A Summer Afternoon, a Beautiful Misunderstanding!
The four o'clock summer sun was like a brute, its scorching heat enough to dry out a person's skin.
But inside Lin Baici's home, there was no sign of the sweltering heat.
The villa was surrounded by shady trees, whose dense branches and leaves broke up the sunlight and scattered mottled shadows across the ground.
In the master bedroom, Jiang Yitong opened her bleary eyes. A second later, she pressed a hand to her forehead. It hurt and spun, as if she'd spent the whole day riding a roller coaster and her brains had been shaken to mush.
Hiss!
Jiang Yitong sucked in a sharp breath, and her consciousness gradually returned.
She felt like she'd had a wild, muddled dream.
In the dream, Lin Baici had become the God of War and was chasing her down. His presence was like waves crashing against reefs in the middle of a raging storm, ready to crush everything!
The waves surged and the angry breakers thundered!
Jiang Yitong felt like she might die.
At last, the clouds parted and the sky cleared.
Jiang Yitong woke up and stared blankly for a few seconds. Then she looked down and swore!
"Lin Baici, you—(chirp chirp chirp)..."
Jiang Yitong launched into a torrent of curses. She'd shouted so hard that she even felt lightheaded from lack of oxygen.
She braced herself against the bed with one hand to keep from fainting.
Jiang Yitong's thoughts were in a whirl. It had suddenly dawned on her that those memories weren't a dream. They'd really happened.
Thinking of that, Jiang Yitong swore again.
"Are you done cursing?"
Lin Baici appeared in the doorway and looked at Jiang Yitong.
"You son of a—"
Jiang Yitong instinctively wanted to leap up and beat Lin Baici,