Li Mohan’s kiss was more of a bite, Ye Huohuo felt his teeth lightly or heavily nip her lips as he gently sucked on them.
They were sitting in the back of the car, with nothing between them. Ye Huohuo felt Li Mohan’s strong arm wrap tightly around her waist.
She was kissed so fiercely that she instinctively tried to pull away, but Li Mohan held her tightly in his embrace, rendering her immobile. She could only let him take what he wanted from her lips, kissing her until she forgot to breathe, her mind becoming increasingly muddled until it was a blank slate.
She felt her consciousness drifting upwards, as if she were in the clouds, all her senses controlled by him. His lips, his hands, his everything was forcefully taking from her.
Squeezed into the narrow car seat by Li Mohan’s powerful body, Ye Huohuo couldn’t help but shed tears from the suffocating sensation. With nowhere to escape and unable to move, she gradually lost consciousness.
The hands that had been gripping his shoulders weakly slid down.
"Huohuo, breathe!"
Just as her consciousness was blurring and her soul was about to leave her body, a sharp reprimand exploded in her ear, and at the same time, air was forcibly pumped into her chest.
After a violent coughing fit, Ye Huohuo came back to life, tears and snot streaming down her face.
One hand patted her back, helping her catch her breath. The other hand used a tissue to wipe the tears and sweat from her face.
"You’re usually as sharp as a fox, I never expected you to be this clumsy. This is the first time I’ve seen someone almost suffocate from a kiss," Li Mohan’s tone was clearly laced with intense anger, much heavier than when he reprimanded his subordinates for failing at their tasks.
He was furious. Just as he was lost in the kiss, he suddenly felt something was wrong with Ye Huohuo. Her whole body went limp. When he pulled away to look at her, her face was ashen, and she had no breath. If he hadn’t learned some emergency measures, Ye Huohuo might have truly suffocated.
Li Mohan really wanted to strangle this idiot in front of him, yet he didn't realize that his voice was trembling, and his fingertips were still shaking slightly.
Ye Huohuo took a long time to catch her breath. She sat up weakly, her body trembling as she tidied her clothes. She turned away, secretly wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, not wanting him to see her disheveled state.
That was her last vestige of pride.
"It’s not entirely my fault. Next time, try being squeezed in there with your mouth completely blocked..." Ye Huohuo was full of grievances. She was the one who almost suffocated, yet he offered no comfort.
"Don’t you have a nose? Can’t you breathe through your nose?" Li Mohan roared back before she could finish.
"I, I don’t kiss often, I... You didn’t warn me beforehand, and I got so nervous I forgot everything!" Ye Huohuo’s voice grew smaller and smaller until it was barely a whisper.
She herself thought she was quite foolish. Breathing was purely natural, how could she forget to breathe?
She stole a glance at Li Mohan’s gloomy, thunderous face and poked the back of his hand with her finger. "It might be my unlucky constitution. I once fell asleep while riding a bike!
Remember the bump on my forehead when we first met? That’s when I fell asleep while riding my bike to find you, and then I fell and hit my head on a roadside rock.
So I’m not stupid, just unlucky! Don’t... don’t be angry!"
Ye Huohuo spoke cautiously, watching Li Mohan’s expression.
Li Mohan looked at her meek demeanor and finally sighed deeply. He raised his hand and gently caressed her face, his eyes softening. "I’m not angry with you, I’m worried about you. I was really scared something would happen to you, you frightened me just now."
Ye Huohuo looked at the man in front of her with some surprise. She had never imagined he would look at her like this, and he said he was worried about her?
Although that kiss had almost cost her her life, she could feel his passion and his desire for her. Did he like her a little? Otherwise, why had he kissed her and wanted her so many times?
Li Mohan shouldn't be like Ming Shao, a lecherous playboy who would sleep with anyone. If he treated her this way, it must be because he liked her a little, it must be!
A warm sweetness, like a clear spring, slowly nourished Ye Huohuo’s parched heart.
But at that moment, Li Mohan said something, "You said before that kissing could transfer luck to me. I was thinking you might be in danger today and could transfer some luck to you, but I didn’t expect you to almost get into trouble. We really need to be careful next time!"
That sentence pierced Ye Huohuo’s heart like a large ice pick, extinguishing the small flame that had just ignited.
She looked up at Li Mohan. This time, she didn’t look away. She stared fixedly into Li Mohan’s eyes, as if trying to see into his heart. She wanted to see if he had any feelings for her.
But she was disappointed. His eyes were merely calm. She couldn’t understand why he had been so passionate with her moments ago, only to become so calm in an instant.
It was as if he had changed into someone else.
Why?
Did he kiss her just to transfer luck to her?
Unwilling to give up!
"Li Mohan, you... you kissed me just to transfer luck to me?" Ye Huohuo stared intently into his eyes.
"Otherwise?" Li Mohan seemed a little displeased. "You don’t think I like you, do you!"
"But, you still... last night, you really don’t have any good feelings for me?" Ye Huohuo clenched her fists at her sides, her fingernails digging into her flesh. "I’ll tell you the truth, I’ve fallen for you!"
She didn’t want to deceive herself anymore. She knew that through their interactions in these past few days, she had fallen for this man. She now needed to confirm Li Mohan’s feelings. If he felt the same way, she would go to great lengths to be with him.
She had always been straightforward and never hesitated in her actions.
Li Mohan was clearly taken aback by her words, momentarily stunned.
"Do you like me too? I can feel it. If you like me, then we..." Ye Huohuo became anxious when he didn’t speak.
"We only have a transaction between us, don't we?" Li Mohan's voice was deep and devoid of emotion. "You promised not to interfere with my life and that we would only be a nominal couple for a year, and that’s when I agreed. Are you going back on your word?"
Ye Huohuo froze, her eyes shifting from hopeful to disbelieving. "No, you really don’t like me? Then why were you so good to me, why did you kiss me, and sleep with me, you..." Tears filled her eyes, but she stubbornly held them back from falling.
Li Mohan chuckled softly and looked away from her, out the window, his tone somewhat indifferent. "You’re still too young, and you’ve met too few men. I’m a normal man with normal physiological needs. No matter what, you’re cleaner than women outside, and I can use you with peace of mind!
Besides, as you said, this way you can transfer some good luck to me. Aren’t we mutually beneficial? If you misunderstood, I’ll be more careful next time. I can just find women outside. After all, I don’t want to be entangled and unable to get rid of you."
Ye Huohuo looked at his profile. At that moment, she felt like she didn’t know this man. However, she had gotten the answer she wanted. It turned out she had been thinking too much. Feelings for her? They were always a luxury!
Indeed, with her fate, how could anyone fall in love with her? She might not even survive a year, yet she still dreamt of love.
She had eaten her fill for a few days and forgotten the feeling of hunger. Someone was nice to her, and she mistook it for love. How laughable, truly laughable.
You, a wild girl who never even went to college, why would anyone like you? It was truly a fool's dream!
"Heh, Mr. Li is right. We only have a transaction between us, nothing else! It’s getting late, you should go back. I have my own things to attend to!"
Ye Huohuo opened the car door and got out. In the setting sun, her posture was straight, her steps were light, and her back showed no difference from usual.
However, once she turned the corner behind a building, to a place where Li Mohan couldn't see her, she collapsed completely. She curled up in the corner, biting her hand to keep from crying out, large tears wetting her sleeves.
She raised her left hand. A faint red thread was wound around her wrist. That was her affinity thread with Li Mohan. She gave a wry smile. "A transaction? No matter how unworthy I, Ye Huohuo, may be, I don’t need pity!"
Her right index finger hooked the red thread, invisible to ordinary people. She secretly recited a spell and pulled hard, and the red thread snapped...