But it was at that banquet, for some reason, she found her eyes constantly following Chen Yiran. Watching as he calmly picked up his wine glass to toast, watching as he gently adjusted his tie with a furrowed brow, watching as he slipped off his suit jacket and wore a well-fitted white shirt, his sleeves rolled up to reveal his fair and slender wrists. Watching as he sensed her gaze, then across two tables, their eyes met. That brief moment was enough, his deep black eyes were like an endless cosmic black hole, captivating her entirely.
At the memory, Tianxin found her cheeks growing warm.
Since that feast, she hadn't seen Chen Yiran again. When he occasionally crossed her mind, there would still be a faint sense of loss. Until not long ago, when she accompanied Shen Xin to Snow Technology to look for Lu Yixiao, that's when she discovered that Chen Yiran and Lu Yixiao were actually colleagues. In that moment, the joy in her heart was ineffable.
From then on, she often voluntarily accompanied Shen Xin to Snow Technology to see Lu Yixiao, simply because she wanted to catch a glimpse of Chen Yiran.
Alas... Sadly... Chen Yiran only ever saw her as a child...
Tianxin sighed softly, tossing and turning in her bed for a while. She still couldn't sleep. Picking up her phone, she saw it was already past eleven.
The sound of the washing machine on the balcony was whirring with the noise of clothes being dried. Tianxin hesitated for a moment, then climbed off the bed, barefoot, and carefully opened the room door, heading towards the living room.
There, Chen Yiran was sitting on the living room couch, his laptop on his lap, typing away on some programming. He heard the door open and looked up to see Tianxin's fluffy little head poking out the room. With a slight frown, he asked her softly, "Tianxin, aren't you asleep yet?"
"Um… Brother Yiran…" Tianxin looked at Chen Yiran sitting on the living room sofa and quickly greeted him with a smile, "I came out to check if my… if it is dry yet…"
Her voice dropped when she said the words "under--wear," it seemed that she was feeling embarrassed.
Understanding dawned upon Chen Yiran, he turned his head to look at the washing machine on the living room balcony and said, "There are ten more minutes, it will be done soon."
"Oh." Tianxin nodded, thought for a moment, then emerged from behind the room door and sat down next to Chen Yiran, her cheeks slightly flushed as she said, "Then I'll just wait here for a bit."
"Mm." Chen Yiran responded lightly, then turned his head and his deep eyes landed on Tianxin for a long while.
"What… What is it?" Tianxin felt his gaze upon her, her fair face subconsciously turning a little pink, and her heartbeat inexplicably quickening.