Chapter 188 - Hide You Away From Others

A server knocked his knuckles on the door frame to attract the couple's attention. 

Zhang Yu Han turned around to his direction and took the glass of water from the server and walked over to his girlfriend. Zhang Yu Han watched the way she tilted her head down. One arm covered her ċhėst and another was massaging her temple slowly.

As she noticed the tall figure blocking the light in front of her, Li Qin Yao lifted her head and met with Zhang Yu Han's gaze. 

"Drink this," Zhang Yu Han passed the glass to her and watched as she emptied the contents. Then, he took the glass and placed it on the side table. "How are you feeling now?"

Li Qin Yao tilted her head to look at him and smiled. "Better." As she watched his worry gaze, Li Qin Yao inched closer to him and rested her forehead on his ċhėst. "Zhang Yu Han, thank you."

Zhang Yu Han exhaled loudly before he patted her on her hair. 

Taking a deep breath and inhaling his scent, Li Qin Yao then closed her eyes.

Her thought went back to what happened in the hallway. A long time has passed, and she did not think that she will experience the same thing all over again.

Back then, after she had resigned from QL Group, the others would come and pointed their fingers at her, the reporters would not stop bothering her, and everyone would whisper about that incident. Although she had tried to explain that it was not her doing, none of them had believed her words.

In the end, she had developed this condition. Li Qin Yao would start to have this attack whenever she goes out. It was one of the reasons why she decided to stay with her mother in B City, took a few cooking and baking classes, and started her cafe. 

She was fine after joining the meeting with the shareholders and the board of directors, therefore she had not though that the attack will happen again.

Perhaps, it was because she had heard the accusation words again that she was brought back to that time.

"If you're not feeling well, we can always go back," Zhang Yu Han said. "I'm sure your family would not mind it."

"It's fine," she answered after a few seconds delay. "I'm fine now. Moreover," she pulled away and tilted her head up to look at him with a smile on her face. "Don't I have you with me?"

Zhang Yu Han let out a helpless sigh. Since she had said it like that, he did not think that he could persuade her to return to the hotel and rest.

Leaning half of her body on the railing, Li Qin Yao continued to look at her boyfriend. She grabbed his hands and rubbed them gently with her fingers. "Sorry that I made you worried."

"Do you always experience that?" Zhang Yu Han asked. When he recalled how Li Qin Yao's expression at the hallway, Zhang Yu Han felt his heart ached. 

"I haven't… in a long time. Back then, I used to have this attack whenever I was facing the crowd."

The frown on his face deepened. At this time, Zhang Yu Han wondered that if he had met her earlier, then perhaps this girl would not have to face the injustice. Zhang Yu Han wanted to say something but stopped when he saw the look on her face.

Why does it look like this girl was trying to coax him now?

Seeing her wide eyes staring at him adorably, Zhang Yu Han let out a chuckle and a gentle smile curved on his lips. Only then that he realized that his girlfriend's expression softened. 

Was the look on his face was too scary?

Zhang Yu Han made a reminder to himself not to show the stern look on his face at this time. 

As she watched the crease between his brow disappeared, Li Qin Yao let out a breath of relief. Though she knew that he was only worried over her, Li Qin Yao did not want him to think things too much.

Subconsciously, Li Qin Yao leaned her upper body forward and continued to stare at his face. It was as if she was afraid that once she looked away, the frown on his face would reappear and he would have that stern look on his face. Although she was no longer afraid of that stern look like the first time she had seen it, Li Qin Yao thought that she liked it better when Zhang Yu Han was smiling.

Li Qin Yao watched as he lowered his gaze against her long stare and caught his face turned slightly red. Suddenly, Zhang Yu Han turned his head away and let out a dry cough.

Her dress was modest and the neckline was not that wide. However, when she leaned forward to him, the space around her neckline widened and because of his height, it was easy for him to see what was underneath her cloth.

Li Qin Yao straightened up her body and adjusted her clothes with her reddened face. Suddenly, a thought crossed to her mind and Li Qin Yao stared at the man before her.

"Zhang Yu Han."

"Hmm?" He turned around to look at her again and met with her questioning gaze.

"I seem to recall that you once said I have the right height." 

Zhang Yu Han tilted his head, wondering what was on the girl's mind. He watched her narrowed her eyes at him and suddenly, he seemed to guess what she was thinking.

"Is it because it will be easier for you to see certain things?" The man she was dating could not possibly be a pervert, right?

Zhang Yu Han let out a chuckle. "Of course not." He pulled her closer and rested her head on his ċhėst. "You have the right height because I like you leaning on my ċhėst like this." He wrapped his arms around her small frame and continued. "This way, I can even hide you away from others. Hmm," he tilted his head down and planted a kiss on the top of her head. "If I were to kidnap you like this, no one would be able to tell."

"Why would you want to kidnap me?"

"Maybe I just wanted to keep you for myself."

Li Qin Yao laughed against his ċhėst. She seemed to hear his heart pounding faster as she leaned her head on her favorite spot. She then closed her eyes to listen to his heartbeat silently.

Just like that, the two of them spent their time silently in each others' embrace as if they had long forgotten about the wedding reception they were attending.

"Oops, sorry. I didn't think that someone was here."

Her eyes snapped open when she heard a familiar voice. Just as she thought that Li Mu Chen would leave them alone, Li Qin Yao heard her voice again.

"Wait. You're… Yao Yao's boyfriend, right?"