Jiang Mianmian looked at him, her heart skipped a beat, and the warmth of his touch seemed to linger on her lips.
Huo Junyu gently brushed her ear, tucking the stray hairs at her temple behind her ear.
He liked looking at her face like this—clean, fresh, with delicate features, and a small beauty mark at the corner of her eye like a pearl, a unique embellishment in the world.
His thumb stroked her face gently.
"Huo... Huo Yu, you..."
Jiang Mianmian's mind went blank.
Is he confessing his feelings to me?
Does he like her too?
But this kind of confession is too direct...
She had never been in a relationship before and didn't know what other people's confessions of love were like. She only knew that she was currently surrounded by pink bubbles from head to toe, and her heart felt like it was filled with honey. But reason told her that girls should be reserved and not laugh too exaggeratedly.
So she just smiled faintly, lowered her head, and drooped her eyelids. The shadow of her long eyelashes fell on her fair skin, making her look as beautiful as a painting.
Huo Junyu felt his blood boiling.
He didn't know if this was what love felt like, but if he could, he just wanted to freeze this moment forever.
"Jiang Mianmian..." he said hoarsely, "Do you understand what I'm doing?"
The young woman blushed and smiled, deliberately shaking her head.
"Don't understand?" Huo Junyu was taken aback. "I've gone to such lengths, and you still don't understand what I mean?"
“Go away…” she gently pushed him away.
Huo Junyu was dumbfounded.
Fortunately, he had done extensive research on high-quality Q&A websites beforehand and had learned a bit about relationships between men and women... They all seemed to say that when a girl says "no," it means "yes," and when a girl says "go away," it means "hold me tight"...
He smiled slightly, then suddenly wrapped his arms around her slender waist and pulled her into his embrace once more.
Jiang Mianmian was completely captivated at this moment.
Her face flushed red; she dared not look at him, yet she hoped he would do something more to her…
“Jiang Mianmian,” Huo Junyu’s deep gaze lingered on her face, his deep voice carrying a hint of amusement, “I have a question for you.”
"Hmm...you go ahead and say it."
Why were your eyes open when I kissed you just now?
"ah?!"
Jiang Mianmian's mind went blank. Looking into his ambiguous eyes, she wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.
"Huo Yu! You..." What kind of question is that!
"Shouldn't girls close their eyes when they kiss?"
"Enough, stop talking!"
"I have one last thing to say..." Huo Junyu laughed, moving closer to her, his warm breath caressing her face, "The movement was wrong just now, let's do it again!"
Jiang Mianmian bit her lip, the little girl trapped in his arms, unable to move.
Huo Junyu was still feeling unsatisfied and really wanted to do it again...
"Why?" the young woman suddenly asked.
"Um?"
He was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that such kissing seemed to be without any legitimate reason.
Sigh, I shouldn't have listened to Huo Junyang's advice to kiss her first. She's a girl, we should have a proper way to do things!
but……
Huo Junyu's heartbeat also became a little erratic.
That confession was only a few words, but it felt like a thousand pounds on his tongue; he just couldn't say it.
So he came up with an excuse: "Because, because we are husband and wife!"
"The marriage is fake."
"That's because..."
Jiang Mianmian looked up at him.
Her eyes held a thousand stars, and Huo Junyu's heart melted with tenderness. He recklessly uttered those words:
"Because I like you."
"Jiang Mianmian, I don't know how to date. I read online that it all starts with confessing your feelings."
"Maybe my order of confession is a little off... but I really like you."
"Why don't you try liking me too?"
"If possible... like the auntie said, in a year or two, let's replace our marriage certificate with a real one... okay?"
Huo Junyu finished speaking in one breath, feeling a sense of relief that everything had been settled, but this was followed by tension and unease.
He quietly watched Jiang Mianmian's ever-changing eyes.
In the first twenty-odd years of his life, he made decisions most of the time, and never before had he had to wait for others to decide his fate.
"Jiang...Jiang Mianmian, are you sure you can do this or not? Give me an answer!"
Jiang Mianmian remained silent for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing.
She looked at what he held in his hand; it was white and soft, as if he had plucked a cloud from the sky.
She tiptoed, hooked her little arms around his neck, and gently kissed his lips...
This time it was Huo Junyu's turn to open his eyes wide.
Jiang Mianmian chuckled: "Didn't we say that you can't open your eyes when you kiss?"
"But, but you..."
You started this fire, woman!
Huo Junyu grinned mischievously, experiencing this feeling for the first time in his life, and couldn't wait to hug her...
"Hey, Jiang Mianmian, you really chose the right name."
"What?"
His hands started to wander, "You're all soft and squishy..."
"Huo Yu! You're not allowed to say anything more!"
"Mianmian." He looked at her earnestly, "I will be good to you."
Jiang Mianmian was taken aback, then nodded gently, her two dimples brimming with happiness.
*
Central City, suburbs.
Lu Ming and Lu Xiaoyou sat in a cable car. This luxurious cable car was like a small house suspended in the air, slowly passing through the lush forest.
Lu Xiaoyou leaned against the window.
Outside the window, the sun shone brightly, the blue sky was cloudless, and birds flew past the cable car, singing cheerful songs.
But all of this was extremely incongruous with the fear and melancholy on her face.
Lu Ming turned to look at her, a cold smile on his cunning face.
"Central City is still the best, right?"
The girl was startled and froze, nodding like a puppet on a string.
"Ranran," Lu Ming chuckled, "Why do you always have that expression whenever you see me? I'm not going to eat you!"
The girl looked up, her pupils dilating slightly in fear.
Having been Lu Xiaoyou for so long, she thought Lu Ming would never call her by that name again.
In fact, from the very first day she entered the Lu family, Lu Ming had given her a fierce warning—"Forget Lu Ran, from now on you are Lu Xiaoyou, Lu Lishan's daughter!"
But Lu Ran's name had been with her for twenty years; how could she forget it so easily?
"You still haven't answered my question." Lu Ming stared at her coldly. "Isn't Yangcheng much better than that rural place, Jiangzhou?"
Lu Ran said softly, "Yes."
"Where does it excel?"
“This…this place is beautiful, advanced, and a big city,” Lu Ran said softly. “And my mother’s illness can receive the best treatment here.”
Lu Ming seemed to have been waiting for these words.
"Heh, good to know!"
"Ranran, as long as you do your job well, I won't treat you unfairly, and I certainly won't treat your mother unfairly. Do you understand?"
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