In an instant, their breaths intertwined.
Xie Youci let out an involuntary groan as he fell, his sensual voice drifting into Chi Yang’s ears.
Both of them froze for a moment.
Feeling the softness and warmth of intoxication beneath him, Xie Youci intended to push himself up from her body.
But Chi Yang wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down.
Xie Youci fell back.
He lowered his gaze to look at her, meeting a pair of eyes shimmering with the intoxication of spring. Chi Yang also lifted her face coquettishly, blinking at him with upturned eyes.
In that moment,
Xie Youci felt as if his soul had been stolen away.
Before he could regain his senses, Chi Yang wrapped her arms around his neck again, pulling him closer, and then raised her face, gently pressing the tip of her nose against his!
In that split second,
Xie Youci felt as if an electric current surged through his brain. After the crackling sparks of electricity flashed through his mind, the tense lines of his body slowly relaxed.
A primal desire was awakened,
assaulting the central nerves of his crumbling defenses.
They were too close…
He could even hear Chi Yang’s breathing and the “thump-thump” of her heartbeat, stimulated by alcohol, echoing in her chest.
Deadly ambiguity overflowed in the confined space.
The soft, sweet fragrance of her body invaded his senses, and her silky hair brushed against his tense arms.
Xie Youci’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly.
As he locked eyes with Chi Yang up close, he felt for the first time that this kind of ambiguity pierced his soul irresistibly.
He was clearly the one in control.
He should have held all the initiative, yet he willingly allowed himself to be tempted and hunted by the woman before him…
“Can I kiss you?”
Chi Yang rubbed her nose against his, their intimate friction sending tingles through the man’s already defenseless heart with every breath.
Xie Youci knelt over her.
He bent his neck to look at her, his sharp, cold eyes swirling with depth and darkness.
For a split second,
he didn’t want to act like a gentleman in front of Chi Yang. He wanted to abandon all restraint and surrender himself to this temptation.
“Tempting me?” His voice was low and husky.
Chi Yang wrapped her left arm around Xie Youci’s neck, her right hand sliding up the back of his neck, her fingers threading through his hair and tightening slightly. “Just want to be a little mischievous~”
She blinked at him seductively.
Xie Youci’s Adam’s apple bobbed repeatedly.
His dark pupils narrowed into an inscrutable line, and in a moment of impulse, he decided to give up resisting. With a heavy breath, he let out a low “Mm” in response.
Chi Yang giggled softly, lifting her face to draw even closer to him.
They exchanged breaths,
their senses completely immersed in the undisturbed night.
Xie Youci watched her like this,
watching Chi Yang’s face gradually enlarge before his eyes, her luscious lips slightly parted, as if at any moment they would magnetically press against his.
He was already familiar with this.
When she was drunk, she would act mischievously toward him, and this time, she wanted to kiss him.
Xie Youci’s arms, braced beside her, slowly clenched into fists.
The veins on the back of his hands and neck faintly surfaced, and even his ears gradually took on a flushed hue, as if intoxicated by the scent of alcohol from Chi Yang’s lips.
As she drew closer…
his heartbeat became uncontrollable.
As if he was willingly falling into this playful game, as if he was willingly submitting to Chi Yang’s teasing.
Closer and closer…
closer and closer…
It seemed that in the next second, their lips would meet.
Xie Youci slowly closed his eyes, letting all his senses make way for the impending kiss.The air was thick with ambiguity, the atmosphere hushed.
And his breathing grew increasingly heavy…
But Chi Yang, being drunk, was hardly conscious. Through her hazy, intoxicated eyes, she only felt that the man before her seemed quite appealing to her taste for handsome men.
And so.
Drawn to him, she leaned closer.
Yet, just as their lips were about to meet, Chi Yang suddenly tilted her head and fell asleep, overcome by drunkenness.
Xie Youci waited in vain for the long-anticipated kiss.
He only felt a weight against his neck. Opening his eyes, he saw Chi Yang’s flushed, sleeping face.
Xie Youci: “…”
Narrowing his dark eyes slightly, he ran his long, well-defined fingers through her soft hair. “Chi Yang?”
Chi Yang, who had just been teasing him shamelessly, didn’t respond.
Xie Youci’s brow furrowed slightly.
Bowing his head, he pressed his tongue against the back of his teeth, as if irritated. “Chi… Er… Er!”
Chi Erer, who had wanted to kiss him, was already fast asleep.
Xie Youci felt as though a breath was stuck halfway, unable to rise or fall. His heart, which had been stirred with a tingling anticipation, was suddenly doused with cold water.
She hadn’t kissed him.
This time, she hadn’t teased him shamelessly.
She had fallen asleep.
But Xie Youci couldn’t deny the earlier stirrings—like the primal desires buried deep within a man, finally awakened tonight, yet left unfulfilled.
Damn.
He admitted it—he had lost again.
Lost to Chi Yang.
Once again, she had successfully reeled him in!
What was more crucial.
He actually felt a bit unwilling.
He even wanted to grab Chi Yang’s chin, lift her face, and kiss her fiercely, returning every bit of the teasing she had just dished out.
But Xie Youci didn’t do it.
Instead, he pinched Chi Yang’s cheek with his thumb and forefinger. “Chi Erer, did I owe you something in a past life?”
The sleeping Chi Yang finally showed some reaction.
Her arms slid down, wrapping around Xie Youci’s waist as she murmured and snuggled closer, nuzzling against his chest.
Warmth and softness filled his embrace.
Xie Youci felt all his resolve melt away, every bit of his arrogance seeming fragile and vulnerable.
“Bang—”
The door to the private room suddenly swung open.
Jiang Li, having sorted out her clothes, hurried back, only to see Chi Yang hugging Xie Youci’s waist, snuggling and rubbing against his chest like a sticky, clingy kitten.
The air still lingered with the traces of their earlier intimacy and ambiguity.
Jiang Li froze for a moment. “You two…”
Xie Youci’s back stiffened abruptly. He straightened his jawline and looked up at Jiang Li, inexplicably feeling as though he had been caught in an illicit affair. His voice tightened. “I—”
“I get it.” Jiang Li raised a hand to stop him. “I get it, I get it. You don’t need to explain, Brother Ci. I understand.”
She had just been caught off guard.
After all, seeing Chi Yang and Xie Youci hugging like this was just too bizarre.
But remembering that Chi Yang tended to act shamelessly when drunk, this situation wasn’t entirely unexpected. Xie Youci was probably just an innocent victim.
Xie Youci, however, had no idea what Jiang Li thought she understood.
Could it be…
Jiang Li also knew that Chi Yang liked him?
So she wasn’t surprised that Chi Yang had snuggled into his arms while drunk?
Xie Youci pressed his lips together and didn’t ask further.
He bent down and lifted Chi Yang from the sofa. “You can head home first. I’ll take care of her.”
Jiang Li was more than happy to oblige.After all, she truly couldn’t handle Chi Yang, and she figured Xie Youci wouldn’t just leave her by the roadside, so she grabbed her bag and swiftly fled the disaster scene.
Xie Youci naturally and rightfully took Chi Yang away, heading straight to their marital home.