So comfortable.
I really like kissing him.
But this kiss didn’t last long.
As their lips parted, Yin Shuyang gazed at him with dazed, dreamy eyes.
Inside, her heart was bursting with fireworks, soaring with excitement!
Ahhhhh!
Mommy!
I kissed him!
It was a good kiss.
Soft.
Even though there was no tongue, it still counts as a peck, right?
Yin Shuyang’s ears flushed crimson, overwhelmed with shyness. She actually wanted to kiss him more, but that was enough for tonight!
Any more and her heart might not be able to handle the excitement.
Flustered, Yin Shuyang scrambled off his lap, slipped on her slippers, and dashed away. “That felt great! Goodnight, I’m going to sleep in the guest room!”
Xie Guanlan was left bewildered. What was that?
Running off right after kissing him?
It felt less like a passionate kiss and more like an innocent, pure-hearted peck.
Sounds came from the guest room. He closed his eyes and sat there, pretending to doze off. In a daze, it felt as if the weight of her was still on his lap—her warm, soft body pressed against him, a faint fragrance drifting into his senses, her pretty face drawing closer and closer.
When he opened his eyes, she had vanished like a wisp of white smoke.
Xie Guanlan stood up and left the living room.
That night, Yin Shuyang had an intensely intimate dream. In it, she and Xie Guanlan were holding each other, kissing and touching, but nothing more.
Without any real experience in that department, even her steamy dreams couldn’t go all the way!
While Yin Shuyang was lying in bed whimpering softly, her phone rang, interrupting her thoughts.
“Yin Shuyang! Where are you? You’re staying out all night again!”
Only her brother would scold her so harshly.
“I’m at a friend’s place. I’ll be back tonight. I’m not fully awake yet, so I’m hanging up~” Afraid of saying too much and giving herself away, Yin Shuyang decisively ended the call.
As soon as she hung up, he called again.
Yin Shuyang obediently listened as her brother lectured her on the other end about how girls shouldn’t stay out all night and how worried they were about her.
“Mm, Brother is right~”
It was best to act sweet and compliant at times like this.
“I know you’re worried about me. I should have told you last night…”
She had been too excited last night!!
She’d completely forgotten about it.
Hearing her soft, obedient reply, Yin Shujun’s anger subsided significantly. “You must come back tonight! If you dare stay out all night again, I’ll lock you up at home!”
“I know, Brother~”
It seemed her wish to rent a place alone was impossible now.
Wahhh~
Lanlan, I guess I can’t be your neighbor after all.
But more than being Xie Guanlan’s neighbor, I’d rather move into his house, stay in his bedroom, sleep in his bed, and have him too!
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Yin Shuyang pursed her lips a few times, still craving another kiss. That brief moment last night wasn’t nearly enough to savor.
After freshening up, she went out. The housekeeper had already prepared breakfast and greeted her warmly, urging her to eat more and visit often.
She’d love to, but it depended on whether a certain someone would allow it!
Xie Guanlan acted as if he hadn’t heard, eating his breakfast expressionlessly.
Yin Shuyang stared at the egg on her plate. “I don’t like egg yolks. Can I give them to you?”
Xie Guanlan glanced at her indifferently. “Mm.”
After peeling the egg, Yin Shuyang took the tender, white egg white for herself and gave the yolk to Xie Guanlan.
The yolk was too dry and hard to swallow.
She preferred the egg white.
“See? I told you we’re a perfect match!”
Xie Guanlan nearly choked on the yolk. He drank his milk expressionlessly, swallowing it down. What kind of logic was that?
How could eating an egg make them a perfect match?
Yin Shuyang sweetly analyzed for him, “Look, both our names have three characters, and both contain the water radical. Your middle character is ‘guan,’ which means ‘to look.’ Look at what? Look at books! From gender and personality to height and names, we match in every single way!”
A perfect match, a heavenly match!
It was simply a match made in heaven!
“The most important thing is that we’re both single. If we date, it won’t interfere with anyone else.” Yin Shuyang’s eyes sparkled brightly. “I really want to date you~”
No wonder Yin Shujun had even considered setting him up recently. If he had a girlfriend, it would surely dispel Yin Shuyang’s ideas.
She lazily propped her chin on her hand. “When will you finally date me~”
The auntie in the kitchen chuckled.
Yin Shuyang’s face flushed crimson—she had forgotten there was an outsider present.
So embarrassing!
She was, after all, a young lady from a wealthy family!
“I kissed you last night, so I should take responsibility, right?”
“No need to take responsibility. I was willing.” Xie Guanlan leisurely wiped his mouth.
Yin Shuyang almost blurted out, “You should take responsibility for me.” But upon second thought, she had been the one who initiated it last night. Xie Guanlan not reporting her for harassment was already quite generous.
She couldn’t push her luck any further.
When pursuing a boyfriend, especially someone like Xie Guanlan—aloof, reserved, and indifferent to women—it was perfectly normal not to succeed after just a few meetings.
After breakfast, Yin Shuyang left with Xie Guanlan.
In the elevator, Yin Shuyang stood beside him. “Can you drop me off at my studio?”
“Where is it?”
Yin Shuyang gave the address.
“Sure.”
“Thank you!” Yin Shuyang tilted her head to look at him.
She really wanted to visit Xie Guanlan’s company, wander around his office, and see what he looked like while working.
A man focused on work was the most attractive. And if an already handsome man was working seriously, she would feel the urge to disrupt him, to keep him from working properly and instead play kissing games with her.
So, she wasn’t fit to visit Xie Guanlan’s office.
After dropping Yin Shuyang off at her studio, Xie Guanlan’s car drove away.
As soon as Yin Shuyang entered the studio, the employees gathered mysteriously.
Big gossip!
Their boss, who loved beauty so much, actually came to the studio wearing yesterday’s clothes!
And the car earlier wasn’t her brother’s car!
There seemed to be a man inside!
The boss was dating!
She hadn’t come home last night!
She stayed over at a man’s place!!
No wonder the boss had been drawing sweet little love stories recently.
No wonder the boss had been staring at her phone so often lately.
Everything made sense now!
They just didn’t know who the other person was.
Not long after Yin Shuyang arrived at the studio, a guest came.
When Yin Shuyang entered the meeting room and saw Song Qian, her heart skipped a beat.
What was he doing here?
They used to be friends, but now he was a friend who loved her but couldn’t have her. How awkward!
Manman, come save me!
Moreover, Song Qian didn’t look well. His eyes were bloodshot.
Yin Shuyang left the meeting room door open and forced herself to stay calm as she asked, “Are you here to buy a painting?”
Song Qian’s eyes darkened. “In your eyes, am I only allowed to come to you if I’m buying a painting?”
“No, that’s not it.”
What else was there to talk about?
Hadn’t she made her rejection clear enough last night?
Xie Guanlan was different. He wanted both, kissed her, and was stubborn with his words, but his body was honest.
Song Qian’s voice choked up. “I want to know who the person you like is. I want to know who I lost to.”
You lost to Xie Guanlan!
Losing to Xie Guanlan was perfectly normal!
But Yin Shuyang didn’t want to reveal it, because she hadn’t yet succeeded in winning Xie Guanlan over.
If things didn’t work out in the end, she would become the laughingstock of the entire Li City.
“Yangyang, aren’t you even willing to tell me his name?”