Chapter 14: Warm Embrace
Warm embrace
Qing Tian didn’t know what had bewitched her, but she tilted her head up to meet his eyes, which still sparkled in the darkness.
At some point, her fingers touched his, and a warm current flowed from his fingertips into her heart, then the heat instantly spread throughout her body.
Ji Xiangyu took the opportunity to caress Qing Tian’s face, moving closer, his breath intermittently spraying onto her face!
Qing Tian felt all her senses concentrated on the spot he was touching!
The next second, she was pulled into a warm, solid embrace!
In his arms, she felt tiny, almost submerged in the embrace. She dared not move, her body continuously heating up, her heart beating uncontrollably.
He held her tightly with his uninjured hand, and her thoughts drifted back to what he had said to Xia Yang a few hours ago: “Just because I like her!”
Qing Tian could no longer grasp the true meaning of that sentence. Her mind felt like it was filled with paste, and she couldn’t recall anything.
Her hands tightly clutched the square scarf he had given her. In the quiet stairwell, only their breaths flowed rhythmically like light music.
Ji Xiangyu whispered into her ear, “Qing Tian…” It was almost a whisper, and if it weren’t for the extreme quietness around them, it would have been difficult to discern.
Qing Tian softly hummed in response, waiting for his next words, but after a long, long time, she received no reply.
Time seemed to slow down like a slow-motion shot, zooming in, zooming in, until their faces were frozen in the center of the screen, and then it stopped!
Ji Xiangyu said, with a hint of uncertainty, “Everything will be alright!”
This sentence seemed to possess magic. After hearing it, a warm current flowed through Qing Tian’s heart, and her lips curved upwards slightly in the darkness, a beautiful arc drawn in the dark.
She looked up at his deep, dark eyes, and they shared a knowing smile.
Even in the darkness, she could still discern his appearance, and he was grateful it was dark, allowing him to enjoy the beautiful smile blooming on Qing Tian’s face.
He escorted Qing Tian out of the hospital, and Qing Tian habitually refused, saying, “No need to see me off, the station is just ahead.”
Ji Xiangyu frowned and gazed at Qing Tian, his eyes holding a hint of sadness. Why did she accept things that happened to Xia Yang so readily?
Pretending not to hear Qing Tian, he took her hand and walked towards the station.
Qing Tian looked at the spot where their hands met, and a soft place in her heart silently wept!
Don’t be too good to me, I’ll fall too deep to extricate myself!
Since Ji Xiangyu’s hand was inconvenient, his driver had been picking him up and dropping him off for the past few days. The driver saw him from afar, holding hands with a girl while waiting for the bus.
He hesitated whether to approach, but in the end, he let his young master board the bus with the girl.
The bus was quite crowded, and she was protected in Ji Xiangyu’s embrace. This action reminded her of a scene from a romance television drama.
The male protagonist held the heroine from behind, whispering softly into her ear, a scene that felt sweet and full of happiness when she recalled it.
But now that she was the heroine, Qing Tian’s heart didn’t feel as sweet; instead, it felt a little bitter.
Such scenes only existed in television dramas. In reality, it was just a fleeting dream, ultimately vanishing like fireworks, gone in an instant.
The bus stopped at Sakata Avenue. He insisted on escorting Qing Tian to her building. From the hospital until now, her hand had been held by him, from a light grip initially to a firm clasp of five fingers by the end.
They walked down the road shoulder to shoulder like a couple. Qing Tian felt a little unaccustomed and wanted to pull away, but the next second, Ji Xiangyu tightened his grip. When he finally let go, she didn’t dare to break free.
They arrived at her building. The surroundings were strangely quiet, with no one in sight.
Ji Xiangyu placed his hand on her shoulder and said, “Go back and rest well!”
After speaking, he gently kissed her forehead.
At that moment, in that instant, Qing Tian’s heart pounded like it had been given a stimulant, her face inexplicably flushed.
She looked at Ji Xiangyu with confused eyes, unable to fathom what he was thinking!
