Chapter 56: Awkwardness
Chapter Fifty-Six: Awkwardness
As soon as Qing Tian returned to the classroom, everyone was whispering and looking at her. She wondered what gossip about her could possibly still be circulating.
Could it be that the incident with Xia Yang had gotten out?
Sensing something was wrong, she dropped her schoolbag and immediately ran to Xia Yang’s classroom. As soon as she reached the corridor, she saw Ji Xiangyu walking towards her with a bottle of jasmine tea.
She looked at the jasmine tea in his hand, and a faint jasmine scent wafted from his lips. Her face flushed as she remembered the passionate kiss they shared that night. Drunk and disoriented, she and he, equally intoxicated, had naturally shared their first intimate kiss. How was she supposed to face him? She was completely unprepared for any of this.
Or perhaps he would say: “I’m sorry, we were both a bit drunk that night!”
She would rather not hear such an explanation. Not at all.
Qing Tian, who had been running, suddenly slammed on the brakes, executed a 180-degree turn, and headed back towards the stairs leading to her own classroom.
Her footsteps quickened, as if she were afraid of hearing Ji Xiangyu say “I’m sorry” at any moment.
Just as she reached the turn in the stairs, Ji Xiangyu grabbed her. She stumbled and fell into his arms. The familiar jasmine scent… this was the real Ji Xiangyu.
Qing Tian looked up, intending to scold him, but saw Ji Xiangyu frowning, his mouth stretched wide open.
Only then did she notice that the gauze on his hand was already stained with a faint trace of blood.
On the milky white gauze, Ji Xiangyu’s passionate blood had bloomed.
Her heart sank, and she asked with concern, “Your hand… are you okay?”
Ji Xiangyu smiled gently, “I was attacked by a fierce beast while hunting yesterday!”
Qing Tian, half-believing, asked with concern, “What kind of beast was so powerful that it injured you so badly!”
Ji Xiangyu didn’t answer her question. Instead, he handed her the jasmine tea and said in his usual gentle tone, “When the weather is dry, drinking jasmine tea can help clear heat, detoxify, regulate qi, and calm the nerves!”
Qing Tian looked down at the jasmine tea he offered, deeply moved. Why was Ji Xiangyu so good to her?
Among all the excellent girls at First High School, why her?
She had asked herself this question hundreds of times.
But each time, she had no answer.
She took the jasmine tea. Cool water droplets still clung to the bottle, and she found it very refreshing.
However, she still smiled awkwardly and said, “Classmate Ji, thank you…”
Qing Tian’s address of “Classmate Ji” created an immense distance between them. The gentle smile on Ji Xiangyu’s lips stiffened, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
Time seemed to forget to move, frozen in that moment.
A moment later,
Ji Xiangyu murmured, “Can you talk with me after school today? I have something to tell you!”
Hearing him say this, Qing Tian’s eyebrows shot up. Was he finally going to say it?
She awkwardly declined, “I might not have time, I’m sorry. Shishi and I have plans to go to the Civic Center!”
Ji Xiangyu stood there, a look of loss on his face. He then used his uninjured right hand to stroke her hair and smiled, “Then have fun with Shishi. I’ll call you tonight!”
The moment Ji Xiangyu touched her hair, Qing Tian’s heart nearly leaped out of her chest. She vividly remembered declaring to someone else last night that this territory was claimed by Ji Xiangyu.
When Ji Xiangyu actually stood before her, she was so embarrassed that she couldn’t speak, or rather, she couldn’t speak normally due to her embarrassment.
Finally, Qing Tian held up the jasmine tea and said to Ji Xiangyu, “Thank you… Classmate Ji, I have to go now… Bye!”
Just as Qing Tian was about to disappear from his sight, Ji Xiangyu called out, “Qing Tian, why are you avoiding me?”
Qing Tian, her back to him, hesitated. In her heart, she was shouting: No, I’m not avoiding you, I just don’t know how to face you! I don’t dare to face those three words.
But ultimately, it was just a cry in her heart. The next moment, she acted as if she hadn’t heard him and hurried away.
Ji Xiangyu leaned against the wall. He wanted to get closer to her, but she immediately maintained a distance of ten feet.
He placed his index finger on his lips, still able to feel the touch of her soft lips meeting his.
Why could she forget so easily? Why could she be so indifferent to the kiss between them?
Around the corner, where Ji Xiangyu couldn’t see, Qing Tian made the same gesture as him.
