They huddled close together under their black coats, creating a new, tender little world.
To avoid being disturbed.
After a while, Xu Qingzhu asked again, "What did they say about you?"
“They said I wasn’t good enough for that person, that I wasn’t qualified to win the award, and that my family deserved to die so young.” Liang Shi was trembling as he finished speaking.
Xu Qingzhu gently stroked her back, her voice carrying a hint of coolness, "Is that person nice? Pretty? What's so nice about him? His intelligence or his looks?"
Liang Shi said, "They're all alright, nothing particularly outstanding."
"Then why isn't our Teacher Liang good enough for her?" Xu Qingzhu said firmly, "Everyone is good enough for our Teacher Liang. It's just that she isn't good enough for our Teacher Liang."
Liang Shi chuckled upon hearing this, but simply buried his head in Xu Qingzhu's neck, his lips gently touching Xu Qingzhu's skin.
She whispered, "Bamboo, I want to bite you, may I?"
Xu Qingzhu: "..."
She didn't understand Liang Shi's strange habit after drinking too much.
First he kissed the back of her feet, and then he took her to see the sea.
At this moment, the thought of biting her seemed insignificant compared to the previous two things.
Especially in this environment, in this atmosphere...
Liang Shi asked cautiously, "Just a light bite, okay?"
Xu Qingzhu nodded: "Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Shi's teeth landed on Xu Qingzhu's neck, gently biting and rubbing against her skin. There was no pain, only a tingling, itchy feeling. Xu Qingzhu's legs inadvertently brushed against Liang Shi.
Liang Shi also responded.
After a casual grinding of teeth, Liang Shi gently bit down on it, ending the conversation.
Liang Shi's fingertips still lingered on that skin, wiping away her marks.
Even so, that area had red marks that were different from other places, as well as Liang Shi's teeth marks.
Just a light, faint mark.
Xu Qingzhu simply asked her, "Why did you want to bite me?"
Liang Shi buried his face in her neck, his voice low and sweet: "Because I can't kiss you."
Xu Qingzhu felt as if her heart had been struck by something, and she continued to ask, "Why not?"
Liang Shi shook his head gently, his hair brushing against her skin, and said in a muffled voice, "It's just not possible, there's no reason why."
Xu Qingzhu asked, "Why?"
Liang Shi shook his head: "This is not me."
"Who is that?" Xu Qingzhu asked.
Liang Shi said, "It's the same person as before."
Xu Qingzhu said, "But what I still see is you."
Liang Shi pursed his lips, "But I kissed you... I have to take responsibility."
"You don't want to take responsibility?" Xu Qingzhu asked.
Liang Shi suddenly bent his knees, lowered his body, and placed his lips on Xu Qingzhu's right collarbone. He gently opened his lips and bit the spot on her collarbone.
Just like before, I didn't use any force, I just bit gently.
The teeth rubbed against that tiny bit of skin.
This posture and state would not make the Alpha comfortable, and Liang Shi's hand landed on Xu Qingzhu's waist, slowly moving upwards.
It's as if he's trying to please Xu Qingzhu.
Xu Qingzhu couldn't help but let out a soft moan and pinched her waist.
Liang Shi then stuck out his tongue and gently touched the spot he had just bitten.
Liang Shi said in a muffled voice, "Bamboo, don't be angry, okay?"
That gentle voice carried a hint of pitifulness, making it impossible to get angry at all.
Xu Qingzhu only asked her, "Why not?"
“This isn’t me,” Liang Shi said. “It’s not me…”
Xu Qingzhu pondered these words for a moment before asking, "This is Liang Shi's original body, so you can't kiss me, right?"
Liang Shi nodded: "Mm."
“But I kissed you before,” Xu Qingzhu said. “Do you remember?”
The sensations that day were exceptionally clear. In the cemetery, under that large black umbrella, Xu Qingzhu grabbed her collar, pulled her body down, and then their lips met.
The rain pattered down around them, isolating them from the rest of the world.
Liang Shi felt Xu Qingzhu's sadness and grief at that time.
Liang Shishi naturally remembered that kiss.
She simply took that kiss as Xu Qingzhu's emotional outlet when she was sad, without giving it much thought.
I don't even dare to reminisce about it.
But on several nights, she would dream of that sensation, and even of what happened afterward.
I always feel annoyed after waking up, so I go to wash my underwear.
Liang Shi nodded and replied, "I remember."
"What about your body?" Xu Qingzhu asked. "Will it come?"
Liang Shi nodded: "Yes."
"Would you want to take responsibility?" Xu Qingzhu asked her. "If you kissed me, would you take responsibility?"
Liang Shi shook his head and answered honestly, "No."
Xu Qingzhu is so wonderful, there will be someone better to love her.
There is an official pairing!
He was able to help Xu Qingzhu's career, enabling her to rise step by step and become a person of high status.
But what about her?
She's just cannon fodder; she'll be logged off once she finishes her mission.
She cannot take responsibility.
But when he's with Xu Qingzhu, he often can't control himself.
So she wanted to bite him gently, not to bully Xu Qingzhu.
Xu Qingzhu didn't ask why. She simply let go of Liang Shi's arm, took a step back, and looked up at Liang Shi.
Liang Shi stroked her hair and said in a very gentle tone, "In the future, our Zhu Zi will meet even better people and have a life that countless people will envy."
Xu Qingzhu stared intently at her.
Liang Shi tucked her disheveled hair behind her ear, still smiling gently, "We bamboos must take good care of ourselves."
This sounds like a farewell.
Xu Qingzhu grasped her hand, her voice carried on the sea breeze, "Liang Shi."
Liang Shi responded softly, "Hmm?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Qingzhu tiptoed over and kissed her on the lips.
In that instant, Liang Shi tried to escape, but Xu Qingzhu had already seen through her trick. She placed her arms around Liang Shi's neck, restraining her and preventing her from escaping.
The jacket draped over her shoulders slipped off and fell onto the beach.
The rolling waves washed over their ankles, and Xu Qingzhu placed her foot on Liang Shi's instep.
This way, she and Liang Shi would be about the same height, and she could look at her eye level without having to stand on tiptoe.
After their lips met, Xu Qingzhu hugged Liang Shi's neck and slowly opened her eyes, only to see Liang Shi staring at her in a daze.
When Liang Shi got drunk, he was a bit dazed, and his eyes looked at you with unusual affection.
Xu Qingzhu's fingers gently caressed the skin on the back of her neck, and she breathed softly between kisses: "The memories of this moment are yours, the feelings of this moment are yours, and the person standing in front of me right now is you."
Liang Shi subconsciously licked his lips, which had just been kissed, feeling a surge of heat throughout his body.
Xu Qingzhu's voice was very soft and quickly carried away by the wind, "So now the person I'm kissing is you, and I don't have to take responsibility."
As the waves crashed in, their eyes met.
Liang Shi placed his hand on the back of her head and gently swallowed, like a piece of music starting to play, a long and gentle prelude accompanied by the sound of waves.
Two seconds later, Liang Shi leaned forward, placing one arm on Xu Qingzhu's lower back and supporting her neck with the other.
Like the dense drumbeats that follow the interlude in a piece of music, they fall in a fine, dense pattern, carrying an irresistible romance.
Liang Shi's hand landed on Xu Qingzhu's lower back, and Xu Qingzhu's toes gently brushed against her calf.
Body pressed close together in the low temperature, letting the sea breeze blow by.
//
The next morning, Liang Shi was awakened by the sunlight.
She heard the sound of waves as soon as she woke up, and thought she was hallucinating, so she put her arm over her eyes to try to soothe them.
Then I thought that Zhao Xuning's house was by the river, so the sound might be the sound of the surging river.
But after lying there in a daze for a few seconds, I realized that even if I lived by the river, I should be hearing the sounds of traffic every morning when I woke up.
If the soundproofing is good, then you shouldn't be able to hear anything.
How could there be such a distinct sound of waves?
She opened her eyes to find herself in a pristine white space. It wasn't Zhao Xuning's house, but rather a minimalist interior design. The enormous floor-to-ceiling windows let in all the sunlight, and looking out from there, she saw the boundless blue sea.
As the tide recedes, many tourists are already playing on the shore.