Chapter 19 Late Fever (3)

Su Rong looked to Peng Lim as he kept staring at her angrily. She backed up slightly about to make a run for it when Peng Lim had suddenly hugged her from behind. She gasped feeling his warm embrace. "Lim, let me go." She said holding his forearm that wrapped around her tightly.

"I will not let you go. Not when you take things so seriously. What happened to you?" He questioned remembering how she used to be so feisty when she was younger. She was so young and pure, but how he looked to her. She look stuck in one place that was dark and nothing but seriousness filled in. "Just stay like this for a little." She remained like that and held his forearms as she could hear him sniffing her.

Feeling his breath, she felt her feline purring inside to the rhythm of his breathing. He separated from her, allowing them to look to each other. She decided to be herself then to make him a little happy but also see if he can beat her in her little game. She pinched his cheeks making herself see his pinched cheeks with a red circle.

He was a little surprised as she was out of his arms now. She walked out of the room while he rubbed his redden cheeks. "Hey! Rong wait!" He called to her but she already started off ahead. He was chasing after her as she started running. Su Rong wasn't going to shift and expose herself yet as she continued. Running, she saw Liu Manor's garden, hiding around, it was also night so she hid between bushes. Seeing Peng Lim, he was looking around the entire place. "Rong!? Where did you go!?" He yelled.

Peng Lim smiled deciding to play along with her, but it was also fun for her and amusing. He was in the garden and deciding to enhance his sense of smell. He looked around with his nose twitching to catch her scent. She had moved around now as he looked behind the bushes to see no one there where he assumed she would be. Then, he heard giggling behind another bush. Making Peng Lim look but found no one also. He was in the middle of the garden now, trying a new tactic.

Su Rong easily knew that he enhanced his sense of smell. She turned to look at where he was at the middle of the garden. She saw no one as she just lost him. Turning to look around, she did not see him anywhere either. "I got you!" He had snuck up behind her, hugged her from escaping his hold.

"Y-You cheated!" She said while he rubbed his head against her back.

"No one said anything about cheating in this game." He said pinning her down after. She looked to him amazed that he had been the first to actually find her. No one had ever been able to find her not even Xue Liang.

"Your the first to ever beat me." She said still astonished by his sense and quick thinking. He looked to her, but with an evil smirk on his face. Seeing his reaction, she felt a little worried for what he was planning.

"Since, I'm the first to beat you then what is my reward." He said smirking as she didn't think he would be trying to use that method on her. "I'm waiting. I'll close my eyes." He had closed his eyes. She needed to give him something as he had completely pinned her down to the grass with her legs and arms down.

She sighed knowing she wasn't going to like this one bit. She kissed his cheek with Peng Lim opening his eyes wide looking down to her. "There is your reward." She said pouting and looking away.

"That wasn't a real kiss, but I'll have to get the next kiss here when I win again." He said as he pointed to his lips. He released her as she quickly got up. Feeling her face still blushing, he smiled looking down to see her finally opening up and being herself.

"Next time, I'll let you do what you want. This time it's me." She said as and lightly bent up biting his neck lightly. He jumped a little to the action as she smiled running off again. He came back to his senses running after her.

"Hey! Is the game still going on?!" He questioned as he wasn't able to catch her again. She was a good player in the game of hide and seek.

"If you can catch me, then I'll let you get anything you want." She said giggling as she hid again in the garden from him. He smirked hoping he'd be able to catch her and have his own reward to himself.

"We'll see about that." He ran after trying to look from bush to bush. He was getting tired as he didn't think that she would be very good to this point.

Su Rong giggled knowing that once one person played with her. She knew well of their movements and abilities being able to outrun them again. She had been known well for detecting the movements of her prey. Oddly, they continued playing the whole night as both didn't give up.

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Liu Gang saw in the distant both his friend and Xue Liang's maid playing together as he sighed seeing it that it was childish game. He smiled after seeing that it had been a long time since his friend really cared about anyone other than his mother.

He decided to leave the two alone, going off to Xue Liang's room. She was in deep slumber but he touched her forehead feeling her as she mumbled. "Gang..." He smiled seeing her as he remembered her calling his name when she was asleep. He wondered if she still called his name when he hadn't been there for the past few years.