Free Web NovelChapter 194: Chapter 192: Little Old Dad, Handled
He grabbed Bai Su’s hand. "Never mind, you don’t have to clean me up. I’ll do it myself... I don’t want you to see me in such a sorry state."
He hastily tried to pull away, but Bai Su, feeling a little helpless, had no choice but to firmly cup his face. "Don’t hide. I’ve already seen it..."
As they struggled, Li Chenlin leaned back, lost his balance, and almost fell. Bai Su rushed to steady him. Fortunately, Li Chenlin had quick reflexes and grabbed the edge of the dining table. Bai Su also caught herself on the table, coming to a precarious halt on top of him.
Li Chenlin felt her soft body, and his breathing grew heavy.
Bai Su smelled the woody scent on him, which had suddenly intensified. Her face flushed with embarrassment, and she quickly tried to get up.
Li Chenlin held her by the waist. "Susu..."
Bai Su froze for a moment as memories from the cruise ship instantly flooded her mind, making her even more embarrassed.
Li Chenlin sensed her withdrawal and didn’t dare to force her as he might have in the past, so he hastily made up an excuse.
"You... You have some strawberry jam on your finger. Let me wipe it off for you..."
Bai Su’s gaze fell on their intertwined hands.
When she had steadied herself on the table, her fingers had accidentally dipped into the strawberry jam. Her index and middle fingers were now stained a glistening scarlet.
In this context, it created an indescribable sense of intimacy.
Li Chenlin’s hands were much larger than hers.
Her hands were slender and soft; though they felt full, her bone structure was delicate.
Not like Li Chenlin’s.
His hands were broad and dry, with well-defined knuckles, and they carried the unique chill characteristic of a snake.
He held her hand with restrained force, the veins on his forearm standing out.
It should have been a perfectly normal scene, but their unsteady breathing cast an exceptionally intimate shadow over it.
Li Chenlin saw that her face was flushed and her eyes were glistening.
On a sudden, inexplicable impulse, he licked all the strawberry jam from her fingers.
Her fair, slender fingertips were clean in an instant.
Bai Su’s fingertips trembled, and she instinctively tried to pull her hand back.
Thinking she was rejecting him, Li Chenlin immediately stiffened and helped her up. "I’m sorry..."
Terrified she would be angry, he quickly sat bolt upright and lowered his head obediently. "I’m sorry, Susu... I didn’t do it on purpose..."
"I... I just couldn’t help myself... Please don’t hate me. I won’t do it again."
The sweet and tart taste of the strawberry jam lingered on his tongue, seemingly mixed with a hint of the sweet, white-peach scent unique to her.
His physical reaction grew stronger, and he felt himself losing control, on the verge of entering his Beastification State.
Bai Su’s face was also flushed.
Although they had done everything there was to do in the past—both proper and improper—now they were strictly maintaining a boundary and hadn’t even held hands.
The woody scent in the room grew more intense, and she became even more embarrassed.
She knew that in the novel, Li Chenlin was influenced by his Snake Beastman instincts and could go into heat at any time, in any place.
However, she was enjoying her current comfortable relationship with Li Chenlin and didn’t want to take things to the next level so soon.
So she took a step back. "It’s... it’s fine. Um, shouldn’t you go take care of that?"
Seeing she wasn’t angry, Li Chenlin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Afraid he would lose his composure again, he quickly blurted, "I’ll head back to my room, then," and turned and fled in a hurry.
Bai Su stared in a daze at his retreating figure as he fled in disarray, while the aggressively woody scent that filled the room still coiled tightly around her.
After a long moment, she burst out laughing.
’Sure enough, the Li Chenlin now is completely different from the man he used to be.’
’Even when he’s about to explode from holding it in, he only dares to muster up the courage to lick my finger...’
In a good mood, Bai Su’s lips curled into a smile. ’Maybe next time, we can try going a bit further.’
*
「At the kindergarten entrance.」
The Duke’s exclusive, one-of-a-kind, globally customized stretch Lincoln luxury rabbit sedan was parked at the kindergarten entrance.
Compared to the other luxury cars at the entrance, this vehicle’s value left them all in the dust, far surpassing them.
The moment it appeared at the school gate, it drew adoring cheers from countless children on site.
This was the only privately customized, exclusive luxury car in the entire world!
Duke Bai Su’s personal vehicle!
Not only were the children at the gate craning their necks, but even the other chauffeurs and the male teachers at the school entrance stretched their necks to gaze expectantly at the car.
The car was here, so there was a good chance Duke Bai Su herself was inside.
Many people had already whipped out their smart-devices with swift hands, ready to take pictures.
If they could get a video of Duke Bai Su, it would generate a massive amount of traffic online!
It would also be major bragging rights, enough to boast about for days!
The car door opened, but it was a child’s foot that emerged from the back seat.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Bai Xiaolang and the others got out of the car one by one.
The crowd craned their necks to look inside the car, but they couldn’t see any sign of a female.
They were a little disappointed, but their excitement quickly returned.
If they couldn’t get a picture of Duke Bai Su, snapping one of the three little highnesses was the next best thing!
The three of them didn’t leave, however. They just turned and looked back into the car.
A little rabbit hopped down from the car.
The children were green with envy. "Whoa, who is she?"
"To have the three highnesses personally escort her, that’s so awesome!"
"You idiot! You don’t even know her? A while ago, the teacher in Class 7 was replaced, all because of her!"
"She’s the one under the little highnesses’ protection! Wen Xiaobao!"
"I heard she’s a commoner whose dad runs a general store in the city center. I don’t know how she got so lucky, managing to get in good with the three little highnesses!"
"I’m so jealous. The little highnesses are in the elementary division, right? They’re so impressive and handsome! I wish I could get to know them, too!"
"We’re all just kids, so how come she gets to do that?"
Bai Xiaolang handed his sister over to the teacher at the school gate, instructing her worriedly, "Please look after my sister. Make sure she doesn’t get bullied."
The teacher quickly nodded respectfully. "You can rest assured!"
Wen Xiaobao took the teacher’s hand and turned to wave at her three older brothers. "Bye, Big Brother! Bye, Second Brother! Bye, Third Brother!"
Bai Xiaolang nodded and waved back. "Go on in. We’ll come find you for lunch."
Wen Xiaobao nodded obediently. "Okay!"
The onlookers grew even more envious.
They’re even having lunch together!
What kind of dumb luck did Wen Xiaobao have?!
*
Inside the general store, Wen Dabao, having skillfully placated his father, was hanging upside down from the ceiling fan and eating a banana.
"So, you see, did you think we betrayed you? Of course not! We’re just infiltrating the enemy camp to gather intelligence for you!"
Wen Lan stared at him suspiciously. "Really?"
Wen Dabao nodded. "Of course! Either way, we have to protect Bai Su, so isn’t protecting her up close more convenient? If I get close to her as a child, it’ll be harder to attract Leia’s attention."
"And Dad, let me tell you, that Li Chenlin has been saying a lot of bad things about you in front of Bai Su."
"Bai Su actually liked you quite a bit at first, but after Li Chenlin sowed discord, she doesn’t like you anymore!"
Wen Lan’s expression instantly darkened. "That wretched snake! He has the nerve to bad-mouth me? Does he have any idea what his own character is like?"
Wen Dabao nodded in agreement beside him. "If I were you, I couldn’t stand for it either!"
Wen Lan sneered. "So he cares that much about Bai Su, is that it? Fine..."
Wen Dabao sighed dramatically and patted his father’s shoulder. "Forget it. You can’t compete with a two-faced schemer like him. If he found out you were getting along with Bai Su and had won her over to your side, he’d be so furious he’d flip out and want to kill somebody!"
Wen Lan’s lips curled. "Even better."
Wen Dabao waved his hand, speechless. "Dad, don’t even try. When it comes to being a two-faced schemer, you’re really no match for him."
Wen Lan shot him a look. "What do you think I’m going to do? I’m just going to ask Bai Su to teach me to cook. It’s just to make it more convenient to take care of you kids."
A glint flashed in his eyes. The mere thought of that stupid snake hopping mad with a splitting headache after he got on good terms with Bai Su made him feel an irrepressible sense of glee!
Wen Dabao took the last bite of his banana and tossed the peel into the trash can.
’Heh, my dear old dad. Got him right where I want him!’
