Chapter 494 A Kiss by the Lake (The Finale)
"you!"
She stomped her feet in anger. Did she really have to explain everything clearly to her?
Pei Ji chuckled, finding the little girl utterly adorable.
The little girl is so beautiful today. Oh, she's always been beautiful. From childhood to adulthood, she's always been the only beautiful one in his eyes.
The little girl has grown up and knows how to dress up. The lip rouge she wears is shiny, making her look especially...delicious.
Pei Ji's eyes darkened, and he composed himself, stretching out his long arm to pull the girl into his embrace, startling her.
"what?"
"There's no misunderstanding, there's no misunderstanding. Don't you know who's in my heart?"
Pei Ji held her with one arm and gently stroked her chin with the other, his eyes dark and unfathomable. "Or is it that Sheng Sheng wants to shirk responsibility?"
Sheng Sheng trembled at the heat of his fingertips, her ear tips turning red as if they were about to bleed. She turned her head away from his touch, but he held the back of her neck and forced her to look up into his eyes.
Unable to avoid the question, she could only reply, "What are you talking about? What responsibility? We're clearly just good friends, at most, childhood sweethearts!"
"Oh?" Pei Ji curled his lips into a flippant smile. "Are there really such good friends as us, hugging each other like this?"
Sheng Sheng was taken aback by the question, her cheeks flushing red. She reached out to push against his chest, but her strength was as soft as cotton. She felt inexplicably aggrieved: "Who wanted to hug you? You were the one who put your arm around me first..."
Pei Ji not only didn't loosen his grip, but instead tightened his arms around her, his nose almost touching her forehead.
He stared at the corners of her reddened eyes, his voice low and husky with a hint of laughter: "Whether we're childhood sweethearts or good friends."
He gently traced his fingertips across her flushed cheeks, speaking slowly and deliberately, his tone filled with unwavering certainty: "From the moment you met me ten years ago, you were destined to be mine."
After saying that, the man gently pinched the girl's chin, and with a forceful pull of his fingers, forced her to raise her head.
His thumb traced across her crimson lips, staining his fingertip with the red of her lip rouge, making it dazzlingly red.
Sheng Sheng looked at him with watery eyes, her eyes slightly red, like a little rabbit who had been wronged but couldn't bear to throw a tantrum.
She wanted to say something in rebuttal, but her lips were gently caressed by his fingertips. The touch was so hot that it made her feel numb all over. The words that came to her lips turned into a soft moan.
Pei Ji's breath hitched, his eyes darkened instantly, his Adam's apple bobbed, and as he leaned down, his warm breath fell on her face: "Sheng Sheng, look at me."
Pei Ji's voice was deep and husky, with a captivating power that made her eyelashes flutter and she softly gaze into his eyes.
Her voice trembled, and in his eyes was a desire she had never seen in him before—an irrational, unrestrained lust.
The moment he finished speaking, he leaned down and gently covered hers with his warm lips.
The kiss was light, like a feather brushing against my heart, carrying the refreshing fragrance of gardenias.
Sheng Sheng froze, her eyelashes trembling violently, and she even forgot to breathe.
His thumb was still on her lips, his fingertip brushing against the spot stained crimson with lipstick. The kiss deepened, carrying an irresistible tenderness and domineering force.
The surrounding air seemed to be on fire, so hot that there was nowhere to hide.
Sheng Sheng's hand unconsciously gripped his collar, her fingertips turning white, and tears welled up in her eyes, creating a hazy, moist scene.
The little girl didn't dare to move, watching helplessly as the darkness in his eyes was overwhelmed by a surge of tenderness. The hand that had been pinching her chin slowly loosened, and instead gently stroked the top of her head, then moved down to cover her eyes.
Pei Ji pulled away slightly, his lips close to hers, his voice hoarse: "Be good, close your eyes."
Sheng Sheng's eyelashes trembled violently, and her eyelids, covered by his palm, were burning hot, yet she still obediently closed her eyelashes.
The touch under my palm is soft, like the gentle flutter of butterfly wings.
Pei Ji's Adam's apple bobbed again, and he leaned down to kiss him once more.
This time there was no probing, only an unmistakable tenderness.
His kiss was extremely slow, yet restrained and intense. The faint sweet scent of her lip balm lingered between his lips and teeth, mingling with the fragrance of gardenias drifting in from outside the window, making him feel weak all over.
The hand that was gripping his clothes loosened, and instead gently tugged at his sleeve, her fingertips trembling slightly, her breathing becoming disordered in sync with his.
...
He finally slowly withdrew, his fingertips still gently caressing her reddened lips.
Pei Ji bent over slightly, his forehead touching hers, and chuckled as he looked at her dumbfounded expression.
"Now I can take responsibility."
It took her a long time to finally speak: "How could you do this..."
Pei Ji said aggrievedly, "But I love Sheng Sheng, and Sheng Sheng loves me too. Sheng Sheng kissed me, does she intend to abandon me after starting something?"
"What do you mean?"
She turned her face away, her ear tips burning red, her fingertips still unconsciously clutching his sleeve. "It was you! You forced a kiss on me!"
Pei Ji chuckled softly and pulled her closer to him. The vibration of his chest transmitted through their skin, making her heart flutter.
He lowered his head, his nose brushing against her reddened earlobe, his voice hoarse: "Okay, okay, it's my fault."
He raised his hand, his fingertips gently wiping away the smudged lipstick from the corner of her lips, his eyes full of laughter: "Then punish me by making me spend the rest of my life with you, okay?"
"As the princess's consort, you can't have a harem of three thousand."
"If you become my empress, you can only have me as your husband."
Sheng Sheng wanted to say something, but Pei Ji gently pinched her chin.
His eyes were incredibly serious, and he spoke each word with unwavering conviction: "From beginning to end, I've only ever wanted you. I've said it before, I'll be with you for the rest of my life."
Her heart skipped a beat, her eyes suddenly reddened, and her nose stung, but she deliberately raised her chin and put on a stern face: "You're smart to know what's good for you."
Pei Ji smiled indulgently and pulled the little girl back into his arms.
The two embraced quietly by the lake under the moonlight, just as serene and beautiful as when they first met ten years ago.
When did it start?
Sheng Sheng has always been clear about her own feelings, but she doesn't know when her affection for Pei Ji began.
However, there is one thing they all agree on.
That is, from the very first time they met, there was an invisible thread between them, quietly tying the corners of their clothes together and binding them together year after year.
Pei Ji lowered his head and kissed the top of Sheng Sheng's head, his fingertips twirling a strand of her hair. His voice was as soft as moonlight falling on a lake: "Ten years ago in the bamboo forest, when you jumped down to save me with a rope tied to you, this rope was already tied tightly."
She chuckled softly, "No, I just saw you looking disheveled, and I happen to be kind-hearted, so it was just something I did on a whim."
He chuckled softly, the vibrations of his chest soothing her earlobe: "Good, good, easy."
Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the years to come to make her admit that it wasn't just something she did on a whim, but something that touched her heart.
It is the joy and affection that quietly sprouts before one even understands what love is.
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