Free Web NovelChapter 157: Chapter 126: The Magpie Bridge of the Old Street
The silk quilt rustled sharply against the velvet sheets as Li Zhi scrambled to wrap herself in it, curling up like a cocoon.
Beneath the silk quilt, the beautiful girl’s back suddenly went rigid, forming a panicked arch. The knuckles of the hand clutching the quilt’s edge turned a stark, pale white. Peeking out from between strands of her hair, the tip of her ear flushed crimson in the warmth of her cocoon.
"Shen Yuan, you pervert!!"
Her muffled scream vibrated through the fabric of the quilt.
Shen Yuan moved his phone a little farther away from his ear and said with a laugh, "I’m just messing with you! Why don’t you take a look for yourself and see what kind of call this is?" freeweɓnovel.cøm
The moment he finished speaking, the other end of the line went silent.
But soon, a rustling sound could be heard.
From the top of the cocooned summer quilt, a messy tuft of black hair poked out. The edge was then peeled back, revealing half of a flushed face.
Her eyelashes fluttered frantically, casting fleeting shadows on her eyelids like the wings of a butterfly startled by morning dew.
Her wide almond eyes were still misty, and a light sheen of sweat on the tip of her nose glistened like a pearl in the cool air from the air conditioner.
When her gaze fell on the phone screen, which clearly showed a voice call in progress, how could Li Zhi not realize Shen Yuan had played her?
Li Zhi shot up.
"You fucking..."
Before Li Zhi could finish, Shen Yuan’s voice quickly chimed in from the phone.
"Hurry and get up! If you don’t, I’ll really make it a video call!"
Li Zhi pointed at the wall and raged, "Really, my ass! You just wait! I’m getting up right now to kill you! Open your door in five minutes!"
"Go ahead, go ahead! I’ll come to your door right now!"
Hearing that, Li Zhi instantly scoffed, "Pah! Selaan! In your dreams!"
"Tsk."
Shen Yuan clicked his tongue and shook his head regretfully. She hadn’t taken the bait.
"Sister Shui will be here in about twenty minutes, so get ready."
"I know, I know."
Li Zhi’s impatient voice came through, and then the call was disconnected.
After hanging up, Li Zhi stepped barefoot onto the rug beside her bed. A plush doll she had kicked over lay crookedly at the foot of the bed.
Seeing the doll, Li Zhi was suddenly overcome with rage and lifted her foot to stomp right on it!
"Die, Shen Yuan, you moron!"
Standing barefoot at the edge of the plush rug, the beautiful girl suddenly put her weight into it. The arch of her foot tensed into a sharp curve, her rosy toes digging deep into the plush toy’s belly.
The lopsided dog doll trembled in the morning light, its plastic eyes reflecting her flowing strands of hair.
As the sole of her foot ground into the cotton stuffing with a faint squeak, Li Zhi suddenly felt like she had stepped on a blob of jelly condensed from the morning mist.
The moment she unexpectedly slipped, the hem of her silk nightgown swirled open like melting cream, her bare knee tracing a panicked semicircle through the air.
With a muffled groan from the mattress springs, the girl’s waist bent like a flower stem snapped by the wind, and she tumbled back into the sheets, which still held the lingering warmth of her body.
Her messy hair swept across the bed like splashed ink. Her raised right foot remained suspended over the doll, her toes still trembling with unvented frustration.
Her silk collar slipped aside, revealing the hollows of her collarbones, which rose and fell with her sharp breaths. They seemed to hold a pool of the cool, blue morning light, which shimmered as her body trembled.
Li Zhi lay on her back, staring at the ceiling, her eyes filled with a mixture of lingering anger and sudden bewilderment.
Suddenly, a soft chuckle echoed in the room.
"Moron."
After washing up, Li Zhi went to her walk-in closet.
Her fingertips brushed across the hanging clothes, sending tiny pearlescent glimmers dancing over a chiffon cuff.
The closet was neatly filled with dresses and skirts of every color.
Li Zhi’s style was quite versatile; what she wore depended on her mood that day.
The beautiful girl’s fingers suddenly paused as they brushed past a black satin garment.
The moonlight lingering on the dress seemed to climb up her fingertips. The hazy colors of that night, outlined in a silvery glow, and the sound of Shen Yuan’s breath catching in his throat, quietly replayed in her mind.
Li Zhi abruptly snatched her hand back and took half a step away. The tickle of her hair brushing against the nape of her neck shocked her out of her daze.
The beautiful girl quickly grabbed a pair of wide-leg pants and a sweatshirt.
As she slipped her long, straight legs into the pants, she didn’t forget to roll her eyes at the empty air.
’I’m not dressing up for that moron!’
Fifteen minutes later, Shen Yuan called again.
’No doubt he’s calling to rush me downstairs.’
Li Zhi stuck a note to the door, sent a message to Old Li on WeChat, and then headed out.
Compared to Li Zhi, Shen Yuan was his usual self, relying on just shouting.
As far as he was concerned, once he’d shouted, his message was delivered. Whether Old Shen and Ms. Zhang had heard him was their problem.
As for the kitten, it could just raise a ruckus in his room.
He’d be back in the afternoon, anyway.
By the time Shen Yuan had his shoes on, Li Zhi was just opening her front door.
Shen Yuan was instantly amused when he saw what Li Zhi was wearing.
A slogan was emblazoned across her light-colored sweatshirt: "Waking up early makes you a moron for a day."
But a moment later, Shen Yuan wasn’t laughing anymore.
The first thing Young Master Li did after putting on her shoes was to walk up and land a kick.
Seeing Shen Yuan clutching his shin and grimacing, Li Zhi instantly felt a whole lot better.
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’My mind is at peace,’ she thought. ’Another day keeping the stress knots at bay.’
After the two of them went downstairs, they didn’t have to wait long for Yang Yishui.
Seeing Yang Yishui’s car pull up, Shen Yuan automatically headed for the passenger seat.
But when he opened the door, he saw a pile of fruit on the passenger seat.
"Huh?"
Shen Yuan looked at Yang Yishui in confusion.
Yang Yishui jutted her chin. "Those are for Grandpa and Grandma. You sit in the back."
"Oh, oh."
Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly and sat down next to Li Zhi.
Seeing Shen Yuan’s smiling face, Li Zhi rolled her eyes in return.
At a little after six on a holiday morning, the traffic in Jiyang wasn’t too heavy.
Eldest Female Cousin found a route with fewer red lights, stepped on the gas, and took off.
