As soon as she left her room in the morning, Su Jing could smell the aroma of food. When she walked to the kitchen, Jiang Yi also walked down from upstairs. When Su Jing saw Jiang Yi, she stared at his face with wide eyes and studied it for a long time.

"What are you looking at? Have you ever seen anyone as handsome as him?" Jiang Yi made her look so handsome that her whole body grew hair.

"Who are you? How come you don't get a pimple?" Su Jing said, touching a pimple on the tip of her nose that appeared last night.

"Tsk, brother is naturally handsome, and you have to ask this?" Jiang Yi shook his head proudly.

"You two, are you still in the mood to bicker?" Wu Wanqiu came out carrying two plates. "Hurry up and eat, then get out of here."

The two of them each took a plate and walked towards the dining table. Wu Wanqiu went back to the kitchen and brought out a plate of buns.

"Your dad's driver is already waiting at the door, eat it quickly."

"Yeah." Jiang Yi said.

"Okay." Su Jing had already stood up and was ready to take her empty bowl back to the kitchen.

"Let's go, don't worry about it." Wu Wanqiu urged her and pushed her towards the door. "Don't be nervous, study hard for the exam. You've studied so hard, there will be no problem, ah!"

"I know." Su Jing smiled at her and bent down to get her shoes.

"You should be serious too!" Wu Wanqiu patted her son's shoulder as he was walking towards her and whispered, "You can do it too. If you pass the exam and go to Beijing, it will be convenient for you to take care of her." She looked at her son meaningfully and gave him an encouraging look.

"No problem, don't worry." Jiang Yi smiled at Wu Wanqiu, but he felt a little uncertain in his heart.

Su Jing naturally took his shoes out of the shoe cabinet, and he naturally put his feet into the shoes and put them on. The two of them trotted out the door.

Wu Wanqiu looked at their extremely natural movements and couldn't describe her feelings.

Okay, it’s just two days. Let them do whatever they want after the exam. Even if something really happens, it’s okay. We are all adults.

"Didn't you sleep well last night?" Su Jing asked in a low voice as the two of them sat in the back seat.

"Uh...it's okay..." Jiang Yi lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice, a blush spreading across his face.

"I didn't sleep well either." Su Jing seemed to know that he was lying.

"Am I influencing you?" Jiang Yi opened his eyes wide, turned to look at her and mouthed the words.

"Maybe I'm just too nervous." Su Jing said helplessly.

In her previous life, she had never taken the college entrance examination, so now she was doubly nervous and couldn't sleep well. So when Jiang Yi came to her room last night to confirm what she needed to bring today, she hugged Jiang Yi.

"Are you nervous?" Jiang Yi was a little overwhelmed by her sudden hug. He raised his hands at his sides, wanting to hug Su Jing but not daring to.

Before they made their own thoughts clear, they would often touch each other, even arm in arm, without worrying about the other person misunderstanding or anything. But now that they knew their feelings, they always kept their distance, fearing that the other person would misunderstand them and think they had other thoughts.

Why are people so contradictory?

"Yeah, I'm so scared!" Su Jing put her cheek against his chest and heard his heartbeat go from normal to accelerated. But at this moment, Su Jing didn't have any other romantic thoughts. She just used her nose to smell the comfortable and reassuring scent on Jiang Yi.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Yi finally put his arms around her and held her tighter. "Does this make you feel more secure?"

Feeling Jiang Yi's arms around her, his body temperature coming through the thin pajamas, Su Jing's uneasiness seemed to have eased. Her arms around Jiang Yi's waist tightened involuntarily.

"If I fail the exam, I..." Su Jing put her ear closer to him.

"Impossible!" Jiang Yi interrupted her confidently, "You've already passed the professional courses, and your cultural courses are now over 500. Even if you perform poorly, you'll still score over 480. How could you possibly fail?"

Jiang Yi patted her back with his warm palm, his movements were gentle, but it seemed like he was charging her.

After a moment of silence, Su Jing raised her head, her nose right next to Jiang Yi's Adam's apple. She whispered, "Can you stay with me? Tonight."

"Huh?" Jiang Yi was a little surprised and didn't quite understand what she meant.

"I'm quite scared," Su Jing gently touched Jiang Yi's rolling Adam's apple with the tip of her nose, rubbing it again and again.

Her breath was slightly hot and sprayed on Jiang Yi's neck, spreading out like fine ripples of itchiness.

"Okay." Jiang Yi didn't say much, and responded hoarsely from his throat.

He didn't know what she meant by "accompanying" but at that moment, his heart was filled with nothing but tenderness and care. He just hoped she could have a peaceful and restful night's sleep.

"Aren't you nervous?" Su Jing whispered.

"I was nervous at first, but now that you say you're nervous, I suddenly feel less nervous." Jiang Yi's mouth curled up slightly, and he himself felt a little unbelievable.

"I think you'll be fine too. At least you can get the bonus your father prepared for you." Su Jing smiled and rubbed his chin with the tip of her nose. The clear jawline was right in front of her, and her nose was filled with the smell of his skin.

Jiang Yi hadn't showered yet. The scent of yesterday's shower gel had already faded, and even though it was a cool summer night, a thin layer of sweat still coated his body. So, this smell must be his, right?

It is hard to describe what kind of light and subtle fragrance it is, but it seeps softly and densely into Su Jing's skin through every pore, softening the layer of small thorns in Su Jing's heart because of tomorrow's exam until they turn into soft hairs.

"Then... how can we accompany you?" Jiang Yi thought for a moment and said with difficulty: "We can't just stand here forever, right?"

"Uh..." Su Jing was also stunned by the question. She just thought that having someone by her side would make her feel more at ease, but now, she really couldn't just stand there like this.

Su Jing blushed, quickly loosened her arms around him, and pushed Jiang Yi out, "Go to sleep, I'm fine."

Jiang Yi let go of the hand that was holding her, but held her hand with one hand and said, "How about you go to sleep, I'll sit by the bed and hold your hand, and I'll go up after you fall asleep."

"Then don't you need to sleep?" Su Jing rolled her eyes at him. "Don't you have to take the exam?"

"It doesn't matter to me. At worst, I can ask Mr. Jiang to help me study abroad." Jiang Yi said in a relaxed tone.

"No, you can pass the exam now!" Su Jing looked at him steadily and squeezed the hand he was holding.

After all, it was summer, and the two tightly clasped hands were already a little sweaty and slippery. Su Jing didn't like this feeling very much. However, this time, it was the first time since her rebirth that Jiang Yi held her hand so seriously, and she was reluctant to let go.

And in the previous life...

"If... you are free in a while, can you... accompany me to the hospital for a check-up?" Jiang Yi's pale face was in front of him, his very three-dimensional facial features were even more distinct because of his illness, and his originally charming and deep eyes were now full of helplessness.

"Okay," Su Jing said without hesitation, "Then change your clothes now. I'll drive the car downstairs and wait for you."

It was early spring, February, and the weather was still cold. The air conditioner in the car, which had just been turned on, wasn't very hot. Su Jing drove, but her heart was on that pale, paper-white hand. The skin on that hand was still as delicate as porcelain, the fingers were still long and beautiful, the nails were still neatly manicured...

He is in the late stage of liver cancer and the doctor has politely discharged him from the hospital. He is about to die!

But how could he still make himself so excited?

Su Jing stretched and bent the fingers of her right hand, raised and lowered her hand, tightened and loosened her grip on the gear lever, loosened and tightened again... Her heartbeat also began to accelerate, as if it was about to burst out of her chest...

Finally, Su Jing took several deep breaths and reached out, shaking slightly as she grasped Jiang Yi's hand. Her palm immediately felt cold, but her tone was calm and casual: "It's okay, not too cold."

She didn't know why she said that. Was she trying to comfort him? Or was she just short-circuiting her thoughts and making small talk?

That handshake was the only and last time they had physical contact in their previous life.

"Huh..." Su Jing sighed and shook her head, getting rid of the last scene of her past life. She looked at Jiang Yi seriously and said, "How about you not go upstairs today?" Su Jing looked at him with very clear eyes, without a trace of lust.

"Yeah." Although Jiang Yi was surprised, he agreed without hesitation.

The bed wasn't big, but the two of them weren't touching. Su Jing pressed herself against the wall, and Jiang Yi practically hung on the edge of the bed, but their hands were tightly held, never loosening even a little, even as the sweat from their palms began to seep onto the sheets.

Neither of them spoke anymore and just lay there quietly.

Jiang Yi stared at the ceiling for a moment, then closed his eyes. Su Jing stared at his profile for a moment, then closed her eyes as well. It was as if something had suddenly swept clean from both of their hearts. There was no college entrance exam tomorrow, no emotional ups and downs, no physical throbbing... just, it was empty.

I don’t know how long it took, but both of them fell asleep with even breathing.

Su Jing woke up at five o'clock. She had to take an exam, and her heart was still tense.

She opened her eyes and gently tilted her head. Jiang Yi was still in the same position he had been in the night before, breathing steadily, still sound asleep.

Looking down, the two people's hands were still clasped together, just like before they fell asleep, without even moving their positions.

Su Jing stared at the two clasped hands, stunned for a moment, then smiled. She moved her numb fingers slightly, trying to gently pull her hand out. But the second time she moved her fingers, Jiang Yi woke up, but didn't open his eyes.

He felt the soft, delicate touch of the small hand in his own. His palm was already slippery with sweat, not very comfortable. But the warmth in his palm and the feeling of interlocking fingers made him feel so secure. It was like he had been waiting for this feeling for a long time.

A smile spread across his face. Jiang Yi's eyelids moved twice before he opened his eyes. He turned his head slightly, looked at Su Jing with a smile in his eyes and said, "You're awake."

"Yeah." Su Jing responded in an inaudible voice.

Jiang Yi lifted their clasped hands and stared at them for two seconds, his lips curled into a smile, a smile that was filled with happiness and contentment. The light was dim, and Su Jing didn't see his expression.

"What time is it?" Jiang Yi let go of his hand and rubbed it on the bed sheet naturally.

Su Jing turned sideways and her eyes stopped on his profile.

It was still dark, with only a little light from the street lamp filtering through the curtains. All she saw was a perfect silhouette of a side face.

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