Without a Trace

Tang Miao broke up with her boyfriend of ten years. Her boyfriend had fallen in love at first sight with the daughter of the corporation he worked for. After learning he had a girlfriend, the young...

Chapter 3 Chapter 3

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Tang Miao walked past the man standing at the door and went straight in.

There were no lights on in the house, and even the curtains were drawn. The moment she walked in, Tang Miao smelled the soothing scent of agarwood in the living room. She was like a piece of melting ice. As she walked into the room, her steps gradually weakened. Finally, Tang Miao walked to the end of the entrance and fell to the ground.

The ground was cold, but Tang Miao didn't feel anything. She was still immersed in the fear she had just experienced. She sat on the ground, looked up at the man who was still standing at the door, and her lips moved slightly.

"Close the door." Tang Miao said.

After she finished speaking, He Xiao, who was standing at the door, closed the door and turned on the lights in the living room.

The lights came on, and the situation in the house became clearer. Once the door was closed, it seemed as if the danger was also isolated outside. The sense of security brought by this enclosed space made Tang Miao's heartbeat slowly calm down.

She lowered her head, her long neck bent into a smooth and graceful arc, and her hair was tied up at the back of her neck, revealing her clean and fair skin.

She was like a relaxed white swan, stretching her spirit and emotions little by little.

He Xiao stood at the door, looking at the woman sitting on the ground, without saying a word from beginning to end. He stood there, his tall and straight figure cast a tall and long black shadow under the light, just enough to cover the woman.

The room was quiet, and the woman's breathing became clearer in this quiet environment. Her breathing changed from rapid and heavy at the beginning to light and slow. When she calmed down completely, the woman raised her head and looked at him.

Just now at the door, or when the woman walked directly into his house, He Xiao didn't see the woman's appearance clearly. When the light was turned on and she sat quietly on the ground and looked up at him, He Xiao finally got a clear look at her appearance.

She is not very pretty.

Beautiful people always have deep contours and superior sharp facial lines. When they look at others, they often reveal a kind of arrogance naturally because of their confidence in their own appearance.

She was the exact opposite of that kind of pretty.

She has a very gentle appearance. Her features are not deep, but rather light. Her face is an oval face, and her fair skin makes her facial lines look particularly soft.

But she is pretty. Even if she is not beautiful in the ordinary sense, women have a kind of pleasing beauty. Her eyes are typical almond-shaped eyes, with a bright luster when she looks at people. Perhaps it is the reflection of her skin color, her pupils are dark and distinct, and when she looks at others, she has a clear and ignorant look.

Compared to her eyes, the rest of her face looked a little dull. But in this dullness, there was a certain charm, such as her pair of plump and rosy lips. When she was nervous, her lip lines were also tight. But now that she was in a safe environment, her lip lines also relaxed. After relaxing, the color of her lips became brighter than before, and looked softer.

Overall, she was a good-looking woman, but not the type of woman He Xiao often saw.

He Xiao had been in the band for so many years and had seen many women, most of whom were beautiful. She was not like a star, but more like the moon hanging in the night sky, emitting a faint light that no one would notice.

Unlike He Xiao, Tang Miao thought he was the most handsome person she had ever seen the first time she saw him.

When she came to see the house, the agent simply said that her neighbor was a young and handsome man. But until she saw He Xiao, Tang Miao felt that the agent's description of him was too bland.

The man is very young.

He looked to be in his early twenties. He stood at the door of his house, and because of his tall stature, Tang Miao had to look up hard to meet his eyes.

He has a pair of very beautiful eyes. They are not peach blossom eyes in the common sense, nor are they pure phoenix eyes, but something in between. The outline of his eyes is clear and distinct under the thick black eyelashes, and between the upper and lower eyelids, there is a pair of brown pupils, which are filled with a bottomless light.

He has a very obvious band musician's temperament and feeling, which comes from his slightly long curly hair and his natural coolness and aloofness.

Like his eye color, his hair color is also light, a flax color that is lighter than chestnut. His hair is a little long, but because his skin color is too cold and white, the contours of his face under his hair are particularly clear.

He had an aggressively beautiful look. His facial features were sharp and smooth, his jawline was as sharp as a knife, and on this face, he was deep and delicate, his jawline connected to his slender neck. Even though he was looking down at Tang Miao, his chin was naturally and arrogantly raised, and his Adam's apple on his neck rolled slightly, but he didn't mean to speak.

He is very tall, but his face looks obviously small compared to his height.

Such body proportions made Tang Miao distracted for a moment. She thought that if he didn't play in a band, he would probably be a model.

After such a distraction, Tang Miao quickly came back to her senses in the other person's cold eyes. She moved her eyes, thinking that she had looked at him too recklessly just now, she retracted her gaze and stood up from the ground.

"Feel sorry."

Tang Miao spoke.

She was indeed very rude today. Not only did she knock on her neighbor's door, she also entered his house without his consent. In order to ease her fear, she even called him husband.

Thinking of this, Tang Miao's face turned hot. At the same time, she explained to the other party the reason for her behavior just now.

"I was followed by someone. Just when I got off the elevator, he seemed to be in the hallway. I wanted to go home quickly, but he seemed to have already come out. I live alone, and I was afraid that when I opened the door, he would follow me in, so I knocked on your door."

Having said this, Tang Miao finally raised her head and looked at He Xiao again. With an apologetic smile in her eyes, she apologized again.

"Feel sorry."

When she apologized again, He Xiao's gaze towards her changed slightly. However, this change did not change the alienation and coldness in his eyes. Instead, it added a hint of other emotions.

When Tang Miao saw the change in the man's eyes, her smile slowly faded.

Just as she stopped smiling, He Xiao walked in front of her.

Just now, the two of them were at a distance, but Tang Miao could still see how tall he was. And when he came closer to her, his height was even more clearly reflected in her eyes.

Tang Miao's eyes were slowly occupied by his figure. At this moment, Tang Miao felt another kind of cold and dangerous aura gradually approaching and enveloping her, giving her a passive feeling.

When she was being followed just now, she still had a way to dodge and avoid the danger, but now, the danger emanating from He Xiao seemed to freeze her, making her feel like she was drowning in the deep sea, suffocating and unable to move.

Tang Miao's jaw trembled slightly with this feeling of suffocation.

When he walked to the woman's side, He Xiao could see her expression more clearly. He stood in front of her and smelled a light and soft jasmine scent on her. He Xiao lowered his eyelashes slightly, looked at the woman's trembling jaw, and asked.

"How do you know it's safe to come to my house?"

"Aren't you afraid of just escaping from the tiger's mouth and falling into the wolf's den?"

Tang Miao's throat tightened.

Although she subconsciously chose to escape danger when she sensed it, while implementing this method, she put herself in another dangerous situation.

Perhaps if she didn't escape from the man outside, she would be in danger in the outside space. But now, she entered He Xiao's territory, and to some extent, her situation did not change at all.

Because she is still in the same space with a strange man.

And it was his, a closed space.

When the man said this, Tang Miao felt a chill on the back of his neck almost instantly.

The man still stood in front of her, still looking down at her indifferently. Tang Miao's body slowly stiffened, she looked up at him, her neck a little stiff.

Just as the two were confronting each other and He Xiao was about to withdraw his gaze, the woman spoke.

"It's okay," she said.

He Xiao withdrew his gaze and fell on her again.

Tang Miao still looked up at him, her eyes passing through his eyes, as if sweeping across his face. She studied his appearance and said to him.

"At least the wolf is more handsome."

After the woman finished speaking, He Xiao's eyes slightly raised.

This is Tang Miao’s real thought now.

As for the choice just now, if you are in a dilemma, then choose a risk that you can accept. Compared with the men outside, He Xiao is indeed a better choice.

Of course, she said this only to answer He Xiao's question. Although Tang Miao was panicking, she did not lose her mind. She chose to knock on He Xiao's door only when she knew that he was a good person.

After all, when he came to see the house, the agent had said that although her neighbor was aloof, he was a good person. And from what he saw so far, what the agent said was indeed true. Although he didn't know what happened to her, he didn't stop her when she knocked on the door and came in.

After Tang Miao finished speaking, his gaze returned to his eyes. The woman looked over, her eyes dark and transparent, and she had full trust in him, a stranger she had only met once.

Being looked at like this, He Xiao straightened up and looked away.

"You go now." He Xiao said, "He has already left."

The "he" He Xiao mentioned should be the person who followed Tang Miao. Usually, if a person follows a woman and sees that she is not single, he will not dare to continue and will usually leave.

After hearing what He Xiao said, Tang Miao's tense mood relaxed. The people following her left, which meant that the danger was over, so it was time for her to go home.

"Thank you." Tang Miao thanked him.

While she was thanking him, the man had already walked back to his living room. He picked up a black T-shirt from the sofa and put it on to cover his crisp and handsome upper body.

Tang Miao looked at the man's strong and tough waistline disappearing under the corner of his clothes, and she looked away helplessly. After looking away, Tang Miao did not leave immediately. She was originally going to visit her new neighbor, but she did not expect that the first meeting between the two would be like this.

Since we've met, I might as well visit you.

"I'm your new neighbor, I live next door and just moved in today." Tang Miao looked at the man's back and said that to him. After that, Tang Miao introduced himself.

"My name is Tang Miao."

While Tang Miao was introducing himself, the man leaned over, picked up a cigarette from the coffee table in the living room and placed it to his lips. His body shape and profile were smoothly connected together, and even under the bright light in the living room, there was a very clear sense of boundary.

"What's your name?" Tang Miao asked.

After Tang Miao asked, the man with the cigarette in his mouth narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

"He Xiao."