Chapter 994: A Couple's Way of Celebrating

As the final syllable fell, Cai Xiaotang felt the world spin before her eyes, and just like that, she was pressed directly onto the bed.

The previously "serious" atmosphere of their conversation was suddenly replaced by an indescribable ambiguity.

"Hey! I'm warning you! Yesterday was already... already..."

Cai Xiaotang stammered as she looked at the person before her; although Li Xiao hadn't done anything yet, she was already flustered beyond measure.

Suddenly thinking of something, she hurriedly asked: "Those few people from yesterday, I remember you beat them up pretty badly, right?"

"Them?"

Li Xiao raised an eyebrow, a flash of coldness passing through his eyes.

"Beat them up pretty badly" was an understatement.

He had already had someone investigate the backgrounds of those few people; they were merely "young masters" from local families with a bit of money.

But, such status only lasted until last night.

Anyone who dared to touch his people naturally had to pay the price.

But for now...

"Baby, don't you think it's a bit of a mood-killer to bring up those people at a time like this? Just leave them to me to handle; you don't need to worry about it."

Li Xiao didn't give Cai Xiaotang another chance to speak, taking the opportunity to lower his head and kiss the lips so close to his own.

The familiar scent pressed against her, and things almost spiraled out of control.

Cai Xiaotang was stunned for a moment, then immediately found herself unable to fend him off; all her thoughts were in chaos in an instant, the memories of last night came flooding back, and the palms of a certain someone, which had been stirring up trouble everywhere, were exceptionally noticeable at this moment.

Yet, even in such chaos, Cai Xiaotang suddenly thought of something.

"Mmph... wait... wait a second!"

She struggled to turn her head, finally winning a moment of breathing room, and shouted: "I... I need to take medicine!"

"Hm? What medicine?"

Li Xiao was taken aback by her words, looking at her in confusion.

Cai Xiaotang was instantly even more incensed; she irritably grabbed the pillow from the side and slapped it directly onto Li Xiao's face, explaining helplessly with a flushed face: "What medicine do you think!! I don't want to get pregnant and have a baby right now!!!"

The next second— "Pfft..."

Li Xiao finally understood what she was talking about and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"So that's what you were talking about..."

He deliberately drew out his voice with an expression of sudden realization, and as he spoke, he reached out and felt around, pulling something out from some corner by the bed, and triumphantly waved it in front of Cai Xiaotang.

"You..."

Seeing clearly what he was holding in his hand, Cai Xiaotang's eyes widened instantly.

How could there be something like that here!

Could this guy have been planning this for a long time!!!

Perhaps the expression on her face was just too surprised, allowing Li Xiao to easily see through what she was thinking.

The next second—he curled his lips and, unhurriedly, brought the little item in his hand to his mouth, tore open the packaging with his teeth, and then cast a glance toward the corner of the wall.

Cai Xiaotang was suddenly lost in a daze for a moment.

Logically, this shouldn't be happening.

But that movement a certain someone just made was just too...

Se-duc-tive!

It was a deliberate seduction!

Cai Xiaotang's heart felt like it was about to jump out of her chest; coming back to her senses, she subconsciously turned her head to follow his gaze.

Only then did she discover that there was actually a small vending machine placed there.

Inside were all sorts of...

"Can you rest easy now?"

A voice that sounded exceptionally deep and infuriating at this moment rang out.

Alarm bells rang in Cai Xiaotang's heart instantly.

This time, she didn't even have time to speak before her breath was occupied once again, leaving her completely without the strength to resist.

A few days later—after traveling for a few more days, the two finally boarded the plane for their return trip on New Year's Eve.

In the car, Cai Xiaotang looked at the increasingly familiar road segments around her, her mood inevitably feeling a bit subtle.

Yet her mouth didn't stop complaining: "We should have come back earlier; we didn't even have time to prepare New Year's gifts for those little ones..."

"Who told you to leave without saying a word? It's too late now, isn't it?"

"

Li Xiao teased her on purpose.

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaotang immediately turned her head to glare at him irritably, blurting out: "How can you blame me! I said I wanted to come back a long time ago! Who was it that every day for those few days..."

She suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

In her mind, the image of the hotel front desk reporting the usage fee for that little vending machine when they checked out, and the look in their eyes, suddenly surfaced.

Anyway, it was all that certain someone's fault for having no restraint!

Otherwise, how could she have been so exhausted that she kept delaying it until New Year's Eve to come back!

"Hm? Why did you stop talking?"

Hearing the sudden silence beside him, Li Xiao, unafraid of death, continued to press her, his tone as triumphant as a cat that had successfully stolen a bit of fish and was incredibly satisfied.

Cai Xiaotang: "..."

If it weren't for the fact that this guy was driving, she would have beaten him up for sure!

!!

If I had known, I would have let Laoqi wait a little longer when he dropped the car off at the airport, just to see if he would still dare to speak without thinking when there were outsiders around!

Cai Xiaotang deliberately turned her head away, too lazy to pay any more attention to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao couldn't help but chuckle, hurriedly stopping while he was ahead, "I prepared the gift a long time ago; wouldn't it be fine for the two of us to give one together? There's no need to give them separately."

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaotang still didn't respond to him, but she felt a bit more at ease in her heart.

Immediately after, she saw the familiar villa slowly appearing before her eyes.

As soon as the two of them parked the car outside the gate, they saw that the villa's main gate had already been opened, and Lao Wu and the others walked out from inside together.

"Madam, you're back!"

Several people greeted Cai Xiaotang in unison.

Cai Xiaotang smiled, but seeing Laoqi to the side, she felt a bit guilty.

At that time, she had used that method to escape...

She didn't know if Li Xiao had punished him...

"Laoqi, I'm sorry..."

Cai Xiaotang looked at Laoqi with some apology.

Laoqi was taken aback by these words, then immediately waved his large hand and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing, Madam. It's good that you're back. You don't know how anxious Shura was when he found out you were missing..."

"Ahem!"

Li Xiao gave a light, deliberate cough, signaling him not to say too much.

But perhaps because the atmosphere was relaxed with the New Year approaching, and everyone had recently settled the matter of Linke, Laoqi shut his mouth, but Lao San actually boldly teased.

"So Madam, how did Shura coax you back? Would you like to... reveal a little bit to us? We could learn a thing or two!"

Cai Xiaotang's eyes flickered for a moment, and countless indescribable images flashed through her mind, causing her to blush immediately.

Seeing this, Li Xiao immediately "protected his wife," saying, "Are you all too idle lately? Or do you want to be sent out on missions during these few days of the New Year?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately dared not bring it up again and hurriedly changed the subject; the group walked into the villa while talking.

The two of them planned to take the gift and head straight back to the Old Residence to spend the New Year with the old master.

Li Xiao still had some things to instruct everyone on, so he took the others with him to the study.

Cai Xiaotang went to the bedroom alone, found the gift Li Xiao had prepared long ago, and planned to go downstairs to wait.

But she didn't expect that just as she stepped out the door—a familiar figure appeared before her eyes.