Chapter 1365: I Cannot Admit I Like You

Qin Yiyan was protecting Liu Xin'ai, and at the same time, he was letting himself off the hook.

But just as Qin Yiyan's fingers touched Liu Xin'ai's smooth skin, Liu Xin'ai's body suddenly tensed up.

She even stood up with a guarded expression, keeping her distance from Qin Yiyan.

Qin Yiyan was stunned by her actions and asked in confusion, "Xin'ai, you..."

"I can dry my hair myself, I don't need your help, thank you."

Liu Xin'ai reached out and snatched the towel, wiping her hair haphazardly. At the same time, she pointed toward the door, signaling that Qin Yiyan could leave.

It was like this again.

Clearly, just a second ago, she was still very dependent on him.

The next second, she was so distant...

Qin Yiyan did not want the relationship between the two of them to be so strange.

Today, he had to find out the reason!

Qin Yiyan breathed lightly, then he took two steps forward and asked very patiently, "Can you tell me what has been going on with you lately? Why are you blowing hot and cold with me?"

Liu Xin'ai turned her head, avoiding his gaze, and said stubbornly, "I'm not."

"No, you are. I saw it, and I felt it. You cannot deny it!"

Qin Yiyan's expression turned serious, and his voice was firm.

Furthermore, he would not allow Liu Xin'ai to evade the question.

This made Liu Xin'ai lower her head involuntarily.

Then, she spoke slowly, murmuring, "I don't want to either, but I must keep my distance from you."

"Why?"

"Because..."

Liu Xin'ai only said two words before falling silent.

Qin Yiyan did not urge her either, waiting quietly.

But as he waited, he noticed teardrops falling onto the back of Liu Xin'ai's hand!

This startled Qin Yiyan; he hurriedly lifted Liu Xin'ai's chin and saw that the woman's cheeks were covered in tear tracks.

While helping Liu Xin'ai wipe away her tears in a flustered manner, he urged, "Xin'ai, don't be sad. I won't ask you anymore. If you don't want to say it, then don't!"

That was not it; Liu Xin'ai was crying, not because she was sad, but because...

She was angry!

Angry at Qin Yiyan!

Liu Xin'ai, who was crying from anger, raised her fists and pounded on Qin Yiyan, complaining at the same time, "Can't you see I want to keep my distance from you? Why do you always have to come closer?"

Liu Xin'ai felt she was hitting him quite hard, but her little fists had no real lethality.

Qin Yiyan let her hit him, and at the same time, asked in a gentle voice, "Why do you want to keep your distance? Is it because you hate me?"

"No, it's because I can't control my heart, that's why I have to stay away from you."

"Xin'ai... I don't quite understand."

Liu Xin'ai's floodgates had already opened.

She simply threw caution to the wind and voiced her thoughts: "I can't like you right now, but I can't control my heart either, so I can only keep my distance from you!"

Liu Xin'ai shouted, feeling very aggrieved.

Qin Yiyan, however, was stunned.

Then, slowly, he finally understood the cause and effect.

It was just that he found it a bit hard to believe.

He even cautiously sought confirmation from Liu Xin'ai: "Xin'ai, you... have fallen for me?"

"I cannot admit it!"

Liu Xin'ai's reply made Qin Yiyan chuckle.

Immediately, he pulled Liu Xin'ai's waist tightly into his arms!

Qin Yiyan truly had not expected that one day, he would receive a response to his feelings from Liu Xin'ai!

All of this... it really felt so unreal!

But just as Qin Yiyan was blissfully unable to extricate himself, the person in his arms protested in a muffled voice: "You're going to strangle me!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yiyan hurriedly loosened his grip a little.

But he still held Liu Xin'ai in his arms.

Liu Xin'ai did not like having such intimate contact with Qin Yiyan, so she twisted her body, trying to break free.

But she failed.

Feeling depressed, Liu Xin'ai ordered, "Let go!"

"Why should I let go?"

"Because, because you are too close to me!"

Close?

Qin Yiyan felt he wasn't close enough.

But to avoid scaring Liu Xin'ai, Qin Yiyan restrained himself and coaxed her, "Then, have you managed to control your feelings by deliberately keeping your distance from me?"

After recalling carefully, Liu Xin'ai said, "It seems to have had some effect."

"You're wrong, it had no effect, because every time you see me, your heart still races, doesn't it?"

When Qin Yiyan spoke, his tone was full of coaxing.

Liu Xin'ai was swayed by his coaxing.

Her brain, which was already a bit sluggish, reacted half a beat slower, and her speech was even more drawn-out: "It seems... that's right."

"So avoidance is useless; let things take their natural course. The way we are now is just letting things take their natural course."

Liu Xin'ai blinked.

Then she tilted her head back and asked a question: "Then what if the previous me hated you?"

This naive question made Qin Yiyan's heart ache fiercely.

But he dared not show anything unusual and could only ask cautiously: "Then will you leave me?"

Once the question was out, Qin Yiyan held his breath, waiting for the answer.

He was very afraid that Liu Xin'ai would nod.

But...

Liu Xin'ai said with a blank expression: "I don't know."

Her confusion, on the contrary, made Qin Yiyan heave a sigh of relief.

Then, he said earnestly: "Since you don't know, don't think about it. Leave the troubles of the future to the future; at the very least, the happiness of the present can be grasped."

Liu Xin'ai tilted her head, feeling that these words... seemed to make a lot of sense.

Since she had to grasp the happiness of the present...

Liu Xin'ai glanced at Qin Yiyan, and at his... lips.

The next second, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed Qin Yiyan on the lips!

Having succeeded, Liu Xin'ai looked triumphant: "I've wanted to do this for a long time!"

Those lips, of moderate thickness, were soft and pleasant to kiss.

It was a pity that Liu Xin'ai usually had the heart for it but not the courage, so she could only look secretly.

Now, though...

Wish fulfilled!

Liu Xin'ai smiled brightly.

Yet she did not notice that Qin Yiyan's eyes had already turned terrifyingly deep.

This kiss was like a switch, igniting Qin Yiyan's desire!

He even decided to teach Liu Xin'ai what a real kiss was like...

Stirred by emotion, Qin Yiyan leaned down to kiss her.

But Liu Xin'ai took advantage of the moment he was distracted to slip out of his arms.

Afterward, she yawned and burrowed into the covers.

Qin Yiyan was stunned for a moment.

He was still fantasizing, was this an invitation from Liu Xin'ai?

But...

The person on the bed soon began to breathe evenly!

She was clearly asleep!!

Qin Yiyan stood there blankly, and after a while, he sighed melancholically.

This woman... really has no sense of public morality!

But what could Qin Yiyan do? He could only complain a little, then help the woman with no sense of public morality tuck in her quilt.

However...

Looking at the bed with half of it empty, Qin Yiyan really wanted to lie down and stay the night.

Sigh, he clearly had a wife, yet Qin Yiyan had forgotten what it felt like to have someone by his side.

As he was now, he didn't have many demands; even if they did nothing, as long as he could share a bed with Liu Xin'ai for one night, that would be enough.

But...

Liu Xin'ai's mood was already unstable, and she had yet to face her feelings for Qin Yiyan.

If she woke up and saw a man lying beside her...

She would definitely be unable to handle the shock.