Seeing that she had finally calmed down, Chu Lulin silently breathed a sigh of relief.
He seized the opportunity to pick up the honey water he had placed nearby and coaxed her to drink it.
Drunk, Jian Ran was completely different from her usual self—more restless, but also easier to coax.
She sat obediently on the sofa, holding the cup in both hands, drinking the sweet honey water with her eyes squinting in delight.
She looked like a little gluttonous cat that had just stolen a treat.
However, even when drunk, Jian Ran still remembered to maintain her virtue of sharing.
"You drink too. It's sweet."
Chu Lulin looked at the cup pushed toward him, lowered his eyes, and chuckled lightly. "Sister, you drink. I don't want any."
Jian Ran pouted, displeased by his refusal, and pushed the cup closer to his lips, determined to make him take a sip.
Unable to resist her, Chu Lulin reluctantly took a small sip.
But unexpectedly, Jian Ran lost control of her strength and shoved the cup too hard, pouring a gush of water straight into Chu Lulin's mouth.
Caught off guard, he choked and started coughing.
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to."
Realizing she had caused trouble, Jian Ran quickly set down the cup and sat there at a loss, like a child who had done something wrong.
It took a while for Chu Lulin to stop coughing. He immediately reassured her, "It's okay. It's not your fault. I wasn't paying attention."
Jian Ran still felt guilty. Seeing that the front of his shirt was a little wet, she grabbed a few tissues and began to wipe it for him.
Then she moved upward little by little, from his collar to his Adam's apple, his chin, and finally... the corner of his mouth.
Due to the accident, Chu Lulin's lips were now moist and bright red, with a few tiny droplets clinging to the edge of his lip line, about to fall.
Jian Ran stared at him with slightly drunken eyes, seemingly mesmerized.
Feeling a little uncomfortable under her gaze, Chu Lulin instinctively stuck out his tongue and licked his lower lip.
"Don't move!" Jian Ran suddenly raised both hands and cupped his face.
Chu Lulin froze. "What's wrong?"
Jian Ran let out a whine and accused indignantly, "You're seducing me again!"
Chu Lulin paused for a moment. Seducing her?
He had no idea where that came from.
But just as he was about to ask, Jian Ran's expression suddenly changed. She giggled and said, "I'm going to tell you a secret."
"What secret?" Chu Lulin raised an eyebrow, sensing it wouldn't be simple.
Jian Ran rudely pressed her index finger against his lips and shushed him. "Keep your voice down. Don't let anyone hear."
Feeling the softness against his lips, Chu Lulin curled the corners of his mouth and lowered his voice. "Okay."
Satisfied, Jian Ran nodded, then leaned in mysteriously.
"I'm telling you, the first time I saw you, I really wanted to kiss you!"
Chu Lulin: "???"
A flicker of surprise crossed his eyes, but he deliberately coaxed her to say more. "Really? Sister isn't lying to me, is she?"
Hearing herself doubted, Jian Ran immediately took offense. "I don't lie!"
With that, she began to spill out all her wicked thoughts about how she had been instantly attracted to his lips from the very beginning.
As she talked, she even started to sound aggrieved.
"Wuwuwu, you don't know, I really love your lips so much. So many times I had to work really hard to keep myself from kissing you, but you always seduced me anyway."
Heaven knew how hard it was for her to resist.
Chu Lulin was both surprised and taken aback. He really hadn't expected this.
So when she said she was attracted to him for his looks, she meant his lips?!
"Yes, it's all my fault." A trace of helplessness crossed Chu Lulin's face as he accepted the baseless accusation.
But at the same time, he didn't forget to guide her. "Sister doesn't have to hold back."
"Really?" Jian Ran's eyes widened in delight. "Can I kiss you?"
"Of course." A hint of a smile tugged at the corner of Chu Lulin's mouth. "Sister is the benefactor. You can do whatever you want."
As long as she took responsibility.
Jian Ran's muddled brain suddenly felt like it had been injected with an adrenaline rush, with one voice repeating over and over.
That's right, she was the benefactor. The benefactor could do whatever she wanted!
The next second, boldness born of alcohol took over. Jian Ran directly got up and straddled Chu Lulin's lap, cupping his face with both hands, her alcohol-laden breath drawing closer.
Chu Lulin's hands by his sides unconsciously tightened. His Adam's apple moved, and his breathing became deep and restrained.
The distance between them shortened inch by inch.