Volume One, Chapter 19: Touched, Kissed, and Now Slipping Away

In the forest, Song Huaichuan was surveying the terrain.

Suddenly, a fruit hit him.

He looked up and met a smiling, pretty face.

Song Huaichuan glanced around but saw no sign of her three brothers, puzzled. “Where’s your brother?”

“You mean my third brother? He went out to drive,” Shen Zhiyi said, sitting on a tree branch, happily swinging her legs.

Song Huaichuan frowned. “Alone?”

“Yeah. Are you alone too?”

“No.”

“Then… with Wang Tieniu?”

“Not just him.”

“Well, who then…”

Song Huaichuan looked up at her and slowly said the last few words—

“A whole group of people.”

Shen Zhiyi’s smile froze.

She instinctively glanced behind Song Huaichuan.

Only then did she notice another mountain hollow filled with soldiers.

At that moment, all eyes were wide open, curiously watching her.

Wang Tieniu was among them.

He obviously noticed her too, waving excitedly while making his way over.

“Little Sister Shen, what a coincidence!”

Shen Zhiyi: “...”

Not a coincidence at all.

She had deliberately been waiting here for Song Huaichuan.

She had been so focused on him just now that she hadn’t noticed the group hidden on the other hill.

Feeling a bit embarrassed under so many gazes, Shen Zhiyi had initially wanted to pretend she couldn’t get down and have Song Huaichuan come to her. But now, with so many watching, she had to carefully climb down branch by branch.

“What are you all doing here?”

“Training,” Wang Tieniu answered before she could ask further. “We’re doing a stealth attack drill today. See, we’ll fight fiercely on that hill over there, and the boss is watching our battle from here.”

Shen Zhiyi said, “Oh,” then looked at what he was holding. “What’s that?”

“A smoke bomb. We’ll use it in the fight to hide ourselves. If used well, it can help us sneak attack the enemy.”

“I see… Can I have one too?”

“You want one? Here, take this. But why do you want to come?”

“Hee hee, just curious.” Then she glanced at Song Huaichuan. “Can I watch the battle here with you?”

“Suit yourself.”

It was just a regular combat drill; she could watch if she wanted.

Wang Tieniu quickly returned to the mountain hollow.

Song Huaichuan raised his hand and made a gesture.

Smoke billowed out from the hollow, and figures dispersed.

The one who collected the most cards won, while those whose chest cards were taken were out.

Even from afar, Shen Zhiyi seemed to hear the solid sounds of punching.

She watched for a while, then, seemingly bored, left.

Song Huaichuan paid her no mind.

A soft thud.

Something fell beside him.

Song Huaichuan assumed it was another fruit.

But when he looked down, it was a smoke bomb.

A breeze blew from behind, and he instinctively raised his hand to defend.

At that moment, a familiar herbal scent drifted into his nose. Song Huaichuan paused, losing the initiative.

A soft, boneless hand climbed onto his chest.

He was about to push it away when an electric current surged through his body.

“You…”

In the end, his body went numb, and he toppled over.

Shen Zhiyi had overestimated herself, thinking she could catch him. Unexpectedly, she fell along with Song Huaichuan.

Perfectly, she landed in the man’s arms.

She vaguely heard a muffled grunt and looked up at his tightly closed eyes, but thought she must have imagined it.

Looking at the man she had just stunned, she muttered,

“Hope you’re not fried by the shock.”

It shouldn’t be. She had carefully controlled the voltage.

And the electric pen from the system could only stun, causing no harm to the body.

Relieved, Shen Zhiyi began to examine the unconscious man closely.

“His lips look kissable… Nah, let me check his abs first, do a pre-inspection… You made me wait so long, just touching your hand isn’t enough anymore…”

In the end, Shen Zhiyi found that a two-pronged approach earned points fastest.

Kids make choices; adults want it all.

They were positioned so that as long as they didn’t stand up, the people below in the hollow couldn’t see them. She could freely gather points.

Shen Zhiyi noticed Song Huaichuan’s furrowed brow and couldn’t help smoothing it out.

“What’s wrong? If you’d agreed to date me sooner, none of this would have happened. You’re forcing me to use illegal methods…”

She leaned on Song Huaichuan’s chest.

She had touched him, kissed him.

As the battle below neared its end, she quickly slid off him and sneaked away along another mountain path.

She wasn’t sure if Song Huaichuan would notice all the mischief she had done, but it didn’t matter.

It was just a kiss, no harm done. At worst, she’d have him kiss her back later.

After the fight ended, Wang Tieniu instinctively looked for Song Huaichuan.

After searching around, he found him lying on the grass.

He was on his back, one hand above his forehead, his deep black eyes unblinking, staring at who knows what.

Song Huaichuan’s mind had been blank.

Then suddenly, Wang Tieniu’s enormous face appeared close up.

“Hey, boss, what are you doing?”

Song Huaichuan: “...”

“Where’s Little Sister Shen?”

“She went back,” Song Huaichuan sat up.

“Ah, I wanted her to see how many heads I collected today,” Wang Tieniu said, disappointed.

Song Huaichuan glanced at the cards in his hand, moved his lips, but said nothing.

Meanwhile, Shen Zhiyi was excited all the way back.

She’d come so far in points! The progress bar seemed to have ditched that old clunker and switched to a sports car, zooming ahead in a flash.

Only when she returned to the courtyard and took out her handkerchief to wipe sweat did she freeze—

“Huh, where’s my little flower handkerchief?”

At the same time, on the mountain, Wang Tieniu’s sharp eyes caught a small corner of something sticking out of Song Huaichuan’s pocket.

“Boss, what’s that in your pocket?”