Indeed.

　　I closed my eyes, filled with sudden shame and embarrassment that overwhelmed my heart.

　　With a hoarse voice, I said, "I'm sorry for trying to use you, it was my mistake..." Before I finished speaking, Shiyu interrupted me, "No, you wanted to use me, and that's fine." As he spoke, he suddenly smiled, "I never believed your words because I never thought that pitiful appearance was you." "You should be reckless, brave, fear nothing, fight seven or eight people, and then come back to me and...

　　ask me to help you regain your position." "You also cry often, crying loudly, crying until you don't recognize anyone, definitely not pulling on my sleeves and asking if I'm willing to treat you as a sister." I stared at him blankly, listening to him recounting the real me from childhood to adulthood.

　　Everything before me became blurry.

　　Panic suddenly appeared on Shiyu's face.

　　He reached out and wiped the corners of my eyes with his fingertips.

　　"Stop crying, Yinyin, I was wrong, I should've told you directly." "Oh fuck, it's all that stupid idiot Lu Huanzhou's fault, his brain hasn't been normal since he turned eighteen.

　　Did you hear what I said to him?" I grabbed his sleeve to wipe away my tears, "Yes." "I heard you saying to him, 'Lu Huanzhou, your sister is really easy to deceive.'" "It's acting, I was acting." Shiyu said without thinking, "I set up a trap with someone else, and now the role belongs to Lin Bailu, but once it's halfway through filming, when the truth comes out, Lu Huanzhou won't be able to protect herself, and her role will be gone too." "Yinyin, I won't let anyone take away what's yours." My tears made a mess of his designer suit sleeve.

　　But Shiyu just indulgently looked at me.

　　His sharp eyebrows and eyes were now completely filled with tenderness.

　　Suddenly, I realized that eight years had passed.

　　Because of Lu Huanzhou, I rarely met Shiyu during these eight years.

　　Therefore, I didn't notice.

　　The impulsive and unruly teenager had grown into a mature man who held back his sharpness.

　　The heart in my chest began to beat faster.

　　I sniffed and said in a hoarse voice, "You should have told me." "You didn't contact me these past few days." Shiyu gently raised his hand, paused for a moment, and then stroked my slightly messy hair, "Because it's dangerous.

　　If Lu Huanzhou notices anything unusual, the one who will be in trouble is me." "I have to make him believe that I don't like you, even dislike you." "I'm not a trained actor, my acting skills are not good.

　　If I hear your voice, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up the act." Our gazes met, and suddenly we both realized something.

　　"...If it's so dangerous, why are you still helping me?" Before I could finish speaking, my words were covered by his soft and warm lips.

　　Shiyu kissed me passionately, his lips and tongue brushing against every corner of my breath.

　　To the point that the air I breathed was filled with his aggressively bittersweet cologne.

　　"Can you feel it?

　　"Because I like you, Yin Yin, I've never treated you as a sister." "If it wasn't for Shi Yu stopping me, I would have confessed to you when I was seventeen."