Chapter 357 - 169: Lying on the Kang Together

Chapter 357: Chapter 169: Lying on the Kang Together

"Aina, you’re about to turn nineteen. You need to learn to be a little more mature. You can’t just have your body getting more developed while your mind doesn’t grow at all."

Su Ran had never touched this girl—he’d only kissed her. He had never ventured into any other Holy Domains.

Well, she was about the same as Xie Yiren—both maintained a chaste relationship with Su Ran.

Of course, Su Ran had no designs on Aina at the moment. He didn’t want a total wipeout.

As for Xie Yiren, Su Ran had told her, "I won’t touch you until I find your family."

"...Yiren, is Su Ran always like this?" Aunt Luo glanced back at Su Ran, who was being hounded by the three women. She then turned to look at the butterfly on Xie Yiren’s head, feeling herself grow fonder and fonder of the young woman.

"Oh, Su Ran? He treats everyone around him this well."

"A ladies’ man?"

"Not really. He’s only like this with the four of us."

"Oh..."

As a bystander enjoying the drama, Aunt Luo didn’t say much more. ’As long as this old lady is still breathing,’ she thought, ’I’ll get to see how Su Ran cleans up this mess.’

Strangely enough, the butterfly seemed to have taken a real liking to Xie Yiren. It stayed on her head, refusing to leave. Xie Yiren didn’t try to shoo it away, simply treating it as a hair ornament. The butterfly only flew off when she returned to the cave dwelling to change her clothes.

Aunt Luo had lived abroad for many years, but whenever she returned to the country for the holidays, she would come back here to stay for a day or two.

Right then, Xie Yiren was accompanying Aunt Luo to borrow some eggs from a neighbor, while Xiao Wanqing and Liu Jinyu were busy making dinner at the firewood stove they’d set up in the courtyard. Su Ran and Aina were pulling weeds, although Aina was mostly slacking, just stroking the broom up and down. Full of emotion, she said, "Su Ran... I’m so envious of the kind of love Aunt Luo and Qin Liheng had—loving only one person for a whole lifetime. Do you envy that?"

"I guess."

"Then why are you..." Aina glanced toward the other two women. "Why are you dating both of them?"

"..." Su Ran stood up, leaning on his hoe. "How about I kill one of them with this hoe? Then I’ll have one left, and we can be a couple for life. What do you think of that?"

"That’s ridiculous."

"I think *you’re* the one being ridiculous. Asking me that question, aren’t you just trying to mock me?"

Su Ran hated it most when people asked him about this "one couple for a lifetime" nonsense. He couldn’t help it. He yearned for that kind of love, but reality wouldn’t allow it. Even if it was his fault, the situation was what it was. What could he do? This was just how things were.

"And you, Aina, stop punishing that broom. It’s innocent."

Huh?

Aina hurriedly dropped the broom, muttered, "You smelly Baby Ran," and scurried over to Liu Jinyu to tattle on Su Ran for bullying her.

Liu Jinyu raised her hand and gave Aina a firm smack on the butt. Aina cried out in pain, grabbing her rear. "What did you hit me for?"

"You little brat, can you give it a rest? Now is not the time for jokes! Shut up, not another word, and just stay put over there."

"You’re playing favorites! Your ’little brother’ is fooling around too, but you only hit me! Ah! I’ll shut up, just don’t hit me again."

"Less yapping. Go get the salt."

"The salt..." Xie Yiren, who was washing vegetables nearby, suddenly remembered. "Oh, after I got the eggs from Aunt Qing, I forgot to buy salt at the village shop. I’ll go get it now."

"You get some rest. I’ll go." Su Ran put down the broom and started walking out of the courtyard. The entire area was covered in loess soil, giving it the feel of the novel *White Deer Plain*. Su Ran had only taken a few steps before Xiao Wanqing called out to him from behind.

Xiao Wanqing was wearing black jeans, a form-fitting sweater, and a windbreaker. The jeans accentuated the long, beautiful curves of her legs. She hurried to his side, linked her arm with his, and said, "I need to get something, too."

"On your period?"

Seeing the disappointed look on his face, Xiao Wanqing smiled. She stood on her tiptoes and whispered in his ear, "Nope. It’s my safe period for the next couple of days."

"Sigh, Uncle Qin just passed away. I’m being celibate for a few days. I hope Sister Wanqing can be understanding... HISS! What are you pinching me for?"

"You deserve it."

Xiao Wanqing knew better than anyone how much of a phony Su Ran was. ’He acts all righteous and proper now,’ she thought, ’but at night? The lecher in him comes out in full force, and he can’t stop staring at my legs.’

"Here." Xiao Wanqing lifted the cuff of her jeans, revealing the black stockings she was wearing underneath—a style sometimes called ’stockings under pants’.

"Seriously, I don’t get you women. Why wear pants and then wear stockings underneath? Is it some kind of repressed horniness?"

"Horny my ass! Is that any way to talk about your Sister Wanqing?"

"And you’re not?"

Su Ran pushed Xiao Wanqing against the earthen wall, tilting her chin up with his hand to look at her exquisite face.

"So... is this how you’re going to bully your Sister Wanqing from now on, whenever you feel like it?"

"What’s wrong? You don’t like it?"

"I wouldn’t dare."

Xiao Wanqing shook her head like a little girl. She was a good actress. She enjoyed playing the victim in front of Su Ran. She wouldn’t use her Taekwondo on him unless she absolutely had to.

"Su Ran..." Xiao Wanqing tugged on his sleeve, pulling him closer. "You see how deeply Uncle Qin loved Aunt Luo... Do you think you’ll ever love me like that?"

"Of course."

"Even if I died, would you still love me that much?"

"What are you talking about? I don’t understand why you girls are always asking things like, ’Would you still love me if I died?’ Why use death to test love? It’s a stupid thing to do, you know?"

"Okay, okay, I get it. Don’t be mad at me, okay?"

She let go of his sleeve and wrapped her arms around his neck instead. Looking into his eyes, she broke into a smile. They had been together long enough to understand each other without words. Her gaze was an unmistakable invitation: ’You can kiss me now.’

Su Ran glanced left and right. Seeing no one, he whispered, "Okay, but we agreed... just one kiss."