Chapter 25: Can I Love You?
“I mean, you take off your clothes and get changed. I’m taking you out. What do you think it is? Or what are you expecting?”
The man’s laughter rang in Su Ruoqing’s ear, and his words made her blush. After Leng Yuhe had enjoyed her embarrassment, he stopped teasing her.
“Go and change your clothes. I’ll take you out.”
The sunny sky was clear, and Su Ruoqing changed into a pink dress. Then she stood by the undergrowth in the courtyard, waiting.
Leng Yuhe came over, looking her up and down. “It’s pretty good. Let’s go.”
The car was parked in front of a movie theater, surrounded by guards with long guns.
“What’s this for?” Su Ruoqing had never seen anyone see a movie with such fanfare.
“A movie.” Without demur, Leng Yuhe took her hand and strode towards the cinema. The manager of the cinema saw Leng Yuhe and stood at the gate to greet him, but he was stopped by Adjutant Xu who followed Liang Mingxi.
“Go play the film!”
“Yes, yes.” The manager awkwardly withdrew his hand. “It’ll be ready right away.”
The screen of the film was black and white, with no sound, on which the actor and actress performed, full of tender affection.
Su Ruoqing stared blankly at the screen while bitting the sugar-coated haws on a stick that Leng Yuhe had just given her.
“Is it delicious?” Leng Yuhe asked casually.
Su Ruoqing nodded as she handed him the sugar-coated haws. Earlier she had asked him why he didn’t buy two, but he said he couldn’t stand the sweet taste.
Just now he didn’t want to eat it, yet now he wanted to. Su Ruoqing twitched her mouth, thinking that this person was still capricious, so she had to bite off the remaining half of the haw on the top and then hand it over to Leng Yuhe’s mouth. “Try it.”
“Mmm!” Half of the haw she was holding on her lips was blocked by his lips, which pushed it into her mouth by force.
She barely chewed it before swallowing it.
As her lips and teeth were full of sweetness, she finally knew that he had deliberately brought her to the cinema and bought only a stick of sugar-coated haws.
Leng Yuhe’s broad palm ran through her short black hair when he pinched her tiny chin with the other hand.
“Respond to me…”
How to respond? With his vague words, Su Ruoqing’s head went blank, and she only clumsily put her hand on his wrist.
She was so dumb and cute. At this thought, Leng Yuhe pulled her arms and put them around his waist. Then he could feel her hands trembling slightly outside his clothes.
In the movie, two deer chased each other in the garden, and Leng Yuhe also chased in love and heat, as he tightly held her in his arms and wanted to rub her into his body. The cinema in the darkness was silent, as if only two people hugging and kissing each other were left in the world.
Leng Yuhe felt that he had almost confirmed his love for Su Ruoqing, a feeling of possessiveness and lust, which could not be explained.
After kissing for a long time, Leng Yuhe finally let go of the woman in his arms.
Su Ruoqing rubbed her red and swollen lips. “I wondered why you are so kind that you’ve brought me to the movie. It turns out that you want to act like a rascal in a different place.”
Listening to Su Ruoqing’s childish words, Leng Yuhe touched her little face. “Not only to act like a rascal, but also to improve our relationship. In half a month, it will be our engagement ceremony.”
Leng Yuhe spoke out the joking words in a serious tone. It was impossible that Su Ruoqing was not touched, but everything that happened to her made her unable to accept it easily.
“I…”
“I have an appointment with the president this afternoon. I need to prepare now. I have told someone to escort you home.”
He was always like this. Leng Yuhe’s personality and his busy work made Su Ruoqing seem unable to say the words in her heart.
“I see. You go home early.”
Touching Su Ruoqing’s head, Leng Yuhe strode out of the cinema.
In the car.
Leng Yuhe silently pondered over the purpose of the president’s interview before he believed it was most likely related to Province S.
Sure enough, Leng Yuhe was right. When he entered the president’s mansion, there were twice as many guards as usual.
“Yuhe, I think you should know my purpose to summon you this time. I’ve been almost assassinated several times recently.”
Leng Yuhe raised his eyes. “Isn’t…”
“Yes, several groups of people were all spies from Province S. I was shot twice in the last assassination.”
The president was very weak. “In order to stabilize the situation, I blocked the news outside… Actually, I know that my body can’t hold up for long.”
Hearing this, Leng Yuhe was a little shocked. In his heart, the president was a man of iron will with ruthless means. He once worshiped the president even more than Military Governor Leng. It turned out that even a big shot who was so successful would be powerless sometimes.
“What do you need me to do?”
Looking at Leng Yuhe’s resolute face, the president gradually set his own mind at ease.
“This assassination is aimed at us with the highest rank. I suspect that Province S is preparing for a war.”
“President, please don’t worry. I will do my best and never let them succeed.”
“You are the most capabable among the younger generation. Naturally, I believe in you, but I’m just getting more useless now…”
Leng Yuhe didn’t say anything but felt that the president had hidden meanings in his words. At this time, a young man slowly walked out from behind the screen.
“Yuxiu, come here. This is General Leng.”
“Hello, I’m Bai Yuxiu.”
Bai Yuxiu… When he heard this name, Leng Yuhe realized that although the president was in poor health, his ability to play with power was undiminished.
“Yuxiu is my eldest son. He just returned from abroad after finishing studying in Country Y a while ago. He is incompetent and doesn’t know anything about military or politics. He still needs your help.”
If Bai Yuxiu worked with Leng Yuhe, on the one hand, he could supervise Leng Yuhe, and on the other hand, he could build his prestige and make a good preparation for his succession as president. The old president was really good at calculation.
However, Leng Yuhe had to behave obediently. “Please rest assured. I will complete the tasks with Young Master Bai.”
Getting Leng Yuhe’s positive answer, the president felt at ease. “Then, you two brothers can take your time and have a chat. I’m going to take a break.”
Inside the president’s mansion, after talking with Bai Yuxiu for a long time, Leng Yuhe realized that this young man was not simple, and that he was stable, not like the others at this age. So he didn’t know how the future situation would develop.
After the long conversation was over, Leng Yuhe walked out of the president’s mansion. The internal and external troubles made Leng Yuhe quite depressed, but when his body and mind were exhausted,
the person he most wanted to see was Su Ruoqing unexpectedly.
“Have you taken everything back?”
“Yes, they’ve already been taken back. Shall I give them to Miss Su?”
“No. I will personally give them to her.”
In the main hall of Leng Yuhe’s mansion.
Su Ruoqing and Ming Zhu spoke on the phone just a while ago. It was already afternoon, but Leng Yuhe was nowhere to be seen.
Ring…
“Ruoqing, I need to deal with some problems in the army. I may not be able to go back in the next few days.”
“I see… That’s alright. Take care of yourself and don’t worry about me.”
Su Ruoqing’s obedience made Leng Yuhe, who was restless, relax a lot. “Don’t worry, I’ll give you a big surprise when I go back.”
Hanging up the phone, Leng Yuhe had to face alone endless war and calculation which were left to him … At home, Su Ruoqing was also worried about Leng Yuhe’s increasingly onerous tasks.
They were concerned about each other, but they couldn’t meet on the same line of feelings.
Time passed like flying. The day before the engagement ceremony, Leng Yuhe finally returned home from the army. It was almost noon, and the sun was burning. Su Ruoqing stood under a tree, holding a sprinkler in hand, the water overflowing on bright rose petals.
“Miss Su, Young Master is looking for you.”
“I see. I’ll be right over.”
“Miss Su, Young Master has prepared a big surprise for you!” Qing Ying laughed.
After saying that, she ran away with a smile, and only Su Ruoqing was left, standing blankly in place.
When Su Ruoqing came to the bedroom and pushed the door open, Leng Yuhe must have just takena shower, with water dripping from his hair, and the loose robe on his body. His strong muscle could be seen indistinctly, and Su Ruoqing couldn’t help but look at him a few times.
“Why don’t you know how to take care of your man? Come over and help me dry my hair.”
As Su Ruoqing quickly picked up the towel and gently wiped his hair, wrapped in the light smell of mint, her feelings for Leng Yuhe grew silently in secret.
Although they didn’t speak, the air seemed to be filled with sweetness.
Leng Yuhe suddenly felt that it would be good to leave everything behind and continue his life like this, but reality made him unable to.
Holding Su Ruoqing’s slender hand, he led her forward.
“Do you like it?”
Leng Yuhe’s sudden voice scared Su Ruoqing, who instantly turned around and pretended not to be looking at him. “What’s in your little head? I mean, do you like this dress?”
Su Ruoqing turned back, her eyes full of fear.
It was a white formal dress, with two diamonds on the top and bottom of the bra shining brightly, so dazzling. The material was white, like transparent, slightly reflective, and with the arc from high to low, the elegant bottom slightly puffed up. Moreover, the corner of the skirt was full of pearls, like countless beautiful morning dews.
“Beautiful… This is?”
“Do you like it? I asked an Italian craftsman to customize it. He spent 2 months making it by hand. It’s the only one in the world, unique, just like you to me.”
Su Ruoqing was still immersed in the beauty of the dress.
“Clap!” Leng Yuhe clapped his hands, and the maids came in one after another, each carrying a tray, with different matching jewelry on them, any one of which was extremely valuable and exquisite, luxurious, in good taste.
Standing in front of these things, Su Ruoqing felt that she could not close her eyes. Although she had no vanity, every girl couldn’t resist these things.
“I personally chose everything here. My taste of beauty is absolutely perfect for you.” With that, he picked up a piece randomly to try on Su Ruoqing.
Su Ruoqing was quite moved, as Leng Yuhe seemed to have done a lot for her in silence. She wondered if she would be brave once and try to accept him.
“Thank you, Leng Yuhe.”
With his hands wrapped around Su Ruoqing, he felt her warmth. “I’ll give you everything you want.”