After Cat A Saved the Wrong Female Lead - Chapter 47

Chapter 47: No Closer, No Farther

That night, neither of them slept easily.

Not because of anything said.

But because of everything that hadn’t been.

….

Tang Li lay awake longer than usual.

The window was open just slightly.

A breeze moved through the curtains, soft and cool.

She stared at the ceiling for a while, her thoughts looping quietly.

Not loud.

Just persistent.

And somewhere in that stillness, she asked herself—

What are we doing?

And then—

Where does this go?

She didn’t have answers.

She wasn’t sure she wanted them yet.

….

In the next room, Qin Shiyang wasn’t sleeping either.

She sat on the edge of her bed, hands clasped loosely in her lap.

The apartment was quiet.

But it didn’t feel peaceful.

It felt… suspended.

Like something was waiting.

Like they were both standing on the edge of something too wide to name.

….

In the morning, they didn’t talk about it.

They moved around each other like always.

Shared breakfast.

Washed up.

Passed things back and forth.

But the air was different.

Not tense.

Just… aware.

Like they’d touched something the night before that couldn’t be untouched.

….

Later, when Tang Li went to leave the apartment for a walk, Qin Shiyang handed her a scarf.

“It’s windy,” she said.

Tang Li took it without meeting her eyes.

But when her fingers brushed Qin Shiyang’s, she didn’t pull away.

And neither did she linger.

Just that—

A single second of contact.

No closer.

No farther.

….

Sometimes, intimacy is not in what moves forward.

But in what holds still.

And sometimes, what holds still is not hesitation—

But a kind of careful waiting.

The kind that says:

“I’ll be here. When you’re ready.”