Chapter 46 - Chase You

Ashley didn't react for a moment, and the answer in her mouth almost blurted out along his words.

Her breath stagnated, she raised her eyes and looked at him in silence.

In her opinion, his words seemed to be interpreted into two meanings.

One was that am I the person you're talking about?

The other was that can I be the person you mentioned?

No matter what it meant, if she admitted it, it was tantamount to showing her mind first, right?

But if she didn't admit it, what if he retreated?

Ashley was at war in her mind.

Jacob also waited patiently for her answer, without any hurry.

For a while, Ashley made up her mind and uttered one decisively, "No."

Jacob made an ah sound as if he felt regretful.

Before he could say anything, Ashley lowered her eyes and added solemnly, "Don't mention this word. I don't like him anymore."

Jacob picked up his eyebrows, "Well."

Ashley nodded calmly.

Fearing that he would not believe it, she thought about it and made up a lie, "Didn't you say he is a scumbag? So I haven't been in touch with him anymore. "

"..." Jacob smiled a little less.

Ashley said earnestly, "I don't have anyone I like right now."

Jacob was silent for three seconds, and the emotion in his eyes was indescribable as if he had dug a hole and jumped into it.

He withdrew his eyes and asked carelessly, "This man is like a central air conditioner?"

Ashley hesitated and said, "A little bit."

Now he remembered that she also said such words at that time. Jacob felt angry and funny, "Do you know what the words mean?"

Hearing this, Ashley looked strange, "Don't you know?"

"..."

"Why don't you know anything? Don't you even surf the Internet?"

Ashley didn't give up and slowly explained to him, "If a man was called central air conditioner, which means he has a lot of female friends and is very kind to all girls, but it means men who don't have girlfriends."

Jacob dropped his eyes, glanced her up and down, and said faintly, "This is the so-called central air conditioner if a man matches one of the three points?"

"..."

Ashley took it for granted, "Of course he should match the three."

The topic ended here.

The two walked side by side in the direction of the school gate.

When passing a group of college students who were playing and booing, Ashley seemed to hear Jacob say something in an indescribable tone with a bit of coolness.

"You are quite good at framing people."

The movie Super Marine Corps, which Ashley wanted to watch before, was not on board in most cinemas, and only one had one last show left.

It was located in a business circle in the center of the city.

Jacob booked the tickets in advance.

The two got on the subway.

Because it was the weekend, there were so many people. Ashley and Jacob were squeezed next to the door.

Fearing that she would be squeezed by others, Jacob pulled her in front of himself.

Surrounded by people, Ashley couldn't find anything to support her.

"If I stand here, I have nothing to hold."

Jacob released his hand and pointed to the ring he was originally holding, "Then you hold this."

Ashley reached out, grabbed it, and looked back at him, "What about you?"

Jacob grabbed the upper bar easily.

After a few seconds, as if noticing something, he suddenly chuckled and said lazily, "It's a little high, and it's hard to grasp."

"..."

Ashley was about to say something.

The next moment, he moved his hand down and held her wrist, "It's easier here."

Ashley maintained her original posture and stared at him with wide eyes, obviously feeling shameless about his behavior, "Why is it hard for you to hold it up there?"

"It's really is."

Jacob smiled and said leisurely, "Why don't you try it?"

"..."

Ashley was a little awkward. She reached out and grabbed the bar with her other hand. She soon released it and murmured, "You are taller, okay?"

But she didn't rip his hand off.

She couldn't help but glance up.

Ashley looked at his long fingers, buckled on her wrist.

With a warm touch, the feeling was so real that it can not be ignored.

In fact, Jacob seldom had physical contact with her.

Including when she was still young, he could only rub her head or pinch her face as if intimate.

She bowed her head and began to touch the corners of her mouth again.

Jacob looked forward and stared at her reflected in the window, then lowered his eyes, turned his head slightly, and looked quietly at what she looked like at the moment.

The two did their own things.

One who was trying to pretend that nothing has happened.

The other was staring at the former silently, looking at her occasionally, or inadvertently bending the corners of her lips.

Then he laughed inexplicably.

When they got to the mall, the movie didn't start for half an hour.

The two were not in a hurry to get the tickets. Ashley looked around and pointed to the milk tea shop not far away, "I want to buy a drink. What about you?"

Jacob, "No."

Ashley, "Then won’t you be thirsty to see a movie later?"

Jacob, "I'll buy... "

Before he finished, he suddenly felt that the conversation was like history repeating itself.

Jacob moved his eyebrow, "Before you drink this time, you have to see if what you ordered is right."

"Oh."

There was no one else standing in line in front of the milk tea shop. Ashley went to the front desk, looked at the drink list, and soon decided, "Frozen lemon water and pearls."

"..."

Jacob heard of this combination for the first time, "Can you drink like this?"

Ashley looked at him and said, "Of course."

Jacob frowned, "It is cold."

Ashley, "It's not cold in the room."

Jacob, "Don't drink too much."

Ashley was a little dissatisfied and murmured, "Why are you always nagging me?"

Hearing her words, Jacob looked sideways at her and stared at her with a somewhat depressing look.

His eyebrows and eyes spread out, his tone raised slightly, "Do you think I'm annoying?"

It just so happened that the clerk prepared her drink.

Ashley took it, poked the straw in, and took a sip.

She was not too straightforward, but said vaguely, "I didn't mean that."

Jacob smiled, "That's what you mean."

Ashley pretended not to hear it and bit the pearl on her own.

After a few seconds, Jacob pulled the corner of his lower lip and slowly spit out four words: "Get used to it."

Ashley paused and silently swallowed the pearls in her mouth.

The two went to the cinema to pick up their tickets.

It was only a few minutes before the ticket check-in began, and they found a seat to sit and wait.

Ashley thought this glass was a little cold after holding it for a long time.

When he sensed that she was always changing hands to hold the drink, Jacob reached out directly and took it for her.

Ashley glanced at him and said nothing.

When they were about to enter, she pointed to the drink, and said, "I want to drink it."

Jacob handed over the drink, but he didn't mean to return it to her.

He just put the straw to her lips, lifted her eyelashes slightly, and looked at her with a straight face.

Ashley didn't have the nerve to drink like that and wanted to take it over.

Before she touched the glass, Jacob made a sound and said loosely, "How can you take the opportunity to touch brother's hand?"

"..."

"I'll drink it myself."

Jacob, "Not too cold?"

Ashley, "No."

Jacob returned it to her, "I'll take it for you when you finish."

"No."

Ashley looked into the palm of his hand and whispered, "Won't you be cold, too?"

Hearing this, Jacob hooked the corner of his lips, put his hand in front of her, and said, "Then will you warm me up?"

Ashley was silent, just drinking it.

He was not embarrassed, withdrew his hand, and said calmly, "Let's go."

The two stood up.

After a few seconds, Ashley suddenly pulled a heating pad out of her bag and handed it to him, "I just brought one."

Jacob was stupefied.

Ashley explained in a low voice, "My hands are cold and I can't keep you warm."

With that, she looked at him calmly and added, "And it's not appropriate to hold hands."

Jacob looked at her, paused for a few seconds, and echoed, "It's not appropriate."

"..."

The two found their seats and sat down.

Jacob put Ashley's bag on his leg and tore open the package of the heating pad. His voice was gentle, "And we are not in a relationship."

"..."

Ashley's mind went blank and put down the drink in her hand.

At the same time, Jacob put the heating pad into her hand.

The movie also began to show, and the background music played, stopping all her words.

After the movie was over, it was time for dinner.

Although Ashley spent most of her time thinking about his words while watching the movie, she couldn't bring it up again after more than an hour.

The two found a restaurant.

After that, they picked up the cake at a cake shop and went back to Jacob's home.

Ashley took off her shoes and noticed a new pair of women's slippers on the shoe rack, which happened to be her shoe size.

She looked in the direction of Jacob and did not take the initiative to wear it.

But Jacob put the shoes in front of her and calmly said, "I bought them for you."

He put the cake on the table and then went into the kitchen.

Ashley put on her shoes, went over, and took the cake box apart.

As soon as the cake was taken out, Jacob came out of the kitchen, holding another cake in his hand.

Ashley's action stopped, "Why is there another one?"

"I made this."

Jacob said, "I ordered another one because I was afraid this wouldn’t be delicious."

Ashley blinked, "You can make cakes?"

"I used to work in a coffee shop and learned a little."

Jacob, who was going to put candles on the cake, asked carelessly, "Which one do you want to use as your birthday cake?"

Ashley pointed to the one he made, "This one."

"How many candles do you want?"

"Just one."

Jacob raised his eyebrow, with the meaning of refusal, "Nineteen."

Ashley was speechless, "It’s hard to blow out."

"Little girl," Jacob said, "You have to recognize your age."

The cake shop gave two packets of candles, and there were twelve candles in one bag, so it was enough.

Ashley couldn't help complaining, "Then you have to ask them for an extra pack of candles for your birthday."

"For my birthday," Jacob said, "just one is enough."

"..."

Ashley was very upset and said with great concern, "I will certainly insert 26 candles for you by then."

Jacob just smiled. After inserting the candles, he went to the coffee table to get a lighter and a pink bag.

He hung his eyes and slowly lit all the candles.

Ashley ran to the porch to turn off the lights.

By the time he came back, Jacob had already finished.

His face was warmed by candlelight, flickering. He looked particularly affectionate and soft.

This was also Ashley's first birthday with him.

Jacob sang her a birthday song, and his low and gentle voice echoed in the living room.

After the last sentence fell, Ashley made a wish and blew out the candles.

She could only blow out half of them in one go.

She puffed at the corner of her mouth and blew it a few more times before they were all blown out.

Watching her move, Jacob smiled, her chest undulating and her shoulders trembling.

Then he got up and turned on the light and handed the pink bag to Ashley, "Birthday present."

Ashley took it, and it was not light.

She said thank you, curiously, took the cake knife, and began to cut the cake.

Jacob took the cake knife and cut a small piece out for her.

He glanced at the bag and suddenly asked, "Would you like to see the gift?"

Ashley looked at it and shook her head. "I’ll check it later."

Jacob did not force her, but asked, "Is that boy chasing you?"

Ashley thought for a moment, "I think so."

Jacob chuckled, lengthened his tone, and asked, "A lot of people chase you?"

Thinking of the previous blow in the hospital, Ashley did not know how to answer, and could only vaguely say, "Yeah."

Soon, Jacob asked, "Are there any conditions for chasing you?"

Ashley was puzzled, "Are there any conditions for this? It’s not like dating someone."

"Then tell me," as if it were just a casual chat, Jacob's tone was very light. "What conditions do you want?"

Ashley raised her eyes and said hesitantly, "Handsome."

"Mm-hmm."

"Good-tempered."

"Mm-hmm."

"A head taller than me."

"Mm-hmm."

"Have correct world view."

"Well, anything else?"

Ashley took a fork and took a bite of the cake, "No."

"I meet all the conditions you have mentioned."

Jacob rubbed a layer of cream on her cheek with his fingers. "So, let me ask you something."

"..."

It seemed that something that has been waiting for for a long time was finally going to happen, with a very strong sense of foreboding.

Ashley bumped into his eyes and could almost guess what his next sentence was, but she was so nervous that she was out of breath.

She licked the cream off her lips and looked at him blankly, "What?"

Jacob laughed, his eyes were ambiguous, but he seemed serious.

This time he no longer said anything ambiguous.

"Can I chase you now?"