Timeless Love (When Bright Moon Encounter the Dark Clouds) Chapter 20: Tan Jiao 04 (2)

My head was hurting so much that it numbed me, and hot tears came flowing out from my eyes. I opened my eyes after some time to be greeted by a faint glow of light from above us. Then, I discovered that I had somehow ended up in Wu Yu’s embrace.

He leaned against the wall with his arms around my waist looking down at me, while I sat on his thighs.

An involuntary shiver ran through my body abruptly as though someone was tickling my waist with a feather; his gaze at me was that feather. I pushed him away, intending to get up, yet he held onto me, immobilizing me, causing my heart to skip a beat.

We exchanged a few words before he wanted to check on the wound on the top of my head. Since I had already come to my senses and was worried about how ugly the wound was, perhaps with hair loss and blood, I did not want to let him see it.

As such, I resolutely refused to not allow him to see the top of my head.

I looked up and was surprised to see him smiling. I asked, “What are you smiling at?”

He replied, “Nothing. I just think that you’re very cute.”

I became speechless all of a sudden, him as well. There was very little space between us, and suddenly, I felt a slight tingle on my chin; it was the gentle touch from his finger.

I felt I must have lost my mind; going out late at night, rushing toward danger, and even sitting on the lap of a repairman I had only known for three days.

I looked him in the eye; it was as though I saw an ocean of black water behind them. While his finger lingered on my face, I felt as if he was going to force a kiss on me for a moment. Yet, he only helped me up and said softly, “To avoid trouble later with the police, we should tell them that we were in the area on a date.”

I replied, “Sure.”

When he brought it up, I finally realized that the sounds of sirens were already very close. Soon, a police car appeared at the end of the alley and several policemen came running out.

The child, who was probably scared silly and tired after crying, fell asleep in my embrace when I picked him up off the grou

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