Although a few of them were inevitably wrong, they were useful in the end.
Later, the little girl gave him water from the small canteen she carried, then ran down the mountain to find help.
But after leaving, she never came back.
He was eventually rescued by the bodyguards his grandfather had sent to look for him.
"Jiaojiao! You're Jiaojiao!"
At this memory, Qin Mohan excitedly scooped Su Qiao into his arms and held her tightly against him.
"Let go! Let go of me!"
Suddenly trapped in his crushing embrace, Su Qiao impatiently pushed at him, but with her strength, there was no way she could get free.
All she could do was say bitterly, "Who's Jiaojiao? I clearly said Qiaoqiao back then. How did it become such a tacky name as Jiaojiao?"
Jiaojiao? Was she really that weak-looking now, at less than 1.7 meters tall?
He had even given her such a weak-sounding name.
"Hahaha, Jiaojiao, you're my little Jiaojiao!"
Qin Mohan acted as though he hadn't heard her. Like a child, he held her and spun around the center of the room, laughing loudly.
"I looked for you in Bai City for a long time, but I couldn't find you no matter how hard I tried. Later, because of my eyes, I could only go abroad for treatment."
"After I returned from abroad a few years ago, I sent people to look for you in Bai City again. We nearly turned the whole city upside down, but still couldn't find you. So you'd come to B City."
Su Qiao was nearly unable to breathe. Struggling, she lifted her head from his embrace and gave him an annoyed Big Eye Roll.
"Who came to hide in B City? My family was originally from B City. I was only visiting my grandmother back then."
"Stop! You're making me dizzy. And it's nighttime now—be careful not to wake everyone up."
Beating his shoulder, Su Qiao struggled to get down.
Qin Mohan ignored her completely. He carried her to the edge of the bed, rested his head on her shoulder, and contentedly breathed in her scent.
"Wake them up, then." What did he care?
His scorching breath brushed against her neck. Su Qiao felt ticklish and was a little unaccustomed to it.
She instinctively tilted her head back, then shoved him hard. "Let go. I'm going to sleep. I'm not fooling around with you anymore."
If they kept this up, she really wouldn't get any sleep tonight.
There was still a good show to watch after daybreak. She needed to get enough rest.
Qin Mohan lifted his head and grinned like an innocent child.
His usually deep, somber black eyes now shone like stars in the night sky, sparkling with pure, spotless light.
"Hehe, Jiaojiao, I'm happy. I'm really happy."
It was a happiness he had never felt in all these years.
Su Qiao had never expected this man to have such a side to him.
His hearty laughter even brightened his usually somber, cold, and stern face, making him look like a sunny young man.
Under the gaze of his earnest, sincere black eyes, Su Qiao suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Perhaps she had been infected by his mood. Without realizing it, she, too, became relaxed and cheerful, the corners of her lips lifting into a smile of their own accord.
The two of them were very close, so close that even their breaths seemed to intertwine.
At some point, in the softly lit room, a strange sense of intimacy began to fill the air.
Feeling uneasy, Su Qiao turned her head away to avoid his increasingly heated gaze. "Ahem, go to sleep."
A trace of regret flashed through Qin Mohan's eyes.
Holding the warm, soft person in his arms felt like holding the whole world. "All right. Then I'll sleep with you."
In fact, he couldn't sleep at all right now. Every cell in his body was boiling and cheering.
Excitement, exhilaration, satisfaction...
Su Qiao shot him a sideways glance, thoroughly disgusted. "Who wants you to sleep with me?"
This man was really insatiable. She should've known better than to be nice to him.
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