From Dropout to Housemaid-The Upper Crust's Favorite - Chapter 120

Facing Su Linyuan’s anxiety and uncertainty, Jiang Xianyu felt a pang of guilt. He was, after all, just an ordinary person-he too had moments when he felt insecure.

Thinking of her own journey, she spoke softly, “Next time, you can just ask me. I’ll tell you. There’s no need to stay up all night worrying by yourself.”

Su Linyuan reached out and pinched her cheek. “Alright, I’ll take your word for it.”

Jiang Xianyu nodded solemnly.

After breakfast, the two of them cleared the dishes into the kitchen and loaded them into the dishwasher.

Jiang Xianyu was a little surprised by his change. “You know how to clean up now?”

“Of course I do.” Su Linyuan sounded rather proud.

Jiang Xianyu teased, “Who was it that, the first time cleaning up, made the kitchen look like a crime scene?”

Su Linyuan’s face flushed red. “That’s a bit too much, calling me out like that.”

Jiang Xianyu just smiled and let it go.

Su Linyuan said, “I just want to pick up more life skills. When it’s just the two of us, I don’t want to mess everything up and make you work harder.”

He’d sent Qian away these last few times. If he didn’t know how to do anything and needed something, would he really make Jiang Xianyu do it?

Jiang Xianyu was surprised by his initiative to learn.

Even when she couldn’t see, he was trying to change.

It was Sunday. Su Linyuan didn’t need to go to the company, and Jiang Xianyu was between jobs, so both of them had free time.

“Want to watch a show?” Su Linyuan asked.

Jiang Xianyu nodded and went to sit on the sofa.

Su Linyuan sat down beside her.

While Jiang Xianyu was watching TV, Su Linyuan quietly inched closer to her, then paused.

When she didn’t react, he moved a little closer, and paused again.

After a few rounds of this, their legs were pressed together, arms touching.

It was already mid-April, and the weather was warming up. Both of them were wearing light clothes.

The man’s body heat seeped through the fabric to Jiang Xianyu’s skin, and her fingers twitched slightly.

Su Linyuan kept his eyes on the TV, as if absorbed in the plot, but his pinky curled and hooked around the woman’s finger beside him, then slowly advanced until her hand was completely enveloped in his.

The drama on TV was at its most exciting, but Jiang Xianyu’s mind was elsewhere.

Her attention had long been drawn away by the feeling of her hand being held.

Su Linyuan placed her hand on his thigh and leaned toward her. “Xiao Yu, you said you didn’t black out last night.”

“Mm.” Her heart was beating a little fast.

Su Linyuan turned to face her. “So, does that mean we’re boyfriend and girlfriend now?”

Jiang Xianyu didn’t meet his gaze, and her hand moved slightly in his grip.

Su Linyuan waited anxiously, not daring to rush her.

Jiang Xianyu couldn’t stand his burning gaze. She stared at the TV and, as if by accident, said, “Actually, I can hold my liquor pretty well.”

Su Linyuan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he leaned in to press, “How good is ‘pretty well’?”

“Just… very good.” She was deliberately vague.

Su Linyuan rubbed her hand against his cheek, his tone excited and a little spoiled, “Would you get drunk after four or five glasses?”

Jiang Xianyu adjusted her breathing, which was a little quick from nerves, and replied, “No.”

Hearing the answer he wanted, Su Linyuan was over the moon. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her lips over and over, his voice brimming with joy. “Jiang Xianyu! Are you trying to make me die of happiness?”

Held tightly in his embrace, Jiang Xianyu saw him so openly delighted for the first time. Suddenly, she let go of her worries and smiled.

“I want to make you happy to death.”

Su Linyuan let her go and looked at her, his eyes reddened with excitement.

“You little liar, pretending to be drunk.”

“But I love it. I’m so happy I could burst!”

Jiang Xianyu’s eyes grew warm, the corners of her lips lifting. She hadn’t expected that one act of initiative from her could make him so happy.

Su Linyuan’s heart was swelling with joy. He leaned in, pressing her down, and a searing kiss swept over her. All he wanted now was to kiss her, kiss her, kiss her.

Jiang Xianyu accepted his passion, her slender arms wrapping around his neck with feeling.

Encouraged, Su Linyuan gently caressed her ear and neck, kissing her deeply and wantonly.

It was as if all his impulses were poured into this kiss.

Jiang Xianyu’s lips tingled, and her hands reflexively gripped his clothes, then slid down to his waist.

The woman’s touch sent shivers through him.

Ticklish by nature, he almost cried out.

He quickly covered her mischievous hands, his handsome face flushed with restraint.

Kneeling beside her, he slowly moved her hands to his waist and abdomen.

He knew she liked it there.

He’d heard people say that abs were a man’s best cosmetic surgery.

But Jiang Xianyu didn’t dare move, afraid that if the man lost control, they’d really end up rolling together.

She had broken through her own mental barrier to be brave this once, but she wasn’t ready for things to move so fast.

Su Linyuan glanced at the woman’s flushed face and sparkling eyes, restrained himself, and let go of her hands, then picked her up.

“Did I scare you?”

Jiang Xianyu curled up in his arms, calming herself, and after a long while, replied, “No.”

It wasn’t like they hadn’t kissed before.

Su Linyuan breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s okay if you’re not used to it. We’re already boyfriend and girlfriend now. We can just practice more in the future.”

Jiang Xianyu was annoyed by his shameless words. “Who wants to practice more with you?”

“Of course you do,” Su Linyuan said righteously. “I wouldn’t want to with anyone else.”

Jiang Xianyu was amused by him.

She pushed at him, feeling a little suffocated by his tight embrace.

Su Linyuan loosened his hold a bit, but only just a bit.

Jiang Xianyu said, “How come I never noticed you were this clingy before?”

As soon as she said it, she paused. Actually, thinking back, he really had always been clingy.

Whenever they ate together, he was almost always by her side.

She hadn’t noticed before, but looking back, he’d shown it in so many ways. It was just that she’d been so focused on the housemaid line that she instinctively ignored his odd behavior.

“Before, you weren’t my girlfriend yet. I had to restrain myself just to sit close to you. I was so self-controlled before, but now I can’t hold back. What am I supposed to do if I can’t hold back?”

Jiang Xianyu rubbed her forehead helplessly. How could he say these things so righteously?

“Alright, I get it. Stop talking.”

Thank goodness they were at home, just the two of them. If this was outside, she wouldn’t dare lift her head.

Jiang Xianyu found his embrace uncomfortable and wanted to sit up properly.

Su Linyuan let her slip out of his arms, but as soon as she sat up, he scooped her back into his embrace.

She was still being held, but this way, watching TV was much more comfortable.

A forty-five-minute episode finished. Su Linyuan picked up a strawberry and fed it to Jiang Xianyu, asking as he did, “In a couple of days, it’s my uncle’s fifty-fifth birthday banquet. Will you go with me?”

Jiang Xianyu was silent for a moment, then shook her head. “I’d rather not.”

Su Linyuan glanced at her, but didn’t push. Still, he said what needed to be said. “If you don’t want to go, I won’t force you. There will be plenty of similar banquets in the future, but you don’t need to worry. I’ll wait until you’re ready. When that time comes, you’ll be my girlfriend, and we’ll be a team. No one can look down on you. Besides, you’re more than good enough.”