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Chapter 173 Li Zhi! You must hold the line! (Bonus chapter, combining three chapters!)

After playing with the kitten in the room for a while, Li Zhi carefully put the dark blue velvet box containing the pearl hair clip into her pocket.

"We really should go back, it's almost 10:20." Li Zhi said as she stood up, a gentle smile still lingering on her face.

Shen Yuan nodded, though there was a hint of reluctance in his eyes, he knew he couldn't keep him any longer: "Okay, I'll see you to the door."

The two walked to the entrance hall, and Li Zhi changed her shoes and checked the box in her pocket again.

She didn't say anything more, just waved to Shen Yuan, whispered "Goodnight," and went home across the street.

Back in the bedroom, Li Zhi took out the hair clip box, gently stroking its smooth surface with her fingers, and a subtle smile unconsciously curved her lips upwards.

"This guy is quite thoughtful."

Li Zhi placed the hair clip box on the table, and after a moment opened her mouth: "Next time..."

Before she could finish speaking, the beautiful girl immediately denied it.

"No, no! Li Zhi! You have to stand up for your principles!"

And on the other side.

After returning to his room, Shen Yuan glanced at the kitten licking its fur on the table, and the smile in Li Zhi's eyes when he saw the hair clip flashed through his mind.

"call……"

He breathed a sigh of relief, and the triumphant smile returned to his face.

"Oh right, the mission rewards!"

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan immediately sat up straight.

The system task reward was Li Zhi's memories. Although these memories did not exist in this time and space, Shen Yuan always felt a strange curiosity about them.

Curious, during the long period of time when he and Li Zhi had no interaction, he wondered what the beautiful girl was doing.

Shen Yuan opened the system panel and quickly found his mission reward.

After touching this memory with his consciousness, Shen Yuan was instantly replaced by a blurry scene in front of him.

In a lecture hall, Li Zhi sat alone in a seat near the front.

She lowered her head slightly, focusing intently on taking notes, a few unruly strands of hair at her temples neatly tucked behind her ears with a small pearl hair clip.

The hair clip peeked out from among her thick black hair, reflecting dappled light. That calm and focused expression was a look Shen Yuanshi often wore.

Before Shen Yuan could properly appreciate it, the scene before him changed.

On the bustling playground, Li Zhi, dressed in an academic gown, stood among the crowd, flashing a formulaic smile at the camera.

The surrounding area was filled with noisy classmates and a boisterous atmosphere.

Shen Yuan clearly noticed that the pearl hair clip was still pinned in her hair, gleaming in the early summer sunlight.

On such an important day, she also chose to let it accompany her.

The scene quickly switches to a bright and clean office environment.

At this moment, Li Zhi was dressed in a smart business suit and was giving a presentation in front of the projection screen in the conference room, looking calm and confident.

What startled Shen Yuan was that, despite her mature professional attire, the small pearl hair clip was still tucked diagonally into her side-parted hair bun.

It was no longer a girl's adornment, but unexpectedly blended with her mature and composed temperament, becoming a subtle and gentle embellishment.

Suddenly, the screen dimmed slightly.

After parking his car in the garage, Li Zhi walked into the elevator, looking slightly tired, and finally entered an apartment that was completely unfamiliar to Shen Yuan.

After entering the room, Li Zhi sat on the sofa, tilting his head back slightly, as if unloading the burden of the day.

Shen Yuan stood behind her, unable to see her expression.

Until she raised her hand and gently removed the pearl hair clip from her hair.

Li Zhi held the hair clip up to his face, as if the slightly cool touch under his fingertips could bring him a moment of comfort.

Shen Yuan stood blankly behind her, his eyes filled with intense disbelief.

The light and shadow receded quickly like a tide, and Shen Yuan was suddenly pulled out of the illusion of memory. His consciousness returned to the quiet bedroom, where the kitten was still licking its paws.

The fragments of memory he had just seen were like tiny needles, silently piercing the softest part of his heart.

But what shocked Shen Yuan the most was the hair clip.

Shen Yuan was certain that the hair clip he saw in this memory was different from the hair clip he had seen in his previous university memories.

An absurd idea popped into Shen Yuan's mind.

What he's doing now has altered the time period in which the system exists?
The smile of triumph in his eyes had long since frozen, replaced by an unprecedented thrill and indescribable shock.

However, this shock did not last long.

"What are you thinking about..."

Shen Yuan's gaze fell on the wall to one side: "Even if things have changed, in the end they still won't meet again until they're 35."

Withdrawing his gaze, Shen Yuan lazily lay down on the bed.

Shen Yuan didn't know when he fell asleep, but when he woke up he was full of energy again.

After calling Li Bao to wake him up as usual, Shen Yuan also tidied himself up and went out.

The moment the door opened, the door opposite was also pushed open.

Li Zhi was still wearing her school uniform, with her hair tied in a ponytail.

When Shen Yuan's gaze swept over Li Zhi's long hair, he found it empty, with no trace of hair clips.

"Huh? Aren't you wearing that hair clip?" Shen Yuan blurted out.

Li Zhi looked up at Shen Yuan and sighed helplessly: "Please, there's no need to wear it now, is there?"

Upon hearing Li Zhi's answer, Shen Yuan's expression froze.

Oh, it seems so.

After seeing those memory fragments yesterday, Shen Yuan subconsciously assumed that Li Zhi would continue to wear that hair clip.

Seeing Shen Yuan's stunned expression, the beautiful girl's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of cunning appeared in her eyes.

"You really want me to wear it?"

Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Shen Yuan nodded subconsciously.

The pretty girl scoffed, "Dream on! I'm off to school!"

"Let's go."

After Shen Yuan finished speaking, he reached out to Li Zhi.

Seeing Li Zhi hesitate, Shen Yuan said, "Let go as soon as you get off the elevator."

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan's outstretched hand, his gaze lingering on Shen Yuan's face for a moment.

She subconsciously pursed her lips, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes.

In those brief two or three seconds, the image of two pearl hair clips flashed through my mind.

Finally, Li Zhi sighed softly, lowered his gaze, and slowly raised his right hand.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan reached out and took Li Zhi's hand, leading her into the elevator.

……

As the elevator ascended, Li Zhi exerted slight force with her fingers.

"I'll have lunch at my house, and then I'll go to your house to see the cats."

Shen Yuan nodded: "Okay, I'll just drop off my bag and come."

Li Zhi didn't say anything, and after the elevator doors opened, the two went their separate ways.

After lunch, Li Zhi told his family, and then went to pet the cats with Shen Yuan.

The short Sunday afternoon break is indeed a rare respite for senior high school students.

How to relax has always been a very important thing.

Li Zhi was quite glad that he had picked up Sangeng and Naonao.

The kittens are so sweet and soft, and listening to their purring is incredibly soothing.

……

"It's 1 o'clock, aren't you going to take a nap?" Shen Yuan's voice rang out in the room.

Li Zhi was engrossed in a parent-child activity with the kitten when she heard Shen Yuan's words and slowly raised her head from the chair.

The beautiful girl's long hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall. She tilted her head slightly, and her beautiful eyes revealed a hint of doubt and dissatisfaction.

"You want to kick me out?" Li Zhi's voice was clear and melodious, but it carried a hint of anger.

Shen Yuan was stunned. He had never expected Li Zhi to say that. He opened his mouth, but didn't know how to respond.

"No, you..." Shen Yuan stammered. He had only asked casually and did not intend to send Li Zhi away.

Shen Yuan simply gave up: "Fine, whatever, stay if you want."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi abruptly raised his head, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes: "Oh dear, you were so reluctant to part yesterday, but today you've become 'whatever.'"

She snorted coldly and then said, "Scumbag!"

This word made Shen Yuan jump up immediately. He leaped out of bed and said with a disgruntled expression, "Hey! How am I a scumbag? I'm completely devoted to you!"

Seeing his excited expression, Li Zhi's lips curled up slightly, revealing a mocking smile.

"cut!"

The pretty girl let out a disdainful sound, then continued, "Do you think I'd believe you?"

Shen Yuan's eyes widened, and he quickly said, "What else could I possibly love besides you?"

Li Zhi, however, was unconvinced. She sneered and said, "Do you care about grades or not?"

This caught Shen Yuan off guard. He straightened up and quickly said, "Hey, hey, hey! I was talking about the cliché of love and romance!"

"Oh, I see. So loving me is a very mundane thing."

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, he lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes trembling like butterfly wings covered in morning dew, casting delicate shadows under his eyes.

She deliberately lowered her chin, her thin shoulders trembling with sobs, like a flower branch shivering in the cold wind.

As sobs escaped her throat, she suddenly looked up at Shen Yuan, then abruptly lowered her head again.

Seeing that she was pretending to wipe away non-existent tears with her fingertips, Shen Yuan suddenly clapped his hands.

"Clap clap-"

His well-defined knuckles traced a crisp rhythm in the air, and an uncontrollable smile spread across his lips: "Excellent! No wonder this scene is worthy of being included in the textbook of contemporary white lotus."

Li Zhi lowered her hand and gave Shen Yuan a death stare: "You still haven't replied to me. What do you mean by saying that loving me is a very mundane thing?"

Shen Yuan smiled faintly: "The everyday life is still beautiful. Life is as mundane as eating every day, but without Li Bao, even maltose can't provide any sweetness."

"yue~"

Li Zhi rolled his eyes at Shen Yuan expressionlessly, and snorted coldly, saying, "You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth."

Shen Yuan didn't care about her reaction at all. Instead, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a playful smile, and asked, "So now do you believe that I love you?"

A sweet smile suddenly appeared on Li Zhi's face. She blinked and said mischievously, "Want to know?" Shen Yuan nodded quickly, "Of course."

Li Zhi's smile grew even brighter. She deliberately drew out the last syllable and said slowly, "Go and finish the rest of your exam papers first, and then..."

She paused deliberately at this point, as if keeping someone in suspense.

Shen Yuan naturally knew what Li Zhi wanted to do, so he eagerly asked, "And then?"

Li Zhi then continued with satisfaction, "Let's talk about it again when you've stabilized your scores above 650."

Upon hearing Li Zhi's request, Shen Yuan couldn't help but purse his lips: "Then how can I prove that my grades have stabilized above 650 points?"

Li Zhi crossed his long legs on the chair, rested his chin on his hands, looked at Shen Yuan with a smile, and answered slowly, "Exam? Midterm exam."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "This midterm exam is a joint exam, so it will definitely be more difficult. If you can get 650 points this time, then I will believe you."

Shen Yuan was clearly not satisfied with this condition. He frowned and retorted, "That's it? Just to make you believe me? Doesn't that make me look like a bootlicker?"

"You've already scored 650, what more do you want from me?"

Li Zhi's tone was full of dissatisfaction. She snorted coldly, not pleased with Shen Yuan's idea: "I won't gamble with you again! You ill-intentioned Seran!"

Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Shen Yuan did not immediately refute as usual, but slowly stood up from the bed.

Upon seeing this, Li Zhi immediately became alert.

She quickly pulled her long legs onto the chair, and swiftly hid her feet inside her trouser legs, leaving only her toes sticking out.

She stared intently at Shen Yuan, wary of his every move.

"What do you want to do?" Li Zhi's voice was a little nervous. She stared at Shen Yuan with wide eyes, afraid that he would suddenly do something strange.

Shen Yuan rolled her eyes at Li Zhi and said irritably, "Go do your exam! What else are you doing? You lowly woman, what are you thinking about!"

Hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi felt a little less nervous, but she still snorted and said, "It's all because someone has such a bad reputation with me!"

Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi with an innocent expression and asked in confusion, "I'm not bad, am I? I've always been pretty strong, didn't you feel it?"

Li Zhi's face flushed red instantly. She quickly grabbed a cushion from the chair and threw it at Shen Yuan like a grenade, cursing as she did so.

"Who asked you that, Thran! Stop making dirty jokes in your head! If you say them again, I'll tell your mom!"

Shen Yuan chuckled, a sly smile playing on his lips. He blinked and said, "What did I say? Didn't I say I have high credibility with you?"

Seeing this, Li Zhi glared at Shen Yuan and said irritably, "Stop arguing with me and get lost!"

Shen Yuan shrugged: "Okay, okay. I'll go do the test now, what about you?"

Li Zhi remained seated in her chair, shook her head, and lazily replied, "If I don't want to move, I'll just play with the cat."

Seeing this, Shen Yuan sighed helplessly and continued, "Aren't you going back to get some sleep? You have evening self-study tonight."

"Not sleepy? Aren't you sleepy too?"

Shen Yuan rolled his eyes at Li Zhi.

I have abundant energy provided by the system, do you?

However, since Li Zhi had already said so, Shen Yuan didn't say anything more.

"Then I'm going to do the test paper."

Li Zhi nodded, watching Shen Yuan walk into the study next door, and then focused his attention back on Sangeng and Naonao.

"Hehe, Dad won't play with you, but Mom will."

The moment Li Zhi picked up the laser pointer and turned it on, San Geng immediately jumped up.

Time passed by, and after about an hour, Shen Yuan finally finished the remaining half of the test paper.

Lifting his head from his desk, Shen Yuan stretched out a big yawn.

“Done. Li Bao, I’ll do it…” As he spoke, Shen Yuan glanced outside the study.

When his gaze fell upon that scene, the second half of his sentence suddenly got stuck in his throat.

The beautiful girl flipped the chair back and leaned against it, her long, slender legs casually draped over Shen Yuan's bed.

The girl's chest rose and fell slightly with her even breathing, a wisp of hair fell beside her rosy cheek, and her fingertips, resting on her abdomen, still loosely held her phone—the screen had long since gone dark from inactivity.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but chuckle: "Still saying you're not sleepy? You're just being stubborn."

Upon noticing the girl curled up restlessly on the back of the chair, Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

He held his breath and moved the chair back half an inch, at which point the wooden floor made a slight creaking sound.

The moment Li Zhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, he froze like a mechanical doll whose pause button had been pressed.

Only after confirming that Li Zhi had not woken up did Shen Yuan tiptoe out of the study.

Shen Yuan tiptoed to the wardrobe, gently opened it, took out an air-conditioning quilt, and then quietly returned to the outside of the study.

Looking at the sleeping Li Zhi, Shen Yuan slowly covered Li Zhi with the air conditioning blanket.

As he closed the lid, Shen Yuan carefully observed Li Zhi's movements.

As the air-conditioned blanket gently covered the girl's thin shoulders, Shen Yuan, as if possessed, curled his index finger and stroked the strands of hair that fell beside her cheek.

Just as the subtle fragrance wafted between his fingers, Li Zhi suddenly opened his eyes.

Shen Yuan suddenly met the girl's eyes, and his fingertips, which had not yet been withdrawn, froze on the spot.

Li Zhi's hazy eyes were still filled with lingering sleepiness, her shoulders, pressed down by the air conditioning blanket, curled up unconsciously, and even her toes, which were resting on the edge of the bed, were slightly curled up.

"Ok?"

The beautiful girl looked at Shen Yuan with a puzzled expression, but her gaze precisely locked onto the boy's hand, which he couldn't retract in time.

Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed rapidly twice, and as his knuckles curled, he brushed against her slightly warm earlobe: "I saw you were asleep, and I was afraid you would catch a cold."

Li Zhi slightly raised her leg, looked at the air-conditioned blanket in front of her, and let out a soft laugh.

"What are you pretending to be, a gentleman?"

The beautiful girl's eyes gradually cleared, a smile playing on her lips: "You just wanted to find an excuse to come over."

Shen Yuan immediately nodded: "Yes, yes, I just wanted to sneak over and give you a quick kiss."

"Down!"

After saying that, Li Zhi tried to straighten up.

However, just as she tried to move her legs, which were pressing against the edge of Shen Yuan's bed, a strong, tingling sensation, as if she were being pricked by fine needles, suddenly struck her.

"hiss--"

The beautiful girl couldn't help but gasp, her movements instantly freezing, and her brows furrowing.

Shen Yuan, whose ears had been burning from her teasing, immediately sensed something was wrong when he saw her like this: "What's wrong? Are your legs numb?"

The pretty girl bit her lower lip and gave him a disgruntled look, which was taken as tacit agreement.

At that moment, waves of tingling and numbness surged up my body, and it felt as if a million ants were crawling all over my leg, making it impossible to move.

Li Zhi frowned, trying hard to suppress the discomfort.

"That'll teach you to sleep properly."

Shen Yuan complained, but quickly sat down on the edge of the bed.

Without offering much explanation, his slender fingers reached directly into the air-conditioned blanket he had just tucked her in, accurately finding Li Zhi's delicate ankle.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Li Zhi was startled and tried to pull her foot back, but the unbearable tingling sensation held her rooted to the spot. She glared at him, both embarrassed and annoyed.

"Don't move." Shen Yuan applied slight pressure with his hand, firmly grasping her small arch.

"Sleeping like this for a long time will restrict blood circulation, and of course it will feel numb."

Shen Yuan pressed his fingertips on the beautiful girl's soft soles with just the right amount of pressure.

In an instant, an even more tingling sensation came from the soles of my feet.

Li Zhi immediately gripped the armrest of the seat tightly.

"Ugh—you! It's even more numb now!"

"Bear with it. Massage here to relax your nerves and improve blood circulation; it will get better faster."

A warm sensation came directly from the soles of my feet. After the initial soreness, the kneading and pressing force miraculously relieved the agonizing numbness and brought a strange comfort.

The blush on Li Zhi's cheeks spread uncontrollably, even tinging her fair neck with pink.

She wanted to continue arguing back, but in the end she just snorted and turned her head away from him.

But Shen Yuan could clearly feel that, under his skillful kneading, the girl's slender foot, which had been tense due to soreness and numbness, was gradually becoming relaxed and soft in his palm.

The warmth from the fingertips relieved the soreness and numbness in the soles of her feet, and also gradually relaxed the tense lines of Li Zhi's calves.

Shen Yuan noticed that the arch of the foot in his palm was no longer stiff. With a slight thought, he inexplicably extended the kneading force upwards.

With his right hand, his fingers traced along her smooth skin and slender ankle, gently pressing her warm calves.

The moment his fingertips touched that small piece of muscle, Li Zhi's body visibly trembled slightly.

The lower leg, resting on the edge of the bed, instinctively tried to curl up to avoid the sudden, deeper touch.

"Shen Yuan..."

Li Zhi's voice was weak and hurried, with obvious panic and a slight, barely perceptible tremor.

The girl's voice was even more strained than before.

But shyness couldn't stop Shen Yuan's hand.

Feeling the hand moving over his calf, Li Zhi scolded in a low voice.

"hand!"

The beautiful girl's cheeks burned bright red, her eyes filled with embarrassment, anger, and a hint of warning.

"Move! Who told you to press up there... If your foot is numb, just massage your foot, don't go everywhere..."

Caught red-handed, Shen Yuan abruptly stopped.

Meeting Li Zhi's eyes, which were filled with both shyness and anger, he did not immediately pull his hand away. Instead, the corners of his mouth subtly curved upwards, as if he did not care at all about being exposed.

Just when Li Zhi thought he would continue to pester or tease her, his fingers, which were wrapped around her calf, slowly loosened their grip and began to explore upwards.

"Oh."

He lingered on the last syllable of his voice, leaving a lingering resonance, and then his hands naturally reached for her left foot.

"Yes, yes, I'll do whatever Li Bao says, no massaging my calves."

Long, slender fingers precisely grasped her left ankle, which was also feeling numb and tingly.
He skillfully stroked the rounded, small joints, and then, without hesitation, pressed down on the center of the sole of his left foot.

"Well!"

Li was caught off guard.

The familiar pressing sensation, a mixture of soreness and tingling, came from the sole of my left foot, seemingly even stronger than the one I had felt in my right foot.

The girl straightened up slightly, a choked sob escaped her throat, and her fingers gripping the handrail tightened again.

　Here's a beautiful photo of Xiao Sangeng, and by the way:
　　The "geng" in "sangeng" is the same as the "geng" in "xingeng" (renewal).
　　The owed updates are calculated at 2000 words per chapter. This chapter has 6000 words, so it counts as three chapters. Therefore, there are still 22 chapters owed.

　　The bonus chapters for June's monthly tickets are not included yet.

　　
　
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