If The Moon Won’t Hold You

were a few seconds of silence in the open space, suddenly, a low chuckle came from Yan Xingzhi..

Originally, the corners of his mouth had been raised slightly, but now he really was laughing.

Cen Ning stood in front of him nervously, listening to the laughter that seemed to echo from his chest.
In this moment, her mind came to think, this was the first time she had seen him laugh, the way he laughed… it was so handsome.

Yan Xingzhi really did find it interesting.
He had imagined countless reasons she could come up with, but he didn’t expect her to say this matter so directly.
He shook off the cigarette ashes and said while regaining a bit of his composure: “Little kid, do you know what a wife is.”

Cen Ning: “I’m, not, a little kid.”

Yan Xingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, reached out his hand to gauge her height, and smiled: “If you’re not a kid, then what are you, huh?”

Cen Ning frowned: “I will, grow up.”

Yan Xingzhi laughed again: “Oh, you will grow up.”

“I, I really will, grow up!”

Yan Xingzhi raised the corners of his lips.
He was amused by her dumb and cute look.
He stretched out a hand and patted her on the top of her head: “Okay, you will grow up well.”

Saying this, he passed by her and walked in the other direction.

Cen Ning turned around: “Hey, you…”

“If you want your camera, come here at one o’clock tomorrow afternoon.”

“Ah?”

“Don’t understand?”

Cen Ning’s eyes lit up: “Understood!”

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She actually wanted to say thank you again, but Yan Xingzhi stopped in his tracks, and suddenly turned around: “Also, this—” Yan Xingzhi raised the hand holding the cigarette, “Keep this a secret.”

Cen Ning was dazed for a second, and then nodded quickly: “Okay!”

Cen Ning never imagined that Yan Xingzhi would really help her, the moment he nodded, she was so happy that her heart almost burst out.
At the same time, she also felt that Yan Xingzhi no longer seemed so hard to get close to.
At least in this situation where he told her to keep his ‘smoking’ a secret, she felt that he was also a little more ‘ordinary.’

After tossing and turning all night, she finally got through to the next day.

After eating, Cen Ning kept waiting for the time to come, seeing that it had just reached 12:50, she rushed out of the small building.

The open clearing was not too far away, there were already many people there when Cen Ning had arrived.

A group of small children sat on the side to play, and Yan Xingzhi was playing basketball on the basketball court next to them.

After Cen Ning approached, the first person to see her was Xue Xiaoxiao.
She originally sat on the edge to watch the older brothers play, but when she saw Cen Ning, she immediately became angry.

“Hey, why did you come here? Say something, why haven’t you left yet.
You didn’t listen to what I said, did you?” Xue Xiaoxiao stood up and looked at Cen Ning in a dissatisfied manner.

Xue Xiaoxiao’s voice was clear and prominent.
When she spoke, all the players who were not playing looked over from beside them.

Cen Ning was very uncomfortable with the sight of so many people who were either watching the drama or looking confused, but she had a clear purpose today, so she did not flinch.

She ignored Xue Xiaoxiao, instead, looking at Yan Xingzhi.

The latter was withdrawing from the field.
He walked to the rest area next to him, picked up the bottle of mineral water on the ground, took a few sips and sat down on the stairs casually.

His forehead was slightly wet, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at her, his expression a little sharp.

“Did you listen to me, who asked you to come here, you—”

“Xiaoxiao, what are you doing.” An older girl next to her pulled her away.

Xue Xiaoxiao turned around: “Sister Peiyan, she is Cen Ning.”

Meng Peiyan was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Yan Xingzhi.
The latter didn’t say a word, he just threw the water aside with a bang.
The sound wasn’t even loud, but it made people feel inexplicably tense.

“Come here.” Suddenly, Yan Xingzhi spoke.

There was no beginning or end to this sentence, no one knew who he was talking to.

“What are you doing standing there?” Yan Xingzhi raised his eyes, and now, he looked at Cen Ning accurately, “Come here.”

Pound, pound pound.

Tang Zheng stopped hitting the ball, just letting it bounce on the ground up and down.
His gaze shifted back and forth between the two of them, and then he ran to the side to find a position – it was a standard spectator posture.

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Cen Ning secretly took a breath, lifted her feet and walked over.

“Your timing is very accurate.” Yan Xingzhi glanced at the seat beside him, “Sit down.”

Cen Ning went ‘okay’ and sat down obediently.

“Eh, what’s the situation?”

“Who is this little girl?”

“Hey, are you from the last century? You are so uninformed.
Isn’t this the…little guest from the Yan family.”

Little guest, what he said was really tactful.

Xue Xiaoxiao became angry: “Brother Xingzhi, why are you—”

“Xiaoxiao, go back and get it.”

Xue Xiaoxiao was taken aback: “What?”

Yan Xingzhi pursed his lips slightly, his eyes gave one chills: “Her camera, bring it back to her immediately.”

“Brother Xingzhi!” Xue Xiaoxiao pointed at her in disbelief, “Why are you helping her, I’m just helping you!”

“Who wanted you to help me?” He leaned back, putting his hands on the stone steps, raising his eyes slightly, “Your reason for bullying is quite fresh.”

Xue Xiaoxiao felt the hairs behind her back stand up after being stared at like this, and her voice became weak: “I didn’t bully her.”

“In that case, now, go back and get it back immediately.”

“I……”

“Xiaoxiao.” Yan Xingzhi cut off her sentence, and said dully, “You can bully people1, but if you bully my people, do you know the consequences?”

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The author has something to say:

The boss says: if you want to die, charge forward!!!

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[Translator’s Note: ML going gangsta mode to protect our cute little FL keke! By the way, this novel also has an audio drama, if you want details on how to listen to it, I’ll post some info on my Ko-fi (and maybe something special too!)]