Lizzie ignored his pleas and continued hugging him tightly in an intimate manner. She suddenly raised her gaze to his bright green eyes and saw they held intense tension.
Ignoring that, she lifted her head higher, trying to reach his lips, but she wasn't tall enough. So she straightened up, lifting herself with all her might, and finally reached... but was stopped by Xiao Ping placing his finger on his own lips... she realized he had bent down to do that.
Her face turned red, so she hid her face against Xiao Ping's chest, shielding herself from his gaze, feeling extremely embarrassed at failing twice in a row.
'Damn, this woman is trying to take my first kiss by any means necessary! Why is she so insistent on this?' Xiao Ping thought to himself. He was about to use his ability to escape from her, but he suspected she was of a high level and might also catch him if she discovered he was an unofficial power-bearer!
"Let's go dance!" she said, lifting her head from Xiao Ping's chest and forcibly dragging him by the arm.
'I'm finished!' lamented Xiao Ping, who was being dragged by force to the center of the square under the eyes of everyone at the party. She held him and made him hold her, like beloved lovers under the moonlight!
"Huh, Ping!" James was surprised when he looked at Xiao Ping holding a beauty in his hand.
Xiao Ping looked in his direction, his expression as if saying: "Save me!"
"Let's begin!" said Lizzie as she moved gracefully and spun Xiao Ping around her.
'Is my era over? Yes, I think so! My life has no value anymore after what happened to me! My goal of climbing the ranks of the Path of Mystery! My goal of exploring this new world is no longer available to me! No... but it is!' Xiao Ping gritted his teeth and tried to lift Lizzie and throw her, but he couldn't move her hand.
"Why aren't you dancing? Are you just going to keep taking slow steps and spinning around me?" Lizzie asked Xiao Ping, who was trying to lift her.
'Forget it! Let's just pretend with her!' Saying that, Xiao Ping took her hands and danced with her gracefully.
'Is he a skilled dancer too? How many more skills is he hiding from me?' James thought while twirling the famous lady and finishing the dance with a bow.
After finishing the dance, he headed to one of the tables, took a chair and a glass of wine, then placed the chair upside down in front of Xiao Ping and Lizzie, and sat on it while drinking the wine.
'What is this idiot doing sitting here? Is he trying to find something to mock me with? Hahaha! I have something against him too, anyway!' Xiao Ping thought while looking at James.
At that moment, James smiled at him strangely and made hand movements as if trying to convey a message to Xiao Ping to slap that girl's rear.
'Impossible! No, I won't do that!' Xiao Ping spoke to himself while turning his head to the beautiful Lizzie in front of him.
"What did you like about me to love me like this?" Xiao Ping asked in a low voice so no one could hear.
"Hmm... let's see: everything!" said Lizzie, looking at Xiao Ping.
"..." Xiao Ping.
Xiao Ping remained silent and said nothing, and soon Lizzie continued, saying: "This love appeared suddenly and is deep for you, and I don't hate it; on the contrary, so I hope you marry me soon because I want to see my children!"
"..."
Xiao Ping didn't say anything, and Lizzie continued speaking in a seductive voice: "How about we go now and do it in one of the hotels after this evening?"
"No.... I can't. If you love me this much, why do you push it to this extreme! Love should be mutual, not one-sided, so I appreciate your love for me but I cannot accept this. Love and I are two lines that never meet, and I don't want any relationship now or in the future. It's better for you to go and find someone else!" Xiao Ping spoke after losing patience from listening to Lizzie's naive words.
He didn't want to love something that might become his weakness in the future, not because he hated it, but because he was forced to, even if he didn't want to.
He had chosen a path and begun striving towards the mysteries of this world, and from the first day, he had made many enemies. So he tried to remain alone and not create any emotions that might hinder his progress towards the top, as the entity had told him.
But this wasn't everything... if he found a girl, loved her, and married her... what would his enemies do upon knowing this? They would take revenge on the family he founded or exploit it against him, so he preferred to walk alone rather than endanger the lives of those close to him.
And also, this girl named Lizzie, she is an enemy and he might have to fight her in the future, or even kill her or be killed by her; because they are two people belonging to two different worlds: one to a world without law, the other to a world governed by laws.
Xiao Ping looked at Lizzie, waiting for her reaction, but she laughed softly and said, "Don't worry! You will definitely become mine; that's what Habu says!"
"Who is Habu?" asked Xiao Ping, nervous.
"Even if I explained, you wouldn't understand!" Lizzie clarified.
"Alright, we should finish this dance!" Xiao Ping looked around and saw that everyone had finished dancing, and only he and Lizzie remained.
"Yes, you're right! My dear beloved!" Saying that, she wrapped her arms around Xiao Ping's neck and pulled him towards her face... Xiao Ping was prepared to activate his ability and stop her by force if she tried to take his first kiss, but he was surprised when she kissed him on the cheek.
Lizzie wasn't satisfied with that; she gently bit Xiao Ping on the cheek, leaving a lipstick mark and a bite.
"What are you doing? This is embarrassing!" Xiao Ping said while trying to pull his head back but couldn't.
"Hahahaha, this is a great show! Go on!" James laughed while drinking wine from the glass in his hand.
"You see? All this happened because of you!" Xiao Ping said angrily.
"Be quiet!" said Lizzie while giving Xiao Ping a kiss on his other cheek and also a gentle bite.
"Why do you keep doing this? My partner will mock me forever!" Xiao Ping explained, embarrassed.
"Hmm... your friend? Do you mean that person sitting on the chair there?" Lizzie asked, looking into Xiao Ping's eyes.
"Yes!" Xiao Ping replied with regret.
"Does he have a partner? If the answer is yes, then you can annoy him if he says something to you!" Lizzie said while moving in harmony with Xiao Ping.
"A strong point of view! But I don't have one!" Xiao Ping said proudly, intending to get rid of this woman.
"If you don't consider me your partner? Then what do you consider me? Or is there another girl? But from your previous words, I don't think so!" Lizzie said while bringing Xiao Ping's face close to hers again.
"Honestly, I don't consider you anything! Not a partner, not a lover. I'll treat what happened between us today as an accident!" Xiao Ping said, looking at Lizzie coldly.
"So, you are determined that you don't consider me anything! That's logical; you shouldn't fall in love with me from the first moment! That would make you easy prey for other women!" Lizzie said while winking at Xiao Ping.
'I must end this,' Xiao Ping thought while making Lizzie spin around herself, holding his hand, like princesses in fairy tales. Then he held her by the waist and performed a bow with her.
At the end of the bow, Lizzie tried to take a kiss for the third time, but Xiao Ping placed his hand in front of her.
"Hmph! Mean!" she said, angry.
Xiao Ping didn't say anything, just lifted her to straighten her up and tried to get away from her as much as possible, but she grabbed his black coat.
'I can't abandon the coat! Damn!' Xiao Ping stopped and turned, seeing that the woman was angry.
"Calm down!" he said, moving his hand to soothe her.
At that moment, everyone at the evening applauded Xiao Ping enthusiastically. They were surprised by his dancing skill and those final moves he performed; the end of the dance was beautiful and romantic. Even James couldn't help but applaud Xiao Ping at that moment.
"What's happening?" Xiao Ping asked, surprised.
"They're applauding our wonderful dance!" Lizzie said while pushing her pink hair back.
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End of Chapter~ To be continued