15_For Quite Some Time

Mu Lihai felt dizzy and it was getting uncomfortable for him to continue to sleep so he reluctantly opened his eyes. He blinked several times and saw that it was early evening from the clock on the wall.

He wanted to stretch his arms but they felt numb to even move. He sighed heavily. He knew it would be like this on winter but he even dared to not take the pills on a daily basis. Now he regretted it. Xu Cheng would punch him in the face if he knew.

Mu Lihai just needed to avoid getting cold but it was hard to do so on such weather. If he was exposed to the cold then the CAD would bind tightly to his red blood cells and cause disintegration. This was what caused him to have anemia.

And that wasn't the end of things. Due to his unique condition, he even experienced Raynaud's Symptoms where his fingers would turn purple or blue due to the lack of blood circulation in that particular area.

Mu Lihai felt like cursing his fate. He just laid there in silence. As he slowly turned to the side, he was shocked to see a woman's head! Who was this? How did she get here? But she seemed familiar..?

Mu Lihai's heart started beating vigorously. He didn't know what to say.

Mu Lihai crept closer to see the woman but a strand of hair on her face prevented him to look further into her stature. He unconsciously held out his hand as he pushed the strand of hair back to its place, behind her ear. As he did that, he finally saw her.

She was beautiful and serene. Her sleeping face was calm and quiet. Her eyelashes were long as they appeared to create a shadow under her closed eyes. Mu Lihai's throat suddenly became thirsty. His heartbeat increased tenfold. He could hear his own beating heart in this quiet moment. It was too loud. He didn't know what to do. He was enchanted. She was like a fairy.

Mu Lihai continued staring and Li Yao began to stir in her sleep. She opened her eyes and abruptly turned her head upwards. She almost shouted when she saw him looking at her in silence. That was surprising!

His eyes never left her own and she felt that same feeling again. A feeling where she was drowning in his gaze. But as she continued being silent while facing him, Li Yao realized that his gaze was different this time around.

With his weak countenance and pale face, his stare looked more docile and soft. And for some reasons, she didn't feel like she hated his gaze that much anymore.

".. How are you feeling?" she opened her mouth to ask him. But he didn't respond. He kept looking at her that she felt weird all over. Did she sleep with saliva on her face?! Was that the reason?!

".. You.. were looking after me?" Mu Lihai asked her a question instead of answering back.

Li Yao couldn't say that she fell asleep while helping to keep him warm with her hands. So she just nodded slowly. Her eyes darted to her own hands as she remembered what she did just now. She didn't realize that she had touched him with her hands many times over in order to transfer the warmth. Because of that, his face wasn't as pale anymore. Though it didn't change that much in color.

Mu Lihai followed her line of sight and he knew what she was thinking about. No wonder he felt a warm sensation over his cheeks back then..

"You helped keep me warm." the way he said was more like a statement rather than a question.

"Thank you." he continued. Li Yao turned to faced the man as soon as she heard his thanks. His sweet voice was pleasantly good to hear when he thanked her slowly.

Mu Lihai took this chance to settle himself for a seat. He then bended his back to hover over Li Yao's small figure.

"This is for keeping me warm. I hope you don't mind.." his words trailed off as he captured her in a trance when his lips met her forehead.

When he parted his lips, Li Yao was frozen like a piece of ice cube. She couldn't bring herself to move as heat crept over her entire neck to her face.

"You.." she lost words to say. Her hand touched her forehead as she could still feel his lingering lips on her skin.

Mu Lihai was once again enchanted by the woman. The way she looked at him was adorable. She was being fidgety as her face became red due to embarrassment.

"How cute." he chuckled lowly as his sweet voice once again threw her senseless.

*

The following days went and past like nothing ever happened. Li Yao was at her office doing some revisions for her other case that was related to a corporation. Head Attorney Wang told her that she would need to get as much experience in the area as possible before she could be given a chance to directly handle Mu Enterprise's legal action.

After some time, Li Yao was called to the first division office to meet with Head Attorney Han. As she was the person accompanying him last time when they went to discuss things with Mu Enterprise, she would be going today again with him.

Going to Mu Enterprise caused her heart to beat faster than ever. Li Yao was aware that she would be meeting Mu Lihai there and she couldn't help but be remembered by the kiss he gave her on the forehead. Instinctively, she placed her hand on the same place he had kissed and her face blushed a shed of pink.

Head Attorney Wang saw her acting strange and he approached Li Yao with a smile.

"What's wrong, miss Li? Don't you need to go to Mu Enterprise?" he asked her with that same professional smile. But somehow, she noticed that it was different than before.

Was it her imagination?

"Ah yes. I'll be going now." Li Yao told the man. Looking at Head Attorney Wang again, she realized for the first time that she liked him. He was always kind to her and it made her relax being around him.

But it was different with Mu Lihai. What she felt wasn't the same feeling of adoration that she felt towards Head Attorney Wang. It was really different. She didn't know this kind of feelings existed but now she knew.

It was a feeling of wanting to get close to him yet wanting to stay away at the same time. Pushing and pulling. Getting restless and anticipating.

Li Yao didn't understand why it was like this with Mu Lihai. At one point, she found him alone by the roadside with an expression that she couldn't tell. Then, she thought he was cute the second time. Then, she came to hate his guts, coming from his stares. And then she found herself agitated by him. Now, he made her heart race.

Several days had passed but she couldn't find the answer to what Mu Lihai was to her. She was clueless in this expertise but she knew he had occupied himself in her mind for quite some time now.