Chapter 923: Chapter 154: Love That Eats Into the Bone

But like this, the two hearts were the closest.

Rong Sinan gently lifted his head and lowered it to plant a kiss on Tang Yige’s hair.

Then he stretched out his long arm, grabbed the quilt from the bed, and draped it over the two of them. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

His arms encircled Tang Yige through the quilt, and he slowly closed his eyes.

...

At noon, because Rong Rui slept late, he only got out of bed around four.

Zhang Lan washed his face for him and then let him play on his own.

Rong Rui habitually headed to the second floor to find Tang Yige.

Zhang Lan saw this, her eyebrows twitched, and she swiftly intercepted the chubby little guy who had just taken a couple of steps up the stairs, lifting him away.

Rong Rui, who was unprepared for Zhang Lan’s actions, was so startled his eyes widened, his shoulders tensed, and he woodenly stared at Zhang Lan.

Zhang Lan chuckled, set the little guy on the sofa, and said, "Don’t go bother Yige, she’s busy."

Rong Rui sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking at Zhang Lan, "I won’t bother Little Gege."

"Yeah right." Zhang Lan lovingly tapped his forehead.

"Aunt Zhang, stop treating me like a little kid. I know Little Gege is working, and as her boyfriend, how could I act like some little brat and disturb her?"

Rong Rui pouted, clearly unhappy that Zhang Lan wouldn’t let him see Tang Yige.

When Rong Rui mentioned the word "boyfriend,"

Zhang Lan couldn’t help but roll her eyes, too lazy to argue further, and directly issued an ultimatum, "Anyway, don’t go looking for Yige. Otherwise, you can forget about eating meat tonight. I’ll make a full vegetarian meal for you!"

Rong Rui’s chubby face twitched, looking fearfully at Zhang Lan, "Aunt Zhang, are you serious?"

Zhang Lan stifled a laugh, "Do I look like I’m joking with you?"

"..." Rong Rui thought, not at all!

The little guy scrunched his face in frustration, opened his legs to climb off the sofa, "lifelessly" drooping his little shoulders, and wandered towards the game room, muttering incomprehensibly to himself.

Zhang Lan shook her head with a smile and glanced up at the second floor.

In her mind, she thought: Sir, Aunt Zhang can only help you this much.

After that, Zhang Lan went to the kitchen to prepare ingredients for dinner.

...

When dinner was ready, Tang Yige and Rong Sinan hadn’t come down from upstairs yet.

Rong Rui, who could smell the aroma of the food from the game room, ran out and obediently sat on the chair waiting for dinner.

Zhang Lan paced hesitantly back and forth at the foot of the stairs, twiddling her fingers.

She was debating whether or not to call Yige and Rong Sinan down for dinner.

But she was also afraid of seeing something... indescribable if she went up.

Moreover, she was now afraid not only to go up but also to even call out to Yige from downstairs, for fear of... interrupting them.

What if she ended up ruining someone’s "happy moment" with just one call? That would be a big mistake on her part.

"Aunt Zhang, why don’t you call Little Gege to eat?" Rong Rui licked his lips, eyeing the braised pork on the table greedily.

Zhang Lan looked at Rong Rui.

Her expression was troubled.

Rong Rui held on for a while, but eventually couldn’t take it anymore.

So he decided to take action himself.

Rong Rui took one last look at the braised pork on the table.

He slowly slid off the chair, and with his little chubby arms opened wide, he walked over to where Zhang Lan was standing at the foot of the stairs.

"Aunt Zhang, it’s dinnertime. No matter how busy Little Gege is, she still has to eat, right? You always say that food is essential and one meal missed makes you famished. So, if Little Gege gets hungry, how can she concentrate on her work?"

Rong Rui rambled on as he started climbing upstairs.

"Don’t..."

Zhang Lan lowered her voice, reached out to grab the back of Rong Rui’s shirt collar, and said.

Rong Rui turned his head in surprise, "Why?"

Uh...

"Anyway, you just can’t go up." Zhang Lan was too lazy to come up with an excuse and spoke directly.

Rong Rui noticed Zhang Lan’s evasive eyes and narrowed his big eyes: Something’s definitely up!

Thinking this, Rong Rui suddenly pulled away Zhang Lan’s hand from his collar and, like a little cheetah, swiftly climbed quite a way up the stairs past Zhang Lan’s reach.

Zhang Lan was stunned, then quickly panicked and took a deep breath, "Little Rui, come back."

Rong Rui glanced back at Zhang Lan, stuck his tongue out at her mischievously, and turned to climb upstairs even faster.

Zhang Lan lamented inwardly.

It was bad enough if she saw something inappropriate, but if Rong Rui saw it, it would be even worse.

Zhang Lan had no choice, she cleared her throat and shouted, "Yige, dinner’s ready, come down for dinner."

"Okay, I’ll be down soon."

Yige’s soft voice drifted down from upstairs.

Zhang Lan: "..."

Rong Rui climbing upstairs: "..." Does Little Gege seem like something’s wrong?

Rong Rui stopped, turning his head to look at Zhang Lan in confusion.

Zhang Lan’s face was also looking a bit embarrassed at the moment.

Suddenly, she felt like her thoughts were, well, ahem, not so pure either...

Zhang Lan’s face flushed, and she silently turned around to head to the dining room.

Rong Rui crouched in the middle of the stairs, troubled.

Should he continue climbing up? Or go back down?

After hesitating for about two seconds.

Rong Rui decided not to waste energy climbing up since he’d have to come downstairs soon anyway.

So the little guy seriously climbed back down the stairs.

Why climb?

Because it was faster than walking... No choice, his legs were short and stubby! (Rong Rui: Who are you calling short legs? I’ll grow into world-class long legs, okay? Some author: More like world-class chubby legs, there’s a fundamental difference between long legs and fat legs. Rong Rui: Mom and Dad, someone’s bullying me... Some author: I was wrong, I’m sorry. Rong Rui haughtily: Hmph! Some author: Blame my fate, not the government! Feeling blue!)

...

Upstairs.

Tang Yige strained her ears to listen to the rustling sound of fabric on the stairs, hearing it grow fainter until it disappeared, and only then did she open her mouth slightly and let out a long breath.

"Ha..."

A low, rich chuckle came from beneath her.

Tang Yige’s face flushed with heat, glaring in anger and embarrassment, "Rong Sinan, aren’t you being childish?"

Both of them had heard Zhang Lan and Rong Rui’s conversation downstairs just now.

At that moment, she wanted to get off him.

But this guy stubbornly refused to let go as if his hands were glued to her waist.

Tang Yige never thought Rong Sinan had this kind of clingy side!

Rong Sinan raised an eyebrow, chuckling softly, "You shouldn’t have agreed just now. You should have let the kid come up and see, make him give up on the idea."

"What idea?" Tang Yige was speechless.

Rong Rui always said he wanted to marry her, but it was just a child’s words without restraint.

Wouldn’t Rong Sinan know that?

Besides.

Rong Rui was also his son. Would he really set up his own kid like that?

If Rong Rui came up and saw them "stacked" together, who knows what kind of psychological shadow he’d have!

"You underestimate the Rong Family’s genes."

As if knowing what Tang Yige was thinking, Rong Sinan said with a teasing smile.

Tang Yige couldn’t be bothered to argue, furrowing her brows, "Little Rui’s gone down now, you can let go, right?"

"Mmhm."

Rong Sinan squinted, staring at Tang Yige, "Kiss me. Kiss me and I’ll let you down."

"..." Tang Yige’s entire face turned red, her beautiful eyes wide open, staring at Rong Sinan, "You, how can you be so shameless?"

"Why do I need to care about that? Having you is enough." Rong Sinan gazed at Tang Yige with deep affection.

Tang Yige shuddered, "Stop talking, it’s disgusting, you’re giving me goosebumps."

Rong Sinan hummed softly.

Tang Yige waited a few seconds, seeing Rong Sinan still showing no signs of letting go.

Her brow twitched.

This guy, could he be serious?

Tang Yige looked at Rong Sinan with disbelief.

And Rong Sinan immediately gave Tang Yige a "yes, I’m serious" look.

Tang Yige, "..." Her eyes rolled so far back they nearly hit the ceiling if there weren’t one.

"Yige, Little Rui’s hungry, I let him start eating." Zhang Lan, having waited for a while without Yige and Rong Sinan coming down, couldn’t bear to let Rong Rui go hungry and went to the stairs to call upstairs.

"... Aunt Zhang, let Little Rui eat first, I’ll be down soon." Tang Yige said, keeping her voice normal while staring speechlessly at Rong Sinan.

"Okay."

Zhang Lan responded from downstairs.

"Rong Sinan, that’s enough!" Tang Yige said angrily.

Rong Sinan squinted, staring at Tang Yige’s bright, angry eyes, his gaze shifted slightly, then suddenly lifted his head and sealed Tang Yige’s lips with his.

Tang Yige, "..." Her eyes widened as she watched Rong Sinan’s handsome face suddenly draw near.