"Wonderful! Hongye, you're finally awake!"
Ye Jincheng was so overcome that tears streamed down his aged face. He hurried forward to check Ning Hongye's condition.
Yet Ning Hongye paid him no attention.
The first thing she did upon waking was slowly turn her head and rest her "gaze" on Yue Xiaofei, who stood closest to her.
She simply "looked" at him in silence.
Her gaze seemed to hold a hint of curiosity, a hint of scrutiny, and a trace of something too complex to put into words.
Under her gaze, Yue Xiaofei grew a little uncomfortable. He rubbed his nose, cleared his throat, and asked, "Um... how do you feel? Does anything hurt?"
Ning Hongye did not answer his questions. She sat up in bed, then did something that left both Yue Xiaofei and Ye Jincheng dumbfounded.
She reached out with her slender, jade-white hands and gently cupped Yue Xiaofei's cheeks.
"You..."
Yue Xiaofei was just about to speak.
The next moment, Ning Hongye leaned forward slightly.
Her breathtakingly beautiful face grew larger and larger in his vision.
Then...
He felt something soft and cool against his lips, carrying a faint sweetness.
She... actually kissed me?!
Yue Xiaofei's mind exploded!
Wh-what was happening?!
My first kiss!
Just like that, it was gone?!
Beside them, Ye Jincheng's jaw dropped. His walking stick fell from his hand and clattered to the floor.
Watching the intimate scene before him, his wrinkled old face instantly flushed bright red.
Were young people these days all this uninhibited?!
The kiss lasted well over ten seconds.
Only when Yue Xiaofei felt he was about to suffocate did Ning Hongye release him.
Her expression remained cool and indifferent, betraying neither joy nor anger.
But Yue Xiaofei clearly saw that, at some point, her jade-white ears had taken on