Chapter 304 - 266: I Command You, Eat Me

Xue Rui swallowed hard. He was a little excited, to be honest, but also worried.

He could have made his move long ago. As long as he asked, the girl would never refuse him.

He was concerned because a girl’s first time is significant—not so much physically, but psychologically.

After a couple becomes intimate, their feelings for each other deepen rapidly. If it’s the girl’s first time, she’ll develop a strong emotional dependence on the boy. In serious cases, she might not be able to forget him for the rest of her life.

The girl already had a morbid dependency on him. If he were to take her first time on his own initiative, it would be like pouring fuel on a fire, causing Lin Ruoxi to lose herself completely.

That was precisely why he had been waiting for Lin Ruoxi to take the initiative.

Now, his wait was finally over. But it was different from how he had imagined it. Because she had found out he was two-timing her, a rift had formed between them that had yet to be bridged.

He didn’t know what the girl was thinking...

In any case, the girl had still chosen to give herself to him.

Xue Rui lay thinking in the darkness for a long time, until a warm embrace interrupted his train of thought.

The embrace was all too familiar, yet far softer than usual. He couldn’t feel the lacy texture of her lingerie; to be precise, he couldn’t feel anything at all...

Xue Rui’s breathing grew ragged, but the girl’s remained remarkably steady.

The girl held him tightly without saying a word, just resting her head near his ear.

Xue Rui felt like the girl was torturing him. Was this her revenge for his two-timing, holding him like this but not letting him make a move?

"How did you end up on my bed?" Xue Rui joked, hoping to break the tension. They had barely said a word to each other since the attendant knocked, and he didn’t know if it was because of nerves or unspoken secrets.

But a moment later, her soft voice came from beside his ear. "Mm, I was worried you’d fall off the bed."

Xue Rui suddenly realized that she must have been sleeping on the outer edge.

How could he let a girl sleep on the edge of the bed?

And so, Xue Rui subconsciously started to switch places with Lin Ruoxi.

But just as he started to move, the girl stopped him. "Rui," she said softly, "you always toss and turn right before you wake up. You fall off the edge all the time."

"Huh?" Xue Rui was puzzled. He did seem to recall falling out of bed occasionally, then groggily climbing back in...

But he couldn’t really recall it happening for the past two years. His top bunk at school had a guardrail, and he’d only fallen out of his bed at home a handful of times...

But that raised a question. The bed they shared when he stayed with Lin Ruoxi was tiny and had no guardrail, yet he had never fallen out of it.

"You always wake up earlier than I do. Is this why?" Xue Rui asked.

"Mhm. And I won’t let you fall out in the future, either," Lin Ruoxi said in a gentle voice.

"I think I should be sleeping in a crib, the kind with railings," Xue Rui joked.

"Mm, you won’t need one as long as I’m here."

...

They couldn’t see each other’s faces, but they could tell from the tone of their voices that they were both in good spirits.

They talked for who knows how long, until everything outside had fallen silent.

Lin Ruoxi broke the silence. "Rui, what time is it? Could you check for me?"

Xue Rui discovered his phone was off, his laptop was off, and he’d already taken off his watch...

He thought about getting up to look, but Lin Ruoxi wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. The girl seized the chance to slip beneath him, commandeering the entire bunk...

Lin Ruoxi said with a smile, "Are you hungry?"

Xue Rui suppressed a laugh. ’What kind of question is that?’ he thought.

But he knew the girl liked it when he said he was hungry, so he answered, "A little."

Lin Ruoxi kissed him fiercely, then reached over and switched on the small bedside lamp. The dim light illuminated their faces.

Xue Rui was taken aback. This time, Lin Ruoxi’s eyes were closed. Her breathing was unusually fast, and her every exhale carried a faint, fresh scent.

A moment later, Lin Ruoxi slowly loosened her arms from around Xue Rui’s neck and lay flat on the crimson bedsheets.

"Rui, it shouldn’t be past midnight yet. You... you have to obey my command today."

Lin Ruoxi’s eyelashes fluttered as she squinted, opening her eyes just a crack. Her soft gaze swept across his face.

"I... I command you..."

"Devour me."