Late at night, the beginning of summer permeated with a tranquil scent. A black curtain painted the sky with stars as it set off nicely with the lights from the surrounding high-rise buildings. A waning moon hung high in the horizon that shone its brightness with a breeze blowing through Ni Jingqiu’s hair.

Ni Jingqiu was leaning against the car and held onto a slim cigarette that was half-lit.

Standing beside her, Su Tao sighed. He never expected that a woman smoking would be so erotic. Without her knowing, the cigarette was already half-burnt, and Ni Jingqiu seemed to have forgotten to take a puff. Her gaze dazed as she looked through the lushing trees and fell towards the pitch-black horizon.

Finally, Ni Jingqiu took a puff, but she wasn’t proficient in smoking and was choked by the smoke and started coughing.

Helplessly taking the cigarette from her hand, Su Tao crushed it and threw it into the garbage bin then sighed, “Why do you want to force yourself to smoke if you don’t know how?”

“They say cigarettes...