dognovel Chapter 134 Doesn't it hurt?
Chapter 134 Doesn't it hurt?
The two suites on the top floor of the Platinum Hotel are separated by a wall; one side is brightly lit, while the other is dim and desolate.
Duan Yiheng couldn't stay in the room any longer, so he grabbed a cigarette and a lighter and went out.
Meanwhile, Lin Xi and Duan Mingxuan entered the room.
Since Lin Xi had agreed to attend Duan Mingxuan's birthday party, she naturally wore the formal attire he had prepared.
White, strapless, simple style.
As soon as she entered the door, she attracted everyone's attention.
Lin Xi comes from the south. She is petite and has a gentle and sweet temperament, which easily arouses a man's protective instincts.
When she's not smiling, her slight aloofness is like that of a pure, untouched jasmine.
Lin Xi paused in her tracks upon seeing the romantic decorations inside.
Duan Mingxuan noticed that she hadn't followed, so he turned around and walked over. Just as he was about to touch her, Lin Xi subtly dodged him.
Liang Yutong entered the room at that moment, easing Duan Mingxuan's slight embarrassment.
Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Liang Yutong.
She recognized the men and women Duan Mingxuan had invited, but wasn't familiar with them.
"You three, come in here! What are you doing standing at the door?" Yu Lang called out.
Lin Xi was surprised to see Xiao Qi, an internet celebrity, beside him, as Lang had been dating for a rather long time this time.
Lin Xi had just sat down when someone gently touched her arm. She turned her head and heard Liang Yutong whispering to her:
"This place is decorated like a dream, did Duan Mingxuan do it?"
Lin Xi nodded.
"Why are you so distracted?" Liang Yutong frowned. "Today is your birthday, why aren't you with Duan Yiheng?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi's eyes reddened for a moment, but Liang Yutong quickly pressed down on the back of her hand and stopped asking.
She knows Lin Xi too well.
This looks like something's definitely wrong.
But Duan Mingxuan was still standing there, so she couldn't ask.
"Come on, Lin Xi, happy birthday." Yu Lang raised his glass. "Mingxuan has been preparing for today for a long time, and my girlfriend and I also helped with the decorations. We hope you like it."
Lin Xi picked up the champagne glass and thanked him.
Yu Lang laughed, his eyes flickering somewhat ambiguously between her and Duan Mingxuan: "I didn't do anything, it was all Mingxuan's good intentions."
Liang Yutong sensed something was wrong with him, so she took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Yu Lang: What are you two doing?
Yu Lang smiled at her and replied: Mingxuan is going to confess. Doesn't Lin Xi like him?
Liang Yutong: ...
I like your sister!
She was just about to remind Lin Xi that someone was starting to make a fuss—
"Second Young Master really went to great lengths today, from flowers to lighting, from drinks to desserts... He checked every detail over and over again. Only childhood sweethearts get this kind of treatment."
"Second Young Master has always been good to Lin Xi, from childhood to adulthood, you couldn't possibly not know that, could you?"
"I know him. I went to the same school as them when I was a kid. If anyone dared to look at Lin Xi for too long, he would rush up to them. He was completely unreasonable."
"Yeah, speaking of which, I'm a little curious, how did you two break up in junior high?"
Yu Lang clicked his tongue, realizing he'd hit a nerve.
My daughter has just come of age. When Lin Xi was fifteen or sixteen, she was often harassed, and Duan Mingxuan fought for her many times.
Chen Baiwei then transferred Lin Xi to another school in the third year of junior high school.
That's when Lin Xi met Chen Liangyi.
Seeing that Duan Mingxuan looked somewhat displeased, Yu Lang quickly said, "Didn't you have something to say to Lin Xi? Hurry up."
Lin Xi subconsciously looked at Duan Mingxuan, wondering what he wanted to say to her.
Others chimed in, and soon the room was filled with suggestive teasing.
Duan Mingxuan stood up, his eyes filled with a hint of anticipation and joy as he looked at her.
Looking at the injuries on his face, Lin Xi only found it ridiculous.
Yu Lang had given prior instructions that no one would inquire about Duan Mingxuan's injury, but since Duan Mingxuan had only ever fought for Lin Xi since he was a child, they were used to it.
Lin Xi sensed the subtle atmosphere and immediately felt uneasy.
"Lin Xi, I—"
"Excuse me." Lin Xi stood up as Duan Mingxuan spoke, forcing a smile. "I'm suddenly feeling a little unwell, I'll be going out for a bit."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the jeers stopped abruptly.
Duan Mingxuan reached out to pull her: "Xiao Xi."
But she was too late. Lin Xi didn't even take her handbag and pushed open the door to the room.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and Duan Mingxuan's face darkened.
Liang Yutong wasn't surprised and turned to Duan Mingxuan: "Are you going to confess to Lin Xi?"
Duan Mingxuan pursed his lips and tacitly agreed.
"You're not even sure if the other person likes you, yet you're confessing your feelings?" Liang Yutong found it ridiculous. "And in front of so many people, are you confessing or using moral blackmail?"
He even had his friends tease him about how good he had been to Lin Xi.
Liang Yutong was speechless.
Duan Mingxuan stood there, his mind filled with the scene from yesterday at the entrance of No. 1 Manor in the North District.
As snow fell heavily, Duan Yiheng forcefully kissed Lin Xi.
What exactly is their relationship now? Why did Lin Xi spend three days alone with him at the manor?
He deliberately ignored Duan Yiheng's words, "I'll let you in to see us whispering sweet nothings and sharing the same bed."
But it was precisely in his mind that things were clearest, and he didn't want to think about them.
"Aren't you going out to take a look?" Yu Lang asked Duan Mingxuan.
Liang Yutong rolled her eyes at him: "Sit down."
Duan Mingxuan gritted his teeth, picked up the champagne and drank it all in one gulp, then crushed the glass with his bare hands.
Yu Lang was convinced. He called the butler to bring him medicine and then got up to shoo the others out: "Alright, alright, go back now."
A perfectly good birthday party ended prematurely because of Lin Xi, leaving only Duan Mingxuan, Yu Lang, and Liang Yutong.
Lin Xi hid at the emergency exit at the end of the corridor, but regretted it as soon as she went in.
A cold wind carrying the familiar smell of tobacco rushed towards her. In the time it took to catch her breath, she didn't expect to run into Duan Yiheng here.
The temperature here is a little lower, and the lights are a little dimmer.
Lin Xi looked up and sized him up, noticing that his tie was slightly loose, his smoking motions were more aggressive than usual, and his usually well-groomed hair was somewhat disheveled.
The way he looked at her carried a nonchalant danger that sent alarm bells ringing in Lin Xi's ears.
"You..." Lin Xi felt the person in front of her was an illusion. "How could you be here?"
The cigarette smoke passed through his lungs, and the crimson hue was quickly extinguished in Duan Yiheng's palm.
"You're crazy!" Lin Xi lunged forward and pried his hands off.
The sparks licked at my skin, leaving scalding, cracked wounds.
Lin Xi's heart clenched, and she grabbed him, trying to run outside: "Rinse him with cold water first."
Duan Yiheng pulled the person back and pinned them against the wall.
He couldn't feel the pain in his palm because his heart had been broken by the seemingly harmless woman before him.
She broke up with him and then went to a hotel with Duan Mingxuan.
They even specially chose her birthday.
They have absolutely no heart!
"Go and treat your wound first." Lin Xi struggled to push him away, her eyes and nose red. "Please."
Duan Yiheng gave a self-deprecating laugh, a suppressed tremor in his throat: "Do you care?"
"Aren't you in pain?" Lin Xi felt a surge of weakness and soreness from head to toe, and shouted as she pressed her hands against his chest.