Chapter 2: First Meeting

Xie Beishen leaned against a large rock in the water. The summer’s stifling heat quickly dissipated, and the cool water covered his chest, allowing every pore to relax. He felt completely comfortable.

It was a good thing this pool was far from the Educated Youth Point and the nearby villagers. Otherwise, where would he find such a clean and quiet place to relax?

He closed his eyes, enjoying the moment.

A moment later, his ears twitched. He heard faint footsteps approaching.

He opened his eyes and looked toward the sound. With his excellent eyesight, he quickly spotted a figure jumping directly into the pool.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat. Was this person trying to commit suicide?

That wouldn’t do. If someone died here, how could he continue to bathe? He still had to stay here for half a year before he could return to the Imperial Capital.

To ensure he could bathe in peace, he hadn’t even told his good friend, Lin Yu, who had come to the countryside with him.

He cursed inwardly, thinking this person was truly foolish.

What could be so difficult that she would lose hope? What could be more precious than life itself?

As a principled and upright person, he couldn’t stand by and watch someone die.

He quickly swam over, took a deep breath, and plunged into the water.

Su Wanwan jumped into the water and held her breath, submerging herself. The icy coolness of the water instantly made her feel comfortable.

She planned to surface once she couldn’t hold her breath any longer.

Just as she thought that, something wrapped around her waist, pulling her upward with considerable strength.

They surfaced face to face, both letting out a long breath simultaneously.

Under the moonlight, silver ripples spread in circles across the water’s surface.

Their eyes met.

Xie Beishen looked at the person in front of him: a delicate small face, eyes like a painting, and beneath a refined, small nose, her moist lips were slightly parted.

Her wet, long hair draped behind her, and droplets of water slid down her jawline into her collar.

The collar of her shirt was open, revealing her slender neck.

Her soaked shirt clung tightly to her body, outlining her curves, and the loose collar offered glimpses of her skin.

He looked at the woman’s eyes again. Her eyelashes trembled, making those hazy eyes even more seductive and alluring.

One of his hands was wrapped around her slender waist. Was it really this thin?

This was his first time having such intimate contact with a woman, and an inexplicable, different feeling stirred in his heart.

At twenty years old, this was the first time he had ever felt such a sensation.

This person who had suddenly appeared in the middle of the night was probably a vixen.

He pulled them apart, holding her arm as he swam toward the shore, when suddenly, his neck was encircled by the woman’s arms.

Su Wanwan looked at the person before her: sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and a handsome face. Wasn’t this her former crush?

It must be a hallucination. How could she possibly see Xie Beishen, who was dead, in this era?

It must be a hallucination caused by the medicine.

This was good. A hallucination was good. A hallucination was truly good. It could make her body feel even more comfortable.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.

She clung to him like a koala bear.

Her exhaled breath brushed against his face, seemingly carrying a scorching heat that made Xie Beishen’s handsome eyes suddenly narrow. His throat subtly moved.

He even had a reaction.

It was definitely a vixen.

He pushed away the person clinging to him. The more he pushed, the tighter the woman clung. He admonished in a cold voice, “Let go! Do you know what you’re doing? If you want to die, don’t drag me into it.”

Su Wanwan wondered how a hallucination could feel so real.

Could it even speak?

She didn’t want to die; she clearly wanted to live.

“Xie… Xie Beishen, is that you? I… I was drugged, and I feel uncomfortable,” her voice was incredibly soft and delicate.

Xie Beishen’s breath hitched. His chest burned. This person knew him, so she must be from the village, but he didn’t remember whose daughter this was.

If his good friend Lin Yu knew his current thoughts, he would surely retort: ‘How could you, who are always cold and reserved, ever spare a second glance at a woman? It’s normal not to know her.’

Su Wanwan, having finally experienced a hallucination where she could see her former crush, and feeling her body’s discomfort, couldn’t help but cup the man’s face with both hands and kiss him.

Comfortable!

Boom.

Xie Beishen’s mind instantly went blank. His expression froze. He even forgot to breathe, and his heart pounded uncontrollably.

The woman’s lips moved on his. After a few seconds of stillness, he reacted, quickly and forcefully pushing away the audacious woman clinging to him. Then he firmly gripped her arm and swam to the spot where he had been leaning.

The pain in her arm made Su Wanwan frown. “It hurts.”

That delicate “it hurts” sounded like a hook in Xie Beishen’s ears, making his bones tingle and his face instantly flush crimson.

After letting go of her, he quickly got ashore and turned to look at the person in the water, who was now leaning on the rock he had just used. Her body was submerged, and she was still making soft, delicate sounds.

He looked down at his own swimming trunks, which were standing tall and full of life.

Instantly, his jaw tightened, and cold air radiated from him.

Vixen!

Little vixen!

Definitely a vixen!

A very alluring vixen!

And so audacious as to kiss him.

His eyes darkened. He had just turned to take a step when he abruptly stopped.

He pressed his tongue against his cheek, then turned around again. His deep, dark eyes looked at the water, and he let out a cold “Hmph.”

If he left now, this woman would truly die here.

He couldn’t possibly leave, knowing it would cause problems.

He could only sit on the rock where he had placed his clothes, staring intently at the person in the water.

If the woman leaning on the rock didn’t occasionally move and make strange noises, he would truly worry that she might actually be dead.

His mind kept wondering who had drugged her in the middle of the night.

Su Wanwan didn’t know how long she had been soaking. Drowsily leaning on the rock, her mind cleared up. She glanced at the water’s surface and realized she had been overthinking. There was no one else in the water except her.

It was just that the hallucination earlier had been too real.

Now that the strange sensation in her body was gone, she felt cold and decided to get ashore and go home.

She had been secretly tricked out by Ma Zhiming and didn’t know if her family had noticed her absence in the middle of the night.

She slowly swam to the shore and stood up. Although it was summer, soaking in cold water for a long time still made her shiver all over.

It was pitch dark everywhere, and being on the mountain instantly reminded her of the horror movies she used to watch.

Many ghost movies were filmed in deep mountains, and combined with her feeling cold all over, it sent shivers down her spine.

She was both a coward and loved to play, scared to death, yet still wanted to watch scary things.

Her mind was even clearer now.

Following her memory, she walked toward the path down the mountain, completely unaware that another figure was hidden in the darkness, sitting on a rock and staring intently at her.

Xie Beishen watched the departing figure and let out a cold “Heh.” She could swim, so it seemed he had been meddling after all.

This person had just kissed him. Had she forgotten so quickly that he was still here?

The woman didn’t even come to greet him. After all, he had worried she might die in the pool and had stayed here with her for three whole hours.

Seeing her leave, he followed her. Mainly, it was still very dangerous on the mountain, and wild animals could appear at any time.

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