Chapter 66
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When Shen Yu and Jiang Li finally broke the kiss, they were both left breathless, their chests rising and falling unevenly as though they had just run a great distance without stopping. The world around them seemed to fall away for a moment, leaving only the quiet sound of their breathing and the faint closeness that lingered between them.
Jiang Li stared up at Shen Yu, his honey-brown eyes wide and slightly unfocused, as if he had not yet fully processed what had just happened. His fingers tightened slowly around the fabric of Shen Yu's shirt, clutching it with quiet urgency, as though letting go would cause the moment to vanish like something fragile and unreal.
For a while, neither of them spoke. The silence was not uncomfortable, but it carried a softness, something unspoken and uncertain, as if both of them were afraid that breaking it would also break whatever had just formed between them.
