Chapter 698: Chapter 698: Let Me Hold You, Just Once

She could drive on ice effortlessly, and driving in snow was even easier.

No, she had to drive to find him.

Throwing on a coat in a rush, she hurried downstairs.

She had no car, so she planned to hotwire one by the roadside; at this time, morality could be disregarded, finding the person was more important.

As Qin Xin opened the door with only thin clothes on her back, calling Nalan Ye Jue as she walked to the villa entrance.

A beam of headlight and the sound of tyres crushing the snow came through!

A familiar black modified sedan stopped at the villa entrance.

The man stepped down from the driver’s seat and walked swiftly towards her.

Seeing her thin clothing, his gaze immediately froze. Without a second thought, he took off his coat and wrapped it around her.

Snowflakes quickly covered his shoulders and his hair.

His already cool visage was accentuated by the snow as if he were an ice sculpture.

Qin Xin stared blankly at Nalan Ye Jue, feeling that tonight there was a hint of unfathomable depth and sadness in his eyes that she had never seen before.

"Are you alright?" she asked softly.

The man did not answer, but stepped forward.

Then, he tightly held her in his arms.

Very tight, very tight.

In the wind and snow, with his strong yet lonely silhouette, he held her.

Snow quickly accumulated on his whole body.

"Let me hold you, just holding you is enough."

The man’s deep voice made Qin Xin inexplicably heartache.

What is wrong with him?

Even after Nalan Ye Jue carried her back to the room in his arms, Qin Xin still found it hard to comprehend.

Tonight, Nalan Ye Jue was indeed acting a bit strange.

"I thought you weren’t coming back tonight, working overtime at the company."

"If my dear wife thought I was working overtime, then there would be no rush to go out and find me, right?" The man held her hand, his expression finally regained some normalcy, able to chat with her calmly now.

Qin Xin’s ears turned a little red: "I wasn’t looking for you..."

Nalan Ye Jue touched her hair: "Alright, you weren’t looking for me."

The dear wife was really saying one thing and meaning another, her anxious and worried look at the entrance just now was more honest than now.

Qin Xin pursed her lips: "Are there too many things to deal with before your business trip? Is there anything I can help with? I... don’t have many classes recently, don’t need to go to school."

Nalan Ye Jue stroked her hair: "No need for your hard work, dear wife. I have already delegated everything. I wanted to spend these two days with you properly, but it seems it’s not possible."

The order to search for Lan Qingxin has been issued.

Several of his forces from different channels have begun to act.

Most importantly, satellite surveillance footage retrieval, for which tens of engineers have been arranged to check the surveillance records for the past few days non-stop to see where Lan Qingxin went after leaving school.

Initially, he also intended to stay up late in the surveillance room to watch the records together.

But, at 10:50, Qin Xin sent him a message, at that time he didn’t know Lan Qingxin was missing, and had already promised Qin Xin to go home.

If he didn’t come back tonight, he wondered whether the little woman would feel disappointed, or worried, or sad?

So he gritted his teeth and rushed back overnight.

There were many professionals at the surveillance center, but here with his dear wife, only he could be with her.

Qin Xin naturally didn’t know the man had so many reasons and so many twists and turns.

Seeing him return safely, she finally felt relieved: "Then rest early. Tomorrow is the weekend; the day after you will go on a business trip." That night, Qin Xin didn’t sleep soundly.

Waking up several times in a daze, she saw Nalan Ye Jue with a small night lamp on, checking something on his laptop by the bedside. Of course, he moved very quietly, trying not to make any noise even while typing.

She didn’t know if it was a dream.

If it were a dream, it would be fine because she vaguely saw the man’s brows tightly furrowed, with an unspeakable emotion, so thick it couldn’t be dissolved.

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Nalan Ye Jue didn’t sleep all night, constantly keeping track of the search for Lan Qingxin.

However, with team after team reporting back, the results were still no trace.

How could such a live person just disappear into thin air?