I Want To Move In Next Door
Chapter 357: You’ve Finally Arrived (1)_1

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: You’ve Finally Arrived (1)_1

Han Jingnian’s heart suddenly contracted, immediately followed by a throbbing pain within his chest.

After a moment, he pulled her out of his embrace. Her face was completely soaked with tears, her lashes damp, tears continued to well up and rolled down her cheeks.

Seeing her in such a state, Han Jingnian’s heart felt as if it was stuffed with cotton; a suffocated feeling, a growing discomfort.

Since Xia Wan’an was held close by Han Jingnian, she smelt his familiar refreshing scent. The intense emotions she had been holding on to started to slowly relax. She did not shed a tear when she was cornered in the bedroom by two men, and she didn’t cry even when she was humiliated by that man. However, snuggled up in his embrace, listening to his heartbeat, her nose tingled inexplicably, and she had an unbearable urge to cry.

The more she tried to hold back, the stronger the urge to cry became. In the end, her tears fell like pearls off a broken string.

Especially when Han Jingnian pulled her out of his embrace and looked at her face, she subconsciously tried to stop crying. But the harder she tried, the more violent the tears flowed; she couldn’t stop them.

Seeing Xia Wan’an crying more fiercely, a trace of panic gradually emerged in the depths of Han Jingnian’s cold and deep eyes. Even when he raised his hand to wipe her tears, his fingers hesitated not knowing how to proceed.

After a while, he placed his thumb on her face, clumsily helping her wipe away her tears. Even his voice sounded tense when he spoke: "Don’t cry... it’s over now..."

His voice was gentle, but the tight tone revealed his heartache. His comforting words were limited to these two phrases. Yet, Xia Wan’an’s tears fell more fiercely in response to his words. It was as if she had found solace, venting all the humiliation, discomfort, and fear she had endured throughout the night.

Seeing that he couldn’t wipe away her tears fast enough, Han Jingnian stopped speaking and simply held her tightly.

Deep into the night, he quietly comforted her until she had cried enough, cried herself to exhaustion. Then, he pulled her out from his embrace, wiped the tears from her face, and offered to her, who had been crying for a good while: "Would you like some water?"

Xia Wan’an shook her head in silence. Still, due to crying for so long, she involuntarily hiccuped.

Seeing this, Han Jingnian quickly extended his hand, gently patting her back soothingly.

Once she had finally calmed down, seemingly softened by his patient companionship and care, she finally spoke, uttering her first words to him since he appeared: "You finally made it..."

Those simple words brought another fierce twinge to Han Jingnian’s heart.

Had she been waiting for him during her ordeal?

"Do you know, I was really scared. I was afraid that you wouldn’t make it... there were two of them. If someone hadn’t rung the doorbell halfway through, I would have definitely been finished... I was counting the time, thankfully you made it... They broke my door, that awful man who was taking photos even tried to smash my mirror... thankfully you understood my message and came to find me. Thankfully I didn’t call the police directly. If I had panicked them at that time, if I hadn’t stalled for that moment, I can’t even imagine what would have happened..." She started talking again, her voice barely audible, almost like a little girl muttering.

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