0022 Heartbeat

Tantai Qing poured hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the wound on her heel. Before pouring it, she looked up at her and said, "It might hurt, just bear with it."

Looking into the indescribable emotions in his eyes, Jiang Jifan felt as if a small stone had been suddenly thrown into her heart. Her heart was caught off guard and a few ripples were stirred in her otherwise calm mind.

The broken skin stung intensely after being treated with disinfectant, making her wince in pain and almost want to jump up.

Her delicate white toes, painted with red nail polish, couldn't help but curl up. Seeing that she was in pain, Tantai Qing bent down and blew on them, asking softly, "Does it still hurt?"

The breath he exhaled flew into her heart like a feather, making her heartbeat a little erratic.

In all her life, besides her mother, he was only the second person to have treated her so meticulously.

In fact, ever since Tantai Qing said he wanted to pursue her, Jiang Jifan had never taken him seriously again. She arrogantly believed that rich second-generation kids like him were just playful and wanted to experience something new by pursuing her.

That's why she so resisted and distanced herself from him after discovering that he liked her.

But now, she couldn't help but re-evaluate the man in front of her.

After disinfecting, he tore off two band-aids and put them on for her, then reached over to get the shoebox from the passenger seat.

Jiang Jifan was slightly taken aback when he saw the open shoes.

Those were a pair of Chanel flat ballet flats in black and white. She had tried them on at the store before, but thought they were too expensive and she didn't wear flats very often, so she didn't buy them.

Unexpectedly, by sheer chance, the shoes ended up back on her feet.

After putting them on, she glanced down and couldn't help but admire his excellent taste—the shoes matched her white sleeveless ruffled top and black lace pencil skirt perfectly.

"Thank you." Jiang Jifan withdrew his gaze, sincerely thanked him, asked him the price of the shoes, and then said he would transfer the money to him.

Tantai Qing patted the specks of dust off her knees and smiled at her, saying, "Jifan, don't be so polite with me."

Jiang Jifan still felt bad; she didn't like owing others.

Tantai Qing got up and got out of the car. Standing at the car door, he looked at her and said with a smile, "Beautiful lady, if you feel really bad about it, then have dinner with me as a return gift."

What kind of return gift is this? Jiang Jifan was about to say something more, but Tantai Qing didn't give her the chance. Before closing the car door, he asked her if she wanted to sit in the front passenger seat or the back seat.

Jiang Jifan thought for a moment. Sitting in the back seat would feel like treating someone as a driver, so in the end she got out of the car and sat in the front passenger seat.

"Do you want to listen to some music?" he asked casually after starting the car.

This time, surprisingly, she didn't refuse.

Tantai Qing let her choose for herself, so she randomly picked a playlist.

Jiang Jifan leaned against the passenger seat and glanced at him. He was watching the cars coming from the left. His hands, which were white and slender, were controlling the steering wheel. The slightly raised veins on the back of his hands added a touch of masculinity to his appearance.

She discovered that his taste in music was very similar to hers. If it weren't for his upright and gentlemanly appearance, she would have suspected that he had installed a surveillance device on her.

What would you like to eat?

"Anything is fine." Jiang Jifan didn't have anything in particular she wanted to eat. Then, as if remembering something, she turned her head and raised an eyebrow, saying, "But let's not eat anything spicy this time."

Tantai Qing saw the mockery in her eyes, and remembering his own embarrassing moment, nodded and smiled.

She started joking with him again, just like before.

Things seemed to be gradually moving in a positive direction, Tantai Qing thought to himself, his mood becoming increasingly pleasant.

Author's Note: Please leave lots of comments! My initially terrible mood instantly brightened after seeing your comments (ω)

I'll add more chapters later.