Marriage is too late

Chapter 40

Ji Jin looked at Lin Xuxing who was sighing, but he was thinking in his heart, what does sighing mean?She had never speculated about Lin Xuxing's intentions like this, and once she was clear about her intentions, every little action of Lin Xuxing made her think over and over again.

Lin Xuxing leaned down as always, trying to hug her up.

Ji Jin stared blankly at his face, under the night light, his silhouette was handsome, with deep eyes, staring at her, that face kept enlarging in front of his eyes, and then suddenly it was dark.

Subconsciously startled, Ji Jin reached out and grabbed Lin Xuxing's arm.

"The power went out?" Lin Xuxing's face could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but his voice was as calm as ever, "Don't be afraid, just wait a moment." He held Ji Jin's hand tightly with one hand and did not let go, everything was quiet , the night is thick, with no stars and no moon, only the end held tightly by the fingers is warmth, the only sure sense.

Lin Xuxing groped for the mobile phone on the table and turned on the flashlight.

Ji Jin didn't look panicked, but curled up on the sofa quietly looking at him with a hint of attachment.

Lin Xuxing's heart moved, he thought for a while, and said, "It should be municipal construction." The street outside their community is in the city center, and there is a short section of road repairs. In order to ensure the smooth flow of the road, they rushed to work overnight, and something must have been dug.

Ji Jin didn't care.

"You sit here for a while, I'll raise the fireplace, and sleep in the living room tonight." Lin Xuxing said warmly.

"Huh?" Ji Jin was puzzled.

"Here is central heating. It will be very cold after a power outage, and the bedding in the room is thin." Lin Xuxing explained.

It's the middle of winter, and the weather in City C is wet and cold. It will be very cold after sleeping until midnight with the current situation.Ji Jin nodded and asked, "Will it be too troublesome? Just add two more quilts and make it easy."

Lin Xuxing turned his eyes around, still smiling slightly: "No trouble, why should you be wronged?"

Ji Jin was stunned, too, with everything Lin Xuxing had, why should he wrong anything or anyone.She had difficulty moving and watched Lin Xuxing busy.

Lin Xuxing lit the fire, spread a large air mattress in front of the fire, and prepared the bedding.Only then did Ji Jin belatedly realize that this meant two people living in the same bed?
He clearly knew that with Lin Xuxing's personality, he would never take advantage of others' danger.What's more, Lin Xuxing has not made it clear so far that he treats her differently, but Ji Jin is inexplicably nervous.

"Just let it go, there is only one inflatable mattress at home." Lin Xuxing was calm, and turned to apologize to her, "I guess you won't have to be so wronged tomorrow."

Ji Jin nodded flusteredly: "It's okay." Feeling uncomfortable, it seemed that he was harboring ulterior motives, so Ji Jin could only endure his embarrassment, and still smiled, "When we had outdoor activities, we used to squeeze into a tent with other people." Though never squeezed through a tent with men.

Lin Xuxing's expression was stagnant, and he nodded: "Come to sleep." After saying that, he came over and carried Ji Jin on the inflatable cushion with ease.The inflatable mattress is much shorter than the usual bed, and Lin Xuxing's posture of placing Ji Jin in this way is a bit more ambiguous.

Ji Jin just lay softly in the crook of his arm, with his eyelids slightly lowered, as if he didn't dare to look at him, he leaned over her, and supported his body with the other hand.He pulled out his hand extremely slowly, somewhat cautiously, somewhat reluctantly.The flames flickered, reflecting her side face, the shadows were unpredictable, and her expression could not be seen clearly.

Ji Jin noticed that Lin Xuxing just stopped on top of her. She looked up at him. Lin Xuxing seemed to be a little stunned. His heart was beating crazily in his chest, like the changing flames around him.

Lin Xuxing bent down and approached her inch by inch, his face became more and more clear, a handsome and gentle face, his eyes were clear and firm, Ji Jin suddenly stopped thinking.

He moved the pillow for her, and pulled out a faint smile: "Good night, you go to bed first, I have to send two emails." study.

Ji Jin was blank for a while, and answered "Yes" in a low voice.She wrapped her head in a quilt, took a deep breath, and her out-of-control heartbeat gradually calmed down.At that moment just now, what was she expecting?Looking forward to him kissing her?

Lin Xuxing settled down in the study, lost the heating of the air conditioner, the room gradually cooled down, and moderate cold can help people calm down, Lin Xuxing sat heavily on the engineering chair in the study, rubbing his cheeks with his hands.

"A little bit." Lin Xuxing murmured, "What about your demeanor?"

The question that made him puzzled tonight came back to his mind, why didn't he want to hear Ji Jin talk about Han Yi?The answer is now obvious.

Because he was afraid that Ji Jin would tell him that she still loves Han Yi.

She said so resolutely and sadly tonight: "I like Han Yi, I liked it a long time ago." These words fell into his heart, as if a flat lake fell into a boulder, and the ripples were turbulent.

A gentleman has the beauty of an adult, if Ji Jin still loves Han Yi, what can he do?He can only do his best to help Ji Jin.If you really love her, you should know that letting her love what she wants is the real fulfillment.But somewhere deep in Lin Xuxing's heart, he shouted so unwillingly, that throbbing had nowhere to rest.His emotions wanted him to kiss her, his reason forced him to leave, and he couldn't until Ji Jin sorted out her own emotions clearly.

Lin Xuxing sighed, turned on the computer, browsed through his worksheet, and sent tomorrow's work schedule and Ji Jin's leave approval to his assistant.After such a chaotic night, Ji Jin needs enough rest.

After dealing with everything, Lin Xuxing returned to the living room. The fire was a little weaker, maybe it was cold, and Ji Jin curled up in a ball, already fast asleep.He filled the fire with some more fuel, looked at Ji Jin quietly, added an extra quilt for her, picked up his own pillow and quilt, and went back to his room to sleep.

He wasn't sure what he would do if they shared the bed.

When Ji Jin woke up, the room was empty, it was cold and cold in the morning, the heating had not been restored, and the fire was still on, as if Lin Xuxing had just refueled.Wheelchairs and crutches are lined up next to inflatable cushions.There was only her bedding on the big air mattress, as if she had slept all night by herself.

Suddenly the door lock rang, Lin Xuxing opened the door and walked in, with a few takeaway boxes in his hand, his smile was still light: "Wake up, wash up and have breakfast when you wake up."

"I slept all night alone?" Ji Jin asked.

"Well, I'm not afraid of the cold, so I slept in the room." Lin Xuxing didn't explain much.

Ji Jin was puzzled for a while, always felt that there was something strange about this matter, and it was not easy to ask more questions, so he packed up and got up.

"You don't move." Lin Xuxing stopped her while putting the keys and breakfast, he carried her into the wheelchair and pushed her into the room, "You change your clothes first, I will use gas to burn some hot water for you to wash. "Lin Xuxing took out some thick home clothes.

Only then did Ji Jin feel something was wrong: "What time is it? Will you be late?"

"I have already approved your leave request." Lin Xuxing quickly explained, "I will go to the company in the afternoon, and if the heating is not restored, you can go with me. I just went out to look around, and I am still rushing to repair it. The property said that the basic power supply will be guaranteed tonight, and they will adjust the generator."

Ji Jin felt guilty for a while, because of his personal affairs, he caused Lin Xuxing a lot of trouble, if he was uncomfortable or had something to do, the boss took the initiative to approve the leave, where could he find such a considerate boss.

Today's breakfast was very quiet.Usually there are always too many topics between them, from work to minutiae of life, mainly work.But today, it seems that the energy is low, and no one mentioned any arrangements for work.Ji Jin felt uncomfortable for a while, was it because everything she confessed yesterday made him unable to face her squarely?Looking at Lin Xuxing who was staring at the notebook, he seemed to deliberately avoid making eye contact with her.

His attitude was still gentle, but he treated her differently.Ji Jin sighed, that's good too, so as not to keep thinking wildly, he and she are people from two worlds.

Time flies, but after a hasty wash and a particularly late breakfast, it's noon.Lin Xuxing made a phone call to the property management company, confirmed that the electricity could not be restored temporarily, and started to help Ji Jin pack his things, preparing to go to the company.

Ji Jin raised his head suddenly: "I'm already on vacation today, right?"

"Of course, is there any place you want to go?" Lin Xuxing stopped.

"I'm going to sit in a coffee shop for a while, you go, I'll call a taxi myself." Ji Jin said bluntly, "Anyway, I'm on vacation, so I won't go to the company." Meeting will only increase troubles, it's better not to always face each other like this, she Knowing that my heart is too chaotic now, it is better to be alone and quiet.

Lin Xuxing paused for a while, then said softly: "I'll take you there, your legs and feet are inconvenient, so you can't drive in if you ask for a car."

There is a trace of frustration in Ji Jin's heart, why is he still so gentle?If Lin Xuxing was as ruthless, unfeeling, and cruel as Han Yi was to her back then, maybe she wouldn't let her heart go up and down.Ji Jin sighed, maybe her emotions are always like this, a silent crush.Last time I lost to my cowardly self, this time I lost to my low self-esteem.

Ji Jin said lightly: "That's fine." He hid his emotions.

When Lin Xu drove out of the community, Ji Jin unconsciously scratched the window glass of the passenger car with his fingers.Looking out from a distance, the streets in winter are drizzled, windy and rainy, and it is just a gloomy gray, so the black figure against it is particularly abrupt. She clings to a transparent umbrella and stands far away at the gate of the community. Motionless, like a beautiful statue - Qu Tingbai.

Ten minutes later, Lin Xuxing found the car in the rearview mirror that was clinging to him. Qu Tingbai was sitting in the driver's seat, looking ahead, with only one purpose - to catch up with them.

(End of this chapter)