Chapter 15: Love at First Sight? (Seeking Anti-Explosion)

  (Everyone, let's work harder! We're already 8th on the urban new book chart and we even reached 7th last night, but this morning we were surpassed by someone! I'm looking at the fallen chrysanthemums and begging everyone to give us a boost, so we can counterattack and make those certain people's chrysanthemums bloom explosively! Today is still a double update, with another one coming from 7-8 pm this afternoon! Thanks everyone! Kansai dialect: arigatou gozaimasu!)

  The spring evening breeze is very comfortable, a little cool and a little warm. The bright sky is dotted with stars, the moon is just a faint arc of pale jade color, as if, like a person's eyes when they smile, narrowed into a slit...

  Standing at the crossroads, looking at Zheng Xiuyan who was gradually getting farther away, Mu Ziqiu was thinking about whether or not to send his deskmate home. The cold and quiet street entrance was swept by a gust of evening wind. In the end, Mu Ziqiu still followed from afar...

  The pedestrian paths on both sides of the highway were desolate, with very few people coming and going, to the point where it could be said that there was almost no one. The long road stretched out before him, and as he gazed at Zheng Xiuyan's shadow, which was lengthened and shortened by the streetlights, Mu Ziqi simply followed from a distance. A girl walked past behind him, looked at him for a moment, and then quickly ran off. Mu Ziqi didn't get a clear look at her face, but he caught a whiff of a faint chocolate scent carried on the spring breeze, which was sweet and slightly bitter. It was just this faint hint of chocolate that almost made him feel intoxicated!

  "What's wrong with me?" Muzi Qiu stared blankly at the girl walking between him and Zheng Xiuyan, her back view making his heartbeat slow down and then speed up.

  Her hand rested on Zheng Xiuyan's shoulder, and Mu Ziqiu was about to step forward when he realized the two were acquainted. After putting his mind at ease, he slowly moved in sync with their rhythm, savoring the lingering chocolate scent in the air...

  Just a moment later, Zheng Xiuyan and the girl stopped in their tracks, a pair of dim eyes and a pair of curious eyes simultaneously shot towards himself who was walking slowly, making Muzi Qiu also stop in his tracks.

  "Hey! Kizuki Aki? Are you not coming, or are you going to let us pass?" The chocolate girl shouted loudly at Kizuki Aki, and in his ears, even her voice was filled with the sweet taste of chocolate.

  "Anything wrong?" Mu Zi Qiu took a few big strides to stand in front of the two, pushing his large black-framed glasses up on his face, but not daring to look at the girl with the unknown name who was emitting an unusual scent.

  "Are you, are you Soo-young's boyfriend?" Yuri asked directly to Muzi-ah, causing Jeong Soo-young's eyebrows to furrow slightly, and making Muzi-ah's heart feel a bit flustered, his right hand involuntarily pushing up the large black-framed glasses on his face.

  "No!" Mokuzo Aki pushed his glasses up and looked at Yuri with a serious expression, denying her words. It was only then that he got a clear look at the girl's face under the bright streetlight above them. Her neck was exposed, and her chocolate-colored skin seemed to have a nice elasticity to it. Her hair was very long, and its color was similar to that of chocolate as well. Her face was like the surface of a lake - calm, natural, and clear. Her large eyes were like chocolate balls, round and rolling, staring straight at him.

  "What are you doing following me?" Yuri laughed, the hair by her ears fluttering with the laughter, creating a wave of chocolate scent that splashed onto Muzi Qiu's face, making him involuntarily lower his head.

  "There's nothing." The closer he got to her, the more he talked to her, the more Mu Ziqiu felt like his body was sinking deeper into chocolate sauce. This feeling was just like watching his sister eat the meal he made for her and then breaking out in a smile, bringing him joy. At this moment, Mu Ziqiu's heart had a bit of fear, a bit of unfamiliarity, but also an undeniable happiness. However, this strange, never-before-experienced feeling made him want to escape from this chocolate whirlpool, to break free from the ocean of chocolate that was drowning him.

  "Do you like our Soo-young?" Yuri's smile became even brighter, her smooth face seemed to squeeze out delicious chocolate because of the smile.

  "No!" The feeling of suffocation grew deeper, so deep that Mu Zi Qiu couldn't breathe properly. He turned his face to the side and took a deep breath, trying to calm the unnecessary turmoil in his heart.

  "That's a difficult answer? You really have intentions towards our family's Xiuyan!" Yuri saw Mokuzu Akito turn his face away, thinking he was shy, and immediately teased him. However, her arm was immediately met with a series of not painful nor ticklish pats, causing her to turn around in surprise and look at Zheng Xiuyan...

  "Yuri, what are you talking about!" Zheng Xiuyan slapped Yuri's arm with her palm, a flush rising to her face, but it didn't melt the stiffness on her face.

  "Xi Ka, you..." Yuri was surprised. If Zheng Xiuyan didn't have any feelings, she wouldn't make any expressions, but she... clapped her own palm! There's a reaction!

  "How could he possibly have designs on me! He has a girlfriend, I saw her when he took me to the hospital last time, and from what they said, it seems like they're even engaged! That girl is also very cute, but compared to myself, she's definitely not as good..."

  "Really? Is that so?" Yuri seemed to sense a budding trend between the two of them, but couldn't quite grasp where it was coming from.

  "That's my sister! A good sister!"

  "Sister? Is it really sister?" One reflection, one explanation, this made Yuri's heart even more confused! She furrowed her brow, unsure of what to think.

  "I'm going home." I feel like my heartbeat is getting more and more abnormal, Mu Ziqiu can't bear it anymore. Taking advantage of the fact that he can still control his emotions now, he decides to turn around and leave immediately. But at the moment he turns around, his heart feels like it's been touched again, a little bit painful, that feeling of being lost...

  "Who told you to come back now... Ah!" Yuri saw Mokuzo Aki turn around and try to leave, so she immediately stepped forward and grabbed his arm. However, in her haste, her feet got tangled together, and her body leaned forward, bumping her face against Mokuzo's back. Her hands instinctively wrapped tightly around his waist, steadying her body as it tilted forward...

  Muzi Qiu only felt a whirlwind of chocolate coming from behind, sweeping into his heart from the back, a pair of delicate hands flipped over from his waist and tightly wrapped around his abdomen. With a "click" sound, Muzi Qiu felt that something in his heart was shattered, and then it seemed to collide with something he didn't know or had never encountered before...

  "Are you okay?" Mu Zi Qiu immediately turned around and helped Yuri up, then asked with concern. Under his large black-framed glasses, his face was no longer expressionless...

  "It's okay! It's okay! You can let me go now!" Yuri awkwardly pulled away, freeing herself from Muzi Qiu's grasp, and then returned to Zheng Xiuyan's side.

  "Are you okay? That was a big fall!" Zheng Xiuyan was also startled at first, but she felt relieved after seeing Mu Ziqiu help Yuri up.

  "Let's go back first!" Yuri turned around and took a glance at Mokuzu Aki.

  "Oh."

  "Hey, you, Mu Zi Qiu, go back first!"

  Two silhouettes have gradually moved away, while the slightly cool spring evening breeze is still reveling, but it can't disperse the lingering chocolate scent in the air, which is a bit sweet and has a hint of hidden bitterness...

  "What's wrong with me..."