Chapter 87: Will you pledge yourself to me?
Jiang Xinghe took a quick step and stood in front of Lin Shi, his knuckles pinched until they turned white: "Stay away from Sister Xiangsi."
Lin Shi raised his eyebrows and twirled the basketball around his fingertips. "Sister is single, so why can't I pursue her?"
"Just you..." Jiang Xinghe sneered, but was interrupted by a sudden cold voice.
"Because you are too young."
The corners of his navy blue cardigan were blown up by the wind. Fu Sinian's eyes swept across Lin Shi's young face and finally fell on Gu Xiangsi.
Gu Xiangsi: “…”?
…
In the kitchen, Gu Xiangsi was having trouble with a live fish.
The fish's tail slapped against the chopping board, splashing water that soaked her new sweater.
Suddenly, the man behind her approached, and a familiar breath lingered around her, and her body stiffened noticeably.
The bony hand directly covered the back of her hand holding the knife.
"I'll do it." Fu Sinian's breath brushed the tip of her ear, "Unless you want to get your finger pricked by a fish fin."
Gu Xiangsi was surprised that Fu Sinian would do this.
The shutter sound of a cell phone suddenly rang out.
When Fu Sinian looked up, he saw Gu Xiangsi holding a cell phone.
"Gu Xiangsi, deleted it."
"If Mr. Fu doesn't want this home photo to spread..." the woman paused, "then give him a raise!"
Fu Sinian laughed, "Indeed, you've learned how to threaten."
After dinner, Li Xiaoyao reported in a low voice, "All the hotels are full."
"Stay at my house." Gu Xiangsi had just finished taking a shower and came downstairs. She heard their conversation and didn't expect that they didn't book a hotel.
"Then I'll trouble you, classmate Gu." Fu Sinian turned around, and his beautiful peach blossom eyes met hers.
Gu Xiangsi: “…”
Why do I have the illusion that I've been waiting for her to say this?
Jiang Xinghe, who was sharing the bed with him, was snoring loudly. Fu Sinian was not used to having another person in the same room with him. He tiptoed into the yard, only to see Gu Xiangsi's frail figure at the gate.
What are you doing out so late?
Looking at the lychee tree behind the yard, she held a medical record in her hand and said in a trembling voice, "Mom, what do you think I should do? Grandma..."
Before he finished speaking, a soft "click" sound was heard outside the yard.
"Who?" she asked loudly.
There was a figure outside the fence, who ran away upon hearing the sound.
"Stop!" Gu Xiangsi climbed over the fence and chased after him.
The path was rugged and the man in front was walking faster and faster.
"Dad, is that you?" Gu Xiangsi was wearing slippers and staring at the familiar back.
After turning a few corners, he tripped over a stone and fell to the ground with a "ah".
The man in front paused.
Gu Xiangsi raised her eyes to look at the back, her voice tense: "It's you, isn't it?"
Fu Sinian, who was not far away, heard the noise and came over. He took a few steps forward and squatted down. "Are you okay?"
Gu Xiangsi raised her hand, and Fu Sinian took a picture of it with his phone, revealing a scrape on her wrist. "Can you still get up?"
"I twisted my ankle." Gu Xiangsi didn't look at him, but stared ahead. "Help me chase him."
"Wait for me here." Fu Sinian saw her anxious eyes and followed her.
A few minutes later, he came back and shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with the road here. I lost him."
Gu Xiangsi's eyes were filled with tears.
Fu Sinian squatted down and shone the light from his phone on her ankle, which was obviously swollen. "Does it hurt?"
She didn't know how to tell Fu Sinian that the person she was pursuing might be...
She nodded.
Fu Sinian turned around and said, "Come up."
Seeing her hesitation, he explained, "I have some medicine in my car. You have to apply it and rub it in."
Gu Xiangsi leaned against him and put her hand on him. Fu Sinian easily lifted her up on his back and even lifted her up a bit.
"Who are you chasing after so late at night?"
"He's like a relative of mine."
Fu Sinian was silent.
Apart from her grandmother, the person closest to Gu Xiangsi is probably her father who is said to have absconded with the money.
Could it be...
He didn't ask any more questions. When he helped her up, he caught a glimpse of the medical record out of the corner of his eye.
"You are worried about grandma's condition."
"Did you see it?" Gu Xiangsi's voice was muffled behind him.
"Your worries are written all over your face."
As he walked forward, he said, "If you need help, I know some experienced doctors in this field."
"No need, I've consulted Dr. Lu..." Before he could finish his words, he felt the breath of the person on his back become heavier, and a sense of oppression came over him.
"Gu Xiangsi." Fu Sinian's voice was lowered. "Don't mention other men in front of me."
Gu Xiangsi had no choice but to shut up and lean against his back.
The man's hormones mixed with the woody scent lingered around her, so familiar that she was in a trance.
She subconsciously pressed her face against the broad back.
It's still so spacious and safe.
She suddenly thought, if only time could pass slower.
It had been a long time since she had enjoyed the feeling of being carried steadily on someone's back.
The sound is muffled.
"Thank you for helping me deal with that drunk."
Thank you, Fu Sinian.
It's like sinking in ice water and suddenly feeling a temperature that's not hot.
The fear I had before was real, and the feeling of suffocation from being gripped by the shadow was also real, but looking back now, I found that the disheveled and tense self was not completely isolated and helpless.
It was as if a curled-up corner of my heart was gently rubbed, and it no longer hurt, but instead felt a little sore.
"Li Xiaoyao has a broken mouth."
The street lights outside the car window flickered across his profile in the narrow space inside the car.
He pushed his knee forward, forcing her injured foot to rest on his thigh. The moment their skin touched, she subconsciously shrank back, but he grabbed her ankle.
"Don't move."
His voice was low and hoarse, and he poured medicinal oil into his palms. The pungent medicinal fragrance filled the air. The man rubbed his hands together to warm them, and when he covered her ankles with them, the scorching temperature made her breath stop.
"Hiss..." She gasped in pain, her fingertips unconsciously clenching the leather of the seat.
He rubbed the bruises away, but when she tensed her instep in pain, he slowed down his movements.
"Fu Sinian!" Her voice trembled, and her toes curled up, but he held them tightly.
He raised his eyes, his gaze sliding from the corners of her red eyes to her tightly bitten lips, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Does it hurt?"
“…”
She turned her face away, "...it doesn't hurt."
"lie."
He chuckled softly, his knuckles rubbing slowly along the inside of her ankle. "Weren't you quite patient when you beat up the hooligans last time?"
"So, you also helped when your hand was injured that time?"
Gu Xiangsi lowered her eyes and her gaze fell on his serious profile.
He lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes casting a faint shadow under his eyes, and his fingers covered her ankle, with a force that was neither light nor heavy, and with the warmth of his palm.
Somehow, my eyes became hot.
She looked at his focused expression, and the words that were suppressed in her heart rolled out like beads with broken strings.
Upon hearing this, Fu Sinian raised his eyes slightly, his gaze met her red eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up, and his tone was a little nonchalant and teasing.
"Why? Classmate Gu is touched."
He paused, "Want to pledge your love to me?"
The four words "commit myself to you" were like thunder, exploding in Gu Xiangsi's mind.
He treated her...
He is like the cherry blossoms that suddenly bloom in spring, so gorgeous that people can't take their eyes off him. But the closer you get to him, the more addicted you become to his refreshing and hot scent.
The inexplicable feeling of powerlessness in her heart, mixed with a dull pain, suddenly tightened, making it hard for her to breathe.
She turned her face away, her voice trembling a little, but she forced herself to calm down: "Mr. Fu is joking again."
Her eyes burned, and the words she had suppressed for so long finally burst out: "What about you? You clearly said you had no interest in my body...?"
As soon as the words fell, the car suddenly became quiet.
He paused, his eyes darkened a little, his fingertips still pressed against her skin, the temperature was surprisingly hot.
After a long time, he suddenly leaned forward, his shadow looming, his breath close at hand.
"Gu Xiangsi, are you sure... you want to discuss your interests with me here?"
Outside the window, only the occasional barking of dogs could be heard from a distance, and the breathing sounds inside the car became clearer and clearer.
Her heart was beating so fast it almost burst through her chest.
"I…"
The man suddenly grabbed the back of her neck with his palm and put his nose against hers: "Gu Xiangsi, you know how I treat you..."
The sharp ringing of the cell phone pierced the silence in the car.
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