Chapter 774: Going in for a Cup of Tea

But Li Sisi, however, could do nothing.

She could only stiffen in place, not daring to move an inch.

Li Sisi also had to feign calm, dealing with... the completely unaware Yu Gangsheng outside the car.

She had never been so embarrassed, so... before.

In front of Lin Yuan, under these circumstances......

This made Li Sisi feel hot all over, her heart pounding nonstop,... completely overwhelming her reason.

This absurd secret was filled with a thrill unique to those few.

No one noticed; only the three people in the car were keenly aware of this ultimate flirtation and loss of control.

Yu Gangsheng outside the car window...... still had no intention of leaving.

Yu Gangsheng, his heart full of concern for Li Sisi.

He kept repeating... his reminders to the car window without cease.

From daily routines and physical care, to contacting him anytime if feeling unwell afterward......

Yu Gangsheng's petty yet warm words...... came one after another, he repeatedly explained various precautions, fearing to miss even a bit of care.

Su Monong in the driver's seat...... understood everything in her heart.

But Su Monong, however, deliberately had no intention of starting the car at all.

Su Monong just sat quietly, letting Yu Gangsheng chatter on outside the window.

She, it was indeed intentional.

Su Monong simply wanted to watch closely how Lin Yuan, forced to crouch beneath her legs, and Li Sisi would stubbornly endure...... this embarrassing and agonizing situation.

She wanted to see...... how long the two could endure.

This wait turned out to be a lengthy ten-odd minutes.

These ten-odd minutes might pass in a flash for outsiders.

But for Li Sisi, exhausted in body and mind and constantly in a state of extreme tension, each second...... was utter torment.

Layer upon layer of torment pushed her to the brink of her limit.

Li Sisi's strength all over...... was about to be drained.

Li Sisi could no longer bear it, taking advantage of the brief pause in Yu Gangsheng's speech.

Li Sisi's voice, filled with earnest pleading, she softly urged Su Monong ahead.

"Su Sis, hurry up and drive off...... My stomach really hurts, I can't bear it, I really can't hold on, let's hurry home."

Hearing her nearly pleading soft tone, feeling her body's slight trembling.

Su Monong's eyes...... flickered with a hint of playful amusement.

Su Monong finally, no longer deliberately delaying.

After Su Monong bade farewell to Yu Gangsheng.

Su Monong slowly pressed the accelerator, the Tesla started smoothly, and gently pulled away from the roadside spot.

Completely leaving behind the still-waving Yu Gangsheng at the original spot.

The car drove smoothly all the way, passing through streets, gradually distancing from the earlier road segment......

The Tesla, all the way, drove to a sparsely populated road with no one around.

At this moment, completely cut off from all familiar sight, and there were no pedestrians or vehicles around.

Li Sisi's tense, repressed atmosphere...... finally relaxed completely.

The atmosphere inside the car...... gradually calmed down.

Su Monong, while steadily holding the steering wheel, casually...... softly asked for Li Sisi's address, intending to personally send her home safely.

Hearing Li Sisi softly give her address, Su Monong slightly raised her eyebrows, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

Unexpectedly, Li Sisi actually lives in Chengshang Qu.

Chengshang Qu is one of the top high-end affluent districts in the city.

The entire area...... consists solely of standalone premium luxury homes.

Those who can live here are all people of affluent family backgrounds.

And Li Sisi's residence...... is a rare standalone villa in the district, luxurious and tranquil.

After knowing the address, Su Monong slightly adjusted her speed, driving smoothly along the smooth night-scene road.

……

In a short ten-minute drive, the Tesla steadily entered the luxury residential area of Chengshang Qu.

Finally, the car...... slowly came to a stop at the gate of an elegant, imposing standalone villa.

The car body steadied and stopped.

Su Monong turned her head, her gentle voice breaking the silence in the car:

"Sisi sis, we're home."

After enduring a whole night of torment, the crimson on Li Sisi's cheeks...... had not yet fully faded.

Li Sisi's body still carried a hint of soft fatigue.

She gently opened the car door, carefully stepped out, her posture still slightly trembling.

After Li Sisi steadied her stance.

Su Monong, through the car window, gently and attentively reminded:

"It's getting late; tonight rest well, don't let your mind wander, and go to sleep early."

This should have been the moment to part ways and go their separate ways.

But Li Sisi...... hesitated and did not turn to go inside.

She lowered her gaze slightly, her delicate teeth lightly biting her lower lip.

In Li Sisi's eyes lay a deep hesitation and anticipation.

She hesitated for several seconds.

Li Sisi, then softly spoke, her soft, tender voice……carrying a barely perceptible nervousness:

"Mo Nong sis……do you, do you want to come to my place for a bit?"

Li Sisi appeared to be sincerely inviting Su Monong.

But her gaze……did not land on Su Monong at all.

Li Sisi's wet eyes stared straight through the car window, firmly……gazing at Lin Yuan in the back seat.

"Li Sisi's" eyes' expectation, longing, and intimacy……could not be hidden, clearly written between her brows and eyes.

Su Monong is perceptive; she can see through Li Sisi's little thoughts at a glance.

She verbally invited Su Monong.

But the person Li Sisi truly longs for and urgently wants to stay, from beginning to end……is Lin Yuan.

Su Monong is merely someone she brought along as an afterthought.

All the absurdity and……, all the heart‑fluttering and decadence that happened tonight, are all because of Lin Yuan.

Li Sisi's heart……understands a truth better than anyone.

Among the three present, only Lin Yuan is the unique core.

If we compare Su Monong and herself to trailing zeros, then Lin Yuan……is the indispensable one.

Without Lin Yuan this crucial 1, even if many zeros gather together, they ultimately amount to nothing, meaningless.

All the warmth, fluttering, and anticipation tonight only become complete with Lin Yuan present.

Su Monong's gaze was deep and quiet, softly falling……on the flustered Li Sisi before her.

Su Monong, made her hidden little thoughts……clear as day.

Su Monong's heart……had long known.

But Su Monong's face……feigned ignorance, the corner of her mouth curling with a faint smile.

"Oh? Sisi little sister, you're really polite."

Su Monong spoke slowly, her tone languid and gentle, with a hint of deliberate teasing.

"Since you've invited me so warmly, fine—I'll come in for a sit, and have a cup of tea on the way."

After her words fell, Su Monong turned her head……to look at Lin Yuan in the back seat.

Su Monong's tone……carried an unquestionable composure, she calmly instructed:

"Lin Yuan, it's getting late—you should go back first."

Lin Yuan, hearing that……gave a slight start.

His eyes held a hint of surprise.

He hadn't expected Su Monong to let him go?

However, Lin Yuan had been tossed about all night, hiding and sneaking, anxious, his body and mind already utterly exhausted.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's whole body exuded weariness.

He didn't think much, lightly nodded.

Lin Yuan prepared to push open the car door and get out, heading home alone to rest in the night.

But just as Lin Yuan was about to leave.

Beside her, Li Sisi standing outside the car……suddenly clenched her palms.

Li Sisi……her delicate teeth……firmly bit her lower lip.

Li Sisi, as if mustering all her courage, hastily……softly spoke to detain him:

"Um……Lin Yuan, he, he can also come in to sit a bit, just as an aside."

Li Sisi's heartbeat……was absurdly fast.

Her whole face……was burning hot, her eyes full of unhidden shyness and nervousness.

Actually, Su Monong, understood perfectly.

Li Sisi's mouth……the offhand "just along for the ride," was never really just that.

Tonight……the whole absurd yet charming encounter.

Li Sisi, with all her thoughts, urgently wanting to keep someone, from start to finish……only Lin Yuan.

Su Monong……was merely an excuse she used to save face and hide her thoughts.

Lin Yuan is the indispensable core that supports all her heart‑fluttering.

If there were no Lin Yuan this sole "1", even if she and Su Monong were two excellent "0s", together they'd still be meaningless.

But……Li Sisi's girlish shyness……tightly bound her, preventing her from openly stating her true desire.

Thus, Li Sisi……could only use the pretense of inviting Su Monong to awkwardly and indirectly detain Lin Yuan.

In her words, actually lay her full expectation.

Su Monong……watched Li Sisi's appearance of saying one thing but meaning another, awkward yet pure.

Su Monong's eyes' teasing……grew more intense.

Su Monong's heart……had long decided on a plan.

Su Monong herself……was just intending to tease this girl who hid her thoughts and stubbornly clung to shyness.

She, deliberately forced Li Sisi to speak the words hidden in her heart out loud.

Thus Su Monong feigned incomprehension, slightly tilting her head.

Su Monong's tone……carried a hint of deliberate seriousness, she slowly spoke teasingly:

Sisi, Lin Yuan has been running around with you all evening; he's already exhausted. Staying here serves no purpose—better let him go rest early to regain his strength.

Su Monong's words……hit Li Sisi's heart right on the mark.

In an instant, Li Sisi lost her composure.

What Li Sisi fears most is that Lin Yuan would readily agree and then turn and leave.

Then all her expectations for tonight would come to nothing.

Extreme shyness……and reluctance tugged back and forth in her heart.

She hesitated for several seconds……

Li Sisi finally couldn't hold on, completely letting go of her last reserve.

Li Sisi bit her pink, delicate teeth, her face flushed with shame……

Li Sisi, stammering softly, squeezed out a sentence:

"I, I still want to……be with Lin Yuan……again, again……"

The moment her words fell, Li Sisi's pretty face……turned completely red.

Her pretty face, spreading from cheeks to ear roots and neck, grew hot enough to seem like it could burn.

Li Sisi's eyes were moist, she dared not lift her head to meet anyone's gaze.

Her overwhelming shyness……and frank desire……wove together, making her especially moving.

After a whole night of adjusting and immersion, her true heart opened by double the drug's effect, she had long since shed her former aloof reserve.

Li Sisi……

Like a piece of barren, untilled fertile land left fallow for years.

Tonight, she was thoroughly moistened, cultivated, and awakened.

This plot of fertile land completely shed its rawness, becoming loose and full.

She had fully prepared herself to welcome everything.

The land, at all times, quietly awaited to be treated gently again.

Su Monong's smile at the corners of her lips……grew ever clearer.

Su Monong stepped forward with a calm pace……taking one step.

Su Monong's eyes……were full of clear amusement, she said softly, teasing:

"Sisi, at last you've spoken it yourself—after hiding your thoughts for so long, you finally drop the act."

Lin……Yuan in the back row, after hearing this frank exchange, felt only utter helplessness.

Lin Yuan gave a slight eye-roll, really somewhat speechless.

Tonight, he had been running around all night, hiding and anxious, and even paid his public grain.

His body and mind……were already exhausted to the extreme.

Lin Yuan never expected……the wrap‑up would still stir up such a tug‑of‑war.

Li Sisi's ear roots reddened to a burning heat, her delicate teeth……gently biting her lower lip.

Li Sisi, shy yet earnest……lightly nodded.

By now, she……could no longer hide her thoughts behind any pretense.

Li Sisi……frankly admitted her innermost true thought.

She indeed needed Lin Yuan, needed this one‑and‑only '1'.

Without him, any fluttering and anticipation she and Su Monong might feel would ultimately come to nothing, utterly meaningless.

Lin Yuan, looking at the ambiguous tug‑of‑war before him, instantly sensed something was off.

Alarm bells rang in Lin Yuan's heart.

He……had been worn out by tonight's turmoil, yet had no mind to continue entangling himself in these ridiculous complications.

He even less wanted……to foolishly stay behind as the beast of burden plowing the field.

A thought turned, Lin Yuan immediately made up his mind.

Lin Yuan, seizing the gap while they gazed at each other, turned sideways to push the door open and get out, eager to escape this place of right and wrong, go home and rest properly.

But as he just moved his body, his fingertips not yet touching the car door, his wrist……was firmly gripped by a warm, slender hand.

Su Monong's grip wasn't strong, yet it locked his movement firmly.

Su Monong, giving him no chance to escape at all.

Su Monong lifted her gaze……to look at the embarrassed Lin Yuan.

Su Monong's eyes smiled, her tone……carrying a hint of playful reproach:

"Stupid little brother, why run? Don't think of slipping away—follow sister inside and till the field properly."

Lin Yuan wore a face of helplessness.

Lin Yuan could only turn his head to look at her, his tone heavy with fatigue, politely deflecting:

"I'm really exhausted; I can't endure another night of running around—I need to go home and rest."

Su Monong……knew exactly how to press his weak point.

Su Monong, hearing that……remained calm and unhurried.

Su Monong, throwing out an enticing condition, her tone languid yet alluring:

"Be obedient and serve us well, make us comfortable, and later sister will give you a promotion and raise, with all benefits doubled."

Faced with this tangible temptation, Lin Yuan shook his head, his attitude especially resolute:

"I don't need it."

He now only wants to rest.

Promotion and raise mean nothing to him right now—he feels zero attraction.

Seeing that softness wouldn't work, Su Monong's smile on her face instantly retracted.

Su Monong, her warm and moist eyes…… suddenly covered with a layer of chill.

Su Monong, her tone instantly turned cold and hard, full of oppressive feeling:

"Not needed, huh? Fine, then you don't have to come to work tomorrow morning, your salary will be fully deducted, and your performance cleared to zero."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Yuan's whole body instantly froze, all his stubbornness vanished in an instant.

He let out a helpless sigh from the bottom of his heart, truly having no temper left.

Under the eaves, one has no choice but to lower one's head.

Who let Su Monong…… be his direct supervisor, holding power over his work and salary.

Lin Yuan himself…… from beginning to end is living under someone else's roof, fundamentally lacking the means to resist.

The price of a head‑on confrontation…… he cannot afford.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Yuan could only yield completely, his tone listless, full of compromise:

"Alright, I won't leave, going in for a cup of tea should be fine, right?"

Watching him being forced to admit defeat, the chill in Su Monong's eyes…… completely faded.

Su Monong, putting on a gentle, teasing smile again.

Su Monong, taking the opportunity, loosened his wrist and naturally linked her arm with his.

Su Monong's demeanor…… intimate and casual.

Li Sisi beside them quietly watched the two.

The anticipation in Li Sisi's eyes…… grew ever more intense.

She stood shyly at the villa entrance, quietly waiting for them.

The night was tranquil, the evening breeze gentle.

Su Monong linked arms with a helpless‑looking Lin Yuan, following behind the shyly anticipating Li Sisi……

The three of them slowly walked into this tranquil, luxurious detached villa……