Chapter 59: Caught

  The happiest thing during the winter vacation was Yao Wenhao. Without Zou Ze's disturbance, no one would gossip about them, and both of their grades were good, so they didn't need to attend supplementary classes. As a result, the two were almost together every day. The place they went to most often was still the shooting gallery, but even if it was a favorite place, there would be times when they got tired of it. At this time, Yao Wenhao would ride his bike and take her to play elsewhere.

  When Yao Wenhao took her to the roller skating rink, he thought she had never been there before and wouldn't know how to play, so he was prepared to teach her. But after Ji Xin'an changed into skates, 'whoosh' - she was off in a flash! By the time Yao Wenhao came back to his senses, Ji Xin'an had already glided far away.

  "You've never been here before, how come you're so good at it?" Yao Wen-hao caught up with Ji Xin-an, took her hand, and they glided slowly like most couples in the rink.

  "Can't you come if you haven't been here before?" Ji Xin'an smiled, this life she indeed had not come before, it was the first time, but in her previous life, this place was where she often came, not only did she play double-row roller skating well, even later when single-row ones came out, she played them pretty well too.

  Yao Wenhao shook his head, "You said there's still something you can't do? I thought I could satisfy my craving for being a master."

  "Is this a good opportunity?" Ji Xin'an looked at him with a hint of a smile.

  Yao Wenhao didn't show any embarrassment, he just smiled and said, "It's not like it hasn't been achieved."

  Yao Wen-hao seemed to be testing Chi Xin-an's abilities, changing locations every day.

  Ran to Tao Bar together to make pottery. The first work made, although not very good-looking, was snatched back and forth by the two for a long time before deciding who it belonged to.

  Ran to the amusement park to challenge high-difficulty projects together, and finally left with weak legs.

  They even ran to the game hall, and the two of them were like children playing and shouting together. In the end, they lost all the game coins they had exchanged.

  When they were playing together, Yao Wenhao would ride his bike and take her to every corner of the city, like a private tour guide, telling Ji Xianan stories she didn't know.

  Ji Xin'an has been here for many years, but after all, she wasn't born here. After starting work, she spent every day in a dull routine, and didn't have the mood to explore these things. Now, Yao Wenhuo's words seem to have made her re-recognize this city that she actually doesn't know very well.

  What Yao Wenhao said was not so stiff, and from time to time he would tell some jokes to make her laugh. Although the two of them were often frozen with cold, it has to be said that Cixin had experienced a day of laughing behind a bicycle.

  Sometimes when they didn't feel like going out, the two of them would go to Ji Xin'an's home and either watch TV or each hold a book and lean on the sofa.

  Sometimes Yao Wen-hao would get distracted while watching and his gaze would involuntarily fall on Ji Xin-an, who was concentrating intensely.

  "Are you here?" Ji Xin'an, even if he was engrossed in his work, would still feel the heat of those piercing eyes staring at him, and as soon as he lifted his head, their gazes would collide.

  "You look much better than the book." Yao Wen Hao didn't show any embarrassment that wasn't discovered, instead he closed the book with a big smile and stared at her.

  "Cheesy." Ji Xin An had always thought that the sweet nothings couples said to each other were fake, but now she felt that when you truly liked someone, it was only natural to say such things. So even though she was saying it with a mouthful of sarcasm, her heart was actually feeling warm and fuzzy.

  "How can it be cheesy? Isn't this the plain and simple love you've always yearned for? Although there's no grand romance, no vows of eternal love, we have a warm, gentle sweetness between us. Can't we just stay like this forever? Even when we're old and grey, unable to move around, we'll still be leaning on each other in the warm sunlight of the afternoon." Yao Wenhuo smiled softly, as if he saw the image of the two of them growing old together, supporting each other.

  "Virtue, who can stay with you till old age!" Ji Xin'an smiled, and was also deeply attracted by the picture he described. It must be the most beautiful painting in the world. She gently leaned her head on his shoulder.

  Yao Wenhao would tell some small jokes to amuse her, and Ji Xin'an would read some interesting articles to him. When hungry, Ji Xin'an would cook his favorite dishes for him, and Yao Wenhao would stand by under the pretext of helping, even when he was not needed, he would still stand by and smile at her.

  Even the most annoying dishwashing can be fun when two people work together in harmony.

  Within a month, the two entered the honeymoon period of their relationship, seemingly only able to see each other in their eyes, completely forgetting about everything else.

  However, happy days are not forever, and when the two returned that day, Yao Wenhao was in a bad mood.

  "Don't be like this, just smile." Ji Xin'an tried various ways to cheer him up, but they were all ineffective.

  "Can't you stay?" Yao Wenhao spoke up, his voice tinged with resentment.

  "It's not possible, every year during the Spring Festival, we have to go back home, my family attaches great importance to this. My mom can rely on me for everything, but not going back for the New Year is definitely not allowed." In fact, she didn't want to leave either, she had a great time this month, and suddenly having to leave for so many days made her start missing him already.

  "If I have to leave for so many days, what if I miss you?" Yao Wenhuo showed the pitiful look that only appeared in front of Ji Xin'an.

  "I'll give you a call." Zhi Xin An couldn't accept him being like this, just one look and her heart would soften.

  "That's one call a day, no, two calls a day." Yao Wenhao thought for a moment and felt that it could only be this way.

  "Alright, go back quickly, I'm going upstairs." Ji Xin'an smiled and let go of his hand, ready to leave.

  "Wait, are you just going to leave like that?" Yao Wen-hao pulled Chi Xin-an back as she was about to walk away.

  "What else do you want?" Ji Xin'an smiled awkwardly, asking a rhetorical question.

  "Here." Yao Wen-hao pointed to his own face, looking at her. Although they had been dating for a semester, their interactions were limited to holding hands and kissing on the cheek, without any further actions.

  Ji Xin'an smiled and stood beside him, tiptoeing to lightly kiss his face, then immediately stepped back and looked at Yao Wen-hao.

  Yao Wenhao seemed no longer satisfied with just a little more, suddenly hugged her and kissed her. In the moment when the two were kissing together, Yao Wenhao felt that he was now the happiest person in the world.

  Ji Xin'an felt a familiar breath rushing towards her, and she trembled with a scorching sensation on her lips, telling herself that her first kiss in this life had been taken away by him. She was immediately conquered by this electrifying feeling, and as she felt Yao Wenhuo's passion, Ji Xin'an closed her eyes and slowly began to respond to his kiss.

  "Cough, cough." A sudden burst of coughing startled the two who were lost in their kiss.

  The two people who had just jumped apart looked in the direction of the sound, and a middle-aged man was standing under the lamp post in front of the building door, looking at them. Ji Xinan looked closely, wasn't it her own father, Ji Liang?

  "Dad?... Uh, you're back." Ji Xin was startled, these days were almost New Year's, she knew her parents weren't working overtime, but didn't expect her dad to come downstairs, and was caught off guard for the first time.

  "Hello, uncle." Yao Wen-hao was also very embarrassed, but he quickly recovered and greeted him politely as if nothing had happened. If it weren't for what just happened, he might have made a good impression on him.

  "Dad, this...this is Yao Wenhao." Ji Xin'an stepped forward to make the introduction since his father was ignoring him.

  "Never mind, it's late, let's talk about it when I get home." She glanced at Yao Wenhuo and, suppressing her anger, turned around and went in.

  "Alright?" Yao Wen Hua saw her dad seemed angry and looked at her with some concern.

  "I'm fine, you go back first." Ji Xin'an forced a smile and pushed him to leave quickly, he was even more trouble here.

  So Yao Wenhao couldn't help but worry, and could only watch as she went in.