"What am I doing? I’m pulling you away!!"

In this situation, no matter how bold Li Peifeng is, he wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on Huang Tianxuan, otherwise, it would truly be playing into her hands.

But letting Huang Tianxuan stay in the attic any longer, Li Peifeng dared not imagine how much worse the situation could become, so he grabbed her hand trying to pull her to her feet: "Alright, alright, I’ll send you a WeChat message later. You can check downstairs, I still have to write. You won’t finish anytime soon anyway, why stay in my room."

Under normal circumstances, Li Peifeng would definitely let Huang Tianxuan finish reading before chatting with her about the story... but now, hurry, immediately, at once!

"Hey... I’ve just finished one Chapter."

Huang Tianxuan was pulled to her feet by Li Peifeng and dragged towards the door, but in her hurried steps, she lost her balance and fell onto Li Peifeng, then instinctively hugged him, fearing she’d fall.

"Xiaofeng, why are you chasing me away?"

Huang Tianxuan held onto Li Peifeng, her gaze playful and her tone petulant like she was acting spoiled: "Don’t you like me anymore? Did you forget about our walk in the autumn by West Lake on North Mountain Road? Did you forget the promise you made to marry me back then? Surely, you wouldn’t forget that night we drank a lot and you took me to the guesthouse room. That night... I gave you the bright moon, and you returned it with wind and rain~"

The curtains started to move again, and behind them, two figural shadows flailed about, as terrifying as ghosts.

Li Peifeng sighed: "Don’t make it sound so ambiguous. I left immediately after sending you to the hotel and didn’t stay at all!"

"Then your feelings for me can’t be fake, can they?"

Huang Tianxuan’s face turned serious: "As long as you say they’re fake, that you have no feelings for me, I’ll stay far away from you from now on and never find you again."

The curtains suddenly went still; hiding behind them, Zhao Qingge and Wu Wenyue were waiting for someone’s response. Huang Tianxuan also showed determination in her eyes, insisting on getting this man in front of them to affirm their relationship together.

In this critical moment, Li Peifeng fell into deep thought.

The consequences of saying ’real’ are obvious.

The two ghosts would instantly stare at the curtains, turning into fierce spirits wanting to devour him alive.

The consequences of saying ’fake’ are also undoubted.

This woman in front of him would completely sever ties and go her own way.

How should he say it? Are truth and lies, lies and truth, is that answer really so important?!

"I will always remember that autumn..."

Huang Tianxuan interrupted: "Stop being vague, just say, do you like me or not?"

"..."

"Like, or don’t like. I just want to hear those two answers."

Under Huang Tianxuan’s solemn gaze, there was a mix of pleading and hope.

Li Peifeng was silent for a moment, didn’t say a word, but leaned in to kiss her cheek.

This answer left Huang Tianxuan slightly stunned, her mouth slightly open. After realizing it, she wrapped her arms around his neck and passionately responded.

Yet, while kissing her, Li Peifeng kept an eye on the curtain’s direction, ready to separate immediately upon noticing any movement there.

Seeing that he was still watching the curtain while kissing her, Huang Tianxuan understood his thoughts. Angrily, she tried to adjust their position to make him turn his back to the curtains so she could face them directly.

But Li flatly refused, staying firm in his position no matter how much Huang Tianxuan fussed, remaining still except for his mouth and tongue, his focus keenly on the curtains.

You are so cautious, kissing me while observing like a reconnaissance tactic?!

Huang Tianxuan’s internal frustration grew fiercer; after four or five seconds without success, she tried another trick, murmuring vaguely.

"Ah, don’t... don’t kiss me, Wenyue is downstairs. If Professor Zhao finds out, there won’t be good consequences for you. You scum, let go of me!"

[What’s happening?!]

[Dare you?!!]

As she spoke halfway, the curtains had already opened a small slit, and Li Peifeng sensed the mood of the other two women behind them, shocked or unbelieving...

No choice now!

Li Peifeng let go without hesitation, turned around, and left!

No tie is strong enough to keep him, this was such a resolute turn that Huang Tianxuan didn’t react in time, and the two behind the curtains didn’t see it naturally.

But Huang Tianxuan didn’t know whether they saw it or not, so she turned to look at the curtains to ensure, and when she did, she saw two eyes peeking through the slit, one higher than the other.

From the outside, it wasn’t very noticeable because the slit was small; Zhao Qingge showed an eye, and Wu Wenyue showed an eye, both secretly peeking.

If there hadn’t been prior preparation, it would indeed be easy to miss, but even though Huang Tianxuan was prepared, she pretended to ignore it.

When those two eyes noticed Huang Tianxuan’s gaze, they immediately recoiled.

This made it very difficult for Miss Huang to continue ignoring, her mouth curling into a suppressed smile, trying not to let it show, thus making her expression look quite odd as she swept her gaze away from the curtains and focused back on Li Peifeng.

The damn scoundrel had already retreated three steps at some point, holding his phone as if chatting with someone on WeChat, clearly trying to cover his shamelessness with this behavior!

Unfortunately, it only let them hear sounds, but not see the scene, not shocking enough...

Feeling a bit regretful, Huang Tianxuan adjusted the slipping bathrobe on her shoulder, and lamented: "Why did you suddenly keep such a distance from me? Wenyue and Professor Zhao are downstairs, and they know about our relationship. Are you still afraid they’ll find out?"