Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

After Luo Lixi sat on a chair Sheng Ruming went to get a box from her room drawer and took out an ointment. He sat down beside her and applied the grey cream atop her cut mark. 

Instantly, A cool sensation spread around her wrist and she felt the lingering pain vanishing slowly. Sheng Ruming made circles on top of the cream on her waist and massaged at certain points.

"Done." He closed the lid of the cream tube and put it back where it was placed.

Luo Lixi glanced at her right arm. She had many other things to talk about with him but now, she had forgotten everything. She had the mood to do so again.

The day was clear and sunny, it was warm and perfect for taking a stroll outside.

"Let's go outside." Luo Lixi turned her face and stared at his eyes as she told him.

"Your hand…" Luo Lixi knew he was worried about her hand.

"It's okay now. Will you go?" She reassured him and asked him politely. If He didn't want to, she wouldn't force him. It's just that in the last thirty days or so she had barely seen him. He was so busy that sometimes she thought he had forgotten about her existence but she knew it wasn't true. 

Now that Sheng Ruming had told her earlier he was free the whole day, she thought it wasn't a bad idea to go outside with him; spending a little time together wouldn't hurt anyone.

"I don't feel any pain anymore. Will you…" Before Luo Lixi could finish her words he interrupted her.

"After ten minutes." 

"Huh?!"

The man held her hand and kissed the back of her palm. "You can't go under the direct sunlight with this medicine. After ten minutes, wash it and then we will go." 

Luo Lixi nodded in understanding. Thus she thought the next ten minutes they would probably spend in silence in the room. But much to her surprise, Sheng Ruming dragged her upper body and made her head rest on his right chest while he placed her right hand on his left chest. She didn't say anything as they remained quiet while he rested his head atop hers. 

The man's body scent teased her nostrils as she found it unique. She had guessed it might be from a particular body wash. The day when he kissed her for the first time at the natural spring, she had detected this scent. It was of a flower but she couldn't surely say just what it was. 

'Forget it. It's not a serious matter or thus. If I ask him, I will seem to be interested in his body odour. That is a matter to be shameful… I guess.' At first, she tried not to put any weight against him. Sheng Ruming sensed it but didn't say anything. Now that she was thinking randomly, her body leaned against him without her notice. The man curled up his lips a little as he felt her weight on his chest.

Luo Lixi felt his chest moving lightly as he was breathing; the chest was syncing with his breath. In her thoughts, she traced his chest lines and felt his abs. When her fingers came where the heart was located, she pressed a little bit more. She heard his heartbeats and her fingers were paused on top of his chest.

"Ruming." 

"Yes?"

"You have a strong and healthy heart."She lifted her head a little and told him while gazing at his eyes. "It's beating so fast. I lost counting." After saying that she moved to place her head on his chest again and started to hear his heartbeats again.

"..." 

"Oh! This time, it is beating louder." The woman adjusted her head and pressed it securely against his centre of the chest.

"Lixi, I think the ten minutes is… almost finished." Sheng Ruming told her as he moved away. Her fingers were playing with his chest and it was igniting unmentionable urges amid him. But the worst thing was, she appeared clueless.

"Oh!" 

She gave a simple reply and went to the bathroom. After one minute she came out with a clean right hand. 

"Let's go." Sheng Ruming held her left hand as they slowly walked downstairs. 

Ring~

Suddenly, his phone rang out. At this, all the workers on the ground floor looked at the stairs. Currently, they stopped at the middle of the stairs because Sheng Ruming had to take out his mobile phone from his pant's pocket.

Luo Lixi was beside him so she saw the Chinese word 'Huang' at his phone screen. She guessed it was the chief bodyguard of his. 

Luo Lixi remembered she had seen him earlier, talking with another bodyguard outside. But she wasn't sure if it was that man or not. So she asked him directly rather than guessing in her mind.

"Ruming, is it that person I have met when we went out that rainy day?"

"Hmm." Sheng Ruming had already cut the call as he knew why he had called him. The next second they started to walk down.

"Well, I've seen him earlier. He is outside of your villa. You can talk to him directly…"

Both of them stopped. As for Luo Lixi, she did because the nurse was talking with a servant but when she heard Luo Lixi's voice she stopped and gave her a smile. Luo Lixi returned it and nodded a little. 

As for Sheng Ruming, the man was displeased when he heard her saying 'your villa'. Whenever he heard something like your, he became oddly displeased. He had mentioned before some of the servants that she was his future wife. What was his was also hers. But whenever he heard something like 'your' from her mouth, he felt she was trying to keep a distance from him.

"Lixi, this is OUR villa. Remember that. Or should I transfer half of its ownership to you?" Sheng Ruming squeezed her left hand a little bit but not with too much force.

"Ah.. what are you even saying?"

"Nothing…" He sounded a little disappointed but Luo Lixi didn't have any clue as to why he was acting like that. 

'What is the matter with transferring half of his property to me?!' Her thought had ended as both of them exited the big villa door and went outside. There, they saw Xiao Huang was still standing under the sun. He seemed to be unaffected by the warm sunlight. His slightly tanned skin was glowing under the sunshine.

"Look. There he is." Luo Lixi pointed at the still-standing man. Sheng Ruming didn't need to be notified as he had already seen him.

'He must be there to get vitamin-D.' Luo Lixi chuckled at her childish thoughts. In the past, her grandfather would force them to stand under the morning sunlight for at least ten minutes. His purpose was to make their bones strong and healthy. Now looking at Xiao Huang she reminded of those times.

Xiao Huang turned serious when he saw them coming towards him.

"Boss. I have some matters to talk with you." 

Luo Lixi took away her hand and told him, "I will go ahead. You come later after you finish." Sheng Ruming nodded. Luo Lixi walked ahead and made a considerable large distance among them.

"The passport…" Xiao Huang handed a black passport to him. Sheng Ruming took it and opened it carefully. There was a photo of Luo Lixi which was a little different from her real self. In the picture, her hair was short, her brows were thick but there were resembles between them. 

The name section had 'Li Xixi' instead of 'Luo Lixi'.

They would go abroad in his private jet so she didn't need one but they would go to a foreign country. There could be any unforeseen circumstances And those who don't have passports are intruders.

He didn't want her to be one thus he made one for her.

"The plane is ready. Miss Ji has told us it would do good to you if you can go today." Xiao Huang appeared restless when he talked about it. "Boss, are you sure you don't need any bodyguard there? Your safety… How about I accompany you?"

"No need. I am sure there people don't know me. Also, our enemies or competitors aren't fools who would do foolish things in other's territories. Have you forgotten about Ethan Han? I will be okay."

Xiao Huang didn't forget anything just that after Sheng Ruming would go away, he would have to return to Sheng Haotin. He went vigorous and torturous training just to be Sheng Ruming's bodyguard. Sheng Haotin had made sure he wasn't just a bodyguard only in name. Now that he had been working under Sheng Ruming, he didn't want to work under anyone.

"Don't worry. I will come back soon." He patted on his shoulders and walked towards Luo Lixi. She had just plucked a white rose from a tree and was inhaling its sweet scent.

"Let's walk." Luo Lixi nodded as they intertwined their fingers and walked slowly, enjoying themselves.

Xiao Huang's line of sight followed them as they walked further and further away. His stoic face cracked as it showed pained expression.

Both of them walked slowly for nearly thirty minutes until they had reached the natural spring. Luo Lixi saw the familiar big rock beside the spring water. When they reached the surface of the water, she placed the white rose on top of it. She stood beside the rock, looking at the spring water falling into the ground.