Chapter 120: A Unique Sweetness

“I’ll drink it.”

As soon as the words fell, he lowered his head and took the cup of milk tea in his hand, sipping through the straw she had just used.

The sensation was indeed cold to the touch.

Seeing this, Lin Nanxin’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at him.

“I just drank from it…”

“I don’t mind it being unclean,” he said softly, almost instinctively.

Even he found these words somewhat unbelievable when he spoke them.

Normally, if others spoke loudly in front of him, he would instinctively feel disgusted, fearing any saliva contamination and thus keeping a certain distance.

The moment his lips touched the straw, he sensed a faint… fruity fragrance.

It was the scent of the lip balm she had applied on her lips.

His heart felt no trace of revulsion; instead, there was a peculiar sweetness.

The subtle aroma of the lip balm seemed to linger in his mouth, drawing his gaze unconsciously to her lips, tinted a delicate pink from the balm. His eyes fixed there.

An unusual feeling suddenly stirred in his heart, his dark eyes locked on her, flickering gently.

Lin Nanxun did not notice his gaze. She simply looked at the cup of milk tea in his hand, a few traces of worry appearing on her fair, delicate face.

“You might get a stomachache,” she whispered, concerned.

What if he got sick from drinking it?

“That won’t affect me much,” he replied.

When he was a child, abandoned by the Shen family to be cared for by servants who often mistreated him, he was neglected in many ways. In winter, he had eaten plenty of cold rice and cold soup, so he was long accustomed to it.

Unlike her, both physically and mentally, he was not as fragile.

She had been cherished like a treasure in her childhood, probably because of the warmth she had received early on. Even now, despite everything, her heart still held onto kindness and beauty.

But he was different.

He had experienced hardships beyond ordinary imagination from a young age. From childhood, he had been isolated, neglected, and even humiliated by his own family who placed themselves above him.

Because of these experiences, he had become impervious to all poisons.

He once thought that in this world, which he saw as anything but beautiful, nothing could move him.

Until…

At this thought, Shen Hanzhi’s gaze toward Lin Nanxun deepened with meaning.

When the girl looked at him with concern, his heart was unexpectedly stirred…

After a moment of distraction, Shen Hanzhi returned to himself and continued to drink the milk tea until it was finished.

The amount of milk tea, not insignificant to her, was quickly consumed in his hands. He tossed the empty cup into the small trash bin inside the car.

Seeing him finish the milk tea so quickly, Lin Nanxun’s expression showed surprise. After a brief pause, she withdrew her gaze and sat quietly again.

Silence settled once more in the car.

Leaning back in his seat, Shen Hanzhi’s eyes kept drifting toward her.

Noticing that she had lowered her head and was ignoring him again, a complex expression flickered across his handsome face.

Before long, Zhou Bei drove the car back to the lakeside villa.

As soon as the car stopped, Aunt Xu, who had just returned from vacation, came out smiling warmly, immediately opening the car door for Lin Nanxun.

“Miss Lin!”

“Grandma Xu,” Lin Nanxun turned and saw that kind, gentle face. The little face that had held no smile throughout the journey instantly brightened.