Chapter 50 Reply Accept or Reject
I heard it clearly.
But Xue Zhiying felt a buzzing in her ears again, and in a trance she thought she had misheard.
She just met the man's calm and straightforward gaze again, and recovered the truth she heard in the silent silence.
Xue Zhiying slowly moved away from Xiao Yunqi's shoulder, then leaned back against the backrest of the car, trying to make herself look relaxed and indifferent.
Fortunately, the light in the carriage was dim, so the heat on her cheeks should not be seen. After driving out of the mountain road, the sounds of pedestrians and vehicles gradually appeared around, so her heartbeat should not be heard.
So she doesn't need to be nervous, just stay calm.
So Xue Zhiying looked away, just wanting to avoid looking at him so that she could be calmer.
But she clearly felt that Xiao Yunqi was still staring at her.
His gaze was calm and his presence was so strong that it was impossible to avoid him. One could only let every slight change in one's expression be clearly revealed in his eyes.
The carriage was surprisingly quiet during the second half of the journey.
Xiao Yunqi didn't say anything more, and Xue Zhiying didn't know what to say.
The atmosphere was strangely calm as we returned to the mansion.
Several servants who had been waiting at the door breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the two men get off the carriage one after another.
Xue Zhiying had no intention of observing other people's reactions, and returned to the house with Xiao Yunqi holding an umbrella.
Water had been prepared in the bathing room in advance. Before Xiao Yunqi could speak, Xue Zhiying spoke first and asked him to go take a bath first.
Xiao Yunqi responded readily: "Okay, then I'll go first."
Xue Zhiying watched his back disappear behind the screen before walking towards the dressing table inside the room.
In the bronze mirror, it was obvious that her face was still flushed with heat, and her hair was also loose and messy due to the tossing and turning along the way.
Her lips were slightly swollen and there were tear marks at the corners of her eyes. If you looked closely, you could see some mud spots on her face from somewhere.
Xue Zhiying: “!!”
Her eyes suddenly widened.
She had actually appeared in front of Xiao Yunqi in this appearance just now.
When did it start?
When he showed up at the temple, when they kissed, or when he said he loved her!
When Xue Zhiying thought of Xiao Yunqi staring at her for a long time in the carriage, her brows furrowed even more, and her fingers clenched the hem of her skirt in shame.
This is too embarrassing.
The more Xue Zhiying thought about it, the sadder she became, and her eyebrows gradually drooped.
Why was it that Xiao Yunqi ran around everywhere and climbed up the mountain in the rain, but he only looked soaked? Even his hair fell down and stuck to his cheeks, but it did not affect the handsomeness of his face and his noble temperament at all?
She had originally just been out hiking and enjoying the scenery, but ended up looking like a drowned bird.
She couldn't understand how Xiao Yunqi could say that he liked her when he saw her like that.
like……
Xue Zhiying lowered her eyes and looked at her clenched fingers.
She had also said the same thing to Xiao Yunqi.
I said I liked him and wanted to be with him, but there was not much sincerity in it.
Xiao Yunqi is of noble status, and there is a huge difference between them. It seems that no matter who it is, they should feel that he is someone she cannot reach.
But in fact, Xue Zhiying had been secretly thinking that success was not completely impossible from the very beginning, and when she really got close to him, she found that he was not a cold and arrogant person who was out of reach.
Thinking about it carefully, he seemed to always indulge her. Every time she asked him for something, he seemed distressed but in fact he didn't spend much thought on it. In the end, she just fooled him into agreeing to her request.
Therefore, she had actually always been very presumptuous in front of him, and she had indeed repeatedly taken advantage of him.
In the past, she had never linked her future with him, but now she found that no matter how she thought about it, she could not avoid his existence.
If she still wanted to leave, how could she avoid being discovered by him and caught by him?
If she no longer wants to leave, does that mean she has to stay with him and truly be with him?
Where did his love come from, and what kind of feelings did she have for him now?
It seems that no matter how much I think about it, I have to think about thoughts related to him.
Xue Zhiying sat in front of the bronze mirror, lost in thought, his thoughts scattered everywhere but none of them came to fruition.
It was not until she heard the footsteps approaching from behind that she came to her senses. Turning around, she saw Xiao Yunqi walking out from behind the screen with his black hair loose and wearing a loosely tied nightgown.
He exuded the comfort of a bath, with a lazy look and slow steps.
Xue Zhiying remembered something and turned her head abruptly, not wanting him to see her in such a miserable state.
She made small talk: "...Why are you washing so fast?"
Xiao Yunqi stopped and stood in front of the table to pour himself a glass of water.
"A normal bath, isn't that a normal time?"
So, does an abnormal bathing require an abnormal time?
“…”
Xue Zhiying suddenly felt that she had asked useless nonsense and even made herself blush.
She turned around and walked towards the bathing room with her eyes lowered: "Then I will go take a bath too."
When she walked past Xiao Yunqi, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"What, what are you doing?"
Xiao Yunqi's thin lips moved slightly, but when he was about to speak, he saw that she seemed tense but pretending to be calm, so he took his words back.
"Nothing, go ahead. I had the water changed when I came out."
"...Oh." Xue Zhiying responded, took her hand away from his palm, continued walking and went to the bedroom without looking back.
When she first entered the water room, Xue Zhiying had not thought of anything until she took off all her clothes and submerged her body in the water. When she raised her eyes, she saw her underwear hanging on the windowsill.
Xue Zhiying was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around and looked at the shelf beside him.
In the dormitory, Xiao Yunqi drank the glass of water slowly and walked towards Xue Zhiying's bag.
When the bundle was opened, on top was a folded clean nightgown, and underneath was her underwear.
Xiao Yunqi reached out to take it without hesitation. Just as he got the clothes in his hand, he heard the girl's low voice from the direction of the room.
"cousin?"
No one noticed the happy curve that appeared on the corner of the man's lips.
He didn't respond, but just took the clothes and started walking.
But Xue Zhiying, who was in the room, didn't know what he was doing. She thought he might not have heard her. After hesitating for a moment, she raised her voice and called out again, "Cousin."
Still no one answered.
Xue Zhiying pursed her lips in annoyance and lowered her eyes to look at the dirty clothes that she had just thrown aside.
The clothes were naturally covered in dust after a day outdoors, and I sweated from hiking, and then there were wet spots and mud from the rain.
Xue Zhiying really didn't want to put on dirty clothes after washing herself.
But she forgot to bring clean clothes when she came to the bathhouse just now.
Thinking about it now, Xiao Yunqi probably wanted to say this when he grabbed her inexplicably just now, but after giving her a meaningful look, he stopped talking and didn't say anything else.
He did it on purpose.
Xue Zhiying complained to him in her heart without any justification, but she had no choice but to get out of the bathtub.
Fortunately, there was a clean piece of clothing on the windowsill. I wonder if the clothing can be dried after this rainy day.
Stepping out of the bathtub, crystal clear water droplets slid down her smooth body.
When Xiao Yunqi walked around the screen, he saw a porcelain-white scene with waist-length black hair, half covered and half hidden.
She stretched out her arm to reach the small clothes drying on the windowsill, but her fingers obviously touched the fabric and found that the clothes were still wet.
Xiao Yunqi's eyes gradually dimmed, his body stood still and did not move, his Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
Perhaps the subtle swallowing sound startled her. Xue Zhiying turned around suddenly, let out a low cry, and covered her chest with her arms, her skin turning visibly pink.
"What's wrong with you..." Xue Zhiying was halfway through her words when she saw the clothes in his hand and immediately reacted.
He had clearly heard her call just now, but he didn't respond. He was trying to tease her again.
Xue Zhiying was both embarrassed and angry. She gritted her teeth and stopped covering herself. She walked towards him in two or three steps, reached out to take her clothes, and planned not to thank him at all.
Unexpectedly, just as she got the clothes, Xiao Yunqi let go and wrapped her up with a large blanket.
"Is it cold?"
Xiao Yunqi did have some intentions of teasing her, but he thought she would shrink in the bathtub, at a loss, but he never expected her to walk naked to the window.
It was already cold in the autumn when it rained, and although the scenery was beautiful, she didn't want to catch a cold.
Xue Zhiying shook her head in a daze, and for a moment it was difficult to sort out her thoughts from being annoyed by his teasing and being immersed in his gentle actions.
Xiao Yunqi held her in his arms and walked back to the dormitory.
Xue Zhiying was curled up in bed getting dressed when she heard a sound coming from the door. She quickened her pace and when she finished getting dressed and walked out, she saw two bowls of ginger soup on the table.
"Come here." Xiao Yunqi beckoned at her.
He had a calm expression at first, but when he saw her walking towards him obediently upon hearing his voice, his features softened unconsciously.
Xue Zhiying didn't like the taste of ginger, let alone the steaming ginger soup.
She frowned slightly and raised her hands to cover her mouth and nose.
Xiao Yunqi seemed to ignore her resistance. When she came to him, he picked up a bowl and handed it to her.
Xue Zhiying slowly stretched out her hand and heard him teasingly ask, "Do you want me to feed you?"
Xue Zhiying's face flushed. She took the bowl with both hands and said in a low voice, "I'm not unwilling to drink."
My clothes are wet from the rain today. It will be troublesome if I catch a cold.
Xue Zhiying held her breath, tilted her head back and drank the ginger soup in one gulp.
When she put down the bowl and looked up, she saw a hint of disappointment in the eyes of the man next to her.
What is he disappointed about?
Xiao Yunqi didn't say anything and drank the ginger soup neatly.
Afterwards, the two had dinner together in the house.
It was not too late, so Xiao Yunqi put on his coat and left the bedroom to handle official business. Xue Zhiying, bored, lay on the beauty couch with a book in her hand to pass the time.
This day, by comparison, felt a bit more strange and inexplicable.
Xue Zhiying knew it was because of Xiao Yunqi's words of love in the carriage.
She didn't respond, and he didn't ask any further questions.
It seems that this matter does not need any further development.
After all, no matter how he feels about her and what she thinks, it will not change the status quo.
He would not let her leave, and she still had to go back to the capital with him.
But Xue Zhiying thinks this is not the case.
There should be a following.
How can a happy feeling not need a follow-up?
If she liked Xiao Yunqi, she wouldn't want to express her love to him without any response.
Accept, or reject.
There must always be an answer.
When it got dark, it was not too late and Xiao Yunqi had not returned to the dormitory yet.
But Xue Zhiying lay down on the bed first, hugged the quilt, turned sideways and closed her eyes.
She was not actually sleepy, but many things that happened today made it difficult for her to fall asleep peacefully.
But she really wanted to fall asleep before Xiao Yunqi returned to the room, because she had not yet figured out how to answer him.
She subconsciously wanted to answer this question seriously.
At least, give her more time to think.
But before her thoughts could dissipate, about half a minute later, she heard the sound of the door opening.
Xue Zhiying closed her eyes, thinking she was asleep.
The originally casual footsteps became lighter and slower after they passed the screen and saw a figure that seemed to be sleeping on the couch.
Xiao Yunqi walked to the table almost silently and extinguished the candle.
The room fell into darkness, and Xue Zhiying felt someone approaching the bed.
She thought she had successfully pretended to be asleep.
He just thought she was asleep, and even the movement of lying down was so light that it was almost silent.
But the body temperature and breath brought by the other person were obvious.
Xiao Yunqi turned around and faced her. His breath on her cheek made her feel a little itchy, and she couldn't help but want to blink her eyelashes.
Xue Zhiying did not forget that she was pretending to be asleep, so she did not move.
Until, a warm and soft touch fell on her forehead.
A gentle kiss, then pulling away.
Xiao Yunqi slowly stretched out his arm and placed it on her waist. He did not move her, but just hugged her lightly.
He lowered his head and met her suddenly opened eyes in the darkness.
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