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Chapter 156 Handshake or take off your shoes, that is the question.

Shen Yuan's final punishment was to wash the dishes.

Even if Li Zhi didn't say anything, the task of washing the dishes would eventually fall to Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan's behavior just now only gave Li Zhi an excuse.

After putting the bowls and chopsticks back in their original places, Shen Yuan dried his hands and left the kitchen.

I happened to see Li Zhi wiping the table.

Strands of hair swayed gently as the wiping motion was performed, and the slightly damp disposable wipes created shimmering droplets of water as they swept across the corner of the table.

Shen Yuan stood by the sliding door of the kitchen, his fingertips still carrying the lingering scent of dish soap and lemon.

Seeing Li Zhi's actions, Shen Yuan finally spoke up, "Thank you for your hard work."

The wet wipe was slapped onto the table.

Li Zhi suddenly looked up at Shen Yuan, tilting his chin slightly and letting out a soft hum.

"I don't need your praise!"

Shen Yuan shook his head: "No, no, no, this isn't a compliment, it's because I care about you."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi snorted and muttered, "Smooth talker!"

Shen Yuan chuckled, wiping the lingering scent of dish soap from his fingers, and suddenly leaned closer to Li Zhi: "What's the next step?"

Li Zhi turned her head away: "What else can we do? Let's go rest first. Do you expect me to change clothes right after we finished eating?"

"It's not impossible."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's eyes widened immediately: "You really aren't willing to wait even a little bit?"

"The sooner you see it, the sooner you can enjoy it, after all..."

Shen Yuan's deliberately lowered voice was laced with mockery: "Today is the day to settle the bet, Li Bao. I said I'd let you wear it for me to see, but I didn't say it would just be for a short while."

"you!"

Li Zhi suddenly opened his eyes wide, clearly very dissatisfied with Shen Yuan's words.

"You're cheating!"

"Who told you to give me two wasabi bombs?"

The moment Shen Yuan mentioned the wasabi bomb, Li Zhi's eyelashes trembled, her raised chin slightly tucked in, and her pearly teeth unconsciously bit her lower lip.

Her slender fingertips curled up on her school uniform, as if trying to grasp something for support, or as if futilely trying to hide her panic.

Well, karma has caught up with you.

The beautiful girl was filled with a mix of resentment and frustration, which even made her breathing erratic.

When she finally raised her eyes to glare at Shen Yuan, the stubbornness in her eyes was like a candle flame flickering in the wind: "You, that's all you've got!"

Before Li Zhi's words had even faded, Shen Yuan had already leaned forward, his knuckles pressing against the edge of the table: "Hey! I won this with my own skills, what right do you have to criticize me!"

Shen Yuan moved closer to Li Zhi again, his words laced with teasing: "Hey, really? Nobody's going to back out now, is he?"

A faint blush spread across her porcelain-white neck, and Li Zhi's knuckles turned a jade-like color from the force she exerted.

The beautiful girl suddenly took a half step back, the arc of her hair rising like a cat's tail: "You! You're the one who's going to back out! Fine, I'll wear it!"

Li Zhi stamped her foot, then her voice became muffled again: "But, I haven't taken a shower yet..."

Hearing the girl's muttering, Shen Yuan blinked, his Adam's apple bobbing unconsciously.

"I... I can wait for you."

Shen Yuan pointed to the study: "I'll wait for you in the study. Just call me when you're done."

"you!"

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi blushed like rouge spreading on rice paper, starting from her delicate earlobes and extending to the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

The girl's pearly teeth unconsciously ground against her lower lip, and her neatly trimmed fingertips pulled out layers of fine folds from the hem of her school uniform.

When a faint breath escaped from his throat in an attempt to refute, his words were cut off into fragmented syllables by his disordered breathing.

At this moment, Li Zhi's boiling thoughts were churning with struggle, but everything ultimately boiled down to one sentence.

The pretty girl stubbornly retorted, "Fine! You just wait!"

As the girl turned around, the ends of her hair whipped out in a crisp arc, as if she were afraid that if she was even a little too slow, she would regret it.

"boom!"

After the room door trembled, Li Zhi's figure disappeared from Shen Yuan's sight.

Shen Yuan stared blankly at the closed door for a moment, then his lower back suddenly pressed against the cold back of the chair.

His chest heaved as he exhaled a long, drawn-out breath.

"She actually went, that girl..."

Shen Yuan stared at the door in front of him, his heart pounding.

At this moment, in Li Zhi's bedroom.

As soon as the pretty girl closed the door, her back pressed against it.

With her hands on her chest, feeling her heart pounding powerfully with tension, Li Zhi was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

"Forget it, we've already come this far!"

The girl unzipped her school uniform jacket and threw it directly into the laundry basket.

"I refuse to believe that Shen Yuan, that idiot, would dare..."

Her pearly teeth ground against her lower lip, and the sound came out of the beautiful girl's mouth indistinctly.

"If he dares to bully me, I'll tell on him."

In the misty glass enclosure, water droplets from the showerhead rolled down the girl's slender shoulders.

The beautiful girl tilted her head back to face the spray of water, her soaked bangs sticking to her face, resembling butterfly wings wet from the rain.

As the warm water flowed over her collarbone, Li Zhi slowly lowered her head.

"You idiot Shen Yuan! You just wait!"

Shen Yuan did not go to the study, but instead curled up on Li Zhi's sofa.

It had only been 10 minutes since Li Zhi entered the bedroom, but Shen Yuan felt that time was passing very slowly.

The boy tapped the sofa armrests faster and faster, and the silhouette of him frequently adjusting his posture was reflected in the glass of the kitchen sliding door.

He would prop himself up on his knees and pretend to be scrolling through his phone, but the lock screen would light up dozens of times within five minutes.

A moment later, she was sitting on the sofa looking at the floor, her legs shaking at a frequency that could match the steps of a tap dance.

Shen Yuan kept glancing towards Li Zhi's bedroom, a sense of unease rising within him.

It was as if he was the one who lost the bet.

Suddenly, Shen Yuan heard the sound of a hairdryer, and his previously curled-up body immediately sat up straight.

Looking towards the bedroom, Shen Yuan nervously swallowed.

Although he knew that Yi Lizhi's hair could not possibly be dried so quickly, Shen Yuan still felt uneasy.

He even felt a little regretful, wondering why he had brought it up so soon.
Inside the bathroom, the sound of running water abruptly stopped.

Li Zhi pushed open the glass door to the bathroom. Her wet, black hair clung to the back of her neck, and water droplets from the ends of her hair slid down her spine.

After drying herself off with a towel, Li Zhi stood in front of the hazy mirror and began to blow-dry her hair.

After washing up, Li Zhi wrapped herself in a bath towel and went to the wardrobe in the bedroom.

I paused for a moment when my fingertips touched the brass handle of the wardrobe.

The wardrobe tracks groaned softly, and the black dress swayed slightly behind the dust cover.

The silk gleamed softly under the wardrobe's overhead light.

The sounds coming from the wardrobe were like the rapid beating of a heart.

The moment Li Zhi's fingertips brushed against the cool silk, the bath towel suddenly slipped off.

The sudden change caused Li Zhi to let out a slight sound of surprise.

Feeling the slightly cool temperature in the room, Li Zhi gently bit her lower lip and reached out to pick up her black dress and underwear.

As her skirt fell to her ankles, the girl in the mirror suddenly curled her toes.

Moonlight peeked through the gaps in the blinds, giving the black silk a flowing silver edge, making the gathered pleats at the waist look even more like a carefully wrapped gift.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Li Zhi blushed slightly.

"That's Seran for you, he just likes it this way."

Li Zhi opened the wardrobe, looked at the rows of black stockings, and finally picked up one of them.

After getting dressed, Li Zhi picked up a bottle of perfume.

Shen Yuan didn't know how long he had been waiting, but it was probably about an hour.

As the bedroom door hinges emitted a barely audible creak, a warm yellow glow flowed into the dimly lit corridor through the gradually opening door.

The girl's knuckles, which were gripping the door frame, gleamed with a jade-like hue, and her neatly manicured nails scraped against the lacquered surface with a soft sound.

"Hey……"

The lingering sound, carrying moisture, hung in the air.

The sudden shutdown of Shen Yuan's phone screen reflected his widened pupils.

"Is it ready?" Shen Yuan asked softly, his heart pounding with tension and excitement.

"Ah."

The girl's voice was very soft.

Li Zhi watched as Shen Yuan walked towards her from the direction of the living room.

As soon as Shen Yuan arrived at the door, he saw that she had hidden most of her body behind the door, only revealing her face, which was flushed with crimson.

Just like that night back then.

Looking at the girl's delicate face, Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed, the sound of it rising and falling was particularly clear in the silence of that moment.

At the doorway to Li Zhi's bedroom, the scene of the two facing each other was subtly tense, outlined by the light.

Shen Yuan suddenly smiled: "Are you trying to recreate the scene from that night?"

Li Zhi immediately frowned and glared at him, her wet eyelashes casting butterfly-wing-like shadows under her eyes. She raised her voice in a bluffing manner: "Then are you coming in or not!"

"Come on, do you want me to turn off the lights?"

Shen Yuan glanced at the time: "It's already dark."

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, his gaze suddenly shifting.

"That's up to you. Anyway... I'm willing to accept the consequences of my bet."

Under Li Zhi's watchful gaze, Shen Yuan strode towards the bedroom.

Before Li Zhi could retreat, Shen Yuan reached out and turned off the lights in the room.

The living room light shone on Li Zhi's face, and the girl's eyes flashed with obvious surprise.

But beneath this surprise lay a hidden joy.

Shen Yuan walked into the dimly lit bedroom.

Using the light coming from the living room behind him, Shen Yuan walked to Li Zhi's table, and then Li Zhi closed the bedroom door.

At this moment, the bedroom was plunged into complete darkness.

Shen Yuan could hear the sound of high heels coming from the bedroom.

Aren't you going to close the curtains?

Li Zhi's voice rang out in the darkness.

Shen Yuan shook his head and said to the hazy outline in the darkness, "No need, I can see."

"What can you see? It's all dark."

Before Li Zhi's questioning voice had completely faded, the sound of shoes rubbing against the fiber carpet came from the solid wood floor.

The darkness outlined the boy's approaching figure, his suddenly accelerated breathing creating an invisible net in the enclosed space.

"I can see that."

The whisper, carrying warm breath, pierced the darkness. Before the words had even finished, Li Zhi felt a warmth on his wrist.

Shen Yuan's five fingers precisely gripped her wrist, which was curled up at the hem of her skirt.

The boy's hot breath and the girl's peach scent after her bath blended silently at the point of contact.

Shen Yuan tightened his grip with the same force as a butterfly catcher pinching the edge of a wing, conveying both an unwavering determination that left no room for escape and a restrained hesitation to exert full force.

Li Zhi's breathless gasp brushed past Shen Yuan's ear, and her wrist, which was being held, instinctively tried to pull back, but Shen Yuan pulled it back again.

"Can I see it?"

"you……"

Before the last syllable could form, it got stuck in his throat. Li Zhi subconsciously wanted to break free, but feeling the warmth of Shen Yuan's palm, he gave up the idea.

The girl simply let him hold her wrist.

"Only an idiot wouldn't see that!"

Feeling the tension in his hands gradually ease, Shen Yuan also gradually relaxed his strength.

As his thumb unconsciously brushed against the throbbing pulse in his wrist, a fine shiver ran through the damp skin on the inside of his wrist, shooting up his spine to the back of Li Zhi's tense neck. "You..."

The girl tensed up again.

In the darkness, Shen Yuan's fingertips slid down Li Zhi's wrist bone to his palm, the force of his five fingers closing as if measuring some fragile arc.

The moment the girl protested with a breathy sound, Shen Yuan's hand slid down again and gently grasped the girl's soft hand.

The sound of Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbing could be clearly heard in the darkness.

The next second, he felt Li Zhi's palm slide back half an inch along the gaps between his fingers, the neatly trimmed nails lightly scraping his lifeline, like the trail of a shooting star streaking across the night sky.

Before Li Zhi could succeed, she felt the force on her hand increase.

For some reason, Li Zhi suddenly gave up struggling, but the next second, she felt Shen Yuan's fingers slightly grab her.

"Don't……"

The broken breaths hadn't even taken shape before they drowned in the mingled breaths.

Li Zhi's taut knuckles suddenly relaxed, allowing Shen Yuan's five fingers to wed between her fingers.

"It was just a bet..."

Li Zhi's voice rang out softly in the darkness.

"Ah."

As Shen Yuan spoke, he gently grasped Li Zhi's hand with his five fingers.

But at that moment, Shen Yuan felt a slight pressure on his fingers.

Li Zhi's five fingers also slightly closed.

When their fingers interlock, the heartbeats dormant in their blood vessels suddenly explode.

Two hearts, separated by two layers of skin and flesh, beat in the darkness with a chaotic code of heartbeats.

In the darkness, their hands were pressed tightly together.

The two remained in this position for an unknown amount of time until Li Zhi's soft voice rang out in the darkness.

"My legs are a little numb."

Li Zhi's voice startled Shen Yuan awake.

"Then, sit on the bed?" Shen Yuan asked tentatively.

Li Zhi shook his head, then suddenly realized that the current light was insufficient for the two of them to see each other.

"No, you haven't changed your clothes."

After saying that, Li Zhi realized that he had said the wrong thing.

"No, that's not what I meant..."

The beautiful girl who had said the wrong thing felt her face flush instantly.

Especially when she heard the laughter coming from Shen Yuan's throat, Li Zhi's face turned even redder.

"You, what are you laughing at!"

In the darkness, the girl's soft, sweet voice sounded like she was being coquettish.

Shen Yuan shook his head: "I didn't laugh. You go sit on the bed first, I'll just sit on the floor."

"Ah."

Shen Yuan led Li Zhi by the hand to the bedside, as if he were already very familiar with the room.

After Li Zhi sat down, Shen Yuan slowly sat down on the ground.

Throughout the process, the two did not let go of each other's hands.

In an instant, it turned into a rather comical sight.

Shen Yuan sat on the ground with his right hand raised, while Li Zhi naturally let his hand hang down.

Li Zhi seemed to realize the situation as well, and chuckled softly, "It's like I'm walking a puppy on a leash."

Shen Yuan immediately turned to look at Li Zhi, but as soon as he turned his head, he suddenly realized something.

Li Zhi's calves were right next to him, and the faint scent of her stockings wafted into his nostrils. Shen Yuan felt his anger subside.

A puppy is a puppy.

Before Shen Yuan could get over it, he heard Li Zhi's voice again.

"Uh-huh-huh."

The sound was still echoing in the room when Shen Yuan's threat reached their ears.

"If you say that again, I'll bite you."

As he spoke, Shen Yuan exhaled a warm breath and pressed it against Li Zhi's ankle, startling Li Zhi into immediately pulling his leg back.

"you!"

In the darkness, the beautiful girl gritted her teeth and then shouted, "Pervert!"

Shen Yuan chuckled and laughed heartily.

Hearing Shen Yuan's laughter, Li Zhi always had the urge to kick him, but she was afraid that her high heels would hurt him.

"When are you going to catch him?"

Li Zhi's voice rang out in the darkness.

Although the beautiful girl said that, she did not let go of her hand.

"I want to hold on to it forever." Shen Yuan raised his head.

"Dream on! I'll give you two choices: first, shake hands; second,"

Li Zhi paused for a moment, then continued, "Help me take off my shoes, they're a little uncomfortable."

Li Zhi put it on a little too hastily, and the straps were a bit tight.

It wasn't that Li Zhi didn't want to take her clothes off.

Firstly, she was wearing a skirt, secondly, she was sitting on the bed, and thirdly, Shen Yuan was holding her hand.

It's really a bit inconvenient.

Of course, it's also possible that the shoes Shen Yuan bought were a bit troublesome to take off.

The straps wrapped around her ankles made it impossible for her to simply take off her shoes.

"I can take off my shoes while shaking hands."

"In your dreams!"

Li Zhi kicked it.

The pointed high heel slammed into Shen Yuan's thigh, causing him to gasp sharply.

You kicked me while wearing pointed high heels?
But Shen Yuan just thought about how Li Zhi kicked him with that disgusted look...

hiss--

No, no, how did I become Ai Muyu?
Just then, Li Zhi's urging voice rang out.

"Hurry up! It's uncomfortable to kick you while wearing these!"

"Okay, okay, then, will you let go first?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yuan noticed that Li Zhi's fingers loosened slightly.

Sensing this, Shen Yuan pursed his lips and began to withdraw his fingers.

Just as Li Zhi's fingers were about to completely withdraw, Shen Yuan's curled fingertips suddenly caught up by half an inch.

"Eh!"

Just as Li Zhi began to voice his dissatisfaction, Shen Yuan spoke up.

"Will we still be able to hold hands later?"

"Serlan!"

Li Zhi gently kicked Shen Yuan.

But after a moment of silence, the monosyllable vibrated gently in the enclosed space.

"Ah."

Li Zhi turned her face away, and the stray hairs on the back of her neck slid down to the hollow of her collarbone with the movement.

"Anyway... the bet isn't over yet."

The muffled final syllable was crushed into defiant particles by the tip of the tongue, and the girl's knuckles, which gripped the hem of her skirt, turned a jade-like color, and the silk rippled between the lines of her palm.

After saying that, Li Zhi kicked Shen Yuan's shin with the tip of her shoe.

"Why aren't you letting go? Your foot really hurts."

"I know."

Shen Yuan smiled and released his hand, the air from his low laughter brushing against Li Zhi's ankle.

Soon, the crisp sound of metal buckles popping open echoed in the darkness.

When Shen Yuan's hand lifted the girl's arched foot from her stockings, Li Zhi said tremblingly, "Your hand is so hot."

Shen Yuan didn't say anything, but continued to take off Li Zhi's other high heel.

After taking off his shoes, Shen Yuan did not let go.

"Is it uncomfortable here?"

As Shen Yuan's knuckles touched her ankle, Li Zhi's tense voice suddenly rang out.

"You...you mustn't push your luck!"

"Didn't you say your feet were uncomfortable?"

"Pervert! Who wants you... um..."

The angry trembling voice suddenly changed tone, because Shen Yuan suddenly used the tiger's mouth to clamp his heel, and the force of his palm kneading along the Achilles tendon was hatefully precise.

The moment his fingertips sank into the stockings, Shen Yuan felt the warmth rising from beneath the silk.

In the darkness, the unconscious curling of the girl's arch resembled the closed leaves of a mimosa plant under the moonlight.

With Shen Yuan's skillful kneading, Li Zhi's voice trembled as she sank into the folds of the sheets, her toes barely touching the boy's chest.

"You... that's enough!"

Li Zhi gritted his teeth as he spoke, trying hard not to let the tremor in his throat escape.

"Then switch to the other foot."

"you!"

Before Li Zhi could refuse, Shen Yuan said, "You made me eat two wasabi bombs."

Li Zhi immediately shut his mouth.

The consequences of my own actions have ultimately come back to haunt me.

When Shen Yuan's burning hot palms grasped Li Zhi's feet again, the itchy sensation was amplified infinitely in the darkness.

Li Zhi's knuckles, gripping the bedsheet, grew increasingly pale, and in the darkness, every nerve touched seemed to scream.

The beautiful girl clenched her teeth tightly, her face as hot as Shen Yuan's hand.

Li Zhi was so nervous, but Shen Yuan was just as nervous.

In the dim light, Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed heavily, and fine beads of sweat trickled down his jawline from his forehead.

The boy tried to breathe slowly and gently, but two wisps of disordered air still escaped from between his teeth.

Whenever Li Zhizu's toes twitched, creating a rustling sound as the silk rubbed against his skin, his tense shoulders would arch slightly with his spine.

The pressure of kneading the Achilles tendon with the fingertips varied, as if adjusting a precision instrument. After pressing slightly harder, there would always be a pause, and only when the breathy sound escaping from the girl's nasal voice would the action be continued.

However, not long after, Shen Yuan reluctantly let go of her hand.

If he didn't let go, Shen Yuan wouldn't dare walk under the light.

"feel better now?"

Li Zhifei nodded quickly, making a soft sound in his throat.

"Hmm, that's good, much better."

"Then, can we shake hands again?" Shen Yuan asked tentatively.

Li Zhi looked down at the silhouette in the darkness and gently bit her lip.

"You just had a foot massage."

"Didn't you already take a shower? What, didn't you wash your stockings?"

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, he felt a force on his chest.

"Go to hell, you piece of trash!"

Li Zhi kicked Shen Yuan over.