Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 213 - 212: Not Allowing People to See?

Chapter 213: Chapter 212: Not Allowing People to See?

In an instant, Lin Nianhe’s hand held a pitch-black Tang sword.

She held her breath, listening intently to the sounds outside the door.

"Nianhe, it’s me. What’s wrong?"

A male voice.

A male voice that was gentle yet urgent.

Lin Nianhe recognized the voice but couldn’t believe it.

She frowned slightly, gripping the handle of the sword more tightly. Hesitantly, she asked, "Brother Yuncheng?"

He was still in the provincial city when they spoke on the phone in the afternoon; how could he be at her door now?

The person outside quickly responded: "Yes, it’s me."

Lin Nianhe couldn’t understand how he had come back so suddenly, and from just his voice, she couldn’t detect anything wrong.

She threw the sword back into space, answered "Coming," and hurriedly stepped down from the kang - she took the flashlight, quickly scanned the room to ensure there was nothing out of place for this era, then moved the animal trap behind the door and cracked the door open.

Moonlight coated the man outside with a silvery glow, and he stood there, his deep eyes more enticing than the starry night.

Lin Nianhe’s eyes moved from vigilant to confused, then honestly opened the door fully.

She stood in front of the door, looking up slightly, her voice hoarse from the nightmare: "Brother Yuncheng."

Su Yuncheng, hearing the trembling tone of Lin Nianhe’s voice, sensed a hint of grievance and frowned deeply.

Her complexion was poor, thin sweat adorned her forehead, her pajamas were thin, and her ink-black hair draped beside her cheek made her small face seem no bigger than a palm-sized.

His ears echoed with her "I’m fine" from their phone conversations, and his heart ached...

"It’s cold, go back inside," he said, pushing her into the house.

In the night, Su Yuncheng hesitated for a moment, then followed her in.

As he closed the door, his neck was suddenly embraced, and the girl’s soft body pressed against his back.

Su Yuncheng’s muscles tensed instantly. He froze, breathing carefully.

The room was very dark, with only a beam of flashlight barely scattering the thick darkness.

"Nianhe, you... I... I’m cold, don’t—"

"Don’t talk just yet."

Lin Nianhe interrupted him softly.

She desperately needed to touch another living person, using his body temperature and breath to remind herself - the blood was all in the past, and her life now was good.

She rested her face against his back, feeling the real heat and strong heartbeat through the cool fabric.

Su Yuncheng, being embraced, stayed quiet. But his face grew redder, and his heartbeat raced faster.

After a while, Lin Nianhe breathed out slowly and gradually withdrew her hands.

Before her hands even returned to her sides, the man in front of her suddenly turned around and drew her into his embrace.

The warm embrace enveloped her gently like a soft silk quilt, dispelling the cold and helplessness.

In the darkness, Lin Nianhe couldn’t see Su Yuncheng’s blushing ears; she would never know, he had longed for such an embrace for a very long time.

He asked, "Did you have a nightmare just now?"

Lin Nianhe, lying in his arms and looking up at him, nodded, "Mhm."

Embrace... let it be, since she was the first to reach out, it was only reasonable for him to reciprocate the embrace.

Su Yuncheng wiped away the fine sweat from her forehead, his voice slightly husky: "Go back and lie down, don’t catch a cold."

"Mmm."

Su Yuncheng reluctantly let go of his hand, and before leaving, he gently patted her back, feeling the dampness in his palm, he added, "Change your clothes first, I’ll wait here for you."

"Mmm."

She did need to change clothes; her pajamas still had Mickey Mouse patterns that she had overlooked in her haste. Fortunately, it was dark and he hadn’t seen them.

Lin Nianhe went back to her room, groped in the dark for the clothes she had worn during the day and changed, then finally turned on the light.

Originally, the Educated Youth Corps had no electricity, but when Wang Shumei was building her house, Li Dahe mentioned that the electrical wires were already in place, so they also ran them to the front yard and Lin Nianhe’s cabin.

The 20-watt bulb was better than nothing.

Lin Nianhe still preferred to use her battery as it had a large stock, it wouldn’t trip suddenly, it was solar-powered, and the sun wouldn’t come asking her to pay the electricity bill.

But at this moment, this dim bulb was very useful.

Lin Nianhe casually tied her hair up and went outside to find Su Yuncheng squeezing himself beside the tiny stove, clearly indicating he hadn’t peeked.

She pursed her lips and chuckled softly, asking him, "Why did you suddenly come back?"

She had just checked the time; it was already two in the morning.

Su Yuncheng said, "Not long after your call, I received news that Bai Bo’s people were going to first contact the commune here in Lan County. It wasn’t convenient to discuss over the phone, I needed to meet the commune leaders here."

"Did you come back by train?" Lin Nianhe hesitated to ask.

The trains at this time didn’t run so frequently; it wasn’t something that one could simply decide to take.

Su Yuncheng said, "I came back in Brigade Commander Sun’s car."

Lin Nianhe: "Uncle Sun is really a good person."

Su Yuncheng chuckled softly, looking at her rosy face, still worried: "Just a nightmare? You’re not feeling unwell anywhere else?"

Lin Nianhe immediately shook her head: "No, really, I’m in good health now."

Su Yuncheng took a step closer to her.

Their recent embrace had inadvertently brought them closer, and as Su Yuncheng caressed her head this time, there was less probing and more affection.

Lin Nianhe squinted her eyes like a kitten, smilingly asked him, "Why did you come here in the middle of the night instead of going home to sleep?"

"Just pretending not to know." Su Yuncheng’s hand fell from the top of her head, playfully flicking her nose, "I have to leave after sorting things out tomorrow, wanted to... spend more time with you."

"Why didn’t you wake me up?"

"I didn’t want to disturb your sleep."

"Then my nightmare was quite timely."

If he hadn’t heard her cries, he would have probably spent the night outdoors.

Lin Nianhe looked down and smiled, she tugged on Su Yuncheng’s sleeve indicating him to move aside, and went to open the cupboard saying, "Are you hungry? Shall I cook you a bowl of noodles?"

"No need." Su Yuncheng held her wrist, "Don’t bother, go back to sleep."

"Not sleepy," Lin Nianhe shook her head, placed noodles and eggs on the stove, "then you cook it yourself."

Indeed, she didn’t feel like making soup in the middle of the night, but she was in the mood to appreciate a handsome man, and quite a lot at that.

Knowing that Lin Nianhe wouldn’t really go to sleep unless he ate something, Su Yuncheng started a fire in the small coal stove, intending to quickly cook and eat a bowl of noodles to put her at ease.

He was efficient in his actions, rolling up his sleeves to reveal his muscular arms.

As the water boiled, he cleared his throat, his voice huskier than before, "Nianhe, don’t keep staring at me."

Her straightforward gaze had his hands trembling as he handled the noodles.

Lin Nianhe: "If someone is handsome, shouldn’t they be seen?"

Su Yuncheng: "...!"