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Chapter 188 Do you want me to massage it for you a little?
Shen Yuan's expression instantly shifted from confusion and shock to a frozen, unbelievable moment.

His eyes were wide open, his mouth slightly agape, as if he had forgotten to breathe, leaving only the comical lines on his face dancing with a mocking rhythm against his black and white skin.

Three or four seconds passed before he suddenly turned his head as if he had been burned, his neck stiff as he turned to Li Zhi.

"Li Zhi!!"

At this moment, Li Zhi could no longer suppress his emotions.

The beautiful girl curled up in the chair, covering her face, her shoulders shaking violently, and her silvery laughter could no longer be suppressed, overflowing from between her fingers and the corners of her mouth that could not be covered.

"Ha...haha...whoosh...Wh-what? I didn't do anything!"

The girl laughed so hard she could barely breathe, her voice trembling as she forced an innocent expression.

As she uttered this nonsense, the girl struggled to lift her head.

Seeing the results of his prank, Li Zhi couldn't help but smile even more.

She simply stopped acting and burst out laughing.

Looking at her trembling laughter, Shen Yuan's anxiety suddenly vanished.

Shen Yuan stared at Li Zhi, who was curled up in the chair laughing. His lips twitched involuntarily, and his eyes showed a mixture of helplessness and a doting smile.

He remained silent for a few seconds, then finally sighed softly, as if silently processing this sudden farce.

A moment later, under Li Zhi's gaze, Shen Yuan slowly stood up.

The beautiful girl immediately became alert, her body tensed involuntarily, and her fingers gripped the armrests of the chair tightly.

Just when Li Zhi thought Shen Yuan was going to settle scores with her, she found that he only gave her a helpless look before turning around and walking towards the bathroom in the room.

Li Zhi was taken aback. After watching Shen Yuan's figure disappear into the restroom, she hesitated for a moment before tiptoeing over and quietly peeking into the half-open restroom door.

Inside, Shen Yuan was bending over, washing his face in front of the sink. Amidst the rushing water, he splashed cold water hard on his face, the droplets sliding down his jawline and wetting his collar.

Li Zhi pressed himself against the door frame, watching, and that secret smile reappeared on his lips.

Shen Yuan splashed cold water on his face again.

Just as he looked up, his gaze fell on the mirror, and he immediately saw the girl leaning against the door frame looking at him.

Shen Yuan paused in his movements, his gaze meeting Li Zhi's in the mirror.

Water droplets dripped down his cheeks, lingered on his chin for a moment, and finally fell into the sink.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze a mixture of lingering helplessness and a hint of barely perceptible indulgence.

"Have you seen enough?"

He looked at Li Zhi in the mirror, his deep voice moist with moisture, and asked irritably, "Is it fun?"

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi nodded vigorously, revealing the joy of someone who had successfully pulled off a prank.

"Yes, I even took some photos."

As she spoke, she took out her phone from her pocket and waved it triumphantly in front of Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan frowned slightly upon hearing Li Zhi's words, but at the same time, a sense of curiosity also arose in his heart.

"Let me see if the photo looks good."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi blinked, seemingly surprised by Shen Yuan's reaction.

However, Li Zhi's smile soon widened, and he unlocked his phone, opened the photo, and handed it to Shen Yuan.

After washing his face again, Shen Yuan glanced at the photos on his phone.

Looking at himself in that state, Shen Yuan's lips twitched involuntarily, as if he wanted to laugh but forcibly held it back.

After a brief silence, Shen Yuan looked up and stared directly at Li Zhi, his voice low and scrutinizing: "Li Zhi, wouldn't you say this is a deliberate act of revenge?"

Li Zhi put away her phone, and laughter broke out again. She didn't answer directly, but instead shrank back to the door frame, looking at Shen Yuan with mischievous eyes.

"Yeah, it's your fault for taking such an unflattering picture of me yesterday. I'm just getting revenge on you, so what!"

Hearing Li Zhi's smug and provocative confession, Shen Yuan was not as angry as she had expected.

To Li Zhi's surprise, he raised one eyebrow, and the lingering helplessness in his eyes was replaced by a playful mischief.

"What?" Shen Yuan's voice lowered, his deliberately slow tone revealing a hint of malice.

"Once you fall into a deep sleep during your afternoon nap, I'll draw a tally mark on your face. Just you wait and see."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's eyes widened immediately, and he kicked out.

"Get out of here, you pervert! Throw out all that garbage in your head!"

"Then delete the photos on your phone first."

Li Zhifei quickly pressed the phone to his chest: "I won't delete it! I didn't even ask you to delete it yesterday! Why should I delete it? If you're so capable, come and take it from me."

Shen Yuan watched the girl proudly protecting her phone, and a subtle, mischievous smile crept onto his lips.

He didn't immediately try to grab the phone. Instead, he flicked his wrist and gently, without being rough, his right hand, still wet with cold water from washing his face, swiftly but not roughly flicked towards Li Zhi.

Instantly, several cold water droplets flew from Shen Yuan's fingertips and splashed onto Li Zhi's face.

"ah!!"

The icy touch made Li Zhi instinctively cry out and dodge.

The next second, a hint of embarrassment and panic flashed in her wide eyes.

"Shen Yuan!"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Zhi saw Shen Yuan raise his hand again.

Seeing this, the pretty girl quickly ran into the room, even complaining to the kittens as she ran.

"Genggeng, Naonao, your dad is bullying me!"

Li Zhi's clear voice echoed in the room. The moment the complaint ended, Shen Yuan's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

The sudden, unexpected surge of emotion froze him completely.

This kind of address can be quite hurtful to boys.

He could feel his cheeks getting slightly hot uncontrollably, and his neck tensing up a bit.

The girl's joke subtly tore open a thin film, revealing a glimmer of vague expectation.

Shen Yuan stood at the bathroom door, watching the girl still complaining to the kittens, and couldn't help but smile.

However, just as Shen Yuan came out of the bathroom with a smile, Li Zhi, who was bending over and complaining to the kitten, almost instinctively jumped.

She suddenly sat up straight, her eyes, which had just been filled with the intent to tattle, instantly switched to alert mode, staring intently at Shen Yuan without blinking, her body tensing slightly.

He adopted a defensive posture that seemed to say, "What are you going to do?" or "I'm warning you."

Shen Yuan immediately stopped laughing.

Seeing the wary look in Li Zhi's eyes, Shen Yuan immediately rolled his eyes at Li Zhi: "Go away, go play your game!"

After saying that, Shen Yuan went to the study and sat down, preparing to start working on the remaining test papers.

Seeing Shen Yuan enter the study, Li Zhi's wary posture gradually relaxed.

Immediately, Li Zhi peeked out from the study doorway and saw Shen Yuanzhen sitting down at her desk, already spreading out her test paper and starting to work on the questions.

The light from the window fell on his focused profile, outlining a sense of tranquility quite different from his earlier playfulness.

Li Zhi pursed her lips, her curiosity tickling her like a kitten's paws.

"Hey, Shen Yuan,"

Her voice rose slightly, with a hint of inquiry: "Why are you working so hard today?"

Shen Yuan didn't even look up, his pen gliding across the paper, but the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up.

After arriving at an answer, Shen Yuan looked up at Li Zhi. He deliberately slowed his tone, his voice low and earnest, as if stating something self-evident:
"Of course... it's so I can catch up with you as soon as possible. Once I do, we can get our marriage certificate, right?"

Get the certificate.

Li Zhi's eyes widened instantly.

The smile that had just been on her lips froze, replaced by an unexpected wave of embarrassment and annoyance.

She suddenly stood up straight, her eyes glaring at Shen Yuan with a hint of barely perceptible panic: "You...who said you wanted to get a marriage certificate with me? You pervert!"

Seeing Li Zhi's flustered expression, Shen Yuan laughed and said, "What? Got your back? Hey, who was it that said they would grant me any request if my total score surpassed yours?"

Li Zhi's fingers, gripping the door frame, tightened suddenly.

Shen Yuan's gaze locked onto her suddenly pursed lips, his laughter mixed with a cat's meow: "Or are you going to back out?"

Li Zhi's cheeks flushed again at Shen Yuan's words, but pride and competitiveness instantly overwhelmed her embarrassment.

The girl suddenly straightened her back, raised her chin slightly, and tried to adopt a contemptuous yet tough posture.

"Go back on your word?! Who said I was going back on my word!"

Her voice suddenly rose a few decibels, carrying a deliberately emphasized certainty: "Shen Yuan, you listen to me—" She held up a finger, pointing at Shen Yuan behind the desk through the door frame: "You think you can catch up with me? Dream on! I, Li Zhicai, will not let you succeed so easily. Just watch, in this lifetime, you will never catch up with me! Humph!"

"Want to take a gamble?" Shen Yuan asked Li Zhi with a smile.

"What a load of rubbish!"

Li Zhi snorted coldly and strode into the study: "Bet, bet, bet!"

The girl stuck out a finger and poked Shen Yuan's shoulder hard: "You don't think about studying all day long, you're always thinking about gambling! Do you want to get scolded?"

"Hey, hey, hey, it wasn't me who said I wanted to make the bet!"

Hearing this, Li Zhi snorted at Shen Yuan again: "Go do your homework! It's 12:30 now, I want to see how long it takes you to finish!"

After saying that, Li Zhi went to the bedroom and put all the kittens into their cages, and then started doing her homework.

Both of them are the type to focus on their work, and once they started doing their homework, they temporarily put aside everything else.

Although Li Zhi might put some pressure on Shen Yuan after finishing the test, the afternoon's homework was much easier than the morning's.

When it was past two o'clock, Shen Yuan put down his pen.

"It's done!"

After stretching happily, Shen Yuan turned to look at Li Zhi.

The beautiful girl fell asleep while lying face down.

Looking at Li Zhi's unguarded face as he slept, Shen Yuan couldn't help but smile mischievously.

He immediately recalled the scene of his head being drawn as a pig.

"Tsk, what goes around comes around..." he muttered to himself, quietly picking up the pen on the table from which he had just finished working on a problem.

A cunning glint flashed in the boy's eyes. He leaned forward slightly, held his breath, and silently lowered the pen tip toward Li Zhi's fair and smooth face.

However, just as the slightly cool pen tip was about to touch her skin, Shen Yuan's movements abruptly stopped.

The warm afternoon light gently fell on Li Zhi's sleeping face, outlining her delicate and beautiful features.

Perhaps she was dreaming about something interesting, because her long, thick eyelashes trembled slightly, carrying a touch of childlike innocence.

Her smooth, delicate skin appeared exceptionally... moving as her quiet breathing rose and fell.

Shen Yuan unconsciously loosened his grip on the pen, his gaze fixed on the face that made his heart tighten.

The mischievous and vengeful thoughts that had just filled my mind seemed to melt away suddenly by this excessively beautiful scene.

"never mind……"

He sighed silently to himself, his eyes a complex mix of lingering stubbornness and a sudden surge of tenderness.

Such a beautiful face, drawing anything on it, even as a joke, seems like... a kind of destruction.

He eventually put the pen away silently.

That little bit of vengefulness ultimately couldn't suppress the deep-seated value he himself hadn't even carefully discerned.

He simply watched the sleeping girl quietly, the playful look in his eyes gradually settling into a gentle gaze that even he himself was unaware of.

The afternoon sun cast dappled golden shadows on Li Zhi's trembling eyelashes.

Just as Shen Yuan's gaze lingered on her, those tightly closed eyes suddenly opened without warning.

Their eyes suddenly met!

There was absolutely no sign of being groggy from waking up in Li Zhi's eyes.

She hadn't fallen asleep at all, just waiting to catch Shen Yuan in the act when he started painting her face. Her fingertips were even already curling up, ready to grab his wrist.

But what I saw at that moment was the boy staring intently at me.

Although he was holding a pen, he didn't do anything malicious. His deep pupils only reflected her image. The mischievous smile that had just been his was completely gone, leaving only a calm and gentle feeling that made one's heart flutter.

"..."

The air suddenly solidified.

Li Zhi's gaze suddenly shifted downwards, precisely locking onto the tip of Shen Yuan's pen, which was hovering there.

She suddenly raised her eyebrows, as if she had found some evidence of a crime, and pointed her fingertip at the ballpoint pen in his hand.

"Roar!"

"What are you doing with that pen! Are you trying to get revenge on me? Are you trying to draw on my face?"

Shen Yuan suddenly snapped out of his daze and quickly explained, "I just finished my homework, is there a problem with me holding the pen?"

The girl noticed his subtle panic, and her smile deepened.

"Oh? Really? Shouldn't you put your pen down as soon as you finish your homework? Why are you still holding it?"

Her eyes sparkled, and she said with certainty, "Admit it, Shen Yuan, you just wanted to get revenge on me! But I caught you red-handed!"

After a brief silence, Shen Yuan chuckled and admitted, "Yes, I originally wanted to draw it, but after thinking about it, I decided against it."

"Oh?" Li Zhi tilted his head, a hint of curiosity in his eyes. "Why?"

Shen Yuan's gaze fell on her face, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the pen, and he said softly and gently, "Because I found that if I draw anything on it... I'm afraid it will tarnish this painting."

"what--"

Li Zhi's face instantly scrunched up, as if he had tasted something extremely sour.

She exaggeratedly hunched her shoulders and rubbed her arms vigorously with both hands.

"Disgusting! Disgusting!"

"That sounds so strange coming from you, Shen Yuan! Shut up!"

Shen Yuan chuckled: "How disgusting? Our Li Bao is the goddess in the hearts of all the freshmen at Jiyang High School."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi rolled her eyes at Shen Yuan.

"Ha, a humanoid who can't even score 650 on the exam, what do they care about male or female gods?"

Shen Yuan's lips twitched, but he then smiled and said to Li Zhi, "Well, what if I think this way?"

The warm sunlight fell on the boy's smiling face, and his whispered words carried an unprecedented seriousness.

Li Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

She unconsciously gripped the hem of her clothes, glared fiercely at Shen Yuan, but forced herself to maintain her usual arrogant tone.

"Hmph... So what! You, you idiot, you only got 650 once! And you're already getting all high and mighty!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Zhi pushed Shen Yuan away: "I'm tired, I'm going to rest!"

As she spoke, Li Zhi walked into the bedroom and sat down in her familiar chair.

Shen Yuan followed Li Zhi into the room.

Seeing the beautiful girl sitting in the chair, Shen Yuan suddenly had an idea and silently walked over.

Reaching out to hold onto the back of the chair, Shen Yuan slowly pushed the chair toward the bed.

Li Zhi did not stop Shen Yuan's actions in the slightest.

The wheels made a very soft "gurgling" sound on the floor until the chair body came to rest against the soft cushions on the edge of the bed.

"If you're tired, you can lie down and rest for a while."

"No way," Li Zhi turned her head and snorted softly.

"You've lain down before, haven't you?"

"That's precisely why I don't want it; it stinks!"

Shen Yuan didn't press the matter further: "Alright, then you can rest for a while."

After saying that, Shen Yuan sat down on the edge of the bed.

Their eyes met in perfect unison.

The air in the room seemed to become quiet and gentle because of this silent eye contact.

His Adam's apple bobbed almost imperceptibly, his eyes held a hint of hesitation and probing, and his voice unconsciously softened.

"Um, you said you were tired? Would you like... me to give you a little massage?"

Li Zhi seemed taken aback by his suggestion, and her already reclining posture instantly straightened up even more.

Suddenly, the words spoken at Shen Yuan's doorstep that morning echoed in my ears.

"Master Shen..."

"What should I do if I get tired of doing homework?"

(End of this chapter)