The flirtatious girl is done flirting; Mr. He is now obsessed with her.

"Yes, Merry Christmas."

He Yun Shen was handling business at the company when he saw the caller ID on his phone. His heart skipped a beat, but he tried to remain calm.

"Why did you suddenly think of calling me?"

"that is……"

Bai Yishu bit her lower lip and made up a lame excuse.

"I just want to thank you for taking care of me when I was sick that day."

"Just for this?"

He Yun Shen leaned back in his chair, his smile deepening, while he toyed with the pen on the table in his other hand.

"I thought you had something else on your mind."

Bai Yishu remained silent for a moment.

"What are you doing?"

"Work is running. What about you? Didn't you go out with friends for Christmas?"

He Yunshen's tone became a little more relaxed, and the pen spun gracefully between his fingers.

"I'm downstairs at your office."

Upon hearing this, He Yun Shen immediately stood up, and the pen in his hand fell from the table onto the carpet at his feet, leaving a blot of ink.

"Are you downstairs?"

He quickly got up and walked to the window, searching for Bai Yishu's figure through the glass.

"Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

Bai Yishu's fingers, which were holding the phone, were a little sore from the cold. She put that hand in her pocket and switched hands to continue.

"Come down and get me."

"Okay, wait for me, don't wander off."

He Yun Shen agreed almost immediately, his voice filled with a joy he himself didn't even realize.

Bai Yishu hung up the phone and put her hands in her pockets.

She was originally going home, but when she thought about Christmas Day, He Yun Shen's image immediately popped into her mind.

So, as if possessed, she had the driver turn around and come here.

After getting off the bus, she hesitated by the roadside for a while before mustering up the courage to call He Yun Shen, since the last time they parted seemed to have had some unpleasantness.

He Yun Shen quickly went downstairs and left the company. His eyes swept around and soon locked onto Bai Yi Shu standing by the roadside. He strode towards her.

"Why did you suddenly come here?"

He Yun Shen was wearing a dark coat. He stood in front of Bai Yi Shu, still carrying some of the warmth from the room.

When Bai Yishu saw him appear in front of her, her nose suddenly felt a little sore.

"It's cold outside, why aren't you wearing more clothes?"

He Yun Shen noticed that Bai Yi Shu was dressed rather thinly, so he reached out to take off his coat to put it on her.

Bai Yishu stepped forward, put her hands inside his open coat, and hugged him.

The warmth of her body seeped through her clothes, and the faint scent of perfume lingered around Bai Yishu's nose, making her feel much more at ease.

He Yun Shen was stunned for a moment, his hand that was taking off his clothes stopped in mid-air, and then he realized that he should wrap Bai Yi Shu in his coat.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Yishu didn't speak, but just shook her head, hugging him even tighter.

"It's good that you're alright."

Seeing that she remained silent, He Yun Shen's heart softened even more as she embraced him. He gently rested his chin on the top of her head, quietly immersing himself in this moment of tenderness.

"You came to see me just to say thank you?"

Bai Yishu nuzzled him with her head, her voice muffled.

"I miss you."

He Yunshen's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and he let out a very soft laugh. The violent pounding of his heart could be clearly heard in his chest.

"I miss you as well."

Bai Yishu loosened her grip on him a little and tentatively asked, "Want to spend Christmas together?"

"OK."

A smile bloomed at the corner of He Yun Shen's eyes as he tried hard to suppress his inner joy.

Is there anywhere you'd like to go?

Bai Yishu looked around and pointed to a commercial street ahead.

"That street looks lively, let's go take a look."

"Okay, whatever you say."

Bai Yishu and He Yunshen strolled along the pedestrian street, where colorful lights adorned the branches of trees on both sides of the street, creating a warm sea of ​​lights amidst the flashing neon lights.

Christmas trees of all sizes stood in front of shops, decorated with colorful balls and strings of lights, Christmas carols played from the speakers inside the shops, and crowds thronged the streets.

"Mr. He."

Bai Yishu softly called He Yunshen's name, gazing at his profile with longing in her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

He Yun Shen turned his head to look at her. Her hair was a little messy from the wind, with a few strands falling in front of her forehead. Her usually indifferent and aloof eyes were now gentle and tender.

"If... I mean if, I hadn't pursued you in the first place, would our relationship be different now?"

He Yun Shen's eyes darkened for a moment. He looked up at the Christmas tree in front of him, the colorful lights reflected in his eyes.

"Perhaps we'll never cross paths. But it's also possible I'll have noticed you much earlier."

"Perhaps we are still living our own lives now."

Upon hearing this, He Yun Shen repeated Bai Yi Shu's words in a low voice, his eyes filled with suppressed emotions.

"Maybe so, but I think I'll probably think of you often. After all, someone like you is hard to forget."

Bai Yishu chuckled and looked up at He Yunshen, teasingly asking, "Would you pursue me?"

"It's hard to say."

He Yun Shen's expression was somewhat complicated, and his tone carried a hint of self-deprecation.

"I can be quite timid at times, especially when it comes to my own feelings."

The flickering lights from the street shops illuminated He Yun Shen's face, revealing the struggle in his eyes.

"I'm afraid of being rejected, afraid of getting hurt, and even more afraid of losing."

"So how can you become bold?"

He Yun Shen slowed his pace and remained silent for a long time before speaking.

"Perhaps I need someone brave enough to give me courage, someone I can disregard everything for."

"Have you encountered it?"

Bai Yishu gently grasped He Yunshen's hand, her cool fingertips touching his warm palm.

"I encountered it."

He Yun Shen grasped her hand in return and put both of their hands into his pockets.

"But I'm not sure if she feels the same way as me."

"What if she told you that she, like you, is afraid of being hurt and afraid of losing you, but is still willing to risk everything for you and take a gamble?"

He Yun Shen stopped in his tracks, his dark eyes gazing deeply into Bai Yi Shu's eyes. The surrounding crowd and noise seemed to disappear, and the whole world consisted only of each other in their eyes.

"Then I'll tell her that I feel the same way, that I'm willing to be with her and take the gamble."

Bai Yishu's heart was stirred by his words. She stared at the person in front of her, her exquisitely made-up face flushed with a faint blush, her eyes filled with love for He Yunshen, and even the upward curve of her eyes looked particularly charming.

A cool touch landed on Bai Yishu's face. She looked up and saw snowflakes swirling down, instantly turning into tiny water droplets on her cheeks and between her eyelashes.

"It's snowing."

He Yun Shen subconsciously looked up and reached out to catch the falling snowflakes.

"Yes, it's snowing."

The snowflakes melted into water in his warm palms, slipping through his fingers like fleeting moments of beauty that cannot be grasped.