Lu Shizhen never expected that Xu Shiyue would make such a request to her.
The sun had already risen high above the dome, and bright gold streamed in through the huge French windows. Xu Shiyue sat in the brightest spot, casually twirling the rose in her hand, patiently waiting for an answer from him.
kiss……
Lu Shizhen had read the original text over and over again no less than three times. She knew clearly that Xu Shiyue's kiss belonged only to Shen Yanxing.
If someone in the original world told her that Xu Shiyue would one day kiss someone other than Shen Yanxing, Lu Shizhen would never have believed it.
However, Xu Shiyue has indeed turned her kiss with him into a bargaining chip.
And just last night, they did indeed kiss in this very place.
The red rope of ties, as the angle changes, transforms into a chain of imprisonment; the heavy, thick iron seems capable of pulling the entire world apart with a single tremor.
Lu Shizhen didn't know when she started to hate this fate that had been agreed upon from the beginning. She looked at Xu Shiyue, who was sitting alone in front of her, and her eyes flickered slightly.
She is leaving.
So leaving her a kiss isn't out of the question.
Even if she later kisses Shen Yanxing and stands side by side with him for the rest of her life.
But within her kiss lay a fact that belonged to her alone, a fact that even the main system could not erase.
Some stubborn acts of resistance will go unnoticed.
The snake's scales rustled softly as they passed over the fine grass, and in an instant, it coiled itself around the lush tree in the center of the field.
Lu Shizhen had wondered in the past why a snake's tongue is divided into two, which is both ferocious and terrifying, yet also has a strange beauty.
But she understands now.
—That is something base and despicable that it does not belong to and cannot bear.
As the light and shadow flickered, Xu Shiyue was caught off guard when her lips were pried open.
The narrow sofa offered no room to move, and Lu Shizhen, taking advantage of her tall stature, completely enveloped Xu Shiyue beneath her.
Despite being prepared, Xu Shiyue was still caught off guard and pulled into this person's arms, his slightly cool knees pressing against her legs without any gap.
The faint scent of soapberry wafted into Xu Shiyue's nostrils as the sun's temperature rose, easily overshadowed by the scent of rose.
Lu Shizhen's kissing skills weren't particularly advanced. She hadn't even been in a relationship in all these years, let alone kissed anyone. Relying solely on the little bit of technique she had learned the night before, she awkwardly kissed Xu Shiyue's lips.
It was less of a kiss and more of a collision.
Lu Shizhen's lips almost crashed straight into Xu Shiyue's, her soft lips already engorged and red before she had even experienced anything.
Xu Shiyue winced slightly in pain, then looked down at the lips that had pressed against hers the night before.
The close proximity magnified everything; those dark eyes were inches away, their fine eyelashes trembling with tension.
This person remains as reckless and clumsy as ever.
No matter how much she denies it, this is her Lu Shizhen.
Xu Shiyue's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she raised her hand to run her fingers through Lu Shizhen's hair.
The rose, which had been held in his hand, fell to the ground, leaving only the faint scent of soapberry in its tepid fragrance.
Xu Shiyue lowered her eyelashes and gazed at the girl in front of her, not really caring whether it was a rose or a soapberry.
As long as it's her, that's fine.
The sunlight enveloped the two people leaning against each other under the window, and the world was so quiet that it seemed as if only the two of them remained.
The hand that was originally resting on the armrest moved downwards and silently and precisely grasped the hand that was hanging on the seat.
Xu Shiyue's meticulously styled long hair finally fell down from her ears and rested gracefully on Lu Shizhen's shoulder.
Their soft touches met, their bodies intertwining subtly in places unseen.
Some things are always learned suddenly through practice. Lu Shizhen seemed to have figured it out. She wrapped her hand around Xu Shiyue's neck and supported her neck so that she could kiss her more easily when she looked up.
The soft sofa supported Xu Shiyue's limp body, creating a stark contrast with the slightly hard calluses on the sides of her fingers that rested on her neck.
The delicate clusters of nerve endings trembled weakly like seaweed as Xu Shiyue kissed Lu Shizhen with all her might, yet she could also clearly feel the changes in his fingers over the years.
She is now a fairly successful cartoonist.
She has an identity that is entirely her own, and she lives the life she wants because of it.
She is free.
Before last night.
Xu Shiyue's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she raised her eyes a few points to look at the person kissing her.
That awkward yet incredibly tender kiss was real, and those eyes I'd seen countless times in my dreams were real too.
She is Lu Shizhen.
She is no longer Lu Shizhen.
Xu Shiyue knew she couldn't selfishly destroy Lu Shizhen's dream, so she could only resort to a despicable means to gain some more favor.
So be it, I'm despicable.
Anyway, she's not a good person either.
It's hard to say whether Xu Shiyue forced Lu Shizhen to stay, or whether Lu Shizhen simply didn't want to get up.
When they parted, neither of them could breathe calmly.
Xu Shiyue looked at Lu Shizhen, who was leaning over her and pressing down on her, with a strangely alluring red on her slightly parted lips.
Their hands, clasped together, have not yet separated.
Xu Shiyue's arm, which was hanging down, twitched slightly in the sunlight, and she finally pulled her hand away from her intertwined fingers.
She glanced at the Siamese cat not far away, whose head Yuanzi was putting in its mouth, and said in an extremely calm voice, "Take your cat with you, I'll take you back to the hotel."
Lu Shizhen has only driven a sports car twice in her life, both times in S City.
Last time it was Cheng Meiyan's red Porsche, this time it's Xu Shiyue's silver Bugatti Veyron.
Lu Shizhen had never ridden in such a luxurious car in her life. Before getting in, she even told her fake cat Qiuqiu not to move around or stretch out its claws, because they couldn't afford to pay for the damage.
The weather is really nice today.
A bright sun hung in the sky, and the sky was a clear, cloudless blue.
There weren't many cars on the road at this time, and Xu Shiyue wasn't driving fast.
However, her silver-white figure was so eye-catching that almost all the cars around her slowed down to make way for her.
Looking out the car window at the scenery unobstructed by any vehicles, Xu Shiyue said indifferently, "You see, many times you can see the difference without saying a word."
Lu Shizhen understood what Xu Shiyue was talking about and nodded in agreement. Then she heard Xu Shiyue say, "I'm sorry, I might have really mistaken you for someone else."
Lu Shizhen was somewhat surprised, but when she heard that the problem she was trying to solve had been solved on its own, she couldn't help but feel a little happy.
But she still had to feign innocence and said somewhat helplessly, "Miss Xu, have you investigated me?"
Xu Shiyue nodded frankly: "Although you have the same name as her and are both a year younger than me, you have different birthdays, different upbringings, and different family structures."
Lu Shizhen listened, repeatedly affirming it in her heart.
Her life was different from the original owner's, and this resume was designed by her own hands, so of course there wouldn't be any mistakes.
Before Lu Shizhen could even breathe a sigh of relief, Xu Shiyue changed the subject, saying, "But there's one more thing, you're the same as her."
The traffic light at the intersection ahead turned red, and Xu Shiyue's car slowly came to a stop.
Hearing this, Lu Shizhen felt guilty and her heart immediately jumped. She pretended to be curious and asked, "Oh? Really? What kind of place is that?"
“Your eyes are exactly the same.”
Xu Shiyue said this, looking at her calmly.
A gust of wind suddenly blew into the car, ruffling Lu Shizhen's hair, which reached her jawline.
Even though her disheveled hair obscured her eyes, Lu Shizhen's eyes still reflected a jet-black, jewel-like color in the sunlight.
This is the only similarity or compatibility between her and the original owner.
Lu Shizhen's heart clenched immediately.
She hadn't expected Xu Shiyue to realize this so quickly. Overjoyed but inappropriately, nervousness filled her heart: "What a coincidence! How could there be two eyes exactly alike in this world?"
As Lu Shizhen spoke, she waved her hand at Xu Shiyue with a laugh.
Sunlight streamed through the windshield, bright yet unable to penetrate Xu Shiyue's eyes.
She stared at Lu Shizhen for a moment, then slowly looked away and said, "That's true."
How can two people have the same pair of eyes?
As soon as he finished speaking, the red light at the intersection turned green.
Before Lu Shizhen could figure out the meaning of Xu Shiyue's words, the wheels began to slowly roll.
A breeze swept past the car window, and the car remained quiet for a while.
Suddenly, as if greeting a long-awaited reunion, Xu Shiyue asked Lu Shizhen, "How have you been lately?"
Lu Shizhen was taken aback for a moment, then assumed that Xu Shiyue was just passing the time and said, "It's alright, tomorrow is the last stop of the book signing, and we can rest after the signing."
Xu Shiyue nodded, and the floating air settled down once again.
The scenery outside the window kept receding. Xu Shiyue looked at Lu Shizhen, who had shut her mouth again and was sitting quietly and obediently in the passenger seat, and said again, "Aren't you going to ask me how I'm doing?"
Lu Shizhen was somewhat surprised that Xu Shiyue kept trying to strike up a conversation with her.
She blinked hesitantly, then hugged Qiuqiu and slowly asked, "And you? How have you been these past few years?"
“It’s tiring to be alone,” Xu Shiyue said.
Actually, this kind of question was rather polite. Lu Shizhen even thought that Xu Shiyue was just having a sudden whim and wouldn't answer seriously, but she didn't expect her to tell her the truth.
The street scene outside the window continued to change, and Lu Shizhen recalled Xu Shiyue's submissive words as she leaned against her last night.
The weariness hidden in his eyes was revealed in his voice.
Lu Shizhen felt a little conflicted and said softly, "Then let's stop and rest for a while."
"Soon, I can stop once I finish my next tasks," Xu Shiyue said. "Working in technology is too expensive."
Lu Shizhen didn't understand what Xu Shiyue meant, and her eyes showed confusion.
Xu Shiyue tilted her head slightly, a hint of patience appearing in her indifferent eyes, and explained to her, "The last company my father left me is about artificial intelligence, mainly focusing on researching bionic robots. Training a massive system with its own independent thought is very expensive in the early stages, requiring a lot of manpower and resources."
When Lu Shizhen heard Xu Shiyue say this, she subconsciously stroked Qiuqiu, who was pretending to be asleep in her arms.
Just as she was about to lament the long and arduous road ahead for this research, Xu Shiyue said to her again, "However, if there's an existing one, it's much easier to crack. If you work backwards, the algorithm's mutations will be much smaller, making it easier to understand thoroughly. It's like..."
As she spoke, Xu Shiyue paused for a moment, then turned to look at Qiuqiu in Lu Shizhen's arms: "Your cat."
Upon hearing this, Lu Shizhen's heart skipped a beat.
She wondered if what Xu Shiyue was doing now was the same kind of artificial intelligence as the system she was in contact with, and she immediately felt extremely guilty.
In addition, Xu Shiyue seemed to be alluding to her cat...
Did she figure out Qiuqiu's identity?
Lu Shizhen was in a state of confusion, but she still pretended to be puzzled and asked, "My, my cat? What happened to my cat?"
Xu Shiyue, however, was more composed than Lu Shizhen, her gaze calmly fixed on the road ahead: "It seems a little tense, is it stress?"
"?"
Lu Shizhen paused for a moment, then looked down and found Qiuqiu curled up in her arms.
It was pretending to be asleep, but of course it could hear what Xu Shiyue had just said, and it was just as scared as it was.
Lu Shizhen couldn't help but think to herself that Qiuqiu was becoming more and more like a cat, with such obvious reactions to everything.
Despite her complaints, she still tried to defend Qiuqiu, saying, "Maybe so, it's never ridden in a car like this before."
"Alright, alright, don't be so nervous." Lu Shizhen gently stroked Qiuqiu's body while hinting meaningfully, "This car isn't going very fast to begin with, it won't throw you off."
"I can drive a little slower." Xu Shiyue loosened the accelerator a bit, as if she loved Qiuqiu, and glanced calmly at Qiuqiu, who had slightly raised her head.
"Don't be afraid, little kitten."
Perhaps to allow Lu Shizhen to focus on taking care of the cat, Xu Shiyue didn't initiate any conversation for the rest of the journey.
Soon the two arrived at Lu Shizhen's hotel. Thinking that she needed to meet up with Xiaoning and the others as soon as possible, Lu Shizhen hurriedly said thank you, unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.
Just as Lu Shizhen sent a message to Xiaoning saying she was back, Xu Shiyue called out to her from behind: "Lu Shizhen."
Lu Shizhen stopped abruptly as she raised her foot and turned back to wait for Xu Shiyue to continue.
Xu Shiyue raised her arm and beckoned to Lu Shizhen: "I have something to give you, come here for a moment."
Lu Shizhen didn't see Xu Shiyue take anything when she got on the car, which she found a little strange, but she still went over and asked, "What...?"
Before she could voice her question, Lu Shizhen was suddenly pulled towards him by the arm that was hanging over the car window frame.
The girl's upright figure bent under the sunlight, and without warning, that moist, soft touch landed on her lips.
In the distance, the sounds of cars passing by, heels clicking on the ground, and people talking could be heard from time to time.
The bright sun swayed through the intertwined leaves, repeatedly reminding Lu Shizhen of the occasion and what she was doing with Xu Shiyue.
The lukewarm breath gradually gathered under Xu Shiyue's grip on his neck, and the unexpected kiss was more fiery than ever before.
It felt like a long time had passed, but it was only a few seconds.
Their touch was as soft and gentle as a dragonfly skimming the water; after a brief moment of closeness, they suddenly parted.
Xu Shiyue's hand, which had been resting on Lu Shizhen's neck, slowly stroked her cheek, her dark eyes gazing deeply into her depths: "You'll come back, won't you?"
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