Chapter 3: Ignite the Fire - You Two Are Living Together?!
"Ah—uh..."
Almost at the same time, Xinmian cried out in surprise.
But before she could make a sound, a large hand covered her lips, and a man quickly moved up behind her, his cold, deep voice coming from above her head.
"Keep your voice down, do you want to wake Grandma up?"
"Mmm..."
She shook her head violently in his arms, her heart pounding.
The kitchen lights were already on, and in the bright white light, the girl trapped against his chest trembled, her porcelain-white nape hidden in her long, black hair, looking delicate and tender.
Chi Yu looked down at her. She was so thin and frail that she looked like she might faint at any moment.
Upon hearing his voice, Xin Mian realized who he was, but the physical shock had not yet subsided, and her slender body remained tense.
Even so, I could still feel the warmth coming from my back.
There was also the rise and fall of the man's chest as he breathed, and the subtle, almost imperceptible touch of his firm embrace.
She dared not move, her mouth covered by his, and could only mumble, "Could you...let me go..."
As she spoke, her lips moved slightly, and her damp breath sprayed onto his palm.
Chi Yu's breath hitched, and a faint fragrance seemed to linger around his nose, prompting him to immediately withdraw his hand.
He saw her immediately escape from his arms and stand at the far end of the kitchen counter.
Those large, clear black and white eyes stared at him, or rather, glared at him, their watery depths filled with sorrow.
But she was too timid to glare openly.
Chi Yu leaned against the refrigerator, the large hand that had just covered her lips behind his back, clenched into a fist, the lingering scent of the girl inadvertently left behind.
He met her gaze lazily, his eyes direct and sharp.
He stared at her for a few seconds, then sneered, "Do you even have the guts of a mung bean?"
Xin Mian was speechless, her lips pressed tightly together, and two small dimples appeared on her cheeks.
This time it's not sweet; I feel a little wronged.
She retorted in a low voice, "...If you suddenly appeared, any normal person would be startled..."
Chi Yu lowered his eyes slightly, as if reflecting on the situation when he had just appeared.
It was almost one in the morning when the kitchen lights were bright. The two people occupied opposite ends of the counter, lost in silence.
The girl was wearing a bright yellow short-sleeved cotton nightgown that reached her calves; it was a very conservative style.
Against those big, wet eyes, she looked fresh and gentle.
A few seconds later, he spoke, "Why are you downstairs in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"
Xin Mian finally remembered why she had come downstairs: "I wanted to drink water..."
There is a water dispenser in the kitchen that can dispense warm water directly.
As she finished speaking, she glanced at the ground and realized that her phone had been thrown out of her hand and landed on the floor during the chaos and fright she had just experienced.
The flashlight turned off automatically, and the screen was shattered, making it look particularly terrible.
She picked up the phone and tried to "rescue" it by pressing the power button, but unfortunately, the phone did not respond.
Xin Mian could only helplessly accept the fact that her phone was broken. Just as she was about to ask Chi Yu where there was a place to repair her phone nearby, she turned around and a glass of warm water was handed to her.
The man's large, well-defined hand was also in front of her.
"Let me see."
She took the water glass from his hand and handed him her phone.
"The screen is cracked, it won't turn on," he said, still with that nonchalant air. "Sorry."
He carefully checked his phone, and his apology was sincere, but the old scar on his brow gave him a cold and stern aura.
"I'll send the phone to be repaired."
"Use mine for the next few days."
As he spoke, he took out his phone from his pocket, found a thin toothpick in the kitchen, removed the two SIM cards from the phone, and swapped them.
"No password."
"...Need not..."
Xinmian instinctively tried to stop her, but it was too late.
He moved quickly, and in just a few seconds, he had switched the two cards.
The phone that originally belonged to him was shoved into her hand.
Chi Yu glanced at her, "Is there important private information on your phone?"
"...no..."
Xinmian had just graduated from university, and her few interpersonal relationships were with her college roommates.
She loved drawing since she was a child, and by her freshman year of college, she had already started illustrating children's picture books for publishing houses, earning a good income, so she never thought about finding a job.
The most important thing on her phone is the line drawings in her photo album, but she has backups of these on her computer and tablet.
In addition, there are work communication records with the publisher's editors.
She thought for a moment, then whispered, "If it can be done without destroying the chat history, that would be best..."
Even though the person in front of her was the "culprit" who caused her phone to break, her request was not unreasonable.
But she was still shaken, and her voice was soft, sounding rather weak.
It was as if she had broken Chi Yu's phone.
After saying this, she lowered her head, took the water glass he handed her, and sipped the water slowly.
But after waiting for several seconds, I still didn't get a reply from him.
Xin Mian felt somewhat uncertain.
Her understanding of electronic products was limited to knowing how to use them; she didn't realize that his request to keep the chat history after the phone was so badly damaged was unreasonable.
"If all else fails, then..."
"Can."
"ah?"
She was a little confused.
“Okay,” Chi Yu put the broken phone back in his pocket and repeated, his tone indifferent, “Saving the chat history is no problem.”
It wasn't a difficult task for him.
"Thank you."
Upon hearing that the chat history could be saved, Xin Mian smiled and subconsciously thanked him.
After thanking him, she realized that he was the one who caused her phone to break.
The slight upturn of her lips froze, and two small dimples on her cheeks appeared faintly, making her look incredibly sweet and adorable.
But there was a hint of embarrassment hidden in those beautiful eyes.
Chi Yu stood there, her tall and imposing figure stretched out by the light and cast on the ground, with a portion of her body shrouded in shadow.
His sharp, dark eyes stared straight at her. Although his expression was indifferent, Xin Mian could clearly sense that he was leisurely "enjoying" her embarrassment.
She inappropriately recalled the scene from her dream.
He stood under the osmanthus tree and told her to jump down, and he would catch her.
The second half of the dream abruptly ended, but at that moment she inexplicably felt—
Chi Yu will catch her.
Then he looked at her with that seemingly cold and indifferent but actually lazy and roguish gaze, until she felt her scalp tingle.
Xinmian didn't want to stay in the kitchen any longer.
She quickly finished her water, washed the glass, said "Goodnight" with her head down, and fled to the stairs as if escaping.
Because the light was dim, she tripped while going up the stairs and almost fell flat on her face.
Chi Yu emerged from the kitchen at some point, leaning against the kitchen doorway as he watched the slender, frail figure flee in panic.
His eyes were dark and unfathomable.
Xin Mian felt like she had a little rabbit in her arms, her heart pounding. After returning to her room, she put her phone on the bedside table and hid under the covers.
The night was long, and she closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep. It wasn't until more than half an hour later that she finally drifted off to sleep.
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On a summer morning on Wangshui Island, accompanied by the warm sunshine, the neighbors in Dongpu Lane get up early and chat in twos and threes.
The sliding door to the third-floor balcony wasn't closed properly, and the faint sounds of voices from the alleyway drifted into my ears.
Xinmian turned over in bed and continued to sleep, hugging the blanket.
After all that commotion last night, she's still incredibly sleepy, her mind slumped in a hazy drowsiness, unwilling to wake up.
However, the next second—
"Ring ring ring—!!!"
The WeChat call suddenly blared.
Xin Mian frowned slightly, wondering who would come looking for her so early in the morning.
It probably wasn't anything important, so she covered her head, wanting to continue sleeping.
The ringtone was like a death knell, ringing incessantly until it automatically disconnected, then it started ringing again.
Helpless and dizzy, Xinmian stretched out a hand from under the covers and groped around on the bedside table, relying on her memory.
With a slender white fingertip swiping across the screen, a WeChat call is connected.
She kept her eyes closed, her voice soft and slightly hoarse in the morning, both cute and sexy.
"Hey, who are you...?"
"......"
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone; no one answered.
She mumbled as she pulled the covers up higher, still not wanting to open her eyes, "...Is something wrong?"
The rustling sound of the blankets, along with this sentence, came directly into the phone's receiver.
Holy crap!!!
A tremendous gasp erupted from the other end of the phone.
"Who are you?!"
Why did you answer Brother Yu's call?!
"Are you living together?!"
"Do you live together?!"
"Aaaaaaah!!! Yu-ge has a girlfriend behind our backs!!!"
The opposing side seemed to want to use a megaphone to announce their presence to the entire world.
Xinmian was fully awake.
I'm wide awake now.
"no..."
She suddenly sat up in bed and stared blankly at the unfamiliar phone in her hand for several seconds.
It's over...
I forgot to take Chi Yu's phone.
I didn't switch my WeChat login to my own last night.
Xinmian threw off the covers and scrambled off the bed, running upstairs to the second floor.
While running, she took a moment to explain, "I am not Chi Yu's girlfriend."
"You're looking for him, right? I'll give him my phone now."
"Wait a moment."
The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment when they heard the clattering noise on her end. "Sister-in-law, I'm not in a hurry, take your time."
Xin Mian, "...I'm not..."
She was on the verge of tears, but the best course of action right now was to let Chi Yu explain himself.
His friends are the most convincing to hear his explanations.
"Chi Yu!"
"Chi Yu!"
After finally reaching Chi Yu's room on the second floor, Xin Mian started banging on the door.
Ignoring what Grandma Chen would think if she were home, he patted her and called out, "Chi Yu, your phone."
She felt like every second was an eternity, as if she had been waiting outside the door for a very long time before it finally opened.
However, the moment the door opened—
She stood there stunned, her ears turning bright red.
A note from the author:
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My little sister is scared! Brother Yu, you'd better take it easy! [melting emoji]
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