Lu Jingci almost thought he had misheard. His pupils dilated, and his face burned even more.

He nervously gripped his pants, somewhat flustered. "What...what are you talking about?"

"Should we lie there and sleep together, or...?"

Xu Wu's teasing smile deepened as she reached out her hand in a roguish manner, her fingertips caressing his lower lip.

The malicious gaze slowly slid from his face across his chest and then down.

Her tone was drawn out, carrying a hint of suggestion: "What do you think?"

Lu Jingci felt his heart race, and his cheek, which she had touched, turned even redder. "We...we're still young."

"Young?" Xu Wuning exclaimed as if she had heard an absurd joke. "Lu Jingci, you're already an adult, okay? We've already graduated, okay?"

"So when are you planning to wait?"

"Wait until you're eighty? To come knocking on my door, leaning on a cane, and say, 'Grandma Xu, can we go to sleep now?'"

Lu Jingci met her flirtatious gaze, shyly looked away, and said in a voice that was both embarrassed and annoyed, "That's not what I meant..."

Xu Wuning suddenly noticed something very interesting: Lu Jingci, at this age, didn't dare to look her in the eye.

Without warning, she leaned forward, stretched out her right hand, and precisely pinched Lu Jingci's chin with her thumb and forefinger.

The force wasn't strong, but it lifted his face, forcing him to look her in the eye in a way that left no room for resistance.

"Lu Jingci," she said, smiling at him, her eyes reflecting the sunlight, shining like shattered stars, "look into my eyes."

Lu Jingci's gaze was forced to meet her eyes, and he trembled violently as if he had been burned. Then he quickly turned away to the side and hurriedly lowered his head.

Xu Wuning's smile widened.

She released his chin and cupped his face in her hands, the pressure gentler than before, yet even more irresistible.

She turned his face back to her. "What are you hiding for? Look at me."

Lu Jingci was held in her arms, with nowhere to hide. After a few seconds of eye contact, he moved away from her shoulder, his cheeks once again flushed with a peach-like blush.

Xu Wuning laughed even louder this time.

She didn't force him any further, but simply raised an eyebrow and called out to him, "Lu Jingci."

"...Hmm." His voice was muffled, tinged with embarrassment and panic.

Why won't you look at me?

A gentle breeze passed between them, lifting a few strands of her hair before letting them fall back down.

Lu Jingci's Adam's apple bobbed, and his gaze finally landed on her chin, but he still refused to meet her eyes.

His voice was hoarse and soft, "...nervous."

Xu Wuning was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and bent over, her shoulders shaking so much that she almost couldn't stand up, and her forehead nearly bumped into his.

"Nervous?" She straightened up, tears welling in her eyes as she suppressed a laugh as she looked at him. "Lu Jingci, what are you nervous about? We're not doing anything."

"We didn't have an affair, we didn't do anything."

Lu Jingci was annoyed by her laughter, his face turning completely red. He turned his head away in embarrassment and anger, "Don't laugh at me..."

Xu Wuning couldn't stop laughing.

While laughing, suddenly...

She stood on tiptoe and kissed his lips directly.

The warm touch on his lips made Lu Jingci clench his hands instantly, and his heart skipped a beat.

Xu Wuning stepped back. "Are you still nervous?"

Her voice was right beside his lips, with a mischievous smile. Lu Jingci was stunned for a long time, unable to recover.

Xu Wuning looked at him and laughed again.

She stood on tiptoe again and kissed him once more.

This time, the kiss lasted a little longer than before.

Lu Jingci's breathing became heavy. He pulled his clenched hand out of his pocket, unsure of where to put it. It hung limply in mid-air, his fingertips trembling. In the end, he didn't dare to touch her.

Xu Wuning stepped back.

"And now?"

"..." Lu Jingci opened his mouth, only to find that his throat was too hoarse to make a sound.

Xu Wuning clicked her tongue, her smiling eyes curving into crescents. "Can't even handle it already?"

"Lu Jingci, you look much funnier now than you will six years from now."

Lu Jingci cleared his hoarse throat, finally finding his voice, and murmured the same question repeatedly, "Now? Six years later? Fun?"

He didn't understand what "six years later" meant, but he accurately grasped the word "fun".

"Ningning."

He suddenly raised his head, and the sunlight shining from the side cast a half-bright, half-dark light on his face.

He asked, "Can we get engaged?"

Xu Wuning was taken aback. "Engaged?"

Lu Jingci took in every single change in her expression.

His voice lowered, and his fingers curled into a fist. "Don't you want to get engaged?"

"Are you..." He paused, as if considering whether to say it, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Are you trying to play with me? Don't you want to give me a proper status?"

Xu Wuning opened her mouth, caught off guard by his choice of words.

Lu Jingci lowered his eyes, a dark shadow settling over them. "You said you hated me, but then you suddenly became so nice to me. Are you just playing with my feelings again? You don't really want to be with me, do you?"

"So you just said the word 'fun'."

Xu Wuning quickly held up two fingers to swear, "Of course not, I'm serious."

Lu Jingci's eyes darkened, his voice filled with a gloomy, sickly tone and obsessiveness, "Ningning, if you're lying to me, I really don't know what I'll do."

A familiar feeling, a familiar tone.

A chill suddenly ran down Xu Wuning's back.

Oh no, it seems like this kid's yandere tendencies have been triggered again?

She quickly shook her head and explained softly, "How could that be? I really like you, I care about you. Don't we even have that much trust between us?"

"I asked you to go to a hotel tonight because I love you. Loving someone means wanting to do intimate things with them. How can that be considered playing around?"

Xu Wuning felt like she was spouting the words of a "scumbag woman," so she tried to salvage the situation: "Tomorrow I'll tell my dad that the Xu family and the Lu family will discuss the engagement, okay?"

"I promise, I'm definitely serious."

Lu Jingci's expression softened slightly: "Are you really going to get engaged to me?"

Xu Wuning nodded: "Of course, we like each other, so we'll definitely get married."

She leaned in and kissed Lu Jingci's cheek again.

"If I didn't like you, I wouldn't have kissed you."

Lu Jingci's ears immediately turned red again, the faint red spreading from his earlobes towards his neck.

Xu Wuning observed his complexion. The sickly look in his eyes had completely faded, replaced by the shy joy unique to young people.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, this is young Lu Jingci, not Lu Jingci six years later, so he's easier to coax and fool.

She silently gave herself a thumbs up in her heart.

"Okay, okay," she waved at him, her voice returning to its lazy tone, "I'm going back to check my answers."

"I'll accept both the blue diamond and your confession, thank you."

She turned to leave, but then suddenly remembered something and turned to look at him.

The sly smile on her lips deepened. "Oh, and don't forget the important business. See you at the Banquet Hotel tonight."

She gave him another kiss, then swayed her high ponytail and ran off happily.

"I'm leaving!"

Lu Jingci stood under the tree, watching her receding figure.

He raised his hand and touched the cheek that she had kissed; the skin was still hot.

He murmured shyly, "Ningning..."

-

As evening fell and night descended, moonlight enveloped the entire city, and a gentle breeze rustled through the leaves.

Yanjin Hotel.

Lu Jingci gripped the room key in his hand and stepped onto the elevator.

He glanced at his phone, which still displayed a message from Xu Wuning sent half an hour ago.

"9:30, room number 1201, see you there."

"Remember to wear clothes that are easy to take off, wash them clean, and dress yourself up."

"I'm not trying to manipulate you; I'm doing this for your own good so we can both have a better experience."

Lu Jingci stood outside the presidential suite, taking several deep breaths. He was happy, but he was even more nervous.

Because he's not very good at it.

Moreover, he lied to his grandfather, telling him that he had come to learn from Xu Wuning, but what happened was that they came here to taste forbidden fruit.

It's exciting, but also a little scary.

He couldn't understand why Xu Wuning, who was so young, was so calm and didn't seem scared at all. The tone of her messages even sounded quite excited. She was incredibly brave.

The boy stood at the door, hesitating for a long time.

Finally, he mustered his courage and pushed open the door to the presidential suite.

The doorway was completely dark; no lights were on, and you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Lu Jingci called softly, "Ningning?"

Suddenly—

The person behind him approached, covered his mouth, pressed down on his shoulders, and shoved him against the door.

His eyes widened suddenly, as if trying to look away.

The next instant, Xu Wuning's warm, threatening voice rang in his ears: "What are you hiding for?"

"Take off your pants, and don't scream or yell. Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

"Lu Jingci, you have to be good..."

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