Yun Ming was puzzled.
Yun Ming was puzzled, but greatly shocked.
Suddenly, Red Bean became very well-behaved, staring at him with loving eyes, and pushing against his chest with her hand, as if wanting to refuse but also to welcome.
Her face was flushed, and she bit her lip.
She looked like a little sulky child, hoping he would say something, but also afraid he would say something she didn't want to hear.
Although it might not be right to say so.
But Yun Ming did feel a little flutter in his heart, struck by Chen Zhiyi, this mischievous little deer, and a tingling sensation ran down his spine.
His whole body felt a little numb and tingly.
Oh no, is this what falling in love feels like?
But Red Bean.
Don't look so submissive; I'm not some innocent little boy, but a big bad wolf who eats Little Red Riding Hoods... the kind that howls... Both my Senior Sister and Junior Uncle have fallen victim to me.
Do you think you can escape just by being like this?
"I understand, I won't presumptuously assume that Miss Red Bean likes me..."
That's really not necessary.
How much more obvious does this idiot need her to be before he understands her feelings? She's already let him hold her hand, and touched her leg, and still he doesn't get it.
Does she need to kiss him now, or take off her clothes?
You big pervert!
I am a girl, after all!
Red Bean raised her eyes again, full of resentment, only to meet his gentle, restrained dark eyes, which were full of a smile.
Like a big bad wolf who only wants to eat the little white rabbit.
Full of predatory desire, what does he want to do?
She was momentarily stunned, but then her face was pinched, and their breaths drew closer, intertwining.
Damn it... I fell for it.
This guy clearly already knew.
Turns out, he wasn't entirely a block of wood; he was just a little dull and clumsy before.
She lightly thumped the trickster with her palm, but her heart pounded, beating a half-beat faster.
Her feigned anger was tinged with a tremble, like she was pouting.
"You're so bad... No..."
"Not this... not yet..."
Not yet what, my little Red Bean.
So cute.
Yun Ming's breathing quickened, and his heart felt like it was melting; he found that his proud, firm will.
At this moment, it had also become less resolute.
He truly was an idiot.
Only recently did he realize Red Bean's affection, but I won't make you wait any longer; setting flags and waiting to grow up are things.
Only idiots do.
If we're going to be together, of course we should start being together now, after all, we're childhood sweethearts~
"Shh, don't talk."
Yun Ming leaned down and hugged her; the girl's soft body was somewhat cool to the touch, and the boy enveloped her like a furnace... Yet, for the boy, she was like ice and snow melting the heat.
"Let me hold you for a while, I won't bully you, just hold you for a while..."
His voice also carried a slight tremor and uncertainty, as if rolling out from his throat, somewhat muffled.
He added in his heart.
I won't bully you, as long as you don't move around... "Mmm... you bad boy... you're hugging too tight..."
She moaned, but secretly added in her heart.
It's okay if it's tighter, although it might hurt a little, Red Bean likes it.
Her childhood admiration needed to be expressed through this kind of contact; she still remembered the first time they met.
This idiot thought she was surrounded by bad uncles, when in fact she was lecturing a few uncles, but the boy didn't know.
He grabbed a wooden sword and went up to fight them, only to find it a bit tricky; these uncles all seemed to be trained... He was still young, his cultivation not yet perfected, so let's train for two more years and then we'll fight to the death.
As for now, a wise man doesn't suffer immediate losses.
So he picked up the girl and ran out, shouting.
The wind is strong, let's go.
Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, running away is the best.
This is called a strategic retreat, don't worry, I promise to get you out safely.
He climbed over several walls, finally hiding her in Sui Bian Temple and saying, "Little sister, don't be afraid, coming here is like coming home."
No one dares to chase us here.
He'll go find his Junior Uncle to deal with those people later... Little Red Bean was very confused, deal with them?
But those fierce uncles were all elders of the Chen family and friends of her father; who would dare bully her here? She was just at home... now she's been abducted by a bad older brother.
The uncles were really something, just foolishly watching her being carried away; what if he was a human trafficker?
Red Bean waited for her family to come find her, and at the same time, teased the little older brother in front of her; the little masters in Sui Bian Temple were all good people.
Her father had told her that.
So she wasn't worried, but no one came to find her until dark, and she was vaguely arranged to sleep with Yun Ming.
And she met the Junior Uncle named Bai Xian, who looked at her with loving eyes and gave her lots of delicious food.
She said they were all neighbors, Yun Ming, you must take good care of her, and Yun Ming patted his chest and promised, "I got it."
Saying that, he also got her a quilt.
Clearly, he intended for her to stay the night, and Red Bean got angry, not at the person in front of her, but at her father.
Did her father disown her as his daughter?
Her mother had just died, was he planning to find her a stepmother and abandon her, this burden?
So, as if in a huff... she lay down, secretly crying in the middle of the night, but found that the little older brother next to her wasn't sleeping in the middle of the night, but was meditating mysteriously, was he cultivating?
She tried to talk to him... to no avail.
Red Bean became even sadder, he kidnapped her and then didn't take responsibility, right? She puffed out her cheeks and started to bother him.
Under the moonlight.
She suddenly realized Yun Ming was quite handsome, so she heavily poked his handsome face, and Yun Ming finally returned from his cultivation.
"Do you miss your family?"
"It's okay, I don't have a father or mother either, if you can't sleep, I'll tell you some stories..."
Yun Ming was exceptionally generous with the child's tantrum, not minding it, but instead feeling pity.
Although her clothes looked good.
But in the Void era, having money didn't mean one's family was intact; it could also mean she was being raised by other relatives.
He understood, he understood everything.
But when he said that, it almost made Red Bean half-dead with anger, they were all bullying her for not having a mother... The girl cried loudly.
Yun Ming could only coax her, in case he disturbed his Junior Uncle next door, she would be dealt with again, and he didn't want to sleep in his Junior Uncle's arms.
It would waste cultivation time!
He held the crying girl and started telling fairy tales, but found that she didn't like them, so he simply started telling novels instead.
Naturally, they were male-oriented novels.
Red Bean seemed to be able to listen to them, the stories were very captivating, but the girl also had doubts, asking him why the male protagonists all had three wives and four concubines, why couldn't they only be good to one person?
Yun Ming thought for a moment... "Because there are many girls he wants to protect? You wouldn't want them to leave or be sad, would you... If someone else protected them, who could truly feel at ease?"
"But they will be sad, how can you love several people?"
Red Bean didn't want a second mother at all.
So her father was only allowed to have her mother, and only allowed to love her, his only daughter.
"It seems you were an only child before..."
"Then I ask you, can you only love one, your father or your mother?"
"..."