Chapter 78

"Is there something wrong?" Xia Yunjie turned his head and asked.

"Of course there is! I've been trying to get rid of these dark circles for so long, and they're still there. What should I do now? I wanted to go shopping today!" Shen Liti pouted, looking dejected.

Xia Yunjie couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time when he saw that Shen Liti, unable to deal with her dark circles, was asking him, a man, for help. "If that's the case, why don't you just rest at home today? Besides, aren't you short on money lately? Why go shopping?"

"Pfft, who says you can't go shopping when you're short on money? I can just look without buying anything!" Shen Liti rolled her eyes.

Xia Yunjie couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. After a while, he spread his hands and said, "I can't help with that!"

"I don't care. You have to help me. It's all because of your jinxed mouth last night that I'm in this mess!" Shen Liti stomped her feet.

Xia Yunjie was taken aback by Shen Liti's behavior. He had never thought that women could be so unreasonable.

After a while, Xia Yunjie hesitated and said, "I do have a method, but..."

"Really? Can it get rid of the dark circles right away?" Shen Liti, who knew she was being unreasonable, was surprised. But women, when they're upset, often vent their frustrations on men, so she didn't really expect Xia Yunjie to have a solution. However, she was genuinely surprised when she realized that Xia Yunjie, who worked in a bar, actually had a method. Her eyes lit up.

"It will take about seven or eight minutes," Xia Yunjie said hesitantly. He wanted to say it would only take a few seconds, but he didn't want to reveal too much to Shen Liti.

Xia Yunjie didn't want Shen Liti to treat him like a master, as Zhong Yangying did. After all, he only saw Zhong Yangying occasionally, but he and Shen Liti lived under the same roof every day. He had gradually grown to like their ordinary co-living life.

"What? Only seven or eight minutes? Don't tell me you're just blowing hot air! I've tried eye masks, toners, and eye creams, and none of them worked," Shen Liti said, first with surprise, then with doubt.

"If you don't believe me, fine." Xia Yunjie had been hesitating about whether to show his skills, and now that Shen Liti doubted him, he decided to back off.

"Whatever, I'll try anything. Spit it out, what's the method?" Shen Liti, despite her doubts, wasn't willing to give up this last hope.

"The most direct cause of dark circles is poor blood circulation around the eyes. So, a straightforward method is to massage the eyes to improve blood flow," Xia Yunjie explained, seeing that Shen Liti wasn't giving up.

"Pfft, you mean eye massage? That's not a new idea! I already did that when I applied my eye cream. If it really worked, I wouldn't be asking you. I could just go to a beauty salon, where they all know how to do eye massages professionally!" Shen Liti was disappointed.

"Ha, if that's what you think, then forget it," Xia Yunjie shrugged, indifferent.

After all, the dark circles weren't his.

"How can you say that? Help me, I was planning to go shopping!" Shen Liti insisted.

"I have a method, and it's eye massage!" Xia Yunjie said firmly.

"Eye massage again? Master, are you trying to take advantage of me?" Shen Liti looked at him with a wary expression.

"Pfft, with your panda eyes? I wouldn't even bother if we didn't live under the same roof," Xia Yunjie said disdainfully, though he was a bit nervous about massaging her eyes.

After all, even panda eyes belonged to a beautiful woman!

"What? You rotten master, do you know I'm a famous flight attendant in Jianghang?" Shen Liti, offended, puffed out her chest and glared at him.

"But you still have panda eyes," Xia Yunjie said casually.

"You're infuriating! Fine, massage my eyes. If the dark circles don't go away in seven or eight minutes, I'll never forgive you!" Shen Liti was so angry she almost jumped up. Her chest heaved, making Xia Yunjie a bit hesitant to massage her.

He was worried he might get distracted, so he said, "Pfft, am I stupid? I'm doing you a favor, and you suspect me of ulterior motives. I won't do it."

Women often get stuck on things, and Shen Liti, seeing that Xia Yunjie wouldn't massage her, insisted even more. She gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I won't blame you, whether it works or not. Is that okay?"

Xia Yunjie just shook his head without a word.

Sometimes women's minds are strange. The more Xia Yunjie resisted, the more Shen Liti insisted. After a while, she suddenly smiled sweetly at Xia Yunjie, gently pushed his shoulder, and said in a coquettish voice, "Master, please massage my eyes! Look, how pitiful I am with these panda eyes!"

"Fine, fine, I'll do it!" Xia Yunjie, taken aback by her sudden change, quickly got up.

"That's better!" Shen Liti, seeing Xia Yunjie agree, smiled triumphantly, though she didn't think about how she usually wouldn't let men touch her, but today she was begging him to massage her eyes. What kind of victory was this?

Xia Yunjie, seeing her triumphant smile, couldn't help but shake his head and say, "I'll wash my hands first."

"Okay, go ahead. By the way, do you need eye cream for the massage?" Shen Liti asked.

"Whatever," Xia Yunjie said.

"Hey, do you even know how to do an eye massage? Without eye cream, your rough hands will damage my delicate eye skin," Shen Liti asked, full of doubt.

"Then forget it," Xia Yunjie said, ready to back off again.

"Fine, fine, you win. I'll get the eye cream," Shen Liti, seeing Xia Yunjie back off, gritted her teeth. She was angry, but she wanted to see if it would work, just like how Du Haiqiong, in the taxi, insisted on seeing how Xia Yunjie would trick people, even if it cost money.

"That's better!" Xia Yunjie, seeing Shen Liti's frustrated look, found it amusing. He touched his nose and went to wash his hands with a smug look.

"Hmph, if it doesn't work, just wait and see what I'll do to you!" Shen Liti, seeing Xia Yunjie's smug look, waved her fist at him and then went to get the eye cream.

After getting the eye cream, Shen Liti lay down on the sofa. As she lay there, thinking about Xia Yunjie's hands on her eyes, she felt a bit nervous, and her chest rose and fell.

Just as she was getting nervous, she felt a hot gaze on her. Her heart tightened, and she turned her head to see Xia Yunjie looking at her curvaceous body with a different kind of heat in his eyes.

"Are you ready? Can we start?" Shen Liti, seeing this, felt a slight tremor in her heart and asked, trying to sound calm.

"Sure, we can start. Actually, you can sit if you prefer," Xia Yunjie nodded, trying not to look at her lying on the sofa.

Shen Liti was taken aback. She suddenly remembered that this was their home, not a beauty salon, and they were just doing an eye massage, so there was no need to lie down. But since she was already lying down, and Xia Yunjie's words made her uncomfortable, she felt不服气 (unwilling to back down).

What does he mean? Is my figure not attractive when I lie down? Isn't it just convenient for you? Why should I sit?

Of course, Shen Liti didn't say this out loud. Instead, she rolled her eyes and said, "If it's a massage, lying down is more comfortable."

Well, she really knows how to enjoy herself! Xia Yunjie was speechless and let her have her way.

Since the girl didn't mind lying down for the massage, he, a man, wouldn't mind either.

He moved a chair and sat next to the sofa, took some eye cream, and prepared to apply it to her eye area. As he was about to start, he looked at her beautiful, closed eyes and the long, fluttering lashes, and felt a bit nervous.

Xia Yunjie was nervous, but Shen Liti was even more so. Even with her eyes closed, she could feel a masculine presence pressing down on her, even the warm breath from his nose.

What is he doing now? Is he staring at my face?

In her nervousness, the hand with a masculine touch finally touched her eye area, and Shen Liti's whole body tensed up.

But soon, she realized that the fingers touching her sensitive skin were very gentle and not at all rough. They gently massaged along the acupoints at the outer corner of her eyes, under her eye sockets, and the Si Bai points, all the way to the Ying Xiang points on the sides of her nose.

Xia Yunjie's hands seemed to have a magical touch. As his fingers massaged the acupoints slowly and steadily, Shen Liti felt incredibly relaxed. A sense of comfort spread over her eyes, and deep inside, she felt a strong desire to grab his hand and press it against her face.