CHAPTER 99: WILL NEVER BE IN LOVE

Wang Jingyuan glanced down at her and Lu Qingyan motioned to him, "Move the umbrella over a little."

Wang Jingyuan didn’t respond and twisted his wrist slightly, moving the umbrella between them.

He didn’t say anything, but she saw the faint twitch of his lips before he tilted his wrist, angling the umbrella more toward her side.

The rain kept falling.

By the time they reached the gates of the community, the rain had slowed to a heavy drizzle, but the damage had been done. Their shoes squelched faintly against the tiled floor of the building lobby.

Then they finally arrived at the community and entered the building.

Wang Jingyuan sent her to the stairs and then stopped moving.

Half his uniform was soaked through, clinging to his lean frame, the damp fabric darkened several shades. Droplets of water trailed down from the ends of his hair, which had gone soft and slightly messy from the rain. It should have made him look bedraggled, but instead it only emphasized the sharp lines of his features.

Lu Qingyan thought in her heart that it was also because of accompanying her that he was here, so she hesitated for a moment and said, "Would you like to go up to my house? I have extra towels, you can take a shower before leaving."

Wang Jingyuan directly refused, "No need."

When he was prepared to leave, Lu Qingyan looked at Wang Jingyuan and his clothes that were basically half-soaked.

She couldn’t force herself to ignore this, so she stepped forward and said, "Seatmate, you will catch a cold like this. If you go back to the subway, they will also have air conditioning—"

Unexpectedly, due to the rain, there was an accumulation of rainwater in the hallways, so when Lu Qingyan took a step forward, she happened to step on water and accidentally slipped forward a few steps.

Wang Jingyuan stretched out his arm to catch her, but was slightly pushed back a few steps by her momentum.

His back was pressed against the wall.

Originally, his body that was soaked by rainwater was exceptionally cold, but her body was actually especially warm, so when she suddenly stuck to him, it was as if something that had been frozen for a long time had come into contact with a warm blaze.

His body unconsciously heated up causing Wang Jingyuan drooped lashes to faintly tremble, and even the hand supporting her arm faintly tightened.

When he felt the softness in his arms, his mind suddenly recalled what he had said to Lu Qingyan earlier.

"Even if I am interested in her and want to do something, can you do anything about it?"

The words he had tossed out earlier, half in jest, now seemed too close to reality. He looked down at her—the oblivious curve of her cheek, the damp strands of hair clinging to her skin—and something flickered dangerously in his chest.

He lowered his eyes and attentively stared at the completely unaware Lu Qingyan, his tongue lightly swept across the tips of his teeth.

When he caught her, it was as if someone traveling though the polar regions had embraced the warm sun, causing a strange throbbing to flash by in his heart.

For a split second, he even wanted to directly bring her firmly into his embrace and never let go.

This thought that had abruptly appeared in his mind made Wang Jingyuan faintly wrinkled his brow.

"You and her are not the same kind of people. If she knew what kind of person you were, do you think she would still help you?"

Right.

She was a flower bud in a greenhouse, with little defense against others and couldn’t bear to watch others suffer difficulties or injuries.

Compared to her, he was more like a person walking through a dark corner.

After all, the trajectory of his life had already changed the moment his mother died.

He personally watched as that man’s tender sentiments and sweet feelings towards his mother turned into bubbles while he was still alive. She kept saying that she loved him, but went and married someone else.

The one he loved was never his mother. What he loved was the money the woman gave her, the reputation as Master Wang and all the splendid jewelries attached to it. After she lost those, she no longer had any love for the Wang Family.

Including him.

Because of him, he will never believe in love again going forward.

When he thought to this point, Wang Jingyuan’s eyes became slightly colder and he ignored the unnecessary and superfluous emotions in his heart.

Lu Qingyan couldn’t help but suddenly shivered from the wet coldness emanating from his body. Then she immediately took a few steps back and looked at him.

She wondered, Wang Jingyuan was colder than even ice water right now, would he really not catch a cold like this?

Wang Jingyuan lowered his eyes, it was unknown what he was thinking.

At this moment, she couldn’t clearly see the emotions at the bottom of his eyes. But in the span of a split second, Lu Qingyan suddenly felt that the air surrounding him could unexpectedly cause one’s heart to palpitate.

After a while, he raised his head and indifferently glanced at her.

The voice seemed a little hoarse, "No need, I’m in a hurry to get back."

As soon as his voice fell, he turned and left.

Lu Qingyan watched his back, feeling that his tone of voice just now seemed especially restrained, it was as if he was deliberately suppressing something.

Afterwards, Lu Qingyan had some personal understanding of his expression just now.

She knew she had been eating more recently, so her weight was likely to increase.

But he only supported her for a moment, so it seemed unlikely for him to become so breathless?

Could it be that although Wang Jingyuan was great at fighting, he was actually physically weak?

When she thought this way, Lu Qingyan movement of going up the stairs paused.