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Chapter 138 The Sound of a Nice Call

As the playful banter between the two subsided, Shen Yuan's gaze suddenly fell upon the crooked top of Li Zhi's lace stockings.

The fingerprints stained her fair skin with a translucent blush, like rouge shimmering beneath the glaze of white porcelain, pulsating gently with her pulse in the slanting sunlight.

The deepest imprint is embedded precisely in the hollow of the ankle bone, as if it were a deliberately marked territory, creating a beautiful color contrast with the surrounding pinkish skin.

Shen Yuan leaned slightly forward, his fingertips hovering above the ankle marked with finger marks, his voice much softer than when he was tickling.

Did it hurt?

Before Shen Yuan finished speaking, he gently rubbed his index finger on the hollow of his ankle bone.

Li Zhi's curled-up toes trembled slightly, and she curled up backward in fear.

This subconscious retreat caused the lace stockings to slip down to the arch of the foot, revealing a small patch of pinkish skin that shimmered like pearls in the afternoon sunlight.

"I'm asking you."

Shen Yuan looked up at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi bit her lower lip, her voice muffled by her nose: "What do you think! So forceful..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Zhi felt a warmth coming from his ankle.

The warm touch contrasted sharply with the force of the previous tickling.

Shen Yuan's index finger once again landed on the hollow of Li Zhi's ankle, gently stroking it.

The boy's pupils reflected the crimson halo around his ankle, as if he were examining the flowing glaze of celadon.

The slight itching sensation made Li Zhi slightly pull her legs back, and the trembling of her toes made Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bob slightly.

At this moment, even the dust motes filtering through the curtains in the setting sun seem to become still amber.

The tiger's mouth slowly opened like a greedy snake, casting a possessive shadow in the sunlight.

The fingertips sank into the skin's texture, swallowing the blush of rouge into the palm.

When the palm of the hand grips the ankle with burning heat, the veins on the back of the hand, with its distinct knuckles, bulge slightly, tightening like vines wrapping around white porcelain.

Feeling the soft warmth retreating in his palm, his fingers instinctively tightened by half an inch, pinning the ankle that was trying to escape back into place.

The sunlight melted the overlapping shadows into amber, trapping the beautiful girl in the crevice between warmth and scorching heat.

She gently bit her lower lip, her pearly teeth pressing shallow marks on her lips, as if to suppress the sound that was about to escape.

The sound of fabric rustling filled the air as Li Zhi buried her face in her arms, but the color of her earlobes peeking out from between her hair was even more intense than that of her ankles.

"Should we apply some medicine?"

The boy's hoarse voice rang in my ears.

"No need, why pretend to be a good person now?" The pretty girl's voice was muffled, but the resentment in it was clear.

But when Shen Yuan gently pressed the red marks with his fingertips, she simply buried her face deeper into her knees, letting her long, loose hair cover her bright red ear tips.

"I'll put your socks on for you."

“Mm.” Li Zhi did not refuse.

Hearing Li Zhi's voice, Shen Yuan reached out and pinched the top of the lace stocking that had slipped down to his arch, then lifted the cotton stocking.

As his fingertips traced the line of his shinbone upwards, the lace folds unfolded one by one between the lines of his palm, like tidying up the petals of a begonia that had been blown about by the wind.

When the top of the sock finally nestled three inches above the ankle, he smoothly smoothed out the last ripple with his thumb, perfectly framing the translucent rouge-colored fingerprint on the edge of the lace.

Like amber preserving a trembling sunrise.

"Get dressed."

As he finished speaking, Shen Yuan gently stroked his cotton socks with his fingertips, running them over his toes, then over his arch, and finally over his ankle.

Just as his fingernail brushed past the lace edge of the cotton sock and landed on the girl's calf, Shen Yuan heard Li Zhi's voice in his ear.

"Don't……"

Li Zhi hurriedly closed her legs, the lingering rouge-colored finger marks on her ankles merging with the newly flushed redness on her calves.

"Didn't we agree to wear them already?"

Shen Yuan looked up and his eyes met Li Zhi's, who was cautiously peeking out from under his arm.

Besides shyness, there was also a hint of timidity in the beautiful girl's eyes.

"I……"

Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed as he tried to explain, but Li Zhi suddenly tilted his head back, his cherry-blossom lips opening and closing in the backlight.

"Serlan! Pervert! You idiot Shen Yuan!"

"Still cursing?"

Shen Yuan placed his hand on Li Zhi's calf again, his fingers hooking the lace trim on the stocking, which startled Li Zhi.

"You, you just bully me!" Li Zhi's voice was clearly choked with sobs.

Shen Yuan shrugged: "You kicked me first, I've already warned you."

"Well, you can't just touch me like that!"

Li Zhi's cheeks flushed red, like ripe apples, and her voice trembled slightly, clearly showing her dissatisfaction with Shen Yuan's behavior.

"It's not like I haven't touched it before." Shen Yuan's tone remained calm, even carrying a hint of teasing.

He looked at Li Zhi, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes, "When you fell as a child, didn't I massage your ankle?"

"How can that be the same?" Li Zhi's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Why is it different?"

Shen Yuan suddenly leaned down, closing the distance between himself and that patch of fair skin.

Before Li Zhi could react, a warm breath startled her, causing a slight shiver to run through the arch of her foot.

"Ignore you!"

Li Zhi turned her head, her swan-like neck forming a stubborn arc.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan revealed a mischievous smile.

“Li Zhi…”

Li Zhi glanced at Shen Yuan, snorted coldly, and then turned to look at the side again.

Just then, Shen Yuan suddenly leaned down and pressed down, enveloping Li Zhi in his tall shadow.

The sudden closeness startled her, causing her to brace herself against the back of the chair.

"What...what are you doing?!"

Shen Yuan gripped the back of the chair with one hand, looked down at her flustered, trembling eyelashes, and suddenly chuckled softly.

"I've found your weakness."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Shen Yuan felt a heavy blow to his leg.

"Get lost, you pervert!"

When Shen Yuan cornered him, Li Zhi suddenly unleashed a strong will to survive and quickly kicked Shen Yuan away.

Taking advantage of Shen Yuan's moment of pain, the beautiful girl quickly stood up from the chair and tried to escape from Shen Yuan's room.

However, the entire plan has only progressed to the first step.

Li Zhigang kicked Shen Yuan, but before she could stand up, Shen Yuan's five fingers caught the troublesome ankle precisely like a bear trap.

"Can you escape?" The low, hoarse voice was filled with lingering pain.

Seeing the dangerous smile on Shen Yuan's face, Li Zhi suddenly raised her swan-like neck, but the reddening corners of her eyes betrayed her fear before her voice could even register: "Yes, it was you who started it..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Zhi saw that Shen Yuanda was about to continue tickling his feet.

"Wrong, wrong."

The pretty girl made a weak sound in her throat and began to act pitiful.

“Li Zhi”.

Shen Yuan raised his chin slightly, his gaze locking onto the girl's evasive pupils: "Your voice sounds nice."

Li Zhi pursed her lips: "Shen... Shen Yuan, classmate."

Shen Yuan shook his head and asked, "Is this what you call nice-sounding?"

As he spoke, Shen Yuan's fingertips gently traced the soles of Li Zhi's feet, the sensation causing Li Zhi's long legs to slightly resist.

"Just a hint, it's the one you used to call out when you were a kid."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi's eyes widened immediately: "You!"

"Um?!"

When his fingertips moved to the soles of her feet again, Li Zhi gave in.

The beautiful girl parted her lips and whispered, "Brother...brother...Brother Shen Yuan."

The moment the title fell, a bright smile appeared on Shen Yuan's face.

"Comfortable."

Shen Yuan released Li Zhi's ankle, turned around and stretched.

"Cool!"

The next moment, Shen Yuan felt an impact on his buttocks.

Li Zhi kicked the unsuspecting Shen Yuan onto the bed.

"You pervert! Is this all you've got?!"

Shen Yuan turned to look at Li Zhi, whose face was already red, and said in a serious tone, "No, this is not being ambitious, this is XP."

Li Zhi couldn't take it anymore and yelled, "Why don't you just die!"

Shen Yuan turned around and sat up: "Then call my name a few more times before I die, otherwise I will die with my eyes open."

"dream!"

Li Zhi glared at Shen Yuan: "I'm going back!"

With that, Li Zhi stood up and prepared to walk out of the room.

Shen Yuan quickly got up and escorted Li Zhi to her door. Seeing Li Zhi at the door, Shen Yuan asked, "Are you coming again tonight?"

"not coming!"

Li Zhi angrily retorted, "If I don't come today, I won't come tomorrow either! Humph!"

"What about the night after tomorrow?"

"I'm not coming! I'm not coming no matter what!"

Li Zhi strode to his doorstep and said to Shen Yuan, "I don't want to talk to you for the next few days!"

"Call me again, please."

"roll!"

Li Zhi slammed the door shut.

Shen Yuan looked at the closed door, touched his nose, and said with a smile, "It seems like I've gone a bit too far in bullying you."

Back in the room, Li Zhi's gaze immediately fell on the large dog doll lying by the bed.

"You idiot Shen Yuan, go to hell!"

Li Zhi kicked the big dog doll hard a few times to vent his anger.

After kicking several times, Li Zhi got tired and lay down on the bed.

Thinking about what had happened before, Li Zhi began to writhe in his sleep on the bed.

"what!!!"

"Why! Why!"

Why are you calling him?

Frustrated, Li Zhi scrambled his bedsheets into a mess.

Just thinking about the scene of herself calling Shen Yuan "brother" before fills Li Zhi with an overwhelming sense of shame.

Then I thought of the way Shen Yuan was grabbing my ankle.

"I'm going to die!"

Li Zhi wrapped her head in the air-conditioned blanket, her face flushed with embarrassment and anger.

"Waaah—why did you call him that?!"

"Ugh, this idiot Shen Yuan is still smiling so happily!"

After a while, Li Zhi poked her head out from under the air-conditioned blanket. Her once bright eyes were now staring blankly at the ceiling, her mind filled with Shen Yuan's infatuated look.

"Do you really like it that much?"

Li Zhi blinked, then sat up from the bed.

Facing Shen Yuan's bedroom, which was separated by only one wall, the pretty girl wrinkled her nose slightly.

"You idiot Shen Yuan, I've found your weakness too! I'll use that to control you from now on!"

Li Zhi looked at the wall smugly, then thought of something.

She seemed a little hesitant to say it.

Li Zhi frowned slightly, trying to convince himself.

"This is to keep that idiot Shen Yuan in check! So we won't lose to him!"

The beautiful girl sat on the bed and opened her mouth.

"Shen, Shen Yuan..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Zhi buried herself under the air-conditioned blanket again.

Someone is practicing addressing others in their room...

"This is so embarrassing!"

"Why would you do something so shameful!"

"Li Zhi! You're a complete idiot!"

"It's all that idiot Shen Yuan's fault! I'm ignoring him!"

For the next day, just as Li Zhi herself said, she didn't want to see Shen Yuan at all, and didn't want to talk to Shen Yuan at all.

Shen Yuan had nothing to say about this, after all, what he did on the afternoon of the 30th was indeed a bit too much.

However, in terms of the experience, Shen Yuan felt it was quite good.

It wasn't because he touched Li Zhi's feet that he felt good; Shen Yuan's XP wasn't Li Zhi's feet.

It was because of Li Zhi's cry of "Brother Shen Yuan".

Actually, Shen Yuan really didn't expect to hear those words from Li Zhi's mouth at first.

After all, Li Zhi had never called him that since he started third grade.

So when Shen Yuan heard Li Zhizhen call his name, he felt incredibly happy.

After all these years, I guess I've finally satisfied a small part of my XP.

With that one "Brother Shen Yuan," Shen Yuan felt he could make a move.

Forget it, it's too much.

Besides, there's a kitten in the room.

We must not corrupt children.

So, on October 1st, Shen Yuan locked himself in his room to do his homework.

Li Zhi did not contact him, and Shen Yuan did not send him any messages.

The two seemed to tacitly give each other some time to process what happened on the 30th.

When the time came to the morning of the 2nd, Shen Yuan got out of bed early.

I'm going to Hangzhou today.

When Shen Yuan finished washing up and went out, Old Shen and Ms. Zhang were still enjoying their holiday nap.

Shen Yuan had already told his parents about his trip yesterday, so there was no need for them to worry about not knowing where he was going.

Although Shen Yuan didn't say what he was going to do, neither Lao Shen nor Ms. Zhang asked.

Based on Ms. Zhang's line of thinking, she would probably assume that Shen Yuan went out with Li Zhi.

Upon arriving at the bus stop near the small department store, Shen Yuan quickly boarded a bus bound for the passenger transport center.

On the morning of National Day, the bus wasn't too crowded.

After arriving at the terminal passenger transport center, Shen Yuan hurriedly ran to the ticket hall to buy a ticket.

Shen Yuan had already prepared a travel guide before setting off.

Since the system didn't tell him where to go, Shen Yuan's goal was naturally to prioritize his own convenience.

Shen Yuan chose Zijingang.

Take a bus from Jiyang Passenger Transport Center to Hangzhou North Bus Station, then scan a shared bicycle.

After riding for more than ten minutes, Shen Yuan arrived at his destination.

Zhejiang University Zijingang Campus.

Entry to the campus requires an appointment, and Shen Yuan had already made all of that in advance.

After scanning the QR code to enter the school, Shen Yuan wandered around aimlessly.

As he watched the electronic screen scrolling the words "Welcome New Students," Shen Yuan suddenly realized that this century-old institution of higher learning had recently welcomed new blood.

The trees cast dappled shadows on the asphalt road as Shen Yuan rode aimlessly along Qizhen Lake.

Several black swans float on the lake, their wingtips skimming the water's surface, creating ripples that intertwine with the reflection of the crescent-shaped building's glass curtain wall in the distance, blending modern architecture with natural scenery into a dynamic ink painting.

Although it was during the National Day holiday, quite a few students at Zhejiang University chose to stay on campus.

Shen Yuan rode his bicycle past several students who were running.

After wandering around for a while, Shen Yuan found himself in the basic library.

On the steps of the library, a girl dressed in Hanfu was adjusting her camera. Under her lens was another girl also dressed in Hanfu.

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang in Shen Yuan's mind.

"Ding!"

You ultimately chose to come alone to the academy where Li Zhi once studied.

Walking through the campus of Zhejiang University, witnessing these scenes, you can't help but feel a pang of regret.

You finally realize that you missed out on Li Zhi's youth, and the regrets of time cannot be made up for.

[Take a walk around Zhejiang University, visiting some places Li Zhi often frequented. Bonus: Fragments of Li Zhi's university memories.]

Shen Yuan squeezed the handbrake and stopped the bicycle on the road.

"Li Zhi's memories?"

Shen Yuan couldn't help but turn his gaze to the library not far away.

As a college student, you must spend a lot of time in the library, right?
With that thought in mind, Shen Yuan locked his bicycle and walked towards the library.

The library is not open to the public, and Shen Yuan still needs to make an appointment if he wants to enter.

Fortunately, there weren't many people during the National Day holiday, so Shen Yuan managed to secure a spot.

After scanning the QR code to enter the library, Shen Yuan expressed a slight awe at its scale.

However, Shen Yuan quickly focused his attention on the mission.

"Li Zhi's memories, where in the library does Li Zhi usually go?"

Shen Yuan had an urge to call Li Zhi and ask him where Li Shao usually stayed in the library after starting university.

However, Shen Yuan felt that Li Shao's answer was probably telling him to get lost.

(End of this chapter)