Gently bite the jasmine

Duan Yiheng's words were right next to her ear, his breath hot, and Lin Xi subconsciously let go.

The next second, her head was protected, and she was grabbed and slammed hard onto the grass.

After rolling around several times, Lin Xi was so terrified that she didn't even realize she had twisted her ankle.

The golf cart hurtled down the slope and overturned with a crash, its rolling wheels seeming to accuse Lin Xi.

Lin Xi hid in Duan Yiheng's neck, still shaken.

The world stopped spinning, and she lay there blankly beneath Duan Yiheng, meeting his deep eyes.

Duan Yiheng picked the person up and sat them on the ground, asking with concern, "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Before Lin Xi could answer, her gaze fell upon the abrasions on the back of his hand, and tears streamed down her face.

"You're hurt! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I just... I just wanted to..."

Lin Xi pouted, not daring to look at Duan Yiheng's expression.

"It's nothing." Duan Yiheng gently patted her back. "Just a scratch, it doesn't hurt. Are you hurt anywhere else?"

Lin Xi was still reeling from the shock of the car accident, and shook her head with her shoulders hunched.

Duan Yiheng couldn't bear to see her in such a pitiful state, so he pulled her into his arms.

Lin Xi wiped all her tears on his heart.

"I'm sorry," Lin Xi apologized again. "I was just thinking about my mother, and that's why I didn't notice the road conditions."

Duan Yiheng rubbed the back of her head: "So, you're saying I'm to blame for bringing this up?"

Lin Xi sniffed and shook her head.

Duan Yiheng let go of her and said, "I'll call the housekeeper and have someone come pick us up."

Lin Xi grunted in response, released him, and was about to stand up when she suddenly frowned and let out a muffled groan.

Duan Yiheng quickly helped her up and looked at her feet: "Are you injured?"

Lin Xi, with tears still in her eyes, gave an awkward smile: "It seems I twisted my ankle."

Duan Yiheng supported her, made a phone call to the housekeeper, then bent down and picked her up horizontally.

Lin Xi was not used to it and was so frightened that she grabbed his shoulders and tried to push him away.

"You're injured and still not behaving yourself," Duan Yiheng reminded him, looking down. "Hold on."

Lin Xi bit her lip, timidly raised her hand, and just as she touched his neck, she subconsciously raised her hand again. Seeing that he was still staring at her, she steeled herself and hugged him tightly.

Lin Xi was petite, and when she was held in her arms, it looked somewhat comical from a distance, like she was being served dishes.

But she herself doesn't realize that she wants to create distance because she's too close.

Duan Yiheng slightly raised his wrist, and she leaned against his neck.

A strand of long hair brushed against his shoulder, leaving a brief fragrance.

His breath was so close, his chest warm, his heart pounding. Lin Xi held her breath, utterly embarrassed.

She racked her brains trying to find a topic, opening and closing her mouth a few times, but still couldn't come up with anything to say.

She was close to Duan Mingxuan, but there was a difference between men and women.

When she was little, Duan Mingxuan would coax her by telling her stories, and then go back to his own room after she fell asleep.

Duan Mingxuan tried to sleep with her a few times, but Chen Baiwei refused each time.

Lin Xi likes Duan Mingxuan and subconsciously wants to get close to him.

But precisely because they like each other, they must restrain themselves from physical contact.

Otherwise, in Chen Baiwei's eyes, she would probably be a little vixen who seduces her son.

She only dared to rush up and give Duan Mingxuan a polite hug after not seeing him for half a year, and then let go.

Lin Xi had no experience of falling completely into a man's arms like this, with her arms around his neck.

Yu Tong said that she got drunk at the club before, and Duan Yiheng carried her into the car in the same way.

Sober and drunk are two completely different states.

"What are you thinking about? Daydreaming again?"

A gentle voice roused Lin Xi from her reverie. She looked up blankly, thinking Duan Yiheng was accusing her of being distracted while driving, and said:

"I remember when I was fifteen, I went home for the first time to pay respects to my parents. Before I left, I hid in the corner of the east gate of the south courtyard and met you. Do you remember?"

“I remember,” Duan Yiheng said. “You looked like a wounded cat back then.”

Lin Xi curled her lips into a smile: "Then do you remember what you told me?"

Duan Yiheng naturally remembered.

When the maid said she was missing, he thought of how much his grandfather cared for her, so he went downstairs to help look for her.

I met her in the corner and she cried her heart out.

I tried to comfort her, but she just kept crying, so I had to ask her why she was crying.

Duan Yiheng had no idea that she would say she didn't want to go back.

To be honest, his first reaction was that this young girl had forgotten her roots.

But her next words were a slap in the face to him.

Fifteen-year-old Lin Xi looked at him with red eyes and said pitifully, "I dare not go back. I'm afraid they will blame me."

Duan Yiheng's mother had passed away early, and he understood her thoughts almost immediately.

He patiently squatted down and said, "Your parents won't blame you. They'll just be happy that you're doing well, that you've grown taller, and that you're more beautiful."

With a sob in her voice, Kobayashi asked him, "Really?"

“Of course it’s true,” Duan Yiheng said. “That’s what my mother told me before she passed away. She said she would watch over me from heaven and know how tall I grew and what I did.”

Fifteen years old is not young anymore. Lin Xi knew he was just trying to coax her, but she stood up and went with him.

After he appeared, he was scolded by Chen Baiwei.

Lin Xi chuckled softly and said to Duan Yiheng, "I was so silly back then."

“Yes, I admit it,” Duan Yiheng replied.

Lin Xi objected again: "What did you say?"

Duan Yiheng smiled, raised his chin slightly, and changed the subject: "Someone is coming."

A white sightseeing vehicle slowly drove up; it was the butler who had come to pick them up.

Back in the main building, the doctor took a look and said there was nothing wrong.

Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Liang Yutong laughed and said, "I'm really impressed. How could they flip that car?"

"I was going uphill, and when I got to the top, I found it was going downhill." Lin Xi defended his driving skills, "I didn't dare to step on the brakes all the way, or I would definitely roll over."

“If you don’t brake hard, it will flip over,” Liang Yutong complained. “Luckily, nothing serious happened. A few years ago, a caddie fell off his bike and was seriously injured at a golf course.”

Lin Xi's heart tightened, and she turned to look at Duan Yiheng.

How could he dare to jump off the moving vehicle while holding himself? Wasn't he afraid of getting hurt?

If anything happens to Duan Yiheng, she will have no choice but to atone with her death.

Meng Huaishan and the others got up one after another, and each of them strolled around in front of her like male models, asking her a few questions.

"Will horseback riding this afternoon be a problem?" Meng Huaishan asked.

Duan Yiheng said, "Just be careful not to fall in the same place twice. To be on the safe side, let's stay indoors."

Meng Huaishan chuckled: "Then we'll play by ourselves."

The butler led the group into the dining room, leaving only Lin Xi and Duan Yiheng in the living room.

With pleading eyes, she said, "Can't I go horseback riding?"

Duan Yiheng's eyes flickered slightly: "Want to ride a horse?"

Lin Xi nodded, looking pitiful, and said, "I want to."

Duan Yiheng pondered for a moment and said, "You can fall off a bicycle, so if you want to ride a horse, I'll take you."

"Are you taking me with you?" Lin Xi asked. "Will we ride one horse together?"

Duan Yiheng: "Yeah, do you want to twist your ankle again? Are you planning to take a day off right after starting work?"

"Okay, you take me with you." Lin Xi hurriedly agreed, as if afraid that Duan Yiheng would change his mind.