Chapter 210 - 149: Goodbye
He didn’t want to say anything. He just wanted to lower his head and fervently kiss the girl in his arms.
Just as he lowered his head.
Shen Yu happened to look up at the same time, wanting to see his reaction to her words.
Their gazes collided unexpectedly.
This was not a time for casual eye contact.
Once their eyes met, it was impossible to look away.
It was as if time itself had stopped in that moment.
The only sound in the room was their ragged, overlapping breaths.
Jiang He gazed at Shen Yu’s clear eyes and her slightly parted lips, and he couldn’t hold back any longer.
He leaned in to kiss her.
Gently, he kissed Shen Yu’s eye.
Shen Yu let out a soft "Ah!", shrinking back. Her voice was flustered. "You... you kissed me!"
Jiang He’s gaze shifted away. "Sorry... I couldn’t help it. I just..."
Shen Yu extended an index finger and poked him hard in the chest. "That was out of line, Dr. Jiang! We haven’t even made our relationship official yet! That’s a procedural violation!"
"Yes, yes, you’re right. My fault, all my fault..." Jiang He immediately surrendered.
However, before the words were even out of his mouth,
Shen Yu suddenly threw her arms around his neck, hoisted herself up, and tilted her chin.
MWAH.
A kiss landed on Jiang He’s eye as well.
After her kiss, Shen Yu quickly ducked back under the covers. "Payback! Now we’re even!"
Our dear Xiaojiang was thoroughly stirred up once again.
’Damn, who could possibly resist this?!’
Jiang He suddenly rolled over, planting his hands on either side of Shen Yu’s head and pinning her partially beneath him.
Just then, Shen Yu quickly reached out and pinched his lips shut.
Her face flushed red as she turned her head away, her voice trembling. "No, no! We really can’t!"
Jiang He was forced to freeze, asking indistinctly, "Mmmph... why noph..."
Shen Yu held his lips tightly pinched, refusing to let go.
’You idiot, if I kiss you, I won’t be able to control myself.’
’In fact, I’m already about to lose control!’
’If we really kissed, forget the flight in six hours—I probably wouldn’t make it out of this hotel room today...’
It was the same for Jiang He.
Seeing Teacher Shen’s beet-red cheeks, the heat clouding his mind subsided a bit.
Lao Jiang also realized that if he really kissed her now, this girl absolutely wouldn’t be leaving this hotel room today.
His youthful, vigorous body, combined with an obsession spanning two lifetimes.
Once the floodgates were open, there would be no stopping the torrent.
Jiang He sighed to himself, miserably suppressing the restless heat stirring within him.
’There’s no need to rush, anyway.’
’Aren’t I heading to the Capital City at the end of November?’
’I’ve already planned that whole trip out.’
’Ostensibly, I’m going for work, but in reality, I’m going to confess to Shen Yu.’
’It’s called a confession, but it’s really for an engagement.’
The young couple’s relationship wasn’t headed for mere dating; it was clearly on the fast track to marriage.
If it were like it would be in the future, where you only needed an ID card to get married, they might very well have dashed off to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificate before her plane even took off...
Suppressing the impulse, Jiang He gently removed Shen Yu’s hand, shifted to the side, then opened his arms again and pulled her into his embrace.
This time, he held her even tighter than before.
Held tightly against Jiang He’s chest, Shen Yu could clearly hear his heartbeat.
It was fast and heavy.
Not only that, but Jiang He’s breathing had also grown noticeably heavier.
Shen Yu pressed her lips together, not daring to make a sound.
The last time at the Westin Hotel, she and Jiang He had also shared a bed.
Later, while in quarantine with nothing to do, she had told Xu Juan and the others about it.
Of course, she’d mainly just cryptically mentioned... that.
At the time, her three dorm mates had listened and then given her an extremely stern lecture!
"Shen Xiaoyu, you were alone in a room with a man, and not only did you let your guard down, you actively made excuses to share a bed with him? Do you have any idea what ’throwing yourself to the wolves’ means?"
"Exactly! Can’t we girls be a little more reserved? Jiang He hasn’t even officially asked you out, your status as his girlfriend isn’t even confirmed, and you just blindly shared a bed with him?"
"Good heavens, how are you supposed to have any standing in the relationship later on if you act like this?"
In unison, the three girls delivered their final verdict: "Shen Xiaoyu, you’re totally throwing yourself at him!"
However, after hearing the whole story, her roommate Liu Xiaotian’s opinion of Jiang He shot straight up.
According to Liu Xiaotian: "Alone together, sharing a bed, and in *that* kind of situation, Jiang He didn’t make a single inappropriate move? Shen Yu, let me tell you, that’s true love. If that had been my ex-boyfriend, hah, forget about you not consenting—even if you fought for your life, he probably would’ve found a way to have his way with you."
After hearing that, Shen Yu felt a chill run down her spine.
’Thank goodness Jiang He seems like a good guy...’
And Xu Juan, the group’s strategist, had stressed it over and over, issuing strict orders: "Shen Xiaoyu, since you’ve already slept in his arms once, I’m guessing it’ll happen again. I’m warning you, do *not* test a young guy’s self-control. When you’re holding each other, just keep your mouth shut. Don’t get cocky and provoke him, you hear me?"
At the time, Shen Yu had nodded obediently like a pecking chick. "Got it, got it."
So at this very moment, feeling the changes in Jiang He’s body, Shen Yu immediately carried out her strategist’s orders—
She kept her mouth shut and didn’t move a muscle.
’Dr. Jiang,’ she thought, ’you’re on your own with this one.’