Shi Che's thin lips pursed slightly, yet he remained silent, his dark eyes fixed intently on her with immense patience. Ling Chuxia's hand clenched the tie so tightly that it almost wrinkled, but in the end, she decided... she would endure!
She stepped forward in a few strides and abruptly slipped the tie around his neck. Because she was holding her breath, her actions were rough, but she forgot that she was not as tall as Shi Che. As she looped and pulled, Shi Che's body was yanked downward, his handsome face suddenly magnifying before her eyes, even his gentle breath sprinkling across her face.
Ling Chuxia had not expected this to happen and, frightened, immediately let go of the tie and reflexively stepped back two paces, only to lose her footing in her panic, twist her ankle, and topple backward.
