Mm!
The sounds of the world vanished in an instant — the blowing of the evening breeze, the fragrance of the flowers, and the distant whispering of insects all turned to nothing.
All her senses were forced to focus on the warm touch against her lips.
The man’s kiss carried an irresistible dominance, like a sudden storm that instantly swallowed all her breath and thoughts.
As for the feeling and taste of the kiss… it carried a trace of the dessert from the evening banquet, but it was mostly his own clean and scorching scent.
It smelled of tea leaves and old books.
She liked it very much.
Her lips were roughly pried open as he invaded her territory, leaving her not a single moment to catch her breath.
However, a cold sense of vigilance originating from the depths of her soul began to scream frantically.
That voice was sharp and unfamiliar, as if countless invisible versions of herself were shrieking in the back of her mind, warning her of a certain fatal danger.
‘Push him away! Run!’
Yet, her body reacted in the exact opposite way.
That dusty memory of humiliation and submission was thoroughly awakened at this moment, turning into an irresistible wave that instantly crashed through the dam of her reason.
She could not support her own weight.
Her legs went weak, and the exquisite silver high heels beneath her feet could no longer keep her steady.
The moment she was about to slip, the arm Chu Tian had around her waist suddenly tightened.
His muscles tensed as he rubbed her deeper and tighter into his embrace.
His firm chest and strong arms formed a cage from which she could not escape.
The evening breeze blew, lifting her moon-white skirt and her waterfall-like golden hair, tracing messy and beautiful arcs in the quiet Maze Garden.
Gradually, that vigilance and struggle from her soul retreated step by step under the wave of absolute dominance and bodily instinct.
Her violently trembling eyelashes slowly, almost resignedly, drooped down.
The hands that had been clutching his clothes tightly also began to lose their strength, hanging down helplessly.
The young girl completely sank into the embrace of this man she believed to be her “first love.”
Couples should be like this.
Perhaps…
She thought chaotically.
‘I must have had more and closer interactions with him before.’
Otherwise, her body wouldn’t have gotten used to it so quickly, or even…
Faintly looked forward to it.
‘Is physiological liking really this pure and direct?’
This thought caused the final line of defense in Su Nian’s heart to collapse completely.
She began to respond to him clumsily and tentatively.
And her response was like a spark thrown into boiling oil, instantly igniting the suppressed flames deep within Chu Tian’s heart.
This kiss also awakened some things in Chu Tian’s memory.
Some dusty, chaotic, and violent fragments.
Broken images flashed through his mind frame by frame.
A dim room.
A cold Chain.
And a girl’s humiliated yet stubborn face.
That face slowly merged with the flushed, blurry, and pretty face currently in his arms.
He held the girl in a death grip, but the feeling he experienced then was not the current warmth and sweetness; it was the pleasure of total conquest.
It was the absolute power of controlling everything.
His Little Nian’er, in his arms, unable to resist, only able to endure.
Even… wearing a collar, kneeling before him…
The images flashing through his mind caused Chu Tian to feel a trace of confusion.
But following closely was an indescribable, secret joy.
This might be a real image!
Clearly, in his eyes, even if it were real, it would only be treated as a harmless little kink to enhance the feelings between the two of them.
Chu Tian’s breathing became heavy.
The hand that had been lightly stroking her long golden hair also changed its trajectory.
This movement instantly caused Su Nian, who was sinking into the kiss and almost melting, to snap awake!
Her cheeks, which were red through and through, represented the girl’s indescribable shyness and shame.
‘That place… I can’t!’
She suddenly pushed the man, who was still immersed in his desire for conquest, away with force!
Chu Tian was completely caught off guard and was pushed back several steps, barely managing to steady himself.
He looked up and saw the girl’s beautiful face, so flushed it looked like it was about to bleed.
After Su Nian pushed Chu Tian away, her chest rose and fell violently.
She puffed out her cheeks and glared at the man in front of her.
It was supposed to be a nice moonlit kiss, a very romantic act… but then he had to… she hated him.
Su Nian gave a soft snort and quickly shot Chu Tian a glare before turning her head away, refusing to let him see her current embarrassment.
However, she didn’t say anything too harsh in the end.
Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying an imperceptible tremble as she scolded the man like she was acting spoiled.
“Hmph! Big jerk.”
The night breeze blew past, bringing a hint of coolness, but it could not disperse the burning heat on Su Nian’s cheeks.
With her back to Chu Tian, her chest heaved violently like a small animal that had been provoked, even the tips of her ears burning a transparent pink.
Her heart was full of disdainful sighs.
‘Clearly it was such a beautiful moonlit kiss.’
‘Clearly the atmosphere was perfect.’
Behind her was a long silence.
That silence was like an invisible net shrouding her, making her feel a strange sense of panic.
‘Is Chu Tian… angry?’
She seemed to have pushed him a bit too hard just now.
Or perhaps he felt unhappy because she pushed him away, thinking she didn’t actually like him.
The moment this thought popped up, Su Nian felt a bit flustered.
However, another thought in her mind shouted: ‘He broke the rules first, why should I worry about whether he’s angry or not!’
Just as her thoughts were racing, a voice filled with regret and a trace of caution came from behind her.
“I’m sorry.” Chu Tian’s voice was low.
The playfulness from before was gone, replaced by a rare solemnity.
“I… I was too impatient.”
Su Nian’s body stiffened.
“You…” She bit her lower lip, her voice still carrying a hint of lingering shame.
“You’re just a big jerk!”
This complaint was soft and weak, lacking any lethality.
Instead, it sounded more like a lover’s sulking.
Hearing this, the heart that had been hanging in Chu Tian’s chest quietly settled.
He circled around to face her and leaned down slightly, trying to see her current expression.
Under the moonlight, the girl kept her head down.
Her waterfall of golden hair covered most of her face, leaving only her delicate little chin and her earlobes — which were still red enough to bleed — visible.
Chu Tian admitted his fault readily, his tone full of indulgence.
“Yes, I’m a jerk.”
He looked at the girl with burning eyes, as if he wanted to pull her entire being into them.
Chu Tian explained with a smile, “Wasn’t it because you’re too beautiful? I couldn’t help myself…”
His voice was very low, carrying a magnetic quality that could bewitch a person’s soul.
Su Nian was slightly stunned.
Something in the depths of her heart fluttered lightly and quickly.
‘Huh?’
Even though it was a very ordinary compliment and a sweet word, why did she feel so happy?
She could feel the temperature of her cheeks rising a few more degrees, and her heartbeat had lost its rhythm.
To hide her loss of composure, she could only continue to maintain her huffy appearance.
“Hmph, I’m going back to sleep. You ruined the mood, you dummy,” Su Nian continued to pose.
She turned around, making a move to leave this Maze Garden that had left her mind in a mess.
Her high heels stepped on the soft grass, making her a bit unsteady, but she didn’t care.
She only wanted to escape this man’s sight as quickly as possible.
If she stayed any longer, she was afraid she would completely surrender.
Watching Su Nian as she made a move to leave and said she was going back to sleep, Chu Tian spoke as if possessed: “How about… staying at my place tonight?”