A wild idea kept flashing through Mei Terumi's mind.
She knew that backing down now wouldn't really be that big a deal.
At worst, she would have no confidence when facing Bai Ye from then on.
But wasn't that pretty much how things were already?!
After all, she already had no confidence around Bai Ye, didn't she?!
It would probably just get worse after this.
So there wasn't really much difference.
But Mei Terumi couldn't accept that.
After all, she had thought she'd found a way to deal with Bai Ye.
Yet she had never imagined that she wouldn't get the better of him at all.
Instead, she had ended up feeling like she couldn't back out.
Naturally, Mei Terumi wasn't happy about that, but she had no other options.
Now she either had to keep going!
Or Bai Ye was competing with her!
They were seeing who had more patience, or perhaps Bai Ye genuinely didn't care.
Either way, she could only swallow the loss!
Regardless of which it was, after turning the matter over in her mind, Mei Terumi finally reached a conclusion.
If Bai Ye wasn't backing down, then she absolutely couldn't back down either!!
After all, if she gave in first, it might turn out that Bai Ye had only held out a little longer than she had!
Hadn't Bai Ye also looked hardly any better than her in certain moments just now?!
At that thought, Mei Terumi made up her mind. She absolutely wouldn't let Bai Ye look down on her.
Then the distance between them shrank, until Mei Terumi felt dizzy and no longer knew why she had suddenly decided to do this.
All she felt now was her mind going blank.
She no longer knew what she was doing.
The instant their lips