Chapter 47.1

The first thing Tao Yi Xi did was to go to her grandmother’s room to bade her goodbye. 

Grandma was surprised, “Why are you leaving so soon?” 

According to what Tao Yi Xi told her previously, she should be staying a couple more days before going back to attend school.

“Mom is urging me to take him back.”

Grandma sighed softly, “It’s good to go back early too. I’ll pack the food.”

“Grandma, you should rest. I know where it is.”

Grandma insisted on getting up to pack those for her. After stuffing three containers of pickled vegetables and some Chinese New Year titbits, the suitcase was filled to the brim. In the end, there was still some stuff that was left to be carried by hand.

“Let me re-organize it a little, I’m sure I can squeeze one more inside.” 

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“Bxx.”

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“Qaydexy okzz yzoyup cl oykvkdt qsa usw yv bsxl.”

Tao Yi Xi leaned her chin on Grandma’s shoulder and nodded ever so slightly.

Gu Jing Yuan watched as her eyes filled with tears and she bit her lips in an attempt to prevent them from falling. His heart clenched and he began to feel regretful for his impulsiveness.

The suburban city was relatively small, thus a cab was easily hired and soon arrived to pick them up. 

They boarded the cab while Grandma stood outside and watched them leave.

As the vehicle drove further and further away, Tao Yi Xi watched with a lonely expression as the figure in the rearview mirror became smaller and smaller.

“I’m sorry.”

“Hmm?”

Tao Yi Xi turned her head and looked at him.

He pursed his lips, “Next time I’ll remember to arrange my affairs in order before coming to find you.”

Tao Yi Xi was startled. She quickly recovered and said, “Actually, you didn’t have to rush over like this. It’s not like I won’t be going back.”

“It’s because I missed you.”

Jealousy was just one small aspect of it, but the missing her part weighed more. The person whom he interacted with daily suddenly just disappeared, leaving his heart to feel empty. He could not even gather the motivation to study or do anything else. His mind was constantly filled with her image.

“You-” Facing his sincere affections, Tao Yi Xi found that she gradually became more powerless to resist it. 

“I know what you’re going to say. We need to keep a distance, and I do understand. I’ll pay more attention in the future.”

Tao Yi Xi momentarily did not know how to answer.

“However, when no one is around,” he stared at her deeply, his thick and prideful eyebrows slightly curved down looking very pitiful, “Can I be more intimate with you?”

“What do you want to do?”

Gu Jing Yuan held her hands with sparkling eyes, “For now, we can do this first.”

For now? First?

She looked at him. Gu Jing Yuan felt a little uneasy under her scrutinizing gaze but he did not let go of her hand. Diverting his eyes down, he stared at their tightly interlocking fingers.

In fact, she guessed it correctly previously. He felt that he might really have a hand fetish, but it only applied to her.

These hands felt boneless and fragile, white as snow with a flawless and smooth feel. It was also like jade, cool to the touch that it made people want to caress it forever. He could play with her hands all day without getting bored.

Their hands remained intertwined all the way up till they boarded the train, other than the hand full of seconds where he had to store her luggage in the overhanging compartment, he did not let go of her hand.

This kind of entanglement caused her emotions to fluctuate, washing away the bulk of the discomfort caused by leaving.

As soon as Tao Yi Xi broke free, his deep black eyes looked straight at her, “What’s wrong?”

“I’m going to the toilet.” 

“Oh.” He had to let go then… 

When she returned to their seat, she used a tissue to wipe her hands dry. By the time she was done, the hand cream that she usually used was uncapped and ready for her to use. 

The milky cream was squeezed into his own hands. Tao Yi Xi looked at him suspiciously.

“Stretch your hands out,” he said.

Tao Yi Xi stretched out her hands. After warming the lotion between his palms, he held her hands gently as he carefully applied the hand cream to her hands. He made sure to cover all her pale fingers as well. The fragrance whiffed between their hands.

Her hands were soft, making it easy to massage the product.

Looking down at the pair of soft, smooth hands with long, slender fingers. It appeared more white and tender within his palms, and Gu Jing Yuan’s Adam’s apple involuntarily bobbled.

Feeling his scorching gaze, she bent her fingers trying to escape from his grasp.

He tried to hold on to her hands but because of the recently applied hand cream, it made it slippery allowing her hand to slip away more easily.

Gu Jing Yuan felt regretful. He tentatively poked at her fingers, hoping to be able to hold her hands again, looking extremely pitiful.

Tao Yi Xi fished out her phone and told him, “I want to use my phone.”

It had already been three hours. Regardless of how he turned her hands around, it was still just a pair of hands. Why was he still not bored of it? 

“You can use your phone with one hand.”

She tilted her head, “Aren’t you playing your mobile games?” Whenever he was not studying, he was always playing on his phone.

“Not playing.” Games were not as interesting as being intimate with her.

“But I want to watch you play.” As long as he no longer played with her hands, she was willing to spend some time on other irrelevant things.

Since she wanted to watch, he did not have the heart to reject her request.  

Gu Jing Yuan was sitting upright holding his phone as he entered the game. As soon as he logged in, Qi Yue could not wait any longer and immediately pulled him into a match.

[Wishing for the stars and yearning for the moon, I finally see you come online! Brother Yuan, come and save this poor child! Wuwuwu!…]

If Qi Yue lost another round, his ranking would drop. So he had been guarding the login interface while longingly awaiting his savior to appear.

Gu Jing Yuan: [Follow up.]

[Hehe… Let’s go!] 

When they reached the hero selection interface, he turned and asked her, “Which one do you like?”

Tao Yi Xi casually pointed to the one that was most pleasing to her eyes.

Without further ado, Gu Jing Yuan selected that hero.

The hero she chose looked handsome and delicate. However, it was a difficult hero to play. If the player did not know how to control the hero properly, it would be as good as delivering oneself out there to increase the enemy’s kill. It was a hero that many would avoid choosing. 

A random team member could not help complaining: [Hey, do you know what you’re doing? Don’t be dragging people’s ranking down.]

Gu Jing Yuan did not bother paying any attention to the other person and proceeded with letting her choose the skin¹A hero’s skin is an alternate appearance for any given hero.. 

Qi Yue might be a noob at the game, but when it came to talking back, he was number one. [Just shut up. Later let your daddy show you how it’s done!]  

“Is that Qi Yue?” In order to have a clearer look at his screen, Tao Yi Xi leaned against him.

Gu Jing Yuan leaned towards her subtly in delight. He then patiently explained the gameplay and hero’s skills to her.

If Qi Yue was there, his eyeballs would most probably fall out in shock. Was this still the same aloof and impatient boss that he knew? If someone dared to ask such ‘retarded’ questions, Gu Jing Yuan’s sharp glare would pierce through the air and freeze the other person over. 

After entering the game, Gu Jing Yuan started showcasing his gaming skills.