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Chapter 174 Put it on!
This time, she didn't even have time to scold him. She could only tense up and resign herself to feeling the warm current flowing from Shen Yuan's fingertips, quickly engulfing her entire left foot.

Shen Yuan focused on his work, his gaze lowered as he looked at the "crime scene," the outline of his actions obscured by the air conditioner blanket. The curve of his lips deepened.

Under the force applied by Shen Yuan's fingers, Li Zhi's two shapely and slender thighs suddenly tensed up.

The legs that were originally draped over the edge of the bed are now like taut musical strings, with the lines from the calves to the thighs clearly outlined in a smooth and taut contour under the air-conditioned blanket.

The right leg, which had recovered from the soreness and numbness, harbored a hidden urge to kick this overbearing guy.

Her fair toes arched slightly under the sheets, yet she forcefully suppressed the embarrassment and annoyance.

It only transformed into toes, fiercely digging into the bed sheet fabric beneath it.

Shen Yuan seemed to sense the movement of the soft, warm feet beside him, and suddenly a thought arose in his mind.

Under Li Zhi's gaze, Shen Yuan suddenly stopped what he was doing, frowned slightly, and glanced at the blurry outline of the bulge on the air-conditioning blanket.

"Tsk, pressing through the blanket..."

His voice carried a hint of deliberate distress, yet a faint smile still lingered at the corners of his mouth: "I can't even see the acupoints clearly."

Before Li Zhi could react, his long, slender fingers had already gripped the corner of the air-conditioning blanket.

With a slight exertion of her wrist, the soft fabric covering Li Zhi's calf was suddenly and unexpectedly ripped off!
Suddenly losing their cover, the cool air instantly enveloped Li Zhi's feet and calves, which had been warmed up.

Because of the restlessness of her little hands earlier, when Shen Yuan pinched Li Zhi's calf, he pulled up Li Zhi's trouser leg, so that her fair and dazzling calf was now exposed in front of him.

What was exposed to Li Zhi's view was Shen Yuan's hands, which were still resting on the back of her feet.

"Ah!" Li Zhi exclaimed in surprise.

A wave of embarrassment mixed with sudden astonishment washed over her face, instantly igniting the tips of her ears.

The beautiful girl reflexively bent her leg and exerted force with her ankle, trying to break free from Shen Yuan's grasp. However, the numbness in her leg had not completely subsided, making her feel even more uncomfortable.

"Hiss...woo..."

Li Zhi cried out in distress, her little face scrunched up in pain.

The intense tingling and numbness made her delicate eyebrows furrow tightly, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly with discomfort.

The beautiful girl subconsciously gasped, her moist lips slightly parted, revealing a pitiful look.

That feigned anger was shattered by a sudden physical reaction, leaving only a pitiful and pathetic state.

Looking at her like this, Shen Yuan's smile deepened.

"Tsk, I just told you not to move around, and you're trying to run away before the numbness has even worn off? Stay put."

With an undeniable force, Shen Yuan's fingers gripped Li Zhi's slender ankle even more firmly, his thumb pressing soothingly against the side of her ankle bone.

"Shen Yuan! Seran!"

Li Zhi was both anxious and angry, and pointed at the innocent-looking boy.

Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow, looking at Li Zhi with an open and honest gaze, completely unaware of being reprimanded: "I was just giving you a massage."

"Why did you pull off the blanket during the massage?!" Li Zhi questioned.

"The acupoints are not visible when covered by the blanket."

"Can't see? If you can't see, why don't you just take off your socks and see for yourself?!"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Li Zhi realized what she had said only after she finished shouting, her face flushed even more, and she wished she could bite off her own tongue.

Shen Yuan looked at her flustered and embarrassed appearance, and the smile in his eyes was almost overflowing.

He even pretended to look down at her feet encased in white socks, as if he were seriously considering her "suggestion".

In that frozen moment, Shen Yuan's fingers suddenly moved away from her ankle and slid towards the edge of her pure white sock.

His movements were deliberately slow, his thumb seemingly hooking into the crease at the top of the sock, as if he were about to pull it up.

Li Zhi's heart suddenly raced, and shame and horror surged through her body like an electric current.

"Shen Yuan! No...don't..."

The beautiful girl's voice suddenly rose, mixed with panting and urgent pleading. Her brows, which had been furrowed due to soreness and numbness, were instantly tinged with a sense of helplessness and embarrassment.

Shen Yuan stopped what he was doing, but his fingertips were still hooking the top of the sock. He looked up and met her panicked eyes.

"Oh? Didn't someone just say I could look all I wanted?"

"no!"

Li Zhi blushed and hurriedly retorted, "N-no way! I never said anything like that, you must be imagining things!"

Her voice carried a hint of embarrassed stubbornness, while the blush on the tips of her ears became even more pronounced.

As soon as Li Zhi spoke, after such a long period of recovery, the soreness and numbness in her legs subsided rapidly, as if a taut string had suddenly been released.

The beautiful girl was overjoyed. Taking advantage of the momentary ease, she quickly pulled her long legs back, trying to break free from Shen Yuan's control.

But just as she pulled her long legs back, Shen Yuan's fingers, which had been resting on the edge of her socks, gently hooked them.

The folds at the top of the pure white sock were firmly caught by his fingertips, and the sock slid down with the movement, instantly slipping off Li Zhi's slender ankle.

Her soft, jade-like feet were directly exposed to the cool air.

This scene was as if Li Zhi had taken off his socks on his own initiative.

Li Zhi gasped in surprise, so ashamed that she almost curled up into a ball. She hurriedly used her other foot to cover her bare toes and bit her lower lip in annoyance.

Looking at her flustered yet defiant appearance, Shen Yuan couldn't help but chuckle, his eyes almost overflowing with amusement.

"What are you laughing at! Give me back my socks!"

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Shen Yuan's fingertips lightly flicked the pure white cotton sock.

Just as the girl reached out to snatch it, he suddenly twisted his wrist, gathered the sock into his palm and behind his back, then leaned forward to cover her curled-up figure from above.

"What's the rush?" he chuckled, his breath brushing against her flushed earlobes. "Didn't you take it off yourself?"

"I...I didn't! Give it back to me!"

Li Zhi held out his palm in front of Shen Yuan, his burning earlobes almost bleeding.

"No."

Li Zhi refused to give up and insisted on reaching out to snatch it.

"You idiot Shen Yuan! Give me back my money!"

The beautiful girl sat on the chair, her slender waist suddenly leaning forward, her fingers swiftly grabbing at Shen Yuan's wrist hidden behind his back like eagle claws.

As Li Zhi lunged to grab the chair, the chair legs scraped against the ground with a screeching sound.

The girl's entire upper body was hanging in the gap between the bed and the chair, her fingertips just a hair's breadth away from Shen Yuan's wrist.

Shen Yuan, however, seemed to have anticipated this, raising his hand high as he gripped the sock.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he leaned back, his back against the headboard, his bent right knee perfectly positioned to block Li Zhi's lunge, forming an insurmountable barrier.

"You want it that much?"

Shen Yuan twirled the pure white cotton socks between his fingers, looking down at the girl who was leaning forward due to inertia.

To maintain his balance, Li Zhi had to use his palms to support Shen Yuan's bent knees, but the back of his hands turned white from the half-kneeling, half-prone posture.

"This is called returning something to its rightful owner!"

After saying that, Li Zhi suddenly exerted his strength.

She lunged with all her might, but Shen Yuan had anticipated it. Just as Li Zhi's fingertips were about to touch her socks, he nimbly pulled his body off the bed and deftly withdrew his wrist, causing Li Zhi to miss her target!

The hand that had been supporting Shen Yuan's knees suddenly lost its footing, and her delicate body, now without support, leaned forward uncontrollably, falling from the chair onto the bed like an arrow released from a bow.

The fluffy mattress bounced up and down with a soft thud. Li Zhi fell into the soft pile of blankets, her cheek brushing against the cool sheets, her hair scattered messily across her forehead.

At this moment, Shen Yuan had already nimbly jumped off the bed and stood on the carpet, looking down at her with that mocking smile still on his lips.

"What's the rush? I already said there's no rush to pay it back."

He twirled the pure white sock between his fingers and deliberately waved it in front of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi propped herself up from under the covers, glaring at Shen Yuan with a mixture of shame and indignation.

The beautiful girl bent her legs to adjust her posture, kneeling in the center of Shen Yuan's bed. The sheet was tucked under her legs, making her figure appear even more slender.

"Shen Yuan! Are you doing this on purpose?!"

She growled through gritted teeth, the sheets crumpled into a ball from her grip.

Shen Yuan stood by the bed, shrugged, and looked completely innocent: "You were the one who pounced on me."

Seeing his shameless behavior, Li Zhi's anger exploded instantly.

Her gaze swept over the down pillow on the bedside table, and without hesitation, she grabbed it and hurled it at Shen Yuan with all her might.

"Go to hell, you idiot!"

The pillow whistled through the air and was about to hit Shen Yuan's head, but Shen Yuan caught it.

The next second, Shen Yuan's smiling face appeared from behind the pillow.

"Can't hit it, hey, can't hit it!"

Holding the pure white trophy in his hand, Shen Yuan's lips curled into a sly smile.

Suddenly, Shen Yuan darted to the edge of the bed and, before Li Zhi could react, gently patted Li Zhi's head with a whistling sound from the pillow.

With a muffled "snap," the force was not strong, but the sound was full of mockery.

Li Zhi froze on the spot.

The beautiful girl's eyes were filled with utter astonishment, as if she had never expected Shen Yuan to attack her.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, sparks of shame and indignation ignited.

Li Zhi grabbed another pillow on the bed.

"Shen Yuan! You're dead!"

"watch out!"

The pillow was practically thrown at Shen Yuan by a gust of wind.

The mockery in Shen Yuan's eyes hadn't faded, and he quickly took half a step back and raised his hand to block.

"boom!"

The pillows collided, a muffled thud echoing between the two.

The cat hair stuck to the pillow suddenly flew around the room, and the loud noise startled the two kittens, who looked at them with surprise.

"You fought back pretty quickly, Young Master Li?"

Shen Yuan smiled and shook off his bangs covered in cat hair, but his wrist suddenly snapped back with force!
The pillow swept sharply towards Li Zhi's side.

Li Zhi quickly intercepted them with a pillow in hand.

In an instant, pillows flew everywhere in the room, and the two engaged in a fierce battle.

"You idiot Shen Yuan! Give me back my socks!" She cursed and hit him, her feet leaving messy marks on the mattress, her fair legs tense as she pounded the pillow.

"Beat me first, then we'll talk!"

Shen Yuan provocatively used his pillow to block Li Zhi's attack with a "thud".

Two forces clashed fiercely within the fluffy fabric.

In an instant, pillows flew everywhere in the room, and feathers and scattered cat hair swirled and danced in the air, like a fluffy blizzard had been unleashed.

"Give it back to me now!"

Li Zhi's shouts rang out again, but this time, the shame and indignation in his voice were being replaced by a kind of joy.

The pretty girl shouted angrily as she threw a pillow at Shen Yuan with all her might.

Looking at Li Zhi's expression, Shen Yuan's eyes almost overflowed with laughter.

"You seem to be having a good laugh?"

He joked, but his attacks suddenly quickened and intensified!
"Bang bang bang!"

Shen Yuan's pillow flew towards Li Zhi like a sudden storm.

He deliberately aimed at a spot she couldn't defend herself, creating a whistling sound in the wind.

Li Zhi was caught off guard by his sudden attack. She cried out and tried to defend herself with a pillow while retreating, but her smile grew wider and wider.

The girl seemed to be completely immersed in an instinctive joy of chasing and playing.

She stood on the bed, chasing after Shen Yuan with a pillow in her hand, her feet sinking into the soft mattress and bouncing back up. The top of her other pure white sock slipped down slightly during the intense movements, but she didn't care.

"boom!"

It was another solid collision.

Perhaps the duvet cover was too soft, or perhaps the exertion was too strong and the center of gravity was not controlled.

Li Zhi's foot suddenly slipped! He immediately lost his balance.

"ah--!"

With a short gasp, Li Zhi, who had been waving the pillow aggressively just a second ago, fell to the ground against his will.

The fluffy, soft mattress instantly embraced her.

The impact of her body sinking into the mattress made a dull thud and bounced back slightly, causing strands of her hair and the hem of her clothes to flutter and fall gently.

The girl lay on her back in the bedding, a few strands of her slightly disheveled hair clinging to her slightly flushed cheeks, her breathing slightly rapid from the exertion and shock.

The sheets beneath her were crumpled into an even more disheveled mess, and the white sock that had already slipped down to her ankle was completely ripped off her toes by the unexpected fall, lying pitifully to the side.

Before Li Zhi could react, a cheeky, smug smile appeared in his eyes.

Shen Yuan chuckled and, under Li Zhi's panicked gaze, gently patted the pillow onto the girl's face.

"Shen Yuan!!"

Li Zhi grabbed a pillow and got up, glaring angrily at Shen Yuan beside him.

"Are you satisfied?"

Shen Yuan's smile was excessively dazzling.

"I don't accept this! You idiot!" Li Zhi glared at Shen Yuan with her neck stiff, fine strands of hair sticking to her slightly sweaty forehead.

Shen Yuan's gaze swept over the messy bed, and a new smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

He suddenly leaned down and precisely hooked the pure white cotton sock that had slipped to the foot of the bed because Li Zhi had fallen.

His long, slender fingers suddenly closed, and two wads of pure white fabric swayed between them.

"One more loot."

Shen Yuan deliberately raised his wrist, letting the sock sway lightly in front of Li Zhi's eyes.

Li Zhi glanced down subconsciously, her fair skin standing out starkly against the disheveled sheets.

Only then did I realize that my bare feet were completely exposed to the cool air.

The girl gasped and hurriedly pulled the air-conditioning quilt that had been thrown aside to her front, stuffing both her feet and ankles deep into the quilt, leaving only the wrinkled edges of the quilt tightly wrapped around the outline of her legs, as if afraid that not a single bit of skin would be exposed.

After hiding her feet, Li Zhi raised her eyes and glared angrily at Shen Yuan.

"You idiot Shen Yuan! If you don't pay me back... believe me, I'll cry right now! I mean it!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan's smile deepened.

"Cry?" He drawled out the last syllable, letting out a soft hum, his tone full of playful certainty. "I don't believe it."

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, tears welled up in the beautiful girl's eyes.

Tiny tears, like morning dew, swirled around the edges of her eyes, yet stubbornly lingered, refusing to fall.

Her small mouth pursed, her lips turned down in a wronged manner, and a faint sob escaped from her throat.

"Waaah...you're bullying me..."

Li Zhi sniffed sharply, her voice trembling slightly, her full, moist lower lip already bitten hard by her pearly teeth.

The confident smile on Shen Yuan's face froze instantly.

He immediately dropped his smug expression, hurriedly stepped forward, and leaned close to the figure curled up on the bed.

"Hey, hey, don't really cry..." His voice unconsciously softened and slowed, carrying a hint of panic that he himself didn't realize.

In a moment of desperation, Shen Yuan instinctively raised his hand, wanting to wipe away the tears that were about to fall from Li Zhi's eyes.

However, the next second——

"Snapped!"

A crisp clapping sound rang out.

Li Zhi suddenly turned his head to dodge, and at the same time, without hesitation, used all his strength to slap away Shen Yuan's outstretched wrist.

"Go away!"

Li Zhi's voice was heavily nasal, but even when he was choking up, his spirit remained undiminished.

"You're holding a sock in your hand! You idiot!"

Shen Yuan was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

But just as he laughed out loud, Shen Yuan was kicked by Li Zhi.

With the blanket on, the force of the kicks on my body was neither painful nor itchy.

"Idiot! What are you laughing at!"

The girl's voice still carried a hint of sobbing.

Shen Yuan waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, here's your sock back!"

He held out the socks in his hand and offered them forward. His gaze was fixed on Li Zhi's eyes, waiting for his reaction.

Li Zhi looked at the socks in Shen Yuan's hand, quickly grabbed them and held them in his palm. When his fingertips touched the residual warmth of the cotton socks, a look of disgust suddenly appeared on his face.

"It's filthy, all covered in your sweaty hands."

Shen Yuan blinked: "Then, shall I get you a different pair?"

Shen Yuan's family has quite a lot of socks and such.

"No way!" Li Zhi glared at Shen Yuan. "I don't want your socks! Not even new ones."

"What about that?"

The pretty girl glared fiercely at Shen Yuan, then suddenly threw the socks she was holding back into his arms.

"Your hands are all sweaty, put these on!"

Caught off guard, Shen Yuan caught the two white cotton socks that were thrown back at him, and was slightly taken aback.

Looking down at the fabric in his palm, still warmed by the girl's body temperature and scent, an indescribable feeling quietly crept up from his fingertips to his heart.

How could these be returned stolen goods?

This is clearly... a disguised reward she gave in her embarrassment and resentment.

The thought had barely formed when Shen Yuan couldn't help but let a deeper smile spread across his lips.

"Pervert! What are you laughing at!"

"Nothing, nothing!"

"Yes, Young Master Li!" Shen Yuan's tone was somewhat lazy, and the smile in his eyes was almost overflowing.

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, a fair and shapely jade foot timidly yet confidently peeked out from under the covers.

The instep is smooth and delicate, with faint blue veins visible. The slender ankle has exquisite lines, and the small, rounded toes are slightly curled, like newly blooming flower buds.

Li Zhi only extended his left foot.

The beautiful girl's fingertips, hidden under the blanket, gripped the edge of the blanket tightly. Her slender white knuckles were taut, revealing a trace of lingering tension and shyness.

Her voice came muffled through the blanket, carrying a urging tone and feigned impatience, but the last syllable couldn't hide a slight tremor:
"Hurry up! Stop dawdling... you idiot!"

Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly: "I understand."

Shen Yuan bent down as instructed, his movements carrying a rare air of solemnity.

Looking at the girl's delicate skin, Shen Yuan's heart stirred slightly.

He lowered his eyes and carefully unfolded the pure white cotton sock that he had "stained".

The soft sock opening stretched open, slowly and little by little, slipping onto Li Zhiwei's curled toes.

Li Zhi stared intently at Shen Yuan's movements, her fingertips able to feel the coolness of the cotton socks mixed with the warmth of Shen Yuan's palm, strangely clinging to her skin.

Shen Yuan's hands were steady as he focused on smoothing out the socks and putting them on, gently adjusting the sock cuffs with his fingertips to ensure they covered the entire ankle.

A slight tickle caused Li Zhi's toes to curl up reflexively, along with a slight tightening of the arch of her foot.

Shen Yuan seemed to sense the slight tremor and looked up at her.

"All right."

Li Zhi immediately looked away and pulled her feet, which were already in socks, back in.

Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi's retracted left foot and was about to ask a question.

"There's still one left!"

Li Zhi's voice came through, still with that forced fierceness, but the tone seemed a little softer at the end.

As soon as she finished speaking, her other right foot, as slender and smooth as white jade, emerged from under the covers with a hint of hesitation and even more confidence, and gently rested on the edge of the bed.

Her fair skin seemed to be enveloped in a soft glow under the light, and her small, rounded toes were slightly curled up.

This time, however, there was less tension than before, and a hint of barely perceptible anticipation.

(End of this chapter)