Cheng Xi could actually feel Lu Chenzhou’s excitement. They’d been apart these past few days not only because Cheng Xi was busy, but also because she was partially trying to avoid him.

When they weren’t in close proximity, it was still all right. But once they actually got close, there was a chance of him losing control of himself.

Cheng Xi didn’t know how she could stop him, actually. There wasn’t much wrong with just going along with the flow. In this era, relationships between men and women were just that, but Cheng Xi always felt somewhat apprehensive and unwilling about doing the deed—rather than physical satiation, she preferred platonic love.

She hadn’t reached that level of intimacy with Lu Chenzhou yet.

After Cheng Xi drank some alcohol, even though her mind was more or less clear, she was still a bit muddleheaded—she only knew that the time was wrong, but not how to stop him. In the end, she let...