Chapter 26

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Is It Intimate?

Chapter Courtesy: Wang Mei

Shen Wanying looked at the boy’s back.

She and Huo Cheng hadn’t known each other for a long time. Even if they had met each other when they were kids, the time they’d spent together was only one month. He had yet to fully grow so he wasn’t as tall as an adult male, but his back gave her a strong sense of security as if he could carry the world for her.

She was rarely moved, but in the presence of Huo Cheng, it seemed like she was prone to revealing her flaws.

He gestured with his hand at his back, urging her to get on quickly.

Shen Wanying’s face turned slightly red as she slowly put her hand on Huo Cheng’s shoulder and leaned against his back. He put his hands behind her knees and securely held her before standing up.

He glanced sideways and said to her, “Hold on tight.”

At this moment, Shen Wanying’s head was resting on his shoulders. So, when he spoke to her from this angle, his light breath caressed her face as if soft kisses drizzled one by one.

With red ears, she looped her arms around his neck, avoiding his gaze. “Please look where you’re going.”

“Ok.” Huo Cheng turned his head and glanced at the fruit basket to the side. “Leave the fruits you picked here. I’ll get them later.”

“Okay.” Shen Wanying also stared at the side of the path. She wasn’t used to such close contact with the opposite sex and yet here she was, getting worked up by Huo Cheng’s broad back. “Hey, Huo Cheng, why did you call me Ah Wan just now?”

He was temporarily stunned. Ah Wan was what he called Shen Wanying after he married her. Earlier while looking for her, he’d been so anxious that he’d subconsciously called out her nickname.

“You don’t like it?”

Shen Wanying’s cheeks got a little hot. “It’s not a question of liking or not… It just seems a bit too intimate.”

“Is it intimate?”

More than intimate… Especially the way he’d said it!

Shen Wanying didn’t know how to answer him. Isn’t it intimate? Compared to the way her parents called her, it was indeed more affectionate.

“Why were you picking fruits here alone?” Huo Cheng subtly changed the subject.

“Wang Tingting was originally with me, but I don’t know when she disappeared. My mobile phone was with her.”

Huo Cheng mulled for a while and said, “I called you just now and she answered it. She said that she was taking the picked fruits back first.”

“Really?” Her lips curled slightly, not believing what Wang Tingting said. Regardless of her suspicions, she held back from sharing with Huo Cheng about the conjectures she had made about the two friends- Wang Tingting and Qiu Ziqing.

Although she didn’t say it, he seemed to be aware that something was up and asked her, “Do you have any ideas?”

Shen Wanying shook her head. “No.”

He was silent for a while before saying, “If you have anything on your mind, just tell me. I won’t tell anyone.”

Shen Wanying suddenly thought back about the book last time.

Although it had been a bit embarrassing, Huo Cheng had indeed helped her cover it and didn’t tell the other students.

Therefore, after considering it, she told him about her guesses. “Wang Tingting and Qiu Ziqing are good friends. Today’s matter probably happened because she was trying to help her (QZQ).”

“Why?”

Shen Wanying tilted her head to look at his profile. “Qiu Ziqing seems to like you, so Wang Tingting helped her in distracting me so that she could have a chance to be with you.”

Huo Cheng recalled that after Shen Wanying had left the kitchen, Qiu Ziqing had run over to look for him. This speculation should be 80-90% correct.

But there was one thing that still bothered him. In his previous life, he didn’t transfer to this high school, but Shen Wanying was still injured on the event day. The experience of the two injuries was very similar. He believed her injury from the previous life was also related to Qiu Ziqing.

He said, “Qiu Ziqing may indeed be hostile to you, but it’s not necessarily because of me.”

Shen Wanying nodded thoughtfully. She was actually very sensitive in this regard. She had a strong feeling that Qiu Ziqing didn’t like her that much.

“You should keep an eye on her in the future and be careful. You can’t let your guard down.”

“Yeah.” Shen Wanying replied, her eyes drifting to Huo Cheng’s face.

From this angle, she could see the mole on his right ear up close. She stared at the spot quietly for a while, and asked the person carrying her, “I heard from the others in the class that you hate when someone touches your ears?”

Huo Cheng nodded. “Well, they’re quite sensitive, so I don’t like having them touched.”

“Oh… you have a mole on your ear.”

“I know.”

“If I touched your mole now, would you leave me here?”

“——” Huo Cheng was silent for a moment. “You can try.”

Shen Wanying felt he was trying to tempt her.

This was human nature. The less one was allowed to do it, the more they wanted to do it. She wanted to reach out and touch Huo Cheng’s ears, especially the mole, but she was afraid that Huo Cheng would get angry and really leave her here.

“No, no, I’m just kidding,” Shen Wanying replied, genuinely terrified.

Huo Cheng turned his head at an angle where she couldn’t see his face as his lips faintly curled up.

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