Chapter 37 He gently kissed her soft lips...
Xie Yanwen did not send Xu Nianyi back to the dormitory because she fell asleep, so Xie Yanwen took her back to his apartment.
I gently put her back on the bed, wiped her face carefully with a hot towel, and covered her with a quilt.
She didn't respond from beginning to end and was really asleep.
The drunk girl's emotions came and went quickly, but they left a thorn in his heart that could not be removed, making him feel like a drowning man, so powerless that he almost suffocated.
If he had done those things now, he would still have time to make amends.
But that was something he did in the future. The damage to her had already been done. What could he do to save her?
The four words "powerless" were like a mountain pressing down on him.
He sat on the bed and looked at her for a while, then gently brushed away the hair that was scattered on her forehead, revealing her delicate eyebrows and eyes.
There was still some red at the corners of her eyes, but she was sleeping soundly, her breathing soft and warm.
So good, so good.
Xie Yanwen's fingertips quietly touched her sweet lips, kneading them slowly, and then slowly moved closer...
When the tip of his nose touched hers, his eyelashes flickered slightly. Finally, he raised his chin slightly and placed a kiss on the corner of her eye, stroking it slowly twice.
"Good night, baby~"
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It was late at night, and Xu Nianyi was awakened by thirst. His temples were still swollen and throbbing with pain.
She rubbed her head and slowly sat up, holding the quilt.
It was too dark. It took me a while to see clearly in the darkness that this was Xie Yanwen's bedroom.
Xu Nianyi blinked blankly.
Soon, the memory came back.
Oh, she originally wanted to tease him by drinking, but she got drunk and emotional, not only did she not tease him, she also said a lot of devastating words.
Xu Nianyi hugged the quilt tightly, bent his legs, and frowned in worry.
Is her alcohol tolerance so low now? She can't control her emotions after just one bottle of beer?
Is this a side effect of time travel and rebirth?
Xu Nianyi patted his head, sighed softly, and then lifted the quilt and got up to pour some water.
When I opened the bedroom door, I saw a little firework flickering on the balcony opposite the living room.
Xu Nianyi was slightly surprised.
Xie Yanwen is smoking?
He can smoke!
She walked over curiously and saw a figure hidden in the night behind the transparent sliding door of the balcony.
He leaned against the balcony railing, his elbows propped up, a cigarette between his slender fingertips.
Xu Nianyi was barefoot and walked without making any sound. He was obviously preoccupied and didn't notice until she pushed the door open, then he turned around.
The curling smoke made his face, already hidden in the night, even more hazy and his emotions unclear.
She only heard his surprised voice: "Why are you awake?"
My throat is very hoarse, I don’t know how many cigarettes I’ve smoked.
Xu Nianyi looked at him without saying anything. Xie Yanwen then thought of something and put out the cigarette in the ashtray next to him.
She looked down and saw seven or eight cigarette butts lying there.
After a two-second pause, she looked back at him, "This is the first time I've seen you smoke."
From the time she came to live with him at the age of sixteen to the time they divorced at the age of twenty-six, she had never seen him smoke for a full ten years.
So surprised.
Xie Yanwen put his fist to his lips, coughed twice, and explained, "Yes, but I don't smoke very often. I don't like it."
"oh."
Xu Nianyi looked into his eyes and asked, "Why did you smoke so much tonight?"
The air was somewhat silent.
Xie Yanwen lowered his eyes and saw her feet on the floor. He frowned and said, "It's so cold. Why did you run out without shoes? Come in quickly."
As he spoke, he walked over to her, took her wrist and led her into the living room, closing the glass door to prevent the smoke from coming in.
Releasing her wrist, he went to the bedroom and took out her slippers. He squatted in front of her and asked her to lift her feet. "Put on your slippers."
At that moment, it seemed as if she was back in her teenage years. He was the same then, treating her like a child and worrying about whether she was wearing shoes or not.
She said nothing and followed his movements to put on her slippers. "I'm thirsty and want to drink some water."
Xie Yanwen replied softly, "I forgot to boil water, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he turned around and went to the kitchen to boil water.
Xu Nianyi didn't stand there. She went back to the bedroom to wash up again, and then went back to the living room.
He had already boiled some hot water and was now sitting on the sofa, still without turning on the lights.
Xu Nianyi didn't turn on the lights. She walked to his side in the moonlight coming in from the window, crossed her legs on the sofa, took the cup of water he handed her, held it in her palm and drank it slowly.
He raised his hand, stroked her ear with his fingertips, and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Go to bed after you finish drinking. Tomorrow is Saturday, so you can sleep in a little longer."
Xu Nianyi lowered his eyes to drink water, and only raised his eyes after hearing the words, "What about you, aren't you going to sleep?"
He pursed his lips and said nothing. Xu Nianyi finished drinking the water and put the cup back on the coffee table. "Is it because of what I said last night that you couldn't sleep?"
"I……"
Xie Yanwen's voice was tense, but she didn't wait for him to finish and asked again, "Do you feel guilty?"
His Adam's apple rolled several times, and he finally spoke, "I don't know why..."
He felt powerless and actually very aggrieved.
Because that was the future that he could not figure out no matter how hard he tried, and he didn't know why he would be like that.
But he could do nothing, not even ask for her forgiveness.
But Xu Nianyi seemed to know what he was thinking. She tilted her head and was silent for a while, then sighed: "Actually, if Xie Yanwen was 48 years old now, I would definitely not forgive him."
Xie Yanwen clenched his hands into fists instantly, and his body tensed.
However, she changed the subject and smiled again, "But, now Xie Yanwen is 19 years old."
She seemed to always be like this, just facing him with a smile.
After saying that, she knelt down and leaned towards him, saying in a teasing tone, "I don't bully children, so I can only choose to forgive you. At most, I'll just play with you for a bit."
After saying that, she playfully hooked his chin and asked, "Will you let me play?"
The girl's sweet, moist breath approached him again, and her soft fingertips hooked his chin twice, creating ambiguity.
Darkness always amplifies all emotions, feelings, and even ambiguity.
After she finished speaking, she saw that he didn't answer, so she withdrew her hand and sighed: "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. I'm going to sleep. You should go to bed early too and stop thinking about it."
After she finished speaking, she stood up, put on her slippers and wanted to go back to the bedroom. Her head still hurt, so she decided to coax him tomorrow.
He had just taken half a step when someone grabbed his waist and dragged him back.
She fell back onto the sofa, and he opened his legs, letting her sit between them and holding her in front of him.
The hand on her waist did not leave. He held her slender waist tightly, lowered his head and rested his chin on her shoulder. When he tilted his head to speak, his thin lips brushed against her earlobe.
"OK."
He answered what she had said before, the smell of tobacco mint still lingering on his breath, "I'll let you play, baby. From now on, baby, you can play with me however you want, okay?"
At that moment he even thought, whether she wanted me to be her lover or anything else, whether she wanted me to be her lover at her call or to be dismissed at her will, whether she wanted me to be close yet distant, whether she wanted me to talk to other people and not see him, he could accept it.
He grabbed one of her hands, slipped his fingertips between her fingers, and interlocked theirs.
Following the way she tilted her head to look at me, he lowered his head and pressed his thin lips against her sweet lips...
"I'm Nian Nian."
He gently held her soft lips, sucking on the sweet taste that drove him crazy, and added in a hoarse and contemptuous voice: "Only let Nian Nian play with it."
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