"A blanket is a blanket, and you're a pillow. Bai Xiaoruo, weren't you very brave at Grandpa's birthday banquet tonight? How come you've become as timid as a mouse as soon as you get back?"
"I'm not a mouse... I'm just afraid of embarrassing you... Was my performance tonight... okay?"
Because she was afraid of embarrassing him, because she was afraid of making him angry, Bai Xiaoruo mustered up her courage to do even the things she was most timid and dared not do, and performed her role in this charade tonight to the best of her ability.
She only hoped that he would truly value her more, even if it was just an act, she would cherish it...
"So-so."
Hsien Ming-yu gave only a fair answer.
"Can I ask you a question?" Bai Xiaoruo struggled in her heart for a long time before cautiously asking the question.
"explain."
"Tonight... right, when I was crying, why... did you kiss me? Didn't we agree it was just an act? Weren't you going to take advantage of me?" You promised me that in the car, but at Grandpa's birthday banquet...
Although it was just a kiss, it's over and done with. What responsibility can she ask him to take? Isn't it normal for couples to kiss or even do more intimate things?
But for Bai Xiaoruo, it meant something very different. She really wanted to know the reason for that kiss tonight, to know if he also had feelings for her, or if it was just a passing fancy...
Xuan Mingyu was taken aback. He had only kissed her once, why was she still so hung up on it?
Instead of answering Bai Xiaoruo's question directly, he asked her in a different way: "Bai Xiaoruo, to be honest, didn't you enjoy it when I kissed you tonight?"
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