Chapter 68
His pupils contracted violently, and the figure kept getting bigger in front of his eyes.
She looked thinner and taller than before.
With his hands under his head, he gazed at the starry sky above him through the skylight in the attic. It had been a long time since Lin Mian had enjoyed such a quiet night.
Hearing the footsteps beside her, Lin Mian turned her head lightly, but bumped into the other person's arms.
Just as she was about to say something, she felt a chill on her hand.
A tear fell on her hand, it was his tear.
As if a switch had been turned on, her hands became increasingly wet.
"Why are you still acting like a child?"
Her helpless sigh rang in his ears.
People really laugh when they are angry. He Xintong sneered. This person actually had the nerve to say such things.
"Why, did I embarrass you?"
The accusation in his tone was almost substantive, but he had so much to say, but he just said something like this, neither light nor heavy.
This sentence was the heaviest he felt.
He held her hand so tightly, as if this person might disappear at any time if he didn't hold on tighter.
Lin Mian sensed his uneasiness, and she held his hand tightly, leaving no gaps.
"No, you're fine. I've been acting like a child and being willful. Thank you for your hard work."
The word "hard work" froze He Xintong, his body trembling slightly, and the strength with which he held her became tighter.
“It’s not hard, not hard at all. I’m very happy.”
As long as she allowed his eyes to linger on her, as long as he was by her side, he would be happiest.
I don’t know if it was because of nervousness or excitement, but sweat stuck to his hair and he looked like a drowned puppy.
She occasionally touched his temples.
"I've been sweating a lot."
Her voice was so soft, a layer of mist shrouded his eyes, the only thing clear was the pink mouth that was slightly opened because of speaking.
He Xintong has always scoffed at these organs that all humans have. Although many people would sincerely praise his handsome appearance, these are just flesh and blood, just slight differences between humans that are used to distinguish different people.
He Xintong himself never imagined that one day he would be so fascinated by this place that he once disdained and thought was superficial.
While the beautiful, full arched outline is enough to arouse people's imagination, the delicate and small lip bead in the center of the upper lip, even if silent, seems to contain some kind of invitation, or rather, his delusion.
Seeing that the other party didn't reply, his eyes seemed to have lost focus and stared at her face.
Lin Mian's mouth corners unconsciously raised, "Did you listen to me? He Xintong"
As if pulled out of drowning water, those inky black eyes refocused their light, and the moving landscape painting finally had a spirit.
"I've been listening the whole time. I remember every word you said."
He remembered every word Lin Mian said clearly.
These four years were not easy. The songs she had recorded before and everything she gave him were the key to helping him get through these four years and not go crazy.
How could he possibly forget what she had said?
"Really?" Her laughter wrapped around his ears like coils of thread, and he could hear nothing else except her voice.
Her hand gently stroked his hair and she hummed a tune softly. It was a melody that He Xintong had never heard before, and it was unspeakably soft.
A strange sense of peace surged in He Xintong's heart. He felt at ease and fell asleep unknowingly.
When He Xintong opened his eyes again, it was already bright outside and the sun was lazily pouring down from the skylight.
It's dawn?!
Was that his dream?
Just as He Xintong was frightened, he felt a slight heat hitting his neck.
He Xintong froze and slowly lowered her head. Everything seemed like a dream. She curled up in his arms, her head against his neck. He had held her hand too tightly last night, and Lin Mian didn't want to wake him, so she just lay down beside him and fell asleep.
"Peng"
Realizing that Lin Mian had been lying beside him all night, shame, helplessness, and a hint of secret joy surged in his chest.
It was at this time that He Xintong realized that his wrist was sore, but he still couldn't bear to let it go.
After much difficulty, he finally held her hand again. How could he let go so easily?
Instead, he held her tighter, clasping his ten fingers together. At this moment, He Xintong felt that she was really back, back to him.
Lin Mian frowned, obviously disturbed by He Xintong's actions.
Like a butterfly slowly flapping its wings, the pair of brown eyes slowly opened, and the light favored her, shining on her face, making even the fluff appear light and lovely.
When their eyes met, no one dodged.
His dark eyes were filled with stubbornness as he stared at the other person, unwilling to miss any emotion that the other person revealed.
His brown eyes became lighter in the sunlight, clear as day, and he seemed to have no emotion at all.
"What are you looking at? Get up quickly. I didn't sleep well last night."
Lin Mian pushed He Xintong's face away, but... she looked at her hand that was still tightly held, and her teeth felt slightly sour.
If she hadn't seen this kid looking as innocent as an angel when he fell asleep yesterday, she would never have been reluctant to wake him up and let herself sleep here curled up with her arms and legs stretched out in grievance.
"Knock knock knock"
There was a knock on the door.
"Xiao Mian, are you in there?"
It was Wang Yan's somewhat anxious voice.
He Xintong was pushed by Lin Mian and hidden in the closet. As for the IV stand, Lin Mian pulled it out yesterday after he finished the grape fluid infusion, and stuffed it into the closet along with the IV stand.
In the narrow cabinet, He Xintong was completely unable to move, and the cold infusion stand was tightly held in his hand.
Holding his breath, he really didn't dare to make any noise.
As the footsteps of Lin Mian pulling Wang Yan downstairs gradually faded away until they could no longer be heard, He Xintong walked out of the closet.
What? It's like stealing.
Thinking of this, He Xintong's mouth corners kept rising.
He picked up the IV stand and gently opened the door, only to see Lin Mei standing outside.
He froze in place.
Lin Mei gave him a deep look and said, "Come down and have breakfast."
Looking at Lin Mei's back, He Xintong didn't know the deep meaning of that look, but he knew that Lin Mei definitely knew it, knew his feelings for Lin Mian.
But there is nothing to be upset about, and it doesn't matter if it is put out in the open. Perhaps, deep down in his heart, he hopes to put it out in the open.
But he was afraid that Lin Mian would not be able to accept it after knowing it, and they would not even be able to be friends.
He has lost enough in the past four years, and He Xintong doesn't want to lose this relationship again. But He Xintong can't be a coward, not express his feelings, and watch Lin Mian be with someone else.
Therefore, he would be extremely careful to hide it from Lin Mian and keep everyone out. There would not be anyone who could replace him.
Will he do it?
"Wow, what a rich breakfast!"
At the dining table, a man with deep eyebrows and eyes stood serving porridge to everyone. Wang Yan did not stop him and smiled as she let him do it.
Lin Mei, who was sitting in the main seat, didn't seem to be very polite and took the porridge handed to her by the man very naturally.
Everything on the table was strangely harmonious, as if this man was more familiar with the Lin family than he was.
It was Lin Mian who first noticed He Xintong, who was standing there with his head down, lost in thought. She walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "Go wash up quickly. Aunt Wang said your toothbrush and towel are still where they were. You've been here so many times! I almost reserved a room for you."
The original feeling of being ignored was swept away, and He Xintong was even smiling while brushing his teeth.
Looking at himself in the mirror, although He Xintong didn't have any feelings about his appearance, when he thought about the appearance of the man just now, He Xintong was still very confident.
He was definitely better looking than that mixed-blood guy, and even without comparison, He Xintong could still tell that he was taller than that man.
Not as handsome as him, not as tall as him, and definitely not as rich as him. There is no need to take a man like him seriously.
"This is Qi Yuyang. He returned from studying abroad in America and now teaches at North City University. He's truly young and promising."
He Xintong felt disappointed when he heard Lin Mei's praise.
What's there to compare? Everyone knows that Lin Mei likes people like Qi Yuyang. Lin Mian cares about her mother so much that he will definitely listen to her. What should he do?
He Xintong didn't dare to look at Lin Mian, for fear of seeing her admiring gaze.
"Nice to meet you"
But her voice sounded a little cold. Yes, so what if he was a university teacher, so what if he was liked by Lin Mei? As long as Lin Mian didn't like him, she would never take Qi Yuyang seriously.
From the beginning to the end, the person he needed to impress was not anyone else, but Lin Mian.
Qi Yuyang's eyes flickered a few times. Before North City University extended an olive branch to him, he actually had a better choice.
Whether in terms of salary or future plans, North City University was not his first choice.
But... there was someone here that he cared about very much.
He will never forget the time when he came to the CES International Karting Competition UK leg at his nephew's request, and the faint flash of madness that flickered in Lin Mian's extremely cold eyes when he took off his helmet after the victory.
Qi Yuyang, who only thinks rationally and always has reservations, wants to know why this girl has such a look in her eyes, since they are obviously the same kind of people.
From then on, his room was filled with reports about her. Whether it was the confident smile after winning the championship or the sharp eyes that were difficult to look directly at before the game, he wanted to explore them all.
When all the pursuit ended after Lin Mian disappeared, Qi Yuyang had a new guess.
Sure enough, after seeing her name on the list, Qi Yuyang agreed without hesitation, and then deliberately approached Lin Mei, because he knew he would meet her.
"I've heard a lot about you. We'll be colleagues from now on, so it's nice to get to know each other in advance, right?"
colleague?
He Xintong was stunned.
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