A Sudden Embrace

The moment the junior’s warm lips pressed against hers, Liuxia’s body instantly stiffened.

Stunned by the suddenness of the action, the girl’s pupils constricted violently. She could only stare, bewildered, as Li Chunsheng’s handsome face grew larger and larger in her vision.

‘No, no, no, no, no… This can’t be happening!’

‘Her junior, he… he actually dared to try and kiss her in broad daylight?’

‘This… this isn’t right, is it?’

‘But I’m… I’m a man…’

‘What’s gotten into Chunsheng? Has he suddenly gone mad? What in the world… is happening?’

In that single instant, Liuxia’s mind became a whirlwind of complex thoughts. Countless notions surged uncontrollably, like a tide breaking through a dam, encompassing shock, fear, and even shyness. Yet, amidst it all, she utterly failed to remember to pull away.

And so, Li Chunsheng succeeded with disarming ease. The girl’s soft, slightly cool lips were completely and forcefully covered by the man’s.

“Mmm… mmm…” From Liuxia’s forcefully captured lips, a faint whimper escaped, its meaning indiscernible. It was like the startled, helpless cry of a kitten suddenly pounced upon.

Only then did the girl finally recall that she ought to establish a safe distance from this utterly brazen junior before her.

With a graceful, almost unconscious movement, she took a small step backward. Her lips, pressed so firmly against his, seemed poised to break free.

However, Li Chunsheng swiftly detected Liuxia’s subtle attempt to retreat. He merely extended a hand, circling the girl’s impossibly slender waist with lightning speed. With that effortless gesture, he quelled her slightest movement.

“!!!”

A sudden panic seized Liuxia’s heart. Her hands instinctively flew up, pressing against Li Chunsheng’s chest, desperate to push him away.

Yet, in her current state, beyond her heightened senses, not a trace remained of the finely honed physical strength she possessed as a man. How could she, in this form, possibly contend with Li Chunsheng, a peak Black Iron-tier fighter?

Her small, jade-like hands, though clearly intending to push Li Chunsheng away with all her might, found themselves in a futile struggle. Instead, they appeared to be clinging tightly to his chest, as if unwilling to release him.

‘Let… let go of me, mmm…’

‘My breath… it’s so difficult…’

‘Why…’

Liuxia wailed silently within her heart. She finally, acutely realized the extent of her weakness and helplessness before this junior, whom she had once believed she knew so well.

The junior whom she had once playfully subdued with a single hand had now, startlingly, reversed their dynamic. With just one hand, he effortlessly quelled all her resistance.

The stark contrast between the current reality and her cherished memories made the world before Liuxia’s eyes reel precariously.

‘No… please don’t…’

Yet, this was still not the end.

As if deeming their proximity still insufficient, Li Chunsheng’s arm, wrapped around the girl’s waist, tightened slightly. Liuxia’s upper body was instantly lifted, her feet barely touching the ground as she was supported entirely by him.

She felt like a weightless ragdoll, gently lifted into his arms. Her entire body was pressed against Li Chunsheng’s, every inch of them touching without a single gap.

This sensation of being treated like an object sent waves of profound shame through Liuxia’s core.

In their tight embrace, the astonishing mounds on the girl’s chest, under Li Chunsheng’s unyielding pressure, lost their once perfect, rounded form. They became a soft barrier between them, pressing against her so hard she could barely breathe.

‘Chunsheng… you damn…’

Liuxia, typically soft-spoken and rarely prone to anger, truly felt a flicker of fury ignite within her at this very moment.

But only just a little bit…

The girl had momentarily considered biting his lips hard, or perhaps using her limbs to strike at the man’s most vulnerable points.

However, the thought of potentially harming her junior made her hesitate, her resolve softening instantly. Liuxia possessed such a nature; she harbored an almost boundless tolerance for those she held dear.

‘Chunsheng… please… stop this…’

‘Senior Sister… I feel so distressed…’

Faced with Li Chunsheng’s predatory, almost beast-like gaze, the girl found herself utterly helpless. A timid vulnerability began to creep into her demeanor.

The unyielding strength that had once defined her masculine side gradually receded from her eyes. Now, only pure fragility and desperate pleading remained in Liuxia’s gaze.

‘Please don’t continue… I beg you…’

However, this very softness, radiating from her core, acted like a feather. It precisely pricked the most ticklish spot deep within Li Chunsheng’s heart.

His actions, in turn, grew even more dominant.

Liuxia found herself barely able to breathe, her mind growing hazy from the lack of air.

As she remained utterly at his mercy, a sudden sensation washed over her. From Li Chunsheng, waves of… rich ‘gold content’ transferred to her!

“!”

The girl’s entire body trembled. Her consciousness, which had been growing hazy, instantly sharpened, as if revitalized by a sudden downpour.

‘This is!’

In a flash, Liuxia remembered the bowl of nutritious porridge Li Chunsheng had prepared that very morning.

‘Could it be…’

As the girl processed this revelation in stunned silence, her body instinctively began to absorb the ‘gold content’.

Liuxia’s body trembled subtly, ceaselessly absorbing.

Li Chunsheng, at that moment, was akin to a living bank, from whom Liuxia ceaselessly withdrew ‘gold content’.

He could distinctly feel his own ‘gold content’ steadily diminishing with the girl’s actions.

Meanwhile, Liuxia sensed that with her absorption, her own ‘gold content’—which had been entirely depleted and stood at zero—was rapidly replenishing. It quickly returned to [10] at a visually perceptible rate.

Then, this swift recovery abruptly ceased. The number merely quivered for a moment before, with a visible struggle, finally leaping to [11].

On Li Chunsheng’s end, however, tens of thousands of Black Iron Coins had already been expended in this brief interval.

“Eh… this is…” Liuxia had just begun to ponder the implications of this numerical shift…

Suddenly, the girl’s vision swam with black spots. The prolonged embrace had finally pushed her brain past its limits, unable to endure the severe lack of oxygen any longer.

“Senior Sister…!”

It wasn’t until Li Chunsheng noticed the girl in his arms was on the verge of rolling her eyes that he released her in a sudden panic.