Chapter 271 - Gratitude

Yunru stared at her in a stupor as Zizi grabbed his wrist and pulled him.

"Haha why are you looking at me like that? Come on, let's enjoy the sea!"

At the shore, the cold water splashed across their feet, making her shiver. "Brr...I didn't know it would be this cold."

She grinned, took some water in the palm of her hands and splashed it on Yunru. She giggled seeing his dumbfounded expression and shaking his head to wipe the water off.

"You…" he narrowed his eyes. He bent and took some water too.

Zizi widened her eyes. "No, no! Don't splash it on me!"

"Ho~~ Am I hearing somebody pot calling the kettle black?"

"I-I have put makeup on!" She whined. "The water will ruin it and I will look like a monster!"

"Oh then it would be more amusing to see a ghost Princess," he chuckled.

She glared at him. "You have no delicacy at all!"

Yunru ignored her complaints and splashed the water on her. She quickly shut her eyes and felt the water dripping down the cheeks.

Yunru tried to hold his laughter in but in the end he couldn't. "Hahaha...you-your eyeliner…"

Zizi froze and heavily pursed her lips. She quickly took out her mirror and saw the liner smudge around her eyes.

"You really do look like a ghost...hahaha…" he clutched his stomach and rolled in laughter.

"Ahhh I am so hideous!" She cried as she turned the mirror left and right to check her face. 

"No kidding…" he whispered.

"Did you just say something!?" She shot death glares towards him.

He quickly shook his head. "Not a word."

"Hmph! You will have to pay for this!"

"Wait, wait! Wipe your face first…" he was still chuckling as he took out his handkerchief. He stood beside her and handed it to her.

"Hmph! Well at least you have a little common sense!"

A cunning glint flashed in his eyes and he quickly pulled her arm. He raised his phone with his other hand.

*Click*

Zizi froze. 

"Yunru, what did you do?"

He smiled. "Just clicked a beautiful picture of yours and nothing else~ How could I not commemorate this event?"

She sharply gasped and looked at him, aghast. A picture in this ugly state was like a death sentence to her.

"How could you!? Delete that picture right now!"

"Of course not. This is my trump card. Whenever I want, I can threaten you with this. Of course, you wouldn't want your beautiful image to shatter, right?"

She tremblingly pointed her finger at him. "Y-you, how can you do this? You call yourself a cop?"

He smirked. "Well~ sometimes I cannot help but break the rules a tiny bit."

"You…"

"Hmm let me see...Who should I first send this picture to? Brother-in-law? Sis? Oh or should I send it to Ah Cy and Liang first?"

"You are horrible, Yunru! If you dare send my picture then-"

"Then what will you do?" He laughed. "The trump card is in my hands."

"Well then I will snatch it!"

She jumped but Yunru effortlessly raised his arm, making his phone out of her reach. 

"You…"

Zizi kept on jumping but her hand never reached her phone. "Give me the phone!"

"Reach it for yourself," he chuckled.

Yunru's tall stature made it difficult for her to catch his phone. 

"Come on, Princess. You can do it. Try a little harder~"

Zizi stomped her foot on the sand and bit her lower lip. As the only last option left, she suddenly pushed him and jumped at the same time.

But unfortunately, she lost her balance and tripped. She tumbled on to Yunru and he, in turn, fell back on the sand. She fell on top of him and gasped.

"Ah!"

Their intimate position left them a little stunned and speechless. The crashing waves made the air chilly but lying in each other's embrace, they felt warmth emanating between them. 

The perfume that Zizi had worn twitched up to his nostrils and its sweet scent slightly made his heart tighten for some reason. Not only that, he could see her chest at that angle that narrowly touched his own and the small cleavage in between her breasts made him take a gulp down his throat. He peered into her eyes that seemed to shine because of the moonlight. Her silky hair dangled on top of his cheek and as it brushed past along his jaw, he shuddered.

'I don't want you to feel sad whenever you think about the sea.'

From a selfish brat, Zizi had changed a lot. The thing about the beach never crossed his mind, but Zizi did.

His eyelashes slightly trembled as he saw her softly bite her lip. He gently touched her cheek, making Zizi stunned. She blushed, unable to meet his gaze. Their hearts thudded faster and faster.

"Thank you, Princess," he whispered.

"Hm? For what?" She tilted her head.

"For everything," he smiled.

Ever since she declared her feelings for him, he never got a chance to think about Shuang at all. She barged into his life with full speed, not allowing him to mope in his past even for a second.

But now that he thought about it, he appreciated her for not giving him that chance.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would become just like Shuang who could never truly forget Xiaosi. Unlike her, he wanted to move on and had Zizi's feelings not given him the push, he wondered if he might have been still sitting at a beach like this, drowning in his sorrows.

She never once gave him the chance to look back and he felt grateful to her.

"Just know that I am thankful to you," he smiled.

She pouted. "Then...can you please delete the picture in exchange for all the awesome things I have done?"

His mouth twitched. "What a beautiful moment it was…"

She hit his shoulder.

"Just kidding," he laughed. He wiped the liner around her eyes with his handkerchief. "Now you look like a human."

"You…"

Damn it! Sucha romantic fall and I looked like a monster! She sobbed.