Chapter 152 - Sleeping Beauty

After eating, Jiang Yingyue continued to clean the desk, while Han Qingshan once more buried his head in the paperwork that he needed to deal with.

He needed to participate in a few video-conferences on the laptop and take another few phone calls, but it was turning late.

Jiang Yingyue was seated on the sofa and was reading through various books while he was working, and soon she felt her eyelids turn heavy.

Jiang Yingyue fell asleep seated on the sofa, and soon Han Qingshan moved over to place her down on it so that she could lay down and relax better.

It was evident that Jiang Yingyue was tired; she did not wake up at all while he was moving her. Instead, she just mumbled a little while readjusting into a comfortable position.

Han Qingshan leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead, found a blanket, wrapped it around her, and then went back to the desk to focus on his work once more.

During this evening, while Han Qingshan was joining the different online conferences, people would see a sleeping beauty in the background. Han Qingshan had intentionally positioned himself so that everyone could see her laying behind him, and he felt amazingly proud.

When he was not on the phone, he would make sure a lot of people came to his office to deliver documents for him, and they too would see the sleeping beauty on the sofa. All of them were aware that Han Qingshan was showing off, but were unable to do or say anything about it. He was their boss, after all.

Han Qingshan saw that the time had reached eleven at night, and he finally felt that he could not drag it on any longer. He had made many of his employees work overtime this day to deal with as many things as possible, and also to allow Jiang Yingyue to sleep as long as she could. But it was almost midnight, and he had to let her return home to continue sleeping.

Han Qingshan called Song Liwei. "Let them retire for the day," he ordered, and Song Liwei was incredibly happy when he heard it, almost thanking the gods for the directive he had been given.

Without waiting, he rushed over to the different departments with the news of their day finally coming to an end. While he was doing this, Han Qingshan was going towards Jiang Yingyue wanting to wake her up.

He gently placed a hand on her shoulder and shook her slightly. Leaning down, he saw her eyelids flutter before she finally opened them, looking incredibly dazed.

Her dazed expression was simply too adorable, and Han Qingshan could not handle it, so he leaned down and placed his lips gently on top of hers, kissing her tenderly, softly, and smoothly.

The kiss was not deep, but more like the touch of a butterfly wing. It was so subtle and gentle that Jiang Yingyue did not know if she had awakened or if she was still dreaming.

Her eyes, which had been dazed and confused, suddenly focused as she felt the soft touch on her lips was not what she had expected. It was not a dream, it was real, and a sweetness appeared in her heart. Even when she was sleeping, Han Qingshan liked her.

Jiang Yingyue was quite uncomfortable about her background earlier. She was feeling incredibly unsure of her right to be next to Han Qingshan, but now she was not feeling much more doubt or uncertainty.

Han Qingshan was the one she loved. She had never bowed in front of anyone before, and she would never do so in the future either. When she made a decision, she would stick to it, and she would give her everything for it.

Han Qingshan was the most important person she had met, apart from her family, and for him, she would give it her all. She wanted to protect him and be by his side proudly in the future.

Her eyes were brimming with affection while looking at Han Qingshan, and although he could not understand what she was thinking about, he knew it was about him. He felt so happy that he once more captured her lips and deepened the kiss, turning it into a hot kiss; his tongue ravaging her mouth, entwining with her tongue and making Jiang Yingyue breathless.

When he finally, and reluctantly, released her lips, they were red and swollen. He smiled in satisfaction as he rose to his feet. "Come, it's time for us to go home and sleep," he said with a soft and gentle voice.

Jiang Yingyue was somewhat in a trance after experiencing such a hot kiss just after waking up, and she was once again thrown into a dazed state.

Seeing this, Han Qingshan chuckled. He bent down and placed his arms under her and started carrying her like a princess.

Jiang Yingyue was entirely taken by surprise by the sudden movement, and she could not help but yelp in shock as she was being lifted. Her arms automatically wrapped around his neck as she held onto him tightly, afraid that she'd fall.

He carried her out of the office, and Jiang Yingyue was feeling so embarrassed that she hid her face in his chest, burying it so that no one could see her blushing expression.

Fortunately, no one was present in the office anymore. All of them had left while he was waking her up, and thus, no one saw their display of affection.

Even so, Han Qingshan had no intention of telling her this.. He enjoyed the feeling of her burying her face in his chest, and he felt excited when he felt her rubbing her small head against him.