Chapter 15: Love's Escape

  This unexpected kiss made my mind go blank all of a sudden. Oh my god, what's going on? I actually kissed him by mistake!

  My face suddenly turned bright red, I took a big step back with an embarrassed expression, shaking my head and stubbornly saying: "I didn't kiss him!"

  "You all saw it, yet you say there's nothing!" The beautiful woman pointed at Xiong Xiaotu and then at me, saying with a straight face.

  "That's right, everyone saw it, you kissed him!" Even Jin Hongbao stood on the side of the beautiful woman, nodding repeatedly.

  "It was she who kissed me, what's the big deal!" Xiong Xiaotu's mouth corners rose with a smile, and he began to speak for me.

  Looking at Xiong Xiaotu's delighted expression, I feel that my disaster is coming. If he mistakenly thinks that I have a crush on him and then pursues me relentlessly, oh god, just thinking about this scenario makes me feel like I won't be able to take it.

  "You guys go ahead and argue, I'm leaving!" I could only smile helplessly and try to play dumb to leave the scene, otherwise, if they continued questioning me, I was afraid my brain would explode.

  Behind her, there was no more sound, and she thought she could finally breathe a sigh of relief when a thick and innocent male voice rang out: "Li Rong, you've been walking for so long, aren't you tired?"

  "How did you end up following me out?" I turned around to look at Xiong Xiaotuo, who was beaming with energy, but my mind started to get tangled. The misunderstanding from earlier still lingered in my mind, and now that Xiong Xiaotuo had followed me out, wouldn't it make Jin Hongbao and that woman think even more wildly?!

  Good heavens, why is this happening? Clearly, I and Xiong Xiaotu are innocent! Although, just now, I did brush my lips against the corner of his mouth, but strictly speaking, that shouldn't count as a kiss, right? I can only comfort myself with this thought. But then, when Xiong Xiaotu was about to approach me, he started unconsciously dodging me again.

  "You're afraid of me again..." Xiong Xiaotu muttered discontentedly, and with that, his long arm stretched out and directly grabbed my wrist, preventing me from trying to escape.

  "Xiao Tuo...... I......" I looked at Xiong Xiao Tuo with a guilty conscience, suddenly unsure of how to respond. After all, the situation earlier had already flustered me, and if others were to misunderstand, as well as Xiong Xiao Tuo misunderstanding, it would absolutely not be the result I wanted. Therefore, cutting through the chaos was something that had to be done quickly.

  "Alright, just don't hide from me and that's fine, okay?" Xiong Xiaotu didn't let me finish speaking, but instead expressed his expectation.

  "I'm not hiding from you, just don't get me wrong." I just feel a little scared in my heart, afraid that Xiong Xiaotu will think I have a crush on him, and what about myself? Although it's hard to trust any man in the world, but someone as innocent as Xiong Xiaotu, I really can't bear to hurt him.

  "What's wrong?" Xiong Xiaotuo raised an eyebrow and asked me in confusion.

  Looking at Xiong Xiaotuo's dull reaction, I thought, maybe it was just me overthinking.

  "Just remember one thing, we are partners." I looked at Xiong Xiaotu with a serious face, as if I wanted to instill my thoughts into his mind. I just want our relationship to be pure and simple, without any impurities of romance or anything like that, this is the result I want!

  "We've always been partners, do you still need to remember? Dumb." Xiong Xiaotu rolled his eyes at me, then pulled me forward and smiled: "Although the meal was not very satisfying, but after dinner, if we can go out for a walk, it should be a good choice!"

  Maybe it was infected by Xiong Xiaotuo's bright smile, but my mood improved a lot, and I followed along: "It's pretty good."

  Suddenly, some scenes flashed in my mind, that was when I and Zhan Zhonglan had just fallen in love, his big hand tightly held my small hand, the two of us happily holding hands on the street, strolling around while eating.

  My heart suddenly tightened, and I felt that my current situation was unexpectedly overlapping with the past scenes, like a terrible curse, making me feel that the whole world was gray in an instant.

  "Let go, Xiao Tuo!" My voice was cold as soon as it came out of my mouth, which made me feel not quite like myself. Or maybe I just didn't want to continue being unclear and uncertain about things. As for Zhan Zhonglan's betrayal, I will never forget it. So, I absolutely cannot compromise myself and must find a good man to spend the rest of my life with.

  Although Xiong Xiaotu is not a bad man, unfortunately, his ideological awareness is still not good, so I think he is more suitable as a partner or friend, but not suitable as a lifelong companion. This has nothing to do with him being a beastman, it's just that for a knowledgeable woman like me, what needs to be considered is whether he is suitable or not, and it's not just about feelings.

  "Don't let go." Xiong Xiaotu said stubbornly, looking at my angry expression.

  "We are partners, no need to always hold hands." I think it's strange this way, maybe Xiong Xiaotu likes this kind of intimacy, but I feel that this is not what I and he should do.

  "I like being with you, it feels like holding your hand and walking together, I'm not afraid of you suddenly disappearing...". Xiong Xiaotu stopped in his tracks, looking at me with a dazzling light in his eyes that I couldn't quite understand.

  "Xiao Tuo, you..." Just as I was about to say something, I heard some eerie and suspicious sounds coming from not far away.

  "Who?" My gaze shot into the distance, and I saw two figures, one tall and one short, walking out from behind a wall.

  "Haha, you've been caught red-handed in a romantic affair, feeling guilty now, aren't you?" The beautiful woman looked at us with a sly smile, her laughter as radiant as peach blossoms, illuminating the entire field.

  "Not at all!" I really thought I was going crazy. Xiaotuo and I hadn't even settled things, so how did this woman and Jinhongbao suddenly appear out of nowhere?

  "You go argue with yours, we talk about ours, we don't interfere with each other, isn't that good?" Xiong Xiaotu also glanced at them and said reluctantly.

  "We are friends, happiness should be shared together!" Jin Hongbao said with a nonchalant expression, not noticing Xiong Xiaotuo's dissatisfied look.

  At this moment, I suddenly started thinking carelessly, why not take advantage of their quarrel and slip away quietly.

  Just a few steps away, Jin Hongbao's voice suddenly rang out coldly: "Hey, you're the one involved, do you think you can escape......"

  "Why don't we play a game instead!" I suddenly thought of something, rather than letting them get hung up on whether or not Xiong Xiaotuo and I are lovers, why not think of a way to shift their attention onto something else.

  "Game?" Jin Hongbao looked at me with a surprised face, thought for a moment, and then excitedly nodded and said: "Okay, let's play the game together!"

  As for how to steal that pen from Jin Hongbao, I already had a plan in mind, so I started speaking mysteriously and said: "This game is also called magic."

  As long as Jin Hongbao is willing to cooperate, I will have the opportunity to steal the pen. If it happens to be a divine stroke of luck, then I will have completed my task!

  It's just my small wish, but can it be completed smoothly after all?