C53 (1/2)
Huo Yelin took out a gray and white kitten doll from the paper bag and waved it in front of her.
Zhao Yilin's attention was instantly drawn over to the man, but she forced herself to come back to her senses.
Huo Yelin asked, ”Do you like it?”
He turned his face towards Zhao Yilin. The cat had green eyes, and the corners of its mouth were drooping. It looked like it was being annoyed, and the pink ribbon around its neck was swaying back and forth. It looked very lovable.
Zhao Yilin looked away and said, ”Take it away, I hate cats!”
Huo Yelin raised his eyebrows and said, ”Impossible. Fang Xinying said that you like cats the most.”
”Traitor!” Zhao Youlan blurted out in anger as her eyeballs followed the movements of the cat in Huo Yelin's hands.
Huo Yelin placed the cat in front of his face and said in a muffled voice, ”The one who answered the phone is my cousin. Don't be angry, okay?”
”What's wrong with Cousin!” After going back dozens of years, Cousin can still get married to Cousin! ” He was wearing a rumpled shirt, and his hair was still wet. It was obvious that he had rushed over in a hurry.
The anger in her heart had almost disappeared, but she still refused to let him go.
Huo Yelin shook his kitten and said, ”From today onwards, I won't allow anyone other than you to enter my room and touch my phone.”
Zhao Yilan pursed her lips into a smile and snatched the kitten away from him. ”Stop pretending. How can a kitten talk like you? You make it sound like a big wolf.”
Huo Yelin said, ”Then, I'll go and buy a Great Gray Wolf puppet next time.”
Zhao Yilin relaxed her brows and smiled widely. Her eyes were like crescent moons, and the sunlight shone down on her face, making her look like an angel in the holy light.
Huo Yelin couldn't help but reach out to pull her into his embrace and kiss her eyes and cheeks.
Zhao Yilin had already experienced this kind of intimacy too many times. She played with the kitten and allowed him to kiss her more and more, eventually pushing her onto the windowsill.
The figurine tumbled onto the carpet, and Zhao Yilin's breathing quickened from the kiss. She nudged him on the shoulder and said, ”Ye Lin, don't be like this.”
Huo Yelin said in a hoarse voice, ”I won't go in. I just want to kiss you.”
Zhao Yilin's heart softened. She stopped trying to stop her and put her hand in his hair, enjoying the pleasure that came from being in the clouds.
After a long while, Huo Yelin carried her to the sofa and sat down.
”Ye Lin, why did you let me move here?” Zhao Yilin whispered into the cat's ears.
Huo Yelin said, ”The security conditions here are the best, and the environment here is pretty good. Don't you like it?”
Zhao Yilin looked up and met his gaze. His eyes were always so dark that no one could tell what he was thinking. ”You're lying.”
Huo Yelin kissed her forehead and said, ”Don't let your thoughts run wild. Just stay here and rest in peace.”
Zhao Yilin sighed, ”Zhao Yueran came over just now.”
”When?”
”Not long before you came.”
”What did she say?”
Zhao Yilin looked up at him. ”Can't you guess?”
Hearing her question, a cold glint flashed in Huo Yelin's eyes as he said solemnly, ”Yelin, don't question me or question my judgement. ”I hope you will believe me and live here peacefully. No matter who does what, don't mind them, okay?”
Zhao Yilin stopped looking into his eyes. She did not refuse, but neither did she nod.
Huo Yelin tightened his arms and held her in his arms. It was unknown whether he wanted to warm her or to take her warmth.
After Huo Yelin left, Zhao Yelin looked at the calendar hanging on the wall of the study. She then pointed at the dates, counting them one by one.
”One, two, three, four, five, five more days.”
Her finger stopped on March 6th.
That day, she was going to Germany to attend the Berlin Film Fair, where Huo Yelin was to be engaged to Zhao Yueran.
Zhao Yilin smiled. ”What a busy day.”
Days flew by in the blink of an eye.
At 8 AM on the morning of March 6th, the cellphone's alarm rang.
Zhao Yilin woke up in a daze. She stuffed two slices of bread into the toaster, made some coffee, and went into the room to check if she had left anything behind.
Before she could open the suitcase, she heard the doorbell ring.
”Coming, coming.” She thought it was Zhang Yizhen. She opened the monitor and saw that it was Huo Yelin.
”Why are you here?”
Huo Yelin looked up at her on the screen. His eyes landed on her just right, ”Open the door, why are you blabbering so much?”
Zhao Yilin pouted and pressed confirm.
After Huo Yelin came in, Zhao Yelin packed her things and ignored him.
”You haven't packed your things yet?”
”Yes,” said Zhao Yilin, ”I just checked.”
”Haven't you had breakfast?”
”The bread is baking.”
Huo Yelin went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for her. Zhao Yelin put down the things in her hands and muttered, ”I'm already going to be a groom, why are you still coming to my place?”
After a while, Zhao Yilin dragged the box to the door and smelled the fragrance of fried eggs coming from the kitchen.
She leaned against the kitchen door and looked inside. Huo Yelin was currently frying eggs around her apron.
His face was very calm and serious, as if he was doing something great. His shirt sleeves were neatly rolled up to his elbows, revealing his beautiful arms and wrists.
After the eggs were fried, he took a plate from the cupboard above his head and skillfully scooped them into the plate.
It was the first time Zhao Yilin saw him cook.
It was said that men were the most attractive at work. In fact, as long as a man was serious, anything he did would be very attractive, especially cooking.
Zhao Yilin couldn't help but laugh.
Huo Yelin turned to look at her and asked, ”What are you laughing at?”
Zhao Yilin didn't want to be called handsome, so she pouted and said, ”If you don't want to be a bridegroom, come over here and cook my eggs early in the morning. It's hilarious.”