Free Web NovelChapter 184: Chapter 136: It’s Common Sense to Show Your Feet When Apologizing, Right?
In a room where the scent of wood and sunlight intermingled, Shen Yuan’s gaze had only followed the swaying, snow-white ankle for two inches when the swivel chair let out a SQUEAK.
The delicate, jade-like ankle drew a small arc through the air. Li Zhi suddenly spun around to face him, the tip of her foot hovering just three centimeters above his shin.
"Is it pretty?"
Hearing Li Zhi’s voice, Shen Yuan nodded again and again, stating with absolute certainty, "Very pretty!"
The words had barely left his mouth when the girl kicked him in the shin.
"Die, you damn pervert!"
Shen Yuan clutched his shin, sucking in a sharp breath. "I just saw you walking around barefoot," he said, his face a mask of grievance. "I was worried your feet would get cold!"
"Heh heh, thanks so much for your concern. Should I present you with a ’Friend to Womankind’ medal, too?"
Li Zhi smiled benevolently, but in Shen Yuan’s eyes, it was an omen of impending doom.
’If I dare say yes, she’ll definitely hit me.’
"Yes, please. It would be my honor."
Shen Yuan nodded, his gaze firm.
Li Zhi couldn’t take it anymore. She kicked out at him again.
"Die, Selaan!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, stop kicking! I’m going to fight back!"
"Just die!"
Li Zhi paid him no mind. The tip of her foot, clad in a white, lace-trimmed cotton sock, suddenly shot forward. The woody scent rippled through the warm sunlight with her movement.
San Geng, who had been resting on the desk, suddenly shot its feline eyes wide open.
As if he’d anticipated the sneak attack, Shen Yuan’s fingers suddenly clamped around the slender ankle suspended in mid-air. The web of his thumb pressed perfectly into the hollow of her ankle bone.
’I actually caught it.’
For a moment, they were both frozen in place.
The warmth from his palm seeped through the cotton sock and into her skin. For a hazy moment, it was impossible to tell which was warmer: the woody scent in the air or the heat of the girl’s skin.
A scarlet blush crept up the tips of Li Zhi’s ears. In an instant, a shy heat spread from her cheeks to her neck, staining her fair skin a delicate pink.
"Let... let go!"
Li Zhi tried to move her leg, but Shen Yuan’s hand remained firmly clamped around her ankle.
After failing to pull her leg back, the blush on the beautiful girl’s ears deepened. "Selaan, let go!"
At that, Shen Yuan looked up, his gaze burning as it met Li Zhi’s.
"You started it. This is self-defense. Apologize and I’ll let go."
"In your dreams! I’ll never apologize to a Selaan like you—ack!"
Li Zhi’s words were cut short by his fingers, which had launched a surprise attack on the sole of her foot.
The instant Shen Yuan’s fingertips touched the sole of her foot, Li Zhi shot up as if she’d been electrocuted. The swivel chair screeched as it scraped against the wooden floor.
She arched her back and curled into a ball. As she struggled, the hem of her school uniform rode up, revealing the faint dimples of her lower back.
"Ha... Shen Yuan, you... you... haha, you bastard!"
The beautiful girl’s hurried curses were interspersed with broken laughter. During her struggles, the lacy cuff of her sock was pushed askew, revealing a pale pink heel.
Her suspended left leg kicked out in vain, landing harmlessly against Shen Yuan’s shin.
"Apologize yet?"
Shen Yuan smiled and increased the pressure.
"I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I was wrong!"
Li Zhi’s voice shot up an octave. The top of her foot arched like a crescent moon, and her entire calf began to tremble.
"Stop, stop it! I’m sorry!"
At her words, Shen Yuan stopped tickling her.
Finally able to breathe, the beautiful girl panted heavily. Her once-pale cheeks were now flushed as if dusted with rouge, and even the tip of her nose was tinged with pink.
Shen Yuan felt his own face flush, but he managed to say calmly, "Where’s the sincerity? What did I say before?"
"You!"
Li Zhi, her face completely red, glared at Shen Yuan. "Only a pervert would make that kind of request!"
Before Li Zhi could finish, she saw Shen Yuan’s fingertips inch closer. Startled, she shrank back into the chair cushion, the arch of her foot tensing like a fully drawn bow.
Her flushed arch trembled slightly. The lacy sock cuff was now completely askew, revealing the faint red marks on her ankle where Shen Yuan had gripped it. freёwebnovel.com
"You... you’re bullying me..."
The beautiful girl mumbled through her nose, her voice catching in a broken sob. Her hair fell forward as she lowered her head.
Li Zhi suddenly glanced up at Shen Yuan from the corners of her reddened eyes. "You... you know I’m super ticklish..."
Her voice trailed off into a mumble as her teeth bit down on her lower lip, pressing a pale, crescent-shaped mark onto the cherry-pink flesh.
"I..."
Shen Yuan’s heart softened.
He quickly let go.
Li Zhi instantly snatched her leg back and curled up in the swivel chair. The lacy cuff of her sock was bunched up crookedly under her foot, revealing a pale pink heel.
Li Zhi hugged her knees and turned her head away, refusing to look at Shen Yuan. Strands of her messy hair stuck to the side of her perspiring neck.
Her nasal accusation was lost between soft hitches of breath.
"...You’re awful!"
