Unexpectedly, just then Xu Niannian straightened up and lifted her head.
Meeting her bright eyes, Jin Yu felt his nose grow warm as a trickle of warm fluid flowed from his nostrils.
Xu Niannian immediately jumped off of him.
Jin Yu had already intended to let her down, his hand raised, but when Xu Niannian suddenly leaped away, thinking she might fall, he reflexively reached out to catch her.
But inadvertently, she moved away, leaving only her clothes in his grasp.
Jin Yu’s eyes then went wide.
The next second, a crisp slap echoed by his ear, "Jin Yu, you’re too much."
Finally coming back to his senses, Jin Yu looked up to the sky with a face full of despair as the blood streamed from his nose, "If I say it wasn’t intentional, would you believe me?"
He was simply driven by instinct, and the clothes in his hand spoke of his grievance; he truly didn’t do it on purpose.
Xu Niannian, who had slapped him, felt not a bit of regret—damn it.
"Jin Yu, you’ve gone too far, how could you... could you... Ah, I’m going crazy, get out."
Xu Niannian turned away in shame, while Jin Yu regained his senses, dismissing the lovely images lingering in his mind, and hurriedly tried to explain himself.
"You were the one who jumped onto me first."
As soon as he said it, Jin Yu almost slapped himself—fuck, better not to explain at all.
Sure enough, Xu Niannian growled back at him, infuriated with embarrassment, "That was because I was scared! Even if it was my fault, you shouldn’t have..."
Remembering what he had done, Xu Niannian’s pretty face turned pink.
Her eyes watery, she stared at Jin Yu wide-eyed, filled with indignation.
Her pitifully charming gaze made Jin Yu stiffen all over—ruined, he was paralyzed. This woman was truly toxic, unsettling him with just one look.
If this had been before, Jin Yu would have surely said, "If you hadn’t jumped on me, none of this would have happened."
But now, Jin Yu cupped his burning cheek and humbly explained in a low voice, "I was trying to push you away. I didn’t expect you would suddenly jump off. I thought you were going to fall, which is why I reached out to catch you so suddenly, not realizing I would grab your collar."
Ultimately, it was because her clothes were too loose.
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Seeing his aggrieved and earnest expression, Xu Niannian thought she had wronged him again, but the next second, she suddenly recalled something amiss.
Her face reddening, Xu Niannian turned away, not looking at him, "Even if you accidentally tore off my clothes, why were you staring at me the whole time?"
Her voice was as tiny as a mosquito’s buzz, yet Jin Yu heard her clearly.
Of course, he couldn’t say it was because she looked good; he could only play the sympathy card by acting pitiable.
So he lifted the back of his hand to wipe his nose, looking down to see the hand was smeared with blood, not mucus.
Seeing that Xu Niannian turned her face away, Jin Langgou made a desperate move by smearing the blood from under his nose all over the corners of his mouth, creating a pitiful look as if she had hit him hard enough to draw blood.
And just to add to the effect, he pinched his nose to squeeze out a few more drops of blood onto his clothes.
After preparing himself, Jin Yu spoke unhurriedly, with a voice laden with sulking, "It was an accident. Suddenly faced with the situation, I just froze up, not realizing what was happening. I really didn’t look."
As a last touch, he added, "And even if I did, that would be a subconscious reaction, just like you always slap me without thinking."
Across from him, Xu Niannian, having listened to his sullen explanation, opened her mouth, finally turned her averted head back, and saw his face covered in blood, blood at his nose and mouth corners, which genuinely alarmed her.
"Are you... are you okay?"
Thinking that all the blood from his nose and mouth was the result of her slap, she stopped dwelling on the previous matter and hurried to help him sit on the bed.
Seeing her worried expression, Jin Yu first handed her the clothes, then began to rub his temple with his fingers, stating feebly, "I’m dizzy, my ears are ringing, my vision is blurring."
Finally, he added, "And my face really hurts."
Xu Niannian quickly put on her clothes.