Chapter 108 - 101

Chapter 108: Chapter 101

She didn’t overthink it, though, and explained earnestly, "That’s just my classmate, Li Ke."

"A guy?" Xiao Ran asked.

The girl pouted. "She’s a girl! She just has a bit of a tomboyish personality, that’s all!"

"Oh, I see." Xiao Ran silently breathed a sigh of relief.

’Yep, the tightness in my chest is gone, and I can breathe again.’

She continued, "When I first started university, I also thought she was a boy. It was only later that I found out she’s definitely a girl."

Watching the young woman chattering away in front of him, Xiao Ran asked on some strange impulse.

"So, you’re about to graduate soon. Have you ever thought about finding a boyfriend?"

He didn’t want to wait any longer.

He wanted to take the initiative and test the waters.

The girl, whose heart was already filled with him, blushed silently upon hearing this.

"Well, I actually do like a guy, I just don’t know if he likes me back."

’Since we’re already on the topic, I guess there’s no need to hide it anymore.’

Yan Xici watched Xiao Ran nervously with her dewy eyes, her face slightly flushed, her expression full of hints.

’He’d better be smart enough to get what I’m saying!’

’If he doesn’t get it, I don’t mind dropping another hint in a couple of days!’

’Either way, my heart is set on him.’

Yan Xici looked exceptionally beautiful today. Perhaps it was the mascara, but her dewy eyes seemed to hold an alluring glance.

At some point, her small hands had clasped together, and she was looking at him shyly.

Xiao Ran’s heart beat uncontrollably faster and faster.

Yan Xici said, feigning a relaxed tone, "It’s a guy you know, too."

’This kind of hint is the safest,’ she thought. ’I hope he understands.’

Hearing this answer, Xiao Ran grew even more nervous. "Someone I know?"

’This can’t be a joke, can it?’

They had lived together for so many years, but they had practically no mutual friends, let alone male ones.

Xiao Ran had a feeling she was talking about him!

"It couldn’t be me, could it?" he asked in a joking tone.

"You guess," the girl said, feeling her hint was already obvious enough.

Anything more would be a direct confession.

’And I’m not about to take such a big risk!’

Xiao Ran continued to pretend he didn’t care. "If you’re asking me to guess, then I’d say it’s me."

In reality, his heart was already in his throat.

Since they were on the topic, he also wanted to probe and see what the girl really meant.

After all, continuing on like this was torture for him.

The topic was sensitive to begin with. Though they both sounded calm, inside, each was more nervous than the other.

It was no exaggeration to say that Yan Xici could hear her own heartbeat right now.

It was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest.

She gathered her courage and asked, "Then... then what if it really is you?"

That question completely stumped Xiao Ran. ’This girl... she’s dense when she should be sharp, and sharp as a tack when she shouldn’t be. How am I supposed to answer that?’

Xiao Ran forced back his nervousness, still using that same joking tone. "If it really is me... what else can be done? I guess I’ll just have to make do with you."

Hearing this, Yan Xici froze completely.

A white firework instantly exploded in her mind.

She couldn’t hear anything except for that one sentence: "I guess I’ll just have to make do with you."

’What is he saying?’

’Is he... is he agreeing to be with me?’

’Oh my god, for so many days, this has been my greatest wish.’

She had thought it would be incredibly difficult, but to her surprise, Brother Xiao Ran had actually agreed!

Her dewy eyes stared at Xiao Ran in disbelief. Flushed with excitement, her little face turned red at a visible rate.

Even the nape of her neck was red.

"A-Are you serious?"

Perhaps because the surprise was too great, the girl felt an unreal sense of floating on a cloud.

She desperately needed confirmation.

"Then it’s not real." Seeing her nervous expression, Xiao Ran suddenly felt the urge to tease her.

???

His words made the good-natured girl so angry she could grind her teeth!

’What does he mean by that!’

She couldn’t stand this half-joking, half-serious act. She wanted a definite answer.

Yan Xici grew anxious. She walked right up to Xiao Ran and gripped his hand tightly with both of hers. "Brother Xiao Ran, what on earth do you mean!"

Her tone was a coy complaint. She tilted her head up slightly, her dewy eyes staring brightly at Xiao Ran, her face practically screaming five words: ’Just say you like me!’

Ambiguity is the most frustrating thing, especially when it’s subtle and vague.

She really didn’t want this to continue!

The girl in front of him had eyes and a heart only for him.

Her small hands holding his were soft and delicate; he felt that with the slightest bit of force, he could crush them.

At that moment, Xiao Ran finally couldn’t hold back any longer and pulled her straight into his arms.

Her body was soft and fragrant. The instant he held her, an indescribable sense of satisfaction and bliss filled his heart.

The girl felt dizzy. All her previous thoughts—not being able to confess, needing to start as friends, slowly winning him over—were now completely forgotten. Right now, she just wanted him. Very, very much.

"I like you. I like you, Brother Xiao Ran," she said earnestly, word by word, mustering all her courage as her face turned beet red.

Liking someone is truly something that can’t be hidden. Even if you cover your mouth, it will still shine out from your eyes.

Xiao Ran’s body trembled slightly.

To be honest, he felt his heart was beating a little fast.

So fast it seemed like it was about to leap out of his chest.

"Then... then let’s try being together."

His throat felt tight from nervousness.

His desire to be with her was real. He phrased it this way to give the girl a grace period.

After all, this was her first relationship, while he was on his second marriage.

Xiao Ran’s body was fever-hot and warm. As she hugged him, the pleasant scent of soap and sunshine from his clothes rushed wantonly into her nose.

The feeling was simply intoxicating.

She couldn’t help it. She nuzzled her head against his chest again and again, her voice filled with an indescribable shyness. "Really?"

Right now, she felt as happy as if she were walking on clouds.

It felt a little unreal.

Xiao Ran held her shoulders, lowered his head slightly, and looked at her earnestly with his ink-black eyes. "Of course it’s real," he said seriously, word by word.

"Then... then are we going to sleep together tonight...?"

The girl was a bit shy, her voice bashful and soft, like the mewing of a cat.

After saying that, she couldn’t hold back and burrowed back into his arms, nuzzling her head against him like a kitten.

Si Yingying always liked to sleep with her boyfriends. She said that sleeping with a boyfriend felt especially good.

She felt that not only did her sleep quality improve, but even her skin got better.

Even though she just said it casually, the girl who had never had a boyfriend before remembered it.

And she had always been quite envious!

Now that she had a boyfriend too, she was naturally eager to try it out.

Yan Xici’s words struck Xiao Ran like a bolt from the blue, leaving his entire body numb.

’Good lord, does she even know what sleeping together implies?’

Before Xiao Ran could speak, the girl whispered again, "Actually... I don’t want a baby just yet... C-Can we wait a while before having one? At least... at least until I graduate..."

This...

Xiao Ran was rendered truly speechless.

’What is she even thinking about????? ’

The girl continued, muttering to herself, "But... but I really want to sleep with you..."

She grew so embarrassed by her own words that she ended up just lowering her head.

Every night when she went to sleep, she couldn’t help but imagine sleeping with him. Just the thought of him lying next to her made her heart pound with excitement.

Xiao Ran frowned. If he didn’t know that she’d never had a boyfriend and had zero experience with relationships, he would have suspected her of being some kind of player who just liked to trick people into bed.

’What kind of decent girl clamors to sleep with someone right after getting together!’

He cleared his throat. "Do you know that, in the phrase ’sleep together,’ the ’sleep’ part can be a verb?"