Shi Yan brought the freshly prepared dishes to the dining table. Seeing Sheng Yuan coming out of the bedroom, he thought she had woken up.

He said, "There is one last dish, it will be ready soon."

After saying that, he was about to go back to the kitchen. Without warning, Sheng Yuan said in a calm voice: "Shi Yan, I have always been using you."

Shi Yan paused.

After a moment, he turned around and pursed his lips: "I know."

Sheng Yuan: "From the very beginning, I wanted to deal with Sheng Feng and the Zheng family."

Shi Yan paused: "I know." I know too.

There was no surprise on Shi Yan's face. His dark pupils were calm, as if he had already known it in advance. At the same time, he found that Sheng Yuan was also very calm and was not surprised that he said he knew.

A cat's meow was heard.

Daman had gotten the handle of his computer bag around his neck at some point and couldn't get out by himself. He meowed in panic and ran out dragging the computer bag to ask for help.

Recognizing that it was his computer bag, Shi Yan paused for half a second, then turned his head and saw a laptop computer with its cover open and the screen on on the bedroom floor.

——The screen is on.

Shi Yan instantly understood why Sheng Yuan had this reaction.

There was a moment of silence in the air.

Shi Yan squatted down and called the chubby cat over. After being exposed, his cold brows were still calm, and he rescued the cat from the computer bag in an orderly manner.

Sheng Yuan's question was also a statement: "You already knew that I was using you."

This is to speak frankly.

Shi Yan replied: "Yes."

Sheng Yuan: "You cooperated with me even though you knew about this."

Shi Yan answered again: "Yeah."

Sheng Yuan asked again: "Why did you leave at the door of the ward?"

Since you clearly knew that everything was an exploit and a scam, why did you still leave?

This time Shi Yan didn't say anything.

The rescued Daman took a few bites of the computer bag as if to "avenge", then swept Shi Yan's palm with his furry tail proudly, as if to reward Shi Yan for saving him.

Shi Yan lowered his eyelashes, as if he was looking at his hand that was swept by the cat's tail, but also as if he was not looking at it. He said in a low voice: "Because, I'm afraid you will repay me again."

Sheng Yuan was stunned.

I’m afraid you’ll ask me for something in return again - this reminds Sheng Yuan of the time when she sprained her foot. Shi Yan sent her back to the classroom. Sheng Yuan told Shi Yan that as a thank you, he could ask her for something in return, money, or something else.

Then, everything was clear between the two of them and there was no relationship between them anymore.

"Sheng Yuan, you can use me, or you can throw me away after using me, I won't be angry, but -" Shi Yanzhong lowered his eyelashes, blocking his dark pupils, his expression was a little self-loathing, his tone sounded indifferent, but he said stubbornly: "But, I just don't want your return."

The boy would wear a grey apron when cooking. Perhaps because he was too tall, the apron looked a little small. The ropes weakened the looseness of the T-shirt and were wrapped around his thin waist. At the moment, he was still in a half-squatting position, and he looked kind of - pitiful.

Sheng Yuan looked for two seconds, walked over, stretched out her hand, put her fingers under his chin, and then lifted his chin.

The two people's eyes met.

Sheng Yuan's face showed no emotion. She looked down at him and said bluntly, "Do you like me?"

Actually, this is a nonsense question.

There is no need to ask specifically.

Sheng Yuan: "Shi Yan, I'm asking you a question."

Shi Yan's face was held in the girl's slender white hands. His dark eyes were very beautiful. His eyelashes moved slightly, and his gaze subconsciously fell to the side. Then, in an imperceptible low voice, he admitted: "Yeah."

"Does it hurt?" Sheng Yuan asked.

Shi Yan reacted for a moment and realized that Sheng Yuan was referring to the wound on his abdomen. "Not bad."

As if to prove to Sheng Yuan that the knife wound she had caused was really fine, he immediately added: "It's already healing—"

"Well, then I'll kiss you. I hope it will get better soon." Without waiting for Shi Yan to finish his words, Sheng Yuan bent down and lightly touched Shi Yan's lips with her lips. The girl always looked nonchalant, and her actions at this time had a bit of coaxing meaning.

Her lips were beautiful petal lips, moist and pink, incredibly soft—

When this sense of touch reached Shi Yan's brain, his mind went blank in an instant. His dark pupils shrank slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in them. Looking at the girl so close to him, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he had no idea how to react.

Sheng Yuan just stuck to her for a moment and then stepped back.

"Shi Yan, your ears are so red."

Sheng Yuan's gaze fell on the red tip of Shi Yan's ear. She didn't have any intention of teasing, she was simply expressing her feelings as if she had discovered something magical.

Shi Yan's voice stuttered: "...Because, because you kissed me."

He stood up, took two steps back in a panic, and put the back of his bony hand against his lips, as if he couldn't believe that Sheng Yuan had really kissed him. Then, he looked at Sheng Yuan, put his hand down, walked over again, walked in front of Sheng Yuan, and asked: "Why did you kiss... me? What does this mean, or, it means nothing."

Shi Yan pursed his lips and asked seriously and nervously.

Sheng Yuan was very relaxed, her almond-shaped eyes met Shi Yan's, and she said clearly in a sweet voice: "It means I like you."

The moment the words fell, Shi Yan felt that the world had stopped, and then a huge joy burst out in his heart, but he quickly suppressed this joy. He stared at Sheng Yuan with his black eyes, trying to figure out whether this sentence was true or just another joke said by Sheng Yuan.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

There wasn't even a hint of joking on Sheng Yuan's face.

Shi Yan suddenly felt his chest being filled with something. He suppressed his excitement and suddenly said solemnly: "Sheng Yuan, I regret this."

Sheng Yuan: “What?”

Shi Yan lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice, as if to gain sympathy: "Actually, it hurts a lot."

"Oh." Sheng Yuan knew it but pretended not to understand and said, "Then what should we do?"

Shi Yan turned his head, as if thinking about what he was going to say next. The boy's red ears and cold white jaw turned a little red. He stammered: "You, you just need to kiss me again."

"Is that all?"

"……Um."

"Okay." Sheng Yuan believed it and said, "Then turn around."

Shi Yan slowly turned his head.

"Bow your head."

Shi Yan lowered his head obediently again.

Sheng Yuan raised her hands and held Shi Yan's face, and her soft lips pressed against him again. Unlike the kiss just now which ended in an instant, Sheng Yuan rolled over against Shi Yan's lips, and Shi Yan's breathing trembled.

It was obviously the first kiss for both of them. At the beginning, Shi Yan was more green and nervous than Sheng Yuan, but Shi Yan instinctively liked being close to Sheng Yuan, so much so that he couldn't control himself.

The boy's Adam's apple on his neck rolled like an ice cube, and he couldn't help but turn his head to chase after her. He gently kissed Sheng Yuan's lower lip twice, then stopped, opened his eyes, looked at Sheng Yuan, lowered his eyelashes, and took the initiative to kiss her again.

Even though they were already kissing and I had given him everything, he was still saying, "Sheng Yuan, kiss me again, please."