Chapter 20 (2/2)

Fan JiJing suddenly stopped his feet.

Hua HuaiXiu's gaze was fierce, but in his heart he was not confident. If it was before, he believed that Fan JiJing definitely would not dare to do so, but as for the current Fan JiJing…

To his sorrow, he found out that the other person was really brave.

Fan JiJing lifted the hands that were carrying him upwards.

Staring at the chin that was close at hand, Hua HuaiXiu frowned. ”What're you doing?”

Fan JiJing pulled a faint smile and before it disappeared, he had already lowered his head.

Hua HuaiXiu stared blankly at the light above his head being blocked little by little until he felt a warm sensation on his lips. His mind went blank. Dislike, sadness, excitement, happiness… All his feelings disappeared. Out of his entire body, only his lips could still feel, feel how Fan JiJing gradually approached, invaded, and devoured…

He didn't know how long had pa.s.sed.

Fan JiJing raised his head up and continued walking forward.

Hua HuaiXiu was able to breathe a little more smoothly as his train of thought came back to him.

”You…” He said one word, but it was kept inside his mouth and sounded even softer than the buzz of a mosquito.

”Are you hungry?” Fan JiJing asked.

”Ah?” Hua HuaiXiu foolishly asked back.

”I am.” There was a feeling of a smile vaguely contained in Fan JiJing's voice.

”Oh.” One word again.

”I'll speed up.” Right after he finished saying that, Fan JiJing did not wait for Hua HuaiXiu to respond before he started to rush forward with his lightness skill.

The wind slapped towards them with a flapping sound.

Hua HuaiXiu felt the left side of his face hurting slightly, so he subconsciously pushed his head closer towards Fan JiJing's chest.

The slightly disordered heartbeat came into his ears.

It gave him a light start and he looked up.

Even though he could only see his face from below, Hua HuaiXiu could still imagine what poker face Fan JiJing would be wearing right now.

His mood was obviously not as peaceful as it appeared on his face.

Hua HuaiXiu secretly pushed his ear against where Fan JiJing's heart was. He raised the corner of his lips, revealing his first wholehearted smile in over a month.

The business at the inn in the small town was lacking. Fan JiJing was able to get two deluxe rooms.

Hua HuaiXiu was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed and let Fan JiJing carry him into the guest room. He put Hua HuaiXiu onto the bed softly and quietly, then covered him with blanket.

After the series of actions, Fan JiJing didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave. Instead, he sat down next to the table as if he was waiting for something.

Hua HuaiXiu's heart jolted. Could it be that he was waiting for him to wake up?

Ever since the abrupt kiss in the forest, his mood had completely turned on its head. The reason that he could not forgive Fan JiJing before wasn't because of his deception. He could understand how persistent Fan JiJing was while wanting to take his revenge, and he could also understand that Fan JiJing had no other choice but to use him.

What really chilled his heart was how he turned a cold shoulder to him despite their past.

He would use him willfully without feeling any guilt and kick him out right away after he had achieved his goal. From the beginning to the end, he was like a disposable chess piece in Fan JiJing's hand.

―Even when Fan JiJing clearly knew his feelings towards him.

But…

The kiss just now seemed to prove that he wasn't completely heartless?

Hua HuaiXiu was a little dismayed because he felt his heart, full of holes in this stillness, was rising again from the ashes.

He no longer knew how to face him.

He was afraid that the wall he was finally able to build inside his heart with great difficulty would soon collapse under his attacks.

If he was stupid to be fooled once, then he must deserve it if he were to be fooled twice.

But why did he have the impulse to take the bait again despite all of that?

The more he thought about it, the more depressed Hua HuaiXiu became!

There came a light knock on the door. Fan JiJing got up to open it.

Another person came in.

Hua HuaiXiu secretly opened his eyes into slits.

A servant from the inn was trying to move a bath basin of steaming hot water into the room.

Soon after, Fan JiJing asked the servant to leave. He himself followed and closed the door behind him.

All of a sudden, all that was left in the room was Hua HuaiXiu who was pretending to be asleep and a bath basin filled with hot water.

Hua HuaiXiu slowly sat up.

He realized that his acupoint was unlocked back then at the forest.

The steam rising incessantly from the basin was clearly Fan JiJing's smile as if he was saying, ”Stop faking it. Get up and take a bath.”

Hua HuaiXiu was unwilling to accept it.

It was like every movement of his was within his grasp. However, the temptation emitted by the hot water was indeed irresistible.

”I shouldn't let myself suffer.” He mumbled this to himself as he got up and took off his clothes, surrendering in the end to the charm of hot water.

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