Chapter 47 Don’t want the watch anymore. Don’t get hurt.

The moment these words came into his mind, Xu Huaiting's pupils, staring at the person in front of him, shattered into countless pieces before the other person did.

He tried his best to control himself, but his breathing still trembled.

The place where his fingertips had passed brought a slight pain, not strong enough, but the aftertaste was lingering and slowly sank deeper.

He looked at him steadily. The longer Ye Man touched her seriously, the longer he looked at him without blinking.

Look at his red eyes, look at his bloodshot lips, and imprint all of this deeply somewhere.

Xu Huaiting unbuttoned his coat with trembling hands.

Ye Man's watch fell on the mountain road, and was washed away by the heavy rain, kicked by pedestrians, and perhaps by wild animals, and finally rolled into a deep mountain ravine. Xu Huaiting was good at fighting and had strong physical fitness. Even if the watch fell in a bad place, it would not be a big deal for him to get it back.

After a brief observation, he chose a gentle position to slide down, and then climb up by holding onto the tree roots. The soil was soft and slippery on rainy days, so he tried several times and even broke a few tree roots on the way up. Finally, he found a strong root that allowed him to climb up successfully. Because of this, and because he searched in the dark for a long time, he wasted some time and came back a little late.

As he went up and down, his body was covered in mud. His coat, shoes and trousers were already filthy beyond recognition. His ferocious appearance was enough to scare anyone who saw him.

He himself didn't say much. His hair was soaked by the rain, but he just brushed it back nonchalantly on the way.

I really regret this now.

After Ye Man touched his face, she reached out to touch his hair.

This hairstyle doesn't look handsome at all. I don't want his first impression of me to be that of a wolf.

"Xiao Man."

Ye Man heard the person in front of him call out in a hoarse voice, and the next second, he fell into a warm embrace.

Xu Huaiting unbuttoned his coat and wrapped him in his arms.

Although it was wet and dirty outside, it was still warm and clean inside.

Ye Man's body, soaked by the rain, pressed tightly against his chest. Her stiff and trembling body slowly softened in his arms. Xu Huaiting pulled his coat tighter and hugged him through the coat.

The sounds of wind and rain suddenly disappeared.

Ye Man was isolated in a small space, the only sound of his heartbeat was in his ears.

Only then did he seem to relax from his tense state. The fingers on Xu Huaiting's chest kept tightening, tightly grasping his clothes.

Ye Man couldn't think of anything else. She couldn't judge whether this had crossed the line or what the other person's behavior meant. She just buried herself in his arms.

After a moment, the sound of suppressed sobs came from Xu Huaiting's chest.

He hugged him and patted his back: "Didn't I find your watch for you? Why are you still crying?"

He asked this, but Ye Man couldn't answer.

So he just shook his head randomly, not knowing what he wanted to say. Xu Huaiting didn't really want to ask him for an answer, so he just coaxed him softly.

It's okay if the person in my arms doesn't move, but if he moves, it makes my heart itchy.

With a sudden thought, he said in a low voice: "If you cry again, I will -"

He was interrupted by the sound of chaotic footsteps and shouting voices coming from the direction of the mountain.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The person is being pulled up!"

Three or five backpackers carried the unlucky guy who fell into the ditch down the mountain. A few seconds later, the ambulance arrived in time, and a group of people were busy carrying the person up and taking him to the hospital.

When he was put on the stretcher, the man was still wailing in pain, holding on to others and saying, "Thank you all for saving my life, and thank you for helping me just now, please help me put him down, ouch, I'm in so much pain!"

The person was taken away by ambulance, and everyone could breathe a sigh of relief.

One of the climbers turned around and saw a familiar figure standing at the entrance of the supermarket.

"Brother, thanks to your help just now, otherwise Lao Liu and I would have been dragged down. Did your neck get scratched by the branch? Are you okay?"

As I got closer, I shone a little under the lights from the supermarket and discovered that the person's hair color was lighter. When I looked at his profile, his features were strong, his lines were distinct, and his facial features were deep.

In a flash, he suddenly remembered something and slapped his thigh: "Are you the mixed-blood named Xu Ting?"

"Go find your friend, he was here just now! You don't know, we ran into a guy here when we came down just now, and he couldn't contact you, so he was very worried, even worse than me not being able to find my wife--"

The person in his arms moved, came out from Xu Huaiting's chest, and half of his head popped out from his shoulder.

"I?"

The talking stopped abruptly.

The climber rubbed his eyes vigorously and shook his head in embarrassment: "Sorry to bother you."

He took two steps out, then stepped back and said to Xu Huaiting: "It's OK to be slightly cramped, and the rest can be left for when you get home. Treat your injury as soon as possible and be careful not to get infected."

Ye Man realized the meaning of the other party's words and blushed: "No, no, we are not--"

Xu Huaiting pressed Ye Man back to his chest and replied calmly, "Thank you for the reminder. We know about it."

The climber looked as if he was used to it. He waved his hand, picked up his backpack and left.

......

The matter was over. Those enthusiastic climbers who needed to go to the supermarket to buy things to replenish their supplies went there, and those who needed to drive home went home and each went their own way.

The supermarket was also very enthusiastic in providing help to the best of its ability to those who had been struggling for half a day.

Ye Man and Xu Huaiting sat in the row of seats near the door, with a medicine box on the table.

"Have something hot to warm you up." The girl who was in charge of the cashier came out with two cups of hot tea. Xu Huaiting took them and said thank you.

Ye Manzheng was holding a cotton swab dipped in medicine. He put it in front of him and asked Xu Huaiting to hold his hand and find the abrasion on his neck.

Before the fingertips touched the wound, the other party's fingertips shrank as if in fear, and Xu Huaiting subconsciously tightened his grip.

Seeing Ye Man pursed her lips and looked at him helplessly, Xu Huaiting seemed to be able to see what was in his mind and said soothingly: "It's just a little scratch, not serious, and it doesn't hurt."

The boy's eyelashes trembled rapidly.

The stalemate between them gradually loosened, and his fingers finally lightly touched the skin on Xu Huaiting's neck.

Ye Man touched the area carefully, and when he touched the edge of the wound, he retracted his fingers as if he was burned, bit his lip, and continued to grope, then came over to apply medicine to him with a focused and serious expression.

That look made Xu Huaiting want to laugh.

Why is this small injury worth him being so cautious?

Even though he had a piece of flesh scraped off, he had thick skin and was used to falling and being beaten. He didn't know how many more serious injuries he had suffered, so he didn't take it seriously at all.

But when he looked at Ye Man's expression, he suddenly didn't want to say these words anymore. He just let him treat his wounds slowly and clumsily with an expression of trying to hold back tears.

My fingers gently touched around his neck. He didn't feel any pain, just a little itchy.

His Adam's apple slid as he moved.

Xu Huaiting suddenly grabbed his hand and said, "That's enough. I can do the rest myself."

As for him, he just did it casually and hurriedly. If he was slow, he was afraid that the wound would heal.

Turning around, he saw the broken marks on Ye Man's mouth and couldn't help but reach out to touch it.

Ye Man was staring blankly at the watch he had finally found, when he was suddenly touched on the corner of his mouth and gasped.

Just as he was about to hide, someone lifted his chin.

"Don't move, look up, and apply some medicine. A cut on the corner of your mouth takes time to heal. It hurts, and you haven't eaten properly for the past few days." He carefully moved the cotton swab with the medicine on the bitten corner of his mouth. He guessed that if the corner of his mouth hurt so much that he couldn't eat, he would just choose not to eat, and wouldn't think of other ways.

Ye Man clenched his palms, lowered his eyelids, did not hide, and cooperated with Xu Huaiting's actions, allowing him to apply medicine to him.

After taking the medicine, he stopped talking again.

Compared to the cheerful look when he came, he was obviously unhappy.

Ye Man looks very lively, but he never speaks his sincere words directly to others.

He cried often, and his cries were beautiful, fragile, and touching.

But when he was really sad, he refused to cry out loud.

Just hold the tears in your eyes, don't cry, and don't even make a sound while "looking" at people.

Xu Huaiting glanced at him with the corner of his eye and said: "The wristband is broken, but the watch is still good. Just go and change the wristband." He brought him out happily, but didn't want to see him go back so sad. He wondered if he was sad because his watch was broken.

Ye Man held the watch that he valued very much in his hand, lowered his head, and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xu Huaiting snorted inwardly, not caring about his silence. Anyway, he had plenty of patience to waste time with him.

I won't say it today, I won't say it tomorrow, but one day in the future, I will make him pour out everything in his heart.

He stretched himself and was about to say that he would drive him home.

"I don't want a watch."

Xu Huaiting paused and slowly turned his head to look at the person sitting on the stool with his head lowered.

Ye Man raised her head, looked in his direction, and repeated in a serious tone: "I don't want the watch anymore."

"Next time..." He squeezed the watch harder and harder, "Next time, don't go."

"I......"

He looked so embarrassed, as if he didn't know what to say, and he actually struggled so hard that he started crying.

"Don't get hurt."