In the afternoon, sunlight shines through the window, casting golden spots on the floor of the living room.

Su Banxia was wearing a light blue dress with the hem swaying gently. She lay beside the chessboard, watching the entire game without blinking.

The game between Su Liuxing and Lou Jiyun has been going on for some time. Su Banxia knew that his father Su Liuxing had left him many opportunities, but perhaps because Lou Jiyun rarely played chess, he seemed unable to see these hidden turning points at all.

Su Banxia couldn't help but laugh in her heart. In her opinion, people like Lou Jiyun were always calm, self-possessed and omnipotent. She didn't expect that he would have trouble with chess today. This made her feel very novel.

"You can't?" Su Banxia held her cheek with one hand, tilted her head, and had a playful smile on her face. Like a cunning little fox, her smart eyes were full of smiles as she looked at Lou Jiyun.

There was a hint of teasing in that smile, but more of it was closeness and familiarity, as if the formality between teacher and student had long since disappeared between them.

"I can't." Lou Jiyun said frankly, his voice low and steady.

He didn't think it was a shameful thing. No one is perfect, and he was not a genius, so how could he be proficient in everything? He shrugged slightly, with a helpless smile on his face. There was a bit of sincerity in that smile, which made Su Banxia feel more favorable towards him.

"Do you want to win?" Su Banxia blinked, with a smart light flashing in her eyes, and continued to ask.

"I do." Lou Jiyun answered without hesitation, his eyes revealing firm determination.

Everyone has a competitive spirit, and Lou Jiyun is no exception. In this small chess game, he also longs to win.

"Then beg me." Su Banxia smiled, and her smile became brighter and brighter, like a flower blooming in spring.

The afternoon autumn sun shone gently on her. She held her chin with her hand and looked up at Lou Jiyun with curved eyebrows. She looked very cute. Her cheeks were slightly flushed with excitement, as if dyed by the sunset in the sky.

The sunlight outside the window flashed by, and the shadows of the flowers on the table moved forward. At this moment, time seemed to stand still.

Lou Jiyun looked at Su Banxia quietly. Her smile and her eyes were deeply engraved in his heart. He suddenly felt like he had tea in his hand, the aroma of tea lingering in the air, and she was beside him, her smile overflowing with joy.

Such a life is full of the flavor of life. If it can always be like this, we can stay together for a lifetime.

Su Banxia was always a little reserved in front of him, and was cautious in her words and actions.

But today, perhaps because she was at home, she was much more relaxed. Plus, it was the first time she saw the omnipotent Professor Lou and was stumped, so her temperament became more lively, and her words became more playful and casual.

Lou Jiyun just looked at her without saying anything. He just stared at Su Banxia quietly, his eyes filled with tenderness and a hint of thought.

This sudden silence made Su Banxia's heart skip a beat. Her smile froze instantly. Was she... a little too presumptuous just now?

Just as Su Banxia was feeling anxious and cleared her throat, preparing to say that she was just joking to ease the awkward and delicate atmosphere, Lou Jiyun leaned over without warning.

In an instant, the sunlight that originally shone between the two of them seemed so thin, and could not bear the strong and deep affection between his eyebrows like wildfire.

Su Banxia felt her breathing stagnate, her eyes widened, and she subconsciously wanted to step back, but found that her body seemed to be fixed and she could not move.

Being so close, she could even clearly catch the faint scent of tea in Lou Jiyun's breath.

The aroma of tea was clear and intoxicating, and it seeped into her nostrils, leaving her brain blank for a moment.

She was so nervous that she didn't know what to do. She subconsciously clutched her sleeves with both hands. Her fingertips turned slightly white from the force, and even her knuckles were faintly blue.

"Xiao Xiatian..." Lou Jiyu called softly, his voice was low and magnetic, probably because he was worried about being heard by others. There was a hint of cautious tenderness in his voice, as if it was slowly overflowing from the depths of his chest, and seemed to be lingering in his throat, with a hint of muffledness, but it fell accurately on her ear.

The sound was like two loud bells ringing in the quiet night sky. "Dong Dong--" twice, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her half-bent legs almost became too weak to squat because of the sudden numbness.

Su Banxia was so nervous that her palms kept getting hot and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Her voice was a little vague, and her throat was trembling as she uttered a low "hmm" as a response to him.

Her eyes were wide open, and she watched him approaching without blinking. It felt as if he wanted to completely eliminate the little distance between them.

At this moment, the air seemed to have been sucked out, the whole world became silent, and the oxygen became so thin that people felt suffocated by lack of oxygen.

Lou Jiyun's eyes were as dark as the night, so deep that they seemed to be able to draw people in. His breath was deep and hot, spraying on Su Banxia's face, making her cheeks burn.

"Xiao Xiatian, please--" Lou Jiyun choked his throat, his voice low and hoarse, and gently uttered these simple words.

But these few words were like a bombshell, causing a huge wave of shock in Su Banxia's heart.

She felt as if her heart was trying to break free from the constraints of her chest, beating so fast that it seemed as if it was unable to supply blood.

My throat felt inexplicably itchy, my brain was in a mess, and I was a little confused.

Are you begging for help? You're clearly trying to kill her.

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