Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Don’t be afraid, it’s me
The person in the photo was He Jingyao, and clearly, it was He Jingyao during his teenage years, looking to be not yet twenty years old.
At this time, his height and facial features were nearly fully developed, dressed in a British-style uniform, tall and straight, with a smile-not-smile look on his face, demonically charming just like he is now, but his gaze still revealed a bit of childishness and greenness.
Feeling a surge of excitement, Su Zixi burst into the bedroom with the photo in hand, “I found it!”
He Jingyao was sitting on the bed with a laptop on his knees, obviously dealing with emails when he lifted his head at her voice, “Found what?”
Su Zixi excitedly thrust the photo in front of him, “I found this!”
He Jingyao raised an eyebrow in surprise, “You think this is a gift?”
“I don’t care, I’m treating it as a gift!” Su Zixi clutched the photo to her chest, her eyes twinkling, “Can I have this photo, please?”
He held out his hand, “Let me see it.”
Su Zixi obediently placed the photo in his hand.
He Jingyao scrutinized it critically, “This photo is from eight years ago, what’s so interesting about it?”
Eight years ago… seems like he wasn’t yet eighteen at that time.
“I just want it anyway,” Su Zixi insisted.
He Jingyao gave her a look, a hint of a suggestive smile forming in the depths of his eyes, “If you’re planning on fantasizing over my picture, I wouldn’t mind taking a few portraits for you, with whatever style you choose.”
Su Zixi immediately became agitated, “Who’s fantasizing!”
“Right, of course,” he said with an air of understanding, “I’m right here in the flesh, so if you want to do something to me, you don’t need to fantasize at all, you can make your dreams come true directly.”
With that, he smiled earnestly, as sincere as could be, “Don’t be shy.”
Su Zixi was choked with anger.
She snatched the photo from his hand and ran off huffing, “It’s mine anyway!”
The seventeen or eighteen-year-old He Jingyao certainly couldn’t have been this annoying, Su Zixi thought as she ran.
He Jingyao watched her retreating figure, his eyes gradually softening.
In truth, she wasn’t wrong. That photo was indeed the gift he had given her. Always detesting cameras, he had very few photos, and it had taken Uncle Lee quite some effort to find that one taken during his time at Eton College.
He wondered when she would realize the significance of him giving her that photo.
Su Zixi returned to her own room, holding the photo and looking at it again and again, before treasuring and storing it away carefully.
She glanced around, locked the door of her room carefully, and then slipped into the bathroom to shower.
With He Jingyao’s words insinuating he planned on teasing her tonight, she decided to stay in her room and not go out, to see what he could possibly do to her!
Su Zixi felt wonderfully clear-headed.
The bathroom quickly filled with steam, and as Su Zixi closed her eyes to rinse her hair, she was unaware that the sound of rushing water was covering up many other noises.
So, when her back bumped into a firm chest, she was so scared that all the hairs on her body stood on end! Just as she was about to scream, her mouth was covered by a large hand!
The familiar scent calmed her down immediately, but the familiar low chuckle again made her nearly jump out of her skin.
Flustered, she used both hands to shield her vital spots and turned her head to glare at him fiercely.
It was then that He Jingyao finally let go of his right hand, his smile deepening, “Don’t be scared, it’s me.”
You being you is what’s frightening!
“How did you get in here?” Su Zixi exclaimed, her face flushed.