Chapter 543: Does a Kiss on the Corner of the Mouth Count as a First Kiss?
She shot Shen Yuan a harsh glare, but with the way her eyes shimmered, it lacked any real threat and looked more like she was being coy.
She subconsciously tightened her grip on the hem of her clothes, her voice trembling with embarrassment.
“…Selaan!”
Shen Yuan ducked his head. ‘What could I even say?’
A similarly awkward situation had happened in this room once before, but Shen Yuan had made a quick escape that time. This time, however, Li Zhi had caught him red-handed.
And… in such an embarrassing state, no less.
‘But can you really blame me for this? Huh? Can you?’
‘It’s normal to have a reaction! Blushing and getting flustered after a kiss is totally normal!’
‘It’s just a blood rush!’
Even though they both knew it was a normal biological response, the sudden, explosive shame and immense visual shock of the moment weren’t things a few clinical words in a textbook could ever prepare them for.
“You damn pervert! Just drop dead!”
Shen Yuan finally lifted his head to look at Li Zhi.
His face was burning, so embarrassed he wished the ground would swallow him whole. But when he saw her look of utter mortification, his own stubborn streak flared up.
“I… It was…! It’s a normal physiological reaction!”
Shen Yuan’s voice was muffled, laced with a clumsy desperation to defend himself.
“And… and when you kissed me just now…”
The moment the words left his mouth, Shen Yuan felt his own face burn even hotter.
“Hah…” Li Zhi was so exasperated by his words she actually laughed.
‘So now it’s my fault for kissing you?’
The beautiful girl’s delicate chin lifted slightly. “Fine, then I just won’t kiss you anymore!”
“Hey, no, no, no!”
Shen Yuan scrambled to stop her. “You can’t do that!”
Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, and an… image suddenly popped into her head.
As Shen Yuan watched, a cunning glint instantly flashed through Li Zhi’s eyes, which had just been filled with mortified anger.
She quickly pulled out her phone, her fingertips flying across the screen. The pouty expression on her face was gradually replaced by a wicked smirk that screamed, ‘Time to unleash my ultimate move.’
Shen Yuan glanced up and saw Li Zhi was… on her phone?
And she was smiling strangely?
A sense of foreboding instantly seized Shen Yuan.
“Hey! Hey! Li Bao… Wh-what are you doing?!” Alarm bells screamed in his head, his voice laced with anxiety.
The words had barely left his mouth when Li Zhi shoved her phone screen right in his face.
On the screen, in all her glory, was Northeast Sister Yu—extremely burly, face flushed and glowing, sleeves rolled up to reveal bronze, veiny arms, and a bold smile aimed right at the camera!
The sheer impact of the image was, as always, filled with the raw, primal beauty of life!
Shen Yuan’s pupils dilated instantly!
A miserable wail instantly erupted in the small bedroom.
A startled San Geng shot up, with Naonao leaping up right alongside him.
“My eyes! My eyes!”
“Pfft—”
Amid the chaos of Shen Yuan wailing and covering his eyes from the shocking image and the two panicked cats scrambling across the bed, a short, crisp laugh cut through the tense air.
Shen Yuan subconsciously peeked through the gaps between his fingers—
He saw Li Zhi standing by the bed, the fierce facade she had put on completely gone. In its place was a smile like ice melting in the spring.
Her delicate face bloomed like a spring flower, her eyes curving into beautiful crescents. The corners of her lips were turned high, radiating a light that was both cunning and utterly delighted.
Her eyes, in particular, which had been filled with murderous intent just moments ago, were now sparkling with the clear, bright light of absolute victory.
It seemed even she hadn’t expected her killer move to be so devastatingly effective.
Seeing Shen Yuan’s ridiculous reaction, she couldn’t hide her glee at the successful prank, her face blossoming into a radiant smile.
This brilliant smile, full of a girl’s unique charm and the sly delight of getting her way, was like a dazzling ray of sunshine that instantly dispelled the awkward, nearly frozen atmosphere in the room.
It was a sight framed perfectly between the small gaps in Shen Yuan’s fingers.
Her gaze met his as he peeked from between his fingers, and for a moment, they both froze.
The warm yellow light reflected the twinkling stars in Li Zhi’s eyes and outlined Shen Yuan’s faintly trembling shoulders as he suppressed a laugh.
After a brief pause, Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan’s comical expression as he failed to hold back his laughter. She scrunched up her nose and let out a sudden, short snort.
Shen Yuan couldn’t hold it in any longer. A muffled chuckle escaped from between the fingers covering his eyes, and then he dropped his hands completely, breaking into open, unrestrained laughter.
The last embers of awkwardness in the air were completely blown away by the sudden eruption of laughter.
Seeing Shen Yuan laughing so brazenly and without a care, the beautiful girl’s eyes narrowed dangerously as her gaze swept across the bed.
“Laughing? You’re still laughing?!”
The beautiful girl’s voice suddenly shot up, thick with flustered anger and a hint of playful tyranny that said, ‘Just you wait, I’ll get you for this.’
Before the words even faded, she moved like lightning, bending over to snatch up the soft weapon. Without another word, she started mercilessly whacking Shen Yuan, who was still lying on his back on the bed!
“I’ll teach you to be Selaan! I’ll teach you to bully me! I’ll teach you to look at Sister Yu! I’ll teach you to laugh!!”
THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!
The soft, fluffy down pillow landed on Shen Yuan’s body, arms, and face.
It didn’t hurt at all, but the sudden “attack” and the whoosh of air from the pillow, combined with the girl’s indignant cries, stunned Shen Yuan for half a second.
“I didn’t ask to see Sister Yu!!”
“But you did look!”
Li Zhi’s assault became even more fervent. She swung the soft pillow with surprising force, as if she could beat away all her lingering embarrassment.