After kissing Yu Yan, Shu Ran immediately froze.
She held her breath, like a child who had done something wrong, only daring to move her shoulders slightly.
But before long, she could no longer hold her breath. Her lashes fluttered as she nervously opened her eyes.
And the moment she did, she met Yu Yan’s deep, dark gaze head-on…
Shu Ran immediately panicked and let go of him. But she soon felt that she had been a little too timid, so she quickly wriggled out of her sleeping bag, cupped the man’s face again, and pecked his pale lips several more times.
The sight of the girl clinging to him, kissing and nuzzling against him, was simply too adorable. She was like a tiny kitten, or perhaps a pure and beautiful little fox, making it impossible for Yu Yan to tear his gaze away from her…
After kissing him several times in a row, Yu Yan still didn’t make a single move. Shu Ran began to wonder whether she had done something wrong.
Otherwise, why was everything still so different from what she had expected?
Shu Ran placed her hands on the man’s shoulders and looked up at him with a pair of sparkling, watery eyes, her expression sweet and soft.
“Yu Yan, you… why aren’t you moving at all?”
He was just sitting there and letting her kiss him, leaving her completely at a loss as to what she was supposed to do next…
The man’s gaze was forced downward. In the dim, yellowish light, he looked at the girl’s delicate little face and her slightly puffed-up expression.
His Adam’s apple bobbed several times before he silently leaned closer to her. Even his voice had taken on a distinctly husky quality.
“Then what do you want me to do?”
Shu Ran bit her lip and nervously rubbed her fingertips together. Finally, she steeled herself, leaned close to the man’s ear, and quickly whispered something.
After hearing those words, Yu Yan’s eyes visibly darkened.
He chuckled, pulled Shu Ran’s sleeping bag closer to him, and said in a low, unhurried voice,
“Then… as you wish.”
……
When everything finally settled down.
The morning sunlight had already filled the inside of the tent, casting a hazy glow over everything.
Shu Ran lay sprawled across the messy blankets, her entire body looking utterly limp.
Looking closely, one could even see that her cheeks were slightly puffed out, as if she were angry.
She glanced at the ground, washed pale by the sunlight, sighed, and flopped back down.
She felt especially lazy today—she really didn’t want to move at all…
Yu Yan, who had already finished tidying up most of their things, noticed her and immediately walked over. He crouched down beside her and gently massaged her lower back.
“What do you want to eat later?”
Shu Ran’s mind was already too foggy to think properly. She gazed at Yu Yan through half-lidded eyes, and it took her quite some time to respond.
In a soft mumble, she said, “I want… instant noodles!”
Yu Yan supported the girl’s arm and pulled her into his arms, continuing to massage her lower back.
“Mm. What flavor?”
“Spicy…”
“Want me to add a chicken leg?”
“Yes.”
Once they had decided on breakfast, Yu Yan helped Shu Ran get dressed, then dragged the magical vine—which had spent the entire night standing guard—off to hunt.
The moment Yu Yan left, Shu Ran couldn’t hold herself up any longer. Her head drooped, and she fell asleep.
When she woke again, Yu Yan had already cooked the noodles and even added two huge chicken legs for her!
As Shu Ran ate, she licked her slightly sore lips.
It wasn’t until she swallowed the last bite that she suddenly realized something.
Her mouth felt very uncomfortable, and there was even a slight ache.
Wasn’t this exactly how she had felt after waking up from falling asleep in the car last time?!
【Bear, does kissing make your mouth hurt and feel a little numb afterward, like mine does?】
The system had only just been released from the privacy room when Shu Ran suddenly called on it with this question.
The problem was, how could a system that has been single possibly know anything about this?!
It glanced at Shu Ran, whose entire face was flushed pink and whose lips were especially red, then silently went to look it up.
【According to the data… ordinary kissing generally won’t cause this. But if the kissing lasts too long, it can make the lips especially red and sore.】
As if she had just confirmed something, Shu Ran set down her bowl and chopsticks and abruptly looked at Yu Yan.
“You… did you secretly kiss me last time?!”