At those words, Bai Ruyi’s eyes flickered and he swallowed.
Did Qing Xue mean what Bai Ruyi thought he meant? Was he now ready to try and…
Bai Ruyi felt his breathing spike. Just as he started to pull back from Qing Xue’s embrace, wanting to look up at his face before asking him to clarify his meaning, they both heard the door rattle.
Fast as a whip, both their heads turned in that direction, but as Bai Ruyi also took a step back, his intention to step away from the other man, Qing Xue reflexively tightened his hold on him. It was now to him that Bai Ruyi’s head turned in alarm.
“Xue!” he hissed.
At his panicked call, Qing Xue returned to his senses. Even so, in his bone-deep reluctance to part with Bai Ruyi, his response was far too slow.
The door that had already slid a few inc
