He lowered his head and was met by a pair of watery eyes, glinting with a hidden sharpness.
Every time he saw her like this, he couldn't resist the urge to tease her mercilessly until she willingly surrendered.
"You'd better always know."
He held her, kissing his way down.
'If I can't restrain myself, then so be it. I'll take back what I can, bit by bit.'
'Holding her in my arms day after day without devouring her whole… I'm already exercising great restraint.'
The steam from the Five-cooked Pot was nowhere near as hot as the lovers' breathless gasps.
...
Gu Yu came running in. She didn't have time to wonder why the attendants, who should have been inside, were all huddled by the door like frightened quails. She had already stepped through.
When she saw what was before her, she wished she could instantly go deaf and blind.
