Because I Cannot Hurt You

Chapter 270 - Rewrite The Painful Memories

"I cannot help it…." Zizi was bummed out.

Yunru paid the elderly couple and dragged Zizi away. "Don't take it too seriously, Princess. This was just for fun anyway."

She pouted. "I know. But I need all the good luck in pursuing you or you will slip away from my hands."

"..."

Along the way as they hopped store after store, Zizi saw a shop with a target competition going on where the prize was a big white fluffy teddy bear.

"Yunru, Yunru, let's go there! That bear is so cuteeeeeeee!"

Zizi excitedly said, "Give me one gun too."

"Hahaha! Sure!" The shopkeeper said, "You have to hit the dart at the target dot at the center of that round board. If you do it, then you win the bear! Mind you, it's the hardest challenge here," he said with pride. "Nobody has been able to win it until now hoho~"

Zizi indeed felt that it was quite hard. The small dot was hardly visible and she had to accurately hit the dart.

"You got five chances in one round, Miss, and you can have only two rounds max."

That means I have ten chances...

"Okay! I will win this for sure."

Yunru raised his brow. "Are you sure?"

She grinned. "Just watch me."

Nine shots later…

Zizi's mouth twitched as another dart hit way off the target. She pursed her lips and sheepishly grinned at the shop owner. "Can I pay for another round, pretty please?"

Yunru shook his head.

The shop owner chuckled. "Sorry, Miss. Rules are rules. Two rounds only."

She pursed her lips.

"T-this one will hit for sure!"

Zizi aimed the gun at the board again and shut her eyes.

Ah please, please, let it hit this time!

"You are holding the gun the wrong way," Yunru said and stood behind her.

"Ah?"

"Let me show you. Your posture is wrong," Saying that he bent and leaned his face towards hers until their cheeks almost touched each other.

*Badump Badump*

Her heart raced furiously, feeling the warmth she felt at her back as his chest covered it. He held her arm and fixed her angle.

"Your elbow is a little outside. It should be in a straight line. Your hand is slightly shaking. You cannot hit your target that way or the dart will miss…"

Zizi could hardly keep up with his instructions as she was too busy admiring his handsome side profile that was too close for her heart to handle. His sharp nose and clean jawline made her breath hitch. Her cheeks turned warm and red and everything else felt fuzzy to her as if they were the only ones here. The place where he was holding her arm felt hot and ticklish for some reason.

Yunru glanced at her and froze. Now he finally realized that the distance was…

He coughed and looked away. "Did you understand?"

"Ah? Y-yes…"

"Really? Repeat it then."

"Um... Something about the elbow?" She averted her gaze.

"Princess…"

"S-sorry. You just looked too handsome to ignore. I promise I will pay attention now."

His mouth twitched.

Princess never fails to flirt…

This time, Zizi gave serious attention.

"Like this?"

Yunru adjusted her arm at the right angle. "Like this. Now don't shake. Focus on the dot and nothing else."

Though he said that, he had still tightly held on to her elbow so that she wouldn't move.

Zizi narrowed her eyes and a few moments later, she fired the dart.

Goal!

The dart hit straight at the center that landed on the dot.

"We won! We won! We won!" She jumped up and down in joy. "Yunru, did you see that?"

Her eyes glittering as gold and smile as bright as the sun was so infectious that Yunru couldn't help but smile too. "Yup, you won."

She flicked on his forehead. "It's not me. It's us. We won together. You taught me so I could do it."

"Well then you're welcome."

The shop owner clapped hard. "I am so happy for you! Nobody won this hardest challenge but you did it. Hehe your boyfriend is indeed capable, Miss."

Zizi beamed. "Isn't he!?"

Yunru tapped on her head. "Why are you agreeing?"

"Isn't it the truth?" she blushed.

"Not yet."

"..."

"Why do you always have to burst my bubble like that?"

"So that you are in touch with reality," he smiled.

"Hmph!"

Another hour later, they were finally done touring the local festival. The sun had set and the sky turned dark on which stars twinkled.

"Let's go back. We have to be there at the conference early tomorrow," Yunru said.

"Wait! There is one more place I want to go. Then we can head back," Zizi said.

"What place?"

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A strong gust of wind blew past them and the taste of saltiness settled on Yunru's tongue. The waves crashed on the shore, glistening in moonlight.

"A beach huh?"

Zizi stared at him and softly nodded. "Yes."

"But it's already night now. We missed the sunset."

She smiled. "Doesn't matter. I just wanted us to spend some time together."

That and Zizi had another intention behind bringing him here. She clearly remembered the night when Yunru was completely heartbroken over his one-sided love for Shuang and was at a beach all drunk.

She didn't know if he really remembered that painful night in his state of intoxication, but tonight she wanted to…

"You know, Yunru."

He glanced at her and was slightly taken aback seeing the serene smile on her lips. Instead of her usual chirpiness, there was a sincerity in her voice now.

"Actually...I do have a hidden agenda. It was a similar night when I found you here all drunk and hurt over Shuang."

He stiffened.

"You had cried a lot and it still hurts when I recall it. Hehe, you must be thinking how silly I am right from bringing her up? But I wanted to be honest about this. I don't want you to feel sad whenever you think about the beautiful sea. I brought you here so that I could rewrite that painful night from the past and leave you with good memories."