GTB Chapter 136

Chapter 138: Active/Passive

“That’s true. Since we’re husband and wife, there’s no need for thanks. How about we rest early and do some of the things that husband and wife should do?”

As Shí Yan spoke, he made a gesture to help Jiang Jiuchu up.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu immediately grabbed Shí Yan’s arm and pulled him back. “How does Your Highness want to be thanked?”

“Chuchu is so clever, I’m sure I don’t need to say much.” Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu with eyes like a hungry wolf looking at a little white rabbit that had entered its territory with no escape, wondering how to take a bite to make it even more delicious.

“I’ll give you two choices. One is to be active and give me a kiss, that’s all. The other is to be passive, for at least the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.”

Jiang Jiuchu shuddered when she heard him call her Chuchu, feeling that it would be better if he called her by her full name.

Ignoring the extremely unfamiliar and intimate form of address, she stared blankly at the man before her, feeling a sense of being enveloped and pressed closer step by step, leaving her with no way to escape.

Her eyes flickered, not daring to look directly at Shí Yan’s undisguised gaze. She moved the corners of her mouth and slowly opened her mouth to speak: “How long is ‘once’? Can it be just a quick peck?”

There was nothing she could do. She didn’t want to be active either, but if she was kissed by him for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, that would be terrible. For such a long time, she was afraid that both her mouth and her heart couldn’t take it.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Shí Yan. This man was clearly doing it on purpose, deliberately scaring her, deliberately bringing her to the rooftop. He had too many tricks up his sleeve.

“Then let’s make it the time it takes to brew a cup of tea!” Shí Yan thought for a moment and reluctantly said.

“No, that’s too long.” Jiang Jiuchu knew that this man just wanted her to be active; otherwise, he wouldn’t have given her a choice and used the incense stick time to scare her. But she didn’t expect that if she were to be active, it would still take so long.

Shí Yan seemed to have already guessed that she would refuse and continued to negotiate: “Then how about half the time it takes to brew a cup of tea?”

“That’s still a bit long. Half of half the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, is that okay?” Jiang Jiuchu looked embarrassed, but she was secretly complaining in her heart. What was all this about? Being dragged to the rooftop late at night to bargain… about how long to kiss.

But from a distance, this scene looked like a beautiful moment under the moon, with time standing still.

Shí Yan thought for a moment. “Alright, then we’ll do as you say, but… Chuchu has to be active from beginning to end, and be focused.”

As soon as Jiang Jiuchu heard this, she refused and immediately retorted forcefully: “I don’t care, just this amount of time. There’s no standard for judging any of what you said. What if, like last time, you say I blinked or something? Where am I going to reason?”

Shí Yan looked at Jiang Jiuchu’s resentful appearance, raised his hand to his lips and chuckled softly. He spoke in a good-natured way, “Alright, then let’s start!”

As he said this, his pair of phoenix eyes stared straight at Jiang Jiuchu. He was already impatiently waiting in his heart, but his handsome face didn’t move closer at all, patiently waiting for the little white rabbit in front of him to actively enter his mouth.

Jiang Jiuchu tilted her head slightly and looked at Shí Yan. The man under the moon was very handsome, very handsome. To be honest, it was the kind of good looks that she liked, but she just didn’t dare to get close.

She pursed her lips and secretly swallowed her saliva. Under Shí Yan’s gaze, she moved closer to him with difficulty.

She seemed to have never imagined that there was such a big difference between being active and being passive. She felt that every time she got closer, it seemed to take a lot of courage to break through all the emotions that were hindering her.

Jiang Jiuchu hardened her heart and directly reached out to hook Shí Yan’s neck, closed her eyes, and brought Shí Yan towards her. As long as she closed her eyes and didn’t look at him, it would be much better.

Shí Yan’s Adam’s apple bobbed secretly. As a result, those soft lips landed on the tip of his nose.

“Hey! I won’t bother you for closing your eyes, but you can’t be so perfunctory that you can’t even aim your mouth properly!”