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Chapter 272 Kisses and Hugs, But Little Pear Blossom

Chapter 272 Kisses and Hugs, But Little Pear Blossom
Back at the dining table, Guan Ren saw Xiao Lihua... the young rich woman was already paying the bill.

"Are you really treating?"

"Ah."

Gu Youli nodded seriously, then glanced at his phone, and muttered to herself:

"From now on, if you need me to be away when you call her, just let me know..."

"No no no."

Guan Ren has his own explanation for this:
"You've misunderstood. I went out to answer the phone not so that you would avoid me and her, but so that she would avoid me and you, since we're on a date."

"..."

He put it nicely.

Who knows if things were exactly the opposite when he went on a date with Luo Xiaobei...

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After dinner, Gu Youli and Guan Ren walked together along the riverside road.

The riverside is very cool on summer nights.

In addition, the public infrastructure in Jiangzhou was not very well-developed in 12, and streetlights could only be seen every long distance along the river. As a result, there were quite a few couples who secretly cuddled together along the river.

For example, Gu Youli often hears strange noises from girls when she passes by two figures.

boo~
"!"

Sometimes it's a girl's sweet, coquettish scolding.

"Mmm~ You're naughty~"

"..."

Sometimes there are even strange breathing sounds from girls.

“Hmm~”

"........."

"what happened to you?"

"..."

Guan Ren paid no attention to the passersby, enjoying the river breeze and the fragrance of his classmate carried by the breeze.

Throughout the whole process, I could feel that Gu Youli's arm around me was getting tighter and tighter, and she wouldn't say a word when I asked her.

Finally, after encountering a streetlamp, Guan Ren could see Xiao Lihua beside him clearly; her little face was actually flushed.

"Yuri, are you... alright?"

Gu Youli raised her thin eyelids and silently glared at him.

But that one glance made both of their hearts race.

A cool, starry night…

Dim, ambiguous lighting...

Only then did both sides realize that they had unknowingly arrived at such a secluded place.

Gu Youli was blushing and blaming her bad classmate for bringing her to a riverside place full of shady people.

In the quiet atmosphere, Gu Youli felt Guan Ren's gentle boyish scent in the wind. Looking at his profile under the lamplight, she suddenly realized that... she seemed to be a little bit inclined to become an "improper girl"...?
It's not just about wanting to hold his arm...

Instead, I want more... a hug, even...

Especially when the image of Guan Ren and Luo Xiaobei kissing and hugging flooded her mind countless times that night, it felt as if a switch in Gu Youli's heart had been flipped hard.

"close…"

"Young Pear, let's go."

"…Eh?"

However, after looking around, Guan Ren suddenly took Gu Youli's hand with a solemn expression:

"It's too late, and this place is too remote. For safety's sake, let's go back as soon as possible."

"..."

Gu Youli is a good student.

He was a good student, at least before he met Guan Ren.

Therefore, she could rationally express her understanding of what Guan Ren said.

These days, small county towns are indeed not safe enough at night.

So she nodded and slowly walked home with Guan Ren.

They barely spoke the entire way.

Guan Ren kept chatting about something, but Xiao Lihua seemed to have completely lost interest and remained silent, lost in thought.

……

Soon, we arrived home.

Of course, it's not Guan Ren's house, it's Gu Youli's house.

"What are you looking at?"

"Uh?"

Guan Ren was casually glancing up at the window of one of Gu Youli's bedrooms, where a light was on. Hearing this, he looked away and smiled at the girl in front of him.
"I'm looking at a bedroom, it's beautiful, it's definitely yours."

"Peeping Tom..."

"How can doing something to your deskmate be called stealing?"

"Hehe, say what you will... I'm going upstairs."

As Gu Youli spoke, she secretly squeezed one of her hands.

My palms feel empty.

Just like her girlish heart.

Then she turned around, her little leather shoes worn all day, and had just taken a weary half-step towards the gate of the residential area when she heard Guan Ren's unhurried, soft call from behind:

"etc." "?"

Gu Youli turned around and saw that Guan Ren's expression was neither a smile nor a frown, which made her suspicious:

"Anything else?"

"This is a question I should be asking you, not you."

Guan Ren's smile gradually turned sarcastic:

"Is there anything else?"

"I…"

Little Pear Blossom's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Just like that moment when I was by the river.

"...I didn't..."

However, Little Pear Blossom wasn't very good at lying; as she spoke, her eyes darted around nervously.

"You're being so mysterious... I'm going back..."

As she spoke, she tried to turn around again.

But as soon as I moved, I don't know why, but I felt dizzy and was enveloped in a gentle warmth.

"!?"

It wasn't until her delicate nose caught a whiff of the faint woody scent of laundry detergent on someone's chest that Gu Youli raised her chin in surprise.

Then she saw that the boy she liked was also looking at her quietly with exceptionally gentle eyes.

“…Guan…Guan Ren…”

"Ah."

"Are you... are you hugging me...?"

"Yes."

"..."

It turns out.

Whether it's because I've "grown" or not.

It's better that I was "guided" by my mother in the provincial capital.

In some practical applications.

Gu Youli was still a naive and innocent girl, completely clueless about the opposite sex.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question."

"Uh?"

Gu Youli tilted her pretty, slightly dazed face up, a few strands of hair gently brushed aside and neatly gathered behind her delicate and pretty ears.

This is a common action.

But unlike before, now it's his hands doing all of this.

“Tell me the truth.”

His breath came close to his ear, softly:

"When we were by the river, were you already thinking about hugging me...?"

"..."

It might be due to the bloodline influence of one of her older sisters.

Faced with this undeniable fact, Gu Youli instinctively wanted to say "no" and deny it.

However, the burning sensation on her cheeks had already spread to her ears, so Gu Youli could only purse her lips tightly and turn her head slightly away without saying a word.

"Hahaha…"

Guan Ren couldn't help but feel smug.

Seeing her arrogant deskmate, Gu Youli stretched her neck in his arms, her face flushed, her brows furrowed, and glared at him.

"How dare you! We were being so...so nice by the river...and you didn't even hug me then, and now you...you still have the nerve to complain!"

"Yes, I have."

Guan Ren was indeed there, intently looking into Xiao Lihua's eyes:

"It's precisely because the atmosphere by the river is... well, that I don't want my first time hugging you to be driven by impulse based on that atmosphere."

"…you…"

This was an answer Gu Youli hadn't expected, leaving her completely stunned.

"And now I realize that in such a calm and natural moment, I really want to hug you."

"Have you...have you hugged enough...?"

"That's a question for you. Haven't you had enough?"

"..."

Gu Youli did not answer.

Guan Ren then knew the answer.

Then he nodded slightly.

He kissed the girl's hot, tender face.

In an instant, the girl's slightly dazed, brimming eyes, like the stars on this summer night, sparkled with tiny glimmers.

……