He was Dazzled by Her Side View
Xia Yunshu did not return to Jin Garden.
Instead, she drove to the seaside.
It was a stretch of open ocean that was still under development.
She parked her car outside and walked for half an hour before reaching her destination.
She took off her sandals and held them in her hands as she walked along the seaside.
Most of her long dress was soaked in seawater, while her long hair fluttered in the wind.
From afar, her expression could not be seen, but she still gave off a sense of decadent beauty.
She walked along the beach for so long that her feet became numb.
Finally, she sat down on the long corridor that was undergoing renovation.
It was a viewing corridor built along the shore.
When she sat down, her legs could touch the sea water.
She placed her sandals aside and sat there.
Her feet swayed, sometimes touching the surface of the water, sometimes not.
She sat there until sunset.
The shimmering surface of the water reflected the red glow of the horizon.
This was a very beautiful scenery.
The girl was wearing a white dress and sitting by the water.
This was what Qi Jing saw when he found her.
Around four o'clock in the afternoon, he received a call from Aunt Song again.
He learned that the girl had not returned and he could not contact her by phone.
At that time, he thought that taking care of people was really troublesome, and more so for children.
But since he had promised to take care of her, he could ignore everything else except her.
He had to find her.
Fortunately, the cars in Jin Garden were equipped with a GPS system, so he found this place based on the car's location.
However, the car was parked outside.
In the future, this undeveloped water body would be a tourist attraction.
This water body spanned a large area, so it was difficult to locate a person here.
He was also worried that a little girl like her might be in danger in such a place with very few people, so he sped up his search.
He had searched this area for nearly an hour after he found the car before he found her.
And this was even when he had called many people to search together!
She was sitting there leisurely playing with water.
At that time, Qi Jing was furious.
He did not have the time to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
He walked over quickly.
Just as he was about to question her, he saw the girl turn around and look at him.
The red clouds filled the sky and reflected on the surface of the water.
The sky and the water blended together and were of the same colour.
She sat between the sky and the water and smiled at him.
It was a wide smile, but his heart clenched when he saw it.
Her smile was very bright, but her eyes were very empty.
There was an indescribable sadness in them.
With her like this, how could he still be angry?
His anger dissipated in an instant.
She stared at him for about a minute before saying, "Brother Qi."
Then, she said with a sigh, "You're here."
Qi Jing stared at her for a moment.
In the end, he walked towards her with his lips tightly pursed.
He stopped about three steps behind her and looked down at her. "What are you doing here?"
She looked up at him and smiled.
Then, she stretched out her hand and looked at the sunset that was covered by it.
The afterglow of the sunset shone on her slender fingers.
She looked through her slender fingers and said in a monotone, "Look at the scenery."
Then, she looked back at him and asked, "Isn't it beautiful?"
He didn't say anything.
He just looked at her.
She stared at him for a while and didn't get an answer.
Then, she looked back through her fingers and said, "I think it's beautiful."
From this angle, Qi Jing could only see half of her face.
Her long hair fluttered in the wind, and he could see her fair and slender neck.
He was actually distracted by her side view.
Qi Jing furrowed his brows slightly and shifted his gaze slightly to the sandals that she had placed beside her.
"Why aren't you answering your phone?"
Xia Yunshu retracted her hand and turned to look at him again. "I left my phone in the car."