Chapter 125: You Can’t
They had already met three times, shared meals, traveled together, exchanged gifts, and now they were looking at the stars together. Even if he didn’t see her as a friend, they should be closer than strangers.
“Mr. Qin” and “Miss Su” were simply too formal.
Su Miantang raised an eyebrow. “What do you think?”
“Wait… what’s wrong with you?”
Why did he suddenly bury his head so low? It was almost buried in his clothes. For a big man to make this move, it was just too cute.
“Qin Yanzhou?”
Thinking she was pressing for an answer, the man—who was so excited he didn’t know how to react—spoke from where he was buried in his clothes. His voice was low, raspy, and muffled.
“I… I do too.”
He liked her. He liked her so much.
He wanted to confess to her madly, to tell her how much he liked her and how much he wanted to be with her, but he was afraid of scaring her. He could only endure with all his might, expressing it in the most restrained way.
Su Miantang: “?” He what too?
“Could you raise your head to talk first?”
“Okay.”
After a long while, Qin Yanzhou obediently raised his head.
The night sky was brilliant with starlight, illuminating the mountains and the wilderness as bright as day. With one look, Su Miantang saw his flushed face. It was so red it looked like a cooked shrimp. She couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
In her arms, Chloe was also so startled that her fur stood on end, as if she suddenly didn’t recognize her own master.
“Qin Yanzhou, what’s wrong with you? Have you changed from a Snow Leopard into a Pink Panther?”
His eyes were also watery, as if they had been stimulated by something.
At this moment, he didn’t look like the CEO of the Qin Group at all; he looked more like a little kitten waiting for someone to dote on him.
“I…”
Qin Yanzhou shifted his gaze.
He really had lost his composure too much. Was she laughing at him?
“Can you wait for me? I want to… go to the sea for a bit.”
“What are you going to the sea for? To become a seal?”
“…”
“Hahaha~” Su Miantang laughed uncontrollably. Holding Chloe, it took her a while to stop. “Okay, I’ll stop teasing you. How did you become shy like this?”
“I just wanted you to change ‘Miss Su’ to ‘Su Mian’…”
“Tang… Tang.”
“Tang… Tang.”
“Tangtang.”
Before her voice could fall, the man with his head tilted away started calling her name of his own accord. He said it three times. His deep, gentle voice sounded as if he were murmuring a lover’s name.
Su Miantang was stunned.
She had originally wanted to take it step-by-step and have him call her “Su Miantang” first. She hadn’t expected him to go straight to her nickname. It seemed the treatment effect was quite good.
Since he performed well, there should be a reward.
She mysteriously pulled out two lollipops from her pocket.
“Look, what’s this!”
Qin Yanzhou looked over; he didn’t recognize them. “This is?”
“This is called a lollipop. I made it myself. I’ll share one with you.”
Hearing she made it herself, he reached out to take it, but she suddenly closed her palm. “Wait~”
It was as if she were teasing him on purpose.
“Tangtang…”
“Hehe, you can have a candy, but before that, you must promise me one request.”
Qin Yanzhou immediately heard it as “You can have Tangtang,” and his heart, which had just barely settled, began to pound like a drum again.
“Mhm.”
“You’re agreeing before you even know what the request is? Be careful or you’ll regret it.”
“I won’t.”
As long as it was her, any request was fine.
“Really?”
Su Miantang lowered her gaze to the black technological gloves he wore all year round. It was as if they had become a part of him, completely confining his hands.
If he took them off, would it mean the psychological defense he held against females had also been completely dismantled?
“Take off your gloves.”
Her voice was cool, as if she were saying “Take off your clothes,” causing the man’s tall figure to freeze abruptly.
For two full minutes, he had no reaction.
“Unwilling?”
Su Miantang slowly raised her eyebrows.
In Qin Yanzhou’s mind, images flashed of when he was six years old, crawling out of a mud pit covered in wounds only to be heartlessly kicked back in. His hands had desperately protected his neck, but his fingers were pried open one by one—it hurt like they were being broken. His deep, narrow eyes filled with endless fear and trembling.
“If you’re unwilling, then forget it.”
“The lollipop is gone, and I’m leaving too.”
With that, the young girl stood up to leave.
“Don’t!”
“Don’t, Tangtang!”
For some reason.
The brutal images of demons sucking blood and eating meat in his mind were, at this moment, less terrifying than her sentence “I’m leaving.” In his desperation, Qin Yanzhou’s expression wavered. He painfully pulled off his gloves and grabbed her arm. “Tangtang, don’t go!”
Su Miantang’s footsteps suddenly froze.
She looked down at his hand.
He really… took off his gloves?
She knew doing this was cruel to him, but if she weren’t cruel, he might never overcome his psychological shadow in his life.
“Qin Yanzhou, your hands are very beautiful.”
Because they hadn’t seen the sun for years, his hands were as white as cold jade. His knuckles were distinct, his fingers long and well-proportioned, yet they were filled with a sense of power. Beneath the thin skin, blue veins were intertwined.
“!”
Realizing he had actually taken off his gloves and grabbed her, Qin Yanzhou was so scared he wanted to withdraw his hand. Unexpectedly, his palm was firmly grasped by the young girl.
“Mhm—”
He let out a muffled groan that was both sensitive and… pleasurable. Having been hidden beneath gloves for over a decade, his hands had never touched a female. Now, suddenly being held tightly by one, the touch was soft, warm, and tender. Before his brain could even react, his body had already responded.
“You performed very well.”
Su Miantang praised him without reservation, handing him one of the lollipops.
“A candy as a reward.”
Qin Yanzhou thought that now, she would finally let him go.
To his surprise, after giving him the candy, Su Miantang didn’t let go. Instead, she sat down beside him again, only closer this time. Their clothes brushed against each other, and they were holding hands. It was so close he didn’t even dare to breathe heavily.
Just as he thought this was the closest they could be, the young girl suddenly leaned toward his ear. It was as if she were lightly biting his ear; her breath was warm, and her tone was mischievous. “Since you’ve taken them off, why don’t we play a stimulating game?”
Stimulating?
Qin Yanzhou’s pupils dilated to the limit in an instant.
Dreams from the night flashed through his mind.
No… he couldn’t!
He had only just made contact with a female. Just having his hand held by her had already… He looked down. If he were to hold her, he would surely faint from excitement, or go completely mad, losing control regardless of the consequences and making her faint.
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