The next day, they had planned to hit the road early, but both slept in until noon in unspoken agreement.
Xu Musen got up, washed up, and came back to the room with some food.
Yao Mingyue was already neatly dressed and sitting on the bed, her white shirt collar popped up.
Last night, while kissing, they had unconsciously left a strawberry mark on each other's neck.
Seeing Xu Musen return, her stunning face softened with a touch of demure femininity.
In fact, after they returned last night, they both honestly slept in their own beds.
But Yao Mingyue hadn't been able to sleep most of the night.
That kiss was beyond her expectations.
She didn't even know how to describe what she felt at that moment.
Even though they were practically an old married couple, and kisses should have been child's play,
she was supposed to overpower him and squeeze him dry!
Yet when that kiss really happened, Yao Mingyue was so excited that she couldn't sleep.
Ah! How pathetic, Yao Mingyue!
She was so thrilled, just like those inexperienced boys who brag about their prowess but get dizzy from just smelling a girl's hair.
She looked at Xu Musen, her cheeks unwittingly flushing.
Perhaps this was what falling in love felt like...
"Let's have a quick bite now; when we get home this afternoon, mom has already started preparing the ingredients."
Xu Musen took out some rice porridge and steamed buns and began eating by the bedside.
Yao Mingyue, trying to suppress her nervousness and excitement, watched Xu Musen eat his breakfast as if last night meant nothing to him.
"Hey... you, how can you be so calm..."
Yao Mingyue didn't realize how girlish her question sounded, just like a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl assuming she'd marry the boy who just pulled her hand.
"It's not like we haven't kissed before. Do we need to set an anniversary for last night?"
Yao Mingyue felt indignant, "You jerk, you're tainted, but I was my first kiss..."
"Today's first kiss?"
Yao Mingyue emphatically clarified.
Xu Musen laughed out loud and popped a steamed bun into her mouth while he could, "Wasn't it you who kissed me forcefully before?"
"That's different..."
Indeed, Yao Mingyue had forcefully kissed Xu Musen more than once, but it was strange, initiating the kiss herself felt completely different from when he took the lead and kissed her dominantly.
When she initiated, it was like eating when hungry, satisfying but straightforward.
But when passive, it was like being surrounded by a lavish feast when hungry, each dish profoundly satisfying.
Could it be that deep down, she actually preferred being passive?
"You... when you kissed me, didn't you feel anything?"
Yao Mingyue munched on the steamed bun, her cheeks puffing up like she had stuffed two buns in her mouth.
She was a bit disgruntled, especially since she had been so agitated that she hadn't slept well, even getting dark circles under her eyes.
Xu Musen bit into a steamed bun and took a sip of porridge, "Well, a little."
Actually, it wasn't just a little. Xu Musen had thought he was hardened by numerous battles, yet last night's kiss had also caught him off guard.
Last night, Yao Mingyue's red-rimmed, pitiable expression had touched the softest part of Xu Musen's heart.
In that moment, Xu Musen thought of nothing about past lives or his current status.
He just saw Yao Mingyue as the little girl who would cling to him during thunderstorms, hiding in his embrace.
It was unexpected, yet somehow inevitable.
Either way, a kiss had happened.
Kissing the person one liked, it would be false to claim it wasn't exciting.
And to be the one initiating the kiss.
Indeed made the experience distinctly different for both.
In their previous life, they had simply gotten married.
After marriage, Yao Mingyue usually took the active role.
And with her possessive nature, their relationship had felt somewhat suffocating.
Thus, they never really had a proper romantic relationship.
In a healthy male-female relationship, it should be the man who takes the lead, providing a sense of security to the woman.
So Xu Musen's initiative in kissing her felt more like the dynamic expected between lovers.
"Just a little? How little?"
Yao Mingyue was upset; indeed, jerks will be jerks. She recalled how in their past life, during their first kiss, Xu Musen was as stiff as a zombie, too scared to even move his tongue.
"About as little as a bite of a steamed bun."
Xu Musen pinched another steamed bun and held it to her lips, which weren't even as big as the bun.
But the immediate sweet taste was intoxicating enough.
Yao Mingyue opened her mouth and bit into the steamed bun, accidentally nibbling Xu Musen's finger too, "Stupid straight guy!"
Xu Musen laughed as he withdrew his finger, glistening with saliva.
He didn't mind, instead, he sucked on it a bit and then continued eating breakfast nonchalantly.
Watching him, Yao Mingyue's face blushed again. This jerk, just a moment ago he said it was just a little, and now he's being all weird.