Chapter 363 - 169: A Love of Unknown Origin, Yet Unwavering

Chapter 363: Chapter 169: A Love of Unknown Origin, Yet Unwavering

"Aina, you’re about to be 19. You need to learn to be a little more mature. You can’t just have your body ripen while your brain doesn’t grow at all."

’A girl changes so much as she grows up. After the New Year, Aina’s figure had become more and more captivating—curvy, ripe, plump, and juicy. She’d be delicious.’

’Plus, she used to be a B-cup. Carrying her on his back again now, Su Ran could clearly feel there was a lot more surface area pressing into him.’

’Su Ran had never been intimate with this girl. They had only kissed. He had never ventured into her other Holy Domains.’

’Well, she was about the same as Xie Yiren. Both of them had kept things completely pure with Su Ran.’

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

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

"...Yiren, is Su Ran always like this?" Aunt Luo glanced back at Su Ran, who was being playfully tormented 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.

"Su Ran is just really good to the people around him."

"The friendly-to-everyone type?"

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

"Oh..."

Aunt Luo, content to just watch the drama unfold, didn’t say more. ’As long as this old woman is still breathing,’ she thought, ’I’ll get to see how Su Ran eventually deals with this mess.’

Strangely enough, the butterfly seemed to have taken a liking to Xie Yiren. It stayed on her head and wouldn’t leave. Xie Yiren didn’t try to shoo it away, treating it like a hair ornament. It was only when she returned to the cave dwelling to change her clothes that the butterfly finally flew off.

The cave dwelling consisted of two dark caves. A light rain had just passed, leaving the weeds at the entrances dripping wet. Su Ran grabbed a hoe and cleared them all away. ’Yeah,’ he thought, ’I like the cave dwelling to be neat and tidy like this, with no weeds.’

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.

At that moment, Xie Yiren was with Aunt Luo, borrowing eggs from a neighbor. In the courtyard, Xiao Wanqing and Liu Jinyu were busy preparing dinner at the firewood stove. Su Ran and Aina were supposed to be weeding, but Aina was just slacking off, stroking the broomstick up and down. Full of emotion, she said, "Su Ran... I really envy the kind of love Aunt Luo and Qin Liheng have, where they only love one person their whole lives. Do you?"

"It’s alright, I guess."

"Then why did you..." Aina glanced toward the other two women. "Why did you get involved with both of them?"

"..." Su Ran stood up and leaned on his hoe. "How about I take this hoe to one of them? Then I’ll have just one left, and we can be a happy couple for life. What do you think?"

"You’re ridiculous."

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

Su Ran was getting really sick of people asking him about the ’one true love for a lifetime’ stuff. He couldn’t help it. He longed for that kind of love, but his reality didn’t permit it. Even if it was his fault, this was how things were. What could he do? He just had to live with it.

"And you, Aina, stop grabbing the broom and stroking it up and down all day. You’re getting way too skilled at it."

Huh?

Aina hastily threw down the broom, cursed, "Stinky 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 bottom. Aina cried out, clutching her rear. "What did you hit me for?"

"You little brat, can you just settle down for a minute? Look at the situation we’re in, and you’re still in the mood to joke around? Shut your mouth, not another word, and go stand quietly to the side."

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

"Less yapping. Go get the salt."

"Salt..." Over by the vegetables, it dawned on Xie Yiren. "Oh, when I got the eggs from Aunt Qing, I forgot to buy salt at the village entrance. I’ll go get some now."

"You rest for a bit, I’ll go." Su Ran put down the broom and headed out of the courtyard. The entire area was nothing but yellow earth, giving it the feel of being on the White Deer Plain. Su Ran had only taken a few steps when Xiao Wanqing called out to him from behind.

Today, Xiao Wanqing was wearing black jeans and a tight-fitting sweater under a trench coat. The jeans accentuated the long, beautiful curves of her legs. She strode up to Su Ran, took his arm, and said, "I’ll go get it."

"On your period?"

Xiao Wanqing saw the disappointed look on his face and 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 celebrated his birthday, so I’m abstaining for a few days. I hope Sister Wanqing can be understanding. Hiss—what are you pinching me for?"

"You deserve it."

’Xiao Wanqing knew this bastard Su Ran better than anyone. He acted all prim and proper during the day, putting on this righteous act, but at night? The lecher in him would come out in full force, and he’d be staring at her long legs nonstop.’

"Look." Xiao Wanqing lifted the cuff of her jeans, revealing the black stockings she was wearing underneath.

"I just don’t get you girls. Why do you like wearing stockings under your pants? Are you all secretly provocative or something?"

"Provocative my ass! Is that any way to talk to your dear Sister Wanqing?"

"You’re saying you’re not?"

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

"So... you’re just going to push your Sister Wanqing around like this whenever you feel like it now?"

"What’s wrong? You don’t like it?"

"I wouldn’t dare."

Xiao Wanqing shook her head, putting on a convincing act of a helpless young girl. She loved playing the victim in front of Su Ran. Unless she had absolutely no other choice, she wouldn’t use her taekwondo on him.

"Su Ran..." Xiao Wanqing tugged on his sleeve, pulling him closer. "Uncle Qin loves Aunt Luo so, so much. Will you ever love me like that?"