CHAPTER 371: CHAPTER 371: INEVITABLY AWKWARD

Even their breaths intertwined.

He gradually pried open her teeth, breaking in.

At this moment, it felt as if something burst out of her chest like bamboo shoots breaking through the earth.

This was the first time Rong Qingqing understood the meaning of a kiss.

He started out somewhat clumsy.

Later, however, he suddenly seemed to grasp all the subtleties and became enlightened.

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After the kiss, both their heartbeats were chaotic.

Rong Qingqing lay there, not daring to look at Shen Jue.

And Shen Jue, as if he had obtained something he had longed for, rested his chin contentedly on the top of her head, playing with her hand in one hand, gently cupping her face with the other, as if sketching something.

Neither of them spoke, and so quietly, neither knew who fell asleep first.

The company retreat lasted two days and nights, and on Sunday morning, everyone left the resort villa.

On the way back, it was still Lin Bufan driving, and Rong Qingqing kept her eyes closed, pretending to sleep the whole way.

Since yesterday, she didn’t dare to meet Shen Jue’s eyes.

She always felt a vague sense of guilt.

Every time she saw Shen Jue, she instinctively turned her face away.

Last night, before Shen Jue came to bed, Rong Qingqing forced herself to sleep, perhaps because her nerves had been inexplicably tense all day, so she indeed fell asleep just like that, and wasn’t even aware when he got into bed.

When the car arrived at the villa entrance, Shen Qiao heard the sound and came rushing out.

"Sister Qingqing! You’re finally back, I was about to die of boredom!" Shen Qiao rushed over and hugged Rong Qingqing as she got out of the car.

Then she asked, "Sister Qingqing, was the company retreat fun? Why didn’t you post anything on your Moments?"

"It was pretty fun." Rong Qingqing scratched her head, hurriedly linking arms with Shen Qiao and heading inside.

Shen Jue had to wait for Lin Bufan to bring the wheelchair before Lin Bufan would lift him from the car into the wheelchair.

He watched from the car as Rong Qingqing quickly got out and walked away with Shen Qiao.

As if staying outside a second longer might have a bug biting at her back.

Since yesterday, Shen Jue sensed that Rong Qingqing started avoiding him again.

It seemed like ever since he kissed her like that that night, she barely looked at him or spoke to him afterward.

At the resort, wherever she went, she had to take that colleague Xiao Huang with her, treating him as if he were air.

On the way back just now, she pretended to sleep for more than three hours.

It truly was hard on her.

But Shen Jue couldn’t figure it out.

Why was it?

The night he kissed her, she clearly wasn’t angry.

Later on, she even responded to him for sure.

That night, they kissed happily, didn’t they?

Why after a night’s sleep did she turn her back on him?

As Shen Jue pondered, he realized something.

Could it be she disliked his poor kissing technique?

Shen Jue agitatedly ran his hand through his hair.

He’d never dated another girlfriend, never kissed another woman, so it was his first time kissing someone like that.

The first time was inevitably awkward.

But Rong Qingqing had been with Shen Xingwei for so many years, and their relationship was so good, they must have kissed a lot.

Could it be Rong Qingqing disliked his kissing compared to Shen Xingwei, so she didn’t want to talk to him anymore?

When Shen Jue entered the house, Rong Qingqing and Shen Qiao had already taken the fishing gear and left, without even sparing him a glance or saying a word.

Even Guo Lan and Nanny Zhao could feel that something was off between Shen Jue and Rong Qingqing.