Chapter 296: You Touch
“It’s okay…”
Seeing the young man’s actions, Mu Sanniang thought he was bothered by the skirt she had given him before, so she said softly.
Then, she exerted force and pulled him up.
However, she quickly noticed the slightly dim pattern on her younger brother’s left wrist.
The girl’s eyes flickered but she immediately looked away, showing no major reaction. After all, compared to these trivial details, she was more concerned about the small wounds on her brother’s body. Due to the low temperature, the wounds had already congealed and stopped bleeding, but they still looked rather ferocious.
Mu Sanniang rubbed her red eyes, remained silent, and hugged him. As their skin touched, she could feel the young man’s body trembling slightly, perhaps from being frozen for too long, the chill in his body couldn’t be dispelled.
Mu Sanniang tightened her embrace, wanting to warm him with her body heat. This wasn’t the first time she had done something like this. She recalled that after first meeting her brother, she often did this on their way from Liucheng to Yunji Town.
After a while, with the mountain peak’s formation blocking the cold and his sister’s embrace, the young man’s eyelids twitched, and he felt the return of warmth after a long time.
Chen An slowly opened his eyes, instinctively shrinking his left hand behind him. The familiar face of the girl appeared before his eyes. However, there were still two faint tear tracks on her delicate face. She wasn’t crying anymore, but her eyes were still slightly red and swollen. Chen An was momentarily stunned, then smiled.
“Sister should be happy to see me, why are you crying?” he teased.
Mu Sanniang looked at him, cupped his cheeks with both hands, her voice very soft, but she answered a question he hadn’t asked.
“Brother, does it hurt?”
Chen An was taken aback by her question. His body was numb from the cold, and his consciousness was slow. He shook his head.
“It’s okay, it doesn’t hurt much.”
The young man said, trying to widen the smile on his lips to show his ease and composure. However, he accidentally pulled on the wound on his face, causing him to wince in pain.
Mu Sanniang saw this, a look of anxiety flashed across her face. She reached out her hand, then abruptly stopped, afraid to touch him and worsen his injuries. Her hand eventually fell back. She couldn’t think of a good solution and could only stand there anxiously, her eyes turning red, and mist gathering in them again. Chen An saw this and quickly composed himself, saying,
“Alright, alright, Sis, I’m really fine.”
He mumbled, a slight smile in his eyes, his tone somewhat threatening.
“Sister isn’t a crybaby, but if I keep making you cry, I’ll feel guilty, you know.”
Hearing this, the girl sniffled and quietly calmed down. It was clear that someone had already mastered the art of dealing with Mu Sanniang. He chuckled. It seemed that whenever he saw Mu Sanniang, he became exceptionally cheerful. The smile in his eyes radiated from his heart, impossible to hide.
Seeing his foolish appearance, the girl suddenly turned her head and whispered,
“Brother, you’re lying.”
Mu Sanniang’s words were as concise as ever, just like her heart. Apart from her brother, everything else was shrouded in darkness. But the speaker said it unintentionally, yet the listener took it to heart. These four short words made Chen An’s heart race subconsciously. He maintained a calm facade, forcing a smile, “Sister is talking nonsense again, what did I lie to you about…”
Mu Sanniang turned back, her light blue eyes meeting the young man’s pure black and white pupils. She said softly, “It clearly hurts a lot, yet you lied and said it didn’t.”
So that’s what she meant… Hearing his sister’s answer, Chen An breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, he had almost thought his sister had discovered his unsavory dealings with a vixen from the Joyful Union Sect. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm… Thinking this, Chen An coughed lightly, about to say something.
But his words were quickly muffled by another extreme softness. It was the girl’s thin lips pressing against his. Her eyes widened slightly, with no trace of the shyness expected of her age. There was only boundless affection and infatuation.
The girl’s lips felt cool at first. However, after a mere second or two, the sensation rapidly warmed up, becoming soft and inviting, making one want to savor it. Undeniably, though it might sound sacrilegious, this was what Chen An was thinking at the moment. Who could refuse the kiss of a girl whose heart belonged entirely to them? Even if she was his sister in name. Perhaps some could remain stone-hearted and unmoved, but that certainly wasn’t the current Chen An.
He didn’t refuse, but responded slowly and deliberately. The wind whistled around them, blowing the girl’s dark hair. She had initially kept her eyes open, but upon feeling his response, she closed them. Only her long, delicate eyelashes trembled, as if speaking for her. Mu Sanniang at this moment was incredibly beautiful in Chen An’s eyes. And he was never stingy with his praise. Seizing an opportunity, he spoke softly,
“Sanniang has grown up, truly beautiful.” He then added, as if thinking of something, “You’ve always been beautiful, beautiful when you were little, and even more beautiful now that you’ve grown up.”
Mu Sanniang didn’t respond but took his hand and gently placed it on her chest. The action was somewhat intimate, causing Chen An’s eyes to widen slightly. Mu Sanniang had truly grown up, not only in her increasingly refined beauty but also in her fully developed body. Chen An wasn’t sure of the meaning behind her action, but he didn’t try to break free immediately, only enduring the urge to move his fingers and averted his gaze.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
Mu Sanniang reached out with her free hand and turned his head back.
“Touch me.”
She looked up at the young man, uttering a shocking statement.
?
What outrageous words! Even the self-proclaimed resolute Chen An was startled, his eyes widening as his gaze wandered uncertainly above the white skirt to the fullness beneath.
“This, this isn’t appropriate…”
He made his last attempt at resistance. Then, he heard the girl’s slightly dejected voice.
“Brother, don’t do such foolish things again.”
“My heart, here, it hurts so much.”
Chen An was stunned, realizing he had misunderstood his sister’s intention. He silently mourned his own dirty thoughts for a second. It must have been a vixen’s influence… He took a deep breath, pulled the girl into his embrace, and softly stroked her hair, comforting her, “It’s okay, Sister, it’s all over now.”
“I’ll rest on the mountain for a bit, then I’ll take you down and we’ll leave the sect to live the life we want.” He spoke softly, revealing his bet with Zuo Yunshan and his future plans. The girl remained silent, simply leaning in his arms, nodding occasionally in response.
Suddenly, she asked, “Brother, what… is this?”
Chen An blinked and looked down. He saw Mu Sanniang gently pinching his wrist, gazing intently. It was his left hand, the one she had first held. Her question was naturally directed at the somewhat dim pattern on his wrist. The pattern seemed integrated with his skin, a very faint and elegant color. Unless one looked closely, it was hard to notice.
Caught off guard by the question, Chen An remained relatively calm, showing no flaws. He had considered telling her everything about Jiang Qiuchi, but he remembered Dao Xuan Zhenren’s instructions before he left: it was best not to stimulate Mu Sanniang recently but to focus on comforting her. So he changed his tune, “It’s nothing, just a cultivation technique taught by the Sect Master.” Well, the Great Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Union Cultivation Technique was indeed given by Dao Xuan Zhenren. Chen An felt he wasn’t lying.
Hearing this answer, Mu Sanniang’s eyes flickered, and she blinked, not pressing further. Just as Chen An thought he had easily gotten away with it, he heard the girl suddenly ask,
“Really?”
Chen An discreetly shifted his gaze, then nodded with feigned seriousness.
“Really!”
He said with genuine conviction.
(End of this chapter)
