Chapter 10 (The kiss made him faint)

"Let's kiss."

Rhine: ......

His dark pupils widened, almost filling his entire eyeballs, making his eyes appear round and spherical, like those of a real harpy eagle.

Rhine was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Shan Ran frowned. "Didn't you just say you could do anything?"

As she spoke, she took a step back, her expression somewhat dissatisfied, and her lips unconsciously pouted.

She was annoyed and said that she should have knocked him unconscious when he wasn't paying attention.

Rhine stepped forward and grabbed the other person's arm, stammering slightly from nervousness, "N-no, I'm not dissatisfied, I just... I just didn't expect it."

Shan Ran looked up at Rhine and asked again, "Is it alright?"

Rhine was puzzled, but he nodded.

Shan Ran was relatively tall, but the other person was even taller, seemingly close to 190 cm. After assessing the difference in height, she said somewhat embarrassedly, "Please bend down a little."

Rhine's mind was a complete mess at that moment; he did whatever the other person told him to do.

He bent down slightly, and before he could even look the other person in the eye, he suddenly felt his lips touch a soft cloud.

Having no experience whatsoever, Rhine dared not move his mouth, staring wide-eyed at the girl so close to him.

"Close your eyes."

"oh oh...."

"Open your mouth."

"......"

Rhine couldn't see anything, which made his senses even more acute. Suddenly something soft burrowed into his head, and it felt like fireworks exploded in his mind, making a loud noise.

When he first took to the skies, he was a little timid, but he mustered up his courage. He closed his eyes and felt the wind brushing against his face. The sunlight was brighter than ever before. He watched as everything on the ground gradually shrank. That exciting yet youthful feeling was unforgettable.

However, now, all his senses and emotions are even stronger than when he first flew.

Shan Ran's movements were a bit reckless, and she accidentally bit his tongue, causing him to feel a stinging pain. Rhine couldn't help but let out a muffled groan of discomfort.

Hearing the sound, Shanran quickly pushed him away, "What's wrong? Did you bite me too hard?"

Her eyes were a little wet, but there was also a hint of guilt. She wasn't very good at kissing, but after all, she was the one who suggested it. With such poor technique, wouldn't it look terrible?

The man stared at her intently, a hint of aggression in his eyes that he himself was unaware of.

He shook his head, said nothing, and walked straight ahead, mimicking the girl's actions.

Rhine's movements were clumsy; he didn't know exactly what to do, acting purely on instinct. He could clearly feel his face burning hot, as if he had a fever. No, not just his face, his whole body was burning.

He could feel the other person's burning breath, but his own breath was even hotter.

The hand that had been holding the girl's arm had somehow wrapped around her waist, pulling her close and pressing her tightly against him, while his other hand supported the back of her head.

His breathing became more and more rapid, and his hands gripped harder and harder.

Rhine has always been a self-disciplined and principled person. He received standard aristocratic training from a young age, possesses good manners, and adheres to strict behavioral standards.

His parents were easygoing and disliked being restrained. They took on the task of stationing the family on the Third Continent at a very young age, and he could only see them a handful of times a year.

As the most perfect successor of this generation, his grandfather disciplined him strictly from a young age. Because of his education, his grandfather and father had countless arguments when he was young.

Finally, his father took his mother away from the Second Continent, while Rhine remained with his grandfather. From then on, he had very little communication with his parents.

He sometimes doubts whether his parents care about him.

But whether you care or not, your parents are gone now, and everything from the past has vanished.

From now on, all the family's expectations and pressures will fall on his shoulders.

He was a competent heir, polite and never overstepped his bounds.

The Second Continent is currently under martial law, and Rhine's insistence on coming to find his parents despite his grandfather's objections is already considered an outrageous act.

These past two days on the Third Continent have been completely different from before. Now, he is holding a girl he has only met twice in his arms and kissing her wantonly.

That's even more outrageous.

He didn't have time to think about the consequences of these outrageous actions; all he wanted to do was to pull the girl in front of him into his body.

Shanran had no idea what kind of storm was raging inside Rhine's mind; she only felt like her body was about to explode.

It's really going to explode.

A pure energy flowed through her body, from her mouth to her brain, and then to her limbs and bones.

This energy merged with the original energy within her body, intertwined with her spiritual body, and then fed back to her with even stronger energy, causing her to unconsciously let out a satisfied sigh.

Hearing Shanran's voice, Rhine hugged her even tighter.

Shan Ran gradually found it hard to breathe; the hug was too tight, making it difficult to breathe. She couldn't help but pat the other person's arm.

Rhine opened his eyes in a daze, gradually relaxing, his eyes reddening and slightly moist.

His pupils shrank slightly, and his silver-gray eyes gazed quietly at Shan Ran, his mind gradually clearing.

Shan Ran gasped for breath, her chest heaving violently, finally breathing in fresh air; she had just felt like she was about to be crushed.

Just as she was about to say something, a sudden roar went through her mind, her vision went black, and she fainted.

Rhine was startled and quickly caught Shanran.

He hurriedly carried the other person to the sofa, rummaged through the drawer, and found the thermometer.

36.9 degrees Celsius, normal body temperature, no fever.

Breathing rhythm is normal, and pupils are normal.

Why did you faint?

However, she looks like she's...asleep?

Rhein hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone and started searching.

Why do people faint when kissing?

Why did I faint after kissing?

With no results found, Rhein went to the forum again.

The forum is buzzing with excitement right now; the official channels are practically unable to keep quiet, and everyone's talking about superpowers.

[Shocking! Two men did this this morning!]

Clicking through, the poster shared a video where a man had transformed into a rooster's head with his own body underneath, clucking and taunting the person in front of him.

The man opposite him didn't change his body shape, but he raised his hand and swung out a centipede.

The rooster-man devoured them one after another, chewing them with relish, while also taunting his opponent.

20L [Idiot, what kind of title is this??]

25L [Isn't this just luring people in and then killing them?]

—Post: [No matter how many posts are deleted, can they compare to the number we post? Keeping quiet won't help; we want to know the truth!]

Reply 5L: [Yes, we need to know the truth! Is the higher-ups conducting some kind of terrible experiment? I knew my previous fever was off; how could I suddenly faint? Do you know how many people have died from suddenly fainting? And they're still covering their mouths!]

47L [Everyone, please don't get so agitated. I feel like even the district head might not know what happened.]

49L [The district chief may not know, but surely the mainland executive officer knows? Isn't he sent by the Second Continent?! Is the Second Continent using us as guinea pigs??]

100L [Waaaaah, we won't die, right? I was so happy today that I could start a fire. Was I just a guinea pig? This post is making me so desperate...]

133L [Damn it, in a while I'm going to conquer the top, we'll take over the second continent, and then the first continent! Anyway, we have superpowers now, we're not afraid of anyone!]

[...]

—The post states, "There are various theories circulating now, but I tend to lean towards the 'doomsday theory.' I believe this could be a sign of the end times, so everyone should prepare."

Reply 8L: [With so many "apocalyptic" warning posts online, which one should I believe?]

13L [Believe me, believe me! There really are zombies! I was reborn, and the zombies are coming in a month. Everyone, stockpile supplies and get ready. I died a year later, and I know everything that happened in that year. Trust me!]

25L [Wow, are there really zombies? The comment above sounds so real!]

29L [Come on, you believe everything someone says? I could say I traveled from ten years in the future, and that I'll rule the world in ten years!]

56L [I don't care about the apocalypse or anything like that. If the district chief doesn't come and manage things properly, more people will die than in an apocalypse. I've seen more bloodshed in the last few days than I've seen in my entire life!]

63L [Ugh, I'm staying home right now and not going anywhere. I'm stocking up on supplies; survival is the priority.]

[...]

The forum refreshes very quickly, and suddenly a post appeared.

Why do people faint after kissing? Does anyone know? A generous reward will be given to the person who answers correctly.

Reply 2L: [Seriously, buddy? Fainting now is just because of a fever, right? You've got superpowers now, why are you asking such a stupid question?]

The original poster [does not have a fever].

4L [I'm so dizzy from kissing you, I know you're amazing. Can you wrap your arms around my waist three times if you pull it out? I know you're awesome!]

7L [Maybe you're so ugly you scared someone to death.]

8L [The comment above is nonsense. It's clearly the original poster's superpower that made the girl faint, hahaha....]

How powerful is 10L? Let me see.

11L [I want to see this.]

12L [I want to see this too.]

13L [Don't bother looking, this is just a troll post. A pervert is a pervert; he still has the mood to troll at a time like this.]

15L【What's wrong? Don't you want a life? Don't you want to continue living? Food and sex are basic human needs, isn't it normal to want something?】

[...]

Rhine scrolled down the comments one by one, watching helplessly as they went further and further astray, but he had already lost the strength to pull them back.

He returned to the sofa, picked up Shanran around the waist, and carried her upstairs.

There are six bedrooms on the second floor and only one on the third floor. The bedroom on the third floor is the largest and contains the most personal belongings, which is clearly Shan Ran's master bedroom.

Rhine wet a towel and wiped Shanran's face and arms clean, then covered her with a blanket and watched quietly by the bedside.

Recalling the scene just now, Rhine's Adam's apple bobbed, and a surge of heat rushed down his spine.

Rhein looked down, sighed helplessly, and got up to go into the bathroom.

——

Shan Ran opened her eyes, stretched her arms and looked around in confusion.

With the thick curtains drawn, she could only vaguely make out that this was her bedroom.

She propped herself up and sat up, rubbed her eyes, and saw that she was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday.

"Ranran, you're awake!"

A note from the author:

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