Chapter 433: Chapter 433: Selfish Chapter 433: Chapter 433: Selfish “I’m fine. Just really tired these past few days, plus yesterday I exerted myself a bit too much, so everyone got worried. Don’t worry, look at me, I’m all lively and jumpy again. Look how strong I am, everything tastes so good,” Bai Xiao said jokingly, rubbing An Zhiyuan’s furrowed brow.
“Stop frowning; if you keep it up, you’ll turn into an old man. I haven’t even married you yet, and if you become an old man, I might have to return the goods.”
“Dare to ask for a return? You should know that ‘no returns or exchanges’ is the policy here. Humph, you, girl, are you trying to rebel? Thinking about returns, huh? Spit it out, have you set your eyes on some other product that doesn’t need returning or exchanging?” An Zhiyuan said fiercely, pulling her into his arms.
The sour feeling in his heart was unmistakable, and Bai Xiao could feel it too.
Leaning happily into his embrace, Bai Xiao rubbed her face against An Zhiyuan’s chest and sighed, “Who else could I possibly fancy? In this lifetime, I’m practically trapped in the palm of Camp Leader An’s hand, I can’t escape no matter what. Big Brother An, it’s really good to have you by my side.”
No one in this life or the last has treated her so well. No, that’s not right!
To be precise, no man has treated her so well, of course, except for Big Brother.
An Zhiyuan hugged her tightly, hugging without any reservations. Everyone now knew that Captain An was in Dr. Bai’s tent, and he believed that no one foolish enough would dare to burst in, so he indulged himself, forgetting all rules. The scene that unfolded yesterday still seemed to play before his eyes, that image of Bai Xiao had nearly scared his soul away.
He couldn’t lose her.
In fact, before he went to the front lines, the call he made to Bai Xiao was with the mindset that he might get injured, become disabled, or even die. He had contemplated all possible outcomes, and his only thought was to not drag Bai Xiao down with him.
That’s why he spoke the way he did.
He couldn’t give happiness to the woman he loved most, nor could he become a burden to her.
At that moment, he felt very noble.
But yesterday, suddenly, he became selfish. His hair, drenched by the storm and clinging to his forehead in strands, but those eyes still twinkled like stars in the night, her slender body containing a strong spirit, unwilling to give up on her teammates even when she was at death’s door, those tightly clasped hands shook his soul.
How could he bear to let someone like Bai Xiao go to someone else, how could he feel at ease letting her be with someone else?
What if that person didn’t love her, care for her, and pamper her unconditionally the way he did? What then?
So let him be selfish just this once.
Let him cherish, protect, and pamper his woman.
He quickly kissed her forehead, then pulled away.
With cheeks and ears turning unbearably red.
Bai Xiao couldn’t help but laugh heartily. Her Captain An was blushing. Indeed, her Captain An was cold and serious in front of everyone else, so upright that it was hard to associate him with this doting man. It was unlikely that any of his subordinates would imagine their captain having such a side.
She had long accepted and liked the strong attraction she felt towards him; it was a pride as a woman, and she also acknowledged how important he was to her emotionally.
In her past life, the love she gave was not reciprocated, and perhaps all she got back was endless hurt, so she learned to suppress her feelings to avoid getting hurt.
But now, to talk of being cautious was already too late, she thought with a flustered heart. She had already fallen for him. Her body had taken its own initiative to press against him, seeking the pleasure he had given her once.