Jiaochen

Chapter 34: Feel At Home

Ji Qingying rubbed her feet that had gotten numb from standing in one place for so long and followed after him.

After entering the house, Fu Yanzhi put the things in his hand down, rolled his sleeves up, and looked at her, "Would you like to drink some water?"

"Yes."

Ji Qingying raised her eyes to look at him, "Do you always get off work so late every day?"

"Depends on the situation."

Ji Qingying understood and didn't ask further.

Fu Yanzhi entered the kitchen.

He poured a cup of warm water and handed it to Ji Qingying. His little finger inadvertently touched her index finger, it was cold as if it had been soaked in ice.

He frowned.

Ji Qingying's thoughts were wandering and she didn't notice the change in his expression.

Her eyelids hung down, with both hands holding the cup and her small lips pursed.

She looked like an abandoned child.

Fu Yanzhi seldom felt such compassion even if it was very little.

"What time was it locked?"

Ji Qingying's mind was in a mess, she blinked after hearing his voice, and looked at him for a while, "I can't remember exactly but it must have been past nine o'clock."

Fu Yanzhi: "..."

She looked up at him, "Do you have work even tomorrow?"

"En."

Hearing his answer the lady who enjoyed teasing him gave him a sympathetic smile, "Must be exhausting."

Fu Yanzhi said nothing.

While holding the warm cup, her eyes gleamed, and she suddenly asked, "Doctor Fu."

Fu Yanzhi looked down to stare at her.

"Does your house have wine?"

"No."

Fu Yanzhi got up, stooped to pick his cell phone up from the table, and said in a low voice, "I'm gonna give the locksmith a call and ask him to come over tomorrow."

Ji Qingying did not refuse his kind offer.

After the phone call, Fu Yanzhi turned his head to look at her.

Ji Qingying knew what he was going to say and quickly said, "You can go about your business. I'm fine sitting by myself."

Fu Yanzhi stared at her for a few seconds before saying, "I'm going to take a shower. I'll talk with you again after that."

He had mild mysophobia, and every time he went home from the Diyi hospital, the first thing he did upon entering the house was to take a bath.

Ji Qingying nodded.

Now, she was being particularly well behaved and as she owed him one now she didn't want to tease him either.

Fu Yanzhi entered his room.

After a while, he came over with a gray blanket and handed it to Ji Qingying.

He leaned so close that she could smell him.

It wasn't a bad scent and instead somewhat made a person feel comfortable.

Her eyes bent in crescent and her mouth curved into a smile, "Thank you."

Fu Yanzhi responded " En" and said, "I will take you to the guest room later."

"Okay"

After he had returned to his room again, the living room became quiet.

The blanket was clean. He must have just rummaged it out of a drawer, on top of that it still had the wooden fragrance of a cabinet on it.

Ji Qingying sent a message to Rong Xue and only then did she pull open the blanket to cover her body.

She didn't know when the air conditioner had been turned on. Not long after, the heater steadily flowed to emit to come out, and the deserted room was filled with heat, making her feel quite comfortable.

When Fu Yanzhi came out of the bath, Ji Qingying had already fallen asleep.

He stared at the person curled up on the sofa and stayed there for a while before turning back to his room.

Ji Qingying had a dream.

In her sleep, she was walking surrounded by dense fog in a forest.

She had walked into a place where no one could get out. Wherever she went the surroundings were so white that she couldn't even see the color of the sky.

She had been stuck there for a long time, but couldn't find her way out.

When she was exhausted from searching, she heard a familiar voice and smelled the unpleasant odor of winter china fir [1].

Subconsciously, Ji Qingying went toward the direction the sound had come from.

[1] China fir – coniferous evergreen timber tree of the cypress family. It is a sweet balsamic, aromatic green spicy fragrance.