187: Chapter 187 A Feast for the Eyes

Lin Yi's attention had been entirely focused on the chess game in front of him just now.

He hadn't expected Xu Jinglan to pull a stunt like this.

That clumsy acting was clearly intentional.

Looking at Lin Yi's wet clothes, Xu Jinglan apologized repeatedly.

"Oh dear, Xiao Lin, I'm so sorry!"

"My old eyes are failing me!"

"Come, come, hurry and take off your clothes and give them to me. I'll go wash them for you!"

Lin Yi wasn't a fool; he naturally knew what Xu Jinglan was thinking.

It seemed this mother-in-law was truly anxious to hold a grandson...

"No need, Auntie. I... I'll just go back and change."

"My house is right next door anyway."

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Xu Jinglan hurriedly refused.

"No!"

"No, no, no!"

"It's dark now, and the temperature outside has dropped."

"Your clothes are wet; you'll catch a cold walking back like that!"

"Listen to me, go to the bedroom upstairs, take off your clothes and give them to me, and I'll wash them for you."

"We have a dryer anyway; they'll be dry in half an hour!"

Lin Yi couldn't argue, so he obediently went upstairs.

Xu Jinglan gave Cheng Hong a meaningful look.

"Honghong, hurry up and go get Lin Yi's clothes for me to wash."

"While you're at it, find him a clean short-sleeved shirt."

Cheng Hong hadn't realized yet that Xu Jinglan was doing this on purpose.

She naively thought it was all just an accident.

So, she found a loose, clean short-sleeved shirt and walked upstairs.

Cheng Hong walked to the bedroom door and knocked.

"Lin Yi, can I come in?"

"My mom told me to take your wet clothes down."

Lin Yi had just taken his clothes off.

"Yeah, Sister Hong, come on in."

Cheng Hong pushed the door open and entered the room, holding a clean shirt in her hand.

"Change into this..."

Lin Yi's lean, muscular upper body was currently exposed to the air.

The perfect muscle lines made Cheng Hong's heart skip a few beats.

This was the first time she had felt such a flutter in her heart in front of a man.

Lin Yi took the shirt and then handed the wet clothes to Cheng Hong.

At that moment, a sudden "click" came from the door.

Only then did Cheng Hong realize something.

When she hurriedly went to open the door, she found that it had been locked from the outside.

"Mom!"

"What are you doing!"

"Open the door!"

"Let me out!"

Outside the door, Xu Jinglan also acted somewhat anxious.

"It's all my fault, I accidentally broke the key inside the lock!"

"What should we do..."

"It's already night, the locksmith companies should be closed by now."

"How about... you two just stay in this room for the night!"

"First thing tomorrow morning, I'll call someone to come and unlock it for you!"

Xu Jinglan spoke with such conviction, but inside the room, Lin Yi and Cheng Hong had already rolled their eyes to the heavens in speechlessness.

For Xu Jinglan to even be able to say such a clumsy excuse out loud.

Actually, given Lin Yi's current physical fitness level, never mind kicking open this door, even punching through the wall of this room would be no problem.

But Lin Yi didn't need to do that.

Being in the same room with such a top-tier mature beauty, he had absolutely no need to escape.

Furthermore, her favorability toward him had already reached 70 Points.

According to Lin Yi's many experiences, once favorability reached 95 Points, they could basically take that final step between two people.

So, this was the perfect opportunity to increase favorability.

Cheng Hong looked at Lin Yi, who hadn't put his shirt on yet, her expression a bit awkward.

"Young... Young Master Lin, put your shirt on first..."

Lin Yi finally snapped out of it and hurriedly pulled the shirt on.

"Sister Hong, you can just call me Lin Yi."

"I'm really not some young master."

Only then did Cheng Hong change her address.

"Lin Yi, then what should we do now..."

Lin Yi shrugged.

"What can we do... we can only wait for the locksmith to come and get us out tomorrow morning."

"This door is locked tight, I have no way of opening it either."

"It looks like we can only stay here tonight..."

Listening to Lin Yi's words, the scene of Lin Yi taking her to Zhu Tao's company to rescue Li Tong instinctively surfaced in Cheng Hong's mind.

At that time, Lin Yi had kicked down a thick bronze door with just three kicks.

It wasn't kicking it open, it was kicking it down.

The entire door frame had collapsed.

With that kind of skill, wouldn't kicking open this single bedroom door be effortless?

Could it be that Lin Yi was intentionally not wanting to go out?

Could he...

Thinking of this, Cheng Hong's face turned even redder.

Cheng Hong: Favorability +10 Points.

Current Favorability: 80 Points.

"Ding, detected an increase in favorability from the bound target Cheng Hong. Congratulations, Host, on receiving a 10 Points reward."

...

Cheng Hong stepped forward and tidied up the room a bit, then let Lin Yi sit on the bed.

To be honest, this was the first time a man had entered her private bedroom.

Usually, even her father, Cheng Mo, never entered her room.

"Sister Hong, your room smells so good."

Lin Yi sat on the bed and sniffed; the air was filled with the unique body fragrance Cheng Hong usually carried.

Being told this by Lin Yi, Cheng Hong became even more shy.

The current her, compared to her usual boisterous self who was at ease in front of other men, was like a completely different person.

This strong sense of contrast also made Lin Yi's heart race slightly.

"Alright, alright, if you... if you're not leaving, then go to sleep."

"You sleep on the bed tonight, I'll sleep on the floor."

Cheng Hong pulled a quilt out from the cabinet and spread it on the floor.

Lin Yi shook his head.

"How can that be? I'm a man; there's no reason to let a woman sleep on the floor."

"You should sleep on the bed."

Lin Yi was just being polite.

But he hadn't expected Cheng Hong to follow his lead and sit back on the bed.

"Then thank you for your kindness!"

"I'm going to sleep!"

After saying that, Cheng Hong revealed a smug, fox-like smile and crawled under the covers.

She also reached out and turned off the bedroom light.

Then, the sound of clothes being taken off and thrown onto the floor could be heard.

"No peeking!"

"I don't like wearing clothes when I sleep."

"You're not allowed to be a hooligan..."

One couldn't tell if this sentence was a warning or a hint.

Lin Yi's mind even began to conjure up images of Cheng Hong's current fragrant and charming appearance under the covers.

"Fine, I won't look."

"It's pitch black; even if I wanted to look, I couldn't."

"My eyes don't have night vision."

Cheng Hong gave a small huff.

"Who knows."

"Certain people have far too many secrets."

Lin Yi stretched and lay down on the quilt spread on the floor.

"Then tell me, what other secrets do you want to know?"

"Since we're pretending to be a couple, I'll tell you everything."

Hearing this, Cheng Hong became interested.

She was truly curious about Lin Yi.

Curious about every aspect of him.

When you like someone, you can't help but want to know more about them.

And so, the two of them began to chat idly.

Cheng Hong told Lin Yi about the bet she made with Cheng Mo and how she left home alone to start a business in Nanjing.

And Lin Yi told Cheng Hong many stories about playing and going on adventures with the children at the orphanage when he was young.

They didn't know how long they had been talking.

Cheng Hong's voice gradually faded.

The sound of her steady breathing came from the bed.

Lin Yi smiled and propped himself up to glance at Cheng Hong through the darkness.

A physical fitness level of 10 indeed allowed Lin Yi to see things even in the dark.

Although he couldn't see as clearly as in daylight, it was enough for him to have a feast for his eyes right now.