Chapter 37: Overbearing Kiss 3

I don't know if it was the cold tears stinging my heart, or Shangguan Yun's actions stinging my heart.

Tears streamed more and more to the corner of my mouth; Shangguan Yun suddenly stopped, quietly gazing at me. I could feel his eyes filled with tenderness and heartache, and for a moment I was dazed—but remembering what he had just done to me, I now hate him so much my teeth itch.

"What do you take me for?" I snarled at Shangguan Yun, gritting my teeth.

Shangguan Yun reached out his hand, perhaps intending to wipe the tears from my face, but I, without hesitation, raised my hand and slapped him; afterward I regretted it—I don't know why I was so impulsive today.

I just felt that his action made me extremely heartbroken...

I ran away with tears in my eyes, not knowing whether Shangguan Yun had left.

After returning to the room, I couldn't help but open the window and poke my head out to see if he was still there; sure enough, his silhouette was visible in the dim light.

He seemed to be leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette, looking so sorrowful and helpless; my heart ached softly for him, a feeling I can't quite describe.

I know he may or may not know I'm watching him; I lay my forehead against the window sill, staring at him for a long time, feeling my whole body go numb, feeling my whole body shiver from the cold; only then, feeling chilly all over, did I reluctantly close the window, clutch my pajamas, and go into the bathroom to take a bath—I need hot water to dispel the cold throughout my body.

Lying in bed, I touched the lips that Shangguan Yun had bitten; he kissed me again. Suddenly, the scene from just then replayed in my mind—his kiss seemed to linger on my lips. I ran my tongue over the lips he had bitten and felt a lingering pain; I kept recalling that scene, his angry gaze, as if he wanted to devour me whole. I don't understand why he acted that way, and no matter how I think, I can't figure out what I did to offend him.

Suddenly I felt a little afraid; someone like Shangguan Yun would never have a girl slap him, yet I gave him such a hard slap—would he… would he take revenge on me?

Thinking and thinking, I grew fearful and trembling. The night was very deep, the room lights had been turned off, yet I got up and glanced at the window; it seemed Shangguan Yun had already left, though I don't know when he went.