He was holding back his anger, not at all willing to indulge her voluntarily. Shi Che clenched his hands, straining to drive out all the fantasies from his mind.
Both of them harbored their own thoughts, yet neither made a single move. Though both were lying there with their eyes closed, pretending to sleep, their minds were in fact a mess, and neither could truly fall asleep.
The more Shi Che suppressed himself, the more the rising desire fought back fiercely. He felt the flames inside his body gradually igniting, growing into a raging fire that crashed around within him, making him irritable and restless. He abruptly opened his eyes and turned over heavily, directly onto his side facing Ling Chuxia, his dark pupils staring intently at her back.
Shi Che's heavy roll extinguished the conflicted thoughts that had been tangling Ling Chuxia's mind, pressing down on her like a great mountain, quashing all her little schemes.
