The word troublesome was constantly appearing in her head and even her face clearly expressed her annoyance. It seemed like a whole background of “troublesome” was popping behind her.
[…..] Xiao Jiejie, how can you speak like this!! You’re supposed to give him a shoulder to lean on in times of need!!
Wang Zhe was desperately pulling out his hair in stress and irritation.
Ye Shen was also a bit confused.
How was he supposed to go out to buy medicine when he couldn’t even stand up to walk at the moment? Is that what she has been thinking about since earlier with such a pensive and annoyed expression?
“I’ll go buy it.”
He had already given her a lot of trouble so far, how could he bother her again to buy him medicine ……
Right after he spoke, Ye Shen got up from the couch. However, before he could take a single step forwards, his posture was already unsteady and quickly fell back down on the couch, instantly making him grunting in pain from the impact on his injured knees.
Ye Shen frowned and took a deep breath before once again gathering his strength to stand up.
However, after taking just two steps, he fell straight down one more. If not for Chu Zheng’s quick reflexes to quickly support him, he would have miserably crashed into the ground face first.
While she held him in her arms, Ye Shen once again experienced being in close proximity to Chu Zheng’s cool embrace.
seeing her face so close to his own and being tightly embraced in her arms, his heartbeat couldn’t help suddenly picking up its pace and sounding slightly chaotic.
Thump ……
Thump Thump Thump ……
Ye Shen felt as if his heart was about to jump out from his chest, and the quickened heartbeat sounded especially loud in the quiet living room, to the point it seemed deafening in his ears.
He dazedly stared into Chu Zheng’s eyes, his hands slowly climbing onto her shoulders and slightly pushing them towards himself. His Adam’s apple rolled up and down as he nervously swallowed before taking up his courage and cautiously pressing Chu Zheng’s lips with his own.
The soft and smooth touch instantly made Ye Shen’s heart beat even more madly. He felt like his blood was boiling and his whole body felt hot, making him completely unable to think for a while as his mind turned totally blank.
Following his instincts, he tentatively took a bite at her soft and sweet lips and his own warm breath mixed with her cold and refreshing breath.
Chu Zheng seemed a little stunned by the sudden kiss and didn’t react immediately.
Seeing her unresponsive, Ye Shen’s Adam’s apple rolled down nervously. He wanted to go further but was quickly pushed away by Chu Zheng.
She expressionlessly raised her hand and wiped her lower lip: “What are you doing?”
She spoke calmly, and her tone didn’t carry any anger or shame a normal girl would feel by being suddenly kissed for the first time. She merely asked him what he did as if she was asking about the weather.
Ye Shen’s heart instantly panicked.
She had previously told him that she only saved him in order to make him feel that she was a good person.
He didn’t understand himself why he suddenly felt the impulse to ……
Ye Shen quickly spoke out: “Ever since my parents died, no matter what hardships I encountered, I had to fac everything alone and continuously endure cold, sickness, and humiliation! I couldn’t …… endure it anymore many times and repeatedly thought that I would die. But in the end, I …… didn’t die.”
It had been a long time since …… since he last felt what it was like to be cared for and protected.
Reason told him that he was probably once again being deceived.
However, his heart couldn’t help giving birth to some expectations. All along, he couldn’t stop thinking about her actions, thinking about her motives, her purpose, but then …… he just kept thinking about her alone.
Ye Shen seemed to finally realized what he did and instantly panicked, afraid about how she would react.
“I …… I’m leaving first.”
Ye Shen quickly limed towards the door but couldn’t go any further and fell right outside the apartment, making the pain in his knees instantly spread to his limbs, and somehow, reaching all the way to his heart.
How could a person like him deserve someone like her?
She was the high and mighty young miss of the Ji family.
Be it status or money, she had everything she could desire at the tip of her fingers. All her wishes could come true with a single word from her lips.
They belonged to different worlds to begin with, it would be ridiculous to even compare them.
Ye Shen slowly stood up, gritted his teeth to ignore the pain and limped towards the elevator.
The elevator door had just opened when a slender and delicate arm blocked his way to bring him to the side before pushing him against cold wall.
Chu Zheng trapped him between with her arm as she supported herself against the wall behind his back to face him: “Where are you going?” (TN: Kabedon.)
Ye Shen was startled by her sudden approach and timidly looked sideways, not daring to look at her directly: “I don’t want trouble you ……”
“Back.” Chu Zheng coldly pointed her chin towards the door.
“I …….”
“For the last time, go back.”
“Ji Chu Zheng ……”
“If you don’t go back, I’ll break your legs.” Chu Zheng got impatient and fiercely threatened him.
“……”
Unable to resist her otherwise, Ye Shen was thrown back on the sofa while Chu Zheng casually put on her jacket and went out the door without looking back at him. Once the door was shut, Ye Shen directly heard a locking sound.
Ye Shen: “……”
Ye Shen tiredly leaned against the couch, his fingers gently pressing his lips, as if he could still remember the taste of her sweetness and softness.
Ye Shen leaned back into the couch, bashfully hugging his knees and staring blankly into the emptiness.
Ji Chu Zheng ……
I seem to ……