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Chapter 259 - 257, First Kiss (Fourth Update)_1

Chapter 259: 257, First Kiss (Fourth Update)_1

Just as Ren He wrote out "Sunny Day," the Divine Punishment System’s punishment task followed suit, "Task: Attend the game exhibition the day after tomorrow and speak with three models for 10 minutes each. Failure to complete the task will result in the host’s nose being blocked for a month."

Ren He’s face darkened immediately. What the hell is this nonsense? I just said I didn’t want to attend the ball, and you threw a ball task at me, and such a despicable one at that. This time as soon as I said I didn’t want to go to the game exhibition, you slap me with a task for it. Can you get any more despicable?!

And I have to talk to the models for 10 minutes? Are you kidding me? If Yang Xi finds out, won’t I have to kneel? This girl is really vicious when she gets jealous now, okay?!

And the punishment task was bizarre enough: no need to think about it, if the Divine Punishment System says your nose will be blocked for a month, then it won’t breathe at all, just like it’s clogged up. Better start breathing through my mouth!

What a freaking trap!

Yang Xi noticed Ren He’s odd expression and became curious. The last time Ren He had that look was after the dance party ended. She asked with concern, "What’s wrong, got a big tongue again? Hahaha!"

Ren He felt terrible at that moment. How long would they keep teasing him about his big tongue? This time the task had no loopholes. I’ll just go and talk to the models. I’d save my four task exemptions in case the Divine Punishment System suddenly throws a big curveball at me, springing an utterly impossible task. Although I won’t be erased like when I first encountered the Divine Punishment System, there’s no telling how low the System can stoop when it gets malicious—I must be on guard.

The process of outwitting the Divine Punishment System was painful yet pleasurable, continuously completing tasks while earning rewards, and unable to stop...

Ren He said, "It’s nothing. Let me first give you a taste of ’Sunny Day’."

Actually, ’Sunny Day’ was the most suitable for guitar accompaniment, reminiscent of the fresh vibe of a school campus, where there was no melancholy in doing anything, as if the sky was still very blue and the wind very clean.

"The little yellow flower of the story"

"Drifting since the year I was born"

"Swinging on the swings of childhood"

"Swaying with my memories until now"

Ren He did his best to interpret the song with his cleanest voice because the emotions in it were pure and clean.

"The day I skipped class for you"

"The day the flowers fell"

"The classroom we were in"

At this point, as the song progressed to here, it seemed to pull Yang Xi back to when they first met in Luo City, when Ren He took her and ran out of the classroom amidst the chaos of Liu Yinghai’s non-stop vomiting!

The rooftop that afternoon was a memory that would always be beautiful in retrospect.

By the time it got to the rap section at the end, Yang Xi’s eyes lit up again. This style of rap wasn’t actual rap and the pace wasn’t fast, but somehow adding this section gave the song some extra unique quality. It was another lovely song, and the lyrics of the first half really managed to evoke Yang Xi’s memories.

It was as if they weren’t in Ren He’s newly purchased courtyard, but on the rooftop from their memories, with the bold Ren He sitting on the edge of the rooftop with his guitar, looking at her against the backdrop of a sky so blue.

"I like it!" said Yang Xi, and then suddenly, like a little kitten, she moved in closer. Ren He was almost stunned as Yang Xi’s soft lips pressed against his own.

Ren He had been restraining himself from initiating physical contact, fearing he couldn’t hold back. He longed to, but didn’t know whether he should, so he waited for everything to happen naturally.

So after a year of being together, it was still both Ren He and Yang Xi’s first kiss, and Yang Xi was the one who initiated it.

Thinking back, when Ren He first wrote a love letter to Yang Xi: "You dance in your own pride and beauty on the stage, and I watch in silent darkness outside your stage. I once wished to spend my limited time just watching, watching, watching, until I turned into a statue or dust with the flow of time."

It was also Yang Xi who took the initiative under the dim streetlight and said, "I like you."

And Ren He had replied, "Me too."

Although it seemed like he was the one giving everything, it felt like Yang Xi was the one who took initiative.

Thinking back, her response was really quite foolish, and this time too, the kiss took her completely off guard.

After the kiss, Yang Xi snatched away the white paper with the lyrics of "Sunny Day" from Ren He and ran off, leaving Ren He to wipe his mouth, wondering why she kissed him and then just ran away—he wasn’t satisfied yet.

In his past life, he didn’t believe a kiss could be so thrilling—what a joke, they were all adults.

However, when he decided to give himself a chance at love born from love, his heart cleared up a lot; turns out mental pleasure truly is more open and comfortable than physical pleasure.

Was Ren He’s high-mindedness the reason he didn’t touch Yang Xi? No, this was the love he wanted in this life. Having lived again, he came laden with memories from the past life, but Ren He wasn’t endowed with the power to move mountains and seas; he only had a bit of Emetic Water and Tear Potion, which satisfied his fantasies about superpowers. He did not experience the loneliness of being on top because he kept his mindset low, simply as an ordinary person. He had a strong body but did not surpass human limits.

Now, he was exactly the person he had yearned to become in his past life—not a deity or a devil, just himself.

And now, he was also reaping the love he desired.

Ren He spent a silly, happy half a day in the yard.

Fang and Mrs. Wang were anxious in the kitchen: "What do we do, the girl has run away, and we’ve cooked too much!"

...

The next afternoon after school, Yang Xi brought a new song to the company. At that moment, Su Ruqin just happened to be there as well. Yang Xi directly expressed her thoughts: "You don’t need to invite songs for me, my songs have a writer."

Su Ruqin calmly asked, "Who’s writing for you? Ren He?"

She knew—Yang Xi’s previous songs were all penned by Ren He, thus the question.

"Mom, you don’t need to worry about who writes them, I just want to choose the songs I like," Yang Xi calmly said: "As you wished, I have transferred to the Capital. Your decisions are always right, and I don’t want to question them, but singing is my own dream."

Su Ruqin asked, "Are you still in touch with him? Where is he?"

She really couldn’t understand—three months had passed, why was there still contact?

Without even blinking, Yang Xi said, "He’s in Luo City."

Su Ruqin exhaled a breath of relief; it was good that he’s in Luo City. Sometimes she would think, given the current situation, Ren He indeed was talented and always surprising, which is why she feared Ren He would come to the Capital...

Looking at her daughter’s steadfast gaze, she seemed to understand that her daughter was determined to use the songs written by Ren He. She knew her daughter well; when Yang Xi became stubborn, she was unstoppable, just like herself. Sometimes she thought, if Ren He could maintain their relationship from Luo City, should she stop opposing this love after a few years? But contemplating such thoughts was premature; she didn’t believe long-distance relationships could last—wasn’t distance the reason for her divorce from Yang En?

Su Ruqin conceded, "You’ll understand in the future, distance and time will help you drift away from everything. If you want to use them, go ahead, but I will pay him the normal fees to buy the copyright for the songs, including the previous ten, at the highest market rate. You don’t have to feel you owe him anything."

"He won’t want it," Yang Xi said, then turned to go to her singing lesson. All that mattered was that Su Ruqin didn’t stop her from using Ren He’s songs.

In her heart, Yang Xi gleefully added, "He won’t want it. He’s not short of money."

Su Ruqin also didn’t know that Ren He understood the difficulties of a long-distance relationship, which is why he overcame countless obstacles to be by Yang Xi’s side and avoid a clichéd plot line.

Ren He, given a second life, had the courage to break the rules—that was his greatest confidence.

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Adding more for the Silver Alliance’s sea-spirit cloth—where’s the monthly ticket?