77 Growing Fond of Him (1/2)

[So you can be quite the softy] Yu Mei secretly stole glances at Pei Nan as he continued to carry her towards the horse. No matter how much rain trickling on her lashes disagreed with her sly moves, it couldn't stop her ogling eyes from admiring how handsome he was.

Pei Nan let her down when they reached the horse. ”Get on.” He commanded.

”Huh?” Yu Mei arched her brow at him. She had been on many horses but this horse…it was as if it had been fed the strongest and most expensive carrots. It was HUGE!

”I…I…forget it.” Yu Mei didn't want to ask for help. She had more pride than that.

She placed one right feet on the footrest and struggled hard to get up. After several attempts to push herself up, she managed to get half her body on top. She leaned her chest on the horses neck as she attempted to wriggle her other half on. All she needed to do was lift her left leg and get it to reach the other side of the horse. But no matter how many times she tried, she could not get the other half of her body on the horse. It was as if the horse was teasing her. It would neigh and stomp its hooves, making it hard for her to fully get on. No wonder it was Pei Nan's personal horse. They both had the same annoying attitude.

At this point her left leg looked like it was kicking and spazzing in mid-air. Seeing how silly Yu Mei was being, Pei Nan couldn't help but let out a mischievous grin. He couldn't watch anymore. He felt he would burst out in tears. She was a character for sure.

In the next moment he propped himself on the horse.

Yu Mei looked up at him with admiration.

Flawless.

Her muddled thoughts came to a halt when he swooped her by the waist and pulled her up. The back of Yu Mei's hair slightly touched Pei Nan's nose. The orange jasmine scent in her hair wasn't too strong not too light but enough for Pei Nan to smell it. Just the scent he liked on her.

Yu Mei on the other hand had no time to worry about what he was thinking about. Her eyes had widened and her shoulders smaller in his arms. She couldn't believe this petty man was letting her sit in front of him. Pei Nan couldn't see her smug little smile since she was in front of him. So naturally he could only grab the reins of the horse and gallop away.

His mind was on getting home as fast as possible thus he didn't even stop to think if Yu Mei was comfortable or not. He had been going so fast she felt as if she would fly off at any moment like a kite. Not to mention, her stomach was beginning to feel queasy.

They were a third away from home.

Pei Nan creased his brows, contemplating whether to do it or not.

In the next moment he slid his arm around her waist. He felt Yu Mei jerk slightly from his sudden advancement. Of course he was taking advantage of her but he would not let her know that.

”Don't think too much. I'm not taking advantage of you. I'm only holding onto you in case you fall.” He quickly defended himself.