yournovel Chapter 494: Crying Like a Little Kid
Chapter 494: Crying Like a Little Kid
When he turned around, he saw Wen Duoduo half-leaning against the door, shivering from the cold, her hands clasped together, lips pale, and teeth chattering uncontrollably.He quickly urged, "Come on in!"
Wen Duoduo nodded, carefully stepped into the bathtub, immersing her whole body in the warm water.
The water temperature was just right, and she breathed a small sigh of relief, but still held herself tightly in fear.
Seeing her complexion improve slightly, Lu Jinyan said crossly,
"You’re a grown woman now, don’t you know to be more careful? That pond is so far from the shore, how did you manage to fall in? I’m not trying to insult you, but you really are the dumbest, most foolish fool I’ve ever seen..."
He was really furious, so he blurted out his words without restraint.
His intention wasn’t to scold her, but the words sounded harsh, and when he finished, he noticed Wen Duoduo’s eyes were brimming with tears, as if she was about to cry.
Lu Jinyan was stunned.
"Uh, why are you... crying? What are you crying about? Did I say something wrong? Hey, I’m saying this for your own good, Da Bai is fine, why aren’t you..."
"I am stupid, I am a big fool, so what! Boo-hoo-hoo... I fell into the pond, and you still scold me... Lu Jinyan, you are a cold-blooded animal! Boo-hoo-hoo..."
Wen Duoduo wiped her face with both hands and started crying loudly like a child.
This startled Lu Jinyan, as he was most afraid of women crying, especially when the crying woman was Wen Duoduo.
"Hey, don’t cry..." He was caught off guard and didn’t know what to do, "I didn’t mean anything by it, I wasn’t really scolding you..."
"How could you not be scolding me? You clearly called me a fool just now, boo-hoo-hoo..."
Wen Duoduo cried her heart out, sobbing continuously, looking pitiful with tears and a runny nose.
"Uh, I was just worried about you, I really wasn’t scolding you, don’t cry." Lu Jinyan sighed helplessly and couldn’t help but rub his temples.
It wasn’t exactly Wen Duoduo’s fault, she wasn’t intentionally overreacting, she was genuinely frightened.
When she was a child in the orphanage, the kids who bullied her pushed her to the river’s edge, and she fell into the river just like that, becoming a drenched chicken, flailing for a long time until Teacher Liu from the orphanage saved her...
Since then, she was left with a shadow in her heart.
The reason she couldn’t swim was because she carried this psychological burden about ’falling into water.’ She never went to a swimming pool over the years, for this reason.
Seeing Wen Duoduo crying her heart out, Lu Jinyan panicked. He quickly squatted down and gently patted her back.
"Alright, alright, it’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have scolded you, it’s my fault, okay? Don’t cry anymore, I really didn’t mean it, I was just worried..."
Lu Jinyan said a lot, all in one breath.
He never knew how to comfort people, especially women, but seeing Wen Duoduo cry like that, for some reason, he felt deeply troubled.
He gently stroked her head, like he was petting a wounded puppy.
Wen Duoduo gradually stopped crying, lifted her head to look at the man in front of her, with tears still clinging to the corners of her eyes.
She pouted, glared at him in frustration, and said, "Let me tell you, Lu Jinyan, I’m a very grudging person!"
Lu Jinyan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, but was afraid that laughter might anger her, so he held back forcefully.
"Alright, alright, I get it. Can I apologize now? You, as a kind-hearted lady, can forgive me, and not take it to heart, okay?"
Wen Duoduo snorted through her nose, which was considered consent.