Chapter 990: It Was All What You Said

The next day—Cai Xiaotang woke up in a state of indescribable soreness all over her body.

The first thing that met her eyes was a somewhat unfamiliar ceiling, and the surrounding furnishings and curtains were also styles she didn't recognize at all, leaving her stunned for a long while.

Immediately after, without even needing to turn her head, she could feel a familiar embrace, pressed against her back, with one arm firmly wrapped around her waist, pulling her entire body into his arms.

Ah!!!!!!!!

Cai Xiaotang screamed silently in her heart; her face remained expressionless, but her eyes were instantly filled with breakdown and helplessness.

What happened yesterday!!!

She only remembered Li Xiao teaching Gu Han and his group a harsh lesson, and then...

... she was brought directly to a hotel by Li Xiao!

And in the end...

Messy fragments flashed through her mind; although there was no way to string them together, every single fragment contained scenes of extreme ambiguity.

And most of them were initiated by her.

Initiating the unbuttoning of Li Xiao's shirt.

Initiating kissing him.

There even seemed to be a scene of her wrapping her arms around his neck and saying "not enough"...

Damn it!!!!

It was all because of that damn pink potion!

Who knew they had such low-class things in their hands!

Cai Xiaotang slammed her eyes shut, unwilling to think any further, as her exposed neck and cheeks had instantly flushed a faint pink.

She forced herself to calm down for two seconds, with only one thought remaining in her mind at this moment.

That was to run!!!

Is this guy Li Xiao still asleep?

Then now is simply the best time to slip away!

Thinking this, Cai Xiaotang didn't even dare to turn her head to look at Li Xiao, and immediately prepared to get up.

But just as she moved slightly, she was struck as if by lightning; she suddenly widened her eyes and her body froze in place, only then realizing an incredibly important matter!

That was—neither of them was wearing any clothes!!!

They had actually slept together like this for the whole night!!!

Cai Xiaotang was dumbfounded; after pausing for a long while, she carefully lifted a corner of the quilt and took a peek inside.

Then, as if startled, she immediately pressed the quilt down tightly!!!

The ambiguous hickeys all over her body were already impossible to ignore.

What to do...

It was true that there was nothing on...

Her eyes quickly scanned the floor around them, only then seeing that both of their clothes had long since been tossed all over the ground, almost all piled together.

If Li Xiao suddenly woke up while she was going down to pick up the clothes, wouldn't that be mortifying?

Or...

Could she go down wrapped in the quilt?

But there was only one quilt; if she took it all, wouldn't Li Xiao be... exposed?

Then it would still be very awkward if he woke up in the middle of it!!!

Cai Xiaotang was at war with herself, unable to make a decision for a moment.

But with no time to think, after hesitating for a long while, she finally quietly tugged the quilt toward her direction.

Forget it!

Compared to her own embarrassment!

Better to let that Old Scoundrel be exposed!

Thinking this, Cai Xiaotang hurriedly and carefully sat up, her movements in tugging the quilt becoming faster and faster.

But she didn't expect that the next second—"Morning."

A slightly hoarse voice suddenly sounded from behind her!

Cai Xiaotang was so scared she nearly jumped straight up!

Her movements also came to a sudden halt!

Then, before she could even speak, she heard Li Xiao say with what seemed to be slight dissatisfaction: "Are you being too heartless? You won't even cover me with the quilt?

"

As Li Xiao spoke, he pulled back more than half of the quilt that Cai Xiaotang had snatched away.

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaotang simply steeled herself and spoke directly.

"Li Xiao, last night... thank you for saving me, that... anyway, we are both adults, let's just treat yesterday's events as..."

"A one-night stand?"

Li Xiao suddenly interrupted Cai Xiaotang's words, his tone no longer as lazy as before, but carrying a trace of faint anger.

Cai Xiaotang's gaze flickered for a moment, and she didn't speak, only nervously picking at the corner of the quilt with her fingertips.

This kind of behavior of trying to clear things up after one night made her seem like such a "scumbag."

Ah...

The atmosphere was inexplicably stiff.

Li Xiao looked at the person in front of him, feeling somewhat helpless and furious.

He had actually woken up long ago, but he just hadn't made a sound.

He even held a glimmer of fantasy in his heart: was it possible that Cai Xiaotang, because of what happened last night, was willing to have a proper talk with him?

He had not forgotten a single word of what she said in her confusion yesterday.

Why did she have to say sorry?

Why did she tell him to stop liking her?

And that most crucial sentence... that she didn't want this either.

Was this not enough to prove that her leaving was not as she had claimed?

He had to get these few sentences clarified!

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for a moment, and just as he intended to speak—Cai Xiaotang suddenly cut him off: "Um... how about... you go wash up first."

As she spoke, her eyes could not help but dart around everywhere.

The situation of the two of them not wearing any clothes and being covered by the same quilt was truly making her flustered and panicked; it was already not easy for her to barely maintain her composure.

Li Xiao, however, ignored her words entirely and instead asked directly: "And then? Even after last night, do you not have the slightest intention of changing your mind?"

Cai Xiaotang paused abruptly, somewhat surprised by his forceful attitude, then said helplessly: "Haven't we already... regarding this matter..."

"Do you still remember what you said last night?"

Li Xiao suddenly interrupted her again.

Cai Xiaotang was suddenly stunned, a flash of panic quickly crossing her eyes.

What... did she say?

Could it be that she said something she shouldn't have?

She cautiously did not answer, quickly searching for the answer in her mind.

But the panic on her face had already completely betrayed her current mood.

Li Xiao's sharp gaze stared fixedly at Cai Xiaotang's eyes, giving her almost no time to think, and he pressed her: "You told me you were sorry, said you didn't want this—what did you mean?"

"I..."

Cai Xiaotang's fingertips trembled violently; she never imagined she would say such things, yet she seemed to have some impression of it.

But the more she wanted to sort out her memories, the more chaotic her brain became.

A dark glint flashed across Li Xiao's eyes, like a beast that had finally discovered its prey's weakness, full of determination to win.

The breakthrough point he had been looking for for so long was right now!!!

He did not want to force Cai Xiaotang, but... he had to hear the real answer from her own lips!

"You said more than just that."

Li Xiao suddenly spoke in a deep voice, and as he spoke, he wrapped his long arm around her, pulling Cai Xiaotang's waist so she lay on top of him!

Then he flipped over and pinned her beneath him!

Their skin pressed together.

The scents on their bodies had long since merged into one, conveying each other's body heat.

"Li Xiao, you!"

Cai Xiaotang felt a wave of heat on her thigh.

Sensing the "physi-

-ological reaction" that every man has when waking up in the morning, her cheeks instantly turned bright red.

Li Xiao, however, curled his lips indifferently and inched closer.

"Cai Xiaotang, you also said last night... not to let me go, that you didn't want to leave me—can you explain why?"