It wasn't out of fear, but because the feeling was too intense. If he continued, she might cry…
Her heart felt as if it were being tightly squeezed by a pair of hands, and with his every move, her eyes began to sting.
"I can't," Jiang Yuekai's voice was laced with a sob, sounding utterly helpless.
It was that single utterance that brought Lin Jingchu back to his senses. He stopped his actions, focused, and saw Jiang Yuekai with reddened eyes beneath him. Guilt immediately washed over him.
Lin Jingchu helped her sit up and apologized, "I'm sorry, I lost control just now. Did I scare you?"
Jiang Yuekai lacked experience, and he had indeed been too unrestrained. It was perfectly normal for her to be scared, and Lin Jingchu was filled with remorse. Jiang Yuekai rarely cried, and he had managed to upset her to tears.
"I wasn't scared." Jiang Yuekai had never liked playing the role of a fragile damsel. What kind of major scenes hadn't she seen? How could she be scared by something like this?
But with tears in her eyes, her words lacked conviction. Fortunately, Lin Jingchu was willing to humor her. "Mm, you weren't."
This sounded like he was coaxing her. Jiang Yuekai said, "I really wasn't scared, I just..."
Mid-sentence, she felt something was off. She couldn't possibly say she was crying because he kissed her, could she?
That reason didn't seem much better than the previous one.
Lin Jingchu restrained himself and buttoned up Jiang Yuekai's clothes. However, his expression was grim, and his voice was hoarse, making her feel uneasy. "I'll head back. You should get some rest."
"Go back... and then what? Like before?" Jiang Yuekai had stumbled upon it last time. She could guess what he would do when he got back.
This time, it was Lin Jingchu's turn to feel embarrassed. The tips of his ears turned red, and he unconsciously touched his nose.
Jiang Yuekai hadn't explicitly stated it, but they both understood.
Jiang Yuekai, who had been on the verge of tears from Lin Jingchu's actions, desperately wanted to regain some semblance of dignity from him. Seeing his shyness, she suddenly remembered the previous incident.
She wondered what his expression had been like then.
It must have been even more out of control than it was now.
Jiang Yuekai's expression gradually turned suggestive. She boldly placed her hand on his arm, touching his firm muscles. Her soft fingertips gently poked him as she looked at him with a smile, her gaze particularly alluring.
Lin Jingchu's scalp instantly tightened, and he instinctively tried to pull away. "You should stay away from me."
Jiang Yuekai, however, didn't listen. She leaned closer to his ear and whispered something.
Something in Lin Jingchu's mind exploded. He found a sliver of reason amidst the ruins. "Don't joke like that."
"I'm not joking!" She looked at him earnestly and took his hand.
She wanted to see him aroused, out of control, unable to contain himself.
That one sentence shattered Lin Jingchu's reason completely.
Even an immortal couldn't resist such temptation, could they?
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(After some things that cannot pass review.)
Lin Jingchu carried her back to the bedroom. He lifted her hand and gently kissed the back of it. "You've worked hard."
Jiang Yuekai, who considered herself thick-skinned, wanted to find a hole to crawl into at that moment.
"I'm going to sleep. You should go back soon." Not wanting him to see her embarrassed, Jiang Yuekai ushered him out.
But in reality, after Lin Jingchu left, she couldn't fall asleep at all. She was completely devoid of sleepiness, her mind filled with what had happened in the bathroom. She buried her head in her knees, her face burning hot.
How could Lin Jingchu be so... (the review wouldn't let me use adjectives)
Thinking such chaotic things before bed, Jiang Yuekai also had a steamy dream that night. When she woke up in the morning, the content of the dream was still vivid.
Even though it was winter, Jiang Yuekai felt hot all over.
She got up and went to the kitchen for some cold water.
While drinking, Zhou Nian's WeChat message came in, sending her a bunch of cloud drive links.
Zhou Nian: [I found some new resource materials, you can use them.]
Jiang Yuekai almost spat out her water, but afterward, she still opened the webpage and saved them one by one.
After drinking her water, she heard a knock on the door. It was Lin Jingchu, calling her to his place for breakfast.
Jiang Yuekai grabbed her tablet and phone and quickly went next door. As soon as she entered the dining room, she smelled the aroma of butter-fried eggs.
Lin Jingchu walked over to the coffee machine and made coffee for her. "Latte or Americano?"
"Latte." After what happened last night, Jiang Yuekai felt a little awkward talking to Lin Jingchu. She stole glances at him. After a night, he had returned to his usual self, polite, restrained, and calm.
Jiang Yuekai admitted that she had a bit of a mischievous streak. Seeing someone so proper become like he was last night in front of her gave her a strange sense of pleasure.
Lin Jingchu, unaware of Jiang Yuekai's thoughts, prepared two cups of coffee and brought them over.
They chatted as they finished breakfast. Lin Jingchu had some matters to attend to today. "Can you walk Latte for me? I might be back in the afternoon. Order takeout for lunch."
"Where are you going?" Jiang Yuekai asked casually.
Lin Jingchu said, "My graduate supervisor wants to see me. He's assigned me a thesis to write."
Jiang Yuekai suddenly remembered that Lin Jingchu would be advancing to graduate studies next semester. At this time, he should be the busiest, but this was the first time she felt his busyness.
Jiang Yuekai: "Oh, you go ahead."
After Lin Jingchu left, Jiang Yuekai stayed at his place for the entire day. In the morning, she took Latte out for a walk. When she returned, it was almost lunchtime. She wasn't very hungry, so she started eating snacks. Out of boredom, she opened the materials Zhou Nian had sent her on her tablet.
Zhou Nian didn't know where she found them, but there were always many. Jiang Yuekai hadn't finished watching the ones she provided last time.
Jiang Yuekai casually opened a short film and watched it with headphones on. Soon, her face turned red. Although she had seen some before, the scale of this one, how could they be getting more explicit?
But Jiang Yuekai didn't back down. She approached it with a learning mindset and watched it attentively.
Lin Jingchu was quite lucky. After arriving at school, he met his supervisor without waiting long. Once he had sorted out the thesis matter, he returned home early. On his way, he passed by a milk tea shop and bought a cup of her favorite fruit tea for Jiang Yuekai.
Lin Jingchu, carrying the milk tea, skillfully opened the door. Upon entering, he saw Jiang Yuekai wearing headphones, holding her tablet and watching something, completely absorbed, not noticing his return.
Lin Jingchu's curiosity was piqued. After changing his shoes, he leaned over to take a glance.
With that glance, he froze, almost dropping the fruit tea in his hand.
The plot on the screen was anything but a normal TV show...
He frowned. Why was Jiang Yuekai watching this?