After leaving the lamb shop, they walked down a nearly deserted street. The sky was ink-gray, and the lights all around them shimmered in every color.
Yu Songsong held Jiang Linyuan's hand as she ate the complimentary malt candy, deliberately scratching his palm from time to time.
Whenever she did, Jiang Linyuan would turn to look at her, and she would blink at him as though her prank had succeeded, her eyes brimming with amusement.
She smiled like a fluffy little cat, burrowing straight into one's heart.
"Are you going back to school tonight, Senior?"
she asked.
"No, I still have things to do tonight."
"Mm, can I stay with you, Senior?"
"You can, but you'll be very unhappy."
Jiang Linyuan said.
Yu Songsong tilted her head slightly.
"Sounds like you don't mind me staying with you, Senior?"
"If I minded, I'd just make up some excuse to brush you off."
Jiang Linyuan said.
Yu Songsong's face lit up with happiness. She suddenly bumped into his chest, tipped up her face, and stared straight at him.
"Senior, do you want some malt candy?"
As she spoke, she raised the half-eaten malt candy in her left hand.
"I don't really want—"
Before he could finish, her rosy, glossy lips pressed against his, carrying the cloying sweetness of malt candy.
After a while, Yu Songsong pulled away from Jiang Linyuan. Her cheeks were burning as she brushed aside a strand of hair stuck to her lips and looked at him with bright eyes.
"Senior, was it good?"
Jiang Linyuan looked at her, amused.
"How am I supposed to say it wasn't good?"
"Then you didn't eat enough candy."
Yu Songsong said, lifting her face and leaning in again.
When their lips parted, she stared unblinkingly at Jiang Linyuan.
"Senior, when you eat