Chapter 297: We're both adults, no need for psychological burdens

Mou Lili hurried outside, only to see Ling Feng lying on the floor, looking pained.

She couldn't help but go over and ask, "How can you be so restless even while sleeping? Did you fall and hurt yourself anywhere?"

She used force to flip his body over, and finding nothing wrong, she felt relieved.

Ling Feng opened his eyes, recognized Mou Lili, and then grabbed her hand again: "I feel like throwing up."

Mou Lili didn't want to deal with it, but she had no choice: "Then get up for me."

She used all her strength to help him up, walked with difficulty to the bathroom, and he started retching as soon as he got near the toilet.

Mou Lili covered her nose and went out, saying indignantly: "Did I owe you in my past life? I've seen you throw up so many times, it stinks to death. Remember to flush the toilet, call me when you're done!"

The sound of flushing came from inside the toilet, but Ling Feng did not come out.

He lay inside for a good while before saying: "I think I feel a bit better, I want to take a shower."

"Can you manage on your own?" Mou Lili asked.

Ling Feng closed the bathroom door.

Mou Lili also returned to her own room.

She took a shower as well, intending to go to sleep once she was finished.

After washing, she draped a bath towel over herself and went out, then changed into pajamas and did her skincare.

Just as she was about to sleep, the room door knocked, and Ling Feng asked from outside: "Are you asleep?"

Mou Lili went to open the door and saw Ling Feng wrapped in a bathrobe.

The collar of the bathrobe was very low, revealing a section of his chest.

He had a little chest muscle, though not much; it couldn't be called very firm, but he wasn't scrawny either.

"I was just getting ready to, do you still need something?" she asked.

Ling Feng said: "I want to... chat with you for a while."

Mou Lili hesitated for a moment, then said: "Fine, come in."

The two sat leaning against the bed.

Ling Feng said: "Thank you for taking care of me tonight."

"It's nothing, thank you for bringing me here and letting me witness the wedding scene of the wealthy," Mou Lili said.

Ling Feng said: "I don't know why, I don't want to sleep alone."

"Then sleep here," Mou Lili yawned, then lay down.

Ling Feng also lay down and turned off the room lights, leaving only the bathroom light on.

The light inside was dim, with a hint of ambiguity.

Ling Feng slowly placed his hand on Mou Lili's hand and squeezed it gently.

From the moment he knocked on the door, Mou Lili knew what he wanted to do, but she did not object.

Ling Feng leaned in closer, then gently bit her ear.

Mou Lili asked again: "Do you know who you are kissing?"

"I know," Ling Feng said.

"That's fine then," Mou Lili said, and began to respond to him.

As adults, sometimes doing this kind of thing is not for love, but for one's own needs.

Both of them had been empty for too long; he wanted a hearty and unrestrained love, and she did too.

Then, it was a sudden clash of thunder and fire; the passion in the room was like the sunshine at the seaside.

It was also like a long-parched riverbed finally welcoming the first rain of spring.

The rain was torrential, and before long, it became a babbling brook.

Accumulating strength to release it, it was finally like a dam that had burst, erupting.

Afterwards, both of them lay on the bed, feeling satisfied.

The next day.

It was nearly noon when they woke up.

After waking, they looked at each other, then Mou Lili got up to put on her clothes.

Ling Feng also got up.

He stood to one side for a good while before speaking: "Last night..."

Mou Lili spoke first: "Last night everyone was willing, and we both needed it. You don't need to have any psychological burden; I don't need you to be responsible, and of course, I don't want to be responsible for you either."

Ling Feng couldn't help but say: "Did I say anything about being responsible? I wanted to say..."

"You want to ask how many points you'd get for your performance, right? I'll barely give you an 8," Mou Lili had already put on her last piece of clothing.

Ling Feng couldn't help but darken his face: "You really are unromantic."

Mou Lili said: "I'm hungry. The Gu Family is so generous, we have to go down and eat seafood. I've never eaten a two-thousand-dollar lobster before; I have to eat three or four of them in a moment. By the way, there's also sea cucumber and abalone; I need to eat more of those too."

Seeing that she was consciously avoiding mentioning last night, Ling Feng didn't bring it up either.

It was true; it's hard for a lone man and woman in the same room not to have something happen.

The two went down to eat a big meal, and seeing that the other guests had mostly left, they also departed the hotel.

However, before going to the airport, Mou Lili bought an emergency contraceptive pill at a pharmacy.

After returning to Beishi, Mou Lili started getting busy again.

In the past, the videos she recorded of herself singing were self-accompanied, so it was inevitable there would be background noise, and the sound quality was a bit poor.

Now she had to go to a recording studio to record a full song so that it could be uploaded to a music platform.

The person in charge of the recording studio is surnamed Qiu, and everyone calls him Qiu Ge.

Qiu Ge is over 40, chubby, has long hair, likes to wear black T-shirts, sports a big belly, and is quite humorous when he speaks.

People who do music all have a sense of mutual appreciation.

Qiu Ge said to Mou Lili, "So that song 'One Day' you came to record before is so popular; you wrote and sang that all by yourself, right?"

Mou Lili smiled and said, "That's right."

"You're too awesome; at your level, you could already debut."

"Eh, debuting requires listening to the arrangements of an agency. My personality doesn't like being controlled; what if I offend someone one day and get blacklisted? I think it's pretty good right now, managing myself, and if people listen to what I write, I make money."

"How much have you earned?" Qiu Ge asked.

Mou Lili smiled and said, "Not much, just enough to keep fed and clothed."

In fact, the clicks on the platform, plus the usage rights sold, this money is much more than working a regular job.

Recently, there have also been some companies wanting to talk to her about advertising promotions; she has already been screening products, and as long as the product is good to use, she will take the ad, and then she will have money to earn again.

Qiu Ge added Mou Lili on WeChat and added, "I know many music producers in Beishi; if there are any events later, I can find you to participate."

"That would be the best," Mou Lili said.

……

Mou Lili stayed in the recording studio for half a month.

That day, when she came out of the recording studio, she saw there were over 50 missed calls on her phone.

There were calls from her mother, and also from her younger brother Mou Dafu.

Seeing their calls, Mou Lili only felt irritable.

It was for money again.

She returned a call to Mou Mu, her voice cold: "Mom, do you need something from me?"

Mou Mu naturally scolded her first: "Where the hell did you die off to? I called so many times and you didn't answer; I was almost about to call the police."

Mou Lili gave a faint smile again.

If it weren't for money, they wouldn't care where she went at all.

"Do you want money? How much?" she asked.

Mou Mu said, "It's not about money, it's your brother; he arrived in Beishi this morning and is staying at the train station now. You hurry over to pick him up and give him a place to stay."