The water was misty and they gazed at each other in silence.

They were both looking at each other.

The water rippled slightly, creating waves. Yin Chengjue parted the water and slowly approached Rong Yu, who was standing in the warm pool, saying, "Close your eyes."

Rong Yu subconsciously closed her eyes, her small, brush-like eyelashes trembling slightly.

Then he felt something hot brush gently across his eyes.

Rong Yu slightly opened one eye and heard Yin Chengjue say, "One of your eyelashes has fallen out. Be careful it doesn't get into your eye."

"Huh? Oh." Rong Yu's tone carried a hint of disappointment. Yin Chengjue raised an eyebrow slightly: "What? Were you expecting me to say something?"

"I...I thought you wanted to get a closer look at the mole under my eye," Rong Yu quickly explained.

"A mole? Where is it?" Yin Chengjue clearly saw that Rong Yu's eyes were clean.

"Yes, it is, but it's not very obvious. If you don't believe me, take a closer look. I'm not wearing makeup right now, so you should be able to see it clearly." Rong Yu said, bringing her left cheek closer.

Yin Chengjue lowered his head and observed carefully. Just as he was about to ask a question, he heard Rong Yu chuckle. Yin Chengjue instantly realized that he had been tricked.

"Lying to me? Hmm?" Yin Chengjue casually pinched Rong Yu's cheek.

Hmm, it feels nice to the touch; the skin is smooth and elastic.

"Hey hey hey! Brother! I make a living off this face!" Rong Yu reached out to grab Yin Chengjue's fingers.

Yin Chengjue changed from pinching to kneading, and said, "It'll break if you just pinch it? It's fake skin?"

Rong Yu then brought the two red finger marks on the fair face to Yin Chengjue's face: "Take a closer look. Which fake leather can look like this? With the sensitivity of this skin, it must be a thriving business with a lot of money."

"It's best if it's original, so we don't have to waste time and effort on public relations later." Yin Chengjue tapped Rong Yu's forehead.

Rong Yu sighed, "Ah, why do you always talk about work? Didn't you say you'd bring me here to relax?" Rong Yu turned around and leaned against the edge of the pool, her back to Yin Chengjue, and said, "Let's talk about the WeChat message you sent me the other day... What... what did you mean by those words?"

Rong Yu seemed a little embarrassed and covered her cheeks, her neck flushing red.

Yin Chengjue suddenly remembered that after watching Rong Yu's clown stage play that day, he couldn't help but send Rong Yu a few WeChat messages. Knowing that Rong Yu couldn't see them, he sent them casually, thinking he would recall them after sending them.

As a result, Qin Ke made a phone call, and he forgot about it!

He vaguely remembered that he had sent something like "I miss you" or "Seeing you cry makes my heart ache."

Yin Chengjue: "...Me."

“Brother!” Rong Yu suddenly turned around, a shy and happy smile appearing on his flushed face. He looked up, his eyes, glistening with tears, looking at Yin Chengjue earnestly and attentively.

Stared at by those eyes, Yin Chengjue's words caught in his throat. When he came to his senses and tried to explain, Rong Yu immediately asked, "What you said... meant you wanted to keep me as a mistress?"

Yin Chengjue suddenly began to doubt his own memory.

Did he say those kinds of things?

No, wait! Why are you making that happy face? Is he out of touch with the times? Has "being kept" become a beautiful term?

Seeing Yin Chengjue's slightly bewildered face, Rong Yu's excited expression gradually dimmed: "You... didn't mean that?"

Yin Chengjue's heart skipped a beat at the look of dejection in his eyes, and a sense of guilt welled up within him: "No, I just... um... did I send such a WeChat message?"

Rong Yu: "You said you missed me."

Rong Yu: "You also said that it hurts your heart when you see me cry."

Rong Yu: "So you just don't want to see me sad, right?"

Rong Yu: "Doesn't that mean you want to keep me as a sugar daddy?"

Yin Chengjue: "..." Wait a minute! Why am I having trouble keeping up with this leap in speed?

Yin Chengjue: "How did you jump from 'I don't want to see you sad' to 'I want to take care of you'?"

Rong Yu blinked: "You don't want to see me sad, so you want to take me under your wing and let me feel your care and warmth. The book says that if two people do not clearly express their feelings and confirm their relationship, but still live together and enjoy each other's company, then the relationship is considered a sugar daddy relationship."

Rong Yu's expression was so serious that Yin Chengjue thought his own perception was wrong, while Rong Yu's understanding was correct.

"What book are you reading?" Yin Chengjue tried his best to maintain a composed demeanor.

Rong Yu thought about it carefully and sighed, "There are too many. I can't remember which one matches which one. Come to my house another day and I can show you."

Yin Chengjue raised his hand and ruffled Rong Yu's hair. "Don't read these weird books."

"What's strange about it? I think it makes a lot of sense," Rong Yu's expression instantly turned serious: "Think about it, did you confess your feelings to me?"

Rong Yu: "So, have we officially become a couple?"

Yin Chengjue felt that the way the question was asked was strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why, so he could only say, "No."

Rong Yu: "Isn't that it? We haven't confessed our feelings or confirmed our relationship, but you want to live with me. Doesn't that mean we're in a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship?"

Yin Chengjue felt like he was getting caught up in this: "When did I say I wanted to live with you?"

Rong Yu: "You said you wanted to protect me, but doesn't that mean you want to live with me? How can you protect me if we don't live together? How will you know when I'm sad or upset if we don't live together? How will you comfort me when I'm sad or upset... Could it be that the WeChat message you sent me before... was sent to the wrong person?"

Rong Yu's expression tightened.

Yin Chengjue: "...No, that's not it."

Rong Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's settled then."

What do you mean?! This logic is completely flawed!

Yin Chengjue was both amused and exasperated: "I didn't send it to the wrong person, but I definitely didn't say I wanted to take care of you. Besides, with your current status, being associated with that term would have a huge impact on you."

Rong Yu simply smiled at Yin Chengjue and asked, "So, do you want to take care of me?"

Yin Chengjue: "I said..."

Rong Yu leaned closer, her fingertips touching Yin Chengjue's chest, twirling them gently. A faint smile curved her lips, and her moist breath brushed against Yin Chengjue's neck: "I can do anything! You definitely won't lose out by keeping me! First of all, look at my looks, this face, this figure, real skin and bones, all-natural and harmless, absolutely top-quality!"

Yin Chengjue was truly shocked!

Was Rong Yu really this kind of person?!

However, looking at Rong Yu's smiling face, Yin Chengjue could not believe that those words just now actually came from Rong Yu's mouth!

But... this feeling isn't bad either!

Yin Chengjue didn't know if his heart was pounding because he was amazed by the contrast between Rong Yu's appearance before and after the camera, or because of the highly provocative words Rong Yu said.

In short, by the time he realized what was happening, he had already nodded his head, which was considered as his agreement with Rong Yu.

Wait! What did he promise?!

"Hehe, from now on, brother is my sugar daddy. Brother, do you prefer a secret relationship or do you want to just announce it openly?" Rong Yu asked seriously for his opinion.

"Being open about this will have a big impact on you, so let's keep it a secret for now." Yin Chengjue helplessly rubbed Rong Yu's head. Strangely enough, Rong Yu was so open about asking to be kept, yet he didn't feel any resistance at all. In fact, he found Rong Yu's straightforward personality quite attractive.

"Oh..." A hint of disappointment flashed in Rong Yu's eyes, but then, as if remembering something, she smiled again: "Now that we're officially a couple, we can sleep together tonight, right?"

Yin Chengjue: "..." There's no need to be so direct.

"Is it not allowed?" Rong Yu observed Rong Yu's expression. "I thought that was what my brother meant by bringing me to the hot springs. It turns out that's not the case. I was being presumptuous."

When the hot spring was mentioned, Yin Chengjue realized that the two of them were now almost completely open with each other, with only two towels between them.

Moreover, because of Rong Yu's series of direct attacks, Yin Chengjue felt that the towel wrapped around his waist... was about to burst open...

Rong Yu lowered her head slightly and noticed it as well, and her smile widened even more.

His smile was handsome and sincere, but his words always left Yin Chengjue speechless.

"But brother... my little brother doesn't seem to say that. He seems to be inviting me."

Yin Chengjue finally lost his temper and pressed Rong Yu down to the edge of the hot spring!

Water splashes, steam rises, oxygen and heat compete for space, making even breathing feel hot and humid.

Yin Chengjue trapped Rong Yu between the edge of the pool and his own body, placing his palm on Rong Yu's Adam's apple and then sliding it down to her symmetrical collarbone.

The medicinal fragrance of the hot spring grew stronger, but the hot spring, which claimed to calm the mind and focus the spirit, was clearly not very effective, at least not for them.

Rong Yu flicked up the water droplets with her arm, hooked her arm around Yin Chengjue's neck, and asked with a smile, "Brother, are you inspecting the goods? How is it? My quality is pretty good, isn't it?"

Yin Chengjue's eyes grew even darker: "It's not finished being tested yet. If it's adulterated, I'll have to return it..."

"Then you'd better examine him carefully, brother." Rong Yu raised her long legs from under the warm pool and hooked them around Yin Chengjue's waist.

Yin Chengjue narrowed his eyes dangerously, grabbed Rong Yu's chin with one hand, and brought his face close to Rong Yu's delicate and handsome face: "Rong Yu, do you know what you're doing right now?"

“I know…” Rong Yu raised her hand and grasped Yin Chengjue’s wrist, her thumb gently scratching Yin Chengjue’s palm as she said, “Isn’t that what soaking in a hot spring means?”

Author's note: Yin Chengjue said to Rong Yu, "Let me take you to a hot spring."

Rong Yu's ears automatically coded: Let's be honest with each other.

After Rong Yu's mind was relieved: Let's clap.

Rong Yu's inner monologue: So, brother is already this impatient?

Rong Yu said to Yin Chengjue, "Soaking in a hot spring, isn't that what it's all about?"