Chapter 75: Falling in Love with His Embrace
“Telling him would be of no use either,” Lu Xuanyu said calmly. “It’s all in the past. If Ziyi is really in the mood tonight, he might as well think about Xiaoxiao; that would feel better! We’ll worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.”
“Sigh!” Leng Yanfei sighed and closed the bedroom door.
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Lu Ziyi walked back dejectedly from his Father and Mother’s master bedroom. He saw Ye Chuxiao standing in the corridor, her slender arms gently resting on the wooden fence handrail, her beautiful face tilted upwards as she gazed at the full moon in the courtyard sky.
“Xiaoxiao!” Lu Ziyi walked briskly to Ye Chuxiao’s side.
“Senior Student Ziyi!” Ye Chuxiao greeted him with a charming smile. “Mm, you’re not asleep yet?”
“Can’t you sleep, Xiaoxiao?” Lu Ziyi asked. “Is the bed uncomfortable, or are you not used to the environment?”
“I slept too much this afternoon, so I can’t sleep now!” Ye Chuxiao pouted helplessly, tilting her head to look at Lu Ziyi. Her expression suddenly turned shy.
It was her first time visiting Senior Student Ziyi’s design studio, and she had napped in Senior Student Ziyi’s room, almost sleeping through the entire afternoon.
This afternoon was the same; leaning in Senior Student Ziyi’s embrace, she slept very comfortably, without troublesome dreams or the jolts of travel. His embrace made her feel so secure!
She really liked Senior Student Ziyi’s presence, inexplicably liking it so much! Ye Chuxiao became even more bashful, but she couldn’t rely on Senior Student Ziyi forever just to sleep well, could she?
Forever…
The thought of those three words made Ye Chuxiao’s cheeks flush bright red. She quickly averted her gaze from Lu Ziyi.
“What’s wrong, Xiaoxiao?” Lu Ziyi asked. “Is it too hot because it’s summer?”
Ye Chuxiao pretended that was the case. She fanned her hot cheeks with her hand and said, “It is a bit hot, but it’s… it’s okay…”
Lu Ziyi, however, grabbed Ye Chuxiao’s wrist and said, “I’ll take Xiaoxiao somewhere to cool off.”
“Huh? Where?”
Lu Ziyi just smiled without explaining. He took Ye Chuxiao’s soft little hand and walked through the corridor to a staircase.
Going up the stairs led to a pointed-roof lookout tower.
Cooling off here? Ye Chuxiao looked around. The surrounding fence was about half her height and didn’t seem very airy. It wasn’t comfortable to stand or sit.
Lu Ziyi, however, leaped onto the fence. He reached out his hand to Ye Chuxiao and said with joy, “Xiaoxiao, I’ll pull you up.”
“Uh? Sit on the fence?”
“No, we’re going to cool off on the rooftop.”
“The… rooftop?” Ye Chuxiao was already a little nervous. This wooden building, enclosed on three sides, had sloping green tiles on its roof. Wouldn’t sitting on the rooftop mean sitting on those sloping green tiles?
Ye Chuxiao was apprehensive, but she also felt a thrill of adventure. She placed her small hand into the long, broad hand Lu Ziyi extended to her.
Ye Chuxiao’s feet, clad in flat canvas shoes, brushed against the fence wall. Lu Ziyi pulled hard, and Ye Chuxiao was lifted onto the top of the fence.
Lu Ziyi descended to the rooftop first, then carried Ye Chuxiao down. He then held her hand and walked towards the center of the rooftop.
This scene reminded Ye Chuxiao of scenes from ancient costume wuxia films where great heroes would use their qinggong to leap across rooftops.
However, at this moment, she could only tread carefully, following Lu Ziyi.
“Xiaoxiao, are you okay?” Lu Ziyi turned back, asking with concern.
“I… I’m okay.” Ye Chuxiao gripped Lu Ziyi’s hand even tighter.
