Chapter 106: Keep a secret
His slender fingers easily clasped all of Xu Si’s knuckles. Their fingers interlocked tightly, and the familiar warmth of his body, mixed with the ring’s coolness, felt particularly reassuring.
Xu Si turned her head to look at him. She could only see his somewhat disheveled silver hair and the side of his face, his eyes tightly closed. Beneath that was his neck. Normally, a dark bone chain would be there. Now, only his clearly visible collarbone remained.
Leaning closer, she could catch the faintest hint of his light fragrance.
"Can I make a request?" Xu Si asked gently.
"Sure," he seemed to be in an especially good mood.
After thinking it over, Xu Si spoke slowly, "Stop calling me ’Little Aunt.’ It was necessary at first, but with our relationship now... if you keep calling me ’Little Aunt,’ I’ll feel like a monster. It’s not right."
Pei Zhen’s fingertips seemed to gently caress her palm, then suddenly his eyes sprang open. His ash-grey pupils hid many emotions, each one enough to make one’s heart soften and swell.
He effortlessly guided Xu Si’s hand upward to the side of his face. His deep eyes brimmed with a smile, his voice indulgent.
"Okay."
After a while, he suddenly spoke again.
"Sister."
"..."