Do You Know How to Capture a Villain? - Chapter 71.2

When Ji Qingzhou’s hand fumbled over, the red qi shrank and wanted to leave, but she turned over and hugged him directly.

“Xiao Yu,” she said, rubbing against the red qi.

“Zhuozhuo, idiot,” the red qi learned a new word again.

The words Qu Ting said in Snow Lake had been lingering in his mind. The Moyu Bird was fragile, and it died after he left.

But…he had no future to speak of. He would definitely leave one day. Ji Qingzhou was indeed much more fragile than that Moyu Bird.

That night, he conjured up a vivid epiphyllum to make her happy. When she looked at the illusory flower, the joy in her eyes was real.

However, that epiphyllum was fake… Why should she feel genuinely happy about it?

He no longer had the heart to lie to her, so he brushed away the epiphyllum phantom, so this time, it was the same.

The red qi shrank back in Ji Qingzhou’s arms and easily retreated from her arms. He resembled an agile blood spring, gurgling down on the huge immortal epiphyllum and falling to the center of the sea of blood.

Ji Qingzhou groped around in the center of the epiphyllum alone, but couldn’t find anything that could cover her figure, so she woke up in an instant.

Once she sobered up, she found it difficult to fall asleep again so she sat up, hugged her knees, closed her eyes, and just drifted off.

This practice was about the same length as usual, but Ji Qingzhou woke up refreshed because the red qi in the cultivation space had finally stopped pestering her. Although she felt much better, she always felt a little empty.

She looked up, saw Shen Rongyu’s delicate jaw, and called out softly, “Xiao Yu-shixiong, our training is over.”

Shen Rongyu was stunned when he woke up because he found that his cultivation today was much less efficient. There was also no change in Ji Qingzhou because he was just an intermediary for her to absorb spirit qi. However, for him, Ji Qingzhou was the key to promoting his recovery.

The closer he stuck to her, the faster his power recovered — Shen Rongyu himself didn’t know about the happenings, but subconsciously he didn’t want to lie to Ji Qingzhou anymore. He even stopped approaching her with the red qi, so his speed of regaining strength slowed down.

“Yes, we’re done training,” Shen Rongyu said with his eyes closed. He was still hugging Ji Qingzhou with both arms. She was so petite and she could be completely embedded in his arms.

He hugged her tightly, raised her chin with one hand, and asked earnestly, “You’re so skinny. What did you grow up eating?”

Shen Rongyu remembered Ji Qingzhou’s comment about not having eaten dumplings that much — In fact, he hadn’t eaten much of it himself, but while he often saw others eating dumplings, he seemed to have never seen Ji Qingzhou eating it.

“Xiao Yu-shixiong, stop asking me such a question, I forgot,” Ji Qingzhou said, looking at the inky strand of hair hanging down his ear.

“If you don’t need to go back to feed that donkey, stay with me and we’ll go down the mountain tomorrow,” Shen Rongyu said to her.

“Yes.” Ji Qingzhou replied. She was surprisingly amenable.

“Are you going to say yes to whatever I say?” Shen Rongyu asked, staring at her long, slightly trembling eyelashes.

“Yes,” Ji Qingzhou confirmed affirmatively again. Her mind was actually blank, and she was not attentively listening to what Shen Rongyu was saying.

Shen Rongyu chuckled lightly and didn’t seem to be angry.

Ji Qingzhou came back to her senses. She nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Fool.” Shen Rongyu laughed at her again.

Ji Qingzhou was a little embarrassed, her ears turning red. She had this feeling that Shen Rongyu was laughing at her.

However, Shen Rongyu looked down at her blushing ears and asked again, “If I say I want to kiss you, will you agree?”

His voice sounded deep but calm, seemingly devoid of emotion or desire, but the vibration of his vocal cords and the expanding of his chest seemed to resonate with her heartstrings.

Ji Qingzhou’s hands clenched her skirt. Her long eyelashes hid her eyes, but her mood didn’t fluctuate. She was somewhat shy, but that was all. She wasn’t moved whatsoever.

A burning face and blushing were just her usual reactions, but the shyness from the heart or love had almost never appeared.

She replied, “Yes.”

Shen Rongyu’s fingers that were holding her chin gradually tightened, and then stroked her lips. Ji Qingzhou felt his warm fingers pressed against her lips, carrying the familiar fragrance of his body. There was something seductive about it.

However, her lips merely trembled. She didn’t hide, nor did she have any intention of pandering.

Although her physical body was pliant, her heart remained closed, like a stone door that could never be knocked open.

Shen Rongyu withdrew his hand and let her out of his arms. His robe that still carried his body temperature fell down and covered her body.

Ji Qingzhou felt the withdrawal of his warm body and suddenly felt a chill but soon Shen Rongyu wrapped his robe around her.

“Go to sleep,” Shen Rongyu said, his tone was light, as if he hadn’t uttered that ambiguous banter just now.

“Yes.” Ji Qingzhou wrapped the garments tightly and walked to his room. She stepped on the steps on the other side of the bamboo platform, and her toes touched the flexible bamboo board.

Creak

For a long time, she clutched the clothing on her chest with one hand; Shen Rongyu’s outer robe was loose so she balled the hem together with her other hand, clutching it tightly as well.

She came to her senses belatedly. She turned around again, her eyes clear this time. She asked Shen Rongyu very seriously, “Uhm, Xiao Yu-shixiong, don’t you want to kiss me?”

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