The room instantly went pitch-black.
But Chen Shi'an could see in the dark, so it did not affect him in the slightest.
He saw Liu Qingyi standing stiffly beside the table, her pretty face flushed and her breathing rapid. Her body was visibly trembling, and she looked exceedingly nervous.
Chen Shi'an spoke softly. "Liu Qingyi, why did you put out the lamp?"
A man and a woman alone in a room, without a light in the dark-with a scene so charged with intimacy, how could Chen Shi'an fail to understand why Liu Qingyi had blown out the lamp?
He had only asked for something to say.
After a long silence, Liu Qingyi said quietly, "Master, why ask when you already know? Now that I have pledged myself to your service, both my body and heart naturally belong to you."
With such a seductive beauty before him, already offering herself for his taking, Chen Shi'an could not help feeling a surge of desire.
Having said her piece, Liu Qingyi seemed to summon tremendous courage and moved softly toward the bed.
Finally, she sat on the edge and began undoing the buttons of her long dress.
The first, second, and third buttons came undone in succession...
Despite the pitch-dark room, Chen Shi'an could see every detail of that swelling expanse of snowy white.
At that moment, it was already threatening to spill free. If she undid another button... the consequences would be unthinkable.
Chen Shi'an felt as though countless little hands were scratching at his heart, and he longed to step forward and help Liu Qingyi.
But just as Liu Qingyi was about to undo the fourth button, he suddenly spoke. "Liu Qingyi, button those up at once. You don't have to do this."
Liu Qingyi sat frozen on the bed, looking