27: Chapter 27 Lin Xiaojin's First Initiative

Patter!

Crystal teardrops slid down Lin Xiaojin's fair face.

They fell onto Qin Ge's arm.

Qin Ge feigned grogginess and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Xiaojin shook her small head like a rattle-drum. "No, it's nothing. I just thought of the food on the second floor and started drooling."

She sniffled.

She suppressed the tears in her eyes as much as possible.

She didn't know why.

When others bullied her, she could face it quite resiliently.

At the very least, she wouldn't shed weak tears.

But strangely, when someone was kind to her...

Her tears always felt like they were about to fall uncontrollably.

She didn't want to cry.

She especially didn't want to cry in front of Qin Ge.

It felt like she was acting pitiful!

Qin Ge teased, "You can't go stealing things in the cafeteria!"

Lin Xiaojin stamped her feet in embarrassment and annoyance. "I know that, President Qin!"

Qin Ge laughed it off and said, "If your hands have no strength, then use your feet."

"Oh."

Lin Xiaojin obediently agreed and let go of Qin Ge's arm. Just as she was about to take off her shoes, she suddenly remembered something.

She walked slowly to the bedside and crouched down, taking out pairs of silk stockings. With blushing cheeks and not daring to look Qin Ge in the eye, she asked, "President Qin, which pair do you want me to wear?"

Qin Ge wondered, "Does the house not have enough long johns for you to wear?"

The grievance in Lin Xiaojin's heart was forcibly dispelled by his joke, and she said with mock anger, "Then I won't wear any!"

"It's still more comfortable to step on with them on. Let's go with this pair."

Qin Ge smilingly picked out a pair of 10D black silk stockings.

He felt like laughing in his heart.

Wasn't the change happening right now?

Lin Xiaojin actually knew to take the initiative to wear silk stockings.

Change starts bit by bit.

How could anything be achieved overnight?

Humans are such complex creatures; emotions are a subtle, gradual transformation.

It's not a program set by a System that can be changed just like that!

He was very satisfied with Lin Xiaojin's current transformation.

Lin Xiaojin turned her back to Qin Ge and wrapped her slender calves in the slightly thicker silk stockings, which then extended all the way to the base of her thighs.

It made her long, slender legs look even more shapely now.

Then, with a red face, she slowly stepped onto the bed.

She knew.

She knew Qin Ge said those things earlier...

...to make her laugh.

Qin Ge definitely knew she had cried.

He didn't want her to be embarrassed.

That's why he protected her fragile dignity in such a way.

Lin Xiaojin, keeping Qin Ge's kindness in mind, even spent a good while longer 'playing' with Qin Ge's buttocks while giving him a back massage this time.

Half an hour later,

Qin Ge, who had already adapted to the pressure of Lin Xiaojin's massage, felt the strength of Lin Xiaojin—who was kneeling behind him pounding his back—getting weaker and weaker.

It wasn't until she stopped completely that he opened his eyes.

"Holy crap, she fell asleep while kneeling?"

Qin Ge looked at the exquisite profile of her face beside him, her small head drooping and her breathing even.

He shook his head with a wry smile and didn't wake her up.

It wasn't until ten minutes later, when Lin Xiaojin's small head suddenly jerked downward...

...that she startled herself awake.

Lin Xiaojin, waking up from her doze, saw Qin Ge sitting beside her and staring at her. She apologized with full guilt, "President Qin, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Qin Ge reached out and pinched Lin Xiaojin's delicate chin, saying playfully, "Are the company's working hours too long?"

Lin Xiaojin shook her head repeatedly.

"After leaving the Mu Family last night, did you go on a date with that lecherous Chen Yuan?"

Lin Xiaojin shook her head even more vigorously.

She wasn't stupid.

Chen Yuan was no longer that little kid from before.

Men and women should keep their distance.

Moreover, Chen Yuan was so lustful that he even wanted to hit on Jiang Yingxue.

Why would she ever get involved with Chen Yuan again?

Qin Ge rolled his eyes. "Then where did all this sleepiness come from? You can even fall asleep during a massage?"

Lin Xiaojin hung her small head like a scolded elementary school student, avoiding the question and muttering distressedly, "President Qin, I promise I won't fall asleep next time."

Qin Ge kept a straight face and urged coldly, "I don't want to hear explanations, I just want to know why."

"Tell me the reason!"

Lin Xiaojin opened her mouth.

After hesitating for a long time, she muttered weakly, "President Qin, I found a part-time job."

Qin Ge feigned surprise and said, "Where do you have the time for a part-time job?"

Lin Xiaojin's gaze drifted as she lost confidence. "Didn't you give me a meal card before? Since I can get food from the cafeteria, I don't need to go home and cook anymore. With the time saved, I found a job sorting packages."

Qin Ge knew the time had finally come.

Every move Lin Xiaojin made...

...had long been under his watch.

Including the package sorting job; he already knew everything about it and had made appropriate arrangements.

Otherwise, with package sorting where women are used like men and men are used like forklifts...

...how could Lin Xiaojin's thin and weak frame possibly endure it?

"They say your family conditions are poor, but I still don't know what your situation at home is really like."

"You can even squeeze out cooking time to do a part-time job?"

"I'm getting curious now."

"Let's go, take me to your house!"

Qin Ge urged in a tone that brooked no argument.

Lin Xiaojin's inner fortress was the most solid.

It was also the final line of defense that would truly allow someone into her heart.

It was finally placed before his eyes!

Lin Xiaojin shook her head repeatedly. "I'm not going back, I haven't finished work yet!"

Qin Ge grabbed Lin Xiaojin's fair wrist and leaned his face close, enough to see the fine, soft down on her face, and threatened, "If you don't take me to your house, I'll kiss you!"

Lin Xiaojin only turned her head away in resistance.

She didn't show any intention of complying.

Tsk!

Seeing this, Qin Ge couldn't help but click his tongue.

So, this meant she tacitly agreed that her cheek could be kissed now.

However, he liked challenging higher difficulties.

Qin Ge lowered his voice, leaned into Lin Xiaojin's ear, and threatened, "If you're still disobedient, I won't be satisfied with just kissing your cheek!"

Struggling, getting off the bed, taking off the silk stockings, putting on shoes.

The set of movements was as smooth as flowing water.

Lin Xiaojin followed Qin Ge and quickly boarded a business van.

Qin Ge asked Qiao Yingzi in confusion, "Why aren't we driving the original one?"

Qiao Yingzi smiled awkwardly and said, "The road conditions aren't suitable."

She thought to herself, President Qin's acting skills are truly unbelievable.

Don't you have some idea why we're driving a business van?

It's not like you haven't seen the place where Lin Xiaojin lives.

Would it be suitable for a Phantom with its low ground clearance?

Feigning ignorance while knowing perfectly well.

If she didn't know the truth, she really would have been fooled by President Qin.

Of course, she was just a death soldier.

If Qin Ge told her to die, she would die.

If he didn't, she would just shut up and be a driver.

Vroom!

A perfectly good Mercedes business van...

...was driven by Qiao Yingzi with such force that it gave a push-back sensation.

A sharp turn sent Lin Xiaojin tumbling uncontrollably into Qin Ge's arms.

Qin Ge was so annoyed he rolled his eyes. "Yingzi, driving so slowly, do you even know how to drive?"

"If you don't, get out and let me drive!"

Lin Xiaojin was completely bewildered.

Feeling the warm chest, the blush on her cheeks hadn't even faded before it turned into embarrassment and annoyance. She grumbled, "President Qin, you're a bully!"