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Chapter 158 Maybe I'll sleep at your house?

Her Adam's apple bobbed gently with each swallow, a triumphant smile playing on her lips, while her fingers, gripping her slender foot, deliberately loosened their hold.

"Handshake or foot shake?"

Li Zhi's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints, and the tuft of hair sticking up in his wet hair trembled violently with the movement of tilting his head.

Faced with a familiar question, Li Zhi snapped, "The bet is over!"

The crimson hue spread from the tips of her ears to the corners of her eyes, dyeing her eyelashes like petals after a rain shower.

As she glared at him with her neck stiffened, her toes unconsciously dug into the carpet beneath her pajamas, carving several hidden grooves into the velvet surface.

Shen Yuan nodded: "I know, but your feet are in my hands."

Before he finished speaking, his thumb, which was gripping her ankle, suddenly moved up half an inch, and his rough fingertip deliberately brushed against the sensitive spot on her heel. The girl's arch suddenly tensed, and her alabaster skin trembled slightly.

"You're bullying me..."

Li Zhi's lips, marked with rosy teeth marks, twitched slightly. Her eyes lowered, and a wronged expression appeared on her face.

The curled toes unconsciously rubbed against the lines of his palm, like a fledgling bird folding its wings after being soaked by rain, even the tufts of hair that had been sticking up were now drooping and stuck to the top of its head.

Shen Yuan's tiger's mouth vein suddenly throbbed.

"I……"

"……let go."

A nasal tone, damp with moisture, escaped from her lips. Li Zhi turned her head away from Shen Yuan in a huff, her reddened eyes reflecting the light like shattered diamonds in her tearful gaze.

Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed heavily, and the fingers gripping his ankle suddenly loosened their grip.

The moment Shen Yuan loosened his grip, the jade-like feet, still warm from his body, suddenly curled up like startled clam meat.

The smooth arch of her foot still bore the marks of being held, and her curled toes, freed from their restraints, exuded a rosy hue.

The toes slowly glide across the carpet's pile, making a soft rustling sound as they touch the fine fibers.

Li Zhi carefully freed his ankle from Shen Yuan's grasp.

As she moved her foot, her arch suddenly touched Shen Yuan's fingers, startling her delicate foot into a sudden stop.

Seeing that Shen Yuan did not move, Li Zhi quickly withdrew his foot.

Still tinged with a hint of fear and trembling, her toes, like newly blossoming magnolias, wandered along the warp and weft of the carpet before finally returning to the girl's side.

"Are you that afraid of me?" Shen Yuan looked up at Li Zhi.

Li Zhiwei nodded slightly: "A man and a woman alone in a room, there's no reason why I shouldn't be afraid."

"Then why weren't you afraid when you were here last time?" Shen Yuan's words were loaded with meaning.

Li Zhi snorted: "Last time, you had a group of physics geniuses protecting you. If you dare to make a move, you'll definitely fail the physics exam!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan smiled.

"I don't think so."

After saying that, Shen Yuan stood up.

Shen Yuan's sudden action of getting up startled Li Zhi.

The pretty girl hugged her knees, timidly watching Shen Yuan walk to the sofa, and then watched him sit down on it.

Li Zhi shrank back slightly, moving away from Shen Yuan.

Seeing Li Zhi's actions, Shen Yuan said, "Even if you played Oppenheimer's 'Oppenheimer' again right now, I'd still tickle you."

The moment Shen Yuan finished speaking, Li Zhi turned his head sharply, a short, angry groan escaping from between his teeth.

"you!"

The beautiful girl's taut arches were hidden in the folds of her pajamas, as if she were on guard against Shen Yuan's sudden attack.

But the next second, Shen Yuan placed his hand in front of Li Zhi.

May I shake your hand?

Shen Yuan's hand, with its distinct knuckles, hovered between the two of them.

The girl lowered her eyes and stared at the palm lines outlined by the light. Her bare toes, under her pajamas, unconsciously pressed against the sofa cushion, leaving a timid indentation.

Li Zhi slowly buried her face in her arms and mumbled, "No..."

"I didn't hear that clearly."

Shen Yuan suddenly reached out to grab the girl's wrist, but just as he was about to grab Li Zhi's hand, she quickly pulled her hand into the sleeve of her hoodie.

Shen Yuan didn't hesitate and directly grabbed Li Zhi's sleeve and wrist with one hand.

The moment Shen Yuan grabbed his wrist, Li Zhi's first reaction was to struggle.

"release!"

The last syllable was deliberately raised, and Li Zhi tried to break free from Shen Yuan by swinging her wrist.

But the force of that large hand was too strong.

When she realized she couldn't break free of her wrist, she suddenly raised her neck, revealing a stubborn curve like a swan stretching its neck, but the flushed redness of her earlobes betrayed her feigned strength.

"you!"

"Let me hold your hand for a while."

Shen Yuan said softly, "Okay?"

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's struggles suddenly weakened.

The warmth of Shen Yuan's palm seeped into his skin through the thin fleece of his sweatshirt. Li Zhi's fingers unconsciously curled and unfolded inside his sleeve, pressing down on Shen Yuan's little finger.

"Hmph! No way!"

Li Zhi turned her head away from Shen Yuan.

"Ok."

Seeing that Li Zhi still refused, Shen Yuan pursed his lips and finally released his hand.

The moment the shackles were released, that fair wrist trembled slightly inside the sleeve.

Li Zhi withdrew his hand and hid his wrist in his pocket.

The two sat side by side like that.

Li Zhi inadvertently glanced at Shen Yuanzheng staring blankly at his palm, biting the lingering rose-colored teeth marks on his lower lip, his voice still damp with sleep:
"What, reminiscing about something?"

Shen Yuan's low chuckle was particularly hoarse: "When you tear the stockings."

As he spoke, Shen Yuan's fingertips traced the air, as if still lingering on the faint creaking sound of fabric tearing.

No sooner had Shen Yuan finished speaking than he was kicked by Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's ears were so red they could drip blood, and her toes, suspended in the air, curled slightly with shame and indignation, like a kitten with its fur standing on end waving its pink paw pads.

"How dare you say that! You ripped my stockings!"

“I can pay for it. One pair isn’t enough, so two pairs aren’t enough, and two pairs aren’t enough, so three pairs aren’t enough.”

Li Zhi turned to look at Shen Yuan: "You're really rich."

Shen Yuan smiled and said, "Then I'll buy it for you right now. I'll buy you a pair of black and white long-leg suspenders."

"Go to hell! You pervert!"

She buried her flushed face in the cushion, muttering as she held up three fingers: "At least this number..."

Seeing Li Zhi's expression, Shen Yuan smiled and nodded: "No problem."

Seeing Shen Yuan agree so quickly, Li Zhifei quickly lifted his head from the cushion and added, "You're not allowed to buy Se Se's style!"

"Okay, I'm not a foot fetishist."

"cut!"

Li Zhi angrily retorted, "I believe you're hiding something!"

Shen Yuan chuckled and leaned slightly towards Li Zhi: "I'm obsessed with Li Bao. I like anything that's Li Bao."

"Get away from me, you pervert!"

Li Zhi gently patted Shen Yuan's arm.

Shen Yuan chuckled, then took out his phone and glanced at it.

It's almost 9 o'clock.

time flies.

School ends at 4:30, and dinner is finished at 6:00.

Based on this calculation, the two of them stayed in Li Zhi's room for at least an hour.

The silence lasted for an absurdly long time.

"Are you hungry?" Shen Yuan asked softly, his gaze falling on Li Zhi.

Li Zhi nodded slightly and replied softly, "A little."

Seeing this, Shen Yuan smiled slightly and suggested, "How about we have a late-night snack? Barbecue, takeout, or go out to eat?"

Li Zhi hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose the easiest way.

"I'll order takeout, I don't really want to move." After saying that, she curled up even more.

Shen Yuan naturally understood what she meant. He quickly picked up his phone and skillfully ordered the barbecue.

He had a good idea of ​​the two people's appetites and tastes.

"The delivery will take about 40 minutes. Do you want to eat some snacks to tide you over?" Shen Yuan asked Li Zhi.

Li Zhi nodded in agreement.

Shen Yuan immediately stood up and deftly moved a small table to the front of the sofa. Then he took the large bottle of cola from the refrigerator. Not only that, he also effortlessly found the place where the disposable cups were kept.

After everything was ready, Shen Yuan walked to the study door and dimmed the lights.

Then, he turned on the projector, and a bright image immediately appeared on the screen.

"What do you want to see?" Shen Yuan turned to look at Li Zhi and asked with a smile.

Li Zhi replied in a muffled voice, "I want to watch cartoons."

Shen Yuan nodded and began searching for various cartoons on video websites: "How about Peppa Pig? Or Doraemon?"

Li Zhi didn't seem very interested in any of this, and simply said, "Put it anywhere, I'm fine with it."

Shen Yuan thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Let me show you 'Family Guy,' it's really funny, do you want it?"

However, before he could finish speaking, Li Zhi interrupted him mercilessly: "Go to hell!"

Shen Yuan chuckled and then opened "Tom and Jerry".

Tom and Jerry is probably a childhood cartoon that many people can't avoid.

Shen Yuan and Li Zhi were naturally included as well.

When he was a child, whether he went to the town market or the village market, Shen Yuan would always buy a lot of CDs. Before his old house was demolished, his family had a huge collection of CDs.

It's just cartoons.

Shen Yuan had DVDs of a whole series of cartoons, including "Tom and Jerry," "Ultraman," and "Pokémon."

However, with the end of the DVD era, Shen Yuan's discs gradually lost their purpose.

Of course, this is also related to Shen Yuan's improper preservation.

Anyway, most of the discs were saved by Shen Yuan in a choppy state, making them unwatchable.

When Li Zhi was a child, he often came to Shen Yuan's house to watch cartoons.

Two children brought two small stools and sat side by side in front of the TV to watch cartoons; it all became a memory in the blink of an eye.

The soft light from the projector diffused in the dimly lit study. As Tom chased Jerry and knocked over a porcelain plate, the sound of the plate crashing rang out. Shen Yuan took a potato chip from the bag and popped it into his mouth.

With a crisp snap, Shen Yuan smiled and took another potato chip from the bag, then gently placed it near Li Zhi's slightly open mouth.

"You ate it yourself before giving it to me, right?"

Li Zhi snorted in dissatisfaction, but still naturally opened her mouth and bit into the potato chip.

This scene inevitably brings to mind the two of them during their childhood.

Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi's satisfied expression after eating the potato chips and suddenly laughed, as if he had remembered something interesting.

"Hey, do you remember the pirated DVDs I bought near Yangjialou before?" he asked with great interest.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi rolled her eyes and replied irritably, "You still remember that?"

"Of course I remember!" Shen Yuan said indignantly. "That guy said it was a Power Rangers DVD, but it turned out to be a Calabash Brothers movie, you know!"

He became more and more agitated as he spoke, and his voice unconsciously rose a little: "That idiot, I suspect he has something wrong with his eyes!"

"Do you know what? I thought Calabash Brothers was a freebie! I even watched it! But then they put it back on for me after I finished watching it!"

Hearing Shen Yuan's complaints, Li Zhi couldn't help but chuckle. "Who told you to be so greedy as to buy pirated DVDs?"

Shen Yuan was speechless for a moment, looking at Li Zhi with a helpless expression, "I... how was I supposed to know it was a pirated copy!"

Li Zhi rolled her eyes at Shen Yuan.

Watching cartoons makes the wait for takeout pass quickly.

After Shen Yuan's phone rang, he remotely opened the elevator for the deliveryman.

After receiving the takeout, Shen Yuan opened each of the insulated containers.

Smelling the aroma of takeout food in the air, Li Zhi smiled with satisfaction.

I'm hungry.

The cold light from the projector danced on Li Zhi's cheeks. As she bit into the crispy chicken wing, the cumin seeds that had accidentally gotten on her lips trembled slightly along with the image of Tom being flattened by an iron.

The food was consumed little by little.

Just as the two felt they were almost full, the takeout was completely finished.

"It's past 10 o'clock."

The moment Shen Yuan mentioned the time, Li Zhi's fingers, which were folding takeout boxes, suddenly stopped.

In the cold light flowing from the projector, her curled toes unconsciously rubbed against the carpet fibers, smoothing out the creases left by the previous moment of shame and indignation.

The pupils, hidden beneath the eyelashes, trembled slightly, and the lingering aroma of roasted eggplant mingled with the cold air from the air conditioner, creating an indescribable bitterness.

"Oh."

With a barely perceptible trailing tone, Li Zhi squeezed out a single syllable from his throat and tossed the items into the takeout bag one by one.

After tidying up his desk, Shen Yuan began cleaning his study.

"You sit down, I'll take care of it."

Li Zhi nodded, watching Shen Yuan return each item to its original place.

A sense of loneliness began to arise in Li Zhi's heart.

Both of them knew clearly that their time together, which had started after school and continued until now, was over.

Shen Yuan should go home and rest, and Li Zhi should also rest.

But Li Zhi knows that he is home alone today.

While Shen Yuan was packing his things, Li Zhi curled up with her knees down and buried her face in her arms.

After a while, Shen Yuan's voice rang in my ears.

"I'm all packed."

Shen Yuan's figure, standing beside the sofa, was stretched out long, just covering the girl's toes, which were curled up in the sofa's crevice.

As Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed, his eyelashes cast fine shadows under his eyes. He watched as Li Zhi buried his face in the pillow and then slowly lifted it up.

Strands of hair hanging from the air conditioner vent clung to the tip of her nose.

"Oh." Li Zhi picked up the remote and turned off the projector.

The projector's cold light suddenly went out, plunging the room into a dim, yellowish darkness.

Li Zhi's fingertips, gripping the remote control, unconsciously traced the texture of the buttons. Amidst the soft rustling of fibers, she suddenly raised her hand towards Shen Yuan.

Her palm, as white as mutton fat, hovered in front of Shen Yuan, and her voice, still carrying the lingering sweetness of cola, trembled slightly in the air: "...shake hands."

Shen Yuan's breath suddenly froze.

When his gaze fell on the girl's face, Shen Yuan suddenly felt a dryness in his throat.

The moment Shen Yuan reached out and his fingertips touched Li Zhi's palm, the icy coolness seeping from between Li Zhi's fingers turned into scalding lava.

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan and said softly, "Help me up."

Shen Yuan exerted a little force and pulled Li Zhi up from the sofa.

Just as Li Zhi was about to stop, Shen Yuan suddenly twisted his wrist and wedged his five fingers between hers.

The moment their fingers clasped together, the thin fleece from the cuffs of the sweatshirt brushed against their skin, and the fine hairs on the back of Li Zhi's neck stood up as if electrocuted.

"you……"

Li Zhi's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

Shen Yuan looked at the girl so close to him and a bright smile appeared on his face.

Just as Li Zhi was pondering how to respond, Shen Yuan had already taken her hand and walked out of the study.

The scorching heat from Shen Yuan's palm was transferred to Li Zhi's hand, making the girl's ears burn.

The two walked side by side, the wall lamps elongating their shadows, the overlapping shadows rising and falling with each step.

Li Zhi's loungewear trousers rustled as she walked, and the girl's curled toes twitched restlessly inside her fluffy slippers, her heels lightly brushing against the shoe's surface with each step.

The pale blue veins on the back of Shen Yuan's hand were gently caressed by the thin calluses formed from holding the pen.

When the motion-sensor light in the entryway suddenly turned on, Li Zhicai realized that the two of them had arrived at the door.

The girl suddenly exerted a little force with her hand, as if she were pulling Shen Yuan.

Feeling the force from Li Zhi's hand, Shen Yuan turned to look at Li Zhi and said with a smile, "What? Li Bao, are you reluctant to see me go?"

Hearing this, Li Zhixiu glared angrily at Shen Yuan: "Who said you couldn't leave! Go back right now!"

After saying that, Li Zhi tried to break free from Shen Yuan's hand.

But Shen Yuan's sudden clenching of his fingers caused her to lean forward slightly, and before Shen Yuan could get close, Li Zhi slapped Shen Yuan on the chest.

The beautiful girl raised her head, looking at Shen Yuan with a face full of shame and anger: "Don't push your luck!"

Shen Yuan let out a short, soft chuckle: "Then, Li Bao, I'll come again tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi was momentarily stunned.

If it were any other time, she would probably have already rejected Shen Yuan by now.

But now——

Li Zhi nodded gently: "Yes, I... wake me up."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Zhi's toes suddenly curled into a shell shape inside her fluffy slippers, and the faint red of her ear cartilage spread along the veins of her stray hairs.

Shen Yuan responded softly, "So what do you want for breakfast tomorrow?"

"Anything is fine, just not sweet."

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Yuan's warm breath, tinged with the sweet scent of cola, was already on her burning earlobe: "I'm so sweet, Li Bao, don't you want some?"

Shen Yuan's obnoxious behavior finally earned him a kick from Li Zhi.

"Go to hell, you pervert! Don't ruin my breakfast!"

Shen Yuan chuckled and then turned his gaze to the door.

"Then I'll head back now?"

As Shen Yuan finished speaking, Li Zhi nodded slightly.

"Ah."

Shen Yuan opened the door with his other hand.

As Li Zhi's front door slowly opened, Shen Yuan saw the corridor outside and his own front door across the street.

Shen Yuan was reluctant to go back.

He turned to look at Li Zhi: "How about I sleep at your place? You sleep in the bed, and I'll sleep on the floor."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhi broke free from Shen Yuan's clutches.

"Get out of here, you pervert!"

The beautiful girl hurriedly pushed Shen Yuan out of the house.

Looking at Shen Yuan standing in the corridor, Li Zhi scolded, "Dream on! Go back to sleep! Wake me up tomorrow morning!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go back right away," Shen Yuan replied hastily, then turned and walked towards his front door.

As Shen Yuan took out his keys to open the door, he suddenly stopped for some reason.

He turned his head and looked at Li Zhi standing at the door, and said, "If you're afraid to sleep alone, you can come to my room. It's quite lively here. Nao Nao and San Geng will keep you company."

"Get lost! I'm not a child anymore! Why would I be afraid to sleep alone!" Li Zhi's scolding voice rang out again.

Shen Yuan shrugged: "Alright then, goodnight!"

Li Zhi nodded upon hearing this and softly replied, "Good night."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yuan opened the door and returned home, while Li Zhi closed the front door of his house.

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