A night breeze blew by, knocking down a few petals of the trumpet creeper from the opposite wall.
The surroundings were quiet, and an eerie awkwardness filled the air.
With his narrow phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, Wen Zhaonian lowered his gaze to look at the person in front of him who was unconsciously feeling guilty.
Suddenly, she let out a soft chuckle, a slow and melodious sound.
"It seems it really wasn't my imagination."
"Someone is really planning to use it and then throw it away."
*
Before the business trip, Shuzai was sent by Li Tangyan to Xu Miaomiao's place to be fed for a few days.
So when she took out her key and opened the front door, the house was completely dark inside.
Wen Zhaonian eventually followed him up.
He held the suitcase in his hand, and when the lights were turned on and they stood side by side in the house that had been empty for several days, Li Tangyan had a momentary illusion that the two of them had already been living together.
"There's only noodles left at home, can you take them?"
Li Tangyan took the suitcase back from him, and when she looked up, there was still a faint blush on her fair cheeks.
Wen Zhaonian didn't say anything, he just nodded.
His calm expression made it seem as if the mischievous glint in his eyes when they were talking downstairs was just an illusion.
Thinking of this, Li Tangyan's ears involuntarily turned hot again.
She pretended to be calm, told Wen Zhaonian to sit on the sofa for a while, and then grabbed her suitcase and fled back into the house.
Under the warm yellow light, the girl's steps seemed somewhat hurried as she left.
Only after the door was closed, blocking the view, did his obsidian-black eyes flicker.
He looked away and rubbed his fingertips with his hand that had fallen to his side.
My fingertips were slightly cool, as if the fleeting warmth of that accidental touch still lingered.
When Li Tangyan came out carrying two bowls of noodles, Wen Zhaonian had already fallen asleep on the sofa.
Curled eyelashes fall beneath the eyes, and the sunlight overhead casts dappled patterns on them.
Li Tangyan put the things aside and then squatted down next to them.
The sofa wasn't big, so much so that it looked a bit cramped when he sank into it.
Her skin was fair, appearing even more pale under the light.
Li Tangyan hugged her knees and watched for a while, her eyes bright, her gaze fixed on him with a certain focus.
Time passed slowly, until she began to feel numbness in her calves, and she suddenly realized that she had been squatting in front of the sofa for who knows how long.
Li Tangyan twitched her lips, glanced back at the noodles on the table that had cooled down considerably, and a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes.
At the same time, he loosened his arms from hugging his knees and gently massaged his calves a few times. Only after the numbness subsided did he prepare to reheat the two bowls of noodles.
However, the moment she stood up, the brief dizziness that came over her after squatting for so long, along with the weakness in her legs as she stood up, caused her to stagger uncontrollably.
As he fell backward and slumped back onto the ground, his right hand pressed down on Wen Zhaonian's abdomen.
Then, a deep groan came from above, and the eyelashes that were originally under the eyes fluttered.
The next second, his narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes opened.
His gaze fell precisely on the instigator, his brows furrowing slightly.
Her voice was still slightly hoarse: "Li Zhouzhou, I'm just eating a bowl of your noodles, is it really that big of a deal?"
Perhaps because he had just woken up, the corners of his eyes still had a faint redness, the coldness had faded, and there was a hint of laziness between his brows.
This was the first time Li Tangyan had been called by her full name and nickname like this, and her words carried a hint of accusation.
So for just a moment, my brain seemed to freeze.
Her face flushed crimson, and she stammered, "I... my legs are weak..."
The incoherent explanation reached the other person's ears, and it was unclear whether it was a deliberate misinterpretation or something else. Soon, he saw the corner of his eye smirk.
The metallic voice carried a hint of teasing: "Why are you pressing my stomach when your legs are weak?"
"Also, does it feel good to press?"
As soon as Wen Zhaonian finished speaking, Li Tangyan realized that her hand was still pressing on his body.
My heart skipped a beat, and before I could react, my palm involuntarily clenched.
The delicate fingertips brushed against the skin beneath the fabric, and for a moment, it felt like a kitten's paw gently scratching it.
A moment later, a deeper groan escaped from his Adam's apple.
As if he could no longer bear it, Wen Zhaonian's well-defined hand covered her slender white wrist.
A dangerous emotion seemed to surge within his dark eyes: "Still want to scratch?"
The palm of the hand holding his wrist was incredibly hot, and as the person leaned forward and sat up straight, the oppressive feeling, along with the shadow that fell, seemed to engulf him completely.
As their eyes met, Li Tangyan felt a dryness in her throat.
She tried to pull it back, but found it had no effect.
The force falling on his wrist was like an invisible shackle, pressing down on his movements.
After a long while, the eyelashes on her eyes fluttered, falling down and casting a faint shadow.
Her pale pink lips moved slightly, her voice so soft it seemed to vanish into thin air in an instant: "Let go first..."
"My feet are numb again."
*
The noodles on the table had clumped up quite a bit because they had missed their optimal eating time.
Li Tangyan was thinking of reheating it, but the other person took it first.
The two reached out their hands at roughly the same time, so much so that their fingertips inevitably bumped together for a moment.
As if recalling the scene just now, Li Tangyan's hand, which was suspended in mid-air, was instantly jolted as if she had been electrocuted, and she quickly withdrew her hand.
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