Jiang Tiao immediately trotted over to the floor windows and drew the curtains close. Fu Ting Chuan stood by the wall and watched her movements.
Jiang Tiao looked back and saw him smiling happily. She gloomily asked, “What are you smiling about?”
“Smiling about you.”
“You only know how to smile and don’t think about how much other people worry for you. I felt like my heart was about to fall when we were outside.” Jiang Tiao muttered and turned on the A.C. before proceeding to the kitchen to fill the kettle with water.
Before she reached the kitchen, she stopped, “Aiya!”
“What’s wrong?” Fu Ting Chuan quickly walked to her side.
Jiang Tiao softly whispered, “I don’t have any makeup remover or skincare products with me.”
I thought something bad happened! Fu Ting Chuan sighed with relief, “If you didn’t bring it then you didn’t bring it.”
“No, what am I to do tonight?” She who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot directed her anger at him, “It’s all your fault for rushing me here when I’m not fully prepared!”
Fu Ting Chuan couldn’t help but say, “Then don’t wash your face.”
“No! I will die! I am not like you men!” Jiang Tiao was immediately angered. She was like a little girl at a picnic who forgot to bring her lunch. It is too cute.
Fu Ting Chuan couldn’t help but rub her head, “I’ll help you check if Xu Che has anything here that you can use.”
“It’s better if I go instead, you don’t understand these things,” she put the kettle in his hand, “You go boil the water!”
Fortunately, Xu Che put great thought to his own skin maintenance. A set of CeraVe skin products are placed in the bathroom cabinet as well as Cetaphil cleansing lotion.
Jiang Tiao looked at the dates and ingredients and decided to use it even though her heart is still distressed.
After brushing their teeth and washing their faces together, the pair finally hopped into bed.
The man turned on the TV set. Jiang Tiao doesn’t like to watch TV so, hugging a pillow to her chest, she focused on playing mobile games.
The two are like a young couple who have lived together for a long time, natural and warm.
Fu Ting Chuan’s phone slightly vibrated on the bedside table. He picked it up and saw that it was a message from Assistant Xu.
“Don’t sleep in the master bedroom!! Go to the second one!! I don’t want any strange bodily fluids on my beloved bed!!!” The string of exclamation marks are extremely loud.
Stupid. Fu Ting Chuan didn’t reply and simply turned it off.
Jiang Tiao who is sitting next to him snuck a glance at the screen and faintly saw the words “sleep” and “bodily fluids.” Her face reddened and pushed away the man’s arm around her. Then she changed her position and continued to play her game.
“What’s wrong?” Feeling his chest empty, Fu Ting Chuan noticed her movements. He tossed aside the remote and turned to ask her.
“I feel numb staying in that position for too long….” She also put aside her phone and buried her face in the cover.
“Oh.”
“Sleep. It’s getting late.” Jiang Tiao said.
“En.” Fu Ting Chuan replied and turned off the lights.
In the darkness, he pulled her close so she couldn’t leave.
The room was silent except for the sound of their breath interweaving.
Fu Ting Chuan rests his chin on top of her head, “Jiang Tiao.”
“En.”
“You don’t have anything to talk about with me?” Although that incident has been going on for a while now, he still hopes that the girl in front of him would open up her feelings to him. All those small emotions, even if it is negative, he wants to know them all.
“Talk about what?” Jiang Tiao knew what he is trying to ask and beat around the bush, “Dating?”
“Don’t play around.” He softly pinched her waist.
This time, the pinch was like an electric shock, weakening her senses, “Didn’t I already say everything in the text?”
Those are all her thoughts. Even if he only noticed her because of her hands, she doesn’t need any explanation or clarification. Women don’t like men to explain carefully else it might lead to unnecessary conflicts.
“Nothing else?” He asked.
Jiang Tiao shook her head.
Fu Ting Chuan pulled her body, making her turn to face him.
His eyes are closely watching her, catching all the expressions on her face.
“Don’t look at me like that.” Feeling that they are too close, Jiang Tiao pushed his chest, “I really don’t have anything to say, just….after so many days, I’m worried how you will be affected by what everyone else is saying.”
She felt the man tighten his hold around her, “What effect will it have?”
“You’re not affected? But it does have a huge impact on me. There are so many people saying that you are not good. I want to argue back with all of them but a single person can only do so much.” Whenever she searched his name, there would be many insults hurdled towards him. It made her uncomfortable, anxious, and helpless.
Seeing that Jiang Tiao is about to cry, Fu Ting Chuan took his hand from under the blanket and touched the corner of her eyes in distress, “Crying again? Other people would have a great influence on me, but your reaction right now is the biggest.”
“Heng…” Jiang Tiao broke into laughter when she heard those words.
Fu Ting Chuan rubbed her cheek. His brows are furrowed together as if he is thinking about something.
What does him now like about her? Her hand? No, he can’t seem to figure it out. It isn’t because of her beauty or her youth. She is not rich or powerful and there is no outstanding personality. But she is like a lighthouse. As he swam closer, he discovered that it is a place where he wanted to land in.
If he had never met her, maybe he couldn’t endure being alone. But now, he is more than eager to share his world with her.
Fu Ting Chuan’s profound gaze is like a black hole that can suck people in. He grabbed her wrist and rubbed her slender tendon as if to appease her.
He wants to take her to a place, his other world, and share all his secrets with her.
Jiang Tiao’s face burned.
At that instant, she understood that he wants to deliver everything to her hands.
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