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Psst! We're moving!
Ten minutes later, the message arrived.
[Fake.]
Lin Zhan’s heart sank.
Soon, another message from Shen Xi arrived.
[But I am different from them.]
Lin Zhan: [So you mean...?]
Shen Xi: [You’ll know when you try it later.]
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After military training, the two had more opportunities to meet.
Lin Zhan spent her other time rehearsing for the welcome party performance.
She was essentially an extra, not a very important role, just dancing a few steps in a dress on the side.
She initially thought she was the only one performing that day, but later found out Shen Xi was also giving a speech as a freshman representative.
She laughed at him then: “You’re too busy.”
On the day of the rehearsal, Lin Zhan was changing clothes backstage.
Because Luoluo was outside, Lin Zhan didn’t lock the door, just let the latch catch itself.
She had just taken off her T-shirt and was about to slip on her dress when the door suddenly clicked, and someone flashed in.
He locked the door from the inside.
Lin Zhan instinctively was about to scream, but Shen Xi said from behind her, “Don’t scream, it’s me.”
That sentence sounded so logical.
Lin Zhan was stunned by Shen Xi’s confident tone, so she actually didn’t scream.
She looked down.
She was only wearing a bra!
She frantically used the dress to cover her chest and said, “Even if it’s you, you have to go out!”
Seriously! So what if it’s him! Does that mean he can just look?!
Shen Xi said, “You get dressed, I’ll turn around and not look.”
Lin Zhan asked, “Really?”
The girl’s back was fair and smooth, with a light pink strap in the middle.
Shen Xi’s gaze shifted twice, his Adam’s apple bobbed.
“Really.”
His tone was extremely sincere.
Lin Zhan: “Okay then.”
She turned sideways and squeezed into a corner, quickly raising her hands to slip on the dress.
Pristine white, delicate, with beautiful curves.
Shen Xi, with his naturally advantageous height, barely had to move to take everything in.
After Lin Zhan was dressed, she quickly turned to look at him. He smoothly averted his gaze before their eyes met, as if he truly hadn’t looked at her.
Lin Zhan asked in surprise, “You really didn’t look?”
Shen Xi bit his molars and said, “Mm.”
Lin Zhan believed him, and entrusted him with a great task: “Help me zip up.”
Shen Xi walked behind her and zipped up her dress.
Lin Zhan asked him, “By the way, why did you come in?”
Shen Xi’s voice was low and hoarse: “To have you tie my tie.”
“You should have said so earlier! You startled me just now; I thought someone else came in...” Lin Zhan turned around. Because she was wearing high heels, her forehead rested against his chin, so she didn’t need to stand on tiptoes to tie his tie.
She lowered her head, diligently tying his knot.
Shen Xi looked down at her.
From her collarbone all the way down...
This was insane.
This was killing him.
Shen Xi thought, he had to apply for an air conditioner for this dressing room someday; it was too hot.
After Lin Zhan finished tying his knot, she looked up at him with a smile and even patted his shoulder: “How about it? Aren’t I amazing?”
As she looked up, she met a pair of deep eyes.
They seemed mixed with night and heavy rain, thick and dark, with thunder and strong winds following one after another, painting a picture of a world-ending catastrophe in his eyes.
Her nose brushed his chin.
Like a feather sweeping past, itchy yet intangible, the more it tickled, the more it yearned.
Shen Xi lowered his head, looking at her, conveying all his emotions to her.
It was like this.
Lin Zhan was startled by his deeply emotional gaze, and futilely took two steps back, her body hitting the dead corner of the wall.
Shen Xi’s hand reached over, circling her in his embrace, then lowered his head to find her lips.
Her hands had nowhere to go but to loop around his neck.
This was a completely different kiss from the last time.
Shen Xi sucked on her lower lip, with great force, a stark contrast to his usual gentle demeanor.
After his lips came his tongue. The tip of his tongue swept across her numb lower lip, like an electric shock. Lin Zhan trembled all over.
He released her slightly. Lin Zhan took a breath, and then, her breath was entirely swallowed by his lips and teeth once more.
His tongue moved inward, using the gap between her teeth that she couldn’t close in time after breathing, sliding in to seek her tongue.
Lin Zhan was completely helpless, appearing as if she would let him take whatever he wanted.
He hooked her softness, making her try to respond to him.
She merely tried to respond, his breathing deepened, and his hand supported the back of her head, pressing her closer to him.
Shen Xi tasted the flavor in her lips, a faint lemon tea scent, like a deadly poppy, creeping through every inch of his muscle, screaming for more.
Veins bulged. Everything was beyond his rational control. His hand moved forward, gliding over the delicate skin behind her ear.
It was almost a fatal blow.
Lin Zhan’s entire body suddenly went limp, her limbs seemingly losing strength, so weak she wished she could just collapse on the spot.
Yet, despite the discomfort, it brought forth an extremely comfortable sensation.
She instinctively let out a soft moan, unable to bear it, her entire body falling downward.
Shen Xi reached out his hand, supporting her waist, letting her whole body sink into his forearm.
Someone knocked on the door outside: “Is anyone in there?”
Lin Zhan made a “woo woo” sound, opening a pair of watery eyes to look at Shen Xi, struggling with his lip still on her upper lip, she whimpered: “Shen, Shen Xi...”
He let go slightly, his voice hoarse like a well dried up for a thousand years: “I’m here.”
She reached out to push his shoulders, but couldn’t move him, like a playful struggle: “Someone, someone’s outside...”
“We’ll ignore them,” he said, his nose touching hers, his breath hot and teasing on her lips, “Shall we continue?”
She didn’t speak, but lowered her head, which was an implicit consent.
She didn’t know how heartbreakingly adorable that pitiful look was.
Shen Xi clutched her waist, pressing her entire body against his, his fingers ceaseless, resting on the side of her neck, tracing with his fingertips.
Lin Zhan was about to cry.
She couldn’t stand steadily; her legs no longer belonged to her.
Her whole body felt like it was about to float away.
He released her lips and instead attacked her delicate earlobe.
The moment his warm breath hit the back of Lin Zhan’s ear, Lin Zhan felt like she was going insane.
She steeled herself, her voice soft as if soaked, yet she tried hard to make it deep: “Shen Xi, if you keep going, do you want to play a dressing room game with me?”
Shen Xi’s movements stopped. He thought for a moment and then said very sincerely, “I kind of do.”
Lin Zhan was held by him, completely unable to stand steadily, her spine tingling inch by inch, almost driving her crazy.
“If we continue for ten more minutes, the whole world will know what we’re doing in here...”
He chuckled softly, right next to her ear, his magnetic voice amplified by the quiet: “Then tell me, what are we doing in here?”
Lin Zhan looked at the door that was about to be kicked open and ruined, steeled herself, and decided to completely ruin the mood.
“We are building a socialist country, becoming excellent probationary party members, firmly remembering the Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces and the core socialist values.”
“...”
Shen Xi asked her, “Can you still stand steadily?”
He was about to withdraw his hand after asking.
Lin Zhan suddenly hugged his neck, crying pitifully: “You, you, you, don’t let go! I can’t stand.”
Then she cried and cursed: “Weren’t you holding me so well just now? As soon as you’re done taking what you want, you let go, Shen Xi, you beast!”
He just chuckled softly, almost directly into her eardrum: “You scold me if I don’t let go, you scold me if I do let go. What am I supposed to do?”
Lin Zhan: “Wuwuwu, what do I do? I feel like I can’t stand up, Shen Xi, I’m paralyzed...”
“Don’t talk nonsense,” Shen Xi held her, “You’re just too...”
Lin Zhan, blushing, buried her entire face in the crook of his neck: “...You shut up!”
Shen Xi said, “It’s okay if you’re paralyzed; I’ll take care of you.”
It took Lin Zhan three minutes to recover her ability to stand.
She grabbed her hair in a futile attempt to cover up, and then ordered Shen Xi, “Go open the door quickly.”
When he opened the door, Luoluo outside shouted, “You guys were in there? Why weren’t you talking? I thought you two died in there!”
Lin Zhan: It was pretty close to death just now.
Lin Zhan said, “I couldn’t find my dress just now, searched for a long time inside, and took the opportunity to touch up my makeup.”
Luoluo: “No wonder your hair’s messy. By the way, your blush and lipstick look pretty good. Send me the shade numbers sometime...”
The two gradually walked away. Shen Xi stood at the doorway, arms crossed, tapping his elbow thoughtfully.
Blush? Lipstick?
He lowered his gaze, then tilted his head and offered a slight smile.
—I kissed them.
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Lin Zhan was somewhat absent-minded during the performance that followed.
When the music started, she felt uncomfortable everywhere. Around her waist, a faint, almost lingering warmth from Shen Xi’s arm seemed to remain.
Her legs felt soft, her head was dizzy, and the skin behind her ear... was still burning.
...Damn you, Shen Xi.
She thought in the darkness.
Last time, he was so innocent, but this time, he actually...
He must have secretly done his homework.
When it was Shen Xi’s turn to give his speech on stage, Lin Zhan’s gaze unconsciously darted to the side. Seeing his fingers, her mind became a chaotic mess.
The bow tie he wore was tied by her. With the bow tie on, he was the noble gentleman in everyone’s hearts.
Without the bow tie, he was Lin Zhan’s own Shen Xi.
The welcome party ended past 7 PM. The night was slightly hazy, with a waxing crescent moon hanging high.
Shen Xi didn’t need to change, so he left first to wait for her by the entrance.
Lin Zhan handed her gown to Luoluo, filled out a form, and then left.
She changed into a medium-sleeved top to suit the slightly cool weather.
Most people had already left. Lin Zhan emerged from backstage and saw a tall, straight figure at the empty doorway. She was about to go say hello, but after taking two steps forward, another figure appeared in front of the first.
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