He Came Drunk to the Set… Just to Hold Me

Xie Yaoyao stuck another little red flower on the back of Ning Shixue’s hand.

He was wearing his little overalls with the bear tail that night, and there were more stickers hidden in the front pocket of the overalls.

He grabbed them with his chubby little hand and stuffed them all into Ning Shixue’s palm.

But these stickers were originally meant to be stuck on the kindergarten classroom wall.
Xie Yaoyao hadn’t let the teacher put his little red flowers up.
He had taken all the stickers away.
Now, there wasn’t a single little red flower under his name.

The old butler had added the kindergarten teacher on WeChat.
The teacher had told him about this.

He quietly told Ning Shixue.

Ning Shixue grabbed Xie Yaoyao’s chubby little hand to steady him, looked up, and asked him,
“Is that okay?”

He thought human cubs probably cared about this kind of thing.

Whoever had more little red flowers was the good baby.
On the show, Xie Yaoyao had even bragged to him, saying he always came first in kindergarten and had lots of little red flowers.

Now, if he didn’t put them on the wall, wouldn’t others be able to see them?

“It’s okay oh,”
Xie Yaoyao said.
He had been wiggling his little bottom back and forth.
When Ning Shixue reached out to him, he flopped into Ning Shixue’s arms, his face flushed.
“They’re for baby.”

He and the baby were best friends.
What he gave the baby was the same as giving them to himself.
He didn’t care if others saw his little red flowers.
Anyway, the baby could see them.

He had even saved one little red flower for Big Daddy.
He hadn’t seen Big Daddy in such a long time.

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King finally understood why Big Daddy went to work every day.
Big Daddy was just like that older sister at the amusement park who watched the bumper cars.
No matter when he went to the amusement park, the bumper cars were always running.

Big Daddy must be watching other kids play bumper cars every day.
He probably didn’t even know if anyone gave him little red flowers.

* * * *

Xie Zhaozhou didn’t know he had been assigned to watch bumper cars.
That night, he attended a banquet.
On his way to the company after leaving, he got a call from Song Li.

“President Xie,”
Song Li said, lowering his voice.
“Xie Xiangshan is in the reception room. He’s been here for over an hour.”

Xie Zhaozhou lit a cigarette.
A spark glowed by his lips.
But his eyes were still dark and unreadable.
He said coldly,
“Got it. Let him wait.”

Xie Xiangshan waited until his face had darkened and he could no longer control his anxiety before finally seeing Xie Zhaozhou.

Xie Zhaozhou’s features were cold.
He was wearing a black custom suit.
He was much taller than Xie Xiangshan.
His thin lips were pressed together.
His dark, narrow phoenix eyes looked over indifferently.
He didn’t take the initiative to speak.

“…”
Xie’s father was stunned for a moment.
He had opened his mouth to vent his anger, but now the words stuck in his throat.

When Xie Zhaozhou was born, he was responsible for a project at the Xie Group that had problems.
He was annoyed and didn’t even go to the hospital to accompany Liao Yanwan that night.
He didn’t see Xie Zhaozhou until half a month later.

Then he and Liao Yanwan went abroad.
Over the years, he had seen Xie Zhaozhou only a few times.

Now he realized that facing Xie Zhaozhou, he actually felt a bit intimidated.
He had become such a stranger in the blink of an eye.

“Zhaozhou,”
Xie’s father said, suppressing the fear in his heart.
There was no point in small talk between father and son.
He simply asked directly,
“Are you still investigating your elder brother’s case?”

Xie Zhaozhou lowered his eyes slightly, as good as admitting it.

“It’s been so many years. The police have already closed the case. Why are you still investigating it?”
Xie’s father couldn’t help getting annoyed.
“Never mind what your mother says. You know she has mental issues. Why do you listen to her?”

Xie Zhaozhou’s expression was indifferent.
The police had already reopened the investigation into this case.
Xie’s father definitely knew about it.
He might have even been questioned.
That’s why he was forced to come and find him tonight.

He didn’t speak.
Song Li conveniently walked over and handed the information on Jiang Zhan and Jiang Xin to Xie’s father.

Xie’s father took it.
His face suddenly changed.

He tried his utmost to hide it and pretended to be confused.
“Zhaozhou, who are these people?”

“The people who killed Xie Sui,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, his eyes cold.
He had no patience for this.

Xie’s father still didn’t want to admit it.
But he stared at Xie Zhaozhou for a few seconds with a tense face.
He couldn’t hold out any longer.
Xie Zhaozhou definitely already knew everything, which was why he was asking.

If he kept pretending, it would be a bit ridiculous.

Xie’s father’s breathing became heavy.
Finally, he let out a long sigh.
He stopped pretending and came clean.
“Do you have to do this? What good will it do you to find out?”

“You’ve known all along that Xie Sui’s accident was related to them,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, looking up.

This wasn’t a question.
It was a statement.

Xie’s father didn’t answer.
He paced with his hands behind his back.
When he got to Xie Zhaozhou, he finally couldn’t control his anger.
“What more do you want? The company is already in your hands now. Who’s going to fight you for it?!”

Xie Zhaozhou remained silent.
His fingers held a cigarette.
He lowered his head and flicked the ash.

“With the little bit of shares Xie Hanzhou has, can he compete with you?”
Xie’s father roared angrily.
“You don’t even spare your own parents. What are you afraid of?!”

He did know the inside story.
After Xie Sui’s accident, Jiang Zhan had privately come to find him.
He knelt down, crying, and said it was a moment of madness, out of jealousy.
He said he grew up without a father.

Xie’s father was thunderstruck at the time.
He never imagined that this son of his…

He didn’t finish his sentence.
He was so agitated he slumped onto the sofa, his whole body convulsing.
Jiang Zhan was so scared he panicked and reached out to steady him.
Only then did he recover.

He cried, looking up at him and calling him ‘dad.’

Xie’s father’s face was streaked with tears as he furiously cursed him out.
But no matter how angry he got, Xie Sui was dead.
He would never see that child again.

Jiang Zhan also seemed genuinely regretful.
Tears streamed down his face.
Like a child who had made a mistake, he begged him to save him.

Even now, thinking about it made Xie’s father feel like a stone was pressing on his heart.
Xie Sui’s death hurt him.
The tears of this child before him also hurt him deeply.

Xie Zhaozhou’s expression was completely calm.

“He’s my son too. Tell me, what am I supposed to do?”
Xie’s father’s eyes grew moist.
Having vented the anger pent up in his chest, he now softened his attitude and pleaded with Xie Zhaozhou.
“Even a vicious tiger won’t eat its cubs. I’ve already lost one son. Do I have to lose another?”

Xie Zhaozhou’s Adam’s apple moved.
He looked up at him and said,
“What about Xie Sui’s case?”

“I’ve already said it’s all in the past,”
Xie’s father frowned.
“If you don’t investigate, no one will bring it up again. Now that it’s come to this, how am I supposed to explain it to your mother? Her health is already bad. Can she withstand this?”

Xie’s father paused and sighed.
“And I really did wrong those two children.”

That woman pressured him to divorce Liao Yanwan and marry her.
How could he possibly agree?
But he never imagined she would actually have the nerve to hide the pregnancy from him and give birth to the children.

After she left the club, she got addicted to gambling, and even drugs.
She constantly brought different men home.
Jiang Zhan and Jiang Xin had been pointed at and gossiped about since they were little.

Especially Jiang Xin, who was a very beautiful girl.
She was often groped by the men her mother brought home.

Luckily, she had Jiang Zhan, her twin brother, to protect her.
Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

After the woman got seriously ill, Jiang Zhan and Jiang Xin spent everything they had to treat her.
They had nothing left.
Jiang Zhan came to beg him back then, asking to borrow five hundred thousand.

He could spend more than five hundred thousand on a single bottle of wine without thinking twice.

But he didn’t dare give it.

He was afraid Liao Yanwan would find out.

The Xie and Liao families weren’t old friends, but he and Liao Yanwan had known each other since childhood.
He had real feelings for her.
Even with her mental issues, he never thought of divorcing her.

Liao Yanwan kept a very close eye on him.
If he suddenly transferred out five hundred thousand, she would definitely question him.

Actually, he had also thought about getting someone else to give the money to Jiang Zhan.
Five hundred thousand was a small amount, after all.
He could just owe someone a favor.

But Old Master Xie also didn’t allow him to have illegitimate children.
The family rules were strict.
He didn’t have anyone he could completely trust.

In the end, Jiang Xin even cried and begged him.
She was his only daughter.
Only then did he finally feel a flicker of compassion.

He asked his younger brother, Xie Zhaozhou’s uncle, Xie Mengyuan, to transfer the five hundred thousand to Jiang Zhan and Jiang Xin.

But it was already too late.
That very night, the woman died in the hospital.

“They’re all pitiful. What do you want me to do?”
Xie’s father rubbed his face and said dejectedly to Xie Zhaozhou.
“Do I have to send my own son to prison?”

Xie Zhaozhou’s eyes darkened.

Xie’s father probably didn’t know that Jiang Zhan, Jiang Xin, and Li Yuan were all actually targeting him.
And he hadn’t mentioned Jiang Xin.
Probably because Jiang Zhan had deliberately hidden it.

He had taken all the blame for Xie Sui’s death upon himself.

Based on his understanding of the siblings, Xie Zhaozhou knew Jiang Zhan couldn’t possibly be genuinely remorseful and come crying to Xie’s father.

He must have had a purpose.

If he was discovered and things were about to be exposed, he might have to sacrifice one person.
Or they wanted to use this opportunity to take a desperate gamble, get close to the Xie family, and then get close to Xie’s father.

Even if Xie’s father was unwilling to cover for him and Jiang Zhan went to prison, at least Jiang Xin would be saved.
They wouldn’t have lost.

Xie’s father was a feudal patriarch at heart and very self-centered.
He wasn’t as guarded against his daughter.

Jiang Xin might be easier to target.

Xie Zhaozhou grabbed his coat.
He had found out what he wanted to probe.
He had nothing to say to Xie’s father.
He wanted to go to the set to pick up Ning Shixue.
He said indifferently,

“You can tell that to the police.”

Xie’s father never expected Xie Zhaozhou to be unmoved by both soft and hard tactics.
His face darkened.
He couldn’t help sneering.
“Don’t you need an heir? Or are you planning to have that sickly one give birth to one for you?”

He just had an illegitimate child.
What crime had he committed?

He hadn’t expected this kind of car accident to happen.

If Xie Zhaozhou didn’t divorce Ning Shixue, he would have to have a child with someone else outside and bring it home to raise?

That was even worse than him.

At least he hadn’t made Liao Yanwan raise someone else’s child.

Xie Zhaozhou paused.
The light slanted down from his brow and eye sockets, casting half of his stern face in shadow.
His eyes were dark and gloomy, fixed on Xie’s father.

Xie’s father’s scalp tingled.
He couldn’t make another sound.
He thought Xie Zhaozhou was going to hit him.

But Xie Zhaozhou had already turned and left.
Like he was in a hurry, not wanting to waste time on someone unimportant.

Xie’s father’s face was ashen.

Song Li, with a polite yet distant attitude, walked over and said to him,
“Mr. Xie, let me walk you to the parking lot.”

* * * *

Ning Shixue played with the stickers with Xie Yaoyao for a while.
In the end, there were only two left.
They were all used up.
Xie Yaoyao’s eyes were still sparkling.

They were for the baby to play with anyway.
And he would have many more little red flower stickers in the future.

Xie Yaoyao secretly told Ning Shixue,
“My teacher, has a whole box of little red flowers. So baby can play whenever.”

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King thought he would be in kindergarten for many more years.
The teacher’s little red flower stickers would all end up in his overalls pockets.
Of course, he could bring many more for the baby.

High EQ: Kindergarten teacher.

Low EQ: Unlimited supplier.

But Ning Shixue still couldn’t bear to throw them away.
He peeled off the ones stuck on his clothes and hands and stuck them all on his script.

He Lin came over and pinched Xie Yaoyao’s cheek.
Then he left again.
He was so busy now his feet barely touched the ground.
He didn’t have time to spend with He Miao.
He Miao also came to find Xie Yaoyao to play.

Ning Shixue had a big scene that night.

It was the night Wen Yu finally escaped with Xiaoyan’er and Mengmeng.
This time, he didn’t dare take a bus.
He fled the village and climbed over the mountains late at night.
Looking up, the sky was full of stars.
Wen Yu didn’t even turn on his flashlight, afraid of being discovered.
But the moonlight was so bright.
It was like the best moon he had seen since he was born, lighting the path home for them.

He was lame in his left leg.
Xiaoyan’er was only five or six.
The other child was only three.
They couldn’t walk far.
He had to carry them and hold them.

He fell until his whole body was bruised.

When lights from the village flashed nearby, he would hug them and hide behind trees or in the crops.
His palms were sweating.
If they were caught again, he would definitely be beaten to death.

In this scene, Xiaoyan’er and Mengmeng both had to cry.
They were nervous and scared.
But even though they were very young, they both knew they absolutely could not be discovered.
So they held back and didn’t dare cry out loud.

Not until Wen Yu also got tired and couldn’t carry them anymore, finally stopping.
The stars in the deep mountain night were boundless and brilliant, reflected in their eyes.
They even forgot to cry.

It was already 7:30 PM.
Ning Shixue and He Miao were supposed to film.
But the little boy playing Mengmeng was having problems.
He couldn’t cry at all.

He had been beaten by Wen Yu’s uncle.
At night, hiding under the covers crying, he was secretly taken away by Wen Yu.

He Lin crouched nearby, worriedly trying to guide him.
This little boy had been pretty good during his audition.
He had even been cast earlier than He Miao.

Unexpectedly, problems arose after filming started.

“What’s wrong?”
the little boy’s mother also said, anxiously.
She couldn’t help scolding him a few times.
“You were crying at home last night, weren’t you? Why can’t you cry now?”

The little boy’s eyes reddened a little.
But even being scolded, the tears still wouldn’t fall.

He Lin quickly stopped her.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Forcing tears like that won’t work either.”

What he wanted wasn’t this kind of aggrieved crying.

In the movie, Mengmeng got separated from the human traffickers and was found by Wen Yu’s uncle.
He hadn’t seen his parents for half a year.
When Wen Yu’s uncle hit him, his emotions were pushed to the limit.

And he was afraid of being hit again.
That’s why he cried under the covers.
The tears were very complicated.

Actually, this scene should have been filmed a few days ago.
This little actor had been unable to get into character, which is why it was delayed until now.
If he couldn’t film it tonight, He Lin would have to consider replacing him.

The parenting show had been filming Ning Shixue for a while.
Ning Shixue took Xie Yaoyao and the others to watch the filming.
Then he moved the camera away and temporarily stopped filming them.

The little boy playing Mengmeng had already thought about every sad thing that had happened in his three and a half years of life.
He still couldn’t cry.
He even forgot his lines.

“Forget it,”
He Lin gave up and said to the little boy’s mother,
“Take him home tonight.”

The little boy’s mother had no choice but to take him and leave.

Xie Yaoyao kicked his little feet.
His chubby little face was full of confusion.
“Why this kid can’t cry?”

“You have to cry to act,”
He Miao said, standing nearby, giving him a simple and crude explanation.

Xie Yaoyao grew even more confused.
Wasn’t crying just crying?
He was the best at crying.
He bounced up and down, anxiously waving his little hand at He Lin.
“I can cry oh.”

He Lin didn’t have much hope for Xie Yaoyao.
But he was also tired from all the fuss.
He couldn’t help teasing Xie Yaoyao.
“Give us a cry, then.”

He Lin never expected that as soon as he said it, Xie Yaoyao’s tears would splash onto his cheeks.
His eyes were red.
He was already crying like this, but he made no sound.

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King was the best at crying.
After all, what bratty kid didn’t cry and make a scene?
Before, when he wanted someone to coax him, he would deliberately cry.
He could turn his tears on and off at will.

He Lin was dumbfounded.
It actually worked.
He stared at Xie Yaoyao and even started to waver a bit.

Xie Yaoyao had lost weight now.
Crying like this, his little face looked quite haggard.

Anyway, it was already like this tonight.
The set lights were already there.
They were filming in a mountain village near Yan City.
It was very difficult to set up the cameras and reflectors.

He Lin simply said to Xie Yaoyao,
“Why don’t you try?”

As soon as He Miao heard this, she quickly pulled the makeup older sister over.
Xie Yaoyao’s little face was made even paler.
He changed into a dirty little outfit from the movie.
The soft hair on his head was flat.
He actually looked the part.

“You just hide under this blanket and cry,”
He Lin told him.
“In a bit, someone will come to pick you up. You’re scared at first. Once you see who it is, then you go with them.”

Xie Yaoyao failed the first take.
He was crying well.
But as soon as Ning Shixue lifted his blanket and he saw his face, he stopped crying.
He even reached out wanting a hug.

He Miao was so nervous.
Her little pigtails were standing up.
She really wanted Xie Yaoyao to stay.

When He Lin called cut, she ran over to find Xie Yaoyao.
The two little ones huddled together and whispered.

She tried to make Xie Yaoyao understand what this movie was about.

Ning Shixue crouched beside Xie Yaoyao again and explained the script to him.
By the third take, Xie Yaoyao finally got it.
In the dark little house in the mountain village, he hid for a moment, then whispered “gege” and hugged Ning Shixue’s neck.

“Cut!”
He Lin called.

They went on to film the escape scene.
He Lin had already set up cameras along the mountain path.
The moonlight was bright that night.
The stars in the mountains were especially clear.
The script supervisor called action again.
Wen Yu took the two children and stumbled away.
The summer mountain wind blew through their cold sweat.
Their legs were weak from running.
Their hair was messy.
Their clothes were disheveled.
But no one stopped.

The night was deep.
Looking from behind the monitor, it was like the Milky Way was inverted.

Xiaoyan’er was so tired her hair stuck to her cheeks.
She asked Wen Yu,
“Gege, where we going?”

Wen Yu said,
“Taking you home.”

The script supervisor called cut again.

Maybe because they had spent months on the parenting show together and were very familiar with each other, even though Xie Yaoyao was very young, he could understand what Ning Shixue said.
Filming went surprisingly smoothly.

He Lin was completely wavering this time.
Anyway, if he found another three-year-old, they would also have no acting experience.

Why not choose Xie Yaoyao?

But He Lin didn’t decide for sure yet.
He still had to discuss it with the singer who was the real-life inspiration for the movie.

After filming this scene, Ning Shixue was so tired his whole body was weak.
Even though He Miao and Xie Yaoyao hadn’t messed up, He Lin had made them reshoot several takes to find better angles.

Running down the mountain path over and over again.

He was even a bit dizzy.

Ning Shixue looked up.
Past the busy crowd of the crew, he met Xie Zhaozhou’s dark eyes directly.
He thought he was dizzy and seeing things.
He paused for a moment before walking over.

Xie Zhaozhou had been leaning against the hood of the car.
When he saw Ning Shixue coming, he stood up.

“Second Brother,”
Ning Shixue asked him,
“When did you get here?”

But as soon as he asked, he felt something was off.
He couldn’t help leaning closer and sniffing Xie Zhaozhou.

There was a smell of alcohol.
But it wasn’t unpleasant.
It was probably some kind of red wine, with a very faint scent of roses.

“Just arrived,”
Xie Zhaozhou said, holding his hand.
His dark phoenix eyes were tinged with drunkenness.
His gaze fell heavily on him.
But his voice was very gentle.
“The driver brought me.”

Ning Shixue mumbled in response.

There was no one in the corner of the set.
Xie Zhaozhou wrapped his arm around his waist and pulled him into his arms.
He buried the tip of his nose in the warmth of Ning Shixue’s neck and nuzzled.
His scorching breath sprayed against Ning Shixue’s neck.

Ning Shixue couldn’t help raising his hand.
His fingers threaded through Xie Zhaozhou’s hair.
Xie Zhaozhou’s hair was on the coarser side.
It didn’t feel very nice to touch.

This embrace was tight and seamless, holding him close and firm.
It felt like being caught by a wolf.

But Xie Zhaozhou’s eyelashes were long, though not very curled.
Looking down at him like this, with his nose even nuzzling against the skin of his neck, he also seemed like some kind of tamed beast, just loyally looking at its master.

The tips of Ning Shixue’s ears suddenly reddened.
He pushed him and said,
“Don’t hold so tight. What if someone sees?”

Ning Shixue was embarrassed, but he couldn’t bear to push him away hard.
He always felt Xie Zhaozhou was in a bad mood.

But Xie Zhaozhou just held him and said nothing.
His knuckles gently pinched the back of Ning Shixue’s neck.
Ning Shixue’s whole body was stained with the faint smell of alcohol.
He couldn’t help feeling a bit dizzy.

Xie Yaoyao had followed Ning Shixue and pattered over too.
The character Mengmeng he played was very young and didn’t have many scenes.
The male and female leads of this movie were Ning Shixue and He Miao.

Ning Shixue and He Miao still had a scene to film later.
But Xie Yaoyao was already done.
He had changed back into his own clothes.

Ning Shixue and Xie Zhaozhou were both there.
The old butler had gone to the car to get Xie Yaoyao’s toys and hadn’t come back yet.

Xie Yaoyao blinked his big eyes a few times.
Big Daddy and the baby were hugging.
He also pounced over and hugged Ning Shixue’s leg.
He even stuck out his little bottom, trying to hide himself between Ning Shixue and Xie Zhaozhou.

His soft, chubby cheek rubbed against Ning Shixue’s leg.
His little hand was even grabbing Xie Zhaozhou’s pants.

There was no happier kid than him.

Ning Shixue was already being held by Xie Zhaozhou.
Xie Yaoyao was hanging on his leg like a little koala.
He couldn’t move at all.

Not until a crew member called him to film did Xie Zhaozhou let go of his shoulder and say, looking down,
“Go ahead. I’ll watch him.”

Ning Shixue hesitated.
He said to Xie Zhaozhou,
“I could have the assistant come keep him company.”

Xie Zhaozhou’s relationship with Xie Sui was very complicated.

Ning Shixue knew he wasn’t willing to have much contact with Xie Yaoyao.

He hadn’t thought about improving the relationship between the great and little antagonists.

After all, he hadn’t experienced what Xie Zhaozhou had been through.
Why should he demand that Xie Zhaozhou completely accept Xie Yaoyao?

Unless it was necessary.
Like on the show, when he couldn’t carry Xie Yaoyao, he had no choice but to let Xie Zhaozhou hold him.

Otherwise, he tried to take care of Xie Yaoyao himself.

Xie Zhaozhou seemed to know what he was thinking.
His narrow, deep eyes curved for a moment as he told him,
“I don’t mind.”

Just watching Xie Yaoyao so he wouldn’t run off.
He wasn’t so petty that he would mind that.

“If you want me to do something, just tell me directly,”
Xie Zhaozhou hugged him again.
His voice was low, whispering in his ear.
It was soft and tingly.
“Haven’t I always listened to you?”

“…You’re drunk,”
Ning Shixue said, his eyelashes fluttering.
Some crew members passed by.
His cheeks were red.
He thought Xie Zhaozhou was a bit drunk and crazy.
But he couldn’t deny it.

Xie Zhaozhou really did seem to listen to him.

Ning Shixue still had one last scene to film that night.
He couldn’t delay any longer.
Xie Zhaozhou let him go and let him film.

Xie Zhaozhou was indeed a bit drunk.
He didn’t really want to hold Xie Yaoyao.
So he just grabbed the little bear tail on the back of Xie Yaoyao’s overalls.

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King had been grabbed by the tail of fate.
He had wanted to run all over the set.
Now he couldn’t run away.
He could only prop his chubby face in his hands and sigh.
Then he leaned against Xie Zhaozhou and obediently sat on the steps.

On a summer night, the mountain breeze wasn’t very cold.
Xie Yaoyao scratched his cheek.
He crouched nearby like a little puppy.

Not until Ning Shixue finished his last scene and found them still in the same position.

The parenting show director had filmed them for several segments.
Xie Zhaozhou didn’t react.

He seemed really drunk.

Ning Shixue took out the last two stickers.
He sat down between Xie Yaoyao and Xie Zhaozhou.
“Who’s the most obedient little star?”

When he walked over, Xie Zhaozhou let go of Xie Yaoyao’s little bear tail.
They both moved aside at the same time, making room for Ning Shixue.

“It’s me oh!”
Xie Yaoyao heard Ning Shixue’s words and instantly bounced up.
Now he was Xie Xingxing.

Ning Shixue stuck the little red flower on his cheek.

“Who’s the…”
Ning Shixue had originally wanted to say who’s the most obedient Xie Zhouzhou.
But this little one really wasn’t very obedient.
Xie Zhaozhou’s dark eyes were heavy.
He even leaned in wanting to kiss him.

Ning Shixue raised his hand.
His fingertips were cold.
He pressed the sticker against Xie Zhaozhou’s lips.

Xie Zhaozhou looked down and met Ning Shixue’s still-curved beautiful eyes.
His heart suddenly pounded violently.