Chapter 405 - Closing A Distance (1/2)

In the end, Jang Shin found a dress that was less revealing than the previous dresses displayed on the bed. It was an off-shoulder dress that hugged her curvy body.

But at least, it did not have those slits that exposed her beautiful legs nor did it have a low plunging neckline that showed her deep cleavage.

Tang Xinyang obediently wore the newly chosen dress. It was way more comfortable than the last one, so she instantly liked it.

This dress was worth her suffering. Well, minus those high heels that could kill people.

”Alright. You look good. Now, let's go.” Jang Shin wiped the sweat that formed on his forehead when busily looking for a suitable dress earlier.

Now, after making sure that his Young Miss was properly dressed, his thoughts began to wonder as to where the reinforcement he asked for earlier was.

Were they either bribed or threatened by Tang Xinyang as well?

He turned around and was about to get out of the room when Tang Xinyang's voice sounded behind him.

”Ah, wait!”

Jang Shin: What was it now?

The woman walked in front of him and began fixing his crooked necktie with practice action.

Jang Shin's body unconsciously stiffened. For what, he didn't know.

His body just stayed rooted in the spot and he just let her close the distance between them.

He suddenly remembered Tang Xinyang's crazy and fearful pranks in the past.

Tang Xinyang had unexpectedly changed her usual routine with him in the past two years.

Before, whenever she saw him, she always dragged him for a duel practice and gave him a round of 'intimate' exchanges of martial moves. At the end of the day, he would always suffer a great amount of pain and bruise. This left him a deep fear of Tang Xinyang whenever they met.

However, she suddenly changed one day. Instead of dragging him for a fight, she would drag him somewhere to watch a horrifying movie or to an isolated dinner in the dark night with no intention of opening the lights. Remembering the nightmare he had to endure in these past two years, Jang Shin shivered.

He confirmed it. Tang Xinyang changed tactics of bullying him. Instead of making him suffer through 'physical pains', she upgraded to making him suffer through 'mental anxieties'. And this was a lot scarier than before.

However, when does it change? When this feeling of fear changed into something else that he didn't know?

Seeing her now, seeing her long lashes and sensing the warmth on her body...and the natural scent she had...he did not feel fear at all.

Nor he was intimidated by her.

Did it start when she unconsciously sticks her body close to him? Or when she incidentally close the distance between them?

Jang Shin's brows relaxed for a moment. The wall around him that he always put up on Tang Xinyang suddenly loosen for a moment.

A magical spell was cast.

She was too close. Yes. She was just too close.

The fingers that accidentally touched his chest in a rather dragging manner sent shivers on his spine.

Her serious eyes looked bright while focusing on straightening the necktie. Was his necktie was really that messed up?

He always thought that her eyes were pretty up close. But he was always scared to meet them as he was afraid that he would entice her to duel with him again. But...seeing them once more...was actually not that bad.

While looking down at her, his eyes coincidentally fell on her lips. They were luscious and red and seemed to be moist and plump.

He hated those red lips.

But why he hated it? He seemed to forget the reason...

He distractedly thought, they actually look so soft. They were tempting him to touch them...

When he felt the softness under his fingers, he suddenly remembered why he hated it.

'Ah, right. These are the lips that I once had a nightmare about.'

Tang Xinyang suddenly felt warm fingers lightly stroking her lips.

She looked up to see a dazed Jang Shin gazing fixedly at her lips. His warm fingertips were pressing on them.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Tang Xinyang's heartbeat accelerated.

But it was not only hers.

They were both martial artists. They clearly heard the loud heartbeat from the other's chest.

The serious eyes that were looking down earlier on his necktie were suddenly staring at him, wide-eyed.

”!!!!!”

Jang Shin suddenly recovered his wits and hurriedly put down his hand with a red face. He swiftly turned around and left the room, even using internal force to fly down the stairs.

”....”

Tang Xinyang recovered from the magical spell as well.

Did...did Jang Shin just touch her lips? He really touched it, right? He did! He looked like he was about to kiss her! Right?!