Chapter 209: Where Did the Key Go?

I won't guess; I want you to say it.

I refuse to say.

Cheng Ayi raised an eyebrow provocatively and said, "Fine, I'm going back to sleep; you go home."

Goodbye.

Alright, goodbye.

Xu Yuexin waved his hand to Cheng Ayi and said farewell, and the two went their separate ways.

Finally dealt with the troublesome one.

On the way back, Cheng Ayi thought with relief.

Cheng Ayi had originally worried that Xu Yuexin would insist on staying with her at Xin Qiao Hotel, which would have been difficult for her then.

After all, Cheng Ayi had truly experienced how troublesome Xu Yuexin could be.

Now that Xu Yuexin went home happily, it let her sigh in relief.

Cheng Ayi liked Xu Yuexin a lot, but she felt that she had just opened an office in Xiangjiang and had many things to attend to.

She worried that if she gave Xu Yuexin a chance, he would later become engrossed in romantic affairs and hinder her career.

So she decided to take things slowly with Xu Yuexin.

Waiting until her business in Xiangjiang expands, it wouldn't be too late for the two to truly be together.

Cheng Ayi thought that and briskly walked back to Xin Qiao Hotel to continue working.

She went upstairs and approached the room.

Just as Cheng Ayi slipped her hand into her pocket to take the key and open the door, she froze.

The key that had been neatly in the trench coat pocket was gone.

Cheng Ayi quickly searched her pocket and Shoulder Bag, but after a long while still found nothing.

It couldn't have been lost on the road, could it?

Cheng Ayi stood at the door, puzzled.

It didn't make sense; the trench coat pocket is so deep that unless someone slipped a hand in and stole the key, there shouldn't be any other way it got lost.

Cheng Ayi grew more confused, and then footsteps sounded from inside the room.

Cheng Ayi jumped in fright.

Inside, there was…someone! It must have been a thief who stole her key and slipped into the room.

Panicking, Cheng Ayi turned to leave and head to the first floor to call hotel staff to handle it.

Creak—

At that moment, the door opened and Xu Yuexin appeared in the doorway.

"You're moving a bit slowly, Aunt Cheng," Xu Yuexin said.

Xu Yuexin flashed a standard radiant smile and said.

Cheng Ayi nearly choked on her breath.

So it was his prank!

Cheng Ayi gave Xu Yuexin a disdainful glare and, in a sour mood, walked into the room.

"How did you get the key?"

When the door closed, Cheng Ayi immediately interrogated Xu Yuexin in a bad mood.

"Don't be like that; I'm not a defendant in a courtroom."

Xu Yuexin grinned mischievously, "You took off your trench coat during the afternoon office and left it on the bed."

"I was afraid the key would fall out, so I casually kept it for you."

"You almost scared me to death just now, you know?"

Cheng Ayi, displeased, patted Xu Yuexin and, frowning, said, "At least make a sound when you're in the room."

"I'm not a mouse; why would I squeak?"

Xu Yuexin continued to smile.

Cheng Ayi took a deep breath and looked gloomily at Xu Yuexin.

She realized that if she let Xu Yuexin keep clinging like this, there would be no chance of him leaving tonight.

"Fine, fine, say what you will. Shouldn't you be going back?"

Cheng Ayi, half suggesting, said, "Night roads are unsafe; you should leave early."

"You know it's unsafe, yet you're willing to let me go back?"

Xu Yuexin sneered, "Anyway, I'm staying at your place tonight."

"Then I'll book a separate room."

Cheng Ayi said without hesitation.

Cheng Ayi had a premonition that if she spent another night with Xu Yuexin, she might end up being stuck here.

"What a waste."

Xu Yuexin objected, "Besides, I just asked the front desk; there are no rooms left."

"I don't believe it."

After speaking, Cheng Ayi dialed the front desk and asked about remaining rooms. "Hello, madam, we have no rooms left for tonight."

"May I ask what issue this room has now; you want to change rooms, right?"

"No problem, I'm just asking."

Cheng Ayi hung up helplessly and looked at Xu Yuexin, "If you want to stay here, stay; don't say anything random, okay?"

"Fine, you go on with your work."

To Aunt Cheng's surprise, Xu Yuexin cheerfully agreed.

But the more it was like this, the more Aunt Cheng felt uneasy.

She, flustered, glanced at the documents for a while, then after finishing went to the bathroom to bathe, and sat on the edge of the bed: "Promise me, we'll split the bedding."

"Otherwise I'd rather sleep on the floor."

"Fine."

Xu Yuexin replied again in one breath.

Turn off the lights, go to sleep.

Aunt Cheng was exhausted today, so she quickly drifted into dreamland.

But in the middle of the night, she half‑asleep felt someone hug her.

"What we agreed on… stop messing around."

Aunt Cheng, still drowsy, nudged him and said.

"Aunt Cheng, I want to tell you something, about work."

Xu Yuexin wrapped his arms around Aunt Cheng, who was wearing a Lace Nightgown, and whispered in her ear.

"Go ahead."

Aunt Cheng, roused by Xu Yuexin's commotion, was basically awake and had to speak.

"Your career line is perfect."

"I don't believe in palmistry."

"No, I'm not talking about the one on your hand."

After saying that, Xu Yuexin whispered a few more words into Aunt Cheng's ear.

"Don't speak carelessly."

Aunt Cheng blushed heavily after hearing that, struggled to sit up from the bed, turned on the bedside lamp, and said, "Quickly go back to your own blanket, or I'll really sleep on the floor."

"Please don't, I'd feel sorry if you slept on the floor."

"If you're truly sorry, just go back to your own blanket."

"Alright, I'll go."

Xu Yuexin didn't linger either and quickly went back.

From then on, the night passed without further words.

When she woke up the next morning, Aunt Cheng found herself lying in Xu Yuexin's arms, hugging him tightly.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Xu Yuexin smiling.

"You can't blame me for that."

Xu Yuexin lightly patted Aunt Cheng's plump peach‑shaped butt and said, "You came over yourself."

Aunt Cheng quickly stepped aside, looking at Xu Yuexin with suspicion.

She thought she couldn't have inexplicably leaned toward Xu Yuexin and held him so tightly.

There must be something fishy in between.

"Don't speak carelessly."

Aunt Cheng adopted a serious expression and said to Xu Yuexin, "I have to get up."

Xu Yuexin must have used some trick last night, like pulling the blanket off her.

That's why she ended up sleeping in Xu Yuexin's blanket.

Thinking of this, Aunt Cheng felt a little annoyed, thinking that Xu Yuexin's youthful age made him terribly unfair.

"Then get up then."

"Turn over, I need to change clothes."

"Okay, okay."

Xu Yuexin reluctantly turned around, muttering to himself that Aunt Cheng had changed.

When she used to change clothes before, she never asked him to turn over.

We need to find a way to confirm the relationship between the two, otherwise Aunt Cheng's continued vigilance will only push their relationship farther apart.

"What are you going to do today?"

After Aunt Cheng finished changing, Xu Yuexin turned around and asked.

Aunt Cheng today changed into a white professional suit dress with sheer stockings.

Pink‑white pointed high heels on her feet made her look like a lofty, untouchable angel.

The more he saw her like that, the more excited Xu Yuexin became…

(End of chapter)