Chapter 700 The High-and-mighty, Two-Faced Academic Genius (Gong) VS The Unrestrained, Charming, and
Chapter 700 The High-and-mighty, Two-Faced Academic Genius (Gong) VS The Unrestrained, Charming, and
Jiang Xiyu didn't want to mess around with Bai Chengci in the bathroom, especially after hearing Bai Chengci's flirtatious words. The slight sign that he was about to give in was immediately shut up.
He then urged Bai Chengci to take a shower first, but Bai Chengci clung to his side and refused.
After some hesitation, Jiang Xiyu, fearing that the water was truly gone, finally relented and pulled Bai Chengci into the bathroom.
Once inside, the bath took quite a long time.
At first, the water flow was fine, so Jiang Xiyu didn't pay much attention and let Bai Chengci cling to him and act silly for a while. Later, if Jiang Xiyu hadn't noticed that the water flow was wrong and pulled him to wash quickly, the two of them would probably have spent the whole night covered in soap.
"I told you not to dawdle, just do it yourself," Jiang Xiyu muttered, drying her hair, and gave up.
Bai Chengci looked at Jiang Xiyu's still dripping chest, her throat tightened, and she honestly said, "I... I can't do it myself."
Jiang Xiyu glanced at Bai Chengci casually, noticing Wei Zheng's unusual behavior, and simply said, "I'm not responsible."
"..." Bai Chengci touched her forehead with her hand, staring at Jiang Xiyu, her voice slightly hoarse: "I feel unwell..."
Jiang Xiyu smirked and chuckled, "You deserve to be in pain."
Bai Chengci lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long time before saying, as if in resignation, "Okay, as long as you're comfortable, it doesn't matter if I'm uncomfortable."
"..."
Jiang Xiyu, accustomed to such words, remained unmoved.
Bai Chengci slowly raised her eyes, her gaze falling on Jiang Xiyu's chest.
Jiang Xiyu's skin did get tanned, but the tan was uneven.
The black parts are sexy, and the white parts have an added touch of ambiguous red; in short, the upper body is both alluring and messy.
Bai Chengci stared at it for a long time before catching her breath and asking, "Aren't you going to dry it?"
The gaze remained intensely cold, and Jiang Xiyu felt a dull ache in her chest.
Damn it!
Just thinking about what had happened in the bathroom made Jiang Xiyu feel unbearable, so she turned around and grabbed a dry towel to wipe her chest haphazardly.
Bai Chengci watched quietly, her gaze tracing the tattoo on Jiang Xiyu's back. After a few seconds, she couldn't resist moving closer.
Jiang Xiyu casually grabbed a short-sleeved shirt from the closet and was about to put it on when suddenly, a hot embrace pressed against his back. Bai Chengci hugged him tightly, her arms wrapped around his waist.
"The back is still wet, aren't you going to wipe it?"
The breath tickled her neck, and Jiang Xiyu tensed for a moment before saying, "Let go."
Bai Chengci seemed not to hear her, leaned closer to Jiang Xiyu's face and kissed him on the side, then slowly and gently hugged him tighter, her tone pleading: "Let me wipe it for you, okay?"
Now the arrow is truly nocked on the bowstring.
Jiang Xiyu bit down hard on the side, then threw her clothes aside, turned around and kissed him.
After kissing for a while, she grabbed Bai Chengci's hair and cursed at him, "I really want to fucking kill you..."
Bai Chengci's closed eyelashes twitched, and she suddenly seemed to smile.
"Yes, you can do it for as long as you want..."
The light outside the curtains was dim, but it wasn't completely dark yet.
Generally speaking, Jiang Xiyu wouldn't go to bed this early, but ever since Bai Chengci came along, Jiang Xiyu's bedtime has been getting earlier and earlier.
Bai Chengci was a piece of porcelain that could be fired at any time, and with Jiang Xiyu being so fond of it, they spent half a month like this, and most of the box of things that Bai Chengci brought was almost empty.
……
The water was turned off early the next morning.
Because the water was brought from the mountain, Jiang Xiyu planned to take Bai Chengci into the mountain to check on the water supply in order to fix it. Before leaving, Jiang Xiyu specifically told Jiang Jinya, then took the water pipe repair tools and went out with Bai Chengci.
The journey into the mountains is not far; it only takes about ten minutes.
The air in the mountains is fresh in the early morning, and the trees are lush.
Bai Chengci was visiting the mountains for the first time, so he was a little curious. He started a conversation by asking, "Is there a lot of water on the mountain?"
Jiang Xiyu walked ahead to clear the way. When he heard Bai Chengci ask, he casually replied, "I'm alright."
Seeing him walk quickly, Bai Chengci quietly asked again, "Won't there be snakes?"
Jiang Xiyu frowned: "I don't know."
Bai Chengci said softly, "I'm very afraid of snakes."
He paused, about to ask Jiang Xiyu if he could hold her hand, when he heard Jiang Xiyu say disdainfully, "What are you afraid of in broad daylight?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Chengci sighed softly.
The next second, a stick more than a meter long appeared in front of me.
Jiang Xiyu said, "Take it."
Bai Chengci reached out and took it, looking at the stick with some confusion in her eyes.
Jiang Xiyu curled her lips and told him, "If you see a snake, use this to hit it."
Bai Chengci's eyes flickered slightly, and after a long while, she replied with a hint of regret, "Alright."
They won't even give me a chance to hold hands.
A few minutes later, the two arrived at the water storage area.
Because no one had cleaned it for so long, the entire ditch was filled with fallen leaves and dead branches, and weeds were growing on the side.
Jiang Xiyu went to check the water inlet and found that there was indeed very little water. The main problem was that the stuff on it was blocking the water. It hadn't been cleaned for a long time, and now cleaning it would be no different from digging a ditch.
Seeing the troubled look on his face, Bai Chengci offered to help, "Do you need any help?"
Jiang Xiyu glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and asked him in return, "Are you sure you can do it?"
Bai Chengci smiled slightly and said, "Okay."
Jiang Xiyu was afraid that his pampered life would cause him harm, so she only asked him to pick out the dead branches and such, while she went to clean up the troublesome stones and silt.
Seeing this, Bai Chengci didn't say anything. While picking up dead branches, she imitated Jiang Xiyu in clearing away other debris. After learning how, while Jiang Xiyu was resting, Bai Chengci took the initiative to take the hoe and help him.
Jiang Xiyu said she didn't want him to do it.
Bai Chengci didn't even look up, only saying that he should rest for a while.
By noon, one of the ditches had been almost completely cleared, and water was gradually flowing down again.
When Jiang Xiyu was fixing the water pipes, Bai Chengci couldn't help and could only sit by and watch.
Some water splashed onto Jiang Xiyu's body. Bai Chengci looked at the water-soaked clothes and the faint curves of the clothes clinging to her waist and abdomen, and inexplicably felt that the sun was a bit too strong.
After Jiang Xiyu finished connecting the water pipe, Bai Chengci immediately stood up and asked him, "Are you cold? Why don't you wear mine?"
Although the sun was out, the water in the mountains was still quite cold.
Bai Chengci made a gesture as if to take off her short-sleeved shirt.
Jiang Xiyu wrung out the water from her clothes before looking up at Bai Chengci.
Because she helped him clean the ditch, Bai Chengci's clothes weren't much better than his. Plus, she was only wearing this one piece of clothing, so if she took it off, the marks on her body wouldn't be covered up at all.
Although few people come to the mountains, we'll have to pass by other people's houses on our way back.
If they were seen doing this, people might think they were up in the mountains doing something.
Jiang Xiyu immediately refused, saying, "With such a bright sun, I don't need it."
"Okay." Bai Chengci lowered her eyes slightly, then asked, "Are you going home?"
Jiang Xiyu hummed in agreement and said, "Let's go."
On the way back, Jiang Xiyu took a shortcut.
This shortcut was not as easy to walk as the way we came, so Bai Chengci walked rather slowly. In addition, he hadn't eaten much in the morning and had done so much work, so his face looked a little pale.
Jiang Xiyu noticed this and slowed down to wait for him. When Bai Chengci walked up to her, she was about to reach out and take his hand when she discovered that Bai Chengci's ankle seemed to have been cut by something.
Jiang Xiyu frowned and asked, "How did this happen?"
Bai Chengci glanced down and said only, "It was my mistake, it's okay."
Jiang Xiyu remained silent for a while, then half-squatted down in front of Bai Chengci.
"Come on, I'll carry you back."
Bai Chengci's pupils trembled slightly as she said, "It's okay, you don't need to carry me, just hold my hand."
Jiang Xiyu clicked her tongue in apparent impatience, her tone leaving no room for refusal: "Come up."
Bai Chengci hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm very heavy."
"If you can carry it, hurry up."
Bai Chengci was indeed tempted by the suggestion. However, after thinking about it, he couldn't help but say, "If you can't carry me anymore, just put me down."
Jiang Xiyu hummed in agreement.
Bai Chengci then lay down on Jiang Xiyu's back.
"Thank you."
Jiang Xiyu didn't say anything, and carried him on her back.
Bai Chengci is very tall and quite heavy. If Jiang Xiyu hadn't been working out regularly, she probably wouldn't have been able to carry him.
Bai Chengci wrapped her arms around Jiang Xiyu's neck, watching nervously as he carried her for a while. Only when she saw that Jiang Xiyu seemed to be able to carry her did she relax slightly and rest her head on his shoulder.
The sun was high overhead, warming everyone's bodies.
On their way back, quite a few people noticed them.
An uncle who happened to be passing by Jiang Xiyu's house saw Jiang Xiyu carrying Bai Chengci on her back, so he went up to ask her a question and then said, "Xiyu, a lot of people have come to your house today, even the village secretary is here. You should go home now."
Jiang Xiyu was somewhat puzzled: "What?"
"Isn't your family a poor household? It seems some leaders came to check on your situation, and there were a lot of people with them." The uncle said, then, as if remembering something, he asked, "By the way, your second uncle said he was going to look for you in the mountains, didn't you run into him?"
Jiang Xiyu said, "No, I came back via a side road."
"Oh, okay," the uncle urged, "Then you should go back quickly, don't keep their boss waiting."
Jiang Xiyu said thank you.
After the older man left, Bai Chengci spoke softly, "Put me down."
Jiang Xiyu said it was nothing, but in her heart she was thinking about how to deal with what was to come.
Bai Chengci pressed her face against his and said in a softer tone, "Wouldn't it be bad if someone saw us?"
Jiang Xiyu's tightly pursed lips suddenly curved into a speechless smile.
"Don't you just want others to see this?"
Bai Chengci was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Okay."
He really thought so.
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