The player is playing like a god, but their cheat code is Aatrox.

Do you think I care about these things?

Cang Yu's words immediately made Qi Lin's gaze freeze.

He didn't stop, and continued asking questions.

Do you think I'm with Zhixin because she's smart?

Qi Lin shook her head.

"Then why do you think I'm with Zhixin?"

Cang Yu looked directly into Qi Lin's eyes and asked that question.

Qi Lin instinctively tried to look away, but Cang Yu's hand was supporting her head, leaving her nowhere to hide.

"Because...because...because you like it?"

Qi Lin said, her voice lacking confidence.

Cang Yu smiled and then released his grip.

"See, didn't you already know?"

"Since you already know the answer, why are you still agonizing over whether you're a good match?"

Qi Lin was stunned.

Qi Lin lowered her head and remained silent for a long while. Then she suddenly laughed, a laugh tinged with a hint of helplessness towards herself.

"I feel like I've been setting limits for myself all along."

She looked up, her eyes still red, but the shadows in them had mostly faded, and they were bright again, like the first ray of light after the rain.

"I always felt that I had to meet certain standards, become certain types, before I would be qualified to stand beside you. But—"

She paused for a moment, sniffed, and then her smile widened.

"But you never set any standards for me from the very beginning."

Qi Lin took a deep breath and finally asked the question that had been troubling her for so long.

"So—would you stay by your sister's side forever?"

Cang Yu smiled slightly, reached out and gently stroked her cheek, wiping away her tears.

"certainly."

Qilin smiled after receiving the answer.

Perhaps it was the excitement of finally getting an answer, or perhaps it was because she didn't want to wait another second, but she stood on tiptoe and kissed Cang Yu's lips.

For a moment, Cang Yu was slightly taken aback.

He then reached out and embraced Qilin, responding to her kiss.

At first, Qilin took the initiative, but she soon realized

The initiative had been taken over by Cang Yu at some point.

Qi Lin's mind went completely blank for a moment. She had thought she had made all the necessary preparations.

But when Cang Yu actually responded to her, she realized that preparing such things was completely meaningless.

My heartbeat is too loud.

She couldn't tell if it was her own or his; their two hearts, separated by two layers of skin and flesh, were pressed together, beating in unison.

Qi Lin's eyelashes trembled, and her eyes, which had been open, slowly closed.

She landed back on her tiptoes as Cangyu's arm took on all her weight.

She clung to him, her fingers gripping his shirt tightly, knuckles white, as if she were grasping the only rope in a storm.

She didn't know how much time had passed—maybe only a few seconds, or maybe so long that she completely lost track of time—before the warmth on her lips slowly faded.

Qi Lin slowly opened her eyes, and in her field of vision was Cang Yu's face, which was very close to hers.

He looked at her, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

"pant."

Qilin then realized that she had forgotten to breathe.

She took a deep breath, and her entire face turned from pink to bright red at a visible speed, even her neck and the tips of her ears were not spared.

"I...you...just..."

She opened her mouth several times, but each time she failed to utter a complete sentence. Finally, she simply buried her face in Cang Yu's chest and mumbled out a sentence.

"How come you're so skilled?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Qi Lin realized what she had said.

Cang Yu must kiss Zhi Xin often, so isn't asking this a complete waste of time?

Cang Yu was left speechless, both amused and exasperated by her words.

"Oh? So, Miss Qilin means she hopes I'm not proficient?"

Qi Lin quickly shook her head.

"No, it's not..."

Cang Yu reached out and stroked her long hair, a half-smile playing on his lips.

"So, Miss Qilin, would you prefer me to be proficient, or would you prefer me to be unskilled?"

"Hmph! You're always teasing me, Xiaoyu, you're so mean!"

The only response she received was Cang Yu's low laughter.

After leaning against each other for a while, Qi Lin finally spoke, her face flushed and her voice barely audible.

"Xiaoyu...do you...do you want it?"

Cang Yu was stunned for a moment.

"What?"

This time, he wasn't pretending not to understand on purpose.

It was still broad daylight outside; who would have thought that Qi Lin would actually plan to...

Qi Lin's face was already as red as it could possibly be, and even the small section of her collarbone that was showing above her collar was tinged with a faint pink.

She bit her lip, her eyes darting around, but she didn't dare look at Cang Yu's face.

"It's...it's that..." Her voice trailed off, until the last few words were practically squeezed out between her teeth.

Well, now Cang Yu finally understood what Qi Lin meant.

Looking at her face, which was so red it looked like it could be pinched to release water, Cang Yu couldn't help but chuckle.

"It's still broad daylight, what's wrong with our Miss Qilin...?"

Cang Yu thought that after hearing this, Qi Lin would back down and find a way to end the topic.

But he clearly underestimated Qilin's determination.

"It doesn't matter if it's day or night, as long as Xiaoyu wants it... I, I'll do anything."

Qi Lin kept her head down, not daring to look up at all.

Cang Yu sighed helplessly.

Hearing this sigh, Qi Lin's heart tightened, thinking that Cang Yu was unwilling, or that he misunderstood her as the kind of girl who was easy to talk to.

She hurriedly tried to explain, but before she could utter a single word, she suddenly lost her balance and instinctively closed her eyes.

(The enemy has lost its balance.)

"ah!"

When she opened her eyes, she realized that she had been lifted into Cang Yu's arms without her noticing.

"Qilin has gone to such lengths; if I were to hesitate or make excuses, I would be incredibly insensitive."

Cang Yu smiled slightly, picked her up, and turned to walk towards the room on the second floor.

Qi Lin buried her face tightly in Cang Yu's neck, not daring to lift it up at all.

She could feel the steady rise and fall of his every step as he climbed the stairs, hear the regular and powerful heartbeat from his chest, and feel her own heart pounding in her throat.

The second-floor corridor wasn't long, but for Qi Lin at that moment, every step felt like stepping on her taut nerves.

Her eyes were closed, but her eyelashes trembled incessantly, and her fingers gripped the fabric on Cang Yu's shoulder so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

Cang Yu glanced down at her, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Where did your courage go?"

"Shut...shut up," Qi Lin mumbled, her voice soft and sweet, utterly lacking in any threat.

Cang Yu stopped teasing her and gently pushed open the door with his toes.

The curtains in the room were half-drawn, and the afternoon sunlight shone through the white gauze curtains, casting a soft, pale golden glow on the floor.

Cang Yu closed the door with his foot, then gently placed Qi Lin on the bed.

Then she reached out and touched Kirin Yukino's white body...