Chapter 44 Meteor Shower
Lu Zhaoye lowered his eyes and did not answer her. He just took her to the fence of the observation deck.
The night wind suddenly blew, and Jiang Tingwan, who was wearing a thin skirt, shivered unconsciously.
"It's a dark and windy night. Mr. Lu, are you going to kill someone to silence them?"
She teased in a lighthearted manner, her voice blending with the sound of the wind.
Lu Zhaoye didn't say anything, took off his coat and put it on her shoulders.
The coat still retained his body heat and the scent of agarwood, instantly dispelling the chill.
"I never thought that Mr. Lu would be able to put on my coat now,"
Jiang Tingwan straightened his collar, with a look of mockery in his eyes, "It's the first time we met, and you didn't even want to look me in the eye."
Lu Zhaoye looked at the light and shadow in the distance and recalled the scene when he first met her.
At that time, she was standing in the center of the banquet hall, gentle and dignified to the point of perfection, but he could see at a glance that it was just a carefully designed disguise.
"Jiang Tingwan,"
He suddenly spoke in a low voice, "You seem to have some kind of magic..."
"What?"
Jiang Tingwan didn't hear clearly and turned to look at him.
Lu Zhaoye still looked into the distance, but countless images emerged in his mind——
Her sly smile at the gambling table, her frail appearance during her illness, her slightly red ear tips in the morning light...
"I could tell from the beginning that you were pretending to be nice and approaching me on purpose."
His voice was mixed in the wind, "But later, I was looking forward to your approach like a possessed person."
Lu Zhaoye suddenly turned his head and said, "Did you cast a spell on someone else? Chen Guan likes you, and even your daughter who just came back from your family has no hostility towards you."
Jiang Tingwan met his gaze and her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Lu Zhaoye is particularly different tonight.
There was no longer playful ridicule in his eyes, but a tenderness that had never been seen before.
He suddenly raised his hand, and Jiang Tingwan subconsciously took a half step back.
"What are you hiding from?"
Lu Zhaoye chuckled and plucked a small petal from her hair with his fingertips. "There's something in your hair."
Jiang Tingwan breathed a sigh of relief.
"So you brought me here just to listen to you talk about my charms?"
Lu Zhaoye paused and said softly: "Yeah."
He suddenly raised the corners of his lips, "Do you think...I want to confess?"
Jiang Tingwan's breathing stagnated and she did not answer.
Lu Zhaoye chuckled, walked to the fence and leaned against it: "Come here."
Although she didn't know what he was going to do, Jiang Tingwan still walked over.
As soon as I stood still, I heard the man next to me counting down:
"three..."
"two..."
"one..."
In an instant, a golden light flashed across the sky.
Next came the second and third courses.
Meteors poured down like rain, illuminating the entire mountain range as if it were daytime.
More and more golden lines spread out from the sky, like golden silk threads dancing freely in the night sky, dragging long tails, and constantly splitting into more fragmented light spots during the falling process.
The light illuminated the entire night sky and also illuminated Jiang Tingwan's eyes.
Thousands of stars were reflected in her eyes.
"The news didn't say there would be a meteor shower tonight? How could you..."
She suddenly realized and turned her head sharply, "This is you--"
"Um."
Lu Zhaoye nodded lightly.
In her eyes, his profile was coated with warm light, and his usually sharp jawline seemed gentle at this moment.
Jiang Tingwan naturally knew the technology of artificial meteor showers.
A metal ball is dropped at a designated location via a micro-satellite, creating a burning and glowing phenomenon. One ball costs $8,000.
Tonight's event, with such a huge meteor shower, is estimated to cost hundreds of millions.
How could he...
When Lu Zhaoye saw her thoughtful look, he knew what she was thinking and smiled.
"Other girls have already made wishes, why are you still counting?"
Jiang Tingwan looked into his eyes and asked subconsciously.
"Artificial meteor shower, can the wish come true?"
Eyes met.
She saw unprecedented tenderness in Lu Zhaoye's eyes.
"able."
His voice was soft, but every word was clear.
"The master of the meteor shower... is all-powerful."
His tone was so firm that Jiang Tingwan almost believed what he said.
The gaze was too scorching, so she hurriedly closed her eyes and pretended to make a wish.
But even with her eyes closed, she could still feel that gaze on her face.
The silent mountain top.
The only sound in my ears was the whistling wind and the thundering heartbeat.
Lu Zhaoye looked at her closed eyes, her eyelashes trembling slightly under the flowing light.
He knew she wasn't making a wish.
She just didn't dare to open her eyes, didn't dare to face his gaze at this moment.
She is always like this.
She is the one who strategizes at the gambling table and she is the one who navigates the world of fame and fortune with ease.
But once her true feelings are touched, she will hide subconsciously like a frightened cat.
He should have found it funny, but looking at her profile outlined by the golden halo, his heart tightened uncontrollably.
Her outline appeared particularly soft under the burning meteors. The tip of her nose, the peak of her lips, her jaw, every line was coated with warm light, like some kind of silent temptation.
He lowered his head slightly and wanted to reach out to brush away her hair that was messed up by the wind.
But the next second, she opened her eyes.
Lu Zhaoye calmly withdrew his hand, his fingertips curled lightly at his side.
She tilted her head back and stared intently at the sky, as if the close approach just now was just an illusion.
It doesn't matter.
He took a half step sideways to block the night wind for her.
Anyway, he has plenty of patience.
When they went down the mountain, neither of them mentioned what they had just said.
The night wind blew through the woods, occasionally bringing up the faint fragrance of her hair.
Lu Zhaoye walked half a step behind her, watching her back swaying slightly as her high heels stepped on the fallen leaves, and the corners of his lips raised silently.
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