Chapter 279 - 144: Happiness and Crisis

Chapter 279: Chapter 144: Happiness and Crisis

"Uh... right. He’s the Grand Elder, the one in charge of the Saintess System. According to ancestral tradition, that’s his job. But Ah Weng wouldn’t do that to me. He wants me to be happy."

Su Ran nodded. ’Having one standard for outsiders and another for your own people is actually a pretty good thing.’

"I heard the previous Saintess had a daughter?"

"A daughter? Where?"

"I don’t dare ask Ah Weng, he’d get furious... Ugh, how would I know about all that ancient history? Anyway, I trust you’ll protect me. Mwah~ That’s your reward."

"This is my reward?"

"What else did you expect?"

"Hold on..."

Su Ran reached over and grabbed the DSLR camera from the nightstand. He turned it on. Huh? Inside the recycle bin, he found seven or eight selfies Xie Yiren had taken... There were cute photos from a 45-degree angle, pictures of her little feet, shots of her long legs, and so on. She had taken them out of boredom while he was gone, just not realizing that deleted photos could still be viewed in the recycle bin.

’Not bad.’ Su Ran restored them to the photo album.

He raised the camera and aimed it at Xie Yiren.

"Your reward is one photo."

"No way."

"Then don’t ask any more questions. I won’t answer."

"You... Fine, I agree! I give up, you win."

Fidgeting and blushing, she reluctantly lowered her shoulder strap. With a CLICK, the perfectly rounded and beautiful moment was captured.

*Phew~*

Xie Yiren let out a heavy breath, feeling like she could die of embarrassment.

*Ahem...*

She composed herself, her expression turning serious. "Second question. You’ve made a mess of our entire dorm. We’re all supposed to live together next semester. And you’re just fine, off in Jiangning, not having to deal with anything. Don’t you think it’ll be awkward for the four of us?"

This time, he let out a genuine snort of laughter. Su Ran had thought about this problem before, but he never expected Xie Yiren to be the one to bring it up. He tried to suppress his smile, but he had to admit, ’This really is awkward.’

However...

"You’re overthinking it. I haven’t messed with *all* of you."

"Even if you haven’t finished, you’re pretty close, right?"

"Er... you’re about to be the third."

"What the hell! I knew you and that little bitch Wanqing were a thing! That wench goes on and on every day about being wary of you, and in the end, she was the first to fall for it. Such a hypocrite! Right?"

Xie Yiren demanded an answer. Su Ran just went, "Uh..." He didn’t dare say a word during a catfight.

"My fault. It’s all my fault. I was just too good to you girls."

"It *is* your fault. If you hadn’t shown up, the four of us would still be living our happy, carefree lives."

*Sigh*... ’Of course. In the end, it’s always the man’s fault.’

"Alright, then. I guess I’ll just leave."

"You’re not allowed to leave."

Xie Yiren clamped her legs around him, pinning him in place.

’This move...’ Whoa. Su Ran was stunned. ’She’s got some skills.’

"Anyway, when the next semester starts, you have to come to the school on the first day and sort this mess out. I don’t care if the others tear you to pieces."

"Okay, I’ll definitely be there."

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you? Relax. Don’t you trust me to handle things?"

"I’ll trust you this once. But don’t you dare pull a disappearing act, got it? Or the four of us will march all the way to Jiangning to hunt you down."

Su Ran hadn’t thought that far ahead, but since Xie Yiren was already planning for the start of next semester, he knew he had to give her an answer.

"We’ll deal with that later."

’Another delaying tactic.’

"You’re so annoying! You’ve made such a mess of everything."

’But ultimately, this was caused by the five of them getting too close and crossing too many lines. Oh well. She’d leave it at that for now and worry about it when the next semester started.’

CLICK!

’Another bonus shot.’

"Quick, ask. Ask a few more questions."

"I’m not asking anymore!"

"Oh, come on, just ask."

"You..."

Xie Yiren was speechless. ’Does he really want me to ask questions? This is obviously just an excuse to take pictures!’

"Fine, fine, fine, I’ll ask..."

CLICK! Another bonus shot.

"I hate you."

"Keep asking."

CLICK! And another bonus shot.

"I’m not asking anymore! This is so embarrassing."

"Just two more."

CLICK, CLICK, CLICK... The sound of the shutter was relentless.

Well, this couple certainly knows how to have fun.

OK! Second mission complete.

Xie Yiren looked at the pictures of herself on the DSLR, her face flushing red. "You’ve been a bad influence on me."

"Not at all. They’re beautiful. When you’re old and you look at these pictures, you’ll be moved by your younger self."

"I guess that makes sense."

"Of course, I was thinking you could..."

"Don’t talk!"

Xie Yiren suddenly pressed her index finger to Su Ran’s lips.

’Now is not the time for words.’

She gathered up her hair. A trace of sensuality touched her cute, doll-like face as she closed her eyes and leaned in to kiss him.

’Su Ran had never been good at refusing people. He was lazy—too lazy to refuse, too lazy to take the initiative. He might as well just let Sister Yiren take the lead. Wasn’t this a kind of pleasure in itself? Besides, kissing Xie Yiren felt completely different. It must have been the ’Saintess’ status effect. It was incredibly thrilling, making him want to take her right then and there.’

The bright winter moon cast its pale light through the small window, spilling across the bed.

"Su Ran."

"Calling me by my full name feels a little distant, don’t you think?"

"Hubby~"

"Hahaha..."

"You’re so childish."

On the woman’s fair, flawless back, an ancient totem began to appear bit by bit—the Bathing Fire Phoenix.

’Mmm... looks like the warm-up is just about done. Time to start the break-in period.’

The air in the room was thick with the scent of hormones. A biting cold wind gusted past when, suddenly, the BANG of a shotgun blast rang out from outside, echoing through the night sky.

"Boss Su, you climbed in the wrong window!"

A wizened old man’s voice drifted in from outside the Saintess’s room.

All the villagers stood outside holding torches, the flames illuminating the entire courtyard and lighting up the night sky.

「Inside the room.」

"Sigh... ’Good things never come easy.’"

To run into this kind of mess before he could even get his pants off... Any man would be pissed!