CH 56.1

56. Craving (1)

Yu Qingjia walked out of the courtyard’s gate. The dawn had not yet arrived, and when the cold wind blew, the nerves that had been so tense all night suddenly relaxed.

Fatigue immediately swept up her body.

Even though she had the idea to not let anyone sleep as long as she was awake yesterday, it also took a toll on her body.

She was tossing around all night, if everyone is dizzy, obviously she would be too.

It should be around four o’clock now, the sky is as dark as ink, the wind is bitterly blowing coldly, the lights are few, the stars are dim, and the whole city is shrouded in darkness.

Yu Qingjia had never gone out so early before, but now although it is already morning, with the sun having not risen yet, it can be comparable to midnight.

Yu Qingjia gathered her clothes and walked idly along the dark corridor without the slightest sign of trepidation.

However, when she reached the gate of the courtyard, she couldn’t help but look back.

‘What about the fox?’

Yu Qingjia was looking around when a sudden gust of wind seemed to swirl around her ears, and then she felt someone’s hand tugging up her hair, and carefully smoothing it behind,

“What are you looking at?”

Yu Qingjia was surprised, and when she looked back and saw the person walking behind her, a bright light immediately burst out of her eyes,

“I was looking for you! How come you walk so silently, when did you stand behind me?”

Murong Yan did not answer, his eyelashes slightly converging downward, and he concentrated on stroking the strand of Yu Qingjia’s hair one by one.

It was as if at this moment, Yu Qingjia’s messy hair due to her entire night of tossing became the most important thing in front of his eyes.

His fingertips touched the skin behind Yu Qingjia’s ear, and she squirmed a little.

She reached out to check the temperature of his fingers, and said,

“Where have you been all this time, why are your hands so cold?”

Murong Yan grabbed her restless hand and held it with his other hand,

“We can talk about this later, let’s go back first.”

“Okay.”

The sky stretching over the city walls to the Yu Family mansion is pitch black at this moment.

Yu Qingjia, who was walking in the narrow corridors of her ancestral mansion, finally found the dark, and narrow path not as frightening as before.

I guess it was thanks to the other person beside her.

She held her fingers together, and slowly puffed her breath on her hands.

She then spoke in a weak voice, “I didn’t believe it when people said it before, but now I know that being up all night can really be exhausting, more exhausting than being busy during the day.”

Murong Yan heard her weak voice, glanced at her slightly flushed cheeks, and said, “Is it cold?”

Yu Qingjia shook her head and said, “It’s okay, it’s just that I don’t have any strength left in my body, that’s why I feel cold.”

Since her body is exhausted, her ability to resist cold will naturally decrease a lot, and Yu Qingjia does not exercise regularly, and does not have vigorous blood on her body.

Murong Yan reached out to hold her fingers and found that they were extremely cold, and had no hint of warmth at all.

Murong Yan unbuttoned his coat and draped it around Yu Qingjia’s shoulders to cover her body.

It took a while for Yu Qingjia to process what was going on, and she only realize what was happening when Murong Yan finally gathered the clothes around her.

Yu Qingjia immediately took a step back, “You can’t do this, the wind is so strong, you wi—..”

Murong Yan cut her off, pressed her head with both hands, and said in a commanding tone, “Do not move.”

When he spoke, his other hand was not bothered at all, it was still buttoning the buttons at the coat.

Yu Qingjia looked down at his slender and deft fingers, she knew that her hands wouldn’t be able to compare to his nimble ones.

She was stuck there lost in thought, not knowing what to do.

Murong Yan’s clothes are still too big for Yu Qingjia, the wide coat with big sleeves was originally elegant and fit on his body, but now it was worn loosely on her, with both sleeves fluttering with the wind.

Murong Yan pulled the coat up and tightened the collar on both sides of her neck layer by layer until the coat on her body looked neat, and proper, he then said, “Okay. Just bear with me for a while, I’ll carry you back.”

Yu Qingjia was simply stunned, she hastily waved her hand and pushed back, “No, no, I have hands and feet, I can just walk back by myself—”

Yu Qingjia did not look at the road when she moved backwards, and when she accidentally stepped into an empty spot, her entire body instantly fell back.

Murong Yan had long since seen that hole behind her, so he just held her head down tightly to make sure that she didn’t fall.

Murong Yan’s position was very accurate, and he was able to prevent her from causing another incident.

He then reached out and tugged at her arm, and without even moving his body, he was able to lift her entire body forward.

When Yu Qingjia felt the flat ground beneath her, a scream finally escaped her lips.

She patted her chest, ran behind Murong Yan in a daze, and looked back at the place where she was previously standing.

Only then did she realized, “Oh, so there’s actually a hole here.”

After staying up all night, Yu Qingjia’s reaction to everything around her became a bit slower.

Murong Yan couldn’t help but press his temples, it may be because he had seen similar scenarios happening when he’s around her, he didn’t even feel like scolding her at this point.

He remained calm, he was too lazy to show any displeasure at this point.

Saying anything would be useless anyways, it’s just a waste of his energy and effort.

So he might as well just ignore it.

Murong Yan pulled up Yu Qingjia beside a wall of stones, he held her by the waist with both hands, and with little force, her entire body was lifted to sit on top of the stones, he then said, “Come forward, I’ll carry you back.”

“But you still have injuries on your back–”

Yu Qingjia was still a little hesitant at this time, but Murong Yan cut her off, “You know your current state, you can’t even see that huge hole behind you, by the time you walk back, it might already be dawn.”

Yu Qingjia was torn for a moment, then hesitantly nodded, Murong Yan had a special identity, if they took longer on the road, more and more people might wake up and see them.

Perhaps if she let him take her back, he might be able to rest quickly.

She leaned over and hugged Murong Yan’s neck, then lied on his back.

The young man is tall and straight, and his back is hard and slender.

Yu Qingjia can clearly feel the texture of his body muscles.

The back and shoulders of Murong Yan are not wide, one reason is because of his age, and the other because he was born with such a bone structure.

However, although he was thin, no one will ever associate him with the word slender, and thin.

That’s because every time he walks, Yu Qingjia can clearly feel the muscles on his back curve and stretch.

He was silent and low-key, but a great power was clearly hidden inside him.

In fact, slender muscles are far more explosive than bulging, gnarled muscles of amazing size.

It would take a short period of time to develop exaggerated brachial muscles, and having thick arms and legs can make anyone look frightening.

In contrast, long and slender muscles take a long time to develop with continuous exercise.

In this matter, it is self-evident which could really come and speak up with force, and which one was only there as a superficial show of strength.