Shen Shuci coughed lightly, slightly stabilizing her uneasy heart. She had just ridden a horse, inevitably feeling a bit agitated. She took a deep breath and tried to organize her thoughts.
After several seconds, she finally said, "Don’t you think that our relationship isn’t quite normal and has already crossed the boundaries of re friends?"
She had thought that since both of them were rational people, the conversation would be simple. However, the first thing Huo Qinqi said left her blushing.
"I didn’t want to be just friends with you."
"..."
This man’s words were too decisive, which stunned Shen Shuci for quite a while.
"Do friends kiss?"
Shen Shuci’s heartbeat beca erratic. Couldn’t he be subtler when he spoke? Directly ntioning... kissing?
"Or do you think that after we’ve done that sort of thing, we could still be just friends?"
That sort of thing?
Once again, Shen Shuci felt overwheld. Could he not use such horrifying terms?
Those were terribly bold words, even scarier than Ruan ngxi sotis.
"In the West, kissing is normal and open..." Shen Shuci didn’t even know what she was saying, probably because her mind was confused. She scrambled for an excuse,
"Do you an to say you regularly kiss your friends like that?"
"I..."
Shen Shuci hadn’t yet finished her sentence when it got stuck in her throat.
Standing quite far off, the Huo Family could not hear what was being said between the two nor did they see what happened after they dismounted from their horses. They just saw them standing under the tree...
Kissing?
"I thought they got off the horses to stroll hand in hand in the garden, but..."
"Dang, have they progressed to this stage now?"
"Our man really does the big things while keeping quiet, huh? I really thought after all this ti that there was no progress, but I have a strong feeling that this isn’t the first ti they’ve kissed like this."
"I also feel it isn’t the first ti, otherwise how could Qinqi be so skilled? It must co naturally—just look at how they do it."
...
Huo Qinqi lifted her chin, scrutinizing her seriously with his sharp, deep eyes as if trying to see into her heart to determine the truth behind her earlier words.
His fingertips, calloused, tickled her chin.
His breath fell upon her face, making it feel warm!
And this position was undeniably provocative—Shen Shuci’s breath hitched, and she slightly averted her eyes, unable to keep looking at him. Huo Qinqi’s throat tightened, he gripped her chin, lowered his body, and pressed his lips fiercely against hers.
Even though it was just like the touch of a dragonfly.
The force was a bit strong.
It felt as if fireworks exploded in Shen Shuci’s heart...
"Bang—"
Her mind went blank.
"Do you and your ’just friends’ often do this?" Huo Qinqi was very close to her—if he moved any closer, he could easily kiss her.
This flirtatiously ambiguous distance made her heart race and her cheeks flush.
"But don’t you think this is inappropriate?" she managed to articulate.
"Where is it inappropriate?" Huo Qinqi’s gaze still lingered on her lips...
Feeling nervous, she subconsciously pursed her lips again, which only made his throat itch even more.
"Our relationship isn’t right; this shouldn’t be happening." Shen Shuci moved a bit back, avoiding any physical contact, feeling that only by putting so distance between them could she behave normally.
In his presence, she didn’t feel like herself.
"I don’t know how our relationship turned out this way, but you also said that there are things you don’t do with just friends, and yet we..."
"At this point, don’t you feel our relationship is sowhat abnormal? What do you think this counts as?"
"Besides, you and Mr. Five are good friends. If people know about our unclear relationship, it wouldn’t look good on you, would it?"
...
Finally, Shen Shuci could elaborate, attempting to clarify the nature of their relationship.
Huo Qinqi was listening seriously, although she was growing parched from talking, she looked intently at him.
Hoping he would understand that if it was an abnormal relationship, the best course would be to make a swift end right now.
At this point Huo Qinqi was staring at her, "Do you think we can’t be together?"
"Huh?" After all she had said, what was he implying?
"I don’t think our relationship is abnormal. Have you not noticed all this ti..."
"I am pursuing you."
His voice was already husky and resonant, but as he seriously gazed at her, his words were even more assertive, without any hesitation.
Actually, people in the country often express their emotions in a roundabout way, rarely as directly and straightforwardly as he did.
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