Chapter 9 The Easily Frightened Kitten
“Wow—”
The sudden sound scared Xia Linxing badly.
He was so frightened that the folder he had just picked up flew out of his hand and fell to the ground with a "thump".
He himself jumped up like a frightened cat.
With a "bang", Xia Linxing felt his head hit something hard and slightly warm.
Before he could figure out what he had bumped into, he heard a man's suppressed groan above his head.
Huh?
Xia Linxing subconsciously turned his head to look. However, he forgot that his body was still in mid-air, so when he turned around, before he could see anything clearly, he suddenly lost his balance and fell backwards uncontrollably.
"Ah!" Xia Linxing screamed and waved his hands in the air in panic, trying to grab something to steady himself, but all he could touch was air slipping through his fingers.
It’s over... Xia Linxing subconsciously closed his eyes, preparing to face the coming pain.
"careful!"
Xie Tinglan, who was standing behind Xia Linxing, was also startled by the sudden change.
To be honest, Xie Tinglan didn't know why he was here.
His original plan was just to find something to hold against Xia Linxing, so when he saw Xia Linxing sneaking around the office door on the surveillance footage, he knew he had found the evidence he was looking for.
...He didn't have to come in person.
But when Xie Tinglan saw the figure in the surveillance video who was clearly doing something bad but was scared to death, he always felt his fingers itchy.
For some reason, Xia Linxing's startled and frightened look made Xie Tinglan feel that he was like a kitten that had just explored the world.
Anything in the corridor could scare Xia Linxing, and sometimes even when nothing happened, Xia Linxing would scare himself.
Xie Tinglan even had some rare "bad" thoughts: "If he appeared behind Xia Linxing at this time, how would the other party react?"
By the time he reacted, Xie Tinglan found himself standing at the office door, behind Xia Linxing.
With the thought of "since I'm already here", Xie Tinglan obeyed his heart and spoke.
But he didn't expect that Xia Linxing would be even more timid than he thought... He just asked a question and didn't even say some words of warning to the other party as he had originally planned. Xia Linxing jumped up like a frightened kitten and hit his chin hard.
I don’t know if it was because he was too scared or because the other party was too timid, but Xia Linxing fell backwards.
Xie Tinglan was shocked.
He just wanted to teach Xia Linxing a lesson so that he wouldn't dare do something that was obviously against the program rules again.
But he didn't intend to let Xia Linxing get hurt. Especially since Xia Linxing had just fallen down the stairs and got hurt. If he fell again, he might not be as lucky as before.
He subconsciously reached out to grab Xia Linxing's wrist, trying to pull him back.
But when he took a step forward to reach Xia Linxing, he stepped on the folder that Xia Linxing had accidentally dropped on the ground. The slippery plastic folder cover immediately made him slip.
Oh no…
Seeing his body falling uncontrollably towards Xia Linxing, Xie Tinglan only had time to hug Xia Linxing's waist, and before landing on the ground, he tried his best to switch his position with Xia Linxing.
"Bang!"
The two men fell heavily to the ground.
The expected pain did not come, but instead he heard a muffled groan from under him. Xia Linxing quietly opened one eye.
In front of him was a clearly defined jaw, less than five centimeters away from him; and on the chin, he could also see a small, prominent red mark.
Like... someone bumped into it.
Xia Linxing subconsciously touched the top of his head and felt a little guilty.
Following the outline upwards, past the high nose bridge, Xia Linxing came face to face with a handsome face.
call……
Xia Linxing breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately, it turned out to be Xie Tinglan...
Xia Linxing straightened up and patted his chest to calm his pounding heart.
He was so scared, he really thought there was a ghost! Fortunately, it was just Xie Tinglan——
Wait, Xie Tinglan?!
"Hiss--" Xia Linxing took a deep breath and finally realized what had happened. He froze in place.
Oh my god, why is Xie Tinglan here?!
"Aren't you getting up yet?"
Xie Tinglan also slowly propped up his upper body, lowered his eyes to glance at Xia Linxing who was still sitting motionless on his waist.
I don’t know what Xia Linxing was thinking about, but he suddenly froze there.
It's like... a kitten that's been caught doing something bad, trying to stiffen its body and pretend it's just a stuffed animal.
And because he (Xie Tinglan) stood up and sat up, the distance between them was shortened a lot. Xie Tinglan could even clearly see himself in Xia Linxing's eyes, which were wide with fear.
It was also the first time that Xie Tinglan realized strongly that the Xia Linxing in front of him was no longer the young boy with a round face and round eyes in his childhood memories. His bones had grown, and although he still had some of the soft outlines unique to teenagers, he was already a real young man.
At this moment, the face of this handsome young man was flushed with pink, even his dimples were pink.
“S-Sorry!”
Xia Linxing then realized that she was still sitting on Xie Tinglan, and that their current posture was a little too intimate.
He was sitting on Xie Tinglan's waist in a "duck sitting" posture that is difficult for most men to accomplish, with his hands resting unceremoniously on Xie Tinglan's strong abdominal muscles.
Through the thin fabric, he could even clearly feel the outline of the strong muscles under his palm, as well as the slightly hot temperature.
Xia Linxing then woke up as if from a dream and tried frantically to climb down from Xie Tinglan's body.
But maybe it was because he was dazed from the fall or because of embarrassment, Xia Linxing just felt his hands and feet were weak. He just supported his body a little, and his soft arms and legs could not support the weight of his body, and he fell down again.
“Bang—”
Xia Linxing hit his forehead on Xie Tinglan's chest.
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