But until Shen Xunye asked the question, Chi Li only thought it was a beautiful dream.
"It's good that you remember." Shen Xunye stepped forward, placed his hands on the sink, and gently pulled Chi Li into his arms. "Since you kissed her, you have to take responsibility."
Although he was thinking of taking it slow just two days ago, now that he's tasted it, all he wants is to eat it as soon as possible and enjoy it.
"You kissed me, and you expect me to take responsibility?" Chi Li's head was still a little dizzy, but that didn't stop him from pointing out the logical problem.
Shen Xunye suppressed a laugh, "Then I'll take responsibility for you."
"Okay." Chi Li nodded twice subconsciously before realizing that something seemed a little off. "... Responsible for what?"
"What do you think?" Shen Xunye didn't want ambiguity; he only wanted a clear and straightforward answer. " Chi Li, fall in love with me."
Sitting in the therapy room, the doctor once described love like this:
"I'm certain this is the most wonderful emotion in the world. You don't even need the other person to do anything; just looking at them gives you boundless psychological satisfaction."
But in the days he tried to fall in love, he had never had such an experience.
Eating and talking felt as tedious as tasks that were forcibly assigned and had to be completed.
But now, he clearly felt this sensation, and even felt an even stronger desire for it.
He not only wanted to be Chi Li's romantic partner, but also wanted to be his legitimate boyfriend.
"Are you getting carried away with your bromance?" Chi Li turned around with difficulty and touched his forehead. "You don't have a fever."
Shen Xunye lowered his head, closing the distance between them, his gaze intense. " Chi Li, don't play dumb."
"... Okay." Chi Li lowered her eyes, an instinctive surge of grievance and panic welling up inside her. "... I'm not ready yet."
This request is really... too abrupt, and beyond his current capabilities.
Shen Xunye's face showed no change in expression.
I don't seem disappointed or sad.
"Then I'll give you some time to prepare?" He leaned down, still holding Chi Li firmly in his arms, with a silent sense of oppression and confinement.
"I don't want to think about dating right now." Chi Li's mind was in turmoil.
He neither wanted to agree to Shen Xunye nor to refuse; he just wanted to pretend that nothing had happened and keep things as they were.
He didn't know why he had such a despicable thought.
"I'm just an ordinary person..." Shen Xunye said in a low voice, "Actually, I can't act at all. All the things you see as 'bromance' are, to me, a kind of... seduction."
"You seduced me." Unable to get a positive answer, Shen Xunye resorted to shameless words to salvage the situation, "You made me crave intimacy with you... If we can't be in a relationship, then can our status be upgraded?"
"Identity... upgraded?" Chi Li was a little confused.
"For example," Shen Xunye's gaze locked onto him, each word distinct and clear, "From being bromance partners to... kissing partners."
Kiss... kissing buddies?
Chi Li had never known that upgrading one's status would be done in this way.
Shen Xunye's face remained expressionless, but his unfathomable eyes held a thick, dark turmoil that Chi Li couldn't decipher.
You don't want to be in a relationship right now, that's fine.
But other things, like kissing, or more direct physical contact and possession, he didn't want to wait for.
"Kissing scenes." Seeing that Chi Li remained silent, Shen Xunye continued, "You'll have to film kissing scenes eventually, right? You've dragged me into this role, so you'll have to act it out with me, won't you?"
Chi Li's expression showed a clear wavering.
He knew very well that Shen Xunye wasn't from the film and television department, but just an ordinary person who had only met him once and was then dragged along to engage in this bromance.
Ordinary actors lack acting skills and can only rely on experiential acting, immersing themselves in the role to appear natural.
Because of his cooperation in playing the bromance card, Shen Xunye developed the illusion that he 'liked' or 'liked' her... It's really not his fault.
Or... should I find another professional to accompany me while I sell?
No... He went through so much trouble to get Night Ashes Dawn up, Shen Xunye absolutely cannot be replaced.
" Chi Li?" Shen Xunye sensed success. "I promise you, I'll tell myself every day that this is acting, and once I can naturally detach myself from the role... we'll be demoted, okay?"
"... Okay." Chi Li's last line of defense completely collapsed, but he also had requirements. "No kissing in front of the camera, and not too many kisses a day."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Shen Xunye casually lied, wrapping his arm around Chi Li's waist and lifting her to sit on the sink. "If you don't like it, you can stop anytime."
After saying that, he couldn't wait any longer and lowered his head to kiss the lips that he had been staring at for so long.
This kiss was clear-headed and calm, yet it carried an equally irresistible, even more forceful, sense of possession.
His lips were cool, with a minty freshness, and when they covered Chi Li's swollen lips, they sent another shiver through his body.
At first it was just touching, and then it began a slow and deep grinding and sucking.
Her tongue pried open his teeth and plunged in, sweeping across every inch of his mouth, hooking around his tongue which had nowhere to hide, and drawing in the lingering, slightly sweet taste of alcohol and water in his mouth.
Chi Li's mind went completely blank.
All my thinking ability was robbed by this sudden, conscious kiss.
Thoughts drifted, and amidst the oxygen-deprived chaos and the intense entanglement of lips and tongue, an untimely and utterly absurd idea, like a bubble rising from the bottom of the water, uncontrollably surfaced.
He had never allowed Zhou Yang to kiss him like that.
At that time, whenever Zhou Yang tried to get close to him, his body would automatically generate a sense of resistance.
He offered various excuses, but in the end, he only allowed Zhou Yang's kiss to gently land on his face.
He initially thought it was because they hadn't been dating long enough, so he couldn't handle deeper intimacy.
But now...
The kiss Shen Xunye gave him was like a wildfire, instantly burning away all his pretense of restraint.
He didn't resist at all.
Some even like it.
How could this be...?
I don't understand.
Just as Chi Li was about to lose his ability to think and his consciousness began to blur, Shen Xunye finally released his lips slowly, as if reluctant to let go.
"I've prepared some food for you." Shen Xunye's voice was noticeably lower and hoarse. "I'll go get it for you now, and also..."
He lowered his eyes, his gaze following the slightly taut, fair, and delicate skin of her thigh, which was suspended in mid-air, and then moving deeper without any obstruction. But what he said was, "Give me your room password, I'll go get you some slippers."
Chi Li swung her bare feet, unaware that Shen Xunye was actually looking elsewhere.
"The password is six 9s," he replied. "Give me the light yellow ones."