Young Prime Minister, a Hermit

Chapter 11

"Want to get him down?" he asked.

I pursed my lips and nodded.

He turned to the side, reached into the glove compartment of the car, and pulled out a pair of scissors, yelling, "I've never seen such a stupid woman! If you can't get it off, just cut the thread! If that doesn't work, just smash it!"

As if my soul had left its sheath, I watched Xu Lie tear off the scissor cover, grab the amethyst on my bracelet, and as the scissors snapped shut, they clamped the delicate silver thread, ready to cut it.

Cut it...cut it...cut it?!

"No!" I screamed in panic, my finger shooting out almost without thinking. A sharp pain shot through me, and I cried out again, finally realizing what had just happened. What was Xu Lie going to do? And what had I done?

Xu Lie froze, his handsome face flushing red and then turning pale. After a long while, he suddenly grabbed my bleeding wrist in a fit of rage and shouted at the driver in front, "Go back to the hospital!!"

"What on earth are you thinking, woman?!" He quickly retrieved the first-aid kit from the back of the car, his entire body radiating deep rage, the muscles beneath his tight sweater faintly visible. "What's going on in your head, huh?!"

"I'm...I'm sorry!" I murmured softly. I thought to myself: Even if the outcome might be that I can't come back, I must go back to that world! Yes! I must go back to that world and find Yufei!

Before that, I need to go home to see my parents, have dinner at the Xu family's house again, and... take a good look at Xu Lie. That's enough... really, is that enough?

Xiao Yi

2007.8.16 18:18

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After my finger was bandaged at the hospital, I told Xu Lie I wanted to go home, so he had his driver take me there. My parents were overjoyed to see me and kept asking me to stay that night, but I just told them Xu Lie told me to go home early.

Just then, my phone rang. This new phone was given to me by Xu Lie this morning. It only had their family's number on it, and the ringtone was the most standard DingTalk ringtone. Xu Lie must have set it up; it had absolutely no romance.

As soon as I answered the phone, I heard someone's impatient voice: "Come back quickly, the whole family is waiting for you to eat!"

I angrily hung up the phone, but then I saw my parents' gentle, smiling faces. My mother said, "Lanlan, seeing that you're happy makes your parents feel at ease. Go back now, don't keep them waiting."

I hugged my mother tightly, then my father, and silently said in my heart: Goodbye.

Tonight at the dinner table, I talked a lot, saying funny and comical things, which kept Grandpa's mouth agape all night. Xu's parents were also very happy, and kept telling Xu Lie to put food on my plate.

After dinner, I gave Mr. and Mrs. Xu a hug, which made them blush. They said that I was such a grown-up, yet I acted like a child, always wanting to be pampered. I kissed Grandpa's cheek, then went to bed.

The only one who didn't laugh that night was Xu Lie. He kept looking at me with a strange look until we reached the door of the new house.

"Go to sleep!" he said to me indifferently, then turned to leave. Tonight, he certainly wouldn't be locked inside again.

Almost reflexively, I grabbed his sleeve and stared at him intently. Just one last look, let me see him one last time.

A heat surged through his eyelids, and everything went black. He heard Xu Lie's vicious voice in his ear: "Don't look at people like that again!"

I blinked under his warm, large hand, wondering what kind of look I was giving him.

"Want me to sleep with you?" he asked.

I hesitated for a long time. I wanted to nod, but I was afraid that I would become more and more reluctant to let him go. I wanted to shake my head, but I was afraid that I would not even have time to spend with him in the end. In the end, I decided that it was better to have a short pain than a long one.

Before I could even shake my head, Xu Lie removed the hand covering my eyes, dragged me into the room, and slammed the door shut.

The dim yellow light in the room shone on his cold, stern face. He looked at me with a mixture of hatred and complexity, and dragged me all the way to the bathroom.

He pushed me inside with a forceful shove, yelling impatiently and somewhat embarrassedly, "Hurry up and finish washing up. If you don't come out in twenty minutes, you won't see me again!"

You won't be able to see me anymore! These words were like a thorn, piercing straight into my heart. I didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly closed the door and rushed into the bathroom to take a shower. I finished showering in just fifteen minutes.

I put on my bathrobe in the steamy bathroom and looked at my blurry reflection in the mirror. I wiped away the steam and saw my rosy cheeks and bright, dark eyes.

I'm really not good-looking, I'm clumsy and insecure, I'm not even half as good-looking as Xue'er, so why would Xu Lie like me? But it's okay, at least I can give myself a reason to leave.

Another face unexpectedly appeared in her mind. She was so beautiful that she could rival Chu Yunyan, but she exuded an indistinguishable heroic spirit. So even those who were with her day and night never recognized that she was a woman.

Lin Yu, what kind of person is she really?

I pushed open the door and went out, and saw that Xu Lie had indeed kept his promise and was still sitting on the edge of the bed, flipping through a hardcover foreign book by the light.

He looked up from the book, narrowed his eyes slightly, and fixed his gaze on me.

I sat down in front of him, dried my dripping hair with a towel, and said, "I'm done washing, you can go now."

"Bang—" He slammed the hardcover book shut, threw it on the table, and strode into the bathroom as if he were fleeing in panic.

After drying my hair, I was about to jump into bed when I looked down and realized that two buttons on my bathrobe were undone, revealing my fair collarbone.

My face flushed red instantly. No wonder... no wonder Xu Lie's expression was so strange just now.

I forced myself to stay awake despite my exhaustion, waiting for Xu Lie to come out of the bathroom, because I knew very well that if I fell asleep, I might never wake up again.

Xu Lie lifted the soft down comforter, bringing in a cool breeze. I couldn't help but shiver, but I could also smell the faint scent of his shower gel, like a warm embrace enveloping me.

Seeing him lie down, I remembered what happened last night and quickly turned around. But he grabbed me and turned me back to him, his face contorted with anger: "Who told you to turn around?"

I suddenly felt a little wronged. He was the one who wouldn't let me turn around yesterday, and today I obediently turned around, and he scolded me again. But when I thought that I might never see him again after tonight, my heart softened and ached, and I forced back my tears. I obediently turned around, my eyes fixed on his face.

My nose stung again as he pressed my face into his chest. I could hear him breathing heavily as he whispered in my ear, "I told you not to look! Are you doing this on purpose, you woman?"

What was he planning? At that moment, all I felt was the pain of parting. I didn't even think about what he was saying. Smelling his familiar scent, I felt increasingly reluctant to leave. Suddenly, I reached out and wrapped my arms around his waist, hugging him tightly.