Chapter 10: Intimate Light Touch
Zhou Lin's heart seemed to be hit by something suddenly, and a huge, unbelievable surprise exploded in his mind like fireworks, making him dizzy and almost unable to stand.
She... wants to make clothes for him?
Since they got married, she didn't even bother making clothes for him, and she even disliked one of his buttons.
Now, she not only eats with him, but also makes clothes for him?
He froze in place, like a puppet, watching Su Hexi walk over with a tape measure.
The soft and cool measuring tape touched his body, with the subtle touch of her fingertips.
First, the broadness of her shoulders. Her arms were around his shoulders, the ends of her hair almost brushed his chin, and a faint, fresh soapberry scent, different from the smell of this shabby tailor shop, lingered in his nose.
Zhou Lin's muscles tensed instantly and his breathing stopped.
Then came arm length. She gripped one end of the tape measure with her fingers and slowly slid it down the outside of his arm. The subtle friction felt through the thin, worn work clothes, as clear as if it were touching his skin directly. His arm muscles trembled slightly, uncontrollably.
Next was the chest measurement. Su Hexi motioned for him to raise his arms, and she passed the tape measure around his chest. To get an accurate measurement, she almost half-wrapped her arms around him, her body very close to him.
Zhou Lin could clearly feel the warm breath brushing against his collarbone, and could see her eyelashes trembling slightly as she lowered her eyelids.
His heartbeat was like a drum, and blood was rushing through his veins like crazy. A familiar, hot impulse suddenly shot up from his lower abdomen and quickly spread to his limbs. His throat was dry and tight.
When she measured his waist, her fingertips would occasionally touch the tight muscles on his waist. Every slight touch was like igniting a cluster of tiny sparks, burning him and making him shudder.
This intimate and painful contact made him inevitably recall that chaotic night.
It was the same closeness, the same touching. The difference was that she was crying and struggling, her eyes full of fear and hatred.
Although the process was not pleasant and was even full of pain and humiliation, the extreme touch was engraved in his body memory like a brand, making him toss and turn for countless nights thereafter, feeling both longing and guilty.
And now, she took the initiative to approach him, her fingertips lingering on his body... Although it was just to measure the size, it easily awakened his long-suppressed desire and guilt hidden deep in his body.
He suddenly tensed his jawline, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his breathing became heavy and rapid.
I can't stay here any longer!
Just when Su Hexi finished measuring the last data, put away the tape measure, and lowered his head to record it, Zhou Lin suddenly took a big step back, widening the distance between them.
"Measured...measured?"
"Yeah." Su Hexi continued to record data without raising his head.
"Then I'll go to work!" Zhou Lin's voice was very hoarse, and even had a barely perceptible tremor.
After saying this, he didn't dare to even look at Su Hexi's reaction, and almost rushed out of the tailor shop as if he was fleeing in panic.
Su Hexi held a pen and paper to record the size, looking at his back that disappeared in an instant, feeling a little puzzled.
"What happened to this guy? He was fine just now."
She stopped thinking about it, looked down at the size data of Zhou Lin written on the paper, picked up the low-quality fabric at hand, and began to concentrate on designing and cutting.
Zhou Lin rushed out for a long distance and ran all the way to the construction site before stopping and holding onto the wall. He was gasping for breath, his heart still beating wildly, and the heat in his body could not be calmed for a long time.
She was just taking a measurement... and he almost lost control.
He couldn't scare her anymore.
Absolutely not.
She is now willing to eat with him and make clothes for him, which is a blessing from heaven that she could never have imagined before.
He had to endure it, he had to restrain himself. No matter how hard it was, he could never do anything to force her or hurt her again.
He wiped his face vigorously, forcibly suppressing the desire surging in his eyes, took a few deep breaths of cold air, and tried to calm his expression. Then he dragged his still somewhat weak legs and walked towards the dusty construction site.
At noon, the construction site was dusty and machines were roaring.
Zhou Lin heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw his mother, Wang Huixian, waving at him frantically. He immediately put down the cement on his shoulders and ran towards her. "Mom, why are you here?"
Wang Huixian grabbed her son's arm and said, "Rinzi! This is bad! Something terrible has happened!"
Zhou Lin was startled by his mother's distraught look. "What happened? Mom, tell me slowly!"
Wang Huixian spoke incoherently, crying as she recounted what she had just heard, fragmented and fragmented. "I just brought you eggs. I heard the house you live in was robbed yesterday, and the daughter-in-law there was stabbed twice by the robbers. Was it my daughter-in-law who was stabbed?"
Zhou Lin gasped after hearing this, and a layer of white sweat instantly broke out on his back. But when he thought about how Su Hexi was sent to the hospital yesterday because of hypoglycemia, his worries subsided. "Mom, are you talking about the house in the city center? We moved out a few days ago. We weren't the ones who were robbed yesterday."
Wang Huixian's anxious heart relaxed after hearing this. "You guys moved out? Good for you. I was scared to death when I heard we were robbed!"
"We're fine, don't worry."
But Zhou Lin thought about how such a dangerous thing happened in the house they had rented before, just a few days after they moved out.
A strong sense of lingering fear and dread suddenly gripped him! He couldn't imagine, if Su Hexi hadn't been forced to move out because she couldn't pay the rent, if she still lived in that place... With her temper, would she resist if she was robbed? The person who was stabbed was Su Hexi.
He shuddered violently and his face turned slightly pale.
Suddenly, another coincidence that he had overlooked suddenly popped into his mind—
On the day Su Hexi was caught cheating, he went to look for her. After returning, his coworkers told him that not long after he left, several people with foreign accents arrived, claiming to be from a mine in a neighboring province. They were in urgent need of strong workers to dig underground, and the wages were significantly higher than those offered at the construction site! Time was tight, and they wanted them gone on the spot.
According to his previous habits, he would have signed up without hesitation in order to make more money. But that day, he left early because he was worried about Su Hexi, so he naturally missed it.
The next day, when he went to the construction site, he learned that the workers who had followed him had been caught in a mine collapse that night! Over a dozen people were buried inside! The people who had been recruiting workers had disappeared without a trace! It was an illegal mine!
If he had gone there at that time, he would be one of the people buried hundreds of meters underground!
These two coincidences were like two bolts of lightning, striking Zhou Lin one after another, leaving him frozen in place with his scalp numbing!
One time was when he moved to avoid a bloody disaster, another time was when he missed a job recruitment to avoid a catastrophe, and another time was when he was not paid after leaving the factory... Each time was closely related to Su Hexi's "troublemaking"!
Could it be...
An absurd but frightening thought popped up uncontrollably in his mind: Could it be that every time she acted up and made his life miserable, she was... trying to find a way to help him avoid disaster?
This series of thoughts made Zhou Lin feel confused and his eyes were a little dazed when he looked at his mother.
Wang Huixian didn't notice her son's abnormality. She was only concerned with the consequences and worry: "Rinzi! Where's Xiaoxi? Is she okay recently? Take mom to see her! Oh, I'm so nervous. I have to see her and the child with my own eyes to feel at ease!"
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