The elevator arrived with a ding.
A thick, plush carpet lined the corridor. Every step felt like walking on clouds, so soft it made her nervous.
Yuan Su led her to the room by the hand and reached naturally for the key card she was holding.
But Pu Yu whipped her hand behind her back.
He caught nothing.
Yuan Su raised an eyebrow and looked down at her.
Pu Yu tipped her face up, her sparkling eyes full of mischief.
She wasn't about to let him off so easily.
She couldn't suppress the urge to expose his wicked little schemes.
"No."
She clutched the key card tightly behind her back. "Answer a question first."
With patient restraint, Yuan Su stepped closer, forcing her to lean back until her spine met the cold door. "What question?"
Pu Yu's heart pounded, but she kept up her bravado and demanded softly:
"Did you book this room especially for me?"
"What makes you say that?"
"Three days ago... when you were still in Rinzhou, you'd already decided to come spend my birthday with me and stay together. So you booked this hotel and picked a really expensive river-view room."
She lifted her head, her gaze clinging to his.
Yuan Su said nothing.
But his grip on her wrist tightened a fraction.
"If you don't answer, I'll take that as a yes."
"..."
She still wouldn't stop.
Like a woodpecker, she kept tapping away at him.
Yuan Su lowered his eyes to her.
His gaze moved from her smiling eyes to her upturned lips, finally settling on her mouth as it opened and closed.
"What else?" he asked, his voice lower than before.
Pu Yu froze for a moment.
He was actually inviting her to keep asking?
Suddenly, Pu Yu felt terribly wicked, but she