Ruan Jiaqi’s body stiffened, and she froze.
…His lap?
Was that even somewhere a person could sit?
Her whole face grew hot and flushed. Her ears seemed to be filled with roaring wind, and her mind spun in a daze. She didn’t even know how she had managed it, but somehow she really did climb onto the man’s thigh.
In any case, when she looked up again, all she saw was a breathtakingly handsome face.
Hua Feng was tall and broad-shouldered. Even with Ruan Jiaqi sitting on his lap, he was still more than half a head taller than her.
At just one glance, Ruan Jiaqi was plunged into a chaotic storm of heartbeats.
Through the fabric of his suit, the hard firmness of his muscles and the scorching warmth of his body were clearly transmitted through her thin nightdress, feeling slightly uncomfortable against her.
She didn’t dare put her full weight down and secretly tried to support herself with her toes. Instead, she only made things worse, suddenly losing her balance.
In an instant, a strong hand firmly caught her around the waist.
Ruan Jiaqi fell completely unprepared into Hua Feng’s arms.
A tiny spark shot through the spot on her back where his hand supported her, instantly turning the tips of her ears crimson.
Their faces were extremely close.
A clean, snow-like scent instantly filled her entire breath.
Up close, the man’s sharply defined features appeared even more striking, like a piece of cold jade meticulously carved by hand.
【Don’t just stand there stunned. Say your line!】
The system practically wanted to crawl out and pry her mouth open itself.
A line…
Ruan Jiaqi’s mind was completely blank.
For the first time in her life, she was this physically close to a man—and this man was the very person who had appeared in her dreams.
Of course, she had a whole stomachful of things she wanted to say to the Young Master.
Ruan Jiaqi pursed her lips and cautiously raised her eyes to look at the man before her.
“I…I missed you very much.”
She spoke from the bottom of her heart, and her voice inevitably carried a hint of a sob. “It’s so wonderful to see you come back.”
Whether back then at the Ruan residence or now in this world, he was the only person who had ever brought her warmth.
The girl in his arms gazed intently at him, her eyelashes damp and her eyes veiled by a faint mist.
Hua Feng raised an eyebrow slightly.
“Is that so?”
His eyes were deep and turbulent, his unfathomable gaze seemingly examining her from the outside in without missing the slightest detail.
“You really wanted to see me?”
Ruan Jiaqi nodded without the slightest hesitation.
Hua Feng looked at her, his gaze settling on her slightly parted, moist, full lips.
Her delicate lips were pink and alluring, like dewy berries in the morning garden of Eden, tempting one to taste them.
The dim yellow light flowed between his brows into his pitch-black eyes, like a spark that had fallen into the darkness of night, not yet fully ignited.
Under that gaze, Ruan Jiaqi’s heart inexplicably trembled.
Sometimes, the excessive depth of his dark eyes and the pressure in his gaze made him seem strangely unfamiliar to her.
She instinctively began inching backward.
The next second, the large hand around her waist suddenly tightened.
His fingertips pressed into the soft flesh of her waist through the thin fabric of her nightdress, stopping her movement.
The palm against her back was scorching hot, almost drying the droplets of water falling from the ends of her hair.
【The atmosphere is perfect right now!】
【Touch him.】
The system had originally wanted to tell her to straddle the male lead, but after thinking about it, decided against it. The difficulty was simply too high for a beginner like her.
But it had no idea that Ruan Jiaqi’s heart was already hanging by a thread.
Especially when facing that face identical to the Young Master’s. Just thinking about what she was supposed to do next made her unbearably embarrassed, giving her the guilty feeling that she was desecrating a god in her dreams.
Outside, the sudden downpour hammered against the windows. Inside the room, the silence was almost frightening.
She held her breath deeply, raised her trembling fingertips, and lightly touched Hua Feng’s suit over his chest.
Then she quickly withdrew her hand, as though she had been bitten by something.
She pursed her lips and secretly glanced at the man, like a little cat sneaking a taste of forbidden food.
【I told you to touch the male lead. Are you touching an electric socket or something? Have some courage!】
The system was exasperated.
【Caress him! With affection! Invite him gently! Understand?】
Ruan Jiaqi was startled by the suddenly loud voice of the system.
She had no choice but to brace herself and reach out again, cautiously slipping her hand beneath Hua Feng’s open suit jacket and placing her fingers against the cool, smooth fabric of his shirt.
The man’s solid chest rose and fell steadily with his breathing.
The warmth of his muscles traveled clearly to her fingertips through the expensive fabric.
【Keep going. Move downward.】
She pursed her lips.
Her movements were hesitant and inexperienced as she traced the powerful contours of his chest, inch by inch moving downward until she reached his lean, taut waist…
Just as she was about to continue, a large hand suddenly seized her slender wrist, its strength carrying an unmistakable force that allowed no resistance.
“You’re getting bolder.”
Hua Feng’s low voice came from above her, impossible to read, carrying a dangerous huskiness. “Who taught you to do this?”
Before she could react, Hua Feng had already lifted her effortlessly from the sofa, the blue veins on the back of his hand standing out prominently.
“Mm!”
Her body suddenly left the ground, and Ruan Jiaqi’s heartbeat skipped.
In the dizzying movement, her back sank into something soft.
Hua Feng placed her on the bed.
【Beep—】
【To protect the host’s privacy, the system has automatically switched to sleep mode.】
Hua Feng stood beside the bed, dark light shifting in his eyes as he looked down at the small figure lying there.
The girl’s rosy lips were slightly parted. She lay on the soft, dark bedding, looking up at him with a helpless, bewildered expression made all the more endearing by her embarrassment.
“Do you still remember the rules?”
He leaned closer, his slender fingers slowly twirling a strand of soft hair that had fallen beside her cheek.
Rules?
What rules? The system had never told her about any.
Confusion appeared in Ruan Jiaqi’s eyes.
Hua Feng’s fingers, as he arranged her hair, seemingly brushed across her delicate jaw.
“Choose a position you like.”
A position?
Ruan Jiaqi was now completely stunned.
She had never imagined that this was something she would have to discuss with a man.
Her studies hadn’t even reached a question this difficult yet!
Having encountered a blind spot in her knowledge, she was just about to ask Teacher Xiao Tong when she remembered that the system had already gone offline.
“I…I don’t know…”
The girl’s voice was excessively soft.
Hua Feng lowered his dark eyes and studied her expression. “You don’t know? Then shall I decide for you?”
!
Then she would rather choose herself.
Better to be conservative. Surely that couldn’t go wrong.
Ruan Jiaqi thought for a moment, then obediently lay herself flat on the bed, keeping her body perfectly straight and tightly closing her eyes, her eyelashes trembling.
She looked like Snow White lying there with a poisoned apple in her throat, almost as though she were ready to be placed in a coffin at any moment.
Yet the sound of her heartbeat was so loud it seemed capable of piercing through her body and echoing throughout the room.
Her palms were sweating, and even the tips of her ears had turned red. She was both nervous and feverishly consumed by a secret anticipation.
The next second—
“Click.”
A crisp, cold sound suddenly rang out in the spacious room.
A chill of metal touched her wrist.
Ruan Jiaqi opened her eyes in confusion.
A silver handcuff was fastened between her wrist and the headboard.
Hua Feng stood beside the bed, his expression cool and distant as he looked down at her without emotion.
Thunder rumbled outside.
Her entire figure was enveloped in his elongated shadow. Her gaze toward him was fragile and helpless, like that of a frightened little animal.
Yet she remained obedient, neither crying nor making a fuss. She simply lay there quietly, her tender face showing eyes opened to their widest, glimmering with moisture. Beneath her was high-thread-count Egyptian cotton bedding with a silk-like sheen, emerald green like a lake filled with water plants beneath the spring sunlight.
Hua Feng leaned slightly forward. His movements carried an indescribable gentleness as he pulled the smooth blanket over her and carefully tucked it around her trembling body.
Like he was tucking an uneasy child safely into bed.
“Don’t do something this foolish again.”