Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Her Warm Embrace
Since childhood, except for his stepmother, it seems no one has ever hugged him properly.
And he, except for Xiaoyi, has never hugged anyone like this.
Her body is so warm.
He becomes somewhat addicted to this warmth, and so, uncontrollably holds her even tighter.
Li Yufei’s back becomes slightly stiff.
She instinctively tries to break free from his arms, but the more she struggles, the tighter he holds.
Li Yufei can sense that he is somewhat uneasy; after all, he shows a sensitive side too.
After all, he is not yet twenty-three, still a child who hasn’t fully grown up.
Li Yufei turns around.
Rong Ling still holds her tightly, his handsome face buried in her waist; at this moment, his expression is unclear, but it’s only the feeling of his tense muscles and bones.
Li Yufei lifts her hand, placing it in mid-air for a long time, then gently lands it on his back: “It’s okay now. In the future, those people will no longer trouble you, I have resolved everything for you. You plan to study abroad, right? Now, you have no worries.”
She thinks Rong Ling must be terrified.
In fact, he has already become accustomed to such a precarious life.
Living in darkness all the time, how can one fear the dark?
But she seems to be the light shining into the darkness.
What he fears is that this light will only shine briefly in his life and then vanish suddenly.
He naturally wants to hold onto that light.
Li Yufei rubs his hair: “Are you acting spoiled with me now?”
Just like a younger brother cuddling in his sister’s embrace.
Rong Ling’s handsome face remains buried in her waist, yet she notices his ear turning slightly red, and after a long pause, he finally calms down, somewhat awkwardly turning his face to look out the window: “What time is it?”
Li Yufei: “It’s almost 4 o’clock. Your sister is still asleep, maybe you should stay over at my place tonight.”
Rong Ling: “Is this your room?”
Li Yufei glances around, “Hmm. However, I rarely sleep here.”
Li Yufei has two rooms.
One is the bridal suite she shared with Li Cheng when they got married, but since the marriage, she rarely shares a bed with Li Cheng.
This room is a suite; besides the master bedroom, it is equipped with a study, walk-in closet, and bathroom.
Usually, she works in the study, and when tired, she sleeps in this room.
Rong Ling: “I’ll sleep here, where will you sleep?”
Li Yufei: “I’ll sleep in another room.”
Rong Ling: “Thanks for what happened today…”
Li Yufei can’t help but correct him: “It’s already past midnight; it was last night’s matter.”
Rong Ling gently lets her go, looks up at her face, and swallows slightly.
Letting her go, in that instant, his heart inexplicably feels a bit empty.
Rong Ling says: “It’s late, you… rest early.”
Li Yufei smiles with a nod: “Mm, you too.”
She stretches out her hand and touches his smooth forehead.
His hair texture is very coarse; they say men with coarse hair are rebellious by nature; indeed, this seems to fit him quite well.
He gives the impression of being rebellious and defiant.
Li Yufei turns and leaves the room.
The room instantly becomes quiet.
Rong Ling stands up, walks to the window, and looks out at the sky.
The sky is about to break.
…
It’s morning.
It’s ten thirty in the morning.
Rong Ling, still drowsy, suddenly feels an itch in his ear and wakes up abruptly, finally opening his eyes.
He hears Xiaoyi’s aggrieved voice: “Brother, you finally woke up, you sleep so well!”
Rong Ling sits up from the bed, sees Xiaoyi lying at the bedside, tilting her little head and staring at him eagerly: “It’s already noon! The sun’s going to shine on your bottom!”
It seems he hasn’t slept so peacefully for a long time, so now waking up feels somewhat groggy.
Xiaoyi says: “Brother, were you worn out yesterday?”
Rong Ling: “Yeah, a bit.”
He looks at Xiaoyi and asks: “When did you wake up?”
Xiaoyi: “At eight in the morning. After waking up, Aunt Li called me to have breakfast together, then I played with Junjun for a while. Seeing you not getting up, I came to wake you!”
Rong Ling is a bit grumpy after waking up, although he wouldn’t lash out at her, yet she’s still afraid to wake him easily and just keeps blowing air into his ear.
Rong Ling’s ears are somewhat sensitive, so he wakes up immediately.
Rong Ling asks: “Who brought you over last night?”
Clearly, he had taught Xiaoyi not to open the door to anyone.
Though it was Li Yufei who brought her over, what if it had been someone else?
Xiaoyi says: “Last night, an uncle came knocking, saying you were hurt and needed to be taken to the hospital, so I didn’t think much…”
As she speaks, she feels somewhat guilty too.
Though her brother had instructed her, hearing that he was injured made her feel panicked.
Rong Ling says: “Next time be careful, don’t open the door for strangers.”
Xiaoyi obediently nods: “Got it! Xiaoyi will definitely listen to brother!”
Rong Ling reassuringly pats her on the head.
Xiaoyi suddenly says: “Brother, you promised me, after my exams, you’d take me to the amusement park.”
Xiaoyi has always wanted to go to the amusement park, and Rong Ling promised her he’d take her after her exams.
Rong Ling looks out the window.
The weather is nice today.
Rong Ling says: “Alright, let brother get up and change clothes first at home.”
Xiaoyi suddenly brings over a set of new clothes from the footstool: “Aunt Li said she had someone buy you new clothes this morning.”
Rong Ling pauses for a moment, gets out of bed, and walks over to take a look.
It’s a new tracksuit, recently purchased, and the tags haven’t been removed.
Only then does Rong Ling notice Xiaoyi also changed into new clothes.
He changes clothes, holds Xiaoyi’s hand out the door, and bumps into Junjun.
Junjun sees Rong Ling, the corner of his mouth tips up: “Morning.”
Rong Ling asks: “Where’s your mom?”
Junjun replies: “Mom went to the office; she said when you wake up, remember to have lunch before heading home.”
Xiaoyi cheerfully tells Junjun: “My brother is taking me to the amusement park today!”
Junjun hears this and raises his brows: “I want to go too; take me with you.”
Rong Ling is somewhat hesitant.
Xiaoyi asks: “Did your mom agree to let you go out?”
Junjun replies: “Of course, she agreed, but she said if I go out, I must take a bodyguard with me.”
Rong Ling says: “Alright, we’ll go together after lunch.”
Junjun says: “Okay.”
After lunch, Junjun calls Li Yufei to inform her, and she sends a driver to pick them up.
The car stops at the amusement park entrance.
Rong Ling carries Xiaoyi out of the car.
Junjun also gets out, followed by a bodyguard.
The bodyguard is in casual wear, so he doesn’t stand out much.
Once inside the park.
Xiaoyi immediately bursts with excitement!