Xia Yanxi turned around and walked towards the community building.
When she was almost in front of the unit door, she heard rapid footsteps from behind, and she turned back subconsciously.
However, before he could see the other person's appearance clearly, his thin wrist was grabbed by a strong force.
Xia Yanxi exclaimed, and then she was pressed against the cold wall.
In the dim light, she saw Qiao Yanli, whose face was tense and gloomy. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but he pulled her into his arms forcefully.
Her little face was pressed against his broad but frost-stained chest.
His knuckled hands were tightly intertwined with her slender back, fearing that if he was not careful, she would disappear from his side.
Xia Yanxi felt his stiffness and uneasiness.
However, she didn't understand, what was he worried about
"Qiao Yanli, you're hurting me..." He was too strong and she couldn't get away. Being held by him so tightly, she felt like she was about to be out of breath.
When he hugged her, his big hands took off Ye Bai's coat on her shoulders. Being hugged by him like this, she didn't feel cold, but her heart felt uncomfortable.
She didn't understand, what exactly did he want to do
The more she couldn't understand him, the more confused and panicked she became.
He hugged her for a while. At first she struggled hard, but then she couldn't break away, so she simply didn't move and let him hold her.
He slowly raised his head from the crook of her neck, staring at her with dark eyes, "Xia Yanxi, I have never regarded you as a substitute for any woman."
Xia Yanxi's delicate body froze hard.
My mind went blank for several seconds before I slowly came to my senses.
She looked at his deep eyes and his handsome features hidden in the darkness, and her throat felt tight.
With red eyes and a fierce look at him, she said, "I don't believe it! Do you dare to say that you have never liked that woman named Mengyao?"
Qiao Yanli pursed his thin lips into a straight line and said with a frown, "Have you ever liked Bai Wenxuan?"
Xia Yanxi didn't know what he was doing now with Bo Wenxuan. Could his situation be the same as hers? He knew that she and Bai Wenxuan broke up, and she only liked Bai Wenxuan before, but had no love.
"I have liked Bai Wenxuan, but I have never regarded you as Bai Wenxuan's substitute, and I have never found the shadow of Bai Wenxuan in you. When I was with you, I was wholehearted and never wandered around. It’s not like you, who is nice to me on the outside, but pretends to be another woman in your heart!”
Qiao Yanli's dark eyes were locked on Xia Yanxi's little face, which was flushed with anger, observing every subtle expression on her face. Suddenly, he stretched out his hands and held her little hands.
The rough fingertips rubbed the corners of her lips lightly or heavily, creating waves of indescribable numbness.
Xia Yanxi pushed him away in embarrassment and took a few steps back, "Qiao Yanli, don't touch me again. Do you think I will still be foolishly immersed in the illusion you created?"
If you don't like her, don't look at her with those warm and watery eyes.
Although she studied acting, it was only for work. She could never learn to act when facing people she cared about.
She is so genuine.
"Xia Yanxi, let me say it again, I have never regarded you as a substitute. Mengyao is Mengyao, and you are you!"
"You don't love Mengyao, why do you secretly hide a photo of her in your wallet?"