What to Do When You're Not Close to Your Husband

[Blushes at the slightest flirtation, prim and proper] x [Gorgeous flirt who doesn't know she's flirting] [Astronomer x Tattoo artist] Sweet everyday romance / girlish daydreams / a feast of sweetness

Yi Beizhi had once declared:

↗ I'd rather become a nun!

↗ Shave my head!

↗ I still wouldn't marry an astronomer!!!

To ruin this blind date, Yi Beizhi went straight for the killer question.

"May I ask if you have abs?"

The man fell silent for three seconds, his expression shifting again and again. Exactly the reaction she wanted. He had refined features, but seemed cold and distant in both temperament and manner.

Yi Beizhi kept stoking the fire. "Mr. Yan, I wrote down my dream partner when I was twelve. He needs to have firm muscles, smooth to the touch, like a male model..."

Before she could finish, Yan Qi turned his phone around and shoved it into her hands.

"Took this the night before last. It's not very clear."

That night, Yi Beizhi went home and dreamed of Yan Qi taking off his suit. (¬‿¬)

*

When Yi Beizhi woke up, her mother brought her chicken soup and said she'd thought things through: She couldn't let her daughter become a nun, and love should take its course.

"What about that Yan Qi from yesterday?"

"Don't worry. I've already turned him down for you."

!!!

*

For the next two months, Yi Beizhi used all seventy-two of her flirting tricks, circling around Yan Qi.

"Mr. Yan, is my waist slim?"

"How did you build your chest muscles?"

"I'll give you a twenty-percent discount on a tattoo on your butt!"

She even bought him a deep V-neck T-shirt. "Your collarbones look good."

Yan Qi put up with her antics for two months. Even when she drove him to the brink, all he did was frown slightly. "Miss Yi, please be a little quieter."

Who could have guessed that after Yi Beizhi said, "Mm," she would vanish from his life without a trace?

By asking around, Yan Qi learned that the young woman thought he was as unyielding as a stone and couldn't be flirted with anymore. She was going to call it quits!

*

At the same cafe, Yi Beizhi chatted happily with a new blind date, a smile on her lips. Across from them, Yan Qi, bundled up from head to toe, clenched his fists.

The man held out his phone to show her something, but before Yi Beizhi could get a good look, Yan Qi grabbed her wrist and dragged her away.

"What's so great about looking at that? Don't you know photos can be Photoshopped?"

"So you have them too?"

Yan Qi grabbed her hand and lifted the hem of his shirt. "Mine are the real deal!"

The sensation beneath her palm was scorching, and Yi Beizhi's face turned red. They'd only been apart for a month. How had the man who used to button his shirt all the way to the top suddenly started acting like a rogue in public?

*

After that, Yi Beizhi increasingly felt that something was off.

In public, as the research lead of the Double Star Cluster project and a visiting professor at the university of aeronautics, Yan Qi was imposing without even trying, radiating authority. He was rigid and pedantic, and could launch into a lecture at any time.

In private, helpless Yan Qi clung to Yi Beizhi's wrist and wouldn't let go. "I'm exhausted today. Help me take off my jacket."

Yi Beizhi curled her lips and tugged on his tie, drawing him closer. "Only your jacket?"

For the Nth time, Yan Qi blushed. "...Anything you like."

But the next moment, the mischievous little temptress shut the door and winked at him. "If you want me to do something for you, it depends on how well you behave."

Later, with moisture shimmering on Yi Beizhi's lashes, the man blew against her ear. "Beibei, count the stars. I'll stop when you reach a thousand."

Afterward, he even asked, "How did I do?"

"Beibei, I could make you count to two thousand."

"!!!"

During the day, Yi Beizhi tattooed Yan Qi's shoulder blade. He gritted his teeth to endure the needle's bone-deep sting.

That night, Yi Beizhi bit down on his shoulder, trembling and whimpering:

"You're just getting revenge!" o(╥﹏╥)o

Theme: The right person is waiting for you on your path to success.