fingertips. Chi Yu suddenly brought his ring finger and pinky finger together, loosely encircling Jiang Mo's thumb.
Jiang Mo was momentarily stunned and raised his eyes to meet Chi Yu's scrutinizing gaze.
The corners of Chi Yu's phoenix eyes curved downward, and the subtle creases of his double eyelids deepened. Light-colored pupils were filled with the warm shadow of sunlight, and his own shadow.
Chi Yu was laughing at him.
Jiang Mo's heart skipped a beat, and blushing, he let go of Chi Yu's hand. He let go, but their hands were still touching, and this time it was Chi Yu who held his hand.
"I... your hand... it's hot, too hot... blow, blow on it..." His heart was racing unbelievably fast, and with the realization that there were many cameras focused on him, Jiang Mo nervously stumbled over his words. He buried his head, wishing he could hide it inside his sweatshirt.
It was so embarrassing.
How could he dare to do such a thing!
"Well, thank you," Chi Yu's voice contained a smile, and the corners of his mouth curled up even higher without restraint.
"Hand..." Jiang Mo wanted to pull back his own hand. He tried once but it didn't move, and he didn't dare exert too much force, afraid that Chi Yu's hand would hurt.
Chi Yu seemed to not hear him and continued to hold his hand.
"Hand... hand..." Jiang Mo raised his voice a bit. Chi Yu was so close to him, he should have heard, but Chi Yu still didn't let go.
Jiang Mo cautiously lifted his head, and Chi Yu had been looking at him the whole time, his smile even brighter than before.
Jiang Mo: "..."
"Aren't you going to blow on it for me?" Chi Yu asked.
Jiang Mo: "..."
The redness on his face spread to his ears, and Jiang Mo lowered his head, hurriedly placing his hand under the flowing water.
The cold water of winter extinguished the fiery connection of their fingers, but it couldn't extinguish the burning sensation on Jiang Mo's cheeks and ears.
["You pervert! I thought you had changed your ways."]
["Jiang Mo, toughen up. You're asking for it with this kind of behavior!"]
["Jiang Mo is so attentive. Only he noticed that Chi Yu got burned. Does he like Chi Yu?"]
["Nonsense, of course Jiang Mo likes Chi Yu. He knows that Chi Yu got burned because he's always paying attention to him. It's a great opportunity for Jiang Mo to create more hype."]
["Some people, stop speculating blindly, okay? If Jiang Mo really wanted to create hype, he could have done it yesterday when he went on a date with Chi Yu or today on the bus. He had so many chances to interact with Chi Yu, but he only spoke when Chi Yu initiated it."]
["Someone said Chi Yu annoys Jiang Mo to death. Is this what Jiang Mo looks like when he's annoyed? I've never seen Chi Yu smile so happily before."]
Lu Xuan had stopped pounding the rice cakes as soon as Jiang Mo held Chi Yu's hand. He, like everyone else present, was confused by Jiang Mo's actions.
Jiang Mo's behavior was clearly inviting criticism, but if it was because he was worried about Chi Yu getting hurt, then there wasn't much to fault him for.
In comparison, when Chi Yu hadn't held onto the lid properly, he had asked if Chi Yu was okay, and Chi Yu had said he was fine, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
