Chapter 91 - 89: Take His Arm

Chapter 91: Chapter 89: Take His Arm

After all, it was hard to get a ride on a rainy day. Might as well let one more person on.

With that thought, the driver hastily hit the brakes.

The bus, which had just begun to accelerate, instantly came to a halt.

The sudden stop sent the girl, who was already walking down the aisle, lurching forward uncontrollably.

Her wide, terrified eyes stared at the bus’s sheet metal floor. She even forgot how to breathe.

It was no exaggeration to say that she felt her heart had leaped out of her body!

Out of fear, the girl instantly squeezed her eyes shut.

Her mind went completely blank.

...

At that moment, Xiao Ran had only just found his footing.

He had intended to give the girl his seat and had just turned around to find her when he saw her lunging straight for him.

Seeing that things were about to go south, Xiao Ran instinctively spread his arms, trying his best to protect the girl.

The anticipated pain never came. Instead, that unique scent belonging to Xiao Ran inexplicably flooded her nostrils.

Almost instantly, that feeling of her heart being in her throat disappeared, replaced by a sense of warmth and security.

The girl hugged Xiao Ran tightly, feeling his firm and powerful chest.

Only then did she realize she had somehow burrowed into his arms again.

And with that, the feeling of her heart pounding uncontrollably washed over her once more.

It wasn’t the first time, after all.

But she still couldn’t stop her face from flushing a faint red, her eyes brimming with boundless shyness.

Xiao Ran looked down at the girl in his arms and managed a smile.

"There, there. You’re okay."

After saying this, he let her go, then reached out and pulled her to stand steadily in front of him.

The bus began moving forward again, and with its slight swaying, their arms would occasionally touch before quickly pulling apart.

Neither of them spoke, as if they were both wholeheartedly savoring this rare, tender moment.

As they approached the next stop, the person in the adjacent seat stood up and headed to the back.

The only two people left standing on the bus were Xiao Ran and Yan Xici.

Xiao Ran glanced at the seat and said to the girl beside him, "Go ahead and take a seat."

The girl shook her head. She would much rather stand beside him than sit on a cold seat.

It wasn’t that she needed to be clingy; she simply wanted to be a little closer to him.

"It’s okay. We’re only one stop away. I can just stand for a bit."

Her voice was sweet and gentle.

Xiao Ran lived by a simple principle: never stand if you can sit, and never sit if you can lie down.

’He didn’t know if others were the same, but that’s how he had always operated.’

"You should sit anyway. It’s more comfortable."

"In that case, you sit, Brother Xiao Ran. I’ll stand beside you."

’If one of us has to sit, it should be Brother Xiao Ran. Besides, all that matters is that I’m by his side.’

To be honest, Xiao Ran could feel his shoes were soaked and really didn’t feel like standing anymore.

He didn’t refuse and sat right down.

His legs were quite long, and this particular seat was right above the wheel well, so there was a raised platform.

When a person of Xiao Ran’s height sat there, it felt incredibly cramped. But they were getting off in a few minutes anyway, so Xiao Ran simply sat down sideways.

He placed both of his legs in the aisle. It was more comfortable for his legs, and for his feet, too.

"By the way, my mom said she’s thinking of heading back," Xiao Ran said lightly.

From the time they met up until now, he hadn’t had a chance to tell her that his mother was planning to leave.

Hearing this, the girl looked down at him, astonished. "So soon?"

’This is the first time I’ve ever looked down at him from above,’ she thought.

’Not that I’m very tall, but Xiao Ran’s head is right around my chest...’

She pursed her lips. "But she just got here two days ago. How can she be leaving so soon?"

The driver, who was simultaneously driving and pondering what to eat for lunch at home, was startled by a dog that darted out of nowhere. He instinctively slammed on the brakes.

The girl was still talking when the bus lurched violently, and her body instinctively pressed against Xiao Ran.

Almost instantly, her head seemed to BUZZ, and her mind went completely blank.

Her body, face, and neck all began to flush an unnatural, almost frightening shade of red.

’Someone kill me now!’

’Right now, the only word she could think of was "death"!’

’What the hell kind of plot twist is this? Even in my wildest dreams, I wouldn’t dare imagine this!’

As the bus swayed once more, her body quickly pulled away from him.

But the warmth lingering on her face had not faded.

If their previous intimate moments had made the girl’s heart flutter with sweetness, this was just pure stimulation and embarrassment.

Right now, she felt as if she didn’t even have the courage to go on living.

Xiao Ran’s own face flushed red as he hastily turned his head away, trying desperately to calm himself.

But even so, the blood in his body was still uncontrollably pooling in a certain area.

’There was no denying it—this was just too damn stimulating.’

’And it had come on so suddenly, completely exceeding his mental preparations.’

"Um, sorry..."

Xiao Ran felt his throat go dry.

’This was just too awkward.’

’Honestly, he still couldn’t figure out how something like this could have happened out of the blue.’

It was no exaggeration to say he felt his toes curling in his shoes from the sheer awkwardness.