"Lu Jincheng, there's so much about you I don't know… Can you… can you stay and talk with me for a bit?" Zhong Ruixi grabbed the book between them and shoved it hard onto the shelf.
He glanced at her, nodded, picked up his stool and slid it closer to her. "So you've made up your mind?"
Zhong Ruixi gritted her teeth, took a few shaky breaths as if she were about to step onto the scaffold, then trembled and said, "If it's what I want, you keep me company. And… for what you want, I'll go along with you. But… only when there's not too many people around."
If there are too many people, I'm scared… scared we'll be seen."
Lu Jincheng curled his lips into a smile, fished out a piece of chocolate from his backpack and handed it to her. "Alright, I get it. Eat some chocolate, it's filled with liquor."
The moment she saw him smile, Zhong Ruixi's face flushed bright red. She took it and clutched it in her palm for a long while before reluctantly unwrapping it.
