802 A Million Times for You 164 (2/2)
”What's inside?”
”I've checked it, it's a pot of flowers.”
”Open it,” said An Xiaoning, holding her bowl in her hands. She turned around and watched as he opened the box from the bottom and lifted the top to reveal a pot of lilies.
The petals of the lilies were white while the bud was pink. It happened to be blossoming.
”Ah, they're so beautiful.” Shi Qingzhou leaned forward to take a whiff of the fragrance from the flowers and said to An Xiaoning in surprise, ”Don't lilies only bloom from April to August? Why have they blossomed at this period of the year? Xiaoning, do you know who sent them?”
”I do,” An Xiaoning answered with a nod.
”Who was it?”
”The Autumn Palace,” An Xiaoning answered, after which Shi Qingzhou immediately knew who it was.
”Do you fancy this type of flowers?”
”Yes.” An Xiaoning put down her bowl, wiped her mouth, and rose from her seat. She continued, ”I wonder if these lilies would last for a few days. Mother, let's just leave them in the living room.”
”Alright.”
”No. 13, prepare two sets of lunch and send them upstairs later in the afternoon,” she instructed.
”Alright, Sis.”
An Xiaoning nodded and made her way upstairs.
Jin Qingyan was not sleeping well; he had a frown on his forehead even while sleeping. An Xiaoning sat beside him on the bed and poked his forehead to ease the tension.
She stood up and turned around to find that his forehead had creased into a frown again.
An Xiaoning sat down again and touched his forehead with her finger.
The frown uncreased yet again.
She remained seated until he stopped frowning before proceeding to do her makeup by the dressing table.
It had been a long time since she had gone to the production unit. Thus, she planned to send Jin Qingyan out of Sanqiao Estate secretly before heading there to check on the filming process.
She would usually take a short while to finish applying her makeup. However, she was much slower today since there was more than enough time.
She took a total of half an hour.
Right after she closed her cosmetics box, Jin Qingyan hollered, ”Hold it right there!”
An Xiaoning scurried toward the bed to see that Jin Qingyan had just woken up from his dream and was gasping for air.
”Qingyan, did you have a nightmare?”
He once again wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into his embrace. He remained quiet while stroking the hair beside her ears.
He hugged her tightly, as if he was about to lose her the next second.
”Qingyan…”
Pressing his face against her forehead, Jin Qingyan constantly repeated, ”Don't leave me. Xiaoning, promise me, don't leave me.”
”Alright.”
”Tell me you won't leave me. Say that you won't leave me forever.” He let go of her and looked her in the eye. ”I want to hear you tell me that.”
Not sure what sort of nightmare he just had, An Xiaoning said coaxingly, ”I won't leave you.”
”I dreamed that you left and you wouldn't turn around no matter how hard I yelled for you to.”
”It was just a dream.”
”It felt too real.”