Gently bite the jasmine

Chapter 194 The Heartless Ones Have Rebelled

Lin Xi thought the food at this restaurant was alright.

Seeing Tan Qi's conflicted expression, she said, "I don't know how to say it, let's eat first. This braised pork ribs, a fusion of Chinese and Italian styles, is quite good."

Tan Qi sighed and said to Lin Xi, "I'm in charge of the company and the family now. Do you think I need to have an heir?"

Lin Xi nodded: "Are you getting married?"

Tan Qi shook her head: "I just want a child."

Lin Xi said, "I understand your decision, but why are you telling me this?"

“Look,” Tan Qi said to herself, “In China, IVF is only available to married couples. I don’t want to have a mixed-race child, and adopted children are not as good as biological children, so I plan to conceive naturally.”

Lin Xi was even more confused: "So, then what? You have a boyfriend?"

Tan Qi shook her head: "No, I've taken a liking to someone's genes, and this person is somewhat related to you."

Lin Xi paused, then suddenly looked at Duan Yiheng, her gaze involuntarily drifting downwards.

Duan Yiheng: "..."

Does she suspect that Tan Qi has taken a liking to him?

Duan Yiheng brought his legs together, raised his hand and pressed it against Lin Xi's face, making her face Tan Qi.

Lin Xi completely lost her appetite. She took a sip of water and asked Tan Qi, "Who is this person who is related to me?"

She had already prepared her rejection message in case Tan Qi took an unconventional approach and fell for Duan Yiheng, but Tan Qi replied with: "Zhou Zheng, whom you went on a blind date with."

Lin Xi: "...What does he have to do with me?"

"He likes you, doesn't he?" Tan Qi shrugged. "He told me himself."

Lin Xi was afraid that Duan Yiheng would misunderstand, so she quickly said, "That's not true. I already made it clear to Professor Zhou. He might just be using me as an excuse to reject you."

Tan Qi was surprised for a moment: "It can be interpreted like that? But what you said makes sense."

Lin Xi: "..."

Duan Yiheng tapped the table: "You two have misunderstood. What do you mean by using you as an excuse? Isn't the real reason that Tan Qi only wants a child and not a husband?"

"Oh right," Lin Xi said to Tan Qi, coming back to her senses, "then Professor Zhou's refusal makes even more sense."

"What do you mean?" Tan Qi didn't understand. "Does it mean you're going to drag my marriage into this?"

Lin Xi: "...But Professor Zhou shouldn't be the kind of person who would have a child with someone casually."

Tan Qi pondered for a long time, then said "Oh," and then asked in surprise, "He wouldn't want to date me, would he?"

Lin Xi chuckled: "Perhaps."

Seeing that Tan Qi was really conflicted, Duan Yiheng said, "Alright, ask him when you have time. I want to talk to you about the cooperation between Likang and Yinfan."

Tan Qi scoffed, "No way."

Duan Yiheng: "...It would be a waste of time to make an appointment again next time."

Tan Qi: "You're allowed to mess with me. I prepared seriously for the first time, but you made me your tool."

Lin Xi poured Tan Qi a cup of tea and said, "Everyone's schedules are conflicting, and it's not easy for us to get together. Why don't we take this opportunity to talk first?"

Tan Qi snorted, which was considered a way of backing down.

We can't be too arrogant, or we'll only anger Duan Yiheng.

Tan Qi immediately called his assistant who was waiting outside, and the four of them talked in the private room all night.

Before leaving, Tan Qi said to Duan Yiheng, "I've taken care of the thing you asked me to do a couple of days ago."

Duan Yiheng nodded slightly: "Thank you."

Tan Qi waved casually: "I'm leaving."

Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng arrived in the same car. After dropping them off at the Tiandu Yuxi garage, Duan Yiheng leaned over and unbuckled Lin Xi's seatbelt.

Lin Xi smiled and thanked him.

Duan Yiheng chuckled, stopped Lin Xi from getting out of the car, and pulled her into his arms by the waist.

Lin Xi was forced to spread her legs and straddle him.

With the steering wheel braced against the back, the car felt incredibly cramped. Lin Xi was stunned and blushed: "What are you doing?"

Duan Yiheng pressed down on her waist and began calculating the bill: "What were you thinking about at the restaurant just now?"

Lin Xi immediately felt guilty: "I didn't mean it. Tan Qi went on a blind date with you before and immediately said she wanted to marry you. It's normal that I had the wrong idea for a moment, right?"

"Your expression back then didn't show that she was interested in me at all," Duan Yiheng rolled his eyes at her.

Some of the words were too crude for Duan Yiheng to say.

Lin Xi's eyes clearly showed that Tan Qi had taken a liking to him...

There was a two-second silence. Lin Xi struggled to hold back her laughter, but she couldn't help it any longer and tried to get away with it by acting cute:

"I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? It was my thoughts that polluted you and Tan Qi."

Seeing that she could still smile, Duan Yiheng frowned slightly: "Why do I find that you don't seem jealous at all about this?"

"Who said that?" Lin Xi stretched his neck. "I even prepared the words to refuse."

"Oh?" Duan Yiheng didn't let her off the hook at all. "Tell me about it."

"Uh..." Lin Xi cleared her throat, "Prolonged desk work can affect sperm motility. Although President Duan is handsome, but—"

"But what?" Duan Yiheng sneered, "But it's useless?"

Lin Xi raised his hand, feeling wronged: "I'm innocent!"

Duan Yiheng snorted coldly: "I'll go upstairs with you tonight."

Lin Xi decided to turn the tables: "If someone really likes you, and I were to praise you to the skies, wouldn't that be even worse? You'd just have to make do with it. I can tell you're quite bothered by this. Are you disappointed that Tan Qi has taken a liking to Professor Zhou?"

"You heartless wretch, you've gone too far," Duan Yiheng smacked her on the butt. "You deserve a beating."

Lin Xi immediately hesitated to go downstairs, but Duan Yiheng's expression changed, and he warned, "Don't move."

Lin Xi blushed instantly and said in a barely audible voice, "I want to go down."

Duan Yiheng frowned, pressed down on her back, pulled her into his arms, and said in a deep voice, "Wait a moment."

Lin Xi bit his shoulder: "When will you be better?"

Duan Yiheng: "In short, it's impossible to be that fast."

Lin Xi: "...Do you men all care a lot about the duration?"

Duan Yiheng: "...Is a man who doesn't care even a man?"

Lin Xi muttered, "I think the merchants selling Shenbao tablets are more concerned."

Duan Yiheng: "..."

This mouth was getting more and more aggressive, so he simply sealed it with his own lips.

Lin Xi was terrified, thinking he was going to cause trouble in the parking lot. She shoved him away and scrambled to open the car door, bumping her head in the process.

Duan Yiheng sat casually in the driver's seat, raised his hand, and grabbed her arm: "Are you stupid? Does it hurt?"

Lin Xi shook her head, somewhat aggrieved: "It's all because you messed things up."

"Kissing you is considered inappropriate?" Duan Yiheng genuinely didn't understand.

Lin Xi: "...I'm just scared."

Duan Yiheng got out of the car helplessly: "I'll take you upstairs."

"No need," Lin Xi refused first. "I have some things to take care of at home, so I won't trouble you."

Duan Yiheng frowned: "What are you busy with?"