Chapter 12 – The chase begins
He pursed his lips, taking a few steps to stand in front of her. Looking down he could see that her right ankle was wrapped in a lot of white bandages, but it was mostly covered by her dress. Enough that if he wasn’t looking carefully, he wouldn’t have spotted it.
After noticing what he was looking at, Su Yi explained. “Today, I sprained my ankle at work.”
Chu Ying asked, “Can you walk?”
Su Yi went along with it, shaking her head and pitifully saying, “If I move, it hurts.”
Chu Ying stretched out an arm.
Su Yi finally got to touch his hand.
It felt even better than she’d imagined. Hard, steady, giving her a sense of safety and stability just holding it.
A few steps later Chu Ying slowed down. “There’s plenty of people in there, bend your head down.”
Su Yi obediently lowered her head into Chu Ying’s shoulder. Chu Ying didn’t have any smell, just the dry cleaning scent left on the suit.
The people at the seat stared wide-eyed at the two people walking over.
Su Yi was already a little experienced with meeting Chu Ying’s friend. She smiled as sat down. “Hi, I’m Chu Ying’s friend.”
Crew cut let out an ‘oh’. “Heard of you, heard of you, that one with really high alcohol tolerance?”
“My tolerance is actually pretty low,” Su Yi said, humbly. Noticing that this crew cut guy was a little unfamiliar, she asked, “Were you there that day?”
“No, I heard them say so,” Crew cut said, as he laughed. “They said she has long legs and is really pretty. I took one look and knew it’s you.”
Su Yi smiled even more sweetly.
Chu Ying then asked, “How did you know I was here?”
Su Yi glanced at Liu Xi, who gave her a look.
She coughed once. “It’s just coincidence, coincidence.”
“…”
Just when she finished speaking, the waiter brought up a few lobsters.
Su Yi looked at the lobster bigger than her face and found her mouth watering.
On the table the phone lit up, Chu Ying instinctively glanced at it before realising that it was not his phone.
[Old Witch: When you’re sleeping don’t put pressure on your leg, remember what you’re not supposed to eat, tomorrow I…]
He didn’t see anything after that.
Su Yi swallowed her saliva, picked up her chopsticks and took a piece of… carrot.
She was about to put it in her mouth when she felt a familiar warmth on her hand and someone pressed her hand back.
Su Yi paused. “What is it?”
Chu Ying looked at the lobster meat surrounding the carrot and said, “Don’t eat that.”
“Hey, why aren’t you letting her eat.” Liu Xi, sitting across from them, looked completely befuddled. “Don’t be too polite, eat as much as you want. Oh right, can we exchange contacts?”
Su Yi placed down her chopsticks. “Alright.” It’s unclear who she was answering.
Throughout the meal, all Su Yi did was sip at the water and listen to Crew cut making small talk with Liu Xi. Chu Ying occasionally cut in a few sentences and occasionally glanced at her.
“Why didn’t you come up yesterday night?” Liu Xi looked at Su Yi.
Su Yi asked, “What?”
“Yesterday, Liang Bo’s party,” Liu Xi said, “Didn’t he go down to invite you? He was a little drunk, he didn’t say too much, right.”
“No,” Su Yi said. “I’m not too familiar with him.”
Liu Xi said, “It’s like this? I saw that he didn’t come back up for such a long time and assumed that you guys were chatting.”
Su Yi looked at Chu Ying, sitting beside her, whose face remained as it always did without any changes in his expression.
She smiled and said nothing more.
After the meal, Chu Ying got the bill, stood up and said, “Next time we’ll catch up again.”
“Sure,” Crew cut said. “I’m not sure when the next time would be, but I’d definitely contact you.”
The two guys patted each other’s shoulder as a farewell.
It was only when Liu Xi stood up that he noticed Su Yi’s injury. “What’s with your foot?”
“I sprained it, it’s a small thing.”
“It’s all wrapped up until it’s this bulky and you still came over to eat with us? That’s too much, I’ll send you back.” As Liu Xi was speaking he came over to assist her.
Su Yi hadn’t the time to step away from him when Chu Ying had already slapped Liu Xi’s hand away. “Why aren’t you le
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