Jiahe’s eyes widened, and her jaw dropped in disbelief as she repeated, “A-Are you saying… y-you’re outside of my home in Qinghe?”

“You have one minute to come down.”

Jiahe was at a loss for words.

Her parents’ voices echoed from the kitchen. “The dumplings are ready, honey. Come and take the dumplings out to the dining room. What type of sauce do you fancy?”

Jiahe answered in hushed tones, “B-But I’m having dumplings now.”

“Maybe you want me to go upstairs to get you?”

Although Xinghe responded in a flat tone, Jiahe could pick up the threat behind his words.

The call ended before she could say anything else.

With the disconnected tune playing in the background, Jiahe was caught between helplessness and horror.

Why did Hades Jiang come all the way to Qinghe during the New Year? Was he visiting family again?

Jiahe was afraid he might just knock on the door. It was awkward enough that her parents mistook him for Chi Jun the last time. She did not want to lie to her parents again.

By the time her parents brought out the dumplings from the kitchen, Jiahe was no longer in the living room.

“Huh? Where did Jiahe go?”

“Yeah, she was here a minute ago. Honey? Honey?”

Jiahe put on a long, black down jacket before running down the stairs at record speed.

As expected, Xinghe’s black Audi was parked outside.

The man wore a black windbreaker, standing amid the chilling night. A cigarette rested between his slender fingers as he smoked away with grace.

Jiahe’s breath was taken away.

It was not as if she had never met a man with looks before. Back when she was a student in North City Medical College, she enjoyed a lot of eye candy in her class, on campus, and from the basketball team. However, they did not have Xinghe’s charms. There was something different that Jiahe simply could not put her finger on.

Perhaps… it was what Shirley would call a charm of a mature man.

Sticking to a distance from him, Jiahe scratched her head and awkwardly inquired, “W-What brings you to Qinghe?”

a minute ago, and he somehow popped up

he teleport

his brows, clearly displeased with her remarks. He dabbed the ashes off his cigarette and said, “You’re

She had no words.

was not

here to visit your relative

his

far away as if he would eat

he that mean to her? It was

took a few steps closer to him but choked at the smell of

scowled. “You can’t take the

smoke leads

lips. With his eyes on her, Xinghe threw the cigarette butt away and

her head and stared at the pair of shining black leather shoes against her cotton flip-flops. She tried to back away when the

Jiahe picked her head up and looked into Xinghe’s

needed for the

up outside her house in the middle of the night, was he trying to look cool standing in the

gaze on her facial features and asking, “What’s the meaning of the

you by mistake. It was meant

lips were taken, and her breath was abruptly stolen from

magnified within

guard, Jiahe did not even think of putting up

could not get enough of her. Her lips were sweet,

more, Xinghe rested his forehead against her and

There was no answer.

trying to force a

pouted in displeasure and sulked, “You sent the message in mass, and now you’re blaming

locked eyes with her for a while and chuckled. “Are you

not the type to deliver generic

was the only person he wished a happy new year

in sending a simple greeting on WeChat, so he drove for an hour from North City to Qinghe just to witness the

thing

Dr. Jiang. Only, you might want to refrain from telling the person that you’re sending the same message to everybody if you’re going to wish someone. It can hurt

playfulness

Jiahe gave

took it a step further.

have a relationship as a mentor

and mentee who were so close that they

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255