As she spoke, she moved towards another elevator, and just as the handkerchief was being shoved into Jiang Shiyi’s hand, he suddenly gripped her hand tightly in return. His fingers were a bit cold, but his palm was dry and warm, with distinct, evenly proportioned knuckles, long and slender...
He could almost easily wrap his hand around hers. She was in a hurry to run outside when her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
As she ran forward and he pulled her back, she staggered, almost colliding directly with the elevator wall due to the strong inertia in the narrow space.
But Jiang Shiyi acted even faster, reaching out to protect her shoulder and neck area, though a muffled thud still sounded from the impact.
The young people waiting for the elevator on the other side couldn’t help but smack their tongues at the sound of the collision...
Did the doors not even close? So intense? So stimulating?
It was precisely because of this that Lin Luyou was almost entirely enveloped in Jiang Shiyi’s embrace. There was a faint sll of disinfectant on him—not overpowering, but enough to stir one’s nerves.
Her breathing grew heavier, and she instinctively swallowed as the elevator doors slowly closed again...
"Bang——" With a bang, Lin Luyou had a sense that this was it for her.
He held her wrist tightly with one hand while the other was pressed gently against her shoulder and neck. Apart from these touches, there was no other physical contact between them.
It felt as if she was completely within his control, intimately close, with no room to escape.
"On the day of the wedding, I helped Xiaowu fend off drinks. Later...did I do anything to you?"
"Huh?" Lin Luyou was stunned for a mont. Why was he suddenly ntioning the wedding? Was he talking about when they ca out of the bathroom? A trace of panic flashed in her eyes, but she still braced herself and lied, "No, you didn’t."
Jiang Shiyi, being very smart, could tell she was lying but didn’t expose her, just smiled casually...
"You can keep the handkerchief."
"But I don’t need it..." Lin Luyou didn’t want to take his things. She reversed the action, trying to return it to him. Jiang Shiyi had initially grabbed her wrist, and in this back and forth...
Sohow, inexplicably, their palms ended up pressed tightly together.
His palm was very warm, and through the few thin layers of fabric, the warmth seeped into her hand.
"You know, I have a germ phobia. Once you’ve used it, I don’t want it back."
"Then I’ll wash it and give it back..."
"Do you really have to be so distant with ?" Jiang Shiyi looked at her.
"..."
"Youyou—" He spoke softly, though his deep voice, even at a low volu, seed to penetrate straight into one’s heart.
He gently pried her fingers open, pushing the handkerchief back to her bit by bit.
"My future is in your hands, you have to give a chance...to bribe the interviewer a bit, hmm?"
The end of his words was like honey, alluring and captivating.
Lin Luyou clutched the handkerchief tightly, her palm burning.
"Actually, I drank a little wine at the wedding that day, and there are so things I can’t quite rember..." Jiang Shiyi, while giving her the handkerchief, let his fingers slip through hers as if intending to interlock their fingers, "I’ve always worried whether I mistakenly took soone else for you that night."
"Later, I went back to find you..."
"But you had already left."
Lin Luyou remained silent, quickly disentangling her fingers from his, feeling awkward, seemingly trying to distance herself from him.
Jiang Shiyi just laughed, "Xiaowu and his wife are smart people. Earlier, at their place, so actions of yours were too much like trying to hide sothing."
"..." Lin Luyou wasn’t an actress; she dealt with dicines and apparatuses daily and wasn’t particularly good at hiding her emotions. After all, these matters involved him, and she felt a bit indignant, suddenly looking up to et his gaze, just about to glare at him...
The hand that had been at her shoulder and neck suddenly pinched her earlobe as it withdrew.
Their closeness was already too much, overly intimate, and though she tried to keep a calm face, her ears were burning red.
Suddenly, a gentle pinch.
Her heart felt like it was stung by sothing, thumping wildly twice.
In that instant, her body completely lted...
When she ca back to her senses, he had already stepped away, pressing the open button, instinctively straightening his clothes, back to his usual sophisticated and elite deanor.
"Let’s go."
Lin Luyou was both anxious and annoyed.
As they walked out of the unit building, the rain had stopped. Jiang Shiyi was just about to ask if she needed a ride ho when she, perhaps feeling a bit stifled and frustrated, stepped heavily into the puddles, heading for her car without looking back.
But as she stepped into the puddles...
The rainwater mixed with dirt splashed slightly onto his pant legs.
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