Chapter 58: Shut Your Mouth (8) (1/2)
Chapter 58: Shut Your Mouth (8)
Translator: PaperplaneEditor: Caron_
Her face was pale white and her body was trembling, probably because he had just frightened her. With her lowered, wet eyelashes, she looked so pitiful. She must've just been crying.
A sharp pain crept into He Jichen's heart like it had been struck hard by something.
He instinctively wanted to apologize to her, but after a few attempts, the words wouldn't come out.
Maybe it was because she'd just cried, but she hiccuped. A few stray tears seeped from her eyes and caught onto her eyelashes. The build-up of water formed a large teardrop that crashed to the ground.
He Jichen's beating heart felt like it completely shattered as those tears crushed his heart. He gulped. Then, he bent over to pick up his clothes, swiftly threw them on, and walked over to her.
Before he could even take two steps forward, a flash of defensiveness came across her teary eyes as she watched him draw closer.
Why's he coming over to me? He can't say this time that I was the one who initiated things. He said he didn't even want me to utter a single word about him... While he was asleep and groggy, he almost had me... Flashes of what happened that night four years ago flickered across Ji Yi's mind.My first love that was shattered before it even started, and the humiliation of having my clothes ripped off in the alley... He doesn't want to embarrass me again, does he?
At that thought, Ji Yi didn't hesitate to let slip, ”Don't come any closer!”
He Jichen's footsteps slowed down slightly, but two seconds later, he rushed over to her.