The firelight flickered gently in the grooves of the stone wall; it was the flame of the fox-fish.

It was originally intended to make things easier for her in the cave at night.

Who would have thought that, when the faint flame flickered...

What came first, rather than its expected use, was adding fuel to the fire of the ambiguous atmosphere.

The dark circles under Zhu You's eyes had mostly faded, but he still had some lingering moisture on his body.

Xu Wan touched his hair. "Did you... go take a shower?"

Zhu You held her hand and kissed it lightly a few times, then softly replied, "Yes, I've washed it."

Xu Wan heard her own heartbeat and didn't dare to look him in the eye, awkwardly changing the subject.

"So... what about your peak season..."

"It's still there."

Just those two words made Xu Wan's already racing heart race even faster.

She started biting her lip unconsciously, a bad habit she developed when she was extremely nervous.

"Then, so now you..."

Zhu You pressed his fingertips against her lips, rescuing the softness that was being bitten by her teeth.

He lowered his head and nuzzled her nose. "Mmm, I feel uncomfortable, I feel unwell, I want Wanwan."

Beneath the man's hoarse voice lay a deep, undisguised longing.

It was as if all he had to do was let her see his complete self.

Xu Wan curled her fingers, which were tucked in front of her.

After hesitating for a moment, her slender, fair hand climbed onto his shoulder and slowly clasped his hand.

"Would a kiss... make things better?"

As she spoke, Xu Wan's rabbit ears trembled slightly, and her gaze remained fixed elsewhere, not daring to look at him.

Too nervous, she simply closed her eyes and waited for the other person's kiss to fall.

Before the kiss even came, Zhu You's hand slid down her cheekbone and stopped at her chin.

His voice was guiding and encouraging.

"Wanwan, open your eyes and look at me."

Xu Wan's eyelashes trembled, and her breathing became more rapid than before.

Zhu You didn't urge him; he was like an extremely patient waiter, waiting for the little female in front of him to be willing.

"Wanwan...look at me..."

Her azure eyes slowly opened, and her gaze gradually shifted to his face.

His mouth was slightly open because he was so nervous, as if it were a silent invitation.

"I saw it, I saw it..."

He lowered his head and kissed the tip of her nose. "Sweetie, repeat what Wanwan said earlier, okay?"

"Which...which sentence?"

"Wanwan said... she wants me to kiss her..."

With a twitch of her ears, Xu Wan blinked a few times faster.

When she met his blue eyes, she instinctively tried to turn her face away, but he hooked her chin and turned her back.

"Wanwan, look at me."

I feel like biting my lip again...

But his fingertips were still pressed against her lips, and she could only touch his fingertips.

"Candlelight Ghost..."

She didn't realize that her soft and clingy tone would only provoke more of the person in front of her.

"Um."

He was very close to her, so close that she could feel their breaths mingling.

"My dear Wanwan, tell me..."

"Candlelight Ghost..."

She couldn't help herself and bit his fingertip, speaking indistinctly.

"Zhu You... I want to kiss you..."

The rest of the words were swallowed.

Zhu You tightened his grip on the back of her neck slightly, making it easier for him to penetrate her.

He swallowed the fragrance that lingered around his nose and kissed it away along with a few barely audible moans.

The rabbit ears trembled slightly, bringing waves of mild tickling as they brushed against his fingers, yet all he wanted was more.

As the oxygen she was taking in gradually became insufficient to sustain her breathing, she gently bit his lip, and when she opened her eyes, they were misty with tears.

"Enough, enough..."

Zhu You shook his head, placing light, fleeting kisses on the corners of her lips, his voice hoarse, "Not enough..."

Her delicate lips were kissed again.

Xu Wan felt that everything she wanted to say had been interrupted by the kiss.

I wanted to say something more, but I couldn't remember anything, so I could only let myself immerse myself in it.

When the kiss ended, both of them were breathing rapidly.

Zhu You didn't push her away immediately. He lingered on her lips for a moment before slowly propping himself up.

Her breathing hadn't completely calmed down yet; her chest was rising and falling, and her lips were as red as flower petals that had been rubbed a few times.

Knowing she couldn't take any more torment, he leaned down and kissed the corner of her lips, then lay down and pulled her into his arms.

"Wanwan..."

Xu Wan felt that her consciousness was still floating in a cloud made of cotton candy, feeling dizzy and sweet.

When she heard Zhu You calling her name, she couldn't tell whether it was a hallucination or reality.

"Wanwan..."

She blinked, looked up to meet his gaze, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhu You nuzzled her forehead. "Did you like it just now?"

She spoke after a long pause, her voice so soft it was as if it were falling on cotton.

"What I like..."

Fox's kiss was like a passionate fire.

It wasn't exactly relentless, but it didn't give her any breathing room either; it was as if it wouldn't stop until it had her completely infatuated.

Chen Shuang... Strictly speaking, it couldn't really be called a kiss.

Only Zhu You was someone she agreed to.

When you are fully immersed in it, both physically and mentally, the feeling is... the most intense.

She shifted uncomfortably, her fingertips unconsciously tracing circles on his fur coat.

"Zhuyou, have you been applying the medicine properly these past few days?"

He took her restless hand in his and lowered his head to kiss her forehead.

"Should we get checked every night?"

"Check...examine?"

He sat up, placed his large hand on the edge of his animal skin skirt, and made as if to pull it down.

"Same as last time, but..."

He smiled and leaned closer, "This time, Wanwan can look at it however she wants."

The phrase "What lies hidden beneath the reverse scale?" played on repeat in her ears.

Xu Wan blushed and covered her rabbit ears, "Then, then I won't check."

Zhu You looked at her shy appearance, as if she wanted to curl up into a ball.

Thinking to himself that in the Canglan Continent, the relationship between men and women is always straightforward and open, it is rare to see a little female as shy as him.

"Candlelight... I want to take a bath..."

He snapped out of his reverie. "Want to soak in a hot spring?"

She shook her head. "I remember there was water in your new wooden tub. You were sweating and wanted to take a quick shower."

"Okay, wait for me here."

Soon, he returned, picked her up, and carried her outside. There was a wooden bucket filled with water outside the cave.

Xu Wan reached out and tried it; it was warm.

Seeing her confusion, Zhuyou explained, "There's a flint made of fox fur inside, so we can always have hot water."

She tilted her head and kissed the corner of his mouth, "Thank you~"

Zhu You placed her in the tub, saying, "Call me when you're done washing."

She lay on the edge of the bathtub, her eyelids gradually starting to droop.

"Just a short nap..."

When Zhu You walked over, she was leaning against the edge of the tub, breathing evenly.

When she picked him up, she nestled into the crook of his neck, finding a comfortable position for herself.

The clean animal skin skirt was still lying beside him. He reached out and picked it up without waking the person.

Since he's asleep, I'll leave the changing of his clothes to him.

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