Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Have Liked for a Long, Long Time
’Silly goose!’
’What a silly goose. How could the prime of his life not be better than a few fleeting moments in a dream?’
But Shen Nian knew. Lu Cheng must have been waiting for this day for a very, very long time.
Suddenly, Shen Nian wanted to see Lu Cheng—to see what he looked like right at this moment.
Perhaps their hearts were in sync. This time, when Shen Nian wanted to pull away, Lu Cheng didn’t stop her. Instead, he gently released the arms that held her tight.
Shen Nian looked at Lu Cheng, whose face was slightly flushed and whose expression was still a bit shy. Her heart warmed, and unable to help herself, she leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Only after she’d done it did Shen Nian realize what she had just done on impulse. Her face instantly turned beet red, and she shot up to run away.
However, Lu Cheng’s dorm room was only so big. Even if Shen Nian wanted to flee, there was nowhere to go.
And so, steeling herself, Shen Nian scrambled directly onto the bed in Lu Cheng’s dorm room.
"I’m tired! I’m going to sleep now!"
With that, she pulled the covers over her head, turned to face away from him, and didn’t dare look at Lu Cheng again.
’So shameless, so shameless! How could I have been so forward all of a sudden?’
’A kiss on the cheek was as innocent as it gets, but just thinking about that moment made my face burn and my heart pound like crazy.’
This was the first time Shen Nian had ever felt anything like it.
Meanwhile, as Shen Nian scrambled onto the bed, Lu Cheng remained frozen in place, still in the same position as when she had kissed his cheek.
Shen Nian’s gentle kiss had stirred a massive storm in Lu Cheng’s heart. For a moment it felt as if his heart had stopped, only to begin pounding like a war drum the next.
Just being able to hold the woman he had loved for so long was already enough to make Lu Cheng ecstatic.
And now, he had received her kiss. Though it was just a light peck on the cheek, to Lu Cheng, it felt like she had kissed the very core of his heart.
So much had happened in a single day. Lu Cheng was certain he would never, ever forget this day for the rest of his life.
In truth, Lu Cheng wasn’t oblivious when Shen Nian ran off. He could have stopped her, but he chose not to.
For one, he didn’t want to embarrass her. For another, perhaps even Lu Cheng himself didn’t know what kind of expression he should wear to face her now.
Shen Nian had run away out of bashfulness, and Lu Cheng felt it too.
Today, Shen Nian had astonished him and delighted him in so many ways.
The girl Lu Cheng had always kept in his heart was now becoming more and more real. He found himself falling for her more and more, and she plucked at his heartstrings with increasing ease.
At that moment, Lu Cheng suddenly had an overwhelming urge to tell Shen Nian that he loved her—that he had loved her for a very, very long time!
He missed her so much. He had missed her for ages. In fact, there wasn’t a single moment he wasn’t thinking of her.
Lu Cheng turned slightly and saw the gently curved figure under the blankets of his single bed.
’This is my dorm. My home. And in it, sleeping, is the woman I love most in the world!’
He stood up, walked toward the bed, stopped at its side, and sat down gently on the edge.
