Yin Xiachun was stabbed in the heart when her brother maintained his silence . In a suffocated tone, she implored, “Brother, I hate to see you with other girls . Can we keep to our childhood promise to be together always? Let's be together for a hundred years and forever!”

Her naïve plea was accompanied by a frantic and desperate look; she was hoping to have her brother embrace her and tell her, “Yes, let's be together forever . ”

He did none of these, however .

Tremblingly, he pried open her clutching fingers one by one . His ashen face was full of resignation as he looked at her and said, “Be good . Don't spout nonsense, yeah?”

“I'm not talking nonsense! I mean it!” She inched closer to him and urged solemnly, “I really want to be with you always, brother . This has always been our promise to each other, right?”

“Xiachun, we are siblings . There will come a day when I'll have a girl whom I love to be my wife . That girl will be with me forever and not you . Understand?”

“Why?” Her face turned as white as a sheet of paper with his words .

These cruel words drove a wedge deep into her heart . Her eyes rimmed with tears immediately .

She clenched her fists tightly . Despondency, which could be seen in her eyes, almost swallowed her whole . “What kind of promise did you give me in the past? Was it a lie? You clearly promise me…”

His eyes, filled with haze, turned to stare at the black and white keyboard, instead . “I did promise you that we'll always be together and never be apart, but it's not in this manner; do you understand?”

There was silence on her side now .

He furrowed his brows and was about to open his mouth as he looked up at her when she suddenly pounced on him . With her little face inching close to his, her hand looped around his neck .

Before he could regain his composure, her face closed in on his . Copying the actions of those characters depicted in a shōjo manga she had read, she flapped her eyes close and gently plastered her lips onto his cool, thin ones .

This was Yin Xiachun's first kiss, as well as Yun s.h.i.+s.h.i.+'s first on-screen kiss .

Just like the protagonist she was portraying, her kissing skill was bad . As her upper torso leaned on Gu Xingze, she almost felt the warmth from his chest and the strong beating of his heart through the flimsy fabric .

He gave off an inexplicable fresh scent that was different from Mu Yazhe's cologne .

It smelled of natural freshness .

Just as she placed her lips onto his, that domineering man's handsome but angry face flashed across her mind .

“Woman, how dare you betray me?!”

Betray?

Who's betraying who now?

She closed her eyes lightly and forcefully wiped that face off her mind .

As per the script, she hugged his shoulders as she leaned further and deeper into his arms . Her greedy lips wanted more of him as her kiss wallowed further in his fresh breath .

Yin Dongyu was supposed to struggle free from her embrace at this moment . He would push her away harshly and rein in this situation that was getting out of control .

However, Gu Xingze hesitated .

With his eyes wide open, he saw with clarity Yun s.h.i.+s.h.i.+'s sweet face before him . Her eyes were shut lightly as she drew close and her shoulders were tense and withdrawn .

She seemed to think that kissing was a very sacred action .