Chapter 255: Immaturity ④
Li Ying welcomed Nie Qiu in. As soon as Nie Qiu entered the living room, she saw the state Li Kai and the others were in. She took a deep breath, placed the pan-fried dumplings she was carrying on the table, and without even looking at Zhang Haiyang and the others’ fawning smiles, turned to leave.
She was afraid she would lose her temper, she was afraid she would lose her temper! She couldn’t stand it. Li Kai had a large bruise on the corner of his mouth, and there was blood. His forehead was broken. Zhang Haiyang’s pant leg was torn and folded up, with a patch of scraped skin on his knee, oozing blood from the abrasions. A purplish-red ointment had been applied, making it look even more shocking. His calf was a mess of bruises. Ma Xin kept clutching his stomach, grinning through gritted teeth…
After taking a few steps, Nie Qiu quickened her pace, kicked off her slippers, and was about to open the door.
Zhang Haiyang and the others exchanged bewildered glances. Li Kai paused for a moment, then reacted, stepping over the coffee table and chasing after her.
“Nie Qiu, it hurts so much…”
Nie Qiu had just opened the door when she heard the sound of something heavy falling in the living room. What had happened? Nie Qiu stopped in confusion, turned her head, and saw Li Kai lying on the ground, motionless.
She had forgotten that Li Kai was injured. Although she had only seen the injury on the corner of his mouth, it was not impossible that he was injured elsewhere. Had he fallen because of an injury to his foot? Nie Qiu couldn’t help but turn back. “Are you okay?”
The other person remained motionless on the ground. Nie Qiu became anxious. Had he fallen and hit somewhere?
Zhang Haiyang, Luo Xu, and the others were stunned. Clearly… clearly Li Kai had fallen on purpose! They had seen it with their own eyes, there was no doubt about it!
“Hey…”
Nie Qiu reached out to touch Li Kai’s shoulder. The moment her fingertips brushed his clothes, she felt something was wrong. As expected, in the next second, she was grabbed by a pair of strong, powerful arms, pulled, and fell into his embrace.
“Let go of me, Li Kai, you scoundrel! How dare you lie to me!” Nie Qiu growled, struggling with all her might.
Li Kai held Nie Qiu tightly in his arms and sighed, “Nie Qiu… don’t be angry, don’t be angry…”
Nie Qiu knew the difference in strength between boys and girls, so she stopped struggling and looked at him with a cold smile. “How dare I be angry? Aren’t you very capable? How could I dare to be angry with you?”
Li Kai turned her face towards him, reached out, and gently stroked her chin, saying in a low voice, “It’s just because I was jealous…”
“Heh heh…” Nie Qiu laughed in anger. “Jealous? What are you jealous of? Do you lack confidence in me or in yourself? If you have so much free time, why don’t you come home with me? Go home from school with me? Do you know that the day before yesterday you were almost beaten by those girls from Class 5? You…”
Nie Qiu suddenly lost her voice because Li Kai bit her lip.
Seeing this, Zhang Haiyang quickly lowered his head and threw the red medicine he was holding to Luo Xu. Luo Xu took it, lowered his head, and began to wipe his wrist. He didn’t know if it was because he had hit someone too hard, but his wrist hurt tightly.
Li Kai, with Nie Qiu’s lips in his mouth, mumbled, “I won’t do it again, I won’t do it again. From now on, whatever I do, I’ll tell you.”
Nie Qiu was still in shock. She hadn’t expected Li Kai to suddenly kiss her at this moment, with Zhang Haiyang and the others still there, and adults at Li Kai’s house… She was a little scared. In that moment, Nie Qiu’s eyes were unfocused.
Although they had been together for a long time, they rarely kissed. Li Kai wanted to be close to Nie Qiu all the time, but he was always afraid of being too forward. Now, Nie Qiu was in his arms, her lips parting and closing, so close. It would be a disservice to himself not to take advantage of it.
The number of times he had kissed Nie Qiu could be counted on his fingers. But he was either too rushed, or it was just a brief touch. He still wasn’t very good at kissing, but he continued to suck on Nie Qiu’s lips.
Nie Qiu looked at Li Kai’s head in disbelief. At this moment, Li Kai had moved his lips away from hers and was kissing her cheek and the base of her ear, one kiss after another.
Nie Qiu remained motionless for a long time, then suddenly gasped sharply… She had forgotten to breathe.
Li Kai looked up at Nie Qiu and said nothing.
Nie Qiu pushed Li Kai away, her face flushed, and stood up, pointing at the boys who were watching. “And you guys… isn’t Li Kai your brother? He wanted to fight someone, why didn’t you stop him? Look at yourselves now…”
Zhang Haiyang lowered his head, listening to Nie Qiu’s scolding, and secretly smiled. Brothers? Aren’t brothers supposed to go through fire and water for each other? Stop him from fighting? They were the ones who had actually fanned the flames. It was he who had initiated the challenge to Ye Haifei!
Wang Chao Lei put down the disinfectant cotton in his hand and looked up at Nie Qiu. “Nie Qiu, you just said that girls from Class 5 blocked you the day before yesterday. What’s going on?”
Li Kai stood up, stepped forward to take Nie Qiu’s hand, and stared at her. “Nie Qiu, what’s going on?”
“It’s… nothing…” Nie Qiu avoided his gaze, broke free from Li Kai’s hand, and said, “Since you all seem to be fine, I’ll be going back now.”
“Going back where…” Li Kai grabbed Nie Qiu’s hand. “Nie Qiu, are you hiding something from us? Are those girls from Class 5 bothering you again?”
“No.” Nie Qiu looked up at Li Kai. “Didn’t you want to eat pan-fried dumplings? I bought some for you. Go eat them quickly.”
Li Kai was silent for a moment, then pulled Nie Qiu, not letting go, and walked towards the sofa. Luo Xu and Ma Xin cleared a space for Nie Qiu and Li Kai. Li Kai pulled Nie Qiu to sit in the spot where Luo Xu and Ma Xin had just been, not letting go of her hand, and with his other hand, he reached for the pan-fried dumplings Nie Qiu had bought.
The pan-fried dumplings were in a plastic bag, and inside the plastic bag was a disposable food container. The food container held about ten pan-fried dumplings, not many, but enough for one person to satisfy a craving. Li Kai saw the pan-fried dumplings inside and knew they were store-bought, not made by Nie Qiu herself. He picked up the chopsticks next to the food container and mumbled, “Why aren’t they homemade?” Then he lowered his head and started eating.
Seeing this, Zhang Haiyang swallowed and protested, “Nie Qiu, you can’t be this biased! Why didn’t you buy some for us too?”
Nie Qiu glared at Zhang Haiyang. “How was I supposed to know you were all here?”
Zhang Haiyang said nothing, and Luo Xu and the others remained silent. They knew that Li Kai wanted to show off, to show off that Nie Qiu had bought him food!
Li Ying came out of the kitchen with several dishes and placed them on the dining table. “Xiao Kai, call your classmates over for dinner. After eating, go to your evening self-study session.”
Li Kai stopped eating the pan-fried dumplings, turned to look at Zhang Haiyang, and said, “I told you to go eat! Hurry up and eat, and then go to class.”
