"It's nothing...why didn't you tell me you are ticklish when I held your feet, I wouldn't have blown on it if I knew,"

"That's right...I didn't know I get ticklish when someone blows on my feet,"

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{It seems I am the only one who has ever done this}

he smiled inwardly but his happiness couldn't be hidden, she noticed the pleased expression on his face so she wanted to ask why he was looking pleased with the fact but she halted when she heard her phone ringing.

"I will go buy cream to apply on your feet, wait here...." he stood up from his knee and walked away but she didn't even reply him, he turned back to see her smiling broadly while staring at her phone screen but he couldn't waste time, he hurried to the convenience store.

"I need a good cream for treating a sore foot," he told the shopkeeper at the convenience store, he walked to one of the shelves and returned with a small box and handed it to Han Chen who glanced at the name, he nodded satisfactorily and paid the shopkeeper then he left the shop to return to the park but he stopped and returned to the shop.

"Do you have any flat shoe for a woman?"

"En, I am sorry but we only see sandals for men," the shopkeeper replied, he sighed and bought one sandal then he left the shop.

"I really felt sad when I was refused the position"

He stopped when he got to the park and heard her speak then he waked to the back of the swing, he knew it is wrong to eavesdrop on her conversation but he felt like he needed to.

"I am no longer bothered about it, you know how quickly I can cheer up but I just wish you were here, I really miss you and the times when we used to walk together to the coast,"

{You don't have to anymore, I am returning in three days}

"Three days!"

"Three days..." Han repeated silently with an alarmed look on his face, his rival his returning in three days.

"Are you for real, you are really returning in three days but you said you were coming back in three mon..."

{That has changed, the program ended earlier than I thoughts it was going to and our services are no longer needed in the military zone so we are returning earlier than planned}

"Chen Kai, I...I really wasn't expecting that you will be returning so soon, you don't know how happy I am," She fessed aloud not minding if someone outside the park hears her, at that moment, she was filled with excitement.

{Are you so happy that he is returning} he felt a wrenching feeling in his heart seeing her so excited because of her supposed boyfriend, he has known her ever since they were in high school and he knows every meaning behind her actions, if he is so excited for something then it means....if she is so excited that he is coming back then he might not stand a chance against this rival.

{I am also excited, finally, I will get to see you once again...Yu Yan, I really missed you and I am sorry for making you wait so long}

"I am really happy Chen Kai, when you come back let's tell your parents about our relationship," she said excitingly but she regretted it as soon as she said it, she should have said this to him when he comes back, she might have ruined the magic of the night.

Silence reigned for a while...

{Yu Yan, are you sure you want me to tell my parent about us, I am worried they might not agree to our relationship,}

"So they are hiding it from his parent, that means she..." he clenched his fist tightly.

"It's fine, if you don't want to we can talk about it when you come back, what time will your flight?"

{By two in the afternoon according to China's time}

"Alright then, I will pick you up at the airport," she ended the call without waiting for him to say goodbye...at least.

She bent her head backwards and inhaled the air deeply.

"I really want us to receive your parent's permission though..."

"What are you thinking about?" Han Chen asked, pretending that he had just arrived with a smile on his face.

"Where did you go?"

"I told you I was going to get a cream for your sore feet, it seemed like you weren't listening," He knelt on the ground and removed the box from the nylon then he removed the tube and pressed the tube to apply the cream on her feet.

Hearing her wince, he rubbed it softly.

"I am sorry I let you get injured," he apologized to her surprise

"hmmmn..." for some reason he was being too gentle with her even when rubbing her feet, she liked the feeling strangely, she wasn't comfortable with that fact so she quickly removed her leg from his lap as soon as he was done with applying the cream.

Just before she dropped her leg on the ground, he held it again.

"What are you doing?" she asked

"Do you want to get your feet in the dust again, wait," he removed his shoe and wore it for her then he put on the sandals he had bought, she watched him in confusion.

"The weather is so cold, how are you supposed to wear a sandal in the night," she had a worried look on her face but he didn't think she was truly worried about him

"I don't think you can afford to worry about me right now, you should start going home now, I am sure you have to go to work tomorrow," he stood up and started walking out of the park with a frown on his face which she couldn't understand.

{Why his he acting like I did something wrong}

She felt guilty!

"Are you not coming?" he asked, turning back.

"We are in my vicinity, I will stay here for a while and go home later,"

"If something happens to you it will be my fault, I will walk you home so let's go now," he spoke to her in an authoritative voice that she felt she has to obey, she obediently stood up from her seat and quickly caught up with him.

She glanced at her feet, his shoe is her size, she smiled at the thought and continue walking behind him, when they got to her apartment, he watched her walk into her apartment but when she turned back and waved him goodbye he didn't respond, instead, he frowned his face and walked away.

"What's wrong with him?" she shrugged her shoulder and entered her apartment.

He dialled Shi Fen's number.

"I parked my car by a bridge, I will send you the address please bring it to my house tomorrow morning," he sent the voicemail when he didn't pick the call.

Then he took a bus to his house.

"Mum, Dad, I am back," she announced as soon as she entered her house and removed his shoe, she entered the parlour to see the twins seating in front of the television with a bowl of popcorn in between the sofa.

"Aunt!" they called, she walked to the television and switched off the TV.

"Aunt!" they yelled.

"You are now going to school, you should be studying,"

"Aunt, we don't have to read, we are still going to pass our exams anyway," Li Na responded following a sigh.

"That's right, I almost forgot you are both too intelligent but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read, you just started a new school, things might have changed you should at least read for an hour,"

"Aunt, you have really changed, you weren't like this, where is our cool aunt?" Li Jing remarked while Li Na nodded in agreement.

"She is still here but I don't want your dad to blame me if you don't do well in your studies, you know how strict he can be when it comes to education,"

"Of course we do but you can trust us we will definitely do well," Li Na responded then she got off the sofa and threw her arms around Yu Yan who reciprocated the hug.

"You look really distressed aunt," she said, hugging her.

"I am okay," Li Na released her from the hug

"Where are mom and dad?"

"They are already asleep, this is already eleven pm, aunt," Li Jing responded

"That being said, you should go to your bedrooms now, you still have to go to school tomorrow,"

"We will" they chorused

"Goodnight then," she retired to her bedroom.

After taking a shower, she lied on her bed in thoughts, she couldn't believe that her dream is actually coming true in three day's time, the years they have spent part felt like an eternity for her and she just couldn't believe that they will be able to each other face to face again.

Then she thought about the end of their conversation.

"What if they really don't approve of our relationship?" she brushed off the thoughts and closed her eyes to sleep but his face came into her thoughts. she opened her eyes again.

"Why did he suddenly change, did I do something to offend him?" she pondered for a while then she shook her head.

"Wait....why am I bothered about him, he was the one who made me injured so I should be the angry one,"

pfft!

She closed her eyes.