Chapter 118
“If it didn’t happen, surely she had her reasons, but it would never have been a willful failure to do so, I just needed to make sure she was safe in person, nothing else mattered.”
Ji Yu leaned her head against the backrest with a crooked head and hmmmed, the vulnerability in her heart healed by him.
“Senior, in fact, I’m kinda happy today, not happy, just …… a little bit sad and happy, in short, there’s a kind of feeling that can’t be described.”
Ji Yu slowly expressed what he wanted to say, “When that person just called me, I was kinda repulsed because my dad saved her and had to bear the injustice, but then she said that she was in a coma for a long time, and when she woke up, she immediately went to clarify the situation, and those who harmed her she punished, and I easily forgave her again. Do you think I’m soft-hearted?”
Ling Yuan shook his head, “It’s because you’re kind.”
Ji Yu nodded carelessly, “However, I can’t help but think that she was able to wake up after being injured so badly, so why did my father have to die? It’s not fair. Saving people is a good thing, why did the heavens take him away?”
“So, I just turned off my phone and walked aimlessly, and then I completely forgot about our appointment.”
“Senior, I’m really sorry.”
She was explaining to him the reason for breaking the appointment.
Ling Yuan looked at her sideways, the corners of the little girl’s eyes were still red, her eyes were looking out, there was confusion in her pupils, as well as a deep nostalgia.
He raised his hand and stroked the ends of her eyes, and said softly, “Chi Xiaoyu, when you come back from intensive training, let’s go together to pay homage to your father, okay?”
He knew that in the absence of loved ones, all comfort would pale in comparison, and he could only accompany her in a different way.
Ji Yu raised her eyes to look at him.
The four eyes faced each other, and there was silence for a short while.
Ji Yu curved the corners of his mouth and nodded in response, “Good.”
Immediately followed by another silence, Ji Yu inexplicably felt that the current atmosphere was a bit awkward, so she opened her mouth, “Senior, you haven’t eaten yet either, right?”
“Uh-huh.” Ling Yuan pulls out a large white rabbit milk candy from his pocket, peeling off the candy paper and handing it to her, “Eat a candy first! We’re looking for a place to go eat now.”
Ji Yu raises her eyelids to look out of the car, the sky is still cloudy, this rain doesn’t know what time it’s going to fall, both she and Ling Yuan’s hair are wet, it’s easy to catch a cold this way.
“I don’t want to go eat outside, I want to take a shower.”
Ling Yuan asks, “Then do you want to go home?”
Ji Yu shakes her head, “Go back to school.”
She doesn’t want to go to Liang’s house.
Ling Yuan glances at her and is silent before speaking, “If you don’t mind, I’ll take you to an apartment near my school and order takeout for dinner?”
Ji Yu thinks about it, going to his apartment is better than going back to Liang’s house, so she nods, but she makes a new request, “But, I don’t really want to eat takeout.”
Ling Yuan: “……”
Ji Yu blinks, “I want to eat the noodles you made, I haven’t eaten them in a long time.”
“Okay.” Ling Yuan smiled, “Other dishes might not be available over there, the noodles are manageable.”
Ling Yuan’s apartment was very close to the school, it was an upscale neighborhood with a black, white and grey color scheme, coupled with the fact that no one had lived there for a long time, it was a bit cold.
Ling Yuan took a pair of new men’s slippers and put them in front of her, “There are no shoes for girls at home, you will wear this, next time you go to the supermarket and buy it.”
“Oh.” Ji Yu looked around, the furniture and other things were quite clean.
Ling Yuan follows her gaze and explains, “No one lives here, but every three days an aunt will come to clean.”
Ji Yu realized, “No wonder it’s so clean.”
Ling Yuan points his finger at the restroom, “Well, nothing else is too busy, why don’t you go take a shower first, the hairdryer is in the locker in the bathroom.”
Ji Yu nods, her hair is wet, Ling Yuan isn’t much better, and she’s worried that he’ll catch a cold, “But Senior your hair is wet too.”
Ling Yuan takes the book bag off her shoulder and pushes her into the bathroom, “Don’t worry about me, there’s another bathroom in the room, I’ll go over there and wash it.”
Saying that, he took out a new towel from the cabinet and handed it to her, “Go on, hurry, don’t catch a cold.”
“Oh, okay.”
Ji Yu didn’t politely talk to him anymore, took the towel and went into the bathroom.
She was still wearing Ling Yuan’s jacket, she pulled the curtains back, then took the jacket off her body and hung it on the hook, the jacket was stained with her scent and mixed with the smell of Ling Yuan’s body, Ji Yu reached out and touched the jacket, inexplicably blushing a little.
Ji Yu casually rinsed her hair a few times, washed it, and found a hair dryer in her locker to dry it.
When she finished cleaning herself up and came out back into the living room, she found two bowls of ginger tea sitting on the dining room table.
“Come over and drink some first, to dispel the cold.”
Ling Yuan had also washed up and changed into a gray sweater, his entire body looking erect and tall, holding a white towel in his hand as he wiped the water droplets from his hair.
Ji Yu turned around and went back to the bathroom, taking out a hair dryer and handing it over, “I ran out of hair dryer, you dry your hair first.”
“Good.”
Ling Yuan took the hair dryer and went into the bathroom, not long after, there was a loud “whimpering” sound coming from inside, the boy’s hair was short, he quickly dried his hair and came out.
In front of the dining table, Ji Yu picked up the bowl and tried to drink a mouthful of ginger tea, and found that the taste is very good, the ginger flavor is strong but not very choking, and not too sweet, drink into the stomach while it is still hot, the whole stomach is comfortable, and the hands and feet are also warm.
Ling Yuan blew dry his hair and came out from the bathroom, holding both of their coats in his hand, put it into the washer and dryer, pressed the power supply, and then dove headfirst into the kitchen, first boiling the water, and then taking out the eggs and noodles from the refrigerator.
Ji Yu finishes the ginger tea and carries the other bowl towards the kitchen, “Senior, you drink the ginger tea first, it’ll get cold later.”
Ling Yuan’s hands are still busy and he bends down slightly, “Raise your hands a little higher.”
Ji Yu subconsciously raises her hand higher, and in the next second, she sees the teenager take her hand and drink directly from it.
Watching the knots of his throat rolling up and down, accompanied by the sound of swallowing, a drop of water beads down his neck, Ji Yu saw lifting her hand to help him wipe it off.
The sudden soft touch caused Ling Yuan’s movements to lurch, a hint of tingling causing his breath to sink a few points.
The atmosphere in the air was inexplicably somewhat ambiguous.
Ji Yu withdrew his hand and curled up his fingers, “Uh~ I’ll go out first after I finish drinking.”
Throwing down a sentence, he hurriedly ran out of the kitchen.
Returning to the living room, Ji Yu covers his suddenly hot face, well, it must be because the ginger tea is taking effect, it’s definitely not something else.
Sitting around bored, Ji Yu turned on the TV and pressed a random channel to watch.
Ling Yuan hears the sound of the Crayon Shin-chan cartoon and turns his head to look at the living room.
The young girl, with her long hair draped over her shoulders, sat obediently on the sofa and watched the TV, patiently and expectantly waiting for him to make the noodles and then enjoy them with him.
This kind of feeling-
Like a wife waiting for her husband.
Ling Yuan hooked the corner of his lips and turned back as the water boiled and started to drop the noodles.
Ji Yu watched Xiao Xin’s childish language with great interest, suddenly smelling the aroma of fried eggs, his eyes couldn’t help but move from the TV to the kitchen.