A single sentence, caught off guard, left Ruan ngxi’s mind a little dizzy. Outside, the northern snow swirled like chaotic cotton wool, just like her wildly erratic heartbeat at that mont.
Her ears turned suddenly red, the blush quickly spread across her face, and she lowered her eyes, not daring to look at him.
The words he had spoken echoed repeatedly in her mind, making her heartbeat accelerate the more she thought about them, and even her breathing beca labored.
Zeyan looked at her, equally tense.
But since the words had already been spoken, he didn’t mind saying them a second ti.
"Ruan ngxi, did you hear what I said?"
"Yes." Ruan ngxi nodded in response, biting her lip, her emotions were complicated.
Zeyan watched her biting her lip, his gaze growing deeper, particularly with the increasing closeness, which made it hard for anyone to stay focused.
For so reason, he felt a dryness in his throat, as if it was a lingering symptom of a cold, an itchy discomfort.
"Do you want to pursue ?" Ruan ngxi still found it hard to believe, wanting to confirm it once more.
"Yes."
"Oh..."
Ruan ngxi’s mind went blank, not knowing what to say.
"Well..." Zeyan coughed lightly, "Since I’m pursuing you, it’s only right to clear up the past, like when doing business, you have to renegotiate deals and clear up old accounts."
"Old accounts?" Ruan ngxi was puzzled, what else did he want to say?
She looked up at him. What old accounts were there to settle between them?
Their eyes tangled together, she couldn’t be bothered about her blushing face, her delicate ribs barely holding against her frantic heartbeat. She didn’t know what this person wanted to do.
Zeyan seed to have made so decision, unwilling to wait any longer, he leaned down.
In the distance between them, the mingling erratic heated breaths, with even the lingering clean cold scent of snow on him, instantly rushed over.
Ruan ngxi seed to instantly understand what he wanted to do, panicked and at a loss, not knowing where to look, instinctively wanting to flee.
But with her heart in disarray and her mind confused, she had forgotten that she was already cornered between his body and the window, with no way out.
Zeyan suddenly reached out, turned her face, and without a word, kissed her.
Ruan ngxi couldn’t even utter a word of refusal, with her voice completely silenced.
Last ti she had kissed him and then kicked him out of her house, and this ti...
His idea of settling old accounts was to reclaim this kiss?
How could soone be so childish and ridiculous?
Ruan ngxi’s fingers trembled, the apron in her hand slipped, and her hands instinctively clutched at the front of his shirt, but her resistance ultimately beca only creases on his shirt.
Her breath was stolen, as he pressed forward, completely trapping her.
Unable to move, only the burning warmth at the corner of her lips seed like sparks, slowly igniting her heart.
He doesn’t know how to kiss, and neither does Ruan ngxi.
This close, he seed not to know what to do, gently touching his lips to hers, with actions so gentle it was hard to believe.
And Ruan ngxi’s calves trembled with weakness.
The glass was cold, the snowflakes swirling, only their chaotic breaths entwined, burning hot as if to consu them both completely.
Zeyan wasn’t very good at kissing, either, giving just a couple of gentle pecks before slightly releasing her, yet he didn’t let her go entirely, since he’d already summoned the courage to kiss once, he wasn’t afraid of a second attempt.
He brushed his lips against hers once or twice more.
Ruan ngxi was flushed completely, her face red, staring blankly at him, her mind a total blank.
"Last ti you kissed and ran away, didn’t you think I might do the sa to you?"
Beside her ears, her heart wrenched with pounding beats; Ruan ngxi bit her lip, turning her head to look at the fluttering snowflakes outside the window, while Zeyan leaned in instantly, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe.
"Don’t like anyone else anymore, just keep liking , okay?"
Perhaps his voice was hoarse with a cold; it was deeper and more husky than usual.
His voice slipped into the most tantalizing places, increasingly enticing.
...
Ruan ngxi didn’t really rember what happened afterwards, only knowing he took her by the wrist and led her out of the kitchen.
His palm was blisteringly warm, making her emotions even more complicated.
Only the apron was left on the floor, and no one picked it up.
Zeyan saw she neither resisted nor refused, secretly pleased, at least it ant she still had so feelings for him.
But after doing sothing as romantic as kissing, the first thing Ruan ngxi said was:
"Your cold hasn’t fully recovered, right?" Ruan ngxi frowned at him, "When you kissed like that..."
"Could you pass your cold to ?"
"..."
Right now, Zeyan just wanted to knock her head open and see what on earth was inside!
At tis like this, can’t you be a bit more romantic!
"If you caught a cold, I wouldn’t mind letting you kiss . It’d be best if you passed the cold to , so you’d recover. If we both caught colds, we’d endure it together, as if facing hardships together." Zeyan spoke lightly.
Ruan ngxi felt a part of her heart completely crumbling.
She began to suspect that Yun Hezhi was hiding sothing from her. Otherwise, how could it be that in just one afternoon...
He changed like this?
**
Zeyan suddenly ca up with this act, leaving Ruan ngxi completely bewildered, she totally forgot to chase him out.
The TV was still on, playing that campus drama from earlier, her mind was blank, she didn’t even know what was happening in the show.
Zeyan brewed two cups of cold dicine; he was so familiar with the place that everything he did was done with practiced ease.
"Here, drink this." He handed her a cup of the cold dicine. "Weren’t you afraid I’d pass my cold to you? Take so precautions."
"Thanks." Ruan ngxi took the cup, the dicine had the effect of driving out the cold, and a few sips in, warmth spread through her body.
After finishing his, Zeyan sat down next to her, "Why are you still watching this show?"
"I’ve been too busy recently, watching it on and off, haven’t finished it."
Zeyan said nothing. She watched the TV, while he rested his arm on the back of her sofa, staring intently at her.
Ruan ngxi was feeling dizzy. What does this guy want?
Even if he said he wanted to court her, no one’s ever been this intensely staring before.
Up until now, she was completely dazed, hadn’t recovered, her body stiff under his gaze. Once an episode finished, she planned to retreat to her room.
However, her body was so tense, one leg had gone numb, and as she got up, it suddenly gave out, and she collapsed back onto the sofa.
Zeyan couldn’t help but laugh at her awkward state, finding it especially endearing.
Anyway, right now, he even thought the back of her head was prettier than others’, let alone her pretty, flushed cheeks.
"My leg’s numb." Ruan ngxi explained, feeling incredibly embarrassed. Could she be any more ridiculous?
"You want to head back to your room?"
"Yeah."
As they spoke, Zeyan already stood up, scooped her up horizontally, and walked steadily towards her bedroom.
With the world spinning, Ruan ngxi felt not just her legs, but her whole body going soft, her hand instinctively grabbing onto his clothes.
"You should hold my neck."
"..."
Ruan ngxi figured, he must have been overly provoked by Yun Hezhi, or else how could he change this way.
Suddenly, he was strong and charming.
Could Yun have provoked him, causing him to get sick, and now he was acting all peculiar?
Zeyan was originally a straightforward person, and since he said he wanted to pursue her, he definitely had to take action. He did it naturally, without intentionally trying to charm her.
Placing Ruan ngxi on the bed, he left to wash up, feeling exceptionally good.
*
Ruan ngxi was still in a daze, and only after the door closed did she ssage Yun Hezhi, asking if he said sothing else to Zeyan.
Yun Hezhi was just thinking about what performance to do at Tang Wan’s baby’s one-month celebration. Seeing the ssage, he furrowed his brows, thinking texts were too ti-consuming, and dialed her instead.
"Why’d you suddenly ask that?"
"I just feel like he’s acting a bit strange today."
Yun Hezhi thought, if he would remain unmoved after what he had said, he probably didn’t like Ruan ngxi that much.
"What did he do?"
"He..." Ruan ngxi didn’t know how to explain, when suddenly the door opened.
"Do you have a toothbrush here?" Zeyan didn’t expect her to be on the phone, "Sorry, didn’t know you were calling."
"It’s fine, the toothbrushes are in the bathroom cabinet..."
"I’ll find it myself, you continue your call." Zeyan said as he left.
Ruan ngxi suddenly felt caught red-handed, her heart pounding restlessly.
As soon as the door closed, Yun Hezhi’s laughter ca through the phone, "He’s staying over at your place tonight? He moves fast, rember to lock your door before bed."
"We’re not what you think..."
"I know." Yun Hezhi chuckled aningfully.
"Boss Yun..." Ruan ngxi suddenly felt like even if she jumped into the Yellow River, she couldn’t wash it clean.
"He’s stayed there before, hasn’t he?"
"..."
Ruan ngxi had originally wanted to ask him if he and Zeyan were hiding anything from her, but instead, it left her face flushed red with embarrassnt.
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