Chapter 47

Qin Luye blinked her eyes and said, "Of course I know that snakes are intelligent animals, but I didn’t know they were intelligent enough to understand human speech."

"Huang Yiyi also found it incredible. "Yes, it’s really strange that this snake can understand what you say."

"In our rural hometown, there’s a saying that snakes don’t enter homes. If a snake enters a home, something will definitely go wrong. Snakes are cold-blooded animals, and they have no body temperature, making them the favorite hosts for spirits. So, if a snake enters a home, it must be there to tell the family something. At such times, one should find someone knowledgeable to see if anything will happen soon. There are also many superstitions about snakes crossing roads. Snakes don’t usually cross roads easily, but if they do, it means a spirit has possessed them and they have important matters to attend to in the human world. If a car deliberately runs over it, there will definitely be a car accident within thirty days, bringing great misfortune."

Hearing my explanation, Huang Yiyi’s eyes widened as if a new world had opened up to her.

"Really? There are so many superstitions. So, was the snake we saw earlier a messenger?"

I nodded and said, "Yes, it was a messenger! It also reminded me to read the divination."

"That’s great. If it were me, I would have just had someone chase it away and left immediately."

"Liao Yao, you know so much!"

I smiled awkwardly and said, "This is very basic knowledge. If someone in our line of work doesn’t know this, they shouldn’t be in this business."

The three of us found a hotel. Huang Yiyi and Qin Luye shared a room, while I had my own. Strangely, the rain stopped as soon as we checked in, and the sun quickly came out.

That night, as I lay down, I was still thinking about today’s divination when Huang Yiyi knocked on my door. She said she wanted to take a shower in my room because Qin Luye was taking too long.

I opened the door, and she didn’t say much, just took a towel she brought and went into the bathroom.

Soon, the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

I was still thinking about the snake blocking the car and the rain blocking the road. Now, hearing the sound of the water, my attention was completely drawn, and I found myself looking towards the bathroom every few seconds.

After a while, the water stopped, and Huang Yiyi came out of the bathroom. She wasn’t wearing any clothes, just a towel that barely covered her chest. Her skin, white as jade, almost glowed under the light. I looked up from her sexy collarbone to her perfect features, her alluring eyes, and her wet, long hair. It was almost too much to bear.

In that moment, my heart raced.

After all, I was just an eighteen-year-old, full of youthful vigor. Faced with such temptation, how could I resist? Even if I could pretend to resist, my body couldn’t.

"Liao Yao, why are you bleeding from your nose?"

Huang Yiyi, who was drying her hair, looked at me in surprise. I felt a warm stream flowing from my nose.

I quickly raised my hand to cover my nose. I really was bleeding! I didn’t expect that just a little thought would make me bleed from the nose. This was too much...

"Quick, look up!" Huang Yiyi came to me nervously and used a handkerchief to wipe the blood from my nose.

As she got closer, the scent of her shower gel filled my nostrils. Who could resist this?

"Hey, don’t move, I’ll get some paper to stop the bleeding." She reached for a piece of paper and stuffed it into my bleeding nostril.

Just as she finished, she let out a small cry and lost her balance, falling onto me. In this unguarded moment, I couldn’t do anything to stop her, and she ended up on top of me.

Her soft body pressed against mine, and her chest pressed against my chest.

So soft, so soft!

Huang Yiyi was dazed. She opened her eyes wide and slowly looked up at me. Her face turned red, and I felt my cheeks burning.

We didn’t say a word, just looked at each other. In that moment, it felt like we said nothing, yet everything was said. The room was filled with an ambiguous atmosphere, and I had a feeling I had never experienced before.

Suddenly, Huang Yiyi’s chest rose and fell a few times, and she slowly leaned closer to me, her eyes becoming hazy. Her lips moved towards mine, and I instinctively leaned in to meet her.

Finally, our lips touched! Huang Yiyi’s lips were soft and sweet.

This was my first kiss. Before this, I had never been so close to a woman. I didn’t know what to do next, and it seemed Huang Yiyi didn’t either. We were both very inexperienced.

"Knock, knock, knock!" Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Huang Yiyi quickly got off me, her face embarrassed as she pulled the towel tighter around her.

"Miss Huang, I’m done. You can come and take a shower now!" Qin Luye’s voice came from outside the door.

I said to Huang Yiyi, "I’m sorry, I..."

I didn’t know what to apologize for, so I cut myself off and went to open the door.

Qin Luye looked at me, then at Huang Yiyi, who was wrapped in a towel. She seemed to understand and quickly said, "Oh, oh, I’m sorry, Miss Huang, Mr. Liao, I didn’t know... I’m sorry for the disturbance."

"Miss Huang, why don’t you stay here with Mr. Liao tonight?"

"Hey! What are you talking about?" Huang Yiyi stood up from the bed. "I was just too tired to wait for you to finish, so I came here to shower. It’s not like what you’re thinking."

With that, Huang Yiyi walked out, blushing.

Qin Luye looked at me, didn’t say anything more, and turned back to her room.

That night, I tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep. My heart was racing, and the feeling was like the legendary heart palpitations.

The next morning, after breakfast, we set out. The road to Hujiawan was not smooth. It was bumpy and full of potholes. Seeing Huang Yiyi’s nervous expression, if I knew how to drive, I would have driven for her.

Less than an hour into the journey, the car broke down, and a nail punctured the tire! Huang Yiyi didn’t know how to change a tire, so we had to call for help and wait for someone to pass by and help us.

We waited until the afternoon before a mechanic finally came to change the tire.

By the time the tire was changed and we set off again, it was already 8 PM.

The difficulties of this journey made me realize the dangers we were facing...