The scent belonging to Duan Xi, along with the taste of wine on his lips, enveloped Ruan Jiaojiao completely.

She was taken aback for a moment, and her heartbeat started to uncontrollably accelerate.

Duan Xi did not delve deeper, just gently grinding her lips, satisfying a little craving, and released her before losing control, burying his head on her shoulder, breathing deeply.

"Jiaobao." He called her, holding her petite body in his arms, tightening and tightening, wishing he could embed her entire being into his own.

"Brother Xu?" Ruan Jiaojiao tentatively reached out and hugged his lean waist. Unsure if it was an illusion, she felt as though when she hugged his waist, his entire body seemed to stiffen a bit.

Duan Xi’s eyes darkened, and he took a deep breath before pushing her slightly away and said hoarsely, "Let me hold you, just hold you."

"Okay." Although Ruan Jiaojiao was reborn, she had been spoiled since childhood, her world extraordinarily clean, not understanding the deeper meaning behind Duan Xi’s words.

She allowed Duan Xi to embrace her, calming her own breathing and wholeheartedly trusting him.

Ruan Jiaojiao always had cold hands and feet in the summer, never fearing the heat; at school, Li Que used to love hugging her, saying she was naturally cool. She thought Duan Xi was the same.

After about a minute or two, Duan Xi slowly let her go.

Ruan Jiaojiao continued her unfinished work, softly and with some heartache advised, "Brother Xu, you can take your time with the startup, there’s no rush."

Duan Xi nodded, watching her ramble while looking down, focused on untying his tie, his heart softened beyond measure. Even though he couldn’t suppress his desire to kiss her, he still managed to restrain himself.

Yet when Ruan Jiaojiao finally untied his tie, looking at him with a bit of pride and telling him it was untied, he couldn’t resist. He bent down and kissed her again, but this time on her little hand, holding it up and kissing each fingertip.

Ruan Jiaojiao, watching him earnestly kiss her fingertips, inexplicably felt more embarrassed by this than a kiss on her lips, and gave him a playful glare, muttering softly, "It’s dirty."

Duan Xi encircled her, shaking his head, smiling gently, "Not dirty, Jiaobao has no dirty places." If not for her current age, the places he wanted to kiss were far more than just these.

In front of others, Duan Xi was always cold and indifferent, but to Ruan Jiaojiao, those eyes that were usually cold, were always gentle and doting, intensely focused as if she were the only one in the world.

Under his gaze, whether it was because the two of them just kissed or something, Ruan Jiaojiao felt as if she had absorbed his scent of wine and was a bit tipsy.

Neither of them found it too warm, holding each other and gazing into each other’s eyes when suddenly there was a "pop" at the door, a sound of something falling to the ground.

Ruan Jiaojiao and Duan Xi turned to look outside simultaneously, only to see a chubby Little Potato topple at the door.

"Little Potato? Tuanzi?" Ruan Jiaojiao pushed away from Duan Xi, looking quizzically at the Little Potato who was lying on the ground, gazing up at them, and Tuanzi, who emerged from under Little Potato, came forward to rub against her ankle.

"Sister." Despite Little Potato being a bit chubby, it was a very agile chubby potato.