Chapter 1238: Chapter 1380: How Embarrassing...

When he woke up the next day, it was already noon.

Chu Mucheng opened his eyes but didn’t get out of bed, because he didn’t want to move.

Lying there like that, he felt very comfortable.

Turning on his side, he lowered his glance to the small woman beside him, observing her sleeping face closely, and a feeling of pity arose in his heart.

He lifted his hand, wanting to caress her face, but was afraid of waking her.

It had been more than a month since they’d last met, and she had really... lost a lot of weight!

Suddenly, he recalled a line from a poem, "She is thinner than a yellow rose!"

Just what happened to her, how did she lose so much weight?

Chu Mucheng sighed softly.

The sight of her like this really made his heart ache a bit!

Suddenly, noticing that the small woman beside him stirred, like she was about to wake up, Chu Mucheng quickly closed his eyes.

*

Tao Zhixiang opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was that handsome face.

Chu Mucheng was still asleep and hadn’t left.

And within Tao Zhixiang, a warmth suddenly rose in her heart.

This year, she truly felt very lonely.

The feeling of having a home but being unable to return was very painful, she felt as if she had been abandoned by the whole world.

But that kind of sorrow, there was no one she could confide in.

When she had a fever, she became somewhat delirious, and for a brief moment, a thought flashed through her mind: if she died, would that be a release?

Last night, Chu Mucheng came; although things started unpleasantly between them, what happened later exceeded her expectations.

Last night, Chu Mucheng didn’t leave, and he stayed with her all along.

Last night, Chu Mucheng was really gentle.

Tao Zhixiang thought, even if it was just a fleeting moment, it had already left a warm memory in her heart, never to be erased.

They say, the older you get, the lonelier you become, the more uneasy you feel.

Could such a change be truly inevitable?

During a time like this, when families gather together, her heart can also feel lonely, feel fragile, and long to be touched, to have someone by her side.

Even if they say nothing, do nothing, just silently cuddle together, it is an extravagant happiness for her.

And the man before her...

She loves him, but cannot speak it out loud!

Thinking of last night’s madness, Tao Zhixiang’s face started to burn again.

How should she put it, last night, she really felt... very happy.

Last night, in the bathroom, she summoned the courage, brazenly cupped his face, caressing it gently.

Once upon a time, he was scenery she could only gaze at from afar, unable to approach, so distant, yet pulling her heart, unable to let go.

Every time she thinks of him, her heart is both sweet and bittersweet.

Who would have imagined that someone like her, known by everyone as a good girl, would fall for a playboy, a libertine?

But alas, love is just so unreasonable.

Before, when she was with Chu Mucheng, it was always him who bullied her, and she could only face it with helplessness and humiliation.

But yesterday’s Chu Mucheng, although he seemed forceful, was different from his usual self.

Because, in her heart... she felt soft.

Even Chu Mucheng’s teasing words, made her create an illusion, like they were a couple, laughing and bickering, all the sweetness between lovers.

It was precisely because of Chu Mucheng’s tenderness that she mustered the courage to cup his face and then kissed him proactively.

Thinking of that scene again, Tao Zhixiang’s ears began to burn once more...

Truly... how embarrassing...

She had actually done such a thing!

Pulled up the quilt, Tao Zhixiang wanted to bury herself in it, but at this moment, the man beside her opened his eyes.

Meeting his gaze, Tao Zhixiang instantly panicked.

"You... are awake?"