Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 313 - 7. Stealth in darkness, I will always stay by your side (First update)
Tang Yanqing laughed silently and stopped bickering, simply smiling quietly in the darkness as she watched her.
Shi Nian felt a bit uneasy, pushed him away, and walked out from behind the door.
The house felt empty, making one feel a sense of unease.
The two walked into the corridor, and Tang Yanqing lit a match again, intending to light a cigarette. The flame momentarily illuminated their faces, and in that instant when their eyes met, they both saw the fiery brilliance in each other’s eyes.
Shi Nian quickly looked away, stepping forward first to blow out the match.
"Tobacco has a smell, it’ll linger. Besides, the cigarettes you smoke aren’t available on the market, which makes them your identity marker. If they fall into the nose of someone attentive, they’ll recognize you."
He chuckled softly, his gaze burning like a star in the darkness, staring at her intently.
"Who are you worried about recognizing me?"
Shi Nian was taken aback, realizing she misspoke, quickly retreated: "At least I can tell; Jia Tianzi, Guan Liang, and Xiao Yi can all recognize it as well. In short, there’s no one who can completely disappear in this world."
He put the cigarette box back in his pocket, inserted his hands into his pants pockets, and squinted at her: "Since you can even differentiate my tobacco... you’ve been here this whole time, you must have found something significant. Tell me, what did you find?"
Shi Nian felt a bit flustered: "I found nothing!"
Xiong Jie’s house was unexpectedly tidy, leaving no trace for sensory identification. It seemed that without the police’s professional tools, nothing could be discovered.
Tang Yanqing squinted: "Don’t rush. Finding nothing at all—this itself is a kind of discovery."
"Hmm?"
Shi Nian was startled, turning to look at him. Despite the deep night, his eyes sparkled and glowed, playful yet mostly encouraging and warm.
Her heart stirred: "You mean, the lack of any direct traces might suggest someone came specifically to clean and organize."
"In other words, if there were normal traces in the room, perhaps Xiong Jie is fine; on the contrary, due to excessive tidiness, there are signs of deliberate cleaning, which proves she really is in trouble?!"
"Exactly." He nodded in approval: "Besides these, you have other discoveries. They were just overlooked by you. Now close your eyes, relax, and you’ll remember."
In the darkness, his voice seemed magical, deep and melodious, sensually inciting a response from her toes.
Shi Nian took a deep breath, unaware of the sudden surge of warmth inside her, hurriedly held her breath, and concentrated on recalling what happened earlier.
"I remember now, that living thing!"
She excitedly waved her arm gently: "It almost scared me to death just now, not knowing what it was. Now I think it must have been a cat. Only a cat hides itself upon discovering strangers; if it were a dog, it would have started barking when it discovered me."
"Good girl," he smiled, lazily approaching, reaching out to touch her cheek: "Even if they can clean all traces in this house, they forgot that cats can ’speak’.
His palm lingered on her face, gently caressing.
Shi Nian was so nervous she didn’t know what to do, yet her thoughts became unusually active: "Exactly! Even if they came to clean the whole house, they might not have remembered to feed the cat. As long as the cat is taken to an experienced vet, the digestion level of its stomach contents, along with its health, can estimate how long its owner hasn’t returned."
In the darkness, he laughed softly. That laughter carried a faint sigh.
He took another step closer: "...And you, how many days have you been away from my side, how many days haven’t you returned?"
His palm gradually warmed, caressing the side of her neck: "And how many days have I not kissed you, hmm?"
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Darkness is originally supposed to make one tense, but strangely enough, sometimes it becomes the best aphrodisiac. Just by his simple actions and words, her body uncontrollably started burning.
She wanted to back away, but there was nowhere to go.
The corridor was narrow and long, her back against the wall, and he blocked all paths she could escape by.
She panted heavily, trying hard to cool down the situation by changing the subject: "Have you also discovered Xiong Jie is missing?"
He laughed, his brows rising slightly in the darkness: "I didn’t discover her missing, I just found you were missing."
"Hmm?" She was startled for a moment, but then she understood: "You wouldn’t be monitoring me outside my house!"
He snorted, "I just wanted to know what you were sneaking out alone for, or who you might be meeting."
She bit her teeth at him: "None of your business!"
But he didn’t want to delve into that topic, and shifted his gaze in the darkness, surveying the surroundings: "What else did you discover?"
"... Also, I discovered that the security system in the house wasn’t activated or has been broken into."
He didn’t rush into a kiss but his body pressed up against her first. His hand rested on the side of her neck, seemingly patiently helping her relax, even his voice was soothing and comforting: "Tell me, how did you find out?"
His body heat brazenly surrounded her, while his hand patiently glided along her nerves. She felt as though her body and consciousness were completely controlled by his fingertips.
She could only close her eyes as a last defense.
"Because I needed to pick the lock to get in, I was worried it might trigger the security system alarm, so I did some experiments beforehand."
"Mhm, I know. First, you spent a day as a paperboy, tossing newspapers onto her porch; the next day, you posed as a salesperson, knocking on doors; and earlier tonight, you played with a remote control plane, purposely making it fly to the second-floor window, brushing the window frame with its wings... you were testing to see if this house’s security system would be triggered. Once you confirmed it wouldn’t, you dared to come pick the lock."
Shi Nian was both surprised and embarrassed: "...You knew about all that?"
"Mhm..." Although his tone was smug, he couldn’t help but smile.
Her methods, while a bit silly and cute, were not as swift and forceful as those of the police, yet effectively executed. While she was carrying them out, he was actually in a car by the roadside, cautiously keeping watch for her. After she left, he stayed behind to carefully observe the neighbors’ reactions, ensuring no one suspected her. Only then did he feel secure in letting her in tonight without stepping forward to stop her.
Thinking of her efforts over the three days, like a diligent little penguin, he couldn’t help but laugh. His fingertip freely skimmed over her lips: "Are all journalists’ interviewing methods as adorable as yours, hmm?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
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His fingertip brushed across her, and her lips involuntarily parted, gently flinching with his touch.
Did he just call her—cute?
She took a quiet breath: "No one thinks we’re cute. Many people find journalists despicable for using any means to dig up news."
He chuckled softly, lowering his head: "...Not including me. I just think it’s really cute."
His hand finally gently grasped her neck, with his full weight pressing down, pinning her against the wall.
Before his lips fell to hers, his long and powerful leg wedged between her legs...
She opened her mouth to let out a small cry, but before she could make a sound, his lips descended.
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He patiently traced the lines of her lips, leisurely savoring the sweetness within her mouth.
She felt like she had transformed into a soft serve ice cream cone, being teased and lightly licked by him at his leisure...
She couldn’t help but let out a soft moan, her mind spinning, softly pleading: "...Please, stop. This is Xiong Jie’s house, not here."
His entire body was scorching, trembling as he crushed her.
"I don’t care where it is... Or are you inviting me to your bedroom."
Shi Nian knew she was in disarray, and she also knew she had strangely laid herself bare in the darkness; she also knew... he wanted more than just a kiss tonight.
She couldn’t help but choke softly: "...Please, not now. I need to be single right now, I can’t accept you."
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He trembled slightly but didn’t back away, biting onto her ear.
"Don’t tell me you want to stay single to give Huangfu Huazhang a chance; don’t tell me you’ve already made a promise to him."
She shut her eyes tightly, her ears ringing with Huangfu Huazhang’s gentle plea: "...After finding Xiong Jie, be with me."
She was a mature woman, and she certainly understood all that "being together" entailed.
Perhaps... in certain situations, she had no choice.
Maybe only that way would help Huangfu Huazhang lower his guard, to see all of him clearly.
She closed her eyes, regaining her composure, and gently pushed Tang Yanqing away.
"I’m sorry, Mr. Tang, I... can’t do this with you."
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As expected, indeed...
What he had feared still happened.
Inside his heart, it was like a blaze fiercely whipping up in the wind!
"Not being able to do this with me means you want to do this with Huangfu Huazhang, hm? You won’t agree to be with me, you want to stay single so you can go to his side, so he will accept you, hm?"
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[Second update of the morning~]
