Chapter 645 - 626: You’re Burning Bridges After Crossing
Not sure if it’s because of the lesson from the first day, but the second day when Lou Xi opened the hotel room door, Ji Nanming from across the hall also opened his room door simultaneously.
Actually, Ji Nanming’s biological clock is very punctual; it’s just that he returned from Monaco these two days, adjusting to the time difference. When Lou Xi wakes up in the morning, it’s midnight in Monaco. No wonder Ji Nanming fell asleep in the bathroom yesterday morning!
But Ji Nanming certainly has no clue what Lou Xi is thinking about.
She’s a bit blushy, and upon seeing Ji Nanming in that instant, Lou Xi recalls last night when she tended to his wound.
At that time, his breathing was close, his magnified face, the dangerous aura around him...
"Is your hand better?" Lou Xi had to shift her gaze; if she kept thinking about last night, she’d feel guilty towards Qin Mobai. How could she think about another man?
Even if he’s like a brother, it’s not okay.
Ji Nanming paused for half a second, then came around, raising his arm to show Lou Xi his arm was fine.
"That’s good then." Lou Xi’s gaze wandered, ultimately not resting on Ji Nanming, "If... you’re busy, you can head back to Nancheng first. I will... handle things here myself. Besides, he’s awake now, we can solve the problem ourselves. Thank you for everything."
After Lou Xi finished speaking, she wasn’t sure what she just said.
She waited a few seconds without receiving a response from Ji Nanming, so Lou Xi looked up at him, only to find him deeply gazing at her.
Making her feel a kind of, nowhere to hide feeling.
"Is this... using me just to ditch me?"
Lou Xi thought, Ji Nanming’s Chinese must not be good.
After speaking, Ji Nanming seemed to realize the idiom was not correct.
"Burning bridges after crossing, maybe!" Ji Nanming corrected the idiom, "The central idea of these two phrases is, after using me, you’re sending me back to where I came from?"
"..." Lou Xi’s central meaning wasn’t to burn bridges after crossing, "I’m afraid our troubles might delay your matters, surely you have things you need to do..."
"My current task is to agree to Elina’s request to help you solve the immediate trouble."
Alright, conversation failure.
"You don’t need to feel burdened by yesterday’s events, it’s my mistake for misidentifying you. If there was any offense or misunderstanding caused, I apologize."
Lou Xi hadn’t expected Ji Nanming to proactively bring up last night’s events.
Bringing it up is awkward, not bringing it up is even more awkward.
Lou Xi laughed awkwardly twice, "I know... We’re nominally siblings, how could you have any thoughts about me, I wouldn’t have any thoughts about you either..."
Why does it feel like, the more she tries to clarify, the worse it gets?
Lou Xi felt her cheeks getting warm, she had to leave this place quickly!
"I’m going now, as promised, to the hospital to see him." Worried that there might be eavesdroppers, Lou Xi referred to Qin Mobai as "him."
"Mm. I’ll have Ed take you."
Both stepped out from their rooms simultaneously, closed the room doors simultaneously, and turned to walk down the corridor simultaneously.
Walking side by side made the corridor feel a bit cramped.
Ji Nanming did not speak, and Lou Xi remained silent.
She didn’t know what had changed between them, but she thought the only way to stop everything from happening was to quickly return to Qin Mobai’s side.
Just as they came down from upstairs, in the lobby she encountered someone she didn’t want to meet.