Chapter 320: Tell Him the Truth
Chapter 320: Chapter 320: Tell Him the Truth
After dinner, Xie Huaizheng took Su Zhaozhao out for a stroll.
The New Year was drawing closer, and the streets were now decorated with lanterns and colorful banners, filled with a festive air.
There were also people selling lanterns and fireworks.
Xie Huaizheng looked at the fireworks and asked Su Zhaozhao, "Zhaozhao, want to play with some fireworks?"
Su Zhaozhao saw the sparklers at a stall and nodded. "Okay!"
In this era, fireworks and firecrackers could still be set off anywhere, with no one to regulate them.
After buying the fireworks, they found a deserted corner, lit them, and started setting them off.
The light from the sparklers was dazzling and beautiful.
Su Zhaozhao’s previously gloomy mood brightened considerably.
She turned to look at Xie Huaizheng.
Xie Huaizheng was looking at her too. Then, he raised his camera and took a picture of her.
Su Zhaozhao looked at him in surprise. "You brought the camera with you?"
"Of course. It’s for capturing moments of you," Xie Huaizheng smiled, raising the camera and taking a flurry of shots of Su Zhaozhao.
He photographed Su Zhaozhao holding the sparklers, her back, and her profile. They all looked beautiful.
He had already gotten the previous photos developed at a photo lab, and he planned to get these developed too.
Watching Xie Huaizheng take pictures so seriously and complimenting her beauty, Su Zhaozhao felt happy, but also a pang of sadness.
’I don’t want to be separated from Xie Huaizheng. No matter what, I have to be with him. It would be best if we could be together forever.’
"Huai Zheng, let’s take a picture together, okay?" Su Zhaozhao said, smiling brightly at Xie Huaizheng.
Xie Huaizheng held up the camera and took a photo with Su Zhaozhao.
They used up all the sparklers, and Su Zhaozhao’s spirits had lifted quite a bit.
Passing by a sugar artist, Su Zhaozhao said to Xie Huaizheng, "I want one of those."
Then she said to the vendor, "Sir, could you paint me and my husband? It doesn’t have to be big, just two little cartoon figures will be fine."
"Well now, young lady, that’s quite an idea! Of course I can," the sugar artist said with a grin and began to work.
He glanced back and forth between her and Xie Huaizheng as he drizzled the syrup onto the board, sketching out the figures bit by bit.
Soon, he had finished painting the two little figures.
Su Zhaozhao took it, and Xie Huaizheng paid the vendor.
She looked at the sugar candy, held it up, and waved it in front of Xie Huaizheng. "Look, isn’t it beautiful?"
The vendor was quite skilled; he had understood exactly what she wanted.
The two little figures were incredibly cute. Su Zhaozhao couldn’t bear to eat them.
Xie Huaizheng couldn’t help but laugh. He reached out and pinched Su Zhaozhao’s cheek. "It is beautiful. Why don’t you have a taste?"
"I don’t want to. Let’s take it home and display it."
The weather was cold enough now that if they put it by the window, the cold draft would keep it from melting anyway.
To be honest, Su Zhaozhao really was a little reluctant to eat such an exquisite little sugar painting.
Back home, Su Zhaozhao placed it by the window.
The room was comfortably warm thanks to the heating, but it was cold outside. Placing it by the window, against the cold air, would keep it from melting.
After they had both washed up, Su Zhaozhao came out first. After a moment’s thought, she pulled a silk nightgown from her ’space’.
It was black and sexy, perfectly outlining her figure.
’Su Zhaozhao didn’t really know what she was trying to accomplish, but she hoped it would make Xie Huaizheng a little happier.’
’I don’t have many days left to think about it.’
’I have to tell Xie Huaizheng everything about myself.’
’Then I’ll leave it up to him to weigh the consequences.’
’If he accepts me, maybe I’ll really choose to stay in this world.’
’But I’ll still have to say goodbye to my parents in the other world.’
’If he’s unwilling to accept it all, then I’ll have no choice but to leave this world... and leave him.’
At this thought, it felt as if a hand had clenched tightly around Su Zhaozhao’s heart, and a wave of pain washed over her.
’Forget it. I shouldn’t overthink this.’
’I’ll take it one day at a time with Xie Huaizheng. I will cherish every single moment we have left.’
When Xie Huaizheng came out, he saw Su Zhaozhao lying in bed, wrapped tightly in the blanket, with only her pair of big, dark eyes showing.
He smiled and climbed into bed.
"Why are you going to sleep so early today?"
Although Xie Huaizheng didn’t quite understand Su Zhaozhao’s mood, if she wanted to sleep, he would hold her while she slept.
Holding her soft, warm, fragrant body in his arms was an extremely enjoyable thing for Xie Huaizheng.
But he never expected that when he lifted the blanket, he would see Su Zhaozhao dressed in a sexy silk nightgown.
Her skin was impossibly white, like the finest jade—delicate and with a faint sheen.
She lay there quietly in bed, like a gift waiting to be unwrapped.
Xie Huaizheng took one look, and his eyes instantly blazed like two balls of fire.
The heat in his body surged, as if it would burn her very soul to ashes.
"Zhaozhao, what is this...?"
His words were laced with desire.
"Darling, I love you. Tonight, you can do whatever you want to me," Su Zhaozhao said, lying in bed and smiling up at Xie Huaizheng.
’Let’s indulge, completely indulge. After all, I don’t know how long days like this will last.’
"Really? Anything?"
Xie Huaizheng asked her.
"Yes. And if you’re not up to it, then let me," Su Zhaozhao said, immediately climbing out of bed and walking toward Xie Huaizheng...
She initiated the kisses, the teasing, and even helped Xie Huaizheng take off his clothes.
Watching Su Zhaozhao’s actions, Xie Huaizheng felt his heart pounding wildly.
Although Su Zhaozhao had taken the initiative a few times before, she had never been as fiery and passionate as she was today.
Xie Huaizheng was already incredibly aroused, and now, being teased by Su Zhaozhao like this, he felt his body grow so hot it seemed about to explode.
"Zhaozhao, why are you so passionate today?" Xie Huaizheng’s gaze fell upon Su Zhaozhao, his eyes dark and drowning in desire.
"Because I wanted to give you a different kind of experience," Su Zhaozhao said, and then she laughed.
...
But in the end, it was still Xie Huaizheng who took the lead.
An unknown amount of time passed. When Su Zhaozhao woke up, she was lying on Xie Huaizheng’s chest, looking at the clock on the wall.
Without realizing it, another day had passed.
Xie Huaizheng was holding her, fast asleep.
Su Zhaozhao looked at the man’s sharp features, which now held a hint of softness, and she couldn’t help but smile.
"Xie Huaizheng, I like you so, so much. *Sigh*. But can you really accept the truth?"
She felt that the impact of the truth would surely be immense for Xie Huaizheng.