"Huh?"
Jiang Xiaobai was stunned by her answer.
He had only meant to tease Li Zhiwei. He never expected this usually bashful woman to respond so frankly.
Coming back to his senses, Jiang Xiaobai couldn't resist pulling Li Zhiwei into his arms. "If you choose me, you have to kiss me!"
"Ah."
Li Zhiwei froze, then looked up from his embrace and asked softly, "Then... what if I choose that?"
"If you choose that, I get to kiss you!"
"Then... then I'll choose that!"
As Li Zhiwei's soft words fell, she felt his arm tighten around her waist. Watching Jiang Xiaobai lean closer, she nervously closed her eyes.
Just as their lips met, the door flew open with a bang.
They turned to look and saw Zhang Xinnian charging in. "Heir Apparent, I... hiss!"
Zhang Xinnian sucked in a breath halfway through his sentence, then silently walked back out.
Jiang Xiaobai froze for a moment before hearing Zhang Xinnian's voice outside the door. "Miss Tang, neither of you should go in!"
"Our Heir Apparent is kissing someone in there!!"
"..."
Hearing Zhang Xinnian's booming voice, Jiang Xiaobai finally understood what it truly meant to be speechless.
Zhang Xinnian really was something else!
Li Zhiwei's cheeks flushed at those words. How could she possibly stay any longer?
She stepped back, gathered the perfume and painting scroll from the table into her arms, and lowered her head. "I'll head out first!"
With that, Li Zhiwei hurried toward the door without daring to look at Jiang Xiaobai again.
"Zhang Xinnian!!"
Watching Li Zhiwei disappear, Jiang Xiaobai immediately shouted toward the door.
Before long, Zhang Xinnian strode back in. "Heh, Heir Apparent, finished kissing?"
"..."
A vein throbbed on Jiang Xiaobai's forehead. He stared at Zhang Xinnian for a long moment before saying through