Quite awkward

His expression was tense, his breathing was rapid, his eyes were tightly closed, and his thin shoulders were shaking slightly.

This situation is still not good.

Mu Chenan held her arm and pulled her closer. With his other hand, he clasped her slender waist and, with a little force, lifted her from the passenger seat.

Qi Yu was caught off guard and sat across his lap.

The shock has passed and now it has turned into horror.

Her heart beat faster and louder, not because of the rain and thunder outside, but because of the man so close to her.

Mu Chenan pressed her face against his chest with one hand, opened his coat to wrap around her upper body, and patted her back gently, trying to soothe her anxiety.

"Don't……"

She opened her eyes in panic and just as she said a word, a cold and hoarse male voice above her head interrupted her.

"Don't think about it. Try to sleep."

Qi Yu refused.

An idea suddenly occurred to her, so she turned on some music to drown out the noise outside and let herself go back to the passenger seat.

Mu Chenan heard her whispered suggestion and wanted to laugh.

The man's chest rose and fell, increasing Qi Yu's doubts and uneasiness.

"Don't use up the car's fuel or electricity in this situation."

"Um."

“Aren’t you afraid anymore?”

“I’m not afraid anymore.”

She blinked, her voice still small.

Mu Chenan noticed that her body had stopped trembling, so he wanted to send her back. He opened his coat and pulled her out. Qi Yu intended to crawl over by herself, and he watched quietly without helping.

This time, a shocking bolt of lightning struck the hood of the car directly, and a flash of white light flashed into the car.

Qi Yu narrowed his eyes, his shoulders shook violently, and within a second he shrank back onto his legs.

very scary.

She didn't mean to act weak. Her past bad experiences had made her sensitive and often felt uneasy.

This is not a pretense or to gain sympathy.

During the Qingming Festival, and on a rainy day like this, people's emotions are bound to fluctuate.

If Mu Chenan hadn't been by her side, she would have naturally recovered her mood after the thunderstorm passed, had a good sleep, and quickly forgotten the shock.

But in this situation, there are no ifs.

At this moment, she hid in his arms, clutching the fabric of his clothes randomly, her lips colliding up and down, and her breathing was heavy.

Mu Chenan lowered his eyes and looked at the top of her black hair. A faint fragrance drifted into his nose. He stood up straight and stood still, with his hands on both sides, not hugging her like before.

His eldest brother reminded him in advance that Qi Yu would cry every year during Qingming Festival, and asked him to give her some comfort.

If it were before, Mu Chenan would definitely refuse directly without leaving any room for negotiation.

But the Mu family had just lost a child, and Xu Nianhan was in a bad mood. The eldest brother was often depressed, and he had to work hard to deal with the relationship between husband and wife.

Faced with this situation, Mu Chenan no longer refused and readily agreed to the task assigned by his elder brother.

He just stopped to think for a moment. No matter how scared Qi Yu was, he shouldn't have held her on his lap and comforted her in such an intimate way.

It's too late to regret now.

The car was very quiet. Qi Yu took a few breaths, and the warm breath sprayed on Mu Chenan's collarbone.

He frowned and tried to move her head away.

After hesitating for a while, I still didn't do it.

She suddenly felt her eyelids heavy, so she closed her eyes and remained in this position without moving. The sound of heavy rain was still in her ears, and the thunder had gone far away.

This is a lot more reassuring.

Time passed little by little. Mu Chenan walked around her back and looked at his watch. Qi Yu had been sleeping on his chest for more than twenty minutes.

After she fell asleep, the rain gradually subsided.

He shook her shoulders to wake her up.

Qi Yu regained consciousness, not daring to look directly at Mu Chenan, but met his calm gaze in panic. The man's voice was cold.

"go back."

Half of her body felt numb, and as she stood up, her butt fell heavily on his thigh again.

Mu Chenan raised his head with his Adam's apple rolling, and looked at her with helplessness in his eyes. He easily picked her up with both hands and carried her to the passenger seat.

Qi Yu turned around, hiding her flushed face, trying to forget what had just happened.

After a long time, he finally calmed his breathing, rolled down the car window and looked out.

The rain was still falling, and the potholed asphalt road was filled with accumulated water that looked black.

Mu Chenan started the car and returned to the main road.

The two of them wasted a full hour here.

It was lunchtime. Qi Yu's stomach felt a little upset after the shock, so she opened her bag and took out a small cake. This was the tribute she had taken from her father's grave not long ago, leaving only the fruit there.

Qi Jianhong doesn't like snacks, so Qi Yu just brought some and displayed them symbolically, then put them back in her bag.

He tore open the package and ate it quickly, then unscrewed the bottle and drank some water.

The car braked suddenly and the water in the bottle spilled onto her legs.

If she hadn't been strapped in, she would have crashed forward.

After sitting firmly and looking forward, I saw a huge fallen rock rolling down from the mountain next to me, and more than ten meters ahead, the roads in both directions were piled high with yellow mud. Under the rain, the mud and water flowed on the ground.

"mudslide?"

"Yes, we can't stop here, it's dangerous!" Mu Chenan made a quick judgment and turned the steering wheel urgently.

Qi Yu craned her neck to observe and suddenly saw a white car buried in the mud, with only the rear visible. She was shocked and said, "Brother, there's a car buried!"

"Call the police and explain the situation."

"good!"

This section of road is surrounded by mountains on both sides, the rain is still falling, the soil is loose, and mudslides may occur at any time.