till she reluctantly agreed. Grandpa is afraid… afraid that I will make the same mistake."
Li Yongxuan was quiet for a moment as she lay nestled in his arms.
"I was an unwanted child. As long as I remember that, I can never be arrogant no matter how many medals I win."He laughed bitterly at himself, the corners of his mouth lifting up, "And Xuan… you see? Looks like I am continuing the family tradition…"
She hugged him tightly, listening to him casually joking, hiding a world of hurt underneath.
Mai Wei Zhe's mouth curved into a big smile
"You should start exercising! After going home, you have to go to the gym every single day!"
Facts have proved that for lovers - no, they were husband and wife, although not registered yet - the best exercises were not in the gym.
At the end of the holiday, Grandpa Mai looked at them and knew that something had happened.
Li Yongxuan blushed, but still held on to Mai Wei Zhe's hand and said, " Grandpa, I told him, we…"
Grandpa looked at them for a moment and nodded.
"I don't want a diamond…"
"No problem. Tomorrow we will buy one", Mai Wei Zhe again used one sentence to solve the problem.
And this was how the two people announced their marriage to family. Sometimes it was good to be an orphan.
For Li Yongxuan, her responsibilities were many even after acquiring a husband. She had duties both in home and outside. She checked if grandfather had been taking his medicines properly, she checked if the refrigerator was stocked fully with food, she did the groceries, washed the clothes, unpacked their luggage and then opened her computer. Work had accumulated over the last few days. She had a long list of letters to be answered, a lot of news to be archived..
While she was busy with the archiving, Grandpa took the opportunity to hand over a few notes to Mai Wei Zhe. "This man has called several times"
Mai Wei Zhe was amazed.
It was really strange that Grandpa and Xuan Xuan were not related. Their habit of taking detailed notes was so similar !
This was dear friend Liang Wen He. He was yet to be reconciled to the fact that the delectable morsel he had been eyeing had been snatched away from him before he could take a bite. Moreover, it had been taken away by a young and healthy man half his age. The great director, who had just stepped into middle age, began to feel a sense of crisis and started acting crazily to reverse the situation.
He put the notes in his pocket as deep fury clouded his eyes, " Does Xuan Xuan know about this?'
"I will. Rest assured."
Grandpa and grandson had a quick whispered conversation, both their expressions serious.
The person at the centre of the conversation also frowned, it seemed she had encountered a problem as well.
Li Yongxuan shook her head and gave him a confused look. She tried to say something and then pulled back at the last moment.
Just before the vacation, she had sent out a letter for sponsorship. She had got no response to this. Whether the Yang group would sponsor the skating group was not yet clear. She was anxious because this decision was still hanging in the air.
She had sent her list to the current agents of the speed skating team but she hadn't received any response either.
If Li Yongxuan was their agent, she could mediate and help them. But Mai Wei Zhe was completely opposed, there was no room for any negotiation. Whenever she mentioned it, his response was like a stone wall - he would turn cold and refuse to talk about it.
So she shook her head, "Nothing. Just too much work to do. What were you and Grandpa talking so seriously about?"
" You want to eat hamburgers?"
Thus the issue was temporarily evaded. Each held onto their own secret and did not mention it to the other.
In the darkness, as they lingered affectionately in each other’s arms in the aftermath, Mai We Zhe suddenly tightened his embrace, hugging her so tightly that she had difficulty breathing. Sweat dripped from his body and he was panting slightly from the exertion earlier.
In fact, just now, he had made love to her so intensely, so impatiently. She felt as if he was so anxious he wanted to swallow her whole.
"I…" he would have liked to casually make an excuse. But in the dim light, when he looked at her dark eyes glittering, he found himself unable to lie to her.
He just shut up.
"Are you regretting getting married so hastily?" she asked softly."We haven't registered yet, and not many people know. So, in fact, we can take it slow. If you…"
"I have never regretted anything in my life, and the last thing I will ever regret is getting married to you", he said with absolute certainty
"But you are only twenty six", she said finally after staying silent for a long while
Even after such an intense love making , Li Yongxuan still had a sense of insecurity deep in her heart.
"I'm not thirty years old yet".
She stared at him.
Although laughing, he admitted that she didn't look like she was nearing thirty.
Of course she was his. And he was also hers.
Completely and with no reservations..
How much confidence did they have in each other ? Was it enough to support them through a lifetime? Life wasn't always going to be a vacation.
Not long after returning. Mai Wei Zhe became very busy. In addition to resuming physical training, he had to attend large and small events, advertising, interviews, publicity events and so on. Within three days he had to fly out, so he hardly Spent any time at home.
In fact, he was as busy in the past, but now his identity was different, even he felt completely different.He felt especially impatient if he had to stay overnight at any place.
” What did you do today?” At night in the hotel, while Mai Wei Zhe dd his stretching exercises before sleep to soothe his muscles, he always spoke to Li Yongxuan.
“Well, then what?”
the same. Do you come back tomorrow?”
She seemed to have nothing more to say.
For the first time in his life, he was so close to a person. In this situation, he had no idea what to do. Should he persist in asking her ?
How many times ? Would that upset her ? Would she blame him for being too obsessed ?
He hung up the phone and dropped his whole body on bed and stared at the ceiling.
The next day he reached home late at night. The game was delayed, interview was delayed, the flight was delayed…by the time he reached the airport, he had
"Uh.. did you mention it to him?" The head coach asked the assistant coach.
The two coaches watched the angry young man leave. They wanted to ask him something important but..they left it for another day.
Once he was back home, it was dark outside. He tiptoed in, afraid of waking yo grandpa who must be sleeping. But once he entered the house, he saw in the kitchen.Li Yongxuan must have been working while waiting for him. But it was too late. So , with the lights on, the computer on and a pile of magazines next to her, she had fallen asleep with her head on the table.
As soon as he saw her, all his anger vanished. A strange emotion. Both happy and distressed, seized his heart. He quietly walked over and could not help but bend over and kiss her on her cheek. He kissed her lightly so as not to awaken her.
But she woke up and opened her eyes to see him smiling at her. Her mouth curved into a sweet smile.
" Why are you sleeping here ? Be careful or your back will ache." He said this with a chuckle aa his hands to her her shoulders and neck.
".. and you’ve even left the computer on, it’s almost dying.."
Li Yongxuan’s eyes widened. She suddenly jerked , completely awake and almost in a panic, swept away all the stuff on the table. She hurriedly struck the keyboard to switch off the computer.
" Take it slow, you can finish it tomorrow."
He stood behind her , gently massaging her taut shoulders. Just being beside her, having her as his companion was enough for him.
Their bodies were inseparable, their hearts beat as one, but still there was a sliver of doubt that arose in his heart.
Had he ever seen her behave like this before ?
Miumiu : Both of them were orphans, one an unwanted child. So it’s no surprise that they both have deeply embedded insecurities. That MWZ opens up a little about himself just shows, to me, how deeply he loves LI. And perhaps it is her insecurity that compels LI to find ways to help the team find sponsorship, even if that means going against MWZ’s explicit wishes. But why is MWZ so against LI becoming the team agent? And what is he going to do about the directir who has crept back in their life ? Three more chapters to go so not long to wait.  Tell me your thoughts …..