Starlight Has No Past

Chapter 23 Part 3

Zhou Tingsheng extinguished the cigarette right away and followed her off the car

to drag her back. He used both of his arms to block her way: “Where can you go

looking like this?”

“You were just wondering if I'm too tired to walk. I just showed you that I'm capable

of walking.”

Zhou Tingsheng was originally quite nervous seeing Ye Qiao's crossed face, but

her answer amused him: “Alright, I know you can walk.” He moved closer but was

slapped on the face. The slap was quite brutal, making a crisp and loud sound.

Zhou Tingsheng didn't even blink his eyes, instead he caught her hand and rubbed

it in his palm: “Don't get angry. In this isolated place, I won't even know where to

send you if anything happens to you.”

Hearing those words actually made Ye Qiao feel much better.

But she still didn't want to talk to him. She didn't even know why she was so

emotional but just felt like acting out in the moment.

Zhou Tingsheng thought she was only having a hard time getting over Gu Jin.

He was feeling a bit jealous but since he was the cause of her anger, he had

no choice but to humour her out of it. He wasn't good at this sort of thing and

couldn't come up the right words to do the trick. In the end, his throat was so

dry that he had to cough to clear his throat.

Ye Qiao suddenly calmed down and quietly asked: “Am I a particularly high

maintenance person?”

Zhou Tingsheng hadn't gotten over his cough and was taken back by her sudden

change of mood. He subconsciously patted her head: “It's alright. Just don't hurt

yourself.”

Ye Qiao felt somewhat guilty but didn't want to admit it. Frowning, she asked with

a straight face: “What's wrong with you?”

He became silent again.

Ye Qiao leaned back in the seat and ordered him: “Get in the car first.”

Zhou Tingsheng then circled back to the driver's seat. Ye Qiao's head leaned

backwards and her eyeb.a.l.l.s slowly rolled from side to side, haughtily. They were

sitting right next to each other, about half an arm's length apart, but if felt as if there

was an icy wall standing between them. They weren't looking at each other. Ophelia

slowly moved to the front and got onto Zhou Tingsheng's lap. He put him aside only

for the cat to crawl back to him, as if he knew that Zhou Tingsheng couldn't keep refusing.

Zhou Tingsheng picked up the furry ball on his lap and mentally agreed that no one

should be spoiled by overindulgence, otherwise he or she would be relentless.

After a long while, Ye Qiao suddenly spoke, her eyes still looking forward: “The seat

is too hard, it's not comfortable.”

Zhou Tingsheng indifferently asked: “Then what are you going to do about it?”

Ye Qiao wagged her finger. He moved closer to hear what she was going to say.

But, without saying a word, Ye Qiao simply rested her head on his shoulder and

comfortably closed her eyes. “I'm tired.”

Zhou Tingsheng felt the weight on his shoulder and lost his train of thought. He turned

his face sideways to kiss her temple and gently asked: “You got tired from earlier?”

“Be serious.” Ye Qiao mumbled and sounded quite weary. “Do you know how tiring it

is to be here? I have to watch out for other people's opinion of me everyday. It's even

more tiring when I'm not filming. If I don't act gentle and kind enough, won't I become

the evil ex-girlfriend.”

He gently asked: “You aren't?”