Hu'er blinked and looked towards his throat. When he gulped she could help but look at Adam's apple going up and down. This made her gulp too.
She bit her lips and looked away, calming herself down. Once she calmed down, her gaze went toward Jiu Lin.
He was reading the book and wasn't looking at her anymore. However, if Hu'er would look closely, Jiu Lin was in a daze and not reading at all.
Yet, Hu'er didn't notice that because she was too ashamed that she couldn't control herself. In her mind, Hu'er kept on repeating that she will soon have heat, and need to endure, that she didn't need to break their belief and rules, and that she already endured for so long that a little more time is something she can do.
She is brainwashing herself completely so that her body can calm down. What she is doing has helped her for so many whole seasons now. And it is still working, fortunately.
After a while, Jiu Lin didn't say anything and kept on reading. Hu'er didn't know what to do anymore. Reading isn't what she wanted to do now. She is in no mood to even play music. She has never played one yet either.
Hu'er's eyes went toward Jiu Lin's book, "Can I read that book too?"
Jiu Lin didn't react immediately but felt her gaze. He looks at her, in a daze before realizing what she wanted. "Oh. Here."
She pushed the book back to him and said, "No, it's fine. I want to read it with you."
"Ah?" Jiu Lin couldn't help but blink. He didn't know what Hu'er wanted or how they would read it together. 'Should I go beside her so she can see the book?' He stood up to do it.
However, Hu'er stopped him from standing up, "Don't stand."
He did what she said and confusingly looks at her. His eyes went wide when he saw her crawl towards him.
Her crawling like that made him see something that was normally hidden under the clothes. Those two peaks made him swallow. He couldn't help but stare at it. Jiu Lin tried to take his gaze away from Hu'er's body but it still went back.
"Jiu Lin…" Hu'er muttered. She is now in front of him but he was too busy to pay attention to her face. She had to call Jiu Lin to make him look at her face.
He swallowed and looked into her eyes, "Wha—what are you doing?"
Hu'er blinked and couldn't help it anymore, she laughed. His reaction is a treasure to Hu'er. "I just want to lean on you," she informed him and didn't wait for his response.
"O—oh." His body has completely frozen after that. It's because Hu'er took her time to find a good spot for her to lay on his chest.
Every bit of her movements aroused him. He felt like Hu'er is provoking him intentionally but right now she looks like someone who just wanted to lie down.
It was indeed true. Hu'er didn't want to provoke him as she looked for a comfortable position, "Stay still and relax." He took a deep breath and released it. He is much more relaxed after that and this satisfies Hu'er, "There… Let's read."
"Oh…" Jiu Lin looks down and sees something again that made him look away and focus on the book.
He already decided not to make such low-cut clothes. It's the worst of all the clothes he made.
While Jiu Lin is having plans to change all of Hu'er's clothes. She is happily reading the book he is holding.
Hu'er feels very secure in his arms. When the content of the book wouldn't go in her head, she just stopped. She buried her head in his chest, wanting to sleep.
"Hu'er?" Jiu Lin muttered.
"Yeah?" Hu'er, who just closed her eyes, opened them again. She wasn't really sleepy but just wanted to close her eyes and feel at peace.
Jiu Lin has been worried about something, "Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah." She looks up at him, puzzled.
He pursed his lips and asked, "Do you know what heat is?"
Still confused, she nodded, "En." Hu'er didn't know why Jiu Lin was asking him this. Hu'er puts heat and eating aphrodisiacs similar in some ways, so she definitely knows what heat is. She also knew what it felt like.
He hesitated before asking, "Have you ever felt it?"
Jiu Lin actually thinks Hu'er already felt it or something but they didn't know the type of heat she has or something. Heats are very unpredictable, especially the first one.
Stunned, she said, "No… I think?" She is definitely in heat but not the heat they are talking about. Hu'er just wanted men because of her habits. But she is constantly successful with controlling herself already.
Jiu Lin sighed and informed her, "There are actually three different heats."
Hu'er was shocked to hear that, "Three heats?" She thought heat is heat, and that's it. Never thought that there are types of heat.
Jiu Lin nodded and told her all about it, "Yes. It wasn't put in any book or scroll yet. Ke Rin was compiling it back in the spring.
The first one is the common heat. It's what you mostly know, so I won't say it anymore.
The second one is the extreme smell. You would feel quite hot, just the same as the common one and the smell is quite a lot. It would affect others around you double as the common ones. They would immediately lose control.
The third one is extreme heat. The smell is like the common ones and the heat is double that of the common ones. The female would often need two to three beastmen to satisfy them and take away their heat."
While Jiu Lin was talking, her eyes were dropping. His voice has become her lullaby.
Hu'er went back from her position and closed her eyes. She muttered, "Is there an extreme heat and extreme smell type then?"
Jiu Lin turned silent for a while before answering, "No, and if possible we would rather not have it."
"Oh," she muttered sleepily.
Jiu Lin wanted to say something but found out that she is already sleeping. He smiles and just joined her.