Xie Qingci's answer came to her in bits and pieces, because she was too tired and fell asleep without processing it.
The next morning, she woke up remembering nothing.
So she grabbed Xie Qingci again and asked him to answer it once more.
Xie Qingci had just woken up, his eyelashes trembling slightly as he half-opened his eyes to glance at her, then closed his eyes, spreading his arms to pull her into his embrace.
"Because I wanted to."
Obviously, what he said last night was longer than that; she reached out a finger to poke his face: "No skipping parts."
Xie Qingci caught her hand and opened his mouth to bite her, his lips and teeth grinding against the skin near the base of her ring finger.
Yu Xia felt awkward and backed off: "Don't bite me, or I'll kick you."
"You still seem very energetic," he flipped over onto her, "then let me sacrifice once again."
The protests were swallowed back down, and Yu Xia fell silent.
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