A Moment of Clarity

I want to see Lin Qingqing more clearly!

After putting it into practice, Rinzi realized that the ‘scenes’ she had imagined were incredibly naive, just as the editor had said.

[Creation must never deviate from reality.]

Panting, panting, panting.

Rinzi quickly turned off the gas, no longer pretending to boil water.

She thought about what she could do in the kitchen, something she could do with one hand while maintaining the facade.

Nothing came to mind.

Whether it’s cooking, boiling rice, or cleaning, any task in the kitchen requires both hands, right?

Sure enough, the plot in her book had obvious logical flaws! But ironically, just at this moment,

Rinzi, as the author, had a lightning-fast idea.

Since [pretending to cook in the kitchen while gazing at the beloved boy’s back as a reward…] was completely illogical,

then she would simply change the scene!

Taking a deep breath,

the mature, curvaceous woman in a daily floral print dress began to quietly make her way toward Chen Ran’s direction.

Until she reached the sofa where the boy sat upright.

Rinzi’s living room had its sofas arranged in a circle around a coffee table in the center of the room, mimicking the atmosphere of an old salon.

Scholars gathered around the fireplace, sipping coffee, smoking cigarettes, and discussing philosophical topics of creation from ancient to modern times.

Although…

Rinzi had been living here for nearly two months, and the only visitors to her home had been her longtime editor and Chen Ran—clearly, she didn’t have any real friends.

But that didn’t matter!

The important thing was that, because the sofas were placed in the center of the living room, Rinzi could now kneel and lean over the back of the sofa, pressing her pretty, alluring face close to where Chen Ran sat.

At the same time, she could extend one hand, pretending to rest her head on it while leaning against the sofa back.

‘Chen Ran, is the red tea good?’

‘What?’

Evidently, Chen Ran hadn’t noticed that Rinzi had come up behind him. Rinzi saw the boy’s slightly turned, handsome face, his distant, always-downcast, deep eyes, and her heart suddenly tightened, making it hard for her to breathe.

So close…

Too close, too close, too close, too close!!!

She screamed inwardly like this.

Rinzi’s hand, hidden behind the sofa, slowly lifted the hem of her skirt, sliding along her cool skin, and began to…

‘Chen Ran has been going to school lately.’

‘Yeah.’

‘Is he still in first year?’

‘Yeah, first year.’

It will still be at least three more years before they can get married, right?

Although in theory, they could get married at eighteen, marrying a high school student was just too strange!

Rinzi thought, feeling her body become strangely cold due to the tension, starting to emit a cool breeze like an air conditioner.

But her fingertips felt unusually hot.

Not the kind of heat that burns, but a warm, moist heat, like a sudden downpour on a hot summer day, drenching her entire body.

The steamy, natural, sticky heat made her feel dizzy.

But!

Rinzi knew she couldn’t faint now; she had to be fully alert!

Like continuing to talk to Chen Ran, so he wouldn’t notice anything…

The boy had turned his head back to drinking tea and watching TV.

Rinzi liked this about Chen Ran; no matter how strange, his face always showed a certain calm, as if in this chaotic world,

he never sought ‘why,’ but instead lived and moved forward with focus or indifference.

This somewhat transcendent quality deeply attracted Rinzi.

‘Chen Ran…’

‘What is it, Rinzi?’

‘How’s school, Chen Ran? If possible…呼… Auntie can tutor you, maybe in language arts…’

‘No need, my grades are okay.’

Chen Ran humbly replied.

‘That’s good. If there are any problems, you can always talk to Auntie.’

‘Sure, I will.’

‘What university does Chen Ran want to go to, maybe West University?’

‘Mmm, I don’t know yet.’

Chen Ran mused, having no real idea about college.

‘Of course, he’s only in first year…嗯… it’s okay to not think about it yet… or…嗯…’

Rinzi gradually realized that her tone of voice was becoming strange.

As her fingers moved,

her body felt an unprecedented mix of tension, soreness, and weakness, making her voice hoarse, trying to avoid making any ‘cute’ sounds, but it seemed like…

She might have already made those sounds!

Her mind started to race.

Rinzi finally understood just how ‘heavy’ a process it was when something she had carelessly written down actually happened.

It was unreal!!!

The woman suppressed her wild urge to scream, feeling as if she were walking a tightrope on the peak of the world, barefoot, with a bottomless abyss beneath her. One mistake and her whole life would be ruined, but she had no choice but to keep going and…

Reach the top!!!

Rinzi’s entire body froze in an instant.

Even the words she had been saying and her thoughts were suddenly interrupted halfway through.

The woman suddenly felt a warm current flowing over her cold skin, like droplets merging into a ‘stream,’ slowly trickling down her body’s surface.

This sensation of reaching the peak for the first time made Rinzi’s mind go blank, and she couldn’t think straight.

Unable to hold back any longer,

she let out a pitiful, embarrassing sound.

Rinzi suddenly collapsed, her face flushed with allure, pressing against the back of the sofa, biting her lips as she glanced over.

Her appearance surprised Chen Ran, who hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

‘What’s wrong, Rinzi?’

‘No… no… no…’

Her voice was completely hoarse.

Although she tried to keep pretending, her legs had gone weak, and she could only look helplessly at the beloved boy, who was staring at her with concern.

And slowly, he stood up from the sofa, looking down at her with a worried expression.

[No, no, no!!]

[She’s going to be found out!!]

But no matter how much she screamed internally, Rinzi couldn’t stop Chen Ran’s actions.

So when the boy stood up…

Rinzi thought she heard a ‘click’ in the depths of her mind.

It was as if some ‘self-preservation program’ had activated, and her vision went black, causing her to faint instantly.