Tong Yao looked at Bai Han with anticipation.
Bai Han, however, smiled faintly and said to the two staff members handing out flyers, "Sorry, we are not a couple."
Upon hearing this, the staff members were slightly taken aback.
They had been drawn to Bai Han by the way he took care of Tong Yao, assuming they were a couple. They even thought Han Mo and Bai Xi, who were standing farther apart, were just ordinary friends, or perhaps a couple in the ambiguous stage.
They hadn't expected the situation to be the reverse.
Tong Yao felt a pang of disappointment upon hearing Bai Han's words.
But she was always open-minded and sensible. She had only known Brother Bai Han for a day. Although he was very gentle, she couldn't expect him to accept her right away, could she?
Moreover, Brother Bai Han had been ill before and had only just recovered. He might not even be clear about romantic feelings between men and women yet, so how could she push him too hard?
The tall Ferris wheel, in the night, looked like a giant disc, with colorful lights adorning it like brilliant gems.
Bai Xi and Han Mo, along with a few couples, boarded the Ferris wheel, becoming the first passengers of the Ferris wheel named 1314.
The Ferris wheel slowly ascended, and the entire
As soon as the words left his mouth, Han Mo stepped forward and kissed her lips.
Bai Xi's eyes widened instinctively.
A soft, warm sensation landed on her lips, like a gentle feather touching her heart. It felt weightless, yet it could ripple across the surface of her heart.
At that very moment, the lights on the entire Ferris wheel suddenly illuminated.
In the center of the giant disc was a pink heart-shaped light. The LEDs within the light began to accumulate power, slowly rising from the bottom until they were fully charged, pushing the atmosphere of the entire amusement park to its climax.
A Ferris wheel maintenance worker, holding a microphone, said excitedly, "Thank you to the couple on Ferris wheel number 9 for igniting the lights of love with their affection."
The crowd didn't know what had happened, but they applauded and cheered, while some let out loud screams.
Tong Yao looked at the number on the Ferris wheel and exclaimed, "Hey, number nine, I remember that's the Ferris wheel Bai Xi and Doctor Han were on, right?"
Bai Han stood beside her, silent, his quiet eyes fixed on Ferris wheel number nine, his dark pupils calm and unperturbed.
Inside the Ferris wheel, Bai Xi listened to the cheers from outside and finally reacted. She leaned her head back slightly, instantly breaking away from Han Mo's kiss.
However, the space in the Ferris wheel was not large. Even though she leaned back slightly, the lips that had just kissed her were still very close, and she could even feel his breath.
And this breath felt inexplicably familiar, similar to the person from her dream at the KTV that night, and also… as if she had remembered this feeling from before.
Han Mo remained in his original position, looking at Bai Xi, who seemed slightly surprised.
Had he been too hasty again?
But Bai Han's wakefulness had made him feel even more uneasy.
Looking at the lips so close to him, he wanted to kiss her again, to savor her taste, to tell her how much he missed and loved her. But he couldn't. He couldn't let her feel scared.
Han Mo smiled and returned to his seat, looking at Bai Xi. "Didn't you say you were willing to try anything I wanted to do? Did I… do something wrong?"
After speaking, he lowered his head slightly, his glasses reflecting the light, obscuring all emotion in his eyes.
Bai Xi finally came back to her senses and hesitated, "That's not what I meant. I just didn't expect it to be so sudden."
When she said those words earlier, "anything I wanted to do" actually referred to things like going to the amusement park and riding the Ferris wheel.
Han Mo looked up, his eyes beneath the glasses slightly pale but very gentle. "Then, will you still be willing to do this with me in the future?"
Bai Xi felt her face heat up for the first time upon hearing Han Mo's direct question.
She was the formidable Bai Shen of the Dark Department, someone who had experienced countless life-and-death situations, and who had even infiltrated pleasure districts and witnessed extremely explicit and exaggerated scenes.
Yet, she was now feeling "awkward" by a simple kiss and a sentence from Han Mo?
How should she respond?
If she said no, she would be going back on her word.
If she said yes, it felt strange in some way.
After a long moment of hesitation, she finally said, "I can do this, but next time you want to do this, it's best to say so in advance."
After saying it, she was stunned by her own words.
Who asks for permission before kissing? The thought of it made her feel awkward and strange.
What was wrong with her? Why did she always act so strangely in front of Han Mo?