Chapter 39: When Did You Steal a Kiss from Me?
His palm reached over, weaving through her long shawl hair, and pressed against the delicate skin of her nape.
Before Lian Li could feel the sudden, burning touch, she was pulled into Jin Shiyue’s embrace.
The man’s unexpected action stunned her mind, and she couldn’t react for a moment.
Lian Li’s cheek pressed against the soft fabric of Jin Shiyue’s clothes, her eyelashes fluttering up and down as she regained her senses and tried to struggle.
However, his physical strength was beyond her comprehension; she couldn’t break free at all.
“Want to watch a live show?” Jin Shiyue’s voice dropped low, lazily falling from above her head.
A… a live show?
Lian Li suddenly remembered the man and woman passionately kissing in the corridor earlier, the man’s hand already inside the girl’s clothes.
It was even more intense here than over there!
Having seen similar scenes before, Lian Li didn’t doubt him.
It was one thing to see it alone, but witnessing romantic affairs with Jin Shiyue made her feel strange about everything.
A peculiar feeling spread from her heart to the tips of her nerves, making Lian Li’s limbs go numb.
The chest her cheek was pressed against, the palm touching her nape, that burning heat aggressively invaded her, like sparks jumping onto her skin and igniting a blush.
Not far away, the snow on the trees was blown about by the wind, and a red-bellied squirrel was perched on a large tree, eating with relish.
Its mouth, dusted with snow, looked like it had a white beard, and its round eyes watched the man holding the girl in his arms.
The girl’s skin, as fair as frost and whiter than snow, seemed to be tinged with the rosy hues of spring, her ears a faint red in the winter.
The man had a high brow and an exceptionally handsome face. He looked down at her, the corner of his lips curved into a wicked smile.
Lian Li’s numb nerves took over ten seconds to return to normal. She placed her smooth, porcelain-like hands on Jin Shiyue’s chest, trying to push him away.
“I won’t look then,” she said softly, afraid of disturbing anyone. “You don’t need to shield me.”
If she scared that man into becoming limp and unable to perform, she wouldn’t know how to handle it or have the money to compensate.
Her strength was negligible to Jin Shiyue; he remained unmoved.
“You won’t look.” Jin Shiyue’s voice was low and magnetic. As he spoke, his breath fell on Lian Li’s head. “Then why did you turn your head just now? Was it a neck exercise?”
Lian Li: Uh.
An instinctive reaction, no wonder.
“They’re getting dressed. If you want to watch so badly, should I ask them to take their clothes off again and reenact it for you?” Jin Shiyue’s eyes flickered playfully, with a hint of teasing.
Lian Li: “……”
What kind of person is he? Still in the mood to joke.
Jin Shiyue probably knew those two people and didn’t want her to see them to protect their reputation.
Putting herself in his shoes, if it were her friends, she would also cover Jin Shiyue’s eyes.
After a moment, the little squirrel finished eating with chirps and disappeared slickly into the branches, leaving only a patch of snow.
Lian Li asked, “Are they gone?”
“No.”
After a while, Lian Li asked again, “Now?”
Jin Shiyue released his hand and took a step back, widening the distance between them.
His deep black eyes stared at her, his tone lazy. “I’m the one sacrificing myself for friendship, why are you blushing?”
“Sacrificing yourself?” Lian Li was very confused by his choice of words.
Jin Shiyue’s lips curled up slightly. “Using my body to block your peeping eyes, doesn’t that count?”
Peeping, a familiar adjective.
He couldn’t possibly think she was a peeping tom, could he?
Lian Li suddenly felt a headache. Her gaze swept over Jin Shiyue, and she suddenly noticed a red lipstick stain on his shirt.
Lian Li stared at the mark for a little too long.
Jin Shiyue glanced down at her. “You’re quite deeply in love with me, aren’t you? Your eyes practically glued to me. Had enough?”
Lian Li ignored his words and pointed. “Your clothes have lipstick on them.”
Jin Shiyue lowered his gaze to glance at it. There was a faint red mark on his dark shirt.
“When did you sneak a kiss from me?”
A huge pot was placed over Lian Li’s head. She felt speechless but remained relatively calm. “Probably when you pulled me, it got accidentally smudged.”
“Then you’re quite good at accidentally smudging things,” Jin Shiyue said. “Pay up, Junior Sister.”
Her experience during the day told Lian Li that it was best not to argue and to resolve the issue quickly to minimize losses.
“I’ll only pay for the laundry.”
Jin Shiyue was surprisingly easy to talk to. “Alright.”
The Eldest Young Master didn’t ask for an exorbitant price. Did the Earth stop rotating today?
Lian Li was slightly surprised and immediately took out her mobile phone, lest he change his mind. “Payment code.”
“I don’t accept payments from strangers.”
“I’m not…” Lian Li wanted to say she wasn’t a stranger, but she suddenly remembered that not long ago, she had just told him they weren’t familiar with each other.
Lian Li held her mobile phone with both hands, tilting her face up to look at him. “Then how do I pay?”
Jin Shiyue’s slender fingers tapped on the phone screen, displaying a page for her.
Lian Li scanned the code, and the screen popped up with a page to add a friend.
Add friend, transfer money.
She didn’t care about the payment method, so she proceeded to send the friend request.
Jin Shiyue’s gaze slowly drifted to the red dot on his phone before he put it away.
His dark eyes swept over her lazily, his tone business-like. “Wait for notification.”
Lian Li clutched her mobile phone, gazing at Jin Shiyue’s tall and straight back, lost in thought.
His sudden strength was domineering and dangerous.
The noble young master, who appeared elegant and debonair on the outside, harbored a fierce and powerful physique within.
Jin Shiyue had already walked far away, disappearing from sight.
The scent of him still lingered on Lian Li’s nostrils, a mix of fir and a faint touch of bitter orange leaf, a light, pleasant fragrance.
Lian Li raised her hand to fan herself, trying to blow it away, only to realize that she was now covered in Jin Shiyue’s scent.
It was as if she had sprayed on a long-lasting perfume named ‘Jin Shiyue’.
His domineering nature was one thing, but why was his scent so domineering too?
Lian Li returned to her room and the first thing she did was take a bath. After showering, the complex scent of the unfamiliar man had finally faded.
There were many rooms in the villa, and Lian Li lived next door to Xue Shufan. Xue Shufan, having finished her party activities, came upstairs and knocked on Lian Li’s door first.
As soon as the door opened, a junior sister stood there with wet hair, a mist of steam swirling around her neck.
Xue Shufan leaned in and sniffed keenly. “Why do you smell so good?”
Lian Li smiled. “It’s the scent of the body wash, nice, isn’t it?”
“Smells sweet and soft, it’s tempting,” Xue Shufan rubbed her chin. “No wonder the old witch wanted to lock the princess in the castle. If I were the old witch, I’d lock you up too.”
Lian Li’s eyes flickered slightly as she replied, “If you were the old witch, you wouldn’t have to do anything; I’d lock myself up.”
“Ah. You’re so good with words.” Xue Shufan was overjoyed and wanted to hug her junior sister, but since her junior sister had showered and she hadn’t yet, she had to refrain. “Sleep early tonight, and you’ll wake up naturally tomorrow.”
Lian Li bid her senior sister goodnight and returned to her room.
She dried her hair and lay on the bed, scrolling through her phone. A new chat page popped up on WeChat.
1: 「I have accepted your friend request, and we can now start chatting.」
Immediately after, a large sum of money was transferred into the chat box.
Remark: Fee for deep affection.
Lian Li: “?”
