Chapter 182: Do You Want to Kiss Me?

Hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn’t suppress a smile. If Ye Zi could just move back home and regain their mother’s affection... "Mom, are you serious?"

"Mm, but she’s not to target Ah Ci anymore."

"I promise, she won’t."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen glanced at his watch. His train was in an hour, and he looked anxious. "Mom, I have to go. I’m heading over to Ye Zi’s place to talk to her."

"Why aren’t you flying?"

Jiang Chen scratched his head, embarrassed. "Don’t have the money."

My job only reimburses train tickets. Plane tickets are far too expensive—easily over a hundred yuan—and you have to arrange them with the airport in advance.

"But the train takes four or five days."

"I got a sleeper."

Su Guilan suddenly remembered something. It seemed there was a flight to Hangzhou tonight. "Hold on, let me see if I can find you a seat."

A look of excitement crossed Jiang Chen’s face. A flight would get him to Hangzhou in just two hours. That would give him time to find out just what kind of place the West Lake Sanatorium was.

「Meanwhile, at the family residences.」

Jiang Ye’s hand kept inching closer to Gu Che. In the cramped room, the air grew thick with heat as she gazed at him affectionately.

’She knew this version of Gu Che was still just an innocent boy,’ she thought. ’A little taste of sweetness would make him much more pliant.’

A blush crept up Gu Che’s cheeks. He felt her touch, and his heart pounded in a fluster, though he also found it somewhat thrilling.

"Ye Zi."

"What is it?"

Gu Che bit his lower lip, all thoughts of tutoring completely overwhelmed by other fantasies. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Can we please just focus on studying?"

"Aren’t we studying right now?"

As she spoke, Jiang Ye’s leg hooked around Gu Che’s knee.

’She and Gu Che had been married for decades. She knew his body like the back of her hand, even where his most sensitive spots were.’

’Granted, Gu Che had changed drastically after he became a wealthy man.’

’But their love had been real during those years when they had supported each other.’ She reached out and pinched his reddened earlobe.

"Or is it you who doesn’t want to study?"

"I... I don’t," Gu Che denied at once.

Seeing his innocent display, a smile played on Jiang Ye’s lips. ’What a rare sight,’ she thought, her voice turning soft. "Do you want to kiss me?"

"Th-that’s not a good idea!"

’He and Jiang Ye had been together for a year,’ he thought, ’and they had never crossed a line like this. The most they had ever done was hold hands.’

Just as Gu Che hesitated, Jiang Ye made her move. She wasn’t aiming for a peck on the cheek, but a real kiss—his first kiss. Their faces were barely an inch apart.

Just then, the door was suddenly flung open.

Jiang Chen’s eyes went wide as he saw the two of them about to kiss. He could even tell that Jiang Ye had initiated it.

"You... you two..."

Jiang Chen was at a loss for words. ’It’s true what they say,’ he thought. ’A man and woman can’t be left alone in a room together. If I hadn’t shown up...’

’They might have already gone all the way!’

’Even if Jiang Ye got into Qingbei University then, Mom and Dad would absolutely disown her. No child of the Jiang Family could ever do something so disgraceful!’

"Brother." Jiang Ye’s expression turned to panic. She shot up from her chair and tried to explain, "It’s not what you think! Gu Che and I were just..."

She didn’t even know how to begin explaining.

People in the 80s were more conservative. A premarital relationship was something to be scorned by all, and a woman’s reputation would be nailed to a pillar of shame.

Jiang Chen sighed. "Starting tomorrow, you two are moving back into the Jiang family home. We’ll have a housekeeper cook for you. You are only allowed to study. No more of this... messing around."