"Aren't you supposed to be so capable? How come you couldn't protect her?"
"I cannot be by her side at all times, and there are times when I am powerless to deal with unpredictable dangers."
Seeing him like this, I felt inexplicably sad. I wanted to hug him and tell him it was okay.
I was startled by my own thought; how could I do such a thing on our first meeting?
Suddenly, he changed the subject and asked, "What are you doing hiding behind my battalion commander?"
Such unconventional thinking made me want to exclaim, "Holy crap!"
After giving him a disdainful look, she said, "You really don't know how to talk." She completely forgot about her current predicament.
He glanced at me sideways, seemingly with disdain, or perhaps with mockery.
To subtly avoid that topic, I extended my hand in a friendly manner and said, "Hello, my name is Qiu Niang, it's nice to meet you!"
Ye Lisheng was stunned as she looked at the hand extended in front of her.
Because someone else had said the same thing to me before.
He looked into my eyes as if deep in thought, a mixture of familiarity, heartache, excitement, and joy washing over him.
Looking at his expressive face, my mind wandered with all sorts of thoughts.
"He must have never held a woman's hand before!"
Just as I was wondering whether to pull my hand back, I was pulled forward by a strong force, and I slipped and fell into a warm embrace.
My mind went blank. I... I was forcibly hugged?
I kept trying to escape his embrace, but he just kept tightening his grip on me.
"Don't move, let me hug you!" The words sounded like a command, yet also like a pleading tone.
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