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Chapter 252 Li Zhi: I'll risk everything!

Old Li did not respond immediately.

The old father's gaze was fixed intently on his daughter's drooping head.

How could he not know what his daughter was thinking?

Old Li's lips were pressed into a tight line, and the pent-up emotions of a paternal father began to surge in his chest again.

Especially the thought of having to eat at that brat's house tonight, the one who "stole his family's cabbage."

The silence seemed to stretch out.

A few seconds later, Lao Li let out a helpless sigh.

"……Um."

The "hmm" sound was heavy and unreadable, revealing neither joy nor anger.

Before Li Zhi's anxious heart could even settle down, Old Li slowly added another sentence.

"We're going to Shen Yuan's house for dinner tonight."

——Boom!

These words were like a boulder, instantly shattering the tension in Li Zhi's heart that he had just begun to relax!

With a sudden "whoosh," Li Zhi abruptly raised her small face, her eyes wide open, filled with unprepared astonishment and immense panic.

"Huh? Tonight?!"

Her voice involuntarily rose, trembling and cracking.

Going to Shen Yuan's house for dinner?!
In an instant, Li Zhi's mind flashed back to Shen Yuan's foolish and panicked appearance, perhaps even more so than hers, and her parents' meaningful, all-knowing gazes...

How...how can anyone possibly eat this meal?!
Seeing her sudden outburst of anger, Lao Li felt a strange sense of balance in his frustration.

He said no more, but stood up and walked towards the room.

Where Li Zhi couldn't see, Old Li's lips twitched slightly, revealing a complex and awkward emotion typical of an elderly father.

"Serves you right! I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

"..."

Li Zhi and Shen Yuan reacted exactly the same way.

She stood frozen in place, her lips parted, but something seemed to be blocking her throat, preventing her from uttering a single word.

Oh no... tonight's dinner... is definitely a trap!
……

The morning sunlight pierced through the thin curtains, leaving only a thin layer of warmth on Shen Yuan's neat desk.

The textbooks and test papers that should have been laid out now seemed rather obtrusive, awkwardly occupying most of the space on both sides of the table.

Shen Yuan and Li Zhi sat facing each other, both of them sitting upright.

The air between the young man and woman was heavy and stagnant, as if weighed down by an invisible weight, and all traces of the romance and relaxation they once shared in the study could no longer be found.

Shen Yuan's brows furrowed, forming a deep "川" (river) shape. He unconsciously clenched and unclenched his fists, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

He scratched the back of his head in frustration with his other hand.

His gaze wasn't focused on the book, but rather stared unfocused at some vague point on the table, his lips pressed into a hard, straight line.

That's a consequence of extreme anxiety and the brain working at high speed to think of solutions.

Li Zhi, on the other hand, also looked gloomy and dejected.

Her delicate brows were furrowed, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes were lowered, and her long eyelashes cast a small shadow under her eyes, concealing the panic and helplessness surging in her eyes.

Her pearly teeth gently bit her lower lip, betraying her inner unease.

She placed her hands together on her chest, her fingertips unconsciously twisting together, and the taut veins on the back of her fair hands were faintly visible.

What lay spread out on the table wasn't homework, but it was far more suffocating than any difficult problem.

That was the ultimate test: having dinner with the parents of the person who knew the truth, which was about to take place in a few hours.

This heavy pressure weighed on the shoulders of the two young people, turning what should have been a study focused on knowledge into a place of suffering where they faced each other with furrowed brows.

No one spoke.

In the quiet study, only the sound of their breathing and the kitten's playful chirping could be heard.

"By now……"

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's voice, Li Zhi's gaze focused on him.

A moment later, Shen Yuan's voice reached their ears.

"Now that things have come to this, shouldn't we just take it one step at a time?"

Li Zhi raised her large, sorrowful eyes, which were misty with tears, just like a frightened fawn.

"How do I calculate this..." Her voice trembled with a hint of aggrieved tears.

"Idiot! I don't even know what they'll ask tonight! Just thinking about my dad's cold face... I just..."

Seeing that she was about to cry, Shen Yuan felt a pang of heartache that instantly overwhelmed his panic.

He leaned forward instinctively and grasped her fingertips, which were slightly cold from nervousness, as they rested on the table.

"Don't be afraid, Li Bao."

He tried to make his voice sound calm, even though his palms were slightly sweaty.

"Let's think about it... what are they most likely to ask?"

Li Zhi, as if grasping at a lifeline, gripped his fingers tightly with her own hand.

"What do you want to ask?" she asked urgently in a low voice.

"Ask about your next plans? Study schedule?... Or... or just ask us directly..." Her voice lowered, the last few words barely audible.

"Ask us about New Year's Eve...?"

"Study plans and stuff..." Shen Yuan frowned. "That should be safe. We'll just tell the truth, but I don't think they'll ask too many questions, after all, our grades speak for themselves."

He paused, his Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice lowered, carrying a hint of nervousness that he himself was unaware of.

"As for... anything else... I don't think they'd be that direct, would they? My mom would at most make some indirect jokes, but your mom... Aunt Xu, I feel she's quite perceptive and wouldn't put anyone in an awkward position..."

"What about my dad?" Li Zhi interrupted him abruptly, her fingertips digging into the back of his hand with force.

"Where's my dad?! He's been holding it in for days! Do you know what he was like on the morning of the first day of the new year? What if he drags you to his room for a private talk?!"

Just thinking about that scene made Shen Yuan feel like he was suffocating.

Thinking of Lao Li's silent yet powerful sense of oppression, and the possibility of a "private talk," his forced composure crumbled instantly.

He rubbed his temples in frustration, his other hand still gripping Li Zhi's tightly.

"What can we talk about if we're alone? Make me swear to study hard? Promise not to bother you? Or... or let me..."

He couldn't continue, and his face began to flush slightly.

I promise I won't mess around with you?

How can you even say that?

Especially behind that "guarantee," it signifies that they had already tacitly crossed a certain line.

This promise sounds like a terrible joke.

The two fell silent again.

They tried to predict the battlefield, but found it shrouded in mystery, with even the enemy's firing positions and attack directions completely unknown.

Shen Yuan racked his brains, and every thought made his scalp tingle.

Li Zhi's mind was in complete turmoil, every possibility making her dig her toes into the ground and her cheeks burn.

Sangeng seemed to sense its master's low spirits, and lightly jumped from Li Zhi's calf onto the desk, rubbing its round head against Li Zhi's clenched fist.

Unconsciously, Li Zhi loosened his grip on Shen Yuan's hand and placed his palm on the kitten's warm, soft head.

This furry comfort slightly eased her tense nerves, but still brought no answers.

"...I can't think of anything."

Shen Yuan sighed dejectedly, his shoulders slumped, and his feigned maturity vanished, leaving only the genuine bewilderment and helplessness of an eighteen-year-old facing a complex situation.

He glanced at Li Zhi, whose brows were also furrowed and eyes were unfocused, and gave a helpless twitch of his lips, his tone carrying a bittersweet resignation.

"Forget it, Li Bao. We'll deal with whatever comes our way. At worst... we'll just bury ourselves in our food tonight? We'll agree to whatever they say?"

This perfunctory and slacking strategy came out so easily that even he himself found it utterly unconvincing.

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi finally looked up at him, and was inexplicably amused by his silly appearance of "burying his head in his food".

The corners of his mouth curved upwards with difficulty, then he quickly suppressed them, finally letting out a sigh that was a mixture of despair and self-mockery.

“...idiot.”

She muttered a curse under her breath, but couldn't come up with a better idea.

The two looked at each other, and saw the same confusion and blankness in each other's eyes, as well as a complete lack of coping strategies.

What will parents say? What will they ask?
Step by step?
It seems that this is truly the only way.

Only a heavy silence remained in the study, broken only by the occasional faint sounds of people playing around in the middle of the night.

After a long while, Li Zhi seemed to finally be unable to breathe due to the heavy atmosphere.

She suddenly raised her head, a resolute glint of determination flashing in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes.

The next second, she stretched out a slender white finger and, with a fierce force, jabbed it hard into Shen Yuan's taut and strong arm.

"——Shen Yuan!"

Li Zhi's voice trembled with a hint of defiance, but it was quite loud, as if he was venting or trying to embolden himself.

Her eyes widened as she stared straight into Shen Yuan's eyes, which were filled with astonishment and inexplicable expectation, her cheeks puffing out slightly.

"Never mind! I'll just go all out!"

"Ugh... Anyway... they all know now!"

The girl's voice suddenly rose, carrying an almost tragic momentum, as if she were reciting a tragic declaration.

"It's just...it's just that we spent the night together! It's just...helping you...anyway, we didn't really do anything bad!"

"Let them ask if they want! They can ask all they want, but it won't change anything!"

"We...we admit it! Yes! We slept at your place!! And then...and then we didn't go back! So what!"

As she spoke, her voice cracked slightly from excitement and overwhelming shame, and her cheeks flushed as red as a burning sunset.

Beneath that forced, hardened exterior lay an obvious guilty conscience and burning desire.

But these few words seemed to have exhausted her strength, and it was as if she had found a seemingly feasible but actually futile way out in her chaotic thoughts.

After she finished speaking, she seemed to be shocked by her own boldness, and quickly lowered her head, breathing heavily.

The beautiful girl unconsciously twisted her slender fingers around her clothes, crumpling the hem of her garment.

Shen Yuan, sitting opposite her, was completely stunned. Caught off guard by her sudden outburst of "passion," he stared at her blankly.

A few seconds later, the boy, realizing what had happened, began to pound his chest.

"Pfft...cough cough cough!"

He tried his best to hold it in, but it still escaped uncontrollably from between his teeth and muffled coughs, causing his shoulders to tremble.

The furrowed brows and heavy anxiety that had been there just moments before seemed to have been pierced by Li Zhi's resolute declaration.

"W-what are you doing!" Li Zhi raised her burning face, glaring at him with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance, and pretended to poke him again.

"You idiot! It's all your fault! What are we going to do now?!"

Shen Yuan finally managed to calm himself down, reached out and gently enveloped her small hand, his fingertips stroking the back of her hand a few times in a soothing manner.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, it's all my fault,"

He responded softly, his tone filled with undisguised doting and a sense of "if we're going to go crazy, let's go crazy together."

Although there was a hint of tension in that relaxed atmosphere.

"Then let's listen to Li Bao, tonight... let's go all out!"

He paused, as if remembering something, a mischievous smile playing on his lips. He leaned closer to her ear and whispered, "..."
"Anyway... the key points have been reinforced, and the parents have 'checked' it out. Tonight is just... a final summary report?"

"——Shen Yuan!!!"

Li Zhi instantly bristled, slamming her fist into the boy's arm with even more force, her cheeks turning so red they were almost bleeding.

The heavy gloom in the study seemed to be somewhat dispelled by this little scuffle.

Although the road ahead is still fraught with danger.

But at least for now, the two young figures nestled together, with a reckless courage and a touch of youthful naiveté, temporarily able to forget about the impending "judgment."

Li Zhi took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress all those chaotic thoughts back into his heart.

She raised her hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear, her gaze returning to the open math test paper, the bewilderment in her eyes gradually replaced by an almost defiant focus.

"Idiot! Forget about it! Do your homework!"

She muttered something under her breath, a hint of defiance in her voice, and gripped the pen tightly with her fingertips.

The pen tip pressed heavily on the draft paper, drawing clear and powerful lines.

The girl frowned slightly, her full, moist lips pursed in concentration, and the lingering blush on her fair cheeks had not yet completely faded, yet she had already immersed herself entirely in the geometry proof problem before her.

Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains, perfectly illuminating the profile of her lowered face and her slightly trembling long eyelashes, casting delicate shadows on the pages of the book.

Slender, white fingers firmly press down on the paper, while the other hand holds the pen and moves it smoothly.

The calculation steps unfolded line by line under her pen. At first, there were traces of restlessness, and the strokes were heavy, but soon they became neat and smooth, just like the lake of her heart that had forcibly collected all distracting thoughts.

Occasionally, the pen tip would pause for a moment, and her delicate brows would furrow even more, as if she were struggling with a difficult step.

After a moment's thought, she would suddenly have a breakthrough, her fingertips nimbly deducing the next step, and a faint smile would unconsciously appear on her lips.

That state of concentration seemed to isolate me from all the disturbances of the outside world, and also briefly shielded me from the turmoil in my heart about the "Feast at Hongmen" that would happen a few hours later.

Seeing Li Zhi's expression, Shen Yuan naturally became focused on solving the problem as well.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Outside Shen Yuan's room, Zhang Yuyan and Lao Shen's voices could be heard at some point.

The couple returned from visiting relatives.

Then came the busy preparations. Clearly, Ms. Zhang Yuyan and Mr. Shen were quite interested in the idea of ​​their "in-laws" coming over for dinner.

Time quickly passed and it was past four in the afternoon.

The sun outside the window was already setting in the west, casting a warm golden glow on the furniture in the room.

The study remained quiet, with only the scratching of pens on paper and the soft, crisp sound of pages being turned.

Li Zhi was engrossed in an English reading comprehension passage, silently reciting the words.

Just as she finished checking the answers to a multiple-choice question and was about to raise her hand to rub her slightly sore neck,

Ms. Zhang Yuyan's familiar voice penetrated the doorway without any obstruction and clearly entered her ears.

"Oh dear, why are you so late? Come in, come in!"

"Yan, it's only a few steps!" came Xu Chan's gentle, smiling voice in response.

"——!!!"

The girl's beautiful almond-shaped eyes, which had been misty with a hint of focus, widened in terror in an instant!
The two looked into each other's eyes and saw the same look of terror in each other's eyes!

That forced courage to "go all out" deflated completely like a balloon punctured by a needle!
Those so-called heroic declarations of "I'll just admit it" and "I'll go all out" are incredibly fragile when faced with parents!
The whole world seemed to be muted the instant the sound came from outside the door.

The psychological defenses that had just been built crumbled, leaving only a sense of panic as if an enemy were at the gates.

They remained frozen in place, straining their ears to catch even the faintest footsteps outside the door.

at this time--

"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk."

A clear yet gentle knocking sound, with Xu Chan's uniquely gentle rhythm, rang out on the door right behind Shen Yuan's back!

It was like a thunderclap exploding in their ears!

"...!"

Li Zhi was so shocked that his whole body trembled.

She instinctively covered her mouth tightly, swallowing back the gasp.

Shen Yuan's body tensed instantly, his eyes fixed on the door, as if he could see through it to the figure outside.

"Zhizhi?" Xu Chan's gentle voice drifted in through the crack in the door, carrying an utterly natural concern. "Are you still reading?"

Li Zhi hurriedly looked up and met Shen Yuan's equally bewildered gaze.

Her heart was pounding wildly in her chest, almost bursting out of her throat!

The girl's fair face drained of color, her lips trembled slightly, and her eyes were filled with immense embarrassment and panic.

That courage to "go all out" has long since vanished.

After a short silence.

Li Zhi used almost all his strength to force a reply from his throat, trying to make his voice sound as steady as possible:
"...Ah, ah! I'm... I'm doing a test... Mom!"

Xu Chan's gentle, smiling voice came from outside the door, seemingly oblivious to the almost palpable tension inside.

"No rush, take your time with the questions. Don't read for too long and strain your eyes and brain."

Xu Chan paused for a moment, then her familiar laughter rang out again.

"Take a break, come out for some fresh air and exercise. You've been cooped up in your room all day, it's time to get out and stretch your muscles, don't become a bookworm."

The words, spoken against the door panel, clearly reached the stiff eardrums of the two people.

The words "I'm tired," "I came out for some fresh air," and "I'm stretching my muscles" sounded like a subtle double entendre to the two people inside the door, hitting them right where they felt most guilty.

Li Zhi's cheeks flushed red again, the heat spreading from her ears down to the back of her neck.

She clenched her fists instinctively, her knuckles turning white, as if that could suppress the pounding of her heart that felt like it was about to explode from her chest.

She swallowed hard, trying to keep her voice steady.

"...Okay, Mom. Almost done. I'll finish this question!"

The last "Okay" was said quickly and softly, the last syllable almost muffled in the throat, carrying a hint of guilt and hasty retreat.

After answering, she immediately buried her flushed face deep in her eyes like an ostrich.

Outside.

As Xu Chan listened to her daughter's trembling yet forcedly composed answer, a smile spread across her eyes like ripples on water.

She could almost see her daughter's flushed little face through the door.

"Okay, then hurry up, we'll come out and have some fruit in a bit. No rush."

Xu Chan shook her head silently, took a light half-step back, and then deliberately made her footsteps heavier, making a few clear "tap, tap" sounds on the floor, as if announcing to the person inside the door.

The air inside and outside the room, which had been so stagnant it was almost bursting, suddenly relaxed.

Li Zhi suddenly raised his head, his small, straight nose already covered with a fine layer of sweat.

She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, her chest heaving as she tried to calm herself.

After a while, she finally looked up at Shen Yuan opposite her.

The boy wasn't much stronger than her, and there seemed to be a little sweat on his forehead as well.

Two pairs of equally startled eyes met in the newly frozen silence.

Li Zhi's beautiful almond-shaped eyes were filled with a vulnerability that desperately needed support.

She opened her trembling lips, and the voice that came out was soft and gentle, with a hint of dryness and helplessness as if she had nowhere to turn, clearly breaking the dead silence.

“Shen Yuan…” Her voice trembled slightly, and her fingers unconsciously gripped his wrist, which was resting on the table; her fingertips were icy cold.

"What should I do... my legs are so weak..."

Those large, watery eyes stared intently at him, filled with complete dependence and pleading, with no trace of any desperate urges remaining.

"I...I'm so panicked..."

"Do you... do you have any way... to give me some courage?"

Shen Yuan looked into Li Zhi's watery eyes, his deep gaze like a calm, deep sea, steadily receiving all her panic and helplessness.

Then, he nodded slightly, his Adam's apple bobbing as if he had made a silent decision.

"Yes." The boy's voice was low and husky, yet carried an undeniable firmness. "There is a way."

Before he finished speaking, his warm and strong hand had already wrapped around her slender waist without any room for refusal. With a slight exertion, he pulled her delicate body, which was trembling slightly from nervousness, into his arms.

The next second, Shen Yuan didn't say anything, but simply lowered his head and sealed her panicked whispers with a heavy and deep kiss.

His lips covered hers without any gap, not a tentative taste, but a determined and powerful absorption.

Li Zhi was startled by his sudden action, her little finger twitched, and a short whimper escaped her throat.

But when that familiar aura completely enveloped me, it was like the most powerful stimulant, causing my nerves, which had been stretched to the limit, to suddenly relax and melt away.

Her fingertips gripped Shen Yuan's clothes helplessly, then clung tightly to his broad back as if grasping the only piece of driftwood.

Shen Yuan tightened his grip, drawing her deeper into his domain, as if to convey courage to her and dispel the oppressive feeling of the outside world.

The kiss was long and deep, carrying the most sincere and persistent comfort and giving from a young man.

The only sounds left in the study were the soft rustling of their lips and the sudden, rapid beating of their hearts.

Li Zhi's originally stiff body gradually melted in his embrace and breath, leaning against him helplessly. The boundless panic seemed to be temporarily suppressed by the heavy kiss.

After an unknown amount of time, their tightly pressed lips finally parted reluctantly.

Li Zhi was breathing heavily, her breath hot and disordered, and her already blushing face was now even more flushed, as if she had applied the most vibrant rouge.

Her misty eyes stared at the boy so close to her, her gaze wet and filled with the embarrassment of being kissed so intensely.

"How is it?" Shen Yuan chuckled and gently rubbed her increasingly hot cheek with his fingertip. "Don't you feel a little bit bolder now?"

“…Ugh…idiot…” she whimpered softly, her voice still slightly dazed from the kiss, her fingertips instinctively clutching the fabric of his shirt.

"...Is this what you call 'giving courage'?...You just know how to make excuses to kiss me..."

Li Zhi was so angry and wanted to punch him again, but her whole body was weak and she didn't have much strength even when she clenched her fists. It was more like she was being coquettish.

However... the tension from just now has indeed dissipated quite a bit.

Just then, the faint sounds of adults walking and whispering could be heard outside the door.

Li Zhi's body tensed up instantly, like a cat with its fur standing on end being startled and its tail tip being disturbed.

The pretty girl rolled her eyes at Shen Yuan, raised her hand to tidy her messy sideburns, her movements carrying a hint of panicked recklessness.

"Alright, if we dawdle any longer, I feel even more guilty... Let's go!"

Just as Li Zhi was about to get up, Shen Yuan grabbed her slender wrist.

"Wait a minute."

Li Zhi looked back at him, puzzled.

Shen Yuan quickly pulled a soft tissue from the tissue box on the table.

Instead of handing it to her, he raised his hand and, through the tissue, very gently wiped the corner of her lips.

The tissue was instantly stained with a blurry, moist sheen, and a faint smudge of lip color.

Li Zhi's pupils dilated instantly!
Ahhhhh!
Just now...

Shen Yuan's smile deepened: "Alright! It's clean now. Otherwise, when we go out later, your mom won't see your little mouth all glistening from being chewed..."

"Shut up! Shut up, you idiot! You bad guy!!!"

Li Zhi instantly bristled like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, her voice rising and cracking with embarrassment and annoyance. She snatched the tissue he offered, her fingertips trembling slightly with shame.

As the girl wiped herself, she didn't forget to glare fiercely at the person next to her who was laughing non-stop with an extremely embarrassed and indignant look.

She frantically wiped her lips with a tissue, almost trying to erase all the moisture from the kiss and the smudged lipstick.

It was as if this could erase the "evidence" that had just made my heart stop.

It's clean now...

perhaps?

Li Zhi glanced quickly at the blurry reflection on the phone screen, feeling guilty.

Then, she took a deep breath, straightened her back, and with a touch of tragic heroism, turned around abruptly and turned the handle of the study door.

The warm living room light poured in as if it were a physical entity, carrying the faint sounds of laughter and conversation, instantly enveloping the two young people.

That beam of light seemed to form a clear boundary, separating the brief, private tenderness in the study from the impending, heart-pounding parent-teacher meeting.

As soon as you step into the bright living room, you are enveloped by the warm aroma of food and the gentle laughter of the elders.

Li Zhi felt the heat that had just subsided on her face suddenly rise again.

Almost instinctively, she lowered her eyes, trying to hide her burning cheeks in the shadow of her falling wisps of hair, her gaze quickly sweeping across the living room.

Old Li seemed to be talking quietly with Old Shen, and his expression was relatively calm.

Zhang Yuyan set out the bowls and chopsticks at the dining table with a smile on her face.

And her mother, Xu Chan...

Xu Chan was sitting on a single sofa facing the study door. She looked over the moment her daughter appeared.

Xu Chan's lips immediately curled into a knowing, gentle smile that instantly deepened Li Zhi's embarrassment.

The gaze seemed to carry warmth, landing precisely on Li Zhi's still flushed face, capturing the lingering blush.

Their eyes met, and Li Zhi, as if caught red-handed, unconsciously clutched at his clothes.

Xu Chan didn't ask any more questions, but simply smiled, raised one hand, and gently beckoned to her beloved daughter.

Her movements were gentle and natural, but her eyes were filled with an all-knowing understanding and a hint of subtle teasing.

The silent movement seemed to say, "Stop hiding, Mom saw everything, come here quickly."

Li Zhi's heart pounded even harder.

She paused slightly, but her mother's reassuring wave strangely dispelled a small part of the extreme panic and tension in her heart.

It was as if my anxious heart had found a tacitly approved place to rest.

Without any further prompting, the girl, with a hint of resigned shyness and dependence, moved to the small sofa chair next to her mother and sat down close to her, under the subtle gazes of several elders.

As soon as Li Zhigang sat down, Xu Chan reached out and grasped her daughter's hand, which was slightly cold from nervousness.

She patted him gently, silently soothing his restless little heart.

As for Shen Yuan...

He wasn't so lucky.

He had just stepped out of the study and hadn't even stood still when he heard Old Shen's relaxed and cheerful voice.

"Shen Yuan, come here! Sit here!"

Old Shen was sitting on the sofa near the balcony, holding a cup of tea in his hand.

He waved to Shen Yuan with a cheerful smile, as if he just wanted his son to come over and chat with his father.

But sitting right next to Lao Shen was none other than Lao Li!

Old Li was not talking to Old Shen in a low voice as before; he was picking up his teacup and sipping it slowly.

Just as Shen Yuan looked over, Lao Li's gaze lifted up.

Calm and profound, without a smile, but also without any obvious anger.

It just looked over there calmly, like a deep, still lake in winter, its surface calm but containing an invisible and heavy pressure.

The gaze fell precisely on him, without flinching or avoiding it.

Shen Yuan's heart suddenly stopped beating at that moment!

My mind went blank. The courage I had mustered up in the study by kissing was instantly crushed by that calm glance!

At this moment, only one thought remained in Shen Yuan's mind—I want to die!
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