Chapter 63

Chapter 2: The Charm of That Night

"Now, what should we do?" Lin Ruoshui looked at the pile of yellow mud in front of her, feeling a bit depressed. She sighed deeply, crossed her arms over her protruding chest, and her tone was a bit urgent.

"Ah, what else can we do? We'll just have to wait until morning for someone to come." Yang Zixuan sighed. He really should have the road from the county town to Nanshan Town repaired and paved with cement. After the New Year, this matter should be discussed at the county government's standing committee meeting. Otherwise, it would be a significant problem for the medicinal herb trade and production in Nanshan!

Without basic road infrastructure, talking about industrial development is just a waste of time.

"What time is it now?" Lin Ruoshui asked, feeling a bit frustrated. After all, for her, spending a night in the wilderness with a man was an unprecedented experience, and she felt a bit resistant.

"It's just a little past nine in the evening." Yang Zixuan looked down at his watch.

Lin Ruoshui's face immediately fell, and she pouted her clear, pink lips. "How long until it gets light? Is no one going to pass by this road tonight?"

"The chances are very small. Look at the heavy rain outside. Who would dare to walk this muddy road at night? If it were paved with cement, I guess more people would dare to walk it. But now, with this muddy road, motorbikes and such wouldn't dare to go in such heavy rain at night." Yang Zixuan sighed.

"So, what should we do now?" Lin Ruoshui tried to act as if nothing was wrong. In this remote and desolate place, with a man and a woman alone, both of them young and attractive, it was a real test of a man's self-control and composure.

"What else can we do, Deputy Secretary Lin? Aren't you tired after running around with the officials in Nanshan Town all day? You should get some sleep early." Yang Zixuan found it a bit strange that he could say such a thing. Had his self-control improved after being reborn?

"Then... I'll go to sleep." After saying that, Lin Ruoshui took the coat from the car and covered her slender, well-proportioned body, curling up into a small ball and closing her eyes to sleep.

Yang Zixuan smiled bitterly and lay down, bending his body. He caught a glimpse of Lin Ruoshui's long, beautiful eyelashes and her delicate, fragile face, which looked like a beauty in a dream, delicate and vulnerable. His heart felt warm, and he thought of his ex-girlfriend's similarly delicate and fragile face from his previous life. A strange feeling welled up in his heart, a bit sour...

Lin Ruoshui's long, beautiful eyelashes trembled slightly, and her clear eyes suddenly opened. She saw Yang Zixuan's eyes staring at her face. She was about to mock him, but quickly noticed that there was no lust in his eyes, only some moisture, which she knew were tears. She held back her mocking words, realizing that he was thinking of someone else...

She couldn't help but feel curious. What kind of woman could make this man, who was so strong and assertive in both the standing committee and the county government, feel like crying?

"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a beautiful woman before?" Lin Ruoshui deliberately put on an angry face, glaring at Yang Zixuan.

Yang Zixuan immediately snapped out of his memories, feeling a bit amused and a bit exasperated. He found Lin Ruoshui inexplicably cute...

"Your eyelashes are beautiful!" Yang Zixuan said with a mischievous smile, staring at Lin Ruoshui.

In the darkness, Lin Ruoshui didn't respond. After a long while, she suddenly asked, "Who were you thinking about just now?"

"A person who is no longer in this world..." Yang Zixuan's voice was low and hoarse.

"She must be very happy..." Lin Ruoshui's voice was very soft.

Yang Zixuan smiled but didn't respond, just saying, "Go to sleep. You must be tired."

"Why don't you sleep?" Lin Ruoshui glared at Yang Zixuan, her eyes wide.

"Facing such a beautiful woman, I doubt even Liu Xiaohui could sleep alone." Yang Zixuan smiled bitterly.

"I don't know what kind of dirty thoughts you have." Lin Ruoshui glared at Yang Zixuan, looking like a long-suffering young wife.

"I'm telling the truth! The truth!"

"Even if you can't sleep, you have to try. Count sheep if you can't sleep!" Lin Ruoshui glared at Yang Zixuan, but her heart was beating faster, and her chest was rising and falling more. Lin Ruoshui's chest wasn't particularly large, but it looked very perfect. The air in the car was filled with the sweet scent of a young woman...

Sure enough, after Yang Zixuan closed his eyes for a while, Lin Ruoshui thought he had fallen asleep. Just as she was about to close her eyes, Yang Zixuan suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I don't think counting sheep works. I've counted two hundred and still can't sleep."

"What should we do then?"

"I think I shouldn't count sheep but should count dumplings! Because dumplings sound like 'sleep' in Chinese. It's a psychological suggestion."

"Then count dumplings!"

Yang Zixuan closed his eyes again and was quiet for a while. Lin Ruoshui felt drowsiness coming over her and was about to close her eyes when Yang Zixuan suddenly shouted, "Actually, I'm hungry!"

He received another glare from Lin Ruoshui.

The rain outside was getting heavier, and the temperature inside the car was starting to drop. Yang Zixuan also felt cold and began to curl up, noticing that Lin Ruoshui was shivering...

"The temperature in the mountains is several degrees lower than in the county town, and with the freezing rain, it might be even lower... If we don't take some measures, we might be frozen stiff by morning..." Yang Zixuan looked at Lin Ruoshui's black, pure eyes pitifully...

"What do you want to do?" Lin Ruoshui instinctively pulled her body back, wrapping herself more tightly in the leather coat.

"I think we can get closer to keep warm!"

"Forget it. With your bad intentions, you deserve to freeze to death. I don't care!" Lin Ruoshui pouted and turned her head away from Yang Zixuan.

After a while, Lin Ruoshui turned over and saw Yang Zixuan shivering. Whether it was the residual alcohol or her natural sympathy, she said, "Come closer. My coat is big enough for both of us to keep warm... But you can't move around..."

Yang Zixuan nodded quickly and moved from the driver's seat. He reached into the thick coat covering Lin Ruoshui's body, and the strong, sweet scent made him have a natural physiological reaction...

His fingers accidentally touched Lin Ruoshui's thigh, which was covered in stockings. Even through the layer of clothing, he could feel the warmth. Above it was a snug cotton shirt, which clung to her alluring body. The faint light allowed Yang Zixuan to catch glimpses of Lin Ruoshui's stunning curves from her legs to her waist to her chest...

"Swallow!"

Yang Zixuan swallowed hard...

Lin Ruoshui's breathing also quickened, and she remembered the embarrassing leakage incident that happened in the passenger seat last time, which made her face flush even more...

"Ruoshui..."

Yang Zixuan's eyes were a bit blurry as he softly called Lin Ruoshui's name.

"Hmm?" Lin Ruoshui felt her consciousness blur, as if resisting something, and turned her face away.

"Can you turn your face towards me?" Yang Zixuan's hand began to rest on Lin Ruoshui's waist, his voice hoarse and low.

"Why should I turn towards you?" Lin Ruoshui still resisted instinctively, her mind replaying the black-and-white scenes of her encounters with Yang Zixuan.

From the first time she saw him looking dazed in the No. 1 building of the city committee, to the man singing in the private room on the day she became deputy secretary, to his handling of the Qiu Nan's suicide incident in Qianchi Town, to his first strike against her at the standing committee meeting, and to the embarrassing moments in the hospital and the car during her period, all these memories quietly surfaced. Lin Ruoshui felt her heart race... This man, who was once a political rival and a friend, was becoming increasingly blurry...

"Turning towards me will make it easier to talk." Yang Zixuan's voice was still seductive in the darkness.

The moment Lin Ruoshui turned, she felt two cold lips on her own...

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