"You're barely a teenager... Aren't you embarrassed saying that?"
Lin An pressed a hand to his forehead, helpless.
"Nope."
She was utterly unapologetic.
In the end, Lin An wouldn't budge.
A boy and a girl living together while still in junior academy—if word got out, he'd never be able to wash away the scandal, even if he jumped into the sea.
What was more, there was a certain possessive obsession in the way this silly dragon looked at him.
He knew that look all too well.
If they really moved in together, heaven knew what might happen.
After much persuasion, he agreed to check in every night, have breakfast with her every morning, and take a walk with her after school every day.
As he put it, he'd be "walking the dragon."
As Gu Yue put it, they'd be going shopping.
Only after signing a whole stack of unequal treaties did Gu Yue finally calm down a little.
Shadow Brake had stood quietly to one side the entire time.
She stood perfectly straight, her hands hanging at her sides, her pinkish-purple hair cascading down like a waterfall.
There was nothing in her blood-red eyes, and her expression was as still as a pool of stagnant water.
She was just like a real program.
And yet, for some reason, a trace of discomfort stirred deep inside her.
At last, Gu Yue lifted her head from Lin An's embrace.
She released her arms from around his waist and stepped back half a pace.
Then she rose onto her toes, placed both hands on Lin An's shoulders, and gently rested her chin in the hollow of his neck.
Her purple eyes were swollen from crying, but over Lin An's shoulder, they met Shadow Brake's gaze with pinpoint precision.
In an instant, all weakness,