Chapter 22 There’s Always a First Time
Lin Qing had an explicit definition for the word “tempting”.

For instance, this word was irrelevant to a girl like herself.

Nevertheless, Mu Li provided convincing explanation, from her alluring pose and her flirty words, supplemented by a look of deep significance.

Lin Qing had no choice but to believe him.

Her simplicity made Mu Li laugh in his heart.

“Well, what are you gonna do now?”

Mu Li asked patiently.

Lin Qing was a little bit embarrassed.

“Uh…well…” She lost her mind and looked up at Mu Li blankly, as if to seek for an answer in his eyes.

Mu Li narrowed his eyes.

Didn’t she know such sight may be even more tempting under this circumstance?

“Well…what shall I do?”

Quite a while later, Lin Qing tilted her head and whispered the question.

Mu Li was defeated.

“Just do what I told you last time.”

He beckoned to Lin Qing while speaking.

Confused by his words, Lin Qing approached him unsuspectingly, still wondering what he told her last time.

As she drew near, Mu Li leaned over all of a sudden.

This strange posture triggered certain memory in her mind.

“Well…” she tried an answer, “are you talking about the compensation I should make to you?”

Mu Li smiled: she was not that stupid.

It seemed that his little girl finally got enlightened. Mu Li nodded sincerely.

“But didn’t you say forget it then?”

Lin Qing cautiously raised her sight, asking in a soft voice.

For Heaven’s sake, when did he say that?

Lin Qing thought it over and believed she was right, giving him a blink for confirmation.

Mu Li sighed.

“Lin Qing, we’re married.”

“Well… I know.”

Lin Qing was displeased.

She confessed she had a bad memory, but not that bad to forget their marriage. Mu Li had no need to remind her of it.

And it was strange to be reminded of her marriage status.

It rendered an impression that this marriage had nothing to do with her.

“Since we are married, we should do what couples do, right?”

Mu Li continued to coax her, eyebrows arching a little.

“Um… Yeah.”

Lin Qing looked down, feeling worse.

“Like, we should sleep together now. Shouldn’t we?”

Mu Li grinned at his victory.

“Well…yeah.”

Unaware of his intention, she even nodded.

He was right for everything.

But…

“Wait…wait!”

Lin Qing became panic and turned to him wide-eyed, “What, what did you say?”

It must be her illusion to hear the phrase “sleep together”.

Mu Li touched his chin and looked at her with interest, “I said, we should sleep right now.”

Lin Qing added nervously, “separately?”

“Of course…” Mu Li smiled and touched her head, trying to calm her down, “not.”

Lin Qing froze in an instant.

“Well…well…” It was a long time before she came to herself, stammering, “So we’ll just sleep on the bed, just like that day, right?”

“Of course…” Mu Li smiled more broadly with a profound expression, “not.”

Lin Qing ran away at once.

But how could she escape from Mu Li’s control?

Mu Li trapped her in his arms easily, leaving her getting more and more nervous.

“Why do you run away?”

Mu Li looked down at her, combing her hair with fingers.

Lin Qing blushed. She dared not look up or move, staying in his arms stiffly.

After quite a long time, she managed to utter a word.

“I…don’t know…” Her voice was vague, with the last word hardly being heard.

Mu Li couldn’t help laughing.

She was so silly, silly and cute.

Mu Li narrowed his eyes, this time, with a dangerous look.

Lin Qing, however, was not aware of the danger.

Her tomato-like cheeks remained red because of the warmth of his embrace. She felt not quite herself and thus, still shy, looked up at Mu Li.

“Mu Li,” Lin Qing whispered his name, “perhaps I have a slight fever.”

…A fever?

Mu Li’s face got dark.

Receiving no response, Lin Qing stretched out one of her hands and put it on Mu Li’s forehead, the other one on her own forehead.

She felt the temperature and switched hands for a second try, then breathed a sigh of relief.

“It seems not a fever.”

There was an explicit pleasure in her voice.

Mu Li felt he was aroused by the girl…again.

Perhaps urged by the blood from his heart, Mu Li grabbed her chin and kissed her heavily.

A very loud kiss.

“You… I…” Stunned by the sudden kiss, Lin Qing was unable to say the whole thing.

“This is what we must do after we get married. Understand?”

Mu Li sounded a little bit bossy, less tender than before.

“But…” Lin Qing was about to argue but then suddenly stopped.

There was something hot and hard against her belly.

Having no idea of what it was, she felt quite uncomfortable, like being hit by an electric shock.

She felt completely strange and substantially scared.

“There is always a first time. We might as well give it a try and perhaps, you will like it.”

This time, Mu Li said in a very serious manner, making himself more persuasive.

Give it a try?

Although she didn’t quite understand him, Lin Qing admitted his words made sense.

So she nodded.

She was plain without any attractions.

Mu Li married her and treated her well. It was natural for her to show friendliness at this moment.

Thinking of this, she sealed his lips with hers when Mu Li turned to her.

Their soft lips touched for a second and she withdrew immediately.

It was a fleeting kiss.

It was the first time for her to take the initiative. Mu Li was unexpected of it.

“Did I do it right?”

Lin Qing assumed she did it the wrong way, twisting her eyebrows.

Well, she was still one of those who were good at nothing.

“No, you did it well.”

Mu Li dispelled her doubt and took her in his arms.

He forced her into his embrace with his strong arms surrounding her waist.

And he then bent over to kiss her firmly.

It was a soulful long kiss, which couldn’t be easily escaped as before.

Lin Qing felt dizzy and weak and leaned into Mu Li completely.

Limp and numb all over and heart beating fast, she felt that hot thing against her belly again.

Something…she was longing for.

Lin Qing was completely lost in mind, forgetting where she was and what she was doing.

Mu Li was indulged in this fantastic kiss with eyes closed.

He hadn’t had such fierce, lingering kiss with anyone so wholeheartedly in a long time.

The girl was different to him, as he expected.

He tightened his embrace.

Lin Qing, who had never been kissed like this, was extremely nervous at the moment.

She was so nervous that she didn’t know whether to open or close her mouth. She bit Mu Li’s lips as he tried to thrust his way into her mouth through the teeth.

Lin Qing gasped and pushed Mu Li away before he could react.

“You’re bleeding.”

Lin Qing felt quite guilty about her mistake.

Mu Li wiped the blood and said to Lin Qing, “Don’t kiss so hard.”

Instead of blushing, Lin Qing scratched her head shyly, saying, “I’m sorry. I was too nervous.”

She looked neither embarrassed nor nervous when saying this.

Mu Li felt he didn’t understand her yet.

“So…can we sleep in separate rooms tonight?”

Seizing the opportunity, Lin Qing asked tentatively.

Mu Li took note of her clenched fists by her sides when she spoke, revealing her tension. He couldn’t restrain his compassion.

“OK.”

He granted, before he could pinpoint the reason.

Lin Qing immediately relaxed, showing an expression of relief.

Her face changed too apparently for Mu Li to ignore.

Why was she so excited about not sleeping with him?

Mu Li was upset.

Was he that charmless?

“But only tonight.”

Immediately, he added an amendment, which was not disputable, “There is no room for negotiation.”

A little stress was necessary.

The stress, however, wasn’t felt by Lin Qing, who was still immersed in the excitement of not having to sleep with him.

She was quite unique among all the women he knew.

This woman, somehow, made him restless.

The next morning.

Mu Li knocked at the door of the guest room next to his bedroom.

Lin Qing rushed to the guest room with some clothes after obtaining his grant last night.

And never once went out of the room again.

With a wall in between, he could even sense her joyfulness.

He, on the contrary, was gloomy all night.

He knocked several times at the door, but there was no response.

Lin Qing probably hadn’t got up yet.

Mu Li was about to walk away, but then he changed his mind, turned the door handle, and stepped into the room directly.

She didn’t lock the door before she went to bed.

She was not that sophisticated after all.

Mu Li curled his lips.

The room was quiet, with only the sound of his footsteps.

Although he didn’t deliberately walk lightly, the sleeping girl on bed didn’t wake up when he stood beside the bed.

Wearing a suit of well-fitting pajamas, Lin Qing lay on her side on the bed and was in a deep sleep.

Mu Li neared her and gazed at her profoundly.

She huddled up like an adorable kitten. Her eyes shut tight and her eyebrows frowned as if she was having a nightmare.

“Don’t…don’t let me go…” Lin Qing said ambiguously and vaguely and then fell into the dream again.

There must be Chen Qudong in her dream.

Would she dream of him too?

He missed a heartbeat when detecting this idea in his mind.

Lin Qing wake up before he was going to call her. Perhaps she sensed that someone was in front of her.

“Mu Li…am I still in a dream?”

Lin Qing sounded very sleepy.

It seemed she had dreamt of him.

Before he could say a word, Lin Qing fell asleep again.