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?”

and

he teleport himself

He dabbed the ashes off his cigarette and said, “You’re in Qinghe. Why can’t I

She had no words.

was not what she

here to visit your

his lips.

so far away as if he would

he that mean to her? It was not as if

closer to him

can’t take the

smoke

as he curled his lips. With his eyes on her,

of shining black leather shoes against her cotton flip-flops. She tried to back away when the

head up and looked

were needed for the

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

hers, locking his gaze on her facial features and asking, “What’s the meaning

it to you by mistake. It was meant for a colleague…

lips were taken, and her breath was

magnified within her

not even think of putting up a

her. Her

lips, craving more, Xinghe rested his forehead against her and uttered

There was no answer.

force a reply out of

the message in mass, and now you’re blaming others for not wishing you

for a while and chuckled.

he was not the type to deliver

only person he wished a happy new year

was no point in sending a simple greeting on WeChat, so he drove for an hour from North City to Qinghe just to witness the dawn of the new year

was the silliest thing Xinghe

always right, 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

hint of playfulness alighted in

Jiahe gave a

a step further. “Are there

as a

mentee

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