Chapter 163

Chapter 163

Not Ning Xi. Not Teacher Ning Xi.

Xixi.

It took Ning Xi only 0.01 seconds to accept this new form of address.

Back when her friends were dating, Ning Xi had rolled her eyes ten thousand times at all the lovey-dovey nicknames couples came up with. But now that it was her turn-

“Lanlan.”

Ning Xi giggled again. “I think ‘Lanlan’ is cuter.”

Names like Xiao Xie and Chenchen were too ordinary. As for Ah Chen or Chen, saying them out loud made her feel like she had wandered into some ancient, old-school romance novel.

Lanlan was so special.

One of a kind, even.

It also took Xie Lanchen only 0.01 seconds to accept that his name had changed from “Xiao Xie” to “Lanlan.”

What a shamelessly adaptable pair of nauseatingly sweet lovers.

Their eyes met, and neither of them could stop the smiles tugging at their lips.

The atmosphere was sweet and wonderful, their gazes so sticky it was as if they could spin threads between them.

Ning Xi’s gaze drifted from Xie Lanchen’s eyes to his cheeks, to the tip of his nose, and finally landed on his soft lips.

Xie Lanchen had beautifully shaped lips. So beautiful they made a person want to bite them.

And Xie Lanchen always smelled so nice. Kissing him… would probably feel nice too, right?

Ning Xi’s thoughts went galloping off in every direction.

Maybe it was because Ning Xi had been staring at Xie Lanchen’s lips for too long.

Xie Lanchen noticed too. He lowered his eyes to look at Ning Xi, his Adam’s apple bobbing once.

When emotion ran deep enough…

Xie Lanchen bent down slightly.

Ning Xi lifted her head.

Their lips touched lightly, fleetingly, like a dragonfly skimming the water, then parted.

Both of their ears turned red at once.

And yet they still looked at each other, each seeing only the other’s reflection in their eyes.

Xie Lanchen lowered his gaze. This time, he reached out and cupped the back of Ning Xi’s head before leaning down again.

He gently took her lower lip between his, sucking on it very lightly.

And then once more, before parting her lips.

Their breaths tangled together.

Neither of them knew how long the kiss lasted.

Ning Xi’s breathing grew unsteady, and she couldn’t help pushing Xie Lanchen lightly.

When Xie Lanchen finally let her go and she could draw in a big gulp of fresh air, her knees went weak.

Xie Lanchen reacted quickly, catching the strengthless Ning Xi in his arms.

Then he lifted her off the ground and set her on the nearest table to rest, bracing both hands on either side of her in a caging posture.

Both of them were breathing a little heavily.

After a few breaths, Ning Xi looked down and only then realized their current position was a little dangerous.

Her knees were only a few millimeters away from Xie Lanchen’s legs.

The slightest movement and…

Ning Xi inwardly hissed and was about to tell Xie Lanchen to step back a little.

But when she raised her head, she met Xie Lanchen’s bright, burning gaze.

The meaning in it was self-evident.

Ning Xi’s heart skipped a beat. Again?

But there was no time to think too much.

Because Xie Lanchen had already leaned in and pressed closer.

Against such dense, tender kisses, Ning Xi had no power to resist.

Especially when the other person was someone she liked too.

And so she let herself become a boat adrift with the wind, carried forward by the surging waves of him.

…

“No more, no more. I really have to go to sleep!”

By the end of it, Ning Xi raised both hands in surrender.

At first, she had only wanted a simple kiss, a token of love for the first day of their relationship.

She never expected the two of them to be able to kiss for this long…

Her head was spinning now, and she was terrified that the viewers would notice something off during tomorrow’s livestream.

Xie Lanchen released Ning Xi with obvious reluctance.

Inwardly, he laughed at his former self for actually thinking he could stay by Ning Xi’s side forever as just a friend.

Only now that they were truly together did he understand.

There was no way he could ever let Ning Xi go.

Perhaps from the very beginning, when he had appeared before Ning Xi with the personality and image she liked most, he had already harbored the intention of luring Ning Xi into falling for him.

Their “friendship” had been nothing more than a sugar coating wrapped around his heart. Once that layer of sweetness was peeled away, the words written nakedly across his heart would be revealed:

He wanted Ning Xi to love him. He wanted Ning Xi to possess him.