Chapter 542: Does a Kiss on the Corner of the Mouth Count as a First Kiss?
Beneath the lamp, the sharp line of the young man’s handsome nose was clearly defined. His Adam’s apple bobbed conspicuously with nervousness, betraying a mind that was anything but calm.
He had forcefully suppressed his fervent desire. Now, he was like a large, gentle dog, offering the beautiful girl his complete and unguarded trust.
Li Zhi’s heart suddenly fluttered.
She watched Shen Yuan, his eyes closed, surrendering himself completely to her.
Not knowing what she was thinking, Li Zhi’s gaze drifted involuntarily downward.
Meanwhile, a storm was raging in Shen Yuan’s mind, his thoughts running wild.
What is Li Bao going to do?
Is she going to kiss me?
Where this time?
My cheek again?
Or maybe…
Wait… why isn’t she moving yet?
In that moment, time seemed to stretch and freeze.
A boy with his eyes shut in anticipation, his mind racing.
A girl whose heart was in a turmoil as she gazed at the person before her.
The only other things in the room were the uncomprehending stare of a small kitten and the deafening, drum-like pounding of two hearts resonating in the silence.
Just as Shen Yuan’s thoughts flew into a frenzy, he felt the person in his arms move.
He felt the weight on his body increase slightly, followed by the extremely faint rustle and scrape of fabric.
The peachy scent from the ends of the girl’s hair grew closer.
Her warm breath seemed to mist against his jaw, carrying an indescribable allure.
Every muscle in Shen Yuan’s body tensed instantly, like a fully drawn bowstring!
Beneath his tightly shut eyelids, his eyes darted uncontrollably. His Adam’s apple, as if caught by an invisible hand, bobbed with extreme difficulty.
“Don’t you dare open your eyes!”
The faint but clear warning was tinged with a hint of panic.
But that warning only made Shen Yuan’s body tense further. He didn’t dare move, didn’t even dare to take a deep breath.
In a world of warm darkness, he could only use every pore of his being to capture, to guess—
Where had the tantalizing source of sweetness, now so close, settled? Was it just inches away?
And then, the sensation descended, distinct and unmistakable.
A touch of soft, cool moisture, carrying the girl’s unique, sweet scent.
Like the first snowflake to fall in a silent, snowy night, it landed with a slight tremble on the corner of his lips.
In that instant, every tense muscle in Shen Yuan’s body turned to stone.
Even the rush of his own blood was clearly audible.
There was no thought, only the most primitive sensory impact.
Li Zhi’s lips didn’t immediately pull away.
The soft feeling was like a brand, searing itself upon Shen Yuan’s senses.
She, too, seemed to be weighing the gravity of her action, her movements filled with a careful clumsiness.
Time seemed to stretch on infinitely.
One second? Two?
Beneath Shen Yuan’s closed eyelids, all his senses were focused on that single, tiny point of contact.
A soft sound, little more than a breath, escaped between their lips.
Her eyelashes fluttered frantically against his jaw, and she quickly pulled away.
The lingering soft touch was like an embered on the corner of his mouth. Just then, the boy beneath her snapped his eyes open.
His vision was filled with her crimson cheeks and her glistening eyes, which shimmered like a spring pond full of shattered starlight.
She tried to get up in a hurry, but his arm was still locked around her waist like an iron band.
The scorching heat from their brief contact exploded silently in the air.
Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan as if waking from a dream, her cheeks flushed as she said urgently, “Let go… I need to get up!”
“Oh… Oh!”
After Shen Yuan loosened his arm slightly, Li Zhi propped herself on his shoulders to try and stand.
The beautiful girl’s body slid slowly upward against Shen Yuan’s chest and thigh, the sound of their clothes rubbing together clearly audible.
The moment she pushed up on her arms, she wobbled, her center of gravity unsteady. She ended up straddling his lap.
Her clear eyes subconsciously swept down his body, and then suddenly froze.
Even though it was winter…
…that prominent outline was unmistakable.
Li Zhi’s pupils constricted violently.
The fading blush on the girl’s cheeks erupted into a wildfire. A scalding heat burned from the base of her ears all the way to her collarbone.
But the shocking image was already branded onto her retinas, so searing it made her fingertips tremble.
Even her toes curled in shame inside her slippers, as if licked by an invisible flame.
“You… You’re…”
The sound squeezed from her throat was a trembling mess. Li Zhi bit her lower lip hard.
She tried to push herself up in a panic, but her palm landed on his firm abdomen. The taut heat radiating through the fabric made her snatch her hand back as if she’d been burned by a branding iron.
Seeing the tips of her ears turn a sudden, deep red and her darting eyes, Shen Yuan instantly understood what had happened.
The boy’s neck flushed red with embarrassment. His Adam’s apple bobbed furiously, but no words came out. He could only stiffly bring his legs together in a futile attempt to hide himself.
But Li Zhi had already scrambled off him, tumbling from the bed as if escaping.
The girl’s face was so red it looked like it might start bleeding.
She didn’t dare look in Shen Yuan’s direction at all. The mere thought of their recent position made her limbs stiffen, her toes curling tightly inside her slippers.
The room was terrifyingly silent. The impact of that inescapable physiological reaction was a hundred times more potent than their earlier intimacy.
Shen Yuan was equally frozen. The dull ache in his back and the memory of her warm, soft body were now completely replaced by a tidal wave of embarrassment.
The young man curled up in embarrassment, propping his arms on his knees to shield his gaze.
He opened his mouth, wanting to offer some kind of explanation, but ultimately closed it again.
It was best to say nothing right now.
Time crawled by, second by agonizing second, in the frozen air.
Li Zhi was both ashamed and angry, her face so red it looked as if it were about to drip blood.