Ruan Yang continued to say, “If you were just purely professing your love to me, why didn’t you do it on your Feed? Why must you upload it on Weibo?”

Li Shaobin didn’t think that she would be so sharp and he finally confessed after a very long time: “I wanted to show off to my love rival. I want him to give up.”

“You’re really childish and lame. We lead our lives for ourselves; why must you show off to other people?” Ruan Yang sighed and frowned. “I don’t want to have anything to do with Xin Ziao anymore. There’s no need for you to show off to him.”

“Oh.” Li Shaobin nodded. “Then… can I post on my Feed in the future?”

Ruan Yang pinched his cheek. She couldn’t be bothered to nag at him anymore.

Silent meant consent, so Li Shaobin was elated inside. He was already thinking about the ways he could show-off tomorrow.

—————

It was past 10 pm and it started snowing heavily again outside. The wind outside blew so strongly that one could hear it even though the windows were shut.

Li Shaobin changed the channel and grumbled. “Aiya, when is this snow going to stop? It’s not safe to go back if it’s snowing so heavily.”

Ruan Yang lowered her head to glance at him and pretended to have heard nothing.

After another two minutes, Li Shaobin said again, “There’s probably a thick layer of snow on the road right now. It snowed so heavily last year too, and when I drove back at night, I almost got into a car accident. It’s not very safe…”

Ruan Yang felt that since he had already made it so obvious, it didn’t seem very nice if she still didn’t say anything. “So…?”

“Yangyang, didn’t you even tell me to drive slower and to watch for my safety? I’ve always kept that in mind, especially since it’s different now that I have a girlfriend. For your sake, I have to put my safety as my top priority,” Li Shaobin said with a face full of sincerity. “It’s not like I really want to stay over and bother you, but it’s really unsafe when it’s snowing.”

Ruan Yang blinked thoughtfully. “I see. I wanted to ask you to stay over too, but since you said you don’t really want to stay, I think you should just go back.”

“No.” When Li Shaobin heard that, he was flustered and quickly sat straight up. “I made a mistake just now. Actually, I really want to stay.”

“See, you’ve just admitted your true feelings.” Ruan Yang found him rather funny sometimes.

Li Shaobin continued to look out the window, shamelessly pretending to be innocent. “Go take a look at how heavy the snow is. There are barely any cars on the road.”

“Alright, stay over.” Ruan Yang was afraid of him already. This was a rare chance for him to be able to find such a good excuse. She would be letting God down if she didn’t let him have his way. “But just like yesterday, nothing is happening.”

Li Shaobin nodded vigorously and obediently. He hadn’t even thought about making anything happen. He thought he would only be able to sleep in a guest room, so he was awfully surprised. “Then I’ll go out to get some toiletries.”

“It’s snowing very heavily. You must be careful. Don’t fall.” Ruan Yang kept teasing him.

Li Shaobin blushed and ran out to buy his toiletries gleefully.

As the saying went, if you could stay one night at Ruan Yang’s house, the second and third nights would come naturally, and in no time at all, they would be able to live together.

…

When he returned after buying a couple things, Ruan Yang opened the door for him and he went straight upstairs to shower. Li Shaobin was definitely not one to shower every day in the winter, but now that he would be sleeping with Ruan Yang, he had to be clean every day so that he would leave a positive impression on Ruan Yang. That way, he could sleep with her every day.

When he was done showering downstairs, Ruan Yang was still in the bathroom. He climbed into Ruan Yang’s bed, which he had coveted for a very long time. The blanket was filled with that ever-so-familiar smell of hers. Even her pillow smelled like her shampoo. He sniffed around for five to six minutes when Ruan Yang finally came out with a mask on her face.

Li Shaobin stared wide-eyed at her. “Ruan Yang, you look so scary like that.”

Ruan Yang glared at him. That didn’t sound nice.

“I want a mask too,” Li Shaobin said as he walked over.

“This is a mask for women,” Ruan Yang said.

“I don’t care. I want it too,” Li Shaobin insisted. “If not, I’ll just use the one you used.”

Ruan Yang was defeated by him. She threw a mask at him and Li Shaobin went to the bathroom merrily to put on the mask. After he was done, he turned around and saw dark brown panties hanging by the rim of a basket. It was lacey at the edges and was filled with an enticing sexiness.

Li Shaobin’s nose heated up and he couldn’t help but pick it up curiously as he started to imagine what Ruan Yang would look like in it.

“If the mask is too cold, you can heat it up with some warm water…” Ruan Yang’s voice suddenly came from the door and he got such a fright that his hand shook and the panties flew up and dropped onto the floor.

“Li Shaobin, why did you throw my panties?” Ruan Yang’s face heated up. She walked over with annoyance and picked it up, saying angrily, “Don’t tell me you were…”

“No, it fell onto the floor just now so I picked it up, then you came in and scared me. I didn’t see anything,” Li Shaobin said guiltily. Thank goodness for the mask covering his face. Otherwise, it would definitely be very red.

“I didn’t say you were looking at it.” Ruan Yang looked at him.

Li Shaobin suddenly felt like he just exposed himself. Alright, she seemed to be suspicious already. If he were to keep denying it, he would look like a pervert. If he left a bad impression on her, he wouldn’t be able to stay over in the future. “Alright, I admit, I wanted to look at it. I was just curious. I find it quite sexy.”

“Pervert.” No matter how thick-skinned Ruan Yang was, she now felt very embarrassed.

“I’m not.” Li Shaobin’s eyes were filled with grievance as he stuttered. “I just saw that it was what you wore… so I wanted to take a look. If it belonged to other women, I would be pure and wouldn’t have any thoughts about it.”

“So you’re trying to say that you had some thoughts about it when you saw it?” Ruan Yang caught onto a loophole again.

Li Shaobin was embarrassed and felt like he was about to break down. “I haven’t seen it before, so can’t I be curious about it? I’m curious about what kind you wear.”

“Alright, alright, go out. I’m going to wash my clothes now.” Ruan Yang bit her lip. She would be utterly embarrassed if they went on talking about it.

“Can’t you wash your clothes tomorrow?” Li Shaobin blurted out. “You can just send it to the dry cleaner’s or send it for laundry service. Don’t tell me you’re going to hand-wash your clothes?”

Ruan Yang said angrily, “I’m going to wash my panties. I said wash my clothes to be subtle about it.”

“I didn’t know that.” Li Shaobin mumbled with grievance and he scooted away quickly. But he gave her a bad impression the first time he stayed over. How miserable.

…

After more than 10 minutes, he took the mask off and washed his face before returning to the bed. He waited for a while more before Ruan Yang came over to lie down after completing her skincare routine. Her scent was stronger than in the past and even her skin looked extra smooth and fair. Li Shaobin was bewildered. “Did you apply body lotion?”

“Yeah. I’d be very dry if I didn’t apply it during the winter.” Ruan Yang switched the lights off and lay down.

Li Shaobin inched towards her and said softly, “Ruan Yang, are you angry at me?”

“…No.” Ruan Yang turned her back towards him.

Li Shaobin glanced at her back and hugged her from behind silently. “Can you not sleep with your back facing me?”

Ruan Yang only wanted to find a comfortable position initially. She had no choice but to turn back around. Her bright eyes were closed at that moment.

Li Shaobin watched her silently for a while and kissed her in the darkness.

The snow was falling heavily outside and it was icy cold, but under the covers, it felt extra hot because there were two people.

Ruan Yang pushed him away slightly and said tiredly, “We agreed to do nothing.”

“Yeah, but you said ‘just like yesterday’.” Li Shaobin grinned and kissed her again. Men sometimes learned very quickly at such things. After one or two times, they would become very familiar. Besides, he seemed to have found Ruan Yang’s sensitive area.

For example, her lower abdomen. Every time he kissed her there, her breathing would become deeper and she would shudder.

In the darkness, she said “enough” softly several times, but he didn’t listen to her and was just like a curious little baby, exploring more than the day before.

If one were to say that knowledge was accumulated day by day, Li Shaobin felt that the things between men and women were the same.

He didn’t know about other women, but in front of Ruan Yang, he was willing to do a lot of things.

Towards the end, Ruan Yang felt her entire body burning and felt a little unable to stop the momentum. She thought that if they were to break through the final barrier, then so be it.

Even if she were to regain her memory, she would still be able to cut herself off from the past. No matter how much she liked Xin Ziao, she wouldn’t think of him anymore in the future.

She would just cherish this person.

She also hoped for her relationship to last forever. Even if they weren’t suitable, they could adapt and change. She wasn’t the kind of person to change partners if she thought something didn’t match. She also wasn’t the kind to think that just because she was young, she should go through relationships as part of her life experience without marriage as the final goal. No one was match-made in heaven with someone else in this world. She wouldn’t let go unless they really couldn’t adapt to each other.

While the two of them were cuddling together, after shuddering for a while, Li Shaobin suddenly came out from the covers unclothed and sat by the edge of the bed, leaving her with his back.

Ruan Yang looked at his back, puzzled. The bed was extremely soft and she could feel the bed vibrating as he shuddered.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“I agreed that nothing would happen today.” Li Shaobin turned back and grinned. Although he would always have little tricks up his sleeves, he would still keep his word. There were some promises that needn’t be kept, but it wasn’t good to break certain promises. That would leave a bad impression on Ruan Yang and she might even think of him as a man to go back on his word.