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Chapter 190 Li Zhi, what's going on in your head?

Li Zhi sat in the chair, keeping his legs on the bed, looking bewildered for a moment.

Her fingers were still unconsciously clutching the crumpled hem of her clothes, her gaze blankly fixed on the bathroom from which the sound of running water was emanating.

"You pressed the button, and then... just like that, you ran away?"

Li Zhi blinked, still feeling confused about being suddenly abandoned.

But then, Shen Yuan's flushed face and frantic escape vividly replayed in her mind.

His hurried movements, his shifty and evasive eyes, and finally, his desperate act of bumping into the edge of the bed without even caring...

And then there was that sudden, intense sound of the tap...

A thought, like a ray of light, suddenly cleaved through the fog of my mind.

“He…he, he…” Li Zhi’s breathing suddenly became rapid.

The sound of rushing water seemed not to be hitting the sink, but rather being poured directly onto Li Zhi's face.

"He ran to wash his face with cold water...? No! That's not right... Could it be..."

The girl's heart pounded wildly in her chest, and the blush on her cheeks deepened, instantly turning into a burning cloud.

The redness spread from the base of her neck all the way down to her face, turning her earlobes red and dripping blood, and her entire neck flushed crimson.

Belatedly, a tremendous wave of shame and an indescribable sense of panic washed over me.

"You stinking idiot! You pervert! Thran!"

Li Zhi screamed silently in her heart, finally understanding what Shen Yuan was so eager to solve!

She suddenly raised her hand to cover her burning cheeks, and without hesitation, she crawled into Shen Yuan's bed.

Li Zhi listened to her own heartbeat and the increasingly loud rushing water in the room; all the noise clearly vibrated her eardrums.

The feet, which had been massaged by Shen Yuan, still seemed to retain the warmth of his palms and the sensual kneading force applied through the thin socks.

In this suffocatingly belated realization, the cool touch of the thin ice silk socks on the instep seemed to become exceptionally clear.

Her toes couldn't help but curl up shyly once again, creating even deeper folds and swirls in the soft sheets.

The sound of running water in the room at this moment suggests that someone who has just fled the battlefield is currently trying to maintain a state of disheveled yet deliberate composure.

Shen Yuan stood in front of the sink, catching cold water in his hands and splashing it on his face again and again.

The water brought only a momentary coolness, but it did nothing to extinguish the flames that had ignited in my heart.

Instead, the previous images kept burning in my mind.

Not enough...

Shen Yuan placed his palms on the cold countertop, and the next second, he suddenly bent over, burying his entire head in the gushing water.

Cold water was poured over him, instantly soaking the stray hairs at the back of his head.

The water washed over his head, soaking all his hair, and even seeped down his neck and chin into his collar, soaking his clothes in a dark color.

"Damn it!"

The sound of water stopped abruptly. Shen Yuan suddenly lifted his head from the sink, and icy water droplets trickled down his soaked hair, seeping deep into his collar.

He could clearly feel that the fire that had risen from the bottom of his heart had not been extinguished.

Who the hell said washing your hair with cold water is effective?!

He muttered a curse under his breath, grabbed a towel haphazardly from the shelf next to him, and hastily wiped his head a few times.

The movements were rough; the coarse fibers of the towel rubbed against the wet ends of the hair, and water droplets splashed on the face and collar, but did nothing to relieve the heat.

A disheveled face was reflected in the mirror.

Shen Yuan braced his hands on the edge of the sink, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

Shen Yuan tried to calm himself down, but young people are too hot-tempered, and Shen Yuan's body was so strong after being strengthened by the system that it was even more difficult for him to calm down.

In the room where Li Zhi's heartbeat and the sound of flowing water intertwined, the sound of flowing water had disappeared at some point.

Time ticked by, but the bathroom door remained closed, and Shen Yuan still hadn't come out.

Li Zhi curled up in the chair, her cheeks still burning, her toes unconsciously digging into the folds of the sheets.

As the sound of flowing water subsided, Li Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

She had absolutely no idea how to face Shen Yuan later.

"It's been so long and he still hasn't come out...this guy..." Li Zhi's breath hitched.

Li Zhi wasn't completely clueless, especially considering the constant comings and goings of boys in her class.

Having been exposed to it from a young age, Li Zhi at least knew what boys would do in this situation.

The thought of Shen Yuan's "fleeing in panic" and the eerie silence at this moment made the girl unconsciously clench the blankets.

The image of him blushing flashed through my mind. Could this guy be doing something bad inside?

Or... is he holding it in?
No, no, I can't think about it anymore, it's too perverted!

Li Zhi, you mustn't let Shen Yuan lead you astray!
Li Zhi patted his burning cheeks, trying to clear his mind of the thoughts.

At this moment, however, a sense of curiosity arose in Li Zhixin's heart.

What exactly is Shen Yuan doing inside?
Although the blush on her cheeks hadn't faded, she couldn't sit still any longer.

She gently lifted the covers, her feet trembling slightly from her earlier embarrassment as they touched the ground.

My gaze swept over the small table beside the bed, where Shen Yuan's phone lay.

She walked over silently and grabbed the phone.

The girl stood in front of the restroom door, leaned close to the door and listened, only to find that there was absolutely no sound inside.

Li Zhi blinked, and after waiting for a while, he still couldn't hear any movement from inside.

For a moment, a word came to Li Zhi's mind.

He...he hasn't fainted, has he?
After hesitating for a second, Li Zhi gently knocked on the door with his finger.

The knocking wasn't loud, but it caused an unexpected commotion on the other side of the door.

“Who…who?”

The voice contained obvious fright and a barely perceptible heavy breathing, as if it were a hasty response squeezed out after the throat had been suddenly choked.

Shen Yuan looked at the bathroom door, and then heard Li Zhi's voice at the door.

"Hey, are you... are you alright?"

Li Zhi's voice, filled with obvious tension and worry, came almost through the crack in the door.

"If you... if you really can't do it, well, I... I brought your phone, you... you can find some material on your phone yourself?"

Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Shen Yuan's breath hitched.

Thinking of the scene of his hasty escape, a strong sense of dread suddenly rose up and rushed straight to the top of his head.

Okay, Li Zhi knows her situation now.

Now I'm probably really going to be considered a pervert.

Damn it, why did you have to think about touching my feet?
However, Shen Yuan's hesitation lasted only a moment before he quickly made a decision.

Finally, under Li Zhi's tense gaze, the bathroom door was slowly pushed open a crack.

The door gap was only a finger's width wide, just enough to slip the phone through.

"...Pass it in."

Shen Yuan's voice trembled slightly, revealing his undisguised embarrassment.

Li Zhi quickly stuffed his phone into the crack in the door.

After getting the phone, Shen Yuan quickly closed the door.

With a soft "bang," the door closed quickly as if it had never been opened, leaving Li Zhi standing alone outside, her cheeks still burning.

The girl covered her chest with both hands and let out a long sigh of relief.

inside the door.

Shen Yuan leaned against the cold door, his fingers trembling slightly from extreme embarrassment and lingering heat.

However, Shen Yuan quickly opened his phone and found some things.

Is the one with π not a good friend?

Does anyone understand Sister Yu?
After finishing a day's farm work, Sister Yu sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed), took off her socks, revealing her size 45 sweaty feet. Then, as the sunlight streamed in through the window, it was clear that the sweat on her feet was evaporating rapidly.

At this moment, imagine your old feet as a humidifier, put your nose close to them and take a deep breath, and you'll feel refreshed.

Shen Yuan looked at the size 45 foot on his phone, and in an instant, everything in his mind vanished.

The desire that even cold water couldn't extinguish vanished with incredible speed the moment my eyes fell on the picture on my phone.

"Thank you for the internet... Thank you for this wonderful world... Thank you for LGBTQ..."

Shen Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief.

After saying that, he glanced at his soaking wet reflection in the mirror.

Water droplets, not completely dried, dripped down the ends of her hair, and dark water stains seeped into her collar, not yet fully dry.

The sticky feeling made him frown, so he simply rummaged through the cabinet next to the sink and found a hair dryer.

Hot winds howled, air currents swirled through hair, roughly dispersing moisture.

My hair gradually became fluffy and dry in the warm breeze, and the flushed, disheveled face in the mirror finally lost some of its heat.

Shen Yuan ruffled his hair haphazardly, the damp shame seeming to evaporate with the steam and disappear into the air.

The hairdryer stopped, and the small space returned to silence.

Shen Yuan took a deep breath, opened the door, and walked out of the bathroom.

At this moment, Li Zhiyi sat back down in the chair, her feet obediently curled up in her fluffy slippers, her toes completely hidden, not daring to show even a trace of skin.

Seeing Li Zhi's upright posture, Shen Yuan subconsciously avoided looking at him.

Li Zhi was in the same boat at that moment, not daring to look at Shen Yuan at all.

The air in the room seemed to solidify into some kind of sticky and awkward gel. Shen Yuan noticed Li Zhi's reaction, slowly walked to the wardrobe, and then, as if to explain something, forced himself to remain calm and began to speak.

"I just washed my hair, and my clothes are a little wet, so I'm changing."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi responded softly.

Just as Shen Yuan took out his shirt, Li Zhi's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Um...aren't you going to take a shower?"

Shen Yuan paused in his hand as he picked up the clothes, then turned around and looked at Li Zhi with a puzzled expression.

"Why...why would I take a shower?"

Li Zhi blinked, looking puzzled, and asked, "Huh? No, you don't need to take a bath? No, aren't you dirty?"

Shen Yuan was taken aback and immediately realized that his childhood sweetheart had probably misunderstood.

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan slapped his forehead.

"Li Zhi, what's going on in your head...?"

Shen Yuan rubbed his forehead and sighed heavily, his tone carrying a sense of helplessness and despair.

"I didn't do anything weird!"

After he finished speaking, Shen Yuan saw Li Zhi blinking her big eyes at him, her eyes seeming to say, "It's okay, I understand."

He was utterly devastated by this silent "understanding".

Shen Yuan took a deep breath, as if he had made a huge decision, and then shoved the phone screen into Li Zhi's face.

"Look for yourself!!!" Shen Yuan's voice rose a little higher, and the blush that had just faded on his cheeks seemed to be making a comeback, but more than that, he was eager to clarify things.

"This thing, damn it..."

Li Zhi was startled by Shen Yuan's actions and subconsciously looked at the screen.

When the image of a "size 45 foot" that took up the entire screen suddenly appeared before his eyes, Li Zhi was completely petrified.

Li Zhi's brain seemed to freeze for a few seconds.

Since everyone here surfs the internet, Li Zhi naturally knows exactly what this thing is.

All those embarrassing images that just flashed through my mind, imagining someone "fighting a hard battle"...

"puff--"

Li Zhifei quickly covered his mouth, buried his head tightly, and his shoulders began to heave violently and uncontrollably.

An urge to burst into laughter surged into my heart.

Li Zhi raised her head, her cheeks flushed red.

Looking at Li Zhi's barely suppressed expression, Shen Yuan said helplessly, "Just laugh if you want to."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi finally couldn't hold back any longer, and a loud and clear laugh burst out of his throat, like a long-accumulated torrent surging forth.

The girl lay on the bed, and just thinking about how Shen Yuan looked at those "size 45 feet" as he put out the fire, she couldn't stop laughing.

"Ha...haha...Shen Yuan, you pervert!! Hahahaha!!"

Shen Yuan stood to the side, his shoulders slumped limply, a bitter smile curving his lips.

Laugh, laugh.

Shen Yuan felt a strange sense of relief.

Fine, so be it. It's better than being misunderstood as doing something in the bathroom.

"Alright, you can keep laughing here. I'm going to change my clothes."

Li Zhi smiled and nodded, then watched Shen Yuan go to the restroom.

By the time Shen Yuan came out, Li Zhi had actually calmed down a bit.

But when she saw Shen Yuan's helpless expression, as if he had lost all will to live, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

The girl's shoulders twitched incessantly, and her laughter leaked out like an unstoppable bell through her fingers.

This familiar scene once again stung his nerves.

That damned picture of size 45 feet didn't just calm him down; it was more like a powerful medicine that completely drained all thoughts about his feet.

Li Zhi's laughter did not stop because Shen Yuan was lost in thought. Instead, it gradually got better and better, turning from a crisp burst into intermittent panting, as if all his strength was spent on this laughter.

After a long while, the laughter gradually subsided.

The girl slumped to the floor, her head resting on the edge of the bed, her shoulders no longer trembling.

Li Zhi lay there limply, like a pile of freshly crumpled cotton, too lazy to even move a fingertip.

I'm tired of laughing.

To be honest, this was the first time Li Zhi had experienced something like this.

Shen Yuan watched Li Zhi laugh throughout the entire process.

After staring at the girl's exhausted laughter for a while, he finally couldn't help but twitch his lips.

After taking a few steps, Shen Yuan squatted down in front of Li Zhi and asked in an annoyed tone, "Hey, are you done laughing? You're exhausted."

Li Zhi heard Shen Yuan's voice and raised her eyelids to look at him.

I laughed so hard just now that all my strength seems to have been drained, and even lifting my eyelids feels difficult.

The girl rubbed her head against the edge of the bed and nodded very slightly.

Yes, I'm done laughing, but I'm so tired I don't want to say another word.

Li Zhi's cheeks still retained the flush and moisture from laughing, and there were even tiny, undried teardrops clinging to her long eyelashes. She exuded an extremely languid and exhausted feeling.

Shen Yuan shook his head helplessly.

Looking at Li Zhi slumped on the floor, he unconsciously softened his voice: "Do you want me to help you up?"

Li Zhi did not answer, but her body pressed against the edge of the bed like a heavy magnet, too lazy to even move her fingertips.

Her feet, curled up in her slippers, remained completely still, and she was like a melted marshmallow, silently resisting any effort to get up.

Seeing her like this, Shen Yuan sighed again and simply stopped squatting. He leaned to the side and sat down on the floor opposite her, casually propping his knees up and resting his arms on them.

After he settled in, his gaze was fixed on Li Zhi's face, and his tone was accusing with a hint of helplessness: "You're still laughing at me. If you hadn't acted like that just now, would I be in this situation now?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan.

Li Zhi, who was slumped on the floor, finally mustered up a little strength and stopped sticking to the edge of the bed like a melted ice cream.

She lazily supported herself with her arms and slowly sat up, still slightly panting from exhaustion.

She raised her eyelids, met Shen Yuan's accusing gaze, and rolled her eyes without any politeness.

His eyes held a mixture of relief after a laugh, and a hint of annoyance and disdain.

"Tch..." Li Zhi's voice was still slightly hoarse from laughing as he snorted.

"It's clearly...it's clearly your own fault!"

Li Zhi caught his breath, tilted his chin up, and said disdainfully, "Selan!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan immediately became agitated and retorted, "Hey! What do you mean it's my fault! This was a normal reaction, I was being mean to you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Zhi, who had been slumped on the ground, suddenly straightened her back and interrupted Shen Yuan with a scolding.

"What do you mean by a normal reaction?! You're a pervert! What else do you want to do to me? Huh?!"

Shen Yuan opened his mouth, but could only mumble guiltily, "I...I didn't say I was going to do anything..."

"Ah!"

Li Zhi sneered and muttered under his breath, "Pervert Shen Yuan!"

After Li Zhi finished cursing, he still pouted angrily, while Shen Yuan helplessly touched his nose, his eyes looking around aimlessly.

After a moment, Shen Yuan tentatively raised his head and looked at Li Zhi's face.

Almost at the same moment, Li Zhi seemed to sense something as well, and looked at Shen Yuan as if by some strange impulse.

Their eyes met briefly in mid-air, catching each other off guard.

The childhood sweetheart was slightly taken aback.

Shen Yuan opened his mouth and pleaded, "Can we just pretend that this never happened?"

Li Zhi decisively shook his head and refused: "No, I would never forget it."

"Heh, then you're a pervert too."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, she reflexively retorted, blurting out, "How am I a pervert?!"

A sly smile appeared on Shen Yuan's face: "You remember such a perverted thing? Don't you think you're a pervert?"

Li Zhi's cheeks flushed red again, caught off guard by the sudden accusation.

She forced herself to remain calm, her voice tinged with a hint of exasperation and coquettishness: "That, that's all because of you! You corrupt those who associate with you! You've led me astray!"

Looking at the girl's appearance, Shen Yuan couldn't help but smile slightly, and then let out a short laugh.

Looking at his appearance, Li Zhi thought of her own flustered explanation just now, and couldn't hold back her feigned anger, so she burst out laughing.

The two looked at each other almost simultaneously, their gazes meeting in mid-air, gazing at the lingering embarrassment and unspoken understanding in each other's eyes.

At this moment, Shen Yuan, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly stretched out his left hand.

Li Zhi's gaze fell on that hand, a trace of lingering wariness in his eyes: "What are you doing?"

Shen Yuan shook his wrist, his fingertips twitching slightly: "Let's shake hands and make peace, and consider this matter closed."

Looking at Shen Yuan's palm, Li Zhi smiled gently, as if she had let go of the last bit of awkwardness, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved into a small arc.

She slowly raised her right hand and gently placed her fingertips into Shen Yuan's palm.

Shen Yuan immediately closed his fingers and grasped that soft hand.

The boy's palms had calluses and a slightly cool, not-quite-dry feel, but the force was very light; it was more like supporting him than gripping.

The two held hands like that, neither of them mentioning letting go, nor did either of them take the initiative to let go.

(End of this chapter)