Chapter 57: Healing – He wants me to go back and finish filming Pride
Lin Lan entered July, and the heat became increasingly oppressive.
The milk tea in Jiang Qi’s hand warmed from icy to lukewarm as it accompanied the prolonged, tender kiss between the two. When the kiss ended, Zhi Qi, still dazed, bit the straw and found the strawberry milk tea had turned tepid.
Even the fingers intertwined between them were slick with a thin layer of sweat.
Zhi Qi lowered her head, a bit shy, and smiled as she bit her lip: “Let’s go home.”
Jiang Qi chuckled lightly, the jealousy that had flared from the deep kiss dissipating completely. His long hand grasped the girl’s thin shoulder, leading her home.
The slanting rays of the setting sun cast long shadows of the two figures—like a couple blessed by the gods.
*In the secluded corners, there were too many romantic secrets.
In their early twenties, the young couple, in the hottest of weathers, expressed their love fervently and without reservation.
Yet beneath the surface of their tender feelings, a tide of anxiety stirred.