Lu Yaozhu's room, the Duke's mansion.
Su Liya took a sip of the peach flavoured alcoholic and smiled, "l guess our minds are in sync".
"Among other things," he said eye locked on her plump pink lips, there was a drop of wine on her lips. Lu Yaozhu stretched out his hand, rubbed the drop of wine away and brought his hand into his mouth. He licked the peach flavoured taste off his thumb while grinning down at her.
He broke their gaze and glanced at the tray of cake, he picked up a piece at brought it up to his lips. He took a bite. The smile previously on his face had disappeared, Su Liya could feel the air around them get meaner. Lu Yaozhu waited until he was done with the cake before pouring himself a fresh cup of wine.
"You must have been informed of my bad mood, not that I am surprised. I didn't exactly try to hind it", he picked up the cup, brought it to his lips and tipped it over, finishing the wine in one go.