Chapter 22 Chapter 22 I like you... a little more. ...
On the first day of the new year, Jin Huan ate his fill.
She had a refreshing joy, a smile on her face, her eyes crinkling with laughter, and she was always like this when she was alone.
Zhong Yan changed his clothes into a casual coat. Since he was at home, he wasn't dressed too formally and didn't wear a tie.
He saw Jin Huan smiling, and he smiled back, asking, "Are you that happy?"
She looked up: "Oh? I'm happy."
This feeling was strange, and she herself couldn't quite describe it.
Zhong Yan was also affected by her emotions.
After meeting her grandfather, Jin Huan received another large red envelope.
Her grandfather gave her even more than Zhong Yan did. Jin Huan secretly weighed the amount, and as Zhong Yan said, her grandfather really liked well-behaved children like her.
After breakfast, Zhong Yan accompanied her for a stroll around the ancestral home.
The scenery here is beautiful. It's rare for Zhong Yan to have such leisure time to accompany her for a walk. It snowed a few days ago, and there are still some unmelted snows in the grass by the roadside.
Jin Huan followed behind Zhong Yan, talking slowly as they walked.
Once she gets to know people, she becomes noticeably more talkative. When she's happy, she likes to ramble on and on, saying a few words here and there, pausing for a while before saying a few more. Because she's in a good mood, her steps are much lighter when she walks.
"You know what? I've never received so many red envelopes before." Jin Huan was wearing a thick sweater, a scarf, and a light-colored coat today, with heavy red envelopes in her coat pockets.
She kept her hands in her pockets, touching them every now and then to check if the thickness had decreased.
She walked out of the ancestral home and down the road, taking photos of the beautiful scenery she saw with her phone. She likes to take pictures of small things and occasionally share them on her WeChat Moments.
This place is really beautiful. Jin Huan said that when spring comes, the flowers will be in bloom and the grass will be green all over the place. It's a great place to take a walk and relax.
She likes to stay in places like this when she's under a lot of pressure.
According to Zhong Yan, he usually only visits his ancestral home during holidays, but doesn't live there often because his company is too far away and it's inconvenient for him to live there.
"When you lived here before, did you have to travel a long way to and from get off work?" Jin Huan asked.
"Yes, it will be a little tiring."
Jin Huan nodded knowingly.
Zhong Yan is already very tired from work now. He must have been even more tired back then. If he was tired, having to travel so far must have been very exhausting.
Halfway there, Zhong Yan received a phone call.
It must be work-related. He gestured to Jin Huan with his eyes, stopped walking, and turned to the side to answer the phone.
Zhong Yan is very serious when handling work. He rarely smiles. He listens to the person on the other end of the phone with a cold expression, occasionally replying with a word or two.
Jin Huan was waiting for him right next to him.
But he has such good self-control that he can hold back even when he loses control.
This is still related to her being too inexperienced.
Enjoy your thoughts to the fullest.
She wondered if Zhong Yan had ever liked anyone before, if he had an ideal type, and whether someone with his mature and steady personality would like someone as mature as him.
Like Teacher Tan.
Jin Huan stared at his profile, her gaze probing as she traced his face from his nose to his chin and Adam's apple. From a distance of one or two meters, she used her fingertips to trace his profile in the air.
Her profile is also very attractive.
She was really brave for Mr. Zhong.
Fortunately, Zhong Yan was very tolerant of her, so much so that he would not show any sternness even when she did something outrageous.
Jin Huan was still sketching his profile. She took a half step back, tilted her head to look, and tiptoed a little, thinking that if she could draw, her sketch of Mr. Zhong's profile would also be a good piece of work.
Jin Huan was immersed in such thoughts.
She was completely unaware that the grass behind her was about to slip and fall.
Jin Huan was about to take a half step back when Zhong Yan, with his phone still to his ear, glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. She almost stepped on him, but he reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Zhong Yan said gently, "Be careful."
His coat was open, like a gust of wind. Before Jin Huan could react, she was already enveloped in his arms, feeling a thick warmth. She looked up and saw him looking at her with a rather helpless expression.
It almost fell just now.
Jin Huan didn't say anything, but first checked to see if his call was still going on.
She felt ashamed that she had disturbed Zhong Yan's work.
“It’s already hung up.” Knowing what she meant, Zhong Yan replied.
"Why are you staring at me like that when I'm on the phone?" From the moment he answered the phone, her gaze hadn't left him; Zhong Yan had no idea what was so interesting about it.
"You really enjoy watching it that much?"
Jin Huan pursed her lips, blushing as she replied, "I love watching it."
I can't get enough of it.
She thought.
Zhong Yan looked down at the person in his arms for a while. Just by watching her quietly, her face began to turn red naturally, as fast as a crab being cooked, visible to the naked eye.
She blinked gently, and without making a sound, moved even closer to him, trying to wrap herself completely in his coat.
Zhong Yan didn't speak; he just looked at her.
“You know what? Your profile is also very beautiful,” Jin Huan said. “It looks like it was painted on.”
No, I should say that even if she tried, she couldn't draw that well.
She is clumsy and has never had any talent in art. Even when she picks up a pen, she cannot draw a smooth line.
Jin Huan really liked him. She liked him so much that she wished she could keep her gaze fixed on him 24/7, or like now, she could feel his warmth even through his thick clothes.
Jin Huan's eyes are always very sincere.
Zhong Yan looked at her for a while, then reached out and took her hand, gently pulling her forward a little before lowering his head to kiss her.
Jin Huan lifted her head in his arms. In his silent breath, she could feel his lips were slightly cool from the cold air outside. He held her and kissed her for a while, and then left.
"This is the best we can go," Zhong Yan said softly. "Any further, we can't go outside."
Jin Huan blushed and wanted to explain that she didn't mean it that way, but Zhong Yan had probably just finished discussing work, and there was still a serious coldness between his brows. His light tone made Jin Huan feel the contrast even more.
"Shall we continue when we get back?" Jin Huan remembered what he said: just say what you want. He kissed her for a while just now, but it was too short and not enough at all.
Zhong Yan looked at her and seemed to really like his kiss. He said it so directly, but he approved of and praised her for saying what she was thinking.
So he thought about it seriously.
"After lunch," Zhong Yan said, "around two or three o'clock."
He just received a call that requires him to handle something, it's not too difficult, he should be able to finish it by then, and then he'll have time.
Jin Huan hadn't expected Zhong Yan to promise her a time, and she blankly replied, "Oh..."
Proclaiming something in broad daylight...
At this moment, the word "尽欢" came to mind.
Around 2:00 or 3:00, Zhong Yan finished work. He sat on the sofa, pulled Jin Huan between his legs, and asked her in a low voice, looking a little tired, "Have you been waiting long?"
While he was working, Jin Huan didn't have much else to do. She didn't bring her computer or books, so she could only watch videos on her phone and occasionally chat with a few friends who sent her messages.
I didn't really check the time that much...
Jin Huan shook her head: "No."
"It's that project we've been working on since before the Lunar New Year, it's a bit tricky." Zhong Yan briefly mentioned it, his expression darkening slightly as he spoke, his breathing becoming heavier. This feeling of pressure seemed to bring him back to when he first joined the company.
He has been able to handle everything with ease over the past few years, and he rarely feels this way anymore.
So the kiss was a little intense.
He lowered his head to savor her scent, turning his previous light kisses into a deep one. The coldness in his eyes was accompanied by a heavy touch, and Jin Huan couldn't take it for long. Her back and fingers trembled slightly.
She was completely unable to continue, but she liked it, so the girl forced herself to stay strong, unconsciously acting coquettishly towards him while placing her hand in his palm to reciprocate his actions.
Let him hold her hand; make him hold her hand.
Her own hands were already clenched into a tight fist.
Zhong Yan, a normally gentle person, was completely overwhelmed by Jin Huan's assertiveness. Even though it was just a kiss, the person in his arms even lost focus in her eyes. He lowered his eyebrows and looked at her, taking in all her reactions.
How can there be such a person... um...
Even though she couldn't stand it, she still insisted on it, even when she couldn't breathe. When he pulled away slightly, she tugged at his sleeve to remind him to continue, making "woo-woo" sounds that were hard to understand, her eyes already misty with tears.
Since she liked it, and since he had promised her long ago, Zhong Yan always kept his promises.
The kiss lasted a long time.
When Zhong Yan stopped, he gently patted her back. His gaze was still relatively calm as he looked down at the person who could only lie in his arms and met her eyes.
They just stared at each other quietly for a while.
"Did I scare you?" Zhong Yan recalled that he had used a bit too much force just now, and he was a little tense. Seeing that her lips were redder than before and there seemed to be fear in her eyes, he softened his voice and asked.
His gaze shifted from cold to tender as he looked at her. Jin Huan shook her head, nestled shyly into his arms, and bumped her forehead against his chest.
"I like you... a little heavier." Jin Huan felt that only in this way could she feel his affection, so he held her in his arms, his grip always a little heavy... a sign of affection.
She's starting to feel that way now.
Through a thin layer of clothing, her soft, moist lips gently kissed the exposed skin on his chest.
Zhong Yan felt the warmth of the person in his arms, and there was still a little dampness where she had kissed him. He calmly reminded her, "Jin Huan, you know yourself that your body is a little weak."
Mr. Zhong still complained that she was too weak, all because she didn't exercise properly. Jin Huan grabbed his sleeve and promised, "I'll exercise with you every night from now on."
She paused for a moment, then immediately continued, "I'll run as long as you run, I'll definitely keep going."
Her cheeks were flushed, and her unfocused eyes were slowly returning to focus. Her insistence was almost like she was swearing to him, leaving Zhong Yan with no choice. He asked her in a low voice, "Do you like everything a little heavier?"
It means that when doing something, you should also put more weight on it.
Jin Huan answered almost immediately, "Yes."
"It's not good for your health." Seeing the disappointment on her face, Zhong Yan gently rubbed her head and said in a coaxing tone, "If you really want to, try it after you've improved your health."
Everything is negotiable with Zhong Yan, even though he's not that kind of person. Unless he loses control of himself, he wouldn't consciously do anything too outrageous to her.
Because he made no promise; he just said he'd try next time.
Jin Huan felt much better after hearing this answer.
Saying "let's give it a try" means there's a chance, which is better than rejecting her outright. She's already gotten to know Mr. Zhong a bit; he's a man of his word and doesn't easily agree to things.
So she even started to look forward to it.
Just then, Jin Huan's phone rang.
She glanced at the phone and saw it was her grandfather calling. She exclaimed "Ah!" and jumped up from Zhong Yan's arms, then ran to the window to answer the call.
Jin Huan was very cautious, as she hadn't had a chance to tell her grandfather about her marriage yet. She planned to bring Mr. Zhong back to meet him when she had more time.
Otherwise, if she brings it up directly, her grandfather will definitely worry about her.
Jin Huan is such a good child that she never wants her elders to worry about her.
Zhong Yan sat on the sofa, watching the back of the person in front of him.
Even though they had done it just last night, his body reacted easily, and the frequency of this reaction was much higher than before, even more intense, making Zhong Yan feel a little uncomfortable.
He grabbed a blanket from the side and covered himself with it.
Earlier, she was speaking obediently to her elders, occasionally saying a few coaxing words in a very soft voice, but Zhong Yan seemed to hear the tone of her voice when she was being affectionate, like a kitten whimpering.
She was speaking very seriously and respectfully, and she was standing there with her back straight.
Zhong Yan gazed at her quietly, unconsciously, his gaze slow enough to take in every expression of hers.
The wind blew in through the window, ruffling the hair at the back of her head, making it flutter like a butterfly, until it reached him.
He composed himself and took a deep breath.
A note from the author: I'm sorry, I've had a fever for the past two days and have been feeling groggy. I couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep last night. Sorry to have kept you all waiting.
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