Chapter 53 (1/2)

Chapter 53: This Night

Anran stared out the window the entire way with a blank and vacant expression in her eyes.

Su Yicheng glanced at her without speaking, then freed a hand to hold on to her hand tightly. Tonight’s situation surprised him a little, but it also made him understand one thing. In terms of marriage, it wasn’t that she didn’t have anyone suitable around her, but instead, she had been waiting for that special person in her heart for six years, and he reappeared right when she finally decided to give up.

He thought, “If it hadn’t been for the fact that she had found the wrong address that day, and had mistaken him for another man, perhaps she would already be another man’s wife now.” With his thoughts on this, Su Yicheng felt a dull aching pain inside and had an inexplicable feeling within him. His grip on her hands strengthened without him realizing.

Anran cried out in pain and turned her head to look at him.

Realizing that he was hurting her, Su Yicheng was surprised by his momentary loss of control and smiled at her apologetically as he rubbed her little hand with his big palm. With a faint smile on his lips, he said, “Sleep for a little while. I’ll you when we get there.”

Anran stared at him for a while before nodding, then she leaned back against her seat and slowly closed her eyes.

Su Yicheng adjusted her seat to make her feel more comfortable lying there.

The car drove steadily, and Anran laid on her back while covered with Su Yicheng’s suit blazer. Her breathing was peaceful and tranquil.

The car slowly drove into the community parking garage. Su Yicheng switched off the car engine and stared at Anran lying against the back of the chair with her eyes closed. He knew she was actually awake. Although her breathing was slow and even, the slight tremble of her eyelashes sold her out.

Su Yicheng stared at her quietly for a while. Then, instead of waking her up, he opened the door to get out of the car, then went around the car to her side. He carried her out of the car and into the house, then finally entered the bedroom and laid her down on the bed.

Anran feigned sleep the entire way, but Su Yicheng didn’t expose her and treated her as if she had really fallen asleep. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he stretched out his hand to brush away the fringes of hair on her forehead to reveal her beautiful eyebrows, and started rubbing it gently to smooth out the wrinkles from her frown. Then, he got up and went into the bathroom. When Su Yicheng came out of the bathroom while twisting a hot towel, he saw Anran lying in bed with her eyes still closed, yet now there were tears at the corner of her eye. As he stared at the streak of tears at the corner of her eyes, he felt something inexplicable inside him.

As he watched the tears stream down her face, Su Yicheng finally realized that the inexplicable feeling inside of him was heartache and sorrow.

He still didn’t wake her up and used the towel to wipe away the tears in the corner of her eyes, and the dust and fatigue on the face. He went into the bathroom again to rinse the towel, then came out again, grabbed her hand, and started wiping her fingers, one by one.

Anran’s eyelashes quivered, and her hands even jerked slightly. Su Yicheng looked up at her face and stared for a while but saw that still, she didn’t open her eyes. Without saying anything, he pulled over her other hand and started to wipe each finger again in the same manner.

As Su Yicheng stood up to place the towel back into the bathroom, his phone started to ring at that time. After turning his head to have one final look at her, Su Yicheng took his phone and headed out of the bedroom.