Chapter 155 - 3.51

"I want to stay with you. Will you do the honors of sliding the ring in? I'm waiting.." Xu Jiaqi took Xie Yongrui's hand and kissed the ring gently, her eyes pandering to the man with interest.

Xie Yongrui was shaken up badly. With trembling hands, he lingered around Xu Jiaqi's slender hands. Feeling up the fingers in his, giving Xu Jiaqi a ticklish sensation as he slid the ring onto her finger.

"..It looks beautiful on you, Qiqi." Xie Yongrui was happy with the result, and lowered his head to place a kiss on the ring the same way Xu Jiaqi did.

Xu Jiaqi's gaze softened. She slid the other ring on his finger, and looked at the end picture. They intertwined their hands, and the beautiful rings clinked against each other.

[Congratulations, Host! But.. I thought that you didn't want to involve yourself in romance? There is no romance related quests in this world, so why would you deliberately choose to be by his side..?] The System asked.

If it was truly like the Host said, if she ignored all steps of love and just focused on her missions, then this exchange would've never occurred, right? Could it be, the change in his Host is also a result of coming in contact with that man, to the point where she was able to desire love in such a short time?

'..I just thought that it would be lovely to have a companion. In the last world, staying with Zenith made me comfortable. Xie Yongrui carries his soul, and I don't find him repulsive. I don't think there's a bad side to this?' Xu Jiaqi frowned. She thought that the System would be the first one to applaud her choice, seeing as to how he was visibly worried when her tutorial world had romance quests and she voiced out a complaint.

Shouldn't he be happy now that she was starting to accept romance influences little by little?

Xu Jiaqi noted down this strangeness. Come to think of it, what about her tutorial world? Qin Zicheng, the man she had to love for the sake of her mission. Was his soul also part of Zenith and Xie Yongrui?

She noticed that she only got sensitive to the changes after her incident with Zenith. If from the tutorial world, the soul already followed her around, it would certainly be even more delightful. Thinking of this, her memories of the previous worlds became significantly better.

Xie Yongrui's surprise did not end there. The second box, which was slightly larger than the previous one, was brought to the front. He did not open it by himself, but instead gave it to her in entirety.

Xu Jiaqi's curiosity was aroused, and she opened the box to find an intricate knot, braided with fine details that were pleasing to look at. Upon touching it, she instantly felt a strange wave of soothing power come and enter her. Similar to the one she experienced in the past.

'..Magical energy, or should I say... divinity?' Xu Jiaqi couldn't resist her happiness. All the clues pointed to Xie Yongrui starting to regain his divinity even if he wasn't aware that he was doing that in the first place.

"This is.. a knot you made personally? It's a unique gift coming from you. I like it very much." Xu Jiaqi held it close to her heart, careful as to not damage it in the process of restraining her excitement.

"Yes. I want to take care of you for eternity, so this knot is the first.. symbol for that. I wish that protection will be by your side whenever I'm not able to keep my eyes on you." Xie Yongrui finally straightened up, gaining confidence and bravery in his advances.

He reached his hand out, stroking Xu Jiaqi's cheek and leaning in for a kiss. Touching her ears was an accident, but he was met with a great reaction. Xu Jiaqi tried to move away from his touch, letting out a small, muffled sound.

Xie Yongrui blinked repeatedly, and his mind connected the dots with haste.

"Ohh~ My sweet Qiqi, are you perhaps.. sensitive to light touches?" Xie Yongrui's devious side jumped out. He grazed Xu Jiaqi's ears, moving down to her neck. Using kisses and his fingers, he teased the other party.

"..It's ticklish. Stop that, or I'm going to take revenge!" Xu Jiaqi held Xie Yongrui's head with her palm, trying to stop his moves.

"What will be my lady's revenge? I will do whatever you want.. As long as you stay by my side. Whether you're cherishing or punishing me, I just want you to.. stay by my side." Xie Yongrui had a sly gaze, slowly letting the wolf in him come out.

He continued to snuggle against Xu Jiaqi's neck, which he found out to be a sensitive area for her. He placed kisses and lightly bit the skin, drawing some interesting sounds from the woman.

"My revenge.. Let's see.. How about we play around a bit?" Xu Jiaqi finally had it. She didn't like the feeling of being at mercy just because her body was extremely sensitive to the touches.

He didn't know why, but Xie Yongrui felt a sense of foreboding fear. His instincts were warning him and screaming at him to not let her proceed. For what was about to come.. would be a big shocker.

Indeed, Xie Yongrui's instincts were correct.

"My lord, Rui, you mustn't use your hands. Keep them by the side~" Xu Jiaqi brought out a black silk cloth that was fit to be a blindfold. She wrapped the cloth around his eyes, successfully covering his vision.

From then, it was her time to have fun. Xu Jiaqi had Xie Yongrui lay on the bed and his upper body was stripped naked. Xie Yongrui was naturally full of questions, being embarrassed at the start. However, he still complied, letting her do her thing.

Xu Jiaqi was an expert.

Let the fact be reiterated, as there is still an innocent lamb who can't understand this simple fact.

And the lamb, who thought that he was the wolf, was going to be eaten by the real wolf.