Chapter 48: Reflection

"What's wrong?" He asked softly, every muscle in his body tense and alert.

"I, I'll go downstairs!" She was desperate to escape.

can't face such a Xiao station at all, let alone face her own heart, trembling with grief, this feeling of being stuck between a new love and an old love, she feels that if she lets him touch her again, she will definitely be broken.

She couldn't turn back from one state of life to another, she had been hurt too much anyway, no matter which one, and she felt like she had left a protective layer and jumped into an inexplicable danger. She needed to be alone to clear her mind and find herself.

Must stay away from Xiao Zhan, she has stopped dreaming of Xiao Zhan for so long, but today he appeared in her dream, because he had discovered that her heart had moved, he had always been to her, so this time he was still so lenient to let go and make her happy, but this feeling was so bad that she wanted to be hysterical, even if she hadn't done anything unfaithful at all.

"I must go down!" Her voice felt sharp and hoarse, like grit in her throat.

"Okay, I'll go down with you!" Xiao stood down from the bed and lifted the top blanket off the quilt with a gentle movement that she didn't understand what he was trying to do.

The last thing she needed now was his company, "No! I'm going to be alone for a while! Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, she understood his intentions, and he wrapped her whole in a blanket and carried her down the stairs in his arms.

The sun had set in the west, indicating that they had slept for about the whole day, and in the sofa in the living room, he did not even give her a chance to sit alone, but wrapped her tightly in his arms, and sat like that in a single sofa that was so large that their figures could not be seen even if they were swallowed up.

Outside, there was the sound of children playing, and the occasional passing car engine, but more of it was silent.

Xiao Zhan just hugged her and didn't say anything, his eyes staring at the jumping lights and shadows in the distance, as if he himself was waiting for the night to come.

It was his silence that defeated her, and if he had spoken, perhaps she would have been able to concentrate on her answer. And when faced with only her own thoughts, she lost the battle.

She turned her face to his neck socket, tears streaming down her cheeks, trembling and whimpering, unable to suppress her feelings.

Even he didn't know about the change in his mood! It was a really bad way for her to lose to herself.

He didn't try to calm her down, he didn't try to talk to her, he just hugged her closer to him, contributing to the security of his body. No matter how bad her mood was, it was a great comfort.

The warmth, safety, and even attraction he had given last night warmed up again, and it grew stronger, and the feeling with him was so harmonious that it was as if his breath was hers, and her rapid pumping gradually calmed down, replaced by his steady rhythm.

When she had quieted down, he took the corner of his yukata and dried her face, but he didn't try to wipe away the tears she had left on his neck.

Tired of being emotionally hollowed out, her eyes were hot and sour, and she felt hard to support.

Only snuggled into his arms, the steady support of his chest, the safety of his arms.

She rested her head on his broad, muscular shoulders, and it felt like home.

"I dreamed of Xiao Zhan!"

"Crying for him?"

He didn't appear uncomfortable or nervous.

"He said goodbye to me and wished me happiness!" If she can, she doesn't want to say it, but she must face up to this problem, the insurmountable problem that is now coiling in front of her, and the current problem between her and Xiao Zhan.

"Then why are you crying?" A man holds a woman through a painful cry, so he should at least know the reason for her crying.

"Because I understand that this time he really left!" She finally responded in a low, trembling voice.

Sadness filled her eyes and quivered her lips.

She knew it all too well, after all, she had been with her for five years, and it had accompanied her to sleep at night and wake her up countless mornings. The sadness and deep loneliness are inseparable from her but difficult to dispel, and they have always been her enduring and invisible companions.

In his arms, she could feel his muscles tense. Still, his rhetoric is under control. "He's been gone for a long time."

"No, as far as I'm concerned, he only left yesterday! And it's because of you! She didn't want to accuse, but her tone still couldn't help but be sharp, if it weren't for his perseverance, if it wasn't for that kiss, she might not have such a strong self-blame and sadness.

It also takes her to protect this relationship for the rest of her life, but now she has become a betrayer.

"No, he should have left a long time ago, but if he doesn't see you happy, he is reluctant to leave, do you want him to worry about you for the rest of his life, it's not fair to him, it's not fair to you, isn't true happiness to want your loved ones to be happy? What you did was not to make him happy, but to lock his shackles. Now I have to intervene just to break this conformism, take you out of the haze, and give Xiao Zhan freedom. "Xiao Zhan is not a righteous gentleman, he will never let the so-called moral shackles bind him.

If he said that he loved this woman, he was afraid that he didn't believe it himself, but he knew that she could come out, which really made him breathe a sigh of relief.

He suspected that Jiang Xiaoqiao would never stop thinking about Xiao Zhan, but now everything didn't matter, because Xiao Zhan's ghost had been dispelled, and she had come out of her frozen emotions.

Jiang Xiaoqiao was hit by his words, and retorted in disbelief, she definitely didn't want to admit that it was she who didn't want to come out, "What do you know?" You don't understand anything! You even treat women as playthings, I'm just a toy that you're interested in, maybe it's very different from your previous women 🈶, maybe my rejection makes you tremble, but I don't need your approach, you even ...... And I didn't...... Any relationship ......" she shook her head, forcibly holding back the tears that suddenly welled up.

He lowered his head and blocked her jumbled words with his mouth.

His lips are so soft, so soft. The kiss was soft and inquiring, his lips moving against hers, learning and begging at the same time, and she looked up and was forced to respond.

"Of course you have something to do with me, and when you tease me and can't extricate myself, you still want to get out of it? Don't! He muttered, holding her face in both hands, fingers slipping into her hair, and possessing her with a series of tender, kisses, as if trying to swallow her lips.

She grabbed his arm, her fingers clenching the solid muscles for balance, and bent down against his back. His tongue snatched slowly, touching, caressing, entangled, as if he had no end in time and nowhere else to go.

The warm fire rekindled in their hearts, driving away the fear and anger, and the rest of them were about to step into a situation that was too good to be believed.