Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.
You’re My Belated Happiness
Chapter 46 Part 1
For a few seconds, Ruan Yu stood frozen to the spot.
Her body couldn’t move but her mind was roaring and churning. – –Why does he have to ask a question like this? How should she answer? Why doesn't he just do it?
Ruan Yu opened her mouth, closed it, then opened it again. After repeating the act three times, she desperately closed her eyes, ready to take whatever came her way.
Then, she heard Xu Huaisong chuckle.
Offended, Ruan Yu opened her eyes: “What do you mean……”
Her words stopped.
Because Xu Huaisong had kissed her.
The kiss caught her by surprise. She subconsciously gritted her teeth. At the same time, she noticed that he had paused.
Xu Huaisong moved back a little. He used his palm to support the back of her head while using his thumb to caress her ear, slowly, over and over.
It was a comforting gesture trying to coax her to relax.
A wave of warmth flowed through Ruan Yu, making her lift her head up, close her eyes, and relax her gritting teeth.
When Xu Huaisong kissed her again, he didn’t encounter any resistance.
His kiss felt like a light sprinkle in the Spring breeze, making the color of the grass even more vibrant.
Ruan Yu felt like drowning in the comforting tenderness.
When they parted, Xu Huaisong lingered on her lips and gave one light peck
Ruan Yu opened her misty eyes.
Xu Huaisong looked at her eyes and said in a hoarse voice: “I’ll get going.”
Ruan Yu nodded and watched him walk out the door. The moment the door closed with a click, her knees buckled and she turned to lean against the door.
Outside the door, Xu Huaisong leaned against the door with his back. He used his index finger to touch his lips and smiled.
In the ten plus hours when they couldn’t contact each other, neither of them had gotten over the kiss.
It wasn’t until noon the next day when Ruan Yu, who was absent mindedly editing the script, received a message from Xu Huaisong: [Landed. Will video chat in two hours.]
The message came with a picture of a clean airplane meal tray.
Ruan Yu replied: [Ok.] She went to make lunch an hour later. Before she could finish making the lunch, she heard a WeChat notification sound from the computer in the living room.
She hurriedly went over with the spatula still in hand. It was from Xu Huaisong. When they connected, she said to him: “Didn’t you say after two hours!”
Xu Huaisong appeared to be in the backseat of a car. Obviously he wasn’t home yet. He said: “I just got a call. I have to go to the office for an emergency meeting in a little while. I only have time in the car to talk.” He noticed sauce on the spatula in Ruan Yu’s hand and asked: “You’re cooking?”
Ruan Yu nodded, put the spatula onto a clean plate, and sat down before speaking: “I’m cooking some chicken wings. Just cooking down the sauce.”
Xu Huaisong took a look at the direction of the kitchen through the computer: “Watch out, don’t let it burn.”
The short period of separation had boosted her ability to sweet talk. She almost said without thinking: “Let them burn. Are chicken wings more important than you?”
Xu Huaisong was touched, but had to control his facial expression since the driver was at the front. Only the corner of his mouth slightly curved up and he said: “If they really do burn, it won’t be something you can handle by yourself.”
“What do you mean?”
“Look up above you.”
Ruan Yu looked up at the ceiling and saw a white smoke detector on it. She sighed: “I’ve lived here for so long and never noticed it.”
“I’ve checked with the landlord about your community’s security and fire-extinguishing systems. Once that smoke detector is triggered, the fire alarms throughout the building will go off.”
Ruan Yu imagined a picture of all the alarms in the building going off and decided that would be too embarrassing. She picked up the spatula right away and got up: “Let me take care of those chicken wings first.”
Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.
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