Chapter 380 - 199: I Will Take Good Care of Li Zhi
Chapter 380: Chapter 199: I Will Take Good Care of Li Zhi
"Do you have any idea what my dad just... I..."
Li Zhi only got half the sentence out before glaring at Shen Yuan. "AHH!! No! You open this door! I’m going to beat you up!"
The moment she finished speaking, Li Zhi abruptly ended the video call.
The phone screen went black.
Shen Yuan stared blankly at the dark screen, her words "open this door" still seeming to echo in his ears.
Shaking his head in resignation, Shen Yuan got up and walked out of his room.
Then, under the confused gazes of his parents, he opened his front door.
The next second, a salted fish doll came flying into Shen Yuan’s face.
Caught completely off guard, Shen Yuan stumbled backward, but the furious Li Zhi outside the door gave him no such chance.
The girl charged in like a little cannonball storming a fortress, her delicate face flushed with a lingering blush of shame and anger.
"Shen Yuan!!! This is all your fault!!"
Li Zhi’s voice was a mix of shame and fury, but her hands moved even faster.
Grabbing the salted fish doll by its tail, Li Zhi unleashed a rapid combo on Shen Yuan.
"It’s all your fault! All your fault! All your fault!"
"Die, die, die!!"
Every thwack was accompanied by an indignant accusation from Li Zhi.
The soft belly of the salted fish doll whistled through the air, landing in a dense shower of THWAP, THWAP, THWAP and THUD, THUD, THUD on Shen Yuan’s shoulders, back, and arms.
Although a plush toy couldn’t cause any real injury, the force behind it was anything but light, carrying all the girl’s determination to beat him flat.
Shen Yuan didn’t dare fight back, pathetically raising his arms to shield his head and hunching over as he dodged left and right.
"Ow! Easy, easy! Spare me, Young Master Li! I was wrong! I was really wrong!!"
"Mom! Help me!"
Shen Yuan tried to call for backup, but Zhang Yuyan just silently pulled out her phone and started rapidly taking pictures.
At that moment, Li Zhi seemed to have transformed into a violent salted-fish-warrior, chasing Shen Yuan down and thrashing him.
"You idiot, Shen Yuan! You dare to dodge! Dodge one more time and see what happens!"
The air filled with the rising and falling sounds of Li Zhi’s embarrassed, angry rebukes and the dull, continuous THUD THUD of the salted fish doll’s critical hits.
Normally, Li Zhi wouldn’t have acted like this in front of Shen Yuan’s parents.
But given the current situation...
Since she had already suffered a "social death" in front of Old Li, Li Zhi didn’t care about having another one in front of Shen Yuan’s parents.
Right now, all she wanted was to murder Shen Yuan.
Under the cold white lights, this "physical communication" session, unique to the two of them, seemed both chaotic and strangely delicate.
Li Zhi chased Shen Yuan all the way into his bedroom, hitting him as she went.
"You idiot, Shen Yuan!"
Li Zhi stood there, holding the salted fish doll and glaring at Shen Yuan with her cheeks puffed out in anger.
Seeing that Li Zhi had finally stopped, Shen Yuan asked tentatively, "So, what... what exactly happened? Uncle Li... what did he say to you?"
It would have been better if he hadn’t asked. The question was like tossing a lit match into a powder keg.
Li Zhi’s anger, which had just started to die down, flared right back up with a *WHOOSH*.
The blush that had just begun to fade from the girl’s face instantly spread back across her cheeks and to the tips of her ears. Her almond-shaped eyes went wide, and the flames dancing within them looked ready to burst out.
"AHHH! You dare to ask! You still dare to ask!"
Li Zhi shrieked, and the salted fish doll that had just been hanging limply in her hand once again became her weapon of vengeance.
THWACK! THWACK! THUD!
This time her aim was precise, heading straight for Shen Yuan’s face—which was a mask of innocence and curiosity—and the arm he raised to block.
"Take that for running your mouth! And that’s for prying! And this is for making me get... get..."
Li Zhi yelled herself to the crucial point, but she just couldn’t bring herself to say the embarrassing "misunderstanding," so she converted her frustration into even fiercer physical attacks.
Seeing her act like this, Shen Yuan more or less figured out what must have happened to her.
He decided to just lie back and let the beautiful girl take out her frustrations on him.
A flurry of thwacks and thuds followed.
Li Zhi finally tired herself out.
She tossed the salted fish doll onto Shen Yuan’s body to vent her remaining frustration, then plopped herself down into a chair.
Li Zhi panted, her chest rising and falling unevenly.
"Hah! Seriously..."
Shen Yuan sat up on the bed, pushed the salted fish doll off his face, and gave Li Zhi an ingratiating smile.
"Calm down, calm down~ There’s nothing complicated between us. It’s all the adults’ fault for getting the wrong idea!"
Li Zhi had been glaring at him with puffed cheeks, but at his words, the blush on her face faded slightly.
Her pretty eyes blinked, a hint of curiosity and inquiry in them. "Did your parents... ask you too?"
Shen Yuan nodded and put on a pained expression, ’but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief’.
Li Zhi looked at his expression, then recalled the meaningful look in Old Li’s eyes.
She stared at Shen Yuan for a few seconds before clicking her tongue in annoyance. "Fine, we’re even!"
The room fell quiet. The clamor of their roughhousing seemed to leave a faint, buzzing echo in its wake, but it was now joined by a subtle, relaxed atmosphere.
After sitting for another moment, Li Zhi kicked Shen Yuan’s thigh. "Hey, don’t forget to pack."
"I know, don’t worry." The words had barely left Shen Yuan’s mouth when Li Zhi spoke again.
"Oh, right. Remember to bring some homework! If we have time at night, you can get some done."
The smile on Shen Yuan’s face froze instantly, as if he’d heard something utterly absurd.
The boy’s pupils trembled violently.
"What... what the hell?! Bring homework?! We’re going on a trip and you’re telling me to bring homework?!"
Seeing Shen Yuan’s dumbstruck expression, as if he’d been struck by lightning, Li Zhi irritably kicked him again.
"Tsk, what are you screaming for?!"
The girl shot him a glare and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "What? I saw your itinerary only has things planned until 9 p.m. What’s wrong with adding two hours of study time for you?"
"Is there a problem with doing two hours of homework after a full day of fun? Or are you saying..."