Chapter 198: Maintenance
Facing Tang Yuehua's angry accusation, Lin Yuan blinked innocently, putting on a completely harmless expression as he said, "Oh, come on, what's the big deal? It was just a quick little kiss."
Lin Yuan shamelessly argued with full confidence, "Anyway, sooner or later, you're going to become my woman. What's wrong with taking a kiss in advance?"
He deliberately dragged out his tone, teasing with a suspicious look. "Besides, at your age, don't tell me that was still your first kiss. Who would believe that?"
Hearing this, Tang Yuehua trembled with anger, stammering as her face flushed red.
Blushing deeply, both ashamed and resolute, she loudly retorted, "Nonsense! Th-this really was my first kiss! What's wrong with that?!"
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt. "All these years, I've kept myself pure, never married, and never even had a boyfriend!"
"I've preserved my first kiss all this time. Is that so strange?!"
Seeing Tang Yuehua on the verge of tears from embarrassment and anger, Lin Yuan merely shrugged casually.
Spreading his hands, he sighed shamelessly, "Well then, that settles it. Since that was your first kiss, then it just so happens it was my first kiss too!"
Lin Yuan continued his absurd argument without shame, "If we really want to calculate it carefully—"
"Then you're the old cow eating young grass. I'm the one who suffered the real loss here, alright?!"
Hearing this outrageous bandit logic, Tang Yuehua felt a surge of anger clogging her chest.
This pent-up frustration made her face flush red, almost unable to breathe!
In all her life, this was the first time she had encountered such a shameless man!
What did he mean by suffering a loss?!
Being forcibly kissed like that, no matter how you look at it, shouldn't the girl be the one at a disadvantage and the one wronged?!
In truth, just the immortal herbs Lin Yuan had generously displayed earlier or that One-Word Battle Armor radiating terrifying pressure—these profound foundations alone were already enough to make Tang Yuehua fall for him.
Deep down, she was also very clear that this rapid emotional shift carried a certain degree of pragmatic calculation.
It wasn't entirely because of Lin Yuan's personal charm.
Rather, it was because the conditions he offered were simply too tempting, too abundant—so abundant that she couldn't muster even the slightest courage to refuse.
But this couldn't entirely be blamed on her being too realistic.
Just imagine, if the two of them were of the same age, someone like Lin Yuan—with extraordinary talent, unfathomable strength, and an exceptionally handsome appearance—
Faced with such a nearly perfect man, any normal woman might have already fallen hopelessly in love with him long ago. There would be no need for these external temptations or coercion.
However, from the very beginning, the worldly age gap between her and Lin Yuan was enormous—so large that it discouraged even the thought.
Under such rigid conventional constraints, she had never once considered that kind of indescribable relationship between a man and a woman, not even in the slightest.
In her eyes, Lin Yuan should have only been a mysterious junior.
But just now, under Lin Yuan's skilled mix of pressure and temptation, along with his relentless bombardment of sweetened promises, her inner defenses had finally begun to loosen.
And at this moment, she actually agreed deeply with one thing Lin Yuan had said.
That point struck directly at her weakest spot.
If in the future, with Lin Yuan's help, her cultivation could truly continue to break through and eventually reach the realm of a Titled Douluo—
Then, as a transcendent Titled Douluo, she could possess a lifespan of at least two to three hundred years.
If calculated like that, the current decades-long age gap between her and Lin Yuan would become completely insignificant.
It could be entirely ignored.
As the final line of defense in her heart—named morality and worldly norms—collapsed completely,
Tang Yuehua let out a resigned sigh and finally lowered her once noble and haughty head.
Dragging her magnificent silver palace dress that trailed along the ground, she obediently walked to stand before Lin Yuan.
Thus, this kind of close-contact routine maintenance and cleaning became necessary.
Previously, Lin Yuan had relied on his own superb skills for maintenance.
But now, it was left to Tang Yuehua.
Lin Yuan leaned back comfortably against the soft couch.
He looked down from above at the formerly high-and-mighty Tang Yuehua, watching her busy herself with extreme care and slight clumsiness.
Watching this elegant noblewoman help him clean bit by bit, a satisfied, wicked smile couldn't help but curl at the corner of Lin Yuan's mouth.
Lin Yuan couldn't help but chuckle comfortably, his tone carrying a hint of teasing surprise. "I really didn't expect this… who knew you had such maintenance skills?"
End of Chapter
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