Chapter 96: You’re Moving Way Too Fast~
In the end, they still arrived at the battlefield.
Before the battle horn had even sounded, Mu Yi was already so nervous that she tightly clenched her pale fists.
She hardly even dared to breathe.
Not wanting her “opponent” to laugh at her nervousness, she tried hard to hide the panic in her heart and used all her strength to control her expression. Then she casually glanced at Gu Zhiren beside her.
What Mu Yi did not know was that Gu Zhiren was nervous too.
Just as she looked over, Gu Zhiren also turned his head toward her.
Their eyes met.
Her pupils trembled slightly, while a trace of amusement slowly appeared in his eyes.
“What are you still standing there for? There are only three hours left. Time passes very quickly, you know~”
Mu Yi tilted her head, half-closed her eyes, and curled her lips upward. Her expression looked playful and smug.
“Hmph... I was just thinking that if someone suddenly runs away at the last second, or starts begging me to stop halfway through, then wouldn’t I be the embarrassed one?”
Gu Zhiren said calmly.
“Huh?”
Mu Yi froze for a moment. Then, the instant she understood what he meant, her cheeks immediately turned a little red. She could not help kicking his calf lightly and replied confidently:
“Hey, you’re being really strange. Can you trust me a little more?”
“Mmm...”
Gu Zhiren looked at Mu Yi suspiciously.
“Hey! If I run away at the last second, then I’m a puppy, okay? I’ll even bark like a dog! Is that enough for you?!”
Mu Yi was genuinely getting angry now.
She had finally gathered enough courage, yet he still doubted her so mercilessly.
He was too much!
“That’s not necessary, is it?”
Compared to barking like a dog, meowing like a cat would obviously sound nicer.
Gu Zhiren smiled softly at Mu Yi. He lowered his gaze and searched for her small hand before carefully and shyly reaching out.
Her hand was soft and boneless, cool to the touch. The moment he held it, he felt a tingling warmth spread through his heart.
“What are you doing?”
Hearing this, Gu Zhiren smiled while holding her hand. He gently rubbed one of her fingers before looking into her eyes and softly saying:
“After tonight, everything goes back to how it was before.”
“...Guh.”
Mu Yi could not make a sound.
“But look, tonight is such a special moment. Shouldn’t our relationship change a little too? For example... becoming boyfriend and girlfriend?”
Hearing this, Mu Yi seriously thought about it for a while. Then she looked back into Gu Zhiren’s eyes and nodded.
“Okay. But only for tonight!”
The moment she finished speaking, Gu Zhiren immediately smiled happily. His eyes shined like stars.
Then he lowered his head.
The instant he kissed her fingertips, Mu Yi bit her lip hard in embarrassment. She felt overwhelmingly shy, but at the same time, an indescribable emotion quietly overflowed inside her heart.
If someone asked whether she would regret this after tonight, she felt there was a very high chance that she would.
Even so, Mu Yi still decided to take this step.
It was like drawing a final ending for the life of the girl she was about to stop being, and fully saying goodbye to the secret feelings hidden in her heart.
Once midnight passed tonight, she would return to her original life.
Mu Yi would become herself again!
The little writer completely failed to notice how innocent and childish she was being. She foolishly let her childhood friend hold her hand as he led her together into the battlefield.
………………
After finishing the check-in process at the front desk and receiving the room card, Mu Yi was quickly forced to face the first difficult problem.
Taking a shower.
“Y-You first, or me first?”
Inside the rather luxurious room, Gu Zhiren looked toward the bathroom while lightly raising an eyebrow and turning the doorknob at the same time.
“So, who’s going first?” he asked Mu Yi.
“Uh, I think maybe...”
Mu Yi swallowed nervously.
“Maybe we should just shower together instead! There’s not much time left, and if we shower separately, it probably won’t be enough.”
Before Mu Yi could finish speaking, Gu Zhiren directly grabbed her hand and calmly pulled her toward the bathroom.
“H-Hey? Why are you in such a hurry?! I can walk by myself...”
Mu Yi complained unhappily.
But she did not pull her hand away.
She let Gu Zhiren lead her inside. Then she helplessly watched him lock the bathroom door and smoothly take off his outer winter jacket without hesitation.
Mu Yi became so nervous that she held her breath.
When she saw him unbutton the entire black shirt and reveal his strong chest underneath, her eyes instantly widened.
Abs.
Those were real abs!
Was that even a body a normal person could have?
What was going on? Since when had his figure become this good?!
Her eyes unconsciously drifted downward a little more. The moment she noticed the obvious bulge that had somehow already appeared, her brain completely froze.
Ah...
In shock, the white-haired girl’s entire face quickly turned bright red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
For a moment, she completely forgot how to think.
Gu Zhiren did not continue taking off his clothes. Seeing the girl standing there frozen with a terrified and embarrassed expression, he strangely glanced at her a few times.
The next moment, he followed her gaze downward and immediately understood everything.
Gu Zhiren quietly thought for a moment.
He softly muttered something about why she still had not started undressing, then directly walked toward Mu Yi.
Mu Yi instantly turned her face away and covered it with one hand while continuously stepping backward. But very quickly, her back hit the wall.
There was nowhere left to retreat.
“Mmm...”
Gu Zhiren lowered his eyes and stared at Mu Yi, who had her eyes shut tightly and lips pressed together. Unconsciously, he licked his lips lightly.
“If you won’t move yourself, are you planning to make me help you instead?”
As he spoke, he reached a hand toward her face, but Mu Yi immediately shrank back.
Then, in panic, she suddenly crouched down on the floor and buried her face into her arms.
She was obviously terrified.
And what she was afraid of was very obvious.
“Mmm...”
A deep feeling of guilt made Mu Yi curl her shoulders inward. Then she slightly raised her face, her red eyes reflecting the bathroom lights like shining gemstones.
“So now you want to run away already? That’s way too fast~ I thought you’d at least last until we got to the bed.”
Gu Zhiren simply sat down on the floor as well. He looked helpless yet affectionate while staring at the girl in front of him and softly sighed.
“...Guh.”
Mu Yi puffed up her cheeks but could not make a sound.
“Do you remember what you said before we came in here?”
Seeing that Mu Yi did not even dare look him in the eyes, Gu Zhiren curled his lips slightly and could not resist touching her head.
Mu Yi did not resist the head pat at all. She only narrowed her eyes blankly and stayed silent.
“But I don’t need you to do that kind of thing. I only need you to...”
Gu Zhiren smiled with clear satisfaction. Then greedily, he lightly poked the puffed-up cheek the girl was showing. Only after she looked over at him did he reluctantly pull his hand back.
“What do you need me to do?”
Mu Yi softly asked.
“When a boy and girl date, shouldn’t they at least go on a proper date? Like when we practiced before.”
At this point, Gu Zhiren unconsciously leaned his face closer toward Mu Yi’s.
“For these last two hours tonight... let’s have a real date. But because you ruined the mood just now, I have one condition.”
“During the date, you’re not allowed to talk! If you really want to speak, then you can only make sounds like a little cat~”