Chapter 13 Stalemate
I went back home. Chu Qingyun was standing by the table pouring water.
He was clearly startled when he saw me return.
"What? That expression. Did you hide someone in the house?"
"No. I just didn't expect you to come back so early."
I snorted, casually tossed my clothes aside. Chu Qingyun picked them up and hung them properly. But when his fingers touched the coat, he froze for a moment.
I understood the look on his face.
There was the scent of perfume on my coat. From that boy earlier.
He had sprayed on a lot of it.
I watched Chu Qingyun. My heart started pounding violently.
Suddenly I felt a strange anticipation. I wanted him to question me. Why there was perfume. Whose perfume it was. Where I had gone to fool around.
I stared at his every movement and every expression without blinking.
In the end, he simply hung the coat properly like always.
The anticipation in my chest vanished completely. Disappointment flooded my mind.
I had wanted to come back, hold Chu Qingyun, and sleep with him in my arms.
I wanted to tell him to stop this fight, that we should be fine again like before. But now I couldn't say anything.
It felt like someone was twisting a knife in my heart.
I grabbed Chu Qingyun and pushed him down onto the sofa.
He usually never resisted, but today he actually pushed me away. "You've been drinking."
He turned his face to avoid my kiss. I felt even worse. I gripped his chin and forced a kiss on him.
"I'm not drunk. I'm very sober."
I had been feeling terrible all night. Not physically, but mentally.
It was as if some invisible barrier had grown between us. Chu Qingyun wouldn't look at me and didn't even take the initiative to hold me.
After we finished, the two of us remained cold and stiff toward each other.