Chapter 2251

Chapter 2251: Chapter 2251

Duan Xi opened the door and only caught the afterimage of her disappearing at the doorway. When he turned his head he saw her fluffy slippers still left by the sofa. The corner of his mouth hooked up; he went to double-lock the front door first, made sure all the doors and windows were closed, then came back to the sofa.

The phones belonging to him and Ruan Jiaojiao were lying side by side on the table. He picked them up to check the time, then not only pressed the power button to turn them off, he even pried out the batteries, put both phones into the drawer, and only then picked up the slippers by the sofa and went back to the bedroom.

In the bedroom.

Ruan Jiaojiao had already burrowed under the quilt. She was pricking up her ears to listen for any movement; as soon as she heard the doorknob turn, she immediately squeezed her eyes tightly shut.

But the thing she’d imagined didn’t happen, and the room stayed completely silent.

She couldn’t help opening her eyes again, peeking out at the outside world through the thin quilt.

With the heating on, the indoor temperature could reach around thirty degrees, so the quilt they used was very thin, the kind that let light through.

But when she looked outside through the thin quilt, she couldn’t see anything at all.

Where did he go?

Ruan Jiaojiao was puzzled.

Puzzlement plus holding her breath—her hand had just lifted the quilt when she heard a teasing voice from behind her: "Not hiding anymore?"

"Xi-gege? How did you—"

Before she could finish, her little mouth was blocked.

For the time that followed, Duan Xi didn’t give Ruan Jiaojiao any chance to talk. He treasured the time so much he was unwilling to waste even a single second.

All Ruan Jiaojiao could do was sink and float with him; she couldn’t think at all.

As for everything Shu Jiao had told her, she didn’t remember a single bit of it.

That night was destined to be a night full of love—

Ruan Jiaojiao had a dream.

In the dream she was back in the forest. In the forest she was still that little kitten she’d been at the beginning, and Duan Xi was still that wolf from back then.

Only this time it wasn’t like before. Even though they were different species, they had intersected.

The wolf picked her up from the rotting dead leaves and fed her fresh meat every day, raising her from a palm-sized kitten into a very fat, very plump cat, bit by bit.

Finally, when she got so fat she could hardly walk, she couldn’t help asking the wolf, "Why are you so good to me?"

She thought the wolf would answer, Because I like you.

But instead, the wolf suddenly opened its big mouth, revealing rows of white, gleaming fangs. "Of course it’s so I can eat you!"

Then it swallowed her whole in one bite!

She could feel its fangs biting into her body, tearing her apart. It hurt, hurt so much...

In the dream Ruan Jiaojiao let out a terrified scream, and in reality she whimpered aggrievedly in Duan Xi’s arms, "It hurts, don’t eat me... it hurts..."

The man who had already eaten his fill picked up the little person he had tossed around until she was a complete mess. Hearing her still cry about the pain in her sleep, he couldn’t help lowering his head to kiss her little face. As he walked he soothed her softly, "Okay, I won’t eat you. Don’t be scared, I’m just holding you to take a bath..."

The little one seemed to hear his comforting. She slowly quieted down again, nestling in his arms as docile as could be.

The bathtub in the bathroom had long been filled with warm water. Duan Xi carried Ruan Jiaojiao in and lay down together with her. The comfort made Ruan Jiaojiao let out an involuntary little sigh of relief.

When she opened her eyes, she met Duan Xi’s gaze, brimming with affection.

She blinked, her reactions a bit slow, and for a moment she couldn’t tell reality from dream. She only acted on instinct, pouting in soft complaint, "Xi-gege, you ate me... it really hurt..."