Chapter 35

How had you been in Canada these past few years? Did you make any new friends? Did you come back this time to attend your mom’s wedding? Would you go back after that? I heard from my classmates that you had started a company. Was it running well? Jin Nian had many questions on her mind, but she asked, “Lu An, when are you going back to Canada?” Lu An said that he hadn’t decided yet. Just as Jin Nian was about to speak, Lu An interrupted her again and made her look out the window. Jin Nian had just turned around when she heard a loud bang outside. The fireworks exploded below. It was Jin Nian’s first time watching fireworks on the Ferris wheel. The fireworks were very close to them in the sky as if they were blooming under their feet. Even though she had just seen it once, but the feeling was completely different now, and she felt as if she were floating on clouds.

When the Ferris wheel ascended to its highest point, Jin Nian had already forgotten about making a wish and was staring at the fireworks in the sky. In fact, there were many legends about the Ferris wheel. The most famous of which was that couples who rode the Ferris wheel together would not end up together. However, if they kissed when the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, they would be together forever. “Jin Nian.” Lu An called her name and she turned around unconsciously. She didn’t expect Lu An’s face to be so close, and at that moment, her lips brushed past his cheek and landed on his lips. In an instant, it was as if countless fireworks had exploded in her mind. Her brain suddenly went blank, and Jin Nian pushed him into a panic.

However, Lu An suddenly approached Jin Nian. He looked at her calmly as he chuckled and said, “You owe me twice.” Jin Nian was confused, and she could still feel traces of his breath on the corner of her mouth, which made her feel a little flustered. “What do I owe you twice?” Lu An retreated with a smile and lazily leaned against the back of the chair as he reminded her, “You stole my first kiss in the escape room during the third year of high school winter break, and now you’re doing this. Don’t you owe me twice?” Jin Nian widened her eyes and hurriedly explained, “Stop talking nonsense! I didn’t see you in the escape room because the lights weren’t on. Who wants to kiss you secretly?” “So, you didn’t see me clearly this time either?” Jin Nian’s face instantly turned red from head to toe, and she felt both embarrassed and angry as she stepped forward and covered Lu An’s mouth. “If you dare to tell anyone, I’ll kill you!” It had happened so many years ago, but only someone as petty as Lu An would still hold on to it. Jin Nian was so embarrassed that she wanted to hide in a hole.

Lu An let Jin Nian cover his mouth. He didn’t resist or get annoyed. He looked at her meaningfully with his flirtatious peach blossom eyes, which were full of ridicule. His soft palms were slightly sweaty, making his lips seem a little cold. In the end, Jin Nian knew she was in the wrong. Jin Nian moved her hand away, but she didn’t forget to glare at him and threaten, “Don’t mention this matter again, or I’ll break off relations with you!” Lu An grabbed her wrist and placed it on the chair. He looked up at her. “Alright, then you have to pay me back for what you owe me twice.” He was not willing to settle for just being friends.

That night, Jin Nian returned home in anger because Lu An had kissed her. The problem was that Lu An’s kissing skills were basically zero! He didn’t give Jin Nian a chance to retort. As soon as he had finished speaking, he grabbed the back of her neck with one hand and pushed her towards him. Without any explanation, he had bitten her lips. There was no romantic scene at all. It was completely a vengeful primary school student taking revenge. If it were anyone else, Jin Nian would have called the police. Jin Nian was dumbfounded for a moment. She felt as if she had been bitten by a puppy. Her breath was filled with Lu An’s scent, with a faint tobacco smell and a minty chill. It was like bubbling water that had been opened.

Jin Nian tried to push Lu An away, but the weak one couldn’t match the powerful one. Despite using all her strength, she couldn’t budge him even an inch. Instead, he held her tightly, almost making her sit on his lap. Jin Nian was furious and bit him hard before retreating. “Lu An, you’re shameless! Shameless!” The Ferris wheel was still high up in the sky and Jin Nian had nowhere to go. She could only take out her anger on Lu An by punching and kicking him.

Lu An was filled with delight and let Jin Nian vent her anger on him. He even joked casually, “Sorry. I’ve never been in a relationship before.” Jin Nian didn’t believe him. This man looked like he could attract anyone, and foreign countries are often considered to have a more open and freer atmosphere than our own country. Didn’t he have any romantic experiences? Did he think that she was a child? “Tsk, I bet someone’s ex-girlfriends could form a whole football team, right?” “Is that what you think of me?” “What else could it be?”

Jin Nian was tricked by him and forgot whether he had a partner or not and whether he knew how to kiss or not, which had nothing to do with her! Jin Nian clenched her fists in anger. “Lu An, after doing this, you don’t want to be friends with me anymore, do you?” “Come on, didn’t you used to crawl into my bed when we were young? Why didn’t you say that we could not be friends at that time?”