Chapter 66: Romantic

“No! It’s not like that! I truly like Sister Yuner, and you’re not just a plaything to me either.”

Su Qingwan buried his head in her embrace, his tears of insecurity flowing uncontrollably. “It’s my own problem. Sister Yuner is so wonderful, I worry there will be many virtuous and skilled men who will like Sister Yuner. I’m afraid… afraid…”

“Afraid that I’ll fall for someone else and abandon you?” Lu Yuner pulled him away, facing him eye to eye, accurately guessing Su Qingwan’s thoughts.

The young man’s reddened eyes were brimming with pitiful tears, large droplets continuously falling.

Lu Yuner wiped his tears with her clean sleeve and spoke earnestly, “Indeed! This dazzling world is most captivating. Supreme power and status, endless glory and wealth, peerless beauties – these are all irresistible temptations.”

“But I, Lu Yuner, having lived two lifetimes, am very clear about what I want. From the beginning, I didn’t plan to keep these things, so I chose to interact with people plainly. I’ve never indulged recklessly due to emotional emptiness or physical needs. I’ve never had male concubines, nor will I take a husband or male concubines.”

“However, Ah Wan, you unexpectedly entered my life, disrupting all my plans. Gradually, you occupied my heart, and my emotions slowly became influenced by you. I knew I had fallen for you.”

“There are many men in this world. They may have exquisite looks, amazing talents, or capable abilities. You don’t need to compare yourself with them. In my eyes, none of them measure up to you. You should know that having only you in my heart is enough! You are already very good, there’s no need to change yourself for me or deliberately try to please me, because you are worthy.”

As she spoke, she cupped the young man’s handsome face with both hands, her voice calm as water, “Because I care, I would be afraid if you disappeared. I would worry if you were in low spirits. I would ache if you cried in sorrow.”

“Because I like you, I’m willing to express all forms of love to you, willing to lavish all my affection and care upon you alone, and more willing to grow old hand in hand with you for the rest of our lives. Ah Wan, do you understand?”

Lu Yuner had always been wholehearted in her feelings. Once she chose to like someone, she would never stint on her affection.

Her love was like a gentle stream, flowing constantly, nurturing Su Qingwan’s sensitive and humble heart, dispelling all his insecurities and self-doubt.

“Sister Yuner, you’re so good!” Su Qingwan’s eyes brimmed with joyful tears, his loving gaze filled with countless emotions, meeting her eyes across the space between them.

Because of Lu Yuner’s words, his heart was filled with sweetness. It turned out Sister Yuner understood him so well.

In the room, there were only the two of them, lost in each other, an ambiguous atmosphere permeating the entire chamber.

Seeing that he had released his negative emotions and completely relaxed,

Lu Yuner’s expression remained calm, her eyes darkening as she withdrew her hands. Her tone became more serious, “On the contrary, Ah Wan, you are the noble Young Master Su, with a beautiful appearance and a prestigious status. You are a young gentleman sought after by many noble ladies. But this world is full of variables. If one day Ah Wan were to fall for another woman…”

“That won’t happen! It won’t!” Hearing this, Su Qingwan interrupted her, panicking as he immediately moved closer, tightly embracing her with increased force. Shaking his head left and right, he emotionally exclaimed, “It won’t happen! I only like Sister Yuner, truly only you. I won’t fall for anyone else…”

“Ah Wan, let me finish.”

Faced with the Young Master Su’s incoherent speech, Lu Yuner once again cupped his small face, making eye contact to calm him down, and continued, “I said ‘if’. After all, life is unpredictable, and no one can foresee future events. If such a thing really happened… could we part ways amicably and find our own happiness?”

Lu Yuner had been in three relationships, although the three combined didn’t last more than a year. But even between couples or spouses, separations and reunions are quite normal.

However, everything here was different, with too many constraints. It was impossible to cast aside the so-called etiquette and rules. If there were cracks in their relationship, at least they could maintain their dignity even if they separated.

Hearing this, Su Qingwan silently gazed at her, his moist lips moving slightly, but remaining silent. Yet his thoughts were already racing.

He knew that Sister Yuner’s words were not wrong. She had always been thoughtful, maintaining a rare clarity and rationality in dealing with everything.

Even though he had deliberately tried to seduce her several times, embracing and kissing her coquettishly, although she would always respond, she always stopped short, calling a halt at the right moment.

She had indeed fallen for him, but she hadn’t completely succumbed to him.

… This wasn’t what he wanted.

However, since Sister Yuner wanted a promise, he would give it to her.

But he would absolutely never let that promise be fulfilled.

Never.

Su Qingwan’s beautiful eyes were moist, concealing a fleeting, gloomy madness. He clutched tightly at her clothes, nodding obediently, “Alright.”

A simple “alright” made Lu Yuner feel more at ease, but she didn’t know that the Young Master Su had already killed the possibility in its infancy.

She smiled faintly, moving her burning gaze to the Young Master Su’s face, caressing his handsome features. Her long, rounded fingertips stroked his skin, as smooth as congealed cream, soft enough to pinch water from.

However, she had nurtured him well these past few days. His once sharp chin and cheeks now had a bit of flesh for her to pinch.

Like a little milk bun, white and tender, soft and cuddly, and so cute, she couldn’t stop petting him.

Su Qingwan seemed to have discovered that Lu Yuner particularly enjoyed pinching his cheeks, and he extremely enjoyed letting her do so.

As long as it was Sister Yuner, she could do anything to him. Even if she wanted to take his body right now, he would be willing.

Lu Yuner, who had been playing to her heart’s content, came back to her senses. “Oh right, I forgot to answer your question from earlier.”

Su Qingwan was slightly stunned, “…”

“I didn’t expect… Ah Wan’s kissing skills to have improved so much.” Lu Yuner smiled deeply, the corners of her mouth turning up. “I like it very much.”

This praise for the Young Master Su was a sincere appreciation from her personal experience.

From the last time when he kissed clumsily and randomly, even biting her lips, to now when he had learned to skillfully breathe and entangle his tongue with hers.

He was now proficient, having made great progress.

As lovers, intimacy between men and women was only natural. Lu Yuner didn’t think there should be any taboos. Instead, constantly exploring and trying together could further promote the warming of feelings and the compatibility of bedroom activities.

Su Qingwan smiled particularly shyly at Lu Yuner. His brows, full of charm, were like the most gorgeous peach blossoms blooming in March, dyed with endless brilliance and ripples, poetic and picturesque.

Su Qingwan slowly moved closer, their noses touching. He lingered around her lips, slowly exhaling warm words, “Sister Yuner, will you stay tonight and not leave?”

Lu Yuner frowned slightly, “No…”

Seeing Sister Yuner about to refuse, Su Qingwan immediately pressed his lips against hers in the next second, not giving her a chance to speak.

After reluctantly letting go and pulling away a little, Su Qingwan spoke breathlessly, “I know Sister Yuner wants to say that we can’t cross the line in front of etiquette and rules. But after experiencing this life and death situation, I increasingly understand that life is unpredictable. What’s wrong with seizing the moment? Moreover, I sleep very properly, I won’t disturb Sister Yuner, and I won’t… do anything improper to Sister Yuner. Sister Yuner, please stay?”

As he said the last sentence, Su Qingwan’s snow-white cheeks turned completely red, like a little husband begging for his wife-master’s favor, particularly adorable.

Lu Yuner’s eyelashes fluttered, and to be honest, she particularly enjoyed the Young Master Su’s pleading.

In this female-dominated world, men and women had switched roles, with women working outside and men managing the household.

Men were delicate with little strength, and besides having periods, they also bore the responsibility of childbearing, which was truly not easy.

Seeing Lu Yuner lost in thought, Su Qingwan couldn’t help but lean closer to her ear. His warm breath brushed against her skin as he intentionally rubbed against the fair skin behind her ear, gradually bringing her attention back. “Sister Yuner, please?”

Provoked like this, Lu Yuner’s agitated body immediately tensed up. This guy had just said he wouldn’t do anything improper, but now he was obviously trying to seduce her.

Lu Yuner’s gaze deepened as she took a deep breath, “No…”

Before she could finish saying “problem”, Su Qingwan once again sealed her lips with his own, drowning her words in a flurry of passionate kisses, persistently clinging to her, using actions to express his protest.

Lu Yuner secretly smiled, thinking this little one had learned to be naughty.

She placed her hand on the Young Master Su’s cute chin, moving away from his advance, and smiled helplessly, “I can agree to your request, but we won’t share the same bed.”

“Then where will you sleep?” Su Qingwan asked, unwilling but relenting.

Lu Yuner smiled and said, “I have my ways.”

Later.

Lu Yuner moved a small bamboo bed from the empty medicine room into the chamber. Because it had been covered with miscellaneous items, one wouldn’t notice it was a small bamboo bed without looking closely.

It was made entirely of bamboo and looked a bit old, about the same size as her college dorm bed.

After cleaning it, Lu Yuner carefully laid out the cotton bedding. Su Qingwan, sitting on the bed, watched the busy Lu Yuner with a downcast expression, feeling dissatisfied in his heart.

Was Sister Yuner so unwilling to stay with him?

Having finished making the bed, Lu Yuner turned around and saw the Young Master Su’s expression, like a sulking child with a hint of grievance.

Lu Yuner pretended not to see and spoke with a just-right smile, playing a word game with him, “Alright, you asked me to stay, and I have stayed. Let’s rest early. Now we’ll turn off the lights and go to sleep.”

After the lights were extinguished, silvery moonlight shone through the window, casting the entire room in a hazy glow, creating a quiet and peaceful night atmosphere.

Su Qingwan lay on his side, staring intently through the twilight at the place not far away.

Lu Yuner’s small bamboo bed was by the window, just right to be bathed in a layer of sacred light, seeming to have its own poetic charm.

That gentle moonlight, like flowing water, cascaded down to adorn the small bamboo bed. The woman on the bamboo bed seemed to be wearing a pure and elegant white garment.

She was like a cold and noble moon fairy, shimmering with brilliant silver light, mysterious and enchanting.

How could Su Qingwan be content with this? He got up, lifted the blanket, and came to Lu Yuner’s small bamboo bed. Thick-skinned, he forcefully squeezed onto the bed, pressing close and tightly embracing Lu Yuner.

Lu Yuner wasn’t asleep at all. She helplessly allowed the Young Master Su’s behavior. To prevent him from falling off, she moved her body slightly towards the remaining space on the side.

Although the area of the small bamboo bed was not as large as the couch, it was enough to accommodate two slender people, especially when they were pressed tightly together.

In the darkness, Su Qingwan’s mood instantly turned from gloomy to partly cloudy. He snuggled closer into her embrace and, gazing at the vast starry sky beyond the dark curtain, said happily, “Sister Yuner, the night sky is so beautiful tonight! Look how bright the stars are next to the moon!”