I Want To Move In Next Door
Chapter 320: Welcome (2)_1

Chapter 320: Chapter 320: Welcome (2)_1

In the midst of Han Jingnian’s confusion, Xia Wan’an suddenly spoke: "374, 375, 376..."

As the numbers tumbled softly from her lips, she wrote the word "upright" over and over between her fingers.

"405, 406, 407..." She kept writing.

Han Jingnian glanced at the time on the wall- it was already 2 a.m. He squatted down and gently tugged on her arm, "It’s time to sleep..."

She ignored him, her fingers moved swiftly on the wall.

He didn’t know how many "upright" characters she had written, only when he heard her utter a "500", he spoke again: "Wan’an, it’s really late, let’s go to sleep..."

With that, he grabbed the hand that was continuously scribbling on the wall, trying to lift her up.

Before his hand could encircle her waist, she vehemently pushed him away, moved closer to the wall, and continued to write the word "upright": "530, 531, 532..."

Han Jingnian didn’t interrupt her, he just squatted by her side at the wall.

The room was quiet except for the occasional sound of her counting, "594, 595, 596..."

At the 597th "upright" character, she stopped after writing three strokes.

Then she stared at the spot where her fingertips had landed, silently contemplating for a long time before whispering, "So many upright characters have accumulated....."

Han Jingnian didn’t know what she meant, uttering a questioning "Hmm?"

She seemed not to hear him, her eyes still fixated on the wall. After a considerable while, she finally spoke, "I won’t let the one thousandth upright character appear..."

"What one thousandth upright character?"

Immersed in her own thoughts, Xia Wan’an ignored him, "But I don’t even know if I can hang in there until the 999th upright character appears..."

The moment she finished that sentence, she slumped to the side.

Han Jingnian reached out just in time to catch her. She took advantage of the momentum and clung to his arm, like he was a safe refuge, nestling into his arms and closing her eyes.

Her light, rhythmic breathing brushed his arm, letting him know that she was asleep.

He carefully lifted her and laid her on the bed. While he was tucking her in, he heard her slightly tipsy voice mumbling, "I’m not a robot..."

"... But even if I were a robot, I too, would have an expiration date... I feel like I am nearing mine..."

Han Jingnian didn’t quite understand what she was trying to express, but somehow her words stung him.

He didn’t move, maintaining the action of tucking her in, leaning over and gazing at her in silence.

The room was so quiet that he could hear her heartbeat.

As he watched her sleeping face without blinking, it suddenly dawned on him that he was more deeply smitten with her than he had imagined.

On her birthday, when they were trapped together in a dark room, he thought he only cared about her, but now he realized he’s feeling her pain and sharing her joy... as it is said, ’Love grows from an inexplicable beginning and only deepens.’

Han Jingnian stared at the sleeping Xia Wan’an for a long time, then blinked, leaned slightly and planted a light kiss on her forehead. As his lips left her skin, he paused, a soft whisper coming from his lips: "Welcome."

Welcome, to my heart.

[Author’s Note]: So far, the story has progressed by at least one third, from Han Jingnian’s initial indifference to caring, to jealousy, anxiety, unease, and now realizing his own feelings. The romantic plot has well and truly begun~~~

The pace of the book is not slow, and there is a lot of plot, which is different from my previous stories. It not only involves the relationship between the male and female leads, but also the friendships (between Youman and Wan’an), family bonds (between Jingnian and Zhijin) and brotherhood (between Jingnian and Zhang Cheng).

But since it’s a romance novel, it’s not possible for the story to start with love at first sight in the first Chapter. That wouldn’t be interesting to read, would it?

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