She Is Such A Jerk, And Yet She’s The One Crying! - Chapter 25

It was very wet.

Qiang Ning froze, her shock no less than when Lin Dongruan had first taken the initiative to throw herself into her arms.

No, this was more serious than that. It bypassed hugs and kisses, bypassed admiration and mutual love, and skipped directly to this step.

At this point, Qiang Ning felt she didn’t even need to ask a foolish question like “Do you like me?” regardless of whether Lin Dongruan would admit it personally; the evidence was right before her eyes.

Lin Dongruan pushed her hand away. “A-Ning, let go.”

Qiang Ning was in a magnificent mood, talking to herself: “Is it because of me that it’s like this?”

Lin Dongruan did not want to answer, and she didn’t even look at her again.

Qiang Ning smiled. “Eh? Sister, don’t deny it. How can you try to go back on your word now?”

“It’s not.” Lin Dongruan was still unwilling to speak frankly. She refused to face reality from beginning to end, showing a sense of fleeing in panic. “You saw wrong. I… am going ashore first.”

Is that so?

Are you that eager to deny everything?

Does being moved by me make you feel so ashamed?

While Qiang Ning gritted her teeth and smiled, she firmly grabbed Lin Dongruan’s wrist. “Don’t move.”

Lin Dongruan stayed quietly in place and sighed. “A-Ning, let me go.”

“I don’t know why you are always unwilling to face the problem.” Qiang Ning took her hand and used Lin Dongruan’s own fingertips to explore that patch of dampness. “Sister, feel it carefully. There is no one else here. You became wet because of me.”

Lin Dongruan’s fingers touched herself. The unfamiliar sensation immediately caused her extreme embarrassment. She tilted her head back slightly against the pool stone, her black hair spreading in the water. When her brow relaxed, there was a hint of despair. After a moment, her gaze grew vacant as she looked into the air, her thin lips trembling slightly, but in the end, she did not continue speaking.

Qiang Ning pressed further: “Say it—”

Lin Dongruan said weakly: “I am unwell today. Stimulated by the cold spring, I lost my composure. A-Ning, act as if this never happened, alright?”

What kind of person could get this wet while soaking in a cold spring? Lin Dongruan truly understood nothing about these matters.

This Imperial Preceptor had a belly full of classics and literature, but not a single bit of folk romance or gossip; she was truly as pure as could be!

Qiang Ning relentlessly reasoned with her: “Sister, do you know? The purpose of a cold spring is mostly to vent that kind of fire. Even if one is afflicted by the strongest aphrodisiac, as soon as they enter this bone-chilling spring water, all passion and desire would be suppressed… let alone being able to feel aroused in a cold spring.”

Lin Dongruan shook her head. “Stop talking, A-Ning, stop talking.”

Qiang Ning smiled. “Fine, I can shut up, provided that Sister admits you like me, okay?”

Lin Dongruan’s eyes were clear and calm. “I do not wish to lie to you.”

“What?” Qiang Ning received an unexpected answer and was very confused. “But you said before that you liked me most. Why are you unwilling to even say the words ‘like’ today?”

Lin Dongruan: “Because that kind of ‘like’ is only ‘caring.’ It is not the answer A-Ning wants.”

Qiang Ning almost crushed her teeth. “You’re lying to me, right? You can get this wet for me, yet you claim to not be moved at all?”

Lin Dongruan said: “No.”

“Perhaps it is also because I have not touched passion or desire for a long time; over-repression led to a loss of decorum.”

With just those few sentences, Qiang Ning was nearly provoked to death by her.

After Lin Dongruan finished speaking, she ignored Qiang Ning and prepared to leave.

But how could Qiang Ning let her?

The moment Lin Dongruan turned around, Qiang Ning pulled her forcefully and pushed her against the edge of the icy pool stone. She didn’t hold back her strength at all; with that push, Lin Dongruan’s shoulder blade immediately turned red from the impact.

Yet Lin Dongruan still bit her lip tightly and didn’t make a sound.

Qiang Ning: “Then experience it properly. Is it an accident or an inevitability?”

The word “don’t” had just left Lin Dongruan’s mouth when it was interrupted by Qiang Ning’s rude fingertips. She bit down on herself with restraint, forced to remain silent, unable to speak any more words of rejection.

She naturally couldn’t refuse.

Qiang Ning knew she couldn’t refuse.

Because the moment she touched her, Qiang Ning’s fingertips felt a surge of heat. She wasn’t surprised by this result, but she didn’t expect it to happen so fast. It was so fast that she didn’t even need any technique or to deliberately please Lin Dongruan’s lower body; everything happened naturally, just as peeling a lychee shell inevitably splashes juice, or a teacup full of water falling to the ground inevitably soaks the floor.

Qiang Ning lifted her hand for her to see: “Is it still an accident this time?”

It was glistening, like saliva. As it dripped, it hung in a long thread. With just one glance, the corners of Lin Dongruan’s eyes turned red.

Afterward, just as Qiang Ning was preparing to go deeper, Lin Dongruan finally reached her limit and pushed her away.

“That’s enough.” Lin Dongruan’s voice was trembling, her humiliation reaching its peak. “If you continue any further, go sleep at the medical clinic today. You are not allowed to come home.”

It had to be said that Lin Dongruan’s temper was truly one of the best. Qiang Ning felt that since she had bullied the person to this extent, she would surely be driven out of the house; she hadn’t expected the other party to merely tell her not to come back today. It seemed there would be room to continue bullying her in the future?

Lin Dongruan, even when she secretly had red eyes, never said a single harsh word to her.

What a good person.

Qiang Ning watched that person leave in a hurry and couldn’t help but raise her fingers—the morning light broke through the clouds, passed through the branches and leaves of the forest, and was cut into the shape of “ribbons” by the foliage. She couldn’t grasp the light that had been given shape, but she saw the hope crossing her fingertips, and even the crystalline moisture on her fingertips became increasingly sacred.

Qiang Ning brought her hand closer and sniffed carefully. It had no color and no smell; it was clean and light just like Lin Dongruan, yet it was very attractive.

Qiang Ning swished her fingertips in the cold spring water to wash them clean. Perhaps because she had been soaking in it for a long time, she no longer felt cold. The scenery in the forest was beautiful at this moment. She floated on her back in the water, and as the ten thousand rays of light poured down, she suddenly covered her eyes and laughed.

—In fact, Lin Dongruan cared about her.

Perhaps because of this pleasant surprise, Qiang Ning’s confidence suddenly multiplied. Every bone in her body felt comfortable to the extreme. She couldn’t wait to go home now to continue the unfinished business from just now. No matter how Lin Dongruan restrained herself, she would cruelly pry open the other’s strict defenses and make that cold, self-controlled person lose control and cry out in her hands.

Qiang Ning curled her fingers with lingering desire, somewhat regretting why she hadn’t hardened her heart just now to explore an inch or two further. For such a cold and noble woman like Lin Dongruan, was it icy inside? Or… would it be as warm as her own?

Before entering the cold spring, Qiang Ning had signaled the shadow guards to withdraw. Knowing there was no one nearby, she confidently sank her hand into the water. The romantic fantasy couldn’t come true for the time being, so she could only provide for herself for now.

Perhaps because of Lin Dongruan’s presence earlier, this time, Qiang Ning was exceptionally moved. She longed for the other’s appearance and allowed herself to lose control first.

“Lin Dongruan, Lin Dongruan…”

After the final call, Qiang Ning lost her strength, and a layer of fine sweat broke out on her forehead.

The name Lin Dongruan, for Qiang Ning, was the strongest aphrodisiac in the world.

There were thousands upon thousands of beautiful women in the world, but none could compare to Lin Dongruan.

Her Lin Dongruan…

When exactly would she be able to possess her completely?