Hear My Heart: My World Falls into the River of Love

Chapter 53 - Shall we dance?

He Xiu stared at his cell phone after sending that message, waiting for Jian Yan's reply. A moment later, the dark screen lit up once more.

「I apologize. I'm not for sale. :)」

He Xiu quirked his lips, his fingers flying across the screen with lightning speed. 「There's a dance three days from now; may I invite you as my dancing partner?」

Tang Zhi: 「What dance?」

Nan Si: 「Just some wealthy people who are idle and bored senseless, so they're looking for an excuse to eat, drink, and be merry.」

Tang Zhi: 「Sounds too depraved. I want to go.」

Nan Si: 「233333」

Tang Zhi: 「Yi, I just realized that Valentine's Day seems to be three days from now, ei~」

Nan Si: 「Yes :)」

Tang Zhi: 「:)」

Nan Si: 「I'll pick you up on time in the afternoon『cute』」

Tang Zhi: 「But there's still a problem. I think I can't dance『sweats』」

Nan Si: 「No problem. There's still 3 days. I can teach you. :)」

"Come come come, let's take advantage of Teacher Tang Zhi playing on her phone to eat all the meat on the table!" Lin Zhen's voice suddenly resounded. Jian Yan put down her phone at once and moved to protect the meat in front of her.

Everyone had fun at this make-up annual meeting until 11:00PM. By the time Jian Yan got home, she was already exhausted to the point of death. Before she went to sleep though, she opened QQ to check for messages and discovered that He Xiu had sent her a video.

『Waltz Instructional Video』

Jian Yan: "..."

Some of these rich folk really liked to act elegant, ke—ke—

But in order to not lose face at the Valentine's Day Ball, she still earnestly watched it once, even standing on her tiptoes on her fluffy carpet to try to twirl.

She felt it was passable.

He Xiu really did do what he had said he would, visiting with the express purpose of teaching her to dance. Because work was busy during the day, he wouldn't arrive until evening, conveniently freeloading food at Jian Yan's place too.

Jian Yan went bare feet as she learned to dance with him, afraid that she might step on his feet. He Xiu turned on the music and walked over to stand in front of her, saying, "There's a crash course method: you can stand on my feet, and I will twirl you around."

Jian Yan raised her brow and pointed out, "I'm very heavy. It would be awkward if you can't lift me."

He Xiu chuckled softly. "That won't happen. Plus, you're not heavy."

"Eh...then hold on. I'll go put on high heels."

"Hey..."

"Hahaha." Seeing He Xiu's helpless appearance, Jian Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing. "I won't tease you anymore; let's start."

He Xiu wrapped one arm around her waist, his other hand moving to hold her right hand. He murmured, "Come up."

Jian Yan stepped forward to lightly rest on his feet, further closing the distance between them. Despite this, He Xiu drew her closer still. Gazing into her eyes, her face only a whisper away from his, he asked, "Are you standing firmly?"

"Mn."

"Then I'm going to move."

"......Can you not say something so dirty? I'm still a lady, okay?"