Tea of Summer - Chapter 43: Spring Sunshine 2.2

Chapter 43

Spring Sunshine 2.2

Xia Liang and Song Qiyan walked hand in hand for more than half an hour.  It was already past 9 o’clock in the evening when they went back to the cabin.

There was a TV in the living room and many DVD movies beneath it.  Song Qiyan and Wei Jian knelt down and decided to watch <Avatar>.  It was the second time that they were watching this classic movie.

The sofa in the living room had 3 seats.  Sung Qi Yan sat at one side.  Xia Liang sat in the middle.  Wei Jian moved a chair over and let Lin Qian sit next to Xia Liang on the sofa.

In the beginning, Xia Liang attentively watched the movie with her head resting on Song Qiyan’s shoulder.

They had all watched the movie before.  However, it was such a classic movie that they still enjoyed watching it the second time around.  Additionally, this DVD was an original, with no subtitles.  It didn’t even have English subtitles.  Naturally they had to concentrate to understand everything that was going on.  Song Qiyan’s eyes watched the screen, but his two hands were playing around with Xia Liang’s left hand.  He pinched and stroked her hand.  Xia Liang’s hand was very beautiful and pale.  Even the shape of her transparent finger nails was pleasant to see.  The bottom of each finger nail had a white crescent.  Though she was not tall, her fingers happened to be really long and slender.  Besides, she was on the skinny side, so her hands were really delicate.  And……Song Qiyan pinched her pinky again.  His thoughts became distracted.  It was really soft.  Her hands were soft and smooth as silk.  He remembered that Xia Liang had demonstrated the flexibility of her fingers when she was in his arms once.  The first knuckle of every finger could bend back 90 degrees.  Her pinky was especially limber as if it had no bones in it……Song Qiyan didn’t know that some people could be born with very limber finger bones. For a long time after that he thought all girls’ fingers were that soft.

Song Qiyan still watched the screen, but his thought was wandering off.

As the movie was coming to a close, Lin Qian and Wei Jian were quietly arguing about their views on the main character’s personality. Song Qiyan felt the pressure on his shoulder suddenly. Xia Liang’s head began to slip down his shoulders little by little.  He stretched out his arm to hold her, who was already fast asleep.  He held her head around his chest then thought about it.  He softly picked her up and eyed Lin Qian and Wei Jian, then he took her back to her room.  He tenderly put her down on the bed and pulled a blanket over her.

Song Qiyan sat on the bedside watching Xia Liang’s quiet sleeping face.  A tender expression graced his features, wanting to coddle her even more.  He lightly pinched her hand and slid it underneath the blanket.  Though Florida was a lot warmer than Seattle, it was already over 20 degrees Celsius during the day, it was still a little cold in the evening.  He couldn’t bear to risk even the slightest chance that she’d catch a cold.

This girl was his most precious treasure and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

Xia Liang, Xia Liang.

He tucked the blanket in tight and sat there quietly watching her sleeping face for a long while.  The corner of his mouth was in a shallow smile.  He stretched out his hand and touched her face.  And he used his thumb to brush aside her hair from her face.  Finally he bent down and kissed her forehead.  He saw her little mouth pucker up and couldn’t help widening his smile.  Then he sentimentally touched her lips lightly, followed by a light kiss near her ear.  He spoke to the sleeping girl in a soft voice, “Good night.”

Song Qiyan left the room.  He carefully pulled the sliding door closed.  When he walked out of the door, he happened to see Lin Qian walking out of the bathroom.  The movie had ended a while ago.  Lin Qian looked at him jokingly, “Are you sure you don’t want me to give up my spot on the bed?”

Song Qiyan laughed lightly and shook his head, “Please take care of her.”

Lin Qian pull opened the sliding door.  She looked at Song Qiyan’s back then looked at Xia Liang who was in deep sleep on bed.  Her attractive, alluring eyes had a hint of envy. Such a pure and meaningful romance……She shook her head.  Hrm, was it because she hadn’t had a boyfriend in a while?