Despite how powerful, confident, and composed Xie Xiyi seemed, he was actually a coward without even realizing it himself.
He would rather infer from Chi Yu's treating him as he always had that Chi Yu had feelings for him too than probe the other's state of mind and obtain the answer directly.
Chi Yu had no idea what Xie Xiyi was thinking. At his answer, Chi Yu quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
At least the fact that he was actually immune to the deadly poison on Xie Xiyi would not be exposed.
Spiritual communion was not that big a deal to Chi Yu.
But physical intimacy was different.
With Chi Yu's outlook, spiritual communion did not feel truly real to him. Only once a strong physical connection formed would he genuinely feel, I actually did it with Senior Brother Xuanji.
Once they had sex, once that boundary was crossed, the situation would be completely different.
To Chi Yu, a physical relationship was more frightening than spiritual communion.
For now, he could endure the Heart Craving left by spiritual communion through willpower, and he could still control his feelings.
But physical intimacy, the mingling of their bodies, would make it emotionally difficult for Chi Yu to break away.
After all, he was still a teenage student. In his view, liking each other was one thing-even if they liked each other, they did not have to be together.
But liking each other and having a physical relationship was, to Chi Yu, something that required mutual responsibility, commitment, and a future.
Chi Yu believed that restraining himself and preventing that from happening was being responsible toward both of them.
He could do it, but Senior Brother Xuanji, who had now completely fused with the demonic heart, might not be able to-
Sometimes,