Chapter 76
Through the cabin glass, fireworks were still blooming in the night sky outside.
However, the "bang bang bang" explosions seemed to explode in Xu Qingzhou's mind, arrogantly robbing all her senses, leaving only her heart beating wildly, almost driving her crazy.
She didn't know where this sudden and domineering kiss came from, or when it ended.
All she knew was that when she finally came to her senses, Chi Jun had already stood up straight, his hands in his pockets, looking down at her and smiling.
His smile was always so dashing and spirited, exuding a confident and composed air of certainty.
In contrast, Xu Qingzhou felt that his earlier panic and mental blankness were truly pathetic.
Like a pitiful mouse being toyed with by a cat.
Fireworks continued to bloom, only to vanish in an instant.
Occasionally, there are brief pauses for a few seconds, and in the pitch-black night, the lights adorning the amusement park reflect a cold, metallic quality.
In the quiet and cold night, Xu Qingzhou's heart, which was about to boil, was gradually cooled down by the return of reason.
The fingers that were spread out on the glass slowly curled up.
Xu Qingzhou slowly lowered her head, then turned around without saying a word, brushed past Chi Jun, and returned to her original position.
Chi Jun watched as she sat upright for a while, seemingly lost in thought. Then, she took a deep breath, pulled out a card and pen from her pocket, and quickly wrote something on it.
After a while, a paper card with the little girl's neat handwriting was handed to him.
Xu Qingzhou: [Chi Jun, you shouldn't have done this.]
When the paper was handed to her, the little girl had her eyes downcast and her face expressionless.
Chi Jun could clearly see her emotions through that face—unhappiness, even anger.
He raised an eyebrow: "How about it?"
This attitude of turning their backs on her, or rather, not taking the kiss seriously at all, made Xu Qingzhou glare at her.
She kept a straight face, and after a long while, she let out a long sigh. No longer caring about a girl's pride, she bluntly stated:
You shouldn't have kissed me.
We are not boyfriend and girlfriend.
Xu Qingzhou felt wronged when she finished writing that sentence.
However, anger outweighed resentment.
She was angry. Why hadn't she stopped Chi Jun from teasing her with ambiguous words before, allowing him to mistakenly believe that he could keep joking with her like that, becoming increasingly unscrupulous?
She got even angrier. After one joke after another, she lost control of her emotions and, like a frog being slowly boiled in water, gradually became addicted to it and began to extract sweetness from it.
Little did they know, this was not honey, but arsenic.
And she was so stupid that she only realized this this afternoon when she saw Chi Jun and Xuan Li talking by the flower bed.
After immersing herself in those seductive words for so long, she forgot that people like Chi Jun are always straightforward and never bother to hide their thoughts.
It is precisely because they don't care that they can be open and honest.
How can anyone remain calm and composed if they have even a hint of ulterior motives?
Therefore, he pretended not to care about Xuanli in front of his friends, but then used the excuse of going to the restroom to spend time alone with Xuanli.
That's right.
cautiously, discreetly...
These are the signs that love is about to blossom.
The Ferris wheel was rotating at an extremely slow speed, almost at a standstill.
Xu Qingzhou lowered her eyelashes, and her hands, holding the pen and paper, unconsciously clenched tightly.
She knew better than anyone what the consequences would be of bringing this matter to light—
Chi Jun will realize his mistake and take the initiative to apologize to her.
On the surface, it seems that things will simply turn over and be over.
However, in their subsequent interactions, their relationship could never return to what it was before. Chi Jun would actively distance himself from her, and one day he even moved out for Xuan Li's sake, completely severing ties with her.
The already fabricated and fragile "sibling" relationship will be completely reduced to a piece of paper that has been burned, crumbling at the slightest touch.
Even so, Xu Qingzhou should not, out of lust for Chi Jun, humbly and despicably stand between him and other girls.
"Isn't that so?"
As Xu Qingzhou grew increasingly upset, Chi Jun suddenly spoke to her.
She still had a faint laugh in her voice, and remained calm and composed.
Xu Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and it took him two seconds to bring his wandering thoughts back.
—We are not boyfriend and girlfriend.
—Isn't that right?
This question is too obvious.
Xu Qingzhou was stunned for a few seconds before he suddenly came to his senses: Of course not!
Even at this point, he was still joking with her.
Xu Qingzhou was so angry that he stood up abruptly from the bench.
After a pause, she walked up to Chi Jun and wrote each word carefully and forcefully on the paper:
Of course not.
To show that she would no longer allow him to toy with her like this, Xu Qingzhou forced herself to look up after writing this sentence, her eyes bright and determined as she met Chi Jun's gaze.
Chi Jun looked down at her.
As if realizing something, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
Then he just stared at her for a long time without saying a word.
The air inside the cabin seemed to stretch out infinitely at that moment, making every second unbearable.
The two of them just stared at each other, not saying a word.
After a long while, Xu Qingzhou felt his eyes getting sore from staring.
She blinked her eyelashes gently, and was about to lower her head when Chi Jun suddenly sighed.
As if feeling helpless, he looked at her and spoke in a deep voice:
"But Zhouzhou, you've already kissed me."
"?"
Whether it was a misperception or not, Chi Jun's words seemed to carry a certain resentment, to the point that Xu Qingzhou suddenly began to doubt whether she was a heartless woman who would take advantage of someone and then run away.
But... wasn't she always the victim?
Chi Jun is the one who actively manipulates people's feelings.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingzhou calmed down again.
She retorted logically and with evidence: "Chi Jun, you were the one who kissed me first."
Chi Jun: "I wasn't referring to this time."
...You even kissed before?
Xu Qingzhou frowned in confusion, then suddenly remembered that they had indeed kissed once...
And that time, it was indeed she who initiated the kiss on Chi Jun.
But that time it was to help you regain your human form.
Xu Qingzhou spoke earnestly, trying his best to appear calm.
"Oh—" Chi Jun looked down at her, his eyes revealing a deep glint: "Are you sure you just wanted to help me regain my human form back then, and didn't have any other thoughts?"
Xu Qingzhou's face finally flushed and burned.
She dug her nails into the pen and remained silent.
Chi Jun couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile, bent down, and leaned closer to stare intently into her eyes:
"Zhouzhou, do you remember what I asked you back then?"
His voice had a seductive quality.
Xu Qingzhou unconsciously bit her lip.
Of course she remembers.
At that time, Chi Jun asked her, "Does your human world have a saying that once you kiss someone, you have to be responsible for them for life?"
She answered, no...
Connecting this to Chi Jun's earlier words, "Isn't that right?", Xu Qingzhou felt as if the little deer in her arms had come back to life.
She was a little unsure, hesitated for a moment, and then mustered up her courage to ask:
Does your fox clan have such a saying?
Chi Jun straightened up: "No."
Xu Qingzhou's heart sank.
As his hands fell to his sides, Chi Jun added:
"But I do."
But I have it.
A deep, pleasant male voice drifted and settled inside the cabin as the fireworks display ended.
The night sky darkened once again.
Xu Qingzhou suddenly looked up at Chi Jun, but felt as if the fireworks had shifted their focus and bloomed in her heart.
Everything around it became dazzling and radiant.
She felt dizzy, as if she were floating on clouds.
*
"it's over."
With a loud bang, the hatch was opened, and a female staff member clung to the door and shouted inside.
Xu Qingzhou snapped back to reality, turned her head and saw the other person's gaze constantly shifting between her and Chi Jun. She lowered her head, blushed, and ran out without saying a word.
Chi Jun smiled and bent down to exit the cabin.
He seemed to be in a good mood, whistling lightly as he walked out with his hands in his pockets.
A short while later, Li Rui and the others also came out of the Ferris wheel cabin.
A group of people walked this way, making a lot of noise and complaining about how they were wasting such a wonderful Ferris wheel experience by sitting on a Ferris wheel with some burly men.
Upon seeing Chi Jun, Li Rui glanced around and asked:
"Hey, where's my sister?"
Chi Jun gestured with his chin to the right:
"There it is."
Li Rui glanced over there and saw Xu Qingzhou standing next to the trash can, rummaging through the trash that he hadn't had time to throw away during the day and had temporarily stored in his schoolbag.
"It's getting late, shall we head back?"
Chi Jun: "Okay."
It was already past nine o'clock at night, and everyone exclaimed that the day had been filled with queuing and running around, making it even more tiring than going to class. They walked towards the entrance of the amusement park while expressing their feelings.
Xu Qingzhou remained silent the entire way, quietly wearing headphones and following at the back of the group.
Occasionally, she would glance up at Chi Jun.
The other person was surrounded by a group of boys, carrying a bag over one shoulder, talking about something, with a carefree and unrestrained smile on their face.
Among the tourists who came out with him, many girls were staring at him, and some were whispering in groups of three or five.
But he seemed completely oblivious.
Such a scene almost made Xu Qingzhou doubt that what she had just seen on the Ferris wheel might have been just a fairytale dream.
There are many tourists at the entrance of the amusement park, making it difficult to hail a taxi.
Fortunately, there was a bus line here, and just as Chi Jun and his group were about to arrive, an empty bus drove up.
The car door opened, and a group of people pushed forward.
Xu Qingzhou didn't even need to move forward; he was swept along by the crowd and forced into the carriage.
The driver stood up from his seat and kept shouting, "Move in! Move in!"
Surrounded by crowds, Xu Qingzhou stumbled and struggled to move forward amidst the mixed smells when a hand suddenly reached out from the crowd and warmly grasped her right hand.
Xu Qingzhou looked up.
Chi Jun looked at her, politely said "Excuse me" to the surrounding crowd, and steadily took her hand, pulling her to his side.
The car door finally closed with a piercing hiss.
The people boarding the bus at the front were finally able to stand still and stop moving.
Xu Qingzhou looked out the car window at the dense crowd of people and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
She and Chi Jun were still holding hands.
Once my body settled down, the warm touch on my hands amplified in the small space.
Chi Jun didn't seem to have any intention of letting go of her.
Xu Qingzhou felt a heat on his face and body.
She let out a small, uneasy sigh, and gently moved her right hand, trying to quietly break free. Unexpectedly, the moment she moved, another hand suddenly wrapped around her hand more forcefully and domineeringly.
Xu Qingzhou's body stiffened, and then she felt the hand slowly loosen, the fingers gently slipping into her palm, slowly sliding into the gaps between her fingers, and finally, firmly interlocking with hers.
It was just a very simple action, but somehow, when it came to mind, it felt as if every movement had been meticulously dissected, magnified, and stretched, exuding a sweet and ambiguous charm.
Xu Qingzhou's heart pounded like a drum, utterly pathetic.
She quietly turned her head and looked at Chi Jun.
Chi Jun didn't look at her, but his profile as he looked out the window clearly showed a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
Xu Qingzhou lowered his head.
Within two seconds, she couldn't help but slightly twitch the corners of her mouth.
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