C49 (1/2)

By the time the ball ended, it was already past eleven in the evening.

It was a little cold outside when I came out of the banquet hall.

It was already autumn.

I was still wearing my summer attire. The night wind was blowing on my body, but it no longer had a gentle feeling. Instead, it had a sharp edge to it.

While I was trembling all over, someone suddenly pulled me into a nearby alley.

The alley was dark, and I couldn't see the man's face clearly, but the familiar scent of cologne made me feel a little better.

”Why are you here?” There was a hint of surprise in my voice.

”You should have asked me how long I waited.” He took off his coat and draped it over me.

I felt the touch of his palm, and it was cold.

”Let's go, it's getting late. Let's go back.” After saying that, I headed out of the alley.

But before I could take a few steps, he pulled me back and pinned me to the wall.

His hand was on the back of my head, and I looked at him blankly.

”If you don't even know to tell me when to come out by yourself, what will happen?”

The voice was cold and reproachful.

”All these years, what have I not seen? ”It's nothing.”

I was used to his fuss.

I'm not a seventeen or eighteen year old girl, how could I still be lost in that kind of idyllic situation where one gets lost or is kidnapped by a trafficker?

”Why didn't you tell me?”

His voice was low and even sounded somewhat wronged.

”Aren't you angry with me?”

”That's why I came out with you. I didn't expect that the banquet would last so long …” He sighed and said, ”You have to compensate me today.”

I didn't say anything. I just looked at him.

”Come with me.”

As he spoke, he took my hand and walked to the car he had specially come to pick me up.

When I got back to the hotel, I took the hate off my feet. My ankles were swollen.

Jiang Yu looked at my feet, picked me up, and carried me to the sofa.

”Does it hurt?”

His voice was a little shaky.

I shook my head. Looking at his focused expression, I suddenly felt a trace of warmth in my heart.

It's been a long time since someone has treated me so warmly...

”Just wait, I'll get the medicine.”

As Jiang Yu said that, he ran to the front desk of the hotel and brought out a large medicine chest.

”No problem, I'm already used to it.” Although she scolded him for making a big fuss out of it, she felt a bit of sweetness in her heart.

”Sometimes I wonder if you're made of stone.”

As Jiang Yu helped me deal with the red and swollen parts of my leg, he said something to me to divert my attention.

”Don't wear shoes like that tomorrow.”

”Alright.”

I don't like to dress up too formally, but I have to do this to deal with the basic etiquette of the upper classes.

”I used to think you were a stone, a man of stone. But now I know that you are not only for others, but for yourself as well. ”

After helping me tend to my wounds, Jiang Yu looked me in the eye and said seriously.