Chapter 18 I feel so insecure

  It turned out to be a comparison.

Xia Ling felt relieved and said, "Thank you." But, what's going on with "you kids"? She glanced at Li Lei and saw that he was only twenty-four or five years old. If you really wanted to count, he was a little younger than she was in her previous life.

Li Lei was unaware of her thoughts and ordered the waiter to serve the food.

The waiters in uniforms carried elegant wooden trays and quietly served them delicacies one after another. Xia Ling watched quietly. It was indeed very rich. Steamed seabass, cumin barbecue, Longjing shrimps, corn pine nuts, etc. were placed on exquisite sweet white porcelain plates. Move and work up an appetite.

He poured the wine for her in a very gentlemanly manner. The rose-like color shone in the amber cup, and there was a faint fragrance lingering. “This is the berry wine brewed by the mountain village,” he said. “Try it, it’s very appetizing.”

She took a brief sip and found that it was indeed a good wine. It was slightly warm in the mouth, with a delicate and subtle change of aroma in the sweetness, and an endless aftertaste. In her previous life, she had seen a lot of wine with Pei Ziheng. At this moment, she could tell that this wine was not as careless as he said. Even if it was brewed by the villa, it must have been made by a famous master and had an extraordinary origin.

 But he never mentioned it and had no intention of showing off.

Xia Ling couldn't help but take another look at him, and felt a little favorable for him inexplicably.

The pole holder gently paddles the bamboo pole in his hand, and the raft drifts along the water, slowly passing through the green mountains and green waters.

Along the way, Li Lei chatted with her casually, and before he knew it, the raft had made many twists and turns in the river. The scenery of the green mountains on both sides of the bank changed, and houses and people could no longer be seen from far and near. Li Lei told her that the river was called the Sauvignon Blanc River. It twisted and flowed through several nearby peaks. Now they were no longer in the original mountain. .

He peeled off a piece of orange and handed it to her: "After eating the fruit and resting for a while, we can reach another ferry. From there we change the cable car back to the villa. You can see Yujing Lake and wild fields halfway up the mountain. A flock of swans.”

He speaks with a smile and is a very competent host.

Although Xia Ling felt that having a meal and walking around all over the mountains was a bit of a hassle, the more than a year of imprisonment in her previous life, coupled with the training life of rarely going out in this life, was too boring, and she didn't realize that she was tired of him. The wild swans in the mouth are full of expectations.

 It’s a pity that God did not fulfill people’s wishes.

When the heavy rain fell, they were all caught off guard and were drenched all over their faces. Li Lei used his arms to protect his abdominal wound, and he did not forget to command the pole supporter: "Old Chen, please quickly find a shelter from the rain nearby."

The pole holder responded loudly, and the pole was swung like clouds and flowing water. The small raft suddenly picked up speed and smoothly and skillfully made its way through nine twists and turns and arrived in front of a hidden cave.

Li Lei took the lead on the shore and stretched out his hand to help her.

This time, Xia Ling did not refuse him. The main reason was that the wound on her shoulder, which was not fully healed, was in severe pain due to the rain. She could not lift her entire arm and could not maintain her balance. Li Lei half-dragged and half-dragged her to the shore. She was in a mess, unsteady, and was suddenly swept into his arms.

Li Lei's chest was so hard, as if it were made of iron, which made the tip of her nose hurt. Xia Ling panicked for a moment and struggled a few times before she regained her balance. He let go of his hand and looked at her with a half-smile: "It's raining and the ground is slippery. This is not the time to show off."

 She covered the tip of her nose in embarrassment and said nothing.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that there was something behind his words. Could it be that he was still resentful of her previous rejection? However, in just a moment, he left her behind and walked back inside, with a steady pace, and there was no sign of an unhealed injury. Xia Ling was surprised, no way, his was a gunshot wound, so it must be more serious than hers. Now she is still in pain, but he seems to be fine?

At this time, the pole-slinger parked the raft and went ashore. Seeing Xia Ling, he said politely: "Miss, you can go inside too. It's windy at the entrance of the cave and it's easy to catch a cold. It's enough for me to stay here alone."

Xia Ling nodded and walked in the direction Li Lei left before.

The cave was not deep, but it was curved into a semicircle. When she turned to the innermost part to find Li Lei, she could no longer see the pole holder outside. At this time, Li Lei had taken off his coat, exposing his upper body, with well-proportioned and tight muscles. She noticed that there was gauze wrapped around his waist, and there was faint blood oozing from it. It was obvious that the wound was not fully healed.

Looking at his nonchalant look before, I really couldn’t tell.

In addition, there are many old scars crisscrossing his body, deep and shallow, and of different sizes. Many of them were ferocious and terrifying, and one even penetrated from the left shoulder to the right waist, looking like it could split a person in half. She couldn't help but wonder, how did he get injured like this, and what kind of experience did he have?

As she thought about it, she continued to move forward, her footsteps very light and not noticeable in the sound of wind and rain. But the moment she was about to approach him, he noticed her and suddenly raised his head, a sharp cold light burst out from his narrow gray-green eyes.

Xia Ling's heart instinctively tightened. The moment she was locked with his gaze, it was as if an invisible hand was strangling her throat, making her whole body stiff and unable to move. The cold aura has substance, is it... murderous aura?

However, in the flash of lightning, he had averted his gaze and returned to his usual lazy smile: "It's you, Ye Xingling. Take off your clothes and come over to warm yourself by the fire. It's easy to get sick in this weather."

She breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise who did he think she was?

After calming down her abnormally fast heartbeat, Xia Ling thought to herself that she had been frightened twice after seeing him twice. She really didn’t feel safe staying with the underworld. It would be better to stay away from this person in the future.

He carefully approached and sat down opposite him farthest from him.

He found firewood from nowhere, started a fire skillfully, and said to her: "The weather in the mountains is changeable. Lao Chen and the others have been here for a long time and are very familiar with places that can take shelter from the rain. This cave is It’s safe if you step on it, don’t worry.”

What should she worry about? On the first day she came to shoot the location, Tan Ying said that there were no wild beasts in the mountains near and far. What's more, since Li Lei was injured last time, I heard from the housekeeper that the entire mountain has been under martial law. Before the raft came all the way, I didn't know how many guards I saw overtly and covertly.

  To say he was worried, it was because he was worried. The look he looked at her just now was too obviously aggressive.

 The warm orange-red flames jumped up. She put her hand on it to warm the fire, and asked strangely: "Where did the firewood come from?"

"There are always supplies in the cave, just in case someone is in urgent need when they are alone in the wild." Li Lei said, "When we go back, Lao Chen will add a new batch of food, oh, and dry food..." He pointed his chin towards The compressed biscuits piled not far away signaled.

They had just had lunch and were not hungry, so they didn’t touch it.

Li Lei watched her warming herself over the fire with half-squinted eyes, and his eyes suddenly became a little dark.

She was sensitive to his changes and lowered her head. Only then did she realize that her whole body was soaked by the rain. The already thin linen skirt and hook pattern coat clung to her body, outlining her concave and convex shape. Her figure is so beautiful, even the skin under her dress is looming, making people think. She was startled and instinctively covered her chest with her hands.

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 (End of this chapter)

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