Chapter 293

"... You should go wash up first."

"Then, then I'm sorry, could you please help me keep an eye on Ji Jie again."

He Lele quickly rinsed off and changed into a new set of clothes. Just as she came out of the bathroom, she saw Li Yiquan taking off his clothes in the living room—

"Uh..."

Li Yiquan's half-naked body had extremely well-proportioned lines. With his movements of taking off his shirt, he revealed his broad and well-proportioned shoulders, sturdy and smooth upper arms, slightly protruding chest muscles, and sexy, well-defined abdominal muscles. Just looking at that tight skin, one could almost feel the resilient touch.

"Is the washing machine on the balcony?" Li Yiquan asked.

"Uh... yes!" He Lele blinked and looked at Ji Jie. It seemed the filth on Ji Jie had stained Li Yiquan. But if he took it off to wash it now... was he going to go back shirtless?

Without asking anything, He Lele took the clothes she had changed out of to the balcony, rinsed them slightly, and soaked them in clean water. When she turned back, Li Yiquan had already returned to the sofa in the living room, sitting with his elbows on his knees.

His crossed fingers were as slender as bamboo shoots, with distinct knuckles and delicate skin with very faint texture; his hands, like the person himself, exuded a gentlemanly elegance.

Is he not going home?

"Um, I'll send the clothes to you tomorrow. Thank you so much for today."

"..."

"L... it's getting late, aren't you going back to rest?"

"..."

"L?"

Li Yiquan slowly raised his head to look at her, his beautifully shaped phoenix eyes filled with faint reproach.

Being looked at with such eyes, He Lele spoke reflexively, "I, I'm sorry..."

"If the people around you don't have the ability or the awareness to protect you, then before the matter of Hong×Yuan is resolved, I will always be by your side."

Author's Note:

Whenever it's Ruan Lin's transition, I get stuck easily~~ Why is that~~

Elders are coming over tonight, I'll play cards with them for a while, I estimate it will be very late when the second chapter is finished, the editor will definitely be asleep and won't be able to review it~ So everyone save it for tomorrow~~ No matter what~ these seven days will definitely have an average of two chapters per day!

I want to awaken!!

☆, (9 Fresh Coins) Chapter 245: Better Not to Wake Up

Hong×Yuan?

After returning home once, she had almost forgotten about the Hong×Yuan matter entirely!

"I... I'm sorry..."

Li Yiquan sighed softly, stood up, and walked in front of her. "It's not me you should be sorry to."

He Lele lowered her head and drooped her eyes. For the third time, when she herself had no defenses, he was the one worrying for her. And her? She hadn't considered anything for him...

What virtue or ability did she have.

A red rose, still dotted with droplets of water, suddenly appeared before her eyes. He Lele was stunned again.

"As expected, it won't do not to watch over you."

"L, we, we really are impossible. I don't want to lose you as a friend. You being like this will only make me... very awkward every time I face you."

"Is that so," Li Yiquan looked at her long hair tied up from the bath, broke off more than half of the rose's stem, and then inserted the bright flower into her hair.

He Lele took a step back, avoiding his gaze somewhat helplessly.

"Lele, look at me. You don't even dare to look at me, how can you make me believe your refusal comes from your heart?"

He Lele suppressed a deep breath and looked up at him—he was smiling confidently and gently, as if her refusal were just a child's coquetry. "L, I..."

"If you want me to give up, you can. Just say—you have never liked me, L is just an dispensable person to you, and in these three years, all contact with me has been meaningless."

"L, you—" She couldn't say it! He knew full well she couldn't say it! L, NG, and Lingyu constituted the happiest three years of her last ten years. How could it be meaningless, how could it be dispensable, how could she... not like him?

Staring into his wise and amorous phoenix eyes, He Lele said word by word, "Yes, I have indeed liked you, and even now you are still someone I admire, respect, and am grateful to! Precisely because of this, I—"

The sound of a lock opening suddenly came from the door. He Lele stopped her words abruptly, watching Qin Zhixiu appear at the door in sportswear, wearing a baseball cap and carrying a travel bag.

"Xiu? Why did you come over?"

Qin Zhixiu glanced at the half-naked Li Yiquan. "I... did I disturb you?"

"No, no, don't misunderstand. Ji Jie is drunk, Lawyer Li helped me carry him back, and got his clothes dirty, so..." He Lele explained hurriedly.

"Hmm!" Qin Zhixiu nodded toward Li Yiquan as a greeting, then took off his backpack and took out a small cage. ===== CHAPTER 294 =====