117: When our lips parted, she gave me a seductive look: Stay with me tonight!

“Beautiful scenery and delicious food alone aren’t enough.”

Gu Zhixia suddenly stood up and, with her long legs, walked into the storage room next to them.

A moment later, she returned carrying a bottle of red wine with an ancient-looking body and a label printed with a line of incomprehensible French, along with two crystal-clear stemmed glasses.

With an impeccably elegant gesture, she opened the expensive-looking bottle of red wine and poured half a glass for Lin Mo and herself.

The crimson, blood-like wine gently swirled in the glass, emitting a rich and complex aroma of fruit and wood.

“What’s so good about wine?” Gu Nianqiu ran back, curiously leaning in to sniff the glass, then wrinkled her small nose in distaste. “It smells weird! It’s not as good as my ‘Gale Juice’!”

“What do little kids know?” Gu Zhixia rolled her phoenix eyes at her, raised her glass, and toasted Lin Mo from a distance. “This is called ambiance, called enjoying life.”

Lin Mo smiled and also raised his glass.

He didn’t really understand wine, but Gu Zhixia was right; this was a form of enjoyment. After a series of bloody battles and fierce fighting, this pure, relaxing, and even somewhat decadent pleasure was the best mental adjustment.

“To our upcoming, brand new journey.” Gu Zhixia looked at Lin Mo, her phoenix eyes, which seemed exceptionally bright under the starlight, now appearing to be tinged with the slight intoxication of wine.

“Cheers.”

They gently clinked glasses and drained the red wine in one gulp.

Gu Nianqiu watched the two of them, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance, and also raised her juice cup, gulping down a large mouthful as if she were competing with someone.

However, the Little Girl clearly overestimated her alcohol tolerance.

Or rather, she underestimated the kick of this aged red wine from some lost civilization.

Just from accompanying them for two glasses, her small face had turned rosy, like a ripe apple, her eyes began to glaze over, and her speech became a bit slurred.

“Hic… the stars… so many stars are spinning…”

She wobbled to her feet, took two steps, her legs gave out, and she nearly fell.

“Alright, you’re drunk, go back to sleep.” Gu Zhixia helplessly supported her, her tone full of doting affection.

“I’m not drunk… I can still… still fight three hundred rounds…” Gu Nianqiu mumbled, but her eyelids were already drooping.

In the end, it was Lin Mo who picked her up. The Little Girl found a comfortable position in his arms, smacked her lips, and within three seconds, she was fast asleep, a sweet smile still on her lips, probably dreaming of something delicious.

Lin Mo took her back to her room, tucked her in, and then returned to the “beach.”

At this moment, only he and Gu Zhixia remained on the beach.

Without Gu Nianqiu, the atmosphere regulator, the air silently began to change in the silence.

The sound of the waves, the starlight, the breeze, and the red wine swirling in the glass.

Everything became ambiguous and hazy.

“Lin Mo.”

Gu Zhixia suddenly spoke, breaking the quiet.

She poured herself another glass of wine; this time, she didn’t drink it all at once, but gently swirled the glass, watching the crimson liquid leave faint traces on the rim.

“You know? The first time I saw you, I thought you were boring and uninteresting, just a lucky guy.”

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows, saying nothing, just listening quietly.

“I admit, I misjudged you.” Gu Zhixia gave a self-deprecating laugh, then tilted her head back and took a sip of wine, her fair neck forming a graceful arc under the starlight.

She put down her glass, turned her head, and her phoenix eyes, which always carried a sharp edge and pride, now stared unblinkingly into Lin Mo’s eyes.

That gaze was fervent, honest, and carried a sense of reckless determination.

“You are very strong, a hundred times stronger than I imagined.”

“You always manage to do things we thought impossible. Whether it’s piloting this ship to escape the World Tree’s pursuit, directly confronting the Abyssal Throat Ripper, or… obliterating the Eye of the Forbidden Zone that made us despair with a single shot.”

“Every time, I thought it was the limit, but you always pull out an even stronger trump card.”

Her voice wasn’t loud, but every word was clear, as if stating an undeniable fact.

“Before, I only believed in myself, in the gun in my hand. Because in this world, only power doesn’t betray.”

“But now…”

She paused, seemingly organizing her thoughts, and a suspicious blush appeared on her always calm and beautiful face, whether from the wine or some other reason, was unclear.

“Now, I also believe in you.”

“Lin Mo, you are truly amazing, and very handsome.”

“I… I admire you greatly.”

When those last words left her lips, she seemed to have expended all her strength, even her fingertips trembling slightly.

For the always proud Gu Zhixia, this was nothing short of the most complete, unconditional surrender of a confession.

Lin Mo’s heart was deeply moved by these words.

He looked at the woman before him, at her astonishingly bright eyes reflecting the myriad stars, at her lips slightly pursed with tension.

He knew what he should say.

“You are also very formidable.” Lin Mo’s voice was a little hoarse, but incredibly sincere. “Without you, I wouldn’t have made it this far alone.”

“That Star-Piercing Shot was the most brilliant sight I’ve ever seen.”

Gu Zhixia’s eyes were slightly red.

This was the very thing she had been waiting for.

Not pity, not sympathy, but an equal, heartfelt recognition and admiration.

At this moment, the atmosphere reached its peak.

The rich aroma of red wine permeated the air, along with a dangerous yet alluring scent called hormones.

Lin Mo looked at her alluring red lips, so close, moistened by the wine, and his Adam’s apple involuntarily bobbed.

He hesitated no longer, leaning forward slightly.

And Gu Zhixia, as if drawn by some summons, closed her eyes and tilted her head up slightly.

Four warm lips gently met under the witness of the starry sky and the waves.

At first, it was just a tentative, gentle caress.

But soon, the emotions suppressed for too long, accumulated through countless close calls with death, erupted like a lit volcano!

The kiss became fervent and wild.

Full of plunder and possession, but also full of dependence and trust.

They seemed to want to meld into each other’s very bones, using this most primal way to confirm each other’s existence.

After a long while, their lips parted.

Both were a little breathless, their foreheads pressed together, feeling each other’s hot breath.

Gu Zhixia’s beautiful face was flushed crimson, almost dripping blood, and her always cool phoenix eyes were now shimmering with moisture, alluring and silken, full of deadly temptation.

She looked into Lin Mo’s eyes, as deep as the night sky, and in a husky voice, tinged with a commanding tone yet mixed with a hint of imperceptible shyness and anticipation, she said:

“Come to my room.”

“Stay with me tonight.”