Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

With her face stuck to the man’s broad back, Jiahe shook her head.

It was not some harassment at the workplace.

The rotation of her head against his body put Xinghe’s mind at ease.

He curtly questioned, “Why are you holding me then?”

Jiahe looked up to the sky and drew a deep breath before mustering the courage to say, “You drove from the city all the way here on New Year’s Eve. Was it so you could share a few words and leave? That’s a waste of your gasoline…”

Waste of gasoline?

The comment tickled XInghe’s funny bones. What was going on in that mind of hers?

Was the subject of the matter about gasoline or him?

Still, he could not bear to pull away from her when her lean arms were wrapped around his waist.

Faced with his silence, Jiahe said, “You caught me off guard when you asked if I wanted to be with you. I… I need time to think about it.”

Xinghe pursed his lips and let go of her hand before entering the car.

Jiahe stood in a daze outside the car. As the car window rolled down, Xinghe stared solemnly at her and said, “You better give it a proper thought, and the clock starts now. Consider if I am someone you want to date.”

She nodded absent-mindedly, and Xinghe reversed out of the narrow road. Noticing that the girl stood frozen there, he drove over and cried, “Jiahe.”

“Huh?”

“I’m telling you right now that I never wanted to be your life coach. You either have me in or out of your life. Get it?”

Jiahe was tempted to snap back that he was already participating in her life as a life coach.

Still, judging by the unfriendly and grimacing look on Xinghe’s face, now was not the time or place to make the comment.

consider Xinghe as a man to go out with before. Now that Xinghe made clear that he wanted something more, of course she was going to weigh her

“Got it,” Jiahe replied.

her answer less than

at the top of

her parents might have heard her upstairs.

his lips.

him away from her spot. She mumbled to herself, “Be safe

the girl watching him leave, and his frown turned

the coat as the coat-heavy

the latter leaned against the door and popped her

to my place. The least I can do is wish him a happy

Xinghe the reason for his presence

blinked and smiled through his eyes. “Happy New Year. I didn’t send

never seen such a sly, gentle… and adorable side

She was spellbound.

to the ground as she was lost

clutched her chest. “Oh…

even a question to think about? Jiahe nearly said

back. Her cold fingers grazed her puckered lips, still tingling from

heart was pounding

parents asked where she had been, and she had no idea what excuse she came up with. Jiahe

her phone and wondered whether

did not seem

could improve his mood swings, he was a dreamboat. Jiahe had to admit that she was

and holding her without her consent, but the flirting also

have kneed the person in the groin if he were ugly and only

right. Jiahe

covered her burning cheeks and snuck under the sheets to whine, “I’m such a loser… He got me under his

only thing on her mind now was to

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