Chapter 64

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Ye Qingchuan's fingertips lingered on Ye Zhenzhen's red lips, his deep eyes like black holes trying to devour her, his cool fragrance filling her nostrils, making the surrounding air feel scorching.

Ye Zhenzhen keenly sensed a hint of danger.

What does he want to do?

"Ye Qingchuan, what are you doing? Let me tell you, if you dare to do anything reckless, I'll bite my tongue and kill myself!" She was completely immobilized, her eyes wide open, threatening him with a fierce yet childlike expression. He probably wouldn't want her to die...

He looked at her with amusement, his thin lips slightly upturned, "What do you think I want to do to you?"

This...

[On our wedding night, does he want to kiss me and then sleep with me?] Such thoughts uncontrollably flooded Ye Zhenzhen's mind, and Ye Qingchuan overheard them clearly.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud a few times, then lowered his head to touch her nose, their breaths mingling, and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I really want to, do you want to?"

After many years, his voice had become somewhat deep and hoarse, yet it possessed an indescribable allure, and his Adam's apple bobbed a few times.

"I?"

Having been single for many years and with zero dating experience, Ye Zhenzhen looked at the man's stunning face before her. When their noses touched, she felt a tingling sensation, and when he embraced her waist, she felt as if tiny electric currents were running through her. Her heart began to pound faster and faster.

A blush spread from her ears to her cheeks. She swallowed hard and uttered two words, "I don't want to."

As someone who appreciates good looks, it's hard for her to remain unmoved by the incomparably handsome man before her. Her body does crave it, but her reason tells her: she can't.

Although she wasn't a conservative or old-fashioned person, she always felt that relationships should follow a certain order. At the very least, one should try to get to know each other first, see if they're compatible, and then gradually move from holding hands to kissing, and finally to taking the last step. She and Ye Qingchuan hadn't seen each other for ten years, and before that, they had always interacted as fellow students. After such a long separation, who knew if their personalities were compatible now, or if their feelings for each other were romantic? If they rushed to the final steps all at once, wouldn't there be no way back?

"Third Senior Brother, I think that after so many years apart, we might be blinded by longing and mistaking yearning for love. We should spend some time together normally first, figure out what kind of feelings we really have for each other, and whether these feelings can last a lifetime, before deciding whether to take things further."

"Just as you've discovered that your feelings for your senior sister are merely those of an older sister, perhaps, after some time, you'll find that your feelings for me are simply those of a younger sister?"

"Like a younger sister? How could that be?" Ye Qingchuan immediately shook his head in denial.

Ten years ago, he realized that she was unique in his heart. She had witnessed the darkness, selfishness, and greed in his heart, but she was still willing to forgive him, celebrate his birthday, and go to see the snow with him, wasn't she? Others could only accept that he was Ye Qingchuan from the Cultivation World, but only she could accept that he was both Ye Qingchuan and Ye Mochuan.

He could shed all pretense in front of her, without having to be cautious or hypocritical. Only by her side could he feel genuinely happy.

Seeing her now that she's grown up, and seeing her beautiful and graceful appearance, almost exactly as he had imagined, he became even more certain: what he felt for her was love, a burning desire to spend his life with her.

Since she doesn't believe in his love, let him prove it to her slowly.

"Junior Sister, don't worry. Although we're already married, I won't do anything to you until you say you're willing. Anyway, there's still a lot of time in the future, and you'll gradually understand my true feelings for you. Let me show you our bridal chamber first." Ye Qingchuan forcibly suppressed the burning fire in his heart, bent down, and easily picked her up in his arms.

The candlelight brightened, illuminating every corner of the house clearly. Every nook and cranny was covered with Talisman, probably thousands upon thousands, each Talisman a human image.

He took down each of the lifelike Talisman and presented them to her, introducing them one by one:

"This is the adorable way you looked when my senior sister held you in her arms the first time I saw you."

"This is the first time we ate Spirit Fish together, and the way you looked so happy drinking the Spirit Fish."

"This is how you looked when I was teaching you swordsmanship, trying to slack off but afraid of being scolded by me."

"This is the scene where we went to the Lantern Festival Mortal World, and after we got separated, we met again in the dim light. You were carrying Rabbit Lantern in one hand and two sugar figurines in the other."

"Over the years, whenever I was in great pain in the Demon Realm, I would draw some Happy Talisman about you. That way, I could temporarily forget my troubles and pain, and my eyes and heart would only see your happiness." He gently brushed a stray hair from her forehead, then lowered his head and affectionately nuzzled her cheek. "I really missed you, my Junior Sister."

The scorching breath sprayed onto her face, and Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but shiver.

After all these years, perhaps she really should get to know him again. Is he really the same person as that gloomy, sickly, and unpredictable Third Senior Brother? He actually drew so many portraits of her; does he really miss her terribly?

Seeing the happy and satisfied smile on his face, and knowing he seemed to be in a good mood, she couldn't help but ask again, "Third Senior Brother, since you've agreed to spend some time with me first, could you please remove the Restrictive Formation on me? It's late and I'm so sleepy, I want to go to sleep, but I can't even turn over like this, it's so uncomfortable."

[If he's unwilling to even remove the Restrictive Formation on me, and insists on holding me like a puppet, then what's the point of getting to know each other? I might as well just die.] she thought bitterly.

Ye Qingchuan knew that she would feel very uncomfortable being restricted. But he was too anxious and wanted to keep her by his side, afraid that if he wasn't careful, she would secretly leave him and take all his happiness with her.