Feeling Su Jiuyi's body stiffen, Shi Aoju finally drew back from her lips, ending the kiss.
As soon as he loosened his grip on her waist, Su Jiuyi quickly stood up from his embrace, swiftly grabbed a tissue from the box on the dining table to wipe her lips, and then crumpled it into a ball to throw into the nearby trash can.
She positioned herself behind Shi Aoju, keeping at least a meter's distance between them, lowered her head slightly, and let her hands hang straight down in front of her abdomen, adopting the standard posture of a maid.
Shi Aoju glanced back at her, his expression unchanged, and said calmly, "You don't have to stand so far away from me."
"I do," Su Jiuyi replied, glancing at him before looking down again, "or else the housekeeper will scold me."
