Chapter 269 Stolen Kiss
Xiao Cheng tightened his arms around Bai Lu slightly, feeling her soft body temperature, and asked in a slightly softer tone, "Do you really want me to make and sell electric stir-fry machines?"
Bai Lu's eyes lit up immediately, and she nodded brightly, "Yes, don't you want to?"
"You have electric fans in your shop, you have the components to assemble an electric chestnut roasting machine, you have the technology, and we control the sales channels. You're unique in the market, and we can set the price. This is a sure-fire way to make money!"
As the first "we" fell, Xiao Cheng's inner struggle vanished; as the second "we" fell, the feeling of weightlessness on the cliff turned into nothingness.
He said, "Okay."
Bai Lu was stunned and didn't react. He had been rejected countless times, but this time he actually agreed?
Did Xiao Cheng agree to make and sell an electric chestnut roasting machine?
"You agreed?" Bai Lu looked up in disbelief, staring intently at Xiao Cheng.
The dim light shone on his cold, sharp jawline, making him appear indifferent and ruthless.
They never compromise, they only refuse to obey.
The deep eyes that met hers no longer held stubbornness or disdain for the common people.
Only her surprised face was enveloped by the boundless deep sea, and in her eyes, the world consisted only of her.
Her one-word reply, as earnest as she had hoped, was: "Mm."
Bai Lu was immediately excited, and she excitedly cupped Xiao Cheng's face in her hands, "You're so good!"
"I like you so much, I really want to kiss you!"
This sudden surprise startled Xiao Cheng, disrupting his calm and composed thoughts.
My breathing was disrupted, my heartbeat stopped for a moment, and then a clear, strong, and faster beating sounded.
However, as time passed, it felt like an eternity.
Bai Lu didn't make any movement; she simply cupped Xiao Cheng's face in her hands.
Despite looking at him with a smile, a smile that was incredibly bright, it was nothing more than incredibly bright.
There wasn't the slightest movement to get closer.
Xiao Cheng then realized that she was drunk.
He's overthinking it.
"Do you like me?" Bai Lu suddenly asked, bringing up the question again.
Disappointed, Xiao Cheng didn't want to talk to a girl who didn't keep her word, so he lowered his eyes and ignored her.
Bai Lu, however, continued in a reasonable and assertive tone, "You definitely like me."
"Even if you don't admit it, I know. You buy me nice clothes, my favorite shrimp, and health supplements. You use all sorts of reasons to keep me here because this is your home, your territory."
“You bring me back good things when you see them outside, and you take me out to play and cheer me up when you know I'm in a bad mood. You're so good to me because you've already included me in your territory, and you're possessive of me.”
"Only when you like someone will you have possessiveness. You must like me, that's why you always steal kisses from me..."
Everything was fine until the last sentence, and Xiao Cheng's expectant expression suddenly turned unnatural.
A deep, clear voice, accompanied by an unnatural clear cough, said, "You're drunk."
"Does being drunk mean you can't steal a kiss?" Bai Lu clearly didn't realize that Xiao Cheng was referring to her being drunk.
Speaking frankly was her forte at that moment: "You kissed me without my knowledge, which is stealing a kiss, and more than once. Although I can't remember the exact times, I remember the details very clearly."
"You kissed me when you were drunk, and you kissed me when you weren't drunk either. It's a fact that you don't admit it."
Xiao Cheng looked away from the ceiling, his tone serious and earnest: "I didn't steal a kiss."
Bai Lu couldn't believe that Xiao Cheng would actually deny it, and she was so shocked that she sat up abruptly.
You have it! You clearly have it!
“Last time you went to another province on business, you stole a kiss from me before you left early in the morning, and you kissed me for a long time before leaving…”
Xiao Cheng's expression grew increasingly unnatural, and he asked casually, "Did you wake up that morning?"
Bai Lu said matter-of-factly, "Of course I was awake. How would I know you kissed me if I wasn't awake?"
Xiao Cheng cleared his throat, teaching her to distinguish the facts: "Being awake doesn't count as stealing a kiss."
"Is that so...?"
Bai Lu was stunned for a second by Xiao Cheng's seemingly reasonable statement, then suddenly said, "But I was asleep, and you woke me up with a kiss. You stole a kiss."
"If it's not stealing a kiss, then it's stealing a kiss!"
This distinction is very much in line with her current state, and it has nothing to do with right or wrong.
Xiao Cheng couldn't lie down anymore.
As he sat up against the headboard, he unsurprisingly met the girl's earnest and affirmative gaze, a pure and direct look.
He pinched her chin, then suddenly leaned in and kissed her lips—"Such a stealth?"
A deep, husky voice escaped from his lips, creating ripples in the still of the night.
Bai Lu was so shocked by Xiao Cheng's blatant stealing of her kiss and his unprecedented behavior of not leaving after the kiss that she was speechless, staring blankly at his dark eyelashes.
She blinked, and his dark pupils, so close to hers, still filled her eyes, completely focusing her shock.
It's unclear how long it took for the crowd to disperse.
"You attacked me from behind!" Bai Lu's first words after her jaw was released were to expose Xiao Cheng's crime.
The second time...
He decisively grabbed Xiao Cheng's chin and launched a counterattack!
The sweet scent that had just disappeared wafted back, and Xiao Cheng was slightly taken aback. Looking at the girl's vengeful little expression, he couldn't help but chuckle and let her do as she pleased.
Bai Lu successfully countered the sneak attack and felt relieved.
Unexpectedly, when he tried to back away, Xiao Cheng suddenly grabbed the back of his head with his large hand, immobilizing him and intensifying the sneak attack.
A fleeting, stolen kiss instantly transformed into a deep kiss where she was pushed down and their fingers were intertwined.
Bai Lu's already muddled mind became even more muddled, a complete blank, as if she had been acupunctured.
My subconscious reactions have all disappeared.
My mind was completely empty when a thought suddenly surfaced. I closed my eyes and responded.
Xiao Cheng knew Bai Lu was very well-behaved tonight, but he never expected her to be this well-behaved, so well-behaved that he would give his life for her.
She always drew him into an unprecedented world of tenderness, letting him drown in it, unable to extricate himself.
His constant unpredictable behavior, sometimes cold and sometimes warm, sometimes distant and sometimes close, caused him great torment, yet he found it all bittersweet.
Every time she shines brightly in a crowd, radiating brilliance and elegance, she feels out of place in this world, something he can't grasp or hold onto, like a kite with a broken string flying further and further away.
Every time I smile at him and reciprocate his kindness, I always make him feel like he has a chance.
In the end, it was discovered that it was simply her noble character of being grateful, not owing anyone anything, and being independent.
Only by experiencing all the good things in the world can one not care about the little bit of sweetness others give, and not lose oneself for the slightest bit of emotion. Only by growing up in a complete and loving family can one give warmth, tolerance and understanding to others.
She is good in every way.
But it doesn't belong to him.
Xiao Cheng didn't want to let go, so he could only use other methods to confirm that she was still there when he realized she was getting further and further away.
This is just like now, taking advantage of someone's misfortune in a dishonorable way.
Knowing that she was drunk, her mind was not clear, and she was unable to make the right judgment.
He even forcefully took her as his own.
(End of this chapter)
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