I will protect you

  "I'm a writer, I can imagine too many things." Warm Baby looked at Gu Xixi seriously, "Dear, which version of love do you want me to think of? For example, the sad and sorrowful version, the melodramatic version, the foolishly romantic version, or the realistic version?"

  "I really have nothing to do with Lin Hao." Gu Xixi hurriedly explained again, "Nu Bao, he'll be here soon, I'm begging you, please don't think about it anymore, okay? It will make me embarrassed."

  Gu Xixi is three years older than Lin Hao. The year they met, she was a senior and he was a freshman. In Gu Xixi's subconscious mind, Lin Hao, as her junior, was like a younger brother to her - close but not in any romantic way. She naturally regarded all the care and affection Lin Hao showed her as sibling love, rather than anything more. Even when Lin Hao occasionally flirted with her, she would pretend not to notice and avoid him. Deep down, she didn't dare to have deeper thoughts about it. After all, once you start thinking deeply, you might unconsciously want to change the relationship.

  However, in reality, changing the relationship requires courage. Gu Xixi thinks she doesn't have that courage to pursue a younger man. Because Gu Xixi is three years older than Lin Hao, she's already 27 and belongs to the leftover women group, while Lin Hao is only 24.

  Boys are originally less mature than girls, let alone Lin Hao is younger than Gu Zhenzhen. What's more, it makes Gu Zhenzhen feel that Lin Hao is childish and not suitable for any other relationship except siblings.

  At the age of three, it may not be a big deal in many people's eyes, but in Gu Xixi's heart, it has become an insurmountable barrier. Therefore, she unconsciously guards against and resists such thoughts from happening, and does not allow changes to occur.

  "You want to be so open and honest, with no thoughts in your mind, what are you embarrassed about?" Nuanbao looked at Qianqian disapprovingly, "Qianqian, I'm not saying you're like this, but sometimes your brain is just too stubborn!" This is clearly an evasive and self-deceptive behavior!

  "Alright, don't say anything else." Gu Xixi hastily interrupted Nuanbao, her mouth slightly moving towards the back: "My junior brother is here."

  "Hey, senior sister." Lin Hao walked over to Gu Qianqian with big strides, and upon seeing Nuan Baobao, he quickly put on a brilliant smile: "Nuan sister, you're here too?"

  "Alright, I've just finished shopping with your sister, I have to hurry back to work, your sister, I'm leaving her in your care!" Warm Baby tactfully slipped away, she didn't want to be a third wheel. Although the person involved, Gu XiXi, refused to acknowledge the ambiguity between her and Lin Hao, but Warm Baby, as an onlooker, saw the way Lin Hao looked at Gu XiXi with affectionate eyes, so gentle it could drown people, and couldn't help but feel anxious for the two of them.

  Lin Hao nodded seriously and guaranteed warmly: "Leave your sister to me, you can rest assured."

  "Don't worry, absolutely don't worry." Warm Baby smiled, "If I didn't trust you, then it would be hard to find someone trustworthy."

  The atmosphere was subtly stirred by the conversation between Warm Baby and Lin Hao, Gu Xianxian's pretty face slightly embarrassed, glanced at Lin Hao, whose eyes were warm and gentle as he looked at her, hastily avoiding eye contact, looking away to Warm Baby, who was smiling ambiguously with raised eyebrows.

  These two guys... neither of them is worth looking at! Gu Xixi's gaze was momentarily unsure where to look, and could only lower her head, staring at her toes, letting the two of them continue their leisurely conversation.

  "Hey, Qianqian, why are you blushing?" Warm Baby was afraid the atmosphere wasn't ambiguous enough, so she deliberately added another sentence.

  "She's being roasted by the sun." Gu Xixi took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and said, Nuanbao was deliberately teasing her.

  "Hey, it's been sun-kissed, not shy!" After finishing, Warm Baby laughed brightly: "Yeah, but the sun isn't big today!"

  "You're so thick-skinned, of course you won't get sunburned. Am I too delicate?" Gu Xixi gave a big white eye to Nuanbaobao, and in a huff, she grabbed Lin Hao's arm and said, "Let's go first, you'll eventually blush!"

  Lin Hao was pulled by Gu Qianqian while politely bidding farewell to Nuan Baobao: "Nuan sister, we're leaving first, bye."

  Gu Qianqian hastily pulled Lin Hao across the street, and just as an electric tricycle was about to crash into them, she was startled and forgot to dodge, standing there frozen.

  Lin Hao swiftly pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.

  Gu Xixi's ear was pressed against Lin Hao's broad and sturdy chest, his strong and powerful heartbeat "thumping" clearly into her ears, the tip of her nose filled with the refreshing scent on him, making her pretty face involuntarily flush red. At this moment, her heart was a bit bewildered. In fact, she didn't really want to push away this embrace...

  Lin Hao didn't hurry to let go of Gu Qianqian, he rarely had the opportunity to openly hug her like this, and he truly wished that time would stand still.

  "Xian Xian, are you okay?" Warm Baby also saw the thrilling scene just now and hurriedly chased up to ask.

  Gu Xixi snapped out of her daze, realizing what she was doing, and hastily pushed Lin Hao away. "What are you doing?" She absolutely refused to admit that she had just wanted to push him away like that.

  "It's nothing." Lin Hao gave a smiling face to Gu Qianqian, "I sacrificed myself to save Sister!"

  "Thank you," said Gu Xixi gruffly, trying to cover up her embarrassment.

  "I said, you two be careful when crossing the road, okay? You scared me to death!" Warm Baby patted her own chest with lingering fear.

  "Alright, I'll protect senior sister."

  As Gu Xixi listened to Lin Hao finish speaking, the back of her hand suddenly felt a warmth, and then a pair of thick and warm hands tightly grasped hers. Gu Xixi reflexively tried to shake them off, but unexpectedly failed, and instead was pulled even tighter by an even greater force. She glared at Lin Hao in annoyance, seeing him wave goodbye to Nuan Baobao, "Nuan sister, we're leaving, bye." Then, without waiting for Gu Xixi to voice her protest, he decisively pulled her hand across the street.

  "Let go of your hand," Lin Hao's expression softened, "Sister, you wait here for me, I'll go get the car."

  Gu Xixi lifted her pretty face, looking at Lin Hao with a serious expression, opening her mouth: "That..." Her palm still had the residual warmth of the unfamiliar temperature. Gu Xixi and Lin Hao had never held hands so properly in front of people before. She wanted to warn Lin Hao that he couldn't do this again in the future.

  Because, ten fingers are connected to the heart, Gu Xianxian's calm lake of mind will become disturbed because of holding hands. But, clearly, the words reached her lips, yet Gu Xianxian couldn't say them out loud, because she felt that if she said it, it would seem like she was being overly cautious again.

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