Chapter 134: Chapter 134 Do You Still Hate ?
Huo Tingdong suddenly laughed.
Lin Qi stared blankly and said, “Why are you laughing…”
“Nothing.” He just suddenly imagined how she, with her limited mobility, hobbled to the mall with strong determination for shopping, and found the scene sowhat cute and amusing.
“You should focus on healing first.” He stood up, lifted his hand, and gently touched her hair.
This action was a reflexive response.
Even he was taken aback for a few seconds upon realizing it.
Neither did Lin Qi move away, but her eyes were equally astonished.
She could feel the indulgence in his gesture…
Lin Qi felt a little stiff, perhaps a bit uncomfortable.
Huo Tingdong withdrew his hand and said, “You don’t like touching you?”
“No… I don’t mind…” Lin Qi started to reply but felt sothing was off about her response, yet she didn’t know how to continue.
Huo Tingdong bent down to et her gaze, “So you like it?”
Lin Qi’s face turned red in an instant, “No…”
It seed she couldn’t handle any teasing; her skin was so thin that a slight embarrassnt would show on her face imdiately, flushing red as if inflad.
Huo Tingdong closed his eyes briefly and then reopened them, “Do you still hate ?”
Lin Qi pursed her lips.
Hate him?
That didn’t quite fit.
It was just unfair.
After all, it was Song Shuyan who pushed her down, and because he protected Song Shuyan, that’s why she felt aggrieved.
Lin Qi honestly said, “I don’t actually hate you.”
“Why?” Huo Tingdong couldn’t help asking, “I thought you would hate .”
Lin Qi took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, licking her slightly dry lips, “Huo Tingdong, you like Song Shuyan, and it’s only natural for you to defend her. I promised you, you give two hundred million, and I won’t pursue this matter further. I don’t hate you; I just feel wronged. However, I also know that I’m not soone significant to you, I don’t have the right to demand how you should act.”
Huo Tingdong felt as if an invisible hand had fiercely gripped his heart.
Her understanding was sowhat distressing.
He had said before, this was what he owed her, and she could have taken advantage of the situation, but she didn’t.
Most likely, because she had suffered a lot of grievances since childhood, she was used to bearing things, cautious and careful, growing up in an environnt severely lacking in love, she never dared to ask others to treat her a certain way.
But not hating did not an she didn’t feel wronged.
Thinking of this matter still made Lin Qi heartbroken and wanting to cry.
Her eyes reddened as she instinctively lifted her hand, wanting to rub her eyes, at least not wanting him to see her slightly uncomposed appearance.
Huo Tingdong, however, held her hand, “You do.”
“Eh?” Lin Qi looked at him blankly, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, “What?”
Huo Tingdong patiently explained, “You have the right to ask to do anything.”
Lin Qi said, “…” Suddenly she didn’t know what to say.
Was it guilt, self-bla?
So, he wanted to compensate her as much as possible?
Huo Tingdong suddenly said, “Song Shuyan is important to , but I have no other feelings for her.”
“What…” Lin Qi showed a look of surprise, “You and her…”
Huo Tingdong said, “I once had a comrade-in-arms, who gave his life for . On his deathbed, he entrusted his sister to , asking to protect her well. Song Shuyan is his sister…” He didn’t know why he was telling her this.
He was not the type to offer explanations.
After all, he was not good at expressing himself, nor did he like to expose his heart for others to hear.
Lin Qi said, “So… your relationship with Song Shuyan is just responsibility, without any romantic love?”
Huo Tingdong said, “At least, to , she is just a responsibility. I have also warned her not to have any unrealistic ideas about . A month ago, I sent her abroad, and maybe, she will not co back again.”
Lin Qi was also surprised.
It seed he was earnestly trying to clarify his relationship with Song Shuyan to her.
Why did he feel the need to explain in particular?
Huo Tingdong as if reading her mind, said, “I don’t want you to misinterpret my relationship with her, so that’s why I’m explaining.”
Lin Qi said, “I understand…” Suddenly she felt a sense of relief in her heart, “If that’s the case, it’s understandable.”
Putting herself in his shoes…
Maybe if she were Huo Tingdong, she would do the sa.
Huo Tingdong’s tone, unlike his usual imperiousness, turned soft, “You’ve been wronged by this, but I won’t let you be wronged for nothing.”
This was also the first ti he was openly sharing his feelings with her.
Lin Qi bit her lip and said, “I don’t want any compensation from you; I just ask you to do one thing for .”
Huo Tingdong raised his eyebrow lightly, “Hmm?”
Lin Qi said, “You said that child might still be alive, and I want you to help find him, to keep searching until he is found, to see him if he’s alive or…”
Huo Tingdong said, “I promise you.”
He did not believe that the child was dead; he was convinced the child was still alive.
That was also his child, even if she didn’t make such a request, he would definitely find him.
Lin Qi, upon hearing this, curved her eyes with an infrequent hint of a smile.
It was rare for her to smile at him; when she did, her eyes curled charmingly like crescent moons.
Huo Tingdong was montarily spellbound.
He had to admit, those smiling eyes srized him, to the point that at this mont, he suddenly realized sothing.
He wanted to remarry her, not just for Han.
When it ca to emotions, his reactions seed to be a bit slow and delayed.
It was then that he realized that on the day he saw her lying in a pool of blood, with an expressionless face but an inward panic.
Apart from Han, nothing could make him lose his sanity and composure, only that day did he stand outside the ergency room, so distraught, looking as if his soul had been split apart.
Maybe, a long ti ago, when she personally demonstrated to him the difference between “kissing and artificial respiration,” the ice in his ever-cold heart had unknowingly been cracked open by her kiss.
He had fallen for her long before this.
Unintentionally…
Huo Tingdong slowly bowed his head, his handso face approaching hers, his thin lips slightly parted, “Lin Qi, could you… teach one more ti?”
“What?” Lin Qi didn’t comprehend the aning behind his words for a mont.
Especially since…
His bewitchingly handso face was so close, she had never been so intimately near a man, so much so that the air she could breathe was filled with his faint breath.
He said he wanted her to teach him again.
Teach him what?
Huo Tingdong said, “The difference between a kiss and artificial respiration.”
Having said that, his thin lips suddenly pressed down, lightly touching her lips.
Lin Qi’s eyes widened in astonishnt; her breathing beca erratic, and so did her heartbeat.
“Mmm… Huo Tingdong…”
His sudden kiss left her with no ntal preparation…
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