Chapter 639: Chapter 639: Annoyed
"Is that so?" Ariel showed a puzzled expression as she spoke.
"Otherwise?" Xu Ke retorted, and immediately he saw a somewhat ashamed expression on Ariel’s face. "Then I misunderstood you. You know, I just started learning Huaxia Language, and I’m not very proficient," Ariel said softly, tugging on Xu Ke’s hand.
Xu Ke didn’t dwell on this with Ariel and instead continued with the unanswered question, "You still haven’t told me why you went to that place and why you got into a fight with someone."
"Maybe I drank too much, got a bit tipsy, and just couldn’t stand the sight of him, so I hit him," Ariel said, pretending to think.
"I’m not joking with you; I’m being serious." Xu Ke looked at Ariel with a bit of helplessness and indulgence.
"I’m not joking either. I really couldn’t stand him, so I wanted to hit him. How could I have known they were a group, so the fight was quite intense." Ariel blinked innocently at Xu Ke.
Xu Ke felt a headache; he didn’t understand why Ariel would lie like this, "Can’t you tell me about this?" Xu Ke asked, feeling somewhat weary.
Ariel looked into Xu Ke’s eyes, with an apology and determination in her gaze, "I’m sorry, this is my personal matter, and it’s not convenient to tell you."
Ariel silently apologized to Xu Ke in her heart, but she had no intention of telling him the whole story, not even letting him catch wind of it.
She didn’t want Xu Ke to get hurt; she wanted to protect Xu Ke. This feeling came inexplicably, yet it was particularly firm. For Ariel, who felt this way for the first time in her life, it didn’t feel unpleasant. In fact, she found it slightly thrilling, enough to make her blood boil.
Ariel was adamant about not speaking, and Xu Ke gave up on continuing to ask, because he knew he wouldn’t get anything out of her. Moreover, he believed that in a relationship, both people needed their own space, so Xu Ke didn’t plan to continue probing.
"Okay, if you don’t want to say, I won’t force you, but if you encounter any difficulties or tough situations, you must tell me. Don’t get involved in dangerous situations like today, or if you really want to get involved, remember to take me with you." Xu Ke thought about Ariel’s interests and changed his words midway.
Ariel nodded with a grin, not arguing.
The two of them tacitly put the matter behind them and cherished the time exclusive to the two of them.
"These carefree days are really short. Although I know it’s impossible, I still want you to stay with me for a few days, to see you more, hug you more, and kiss you more," Ariel’s voice held a trace of scarcely detectable sadness.
"I feel like I’m burdening you by being with me." Xu Ke gently pulled Ariel into his arms.
"Why do you always say such things? I told you already, being with you isn’t a burden. If I hear you ask me this again or think this way, I will really get angry and ignore you." Ariel pulled away from Xu Ke’s embrace, looked up, and said with a pout.
"Since the moment I chose you, I’ve considered all possible consequences, so I don’t regret nor feel burdened being with you. You’ve never made me feel wronged, got it? You big dummy." Ariel hugged Xu Ke’s head and pressed her lips to his forehead with cherished and deep emotion.
Xu Ke was a bit stunned, looking up at Ariel with a dazed expression. This was the first time a girl had kissed his forehead with such affection and appreciation. This feeling was like sparkling water in midsummer, making Xu Ke’s heart bubble and then burst with a fizzy sweetness.
At this moment, Xu Ke didn’t know what to say to Ariel, he just wanted to hold her tightly.
Xu Ke thought so and acted on it, carefully holding Ariel in his arms, trying his best not to press on her wounds and cause her additional pain.
Ariel lay comfortably in Xu Ke’s arms, her ear against his chest, quietly listening to Xu Ke’s steady and powerful heartbeat. "Sweetheart, promise me one thing, okay?"
"What is it?"
"No matter what I do in the future, you must trust me, okay? No matter what others say to you, as long as I haven’t confirmed it myself, don’t believe it. Just trust me, okay?" Ariel said coyly, with a sweet aura of a chapel.
"Why do you want me to promise such a thing? Did something happen?" A light flashed in Xu Ke’s mind, but it passed too quickly for him to catch it.
"No, it’s just that I’ve been watching a lot of TV dramas lately and found that many misunderstandings there are because two people don’t trust each other, and villains sow discord, making good relationships drift apart. I don’t want to be like that with you, so promise me, okay?" Ariel rubbed her face against Xu Ke as she spoke.
Even though Xu Ke felt something was off, recalling the times he spent being dominated by Chinese dramas, he pushed his small suspicions aside, "Okay, I promise you everything."
"You’re like a foolish emperor in a drama, agreeing to everything I say." Ariel said to Xu Ke with a cheeky grin.
"If I’m the foolish emperor, then you’re the Evil Concubine." Xu Ke pinched Ariel’s nose in response.
Xu Ke and Ariel kept exchanging words, cuddling together the whole day, their conversation ending as Xu Ke accidentally fell asleep.
The next day, when Xu Ke was leaving, Ariel felt reluctant in her heart, but she didn’t say anything. She wore a smile on her face as she saw him off, only letting her smile fade when she could no longer see Xu Ke’s face, her whole demeanor overshadowed as if by a dark cloud.
After leaving Ariel’s house, Xu Ke headed straight to the hospital. Fortunately, both Yu Xia and Tang Zhongwei, who had been comatose for almost a day and a night, opened their eyes shortly after Xu Ke arrived. The time it took for them to wake up differed by less than a minute.
"Thank goodness, you both woke up. If something happened to you two, I wouldn’t know what to do," Lin Mengyao clasped her hands to her chest, her beautiful eyes red from lack of rest, her face showing fatigue, though it couldn’t conceal the joy in her heart.
"Now that they’re awake, you should go get some rest; otherwise, they might recover, but you’ll end up exhausted." Xu Ke placed his finger gently at the corner of Lin Mengyao’s eye, pressing lightly as he looked at her red eyes with a bit of heartache.
Lin Mengyao, having endured a long night of half-awake exhaustion, was indeed tired. Hearing Xu Ke’s words, coupled with the fact that both had woken up, she nodded and lay down on the couch Xu Ke had temporarily set up. Within a few breaths, she relaxed and fell into a deep sleep, this time with her eyebrows unfurled.