Chapter 8: The Wasp's Frequent Attacks on the Autumn Swing Rope

  "Do you think you can drive with your feet?"

  Mù Sī Xuě lowered her head and didn't speak, Líng Shuǐ Yào continued asking: "Is there something important in the car?"

  "The bag is inside." Seeing Ling Shuiyue didn't ask which car was hers, she just stretched out her hand to ask for the car key.

  At dusk, Snow shook under the car window, took out the key and pointed to the rear direction, saying the license plate number: "Key, it's there, #########"

  "I've already written it down."

  Xue was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head: So even in the dark, you can see it?

  Ling Shuiyue took the bag and locked the car, then sat back in her own car and handed the bag to Musi Xue.

  Twenty minutes later, the car stopped in front of a department store.

  "Why stop here?"

  "So you want me to carry you into your house?"

  "You..." The snow thought for a moment and wanted to say something but stopped. What he said was right, it's indeed not proper for a strange man to carry her back home so late at night.

  Ling Shuiyue opened the car door and stretched out his hand: "May I?"

  It wasn't like this before, how come now... Mu Si Xue helplessly stretched out her arm to wrap around Ling Shuiyao's neck, having known him for only about ten days, yet being hugged by him five times.

  The light was too bright and there were too many people, the gazes of passersby made Mù Sī Xuě unable to bear it, so she buried her head in Líng Shuǐ Yào's chest, her arms tightening around his.

  The road is too short, and the feelings are too long.

  Ling Shuiyue reluctantly placed Musi Xue on the sofa, and Musi Xue busied herself by asking the waiter to bring over her shoes to cover up her unease.

  "Excuse me: Where is the restroom?"

  The shopping guide also saw that Muxi Xue's feet were not clean enough: "Go out and turn left, about 10 meters, then turn right again, it's at the end."

  "Thank you!"

  The floor was bright and clean. As Snow thought about it in the evening, she walked to the bathroom with her feet bare. Ling Shuiyue took the shoes from the shopping guide's hand and followed behind her.

  "I'm fine on my own." As dusk fell, Xue saw Ling Shuiyue following behind him at the bend.

  "What's next after washing?"

  Muxi Xue took the shoes from Ling Shuiyue's hands: "Thank you!"

  After coming back from the bathroom, Mu Si Xue only tried on three pairs of shoes before hastily putting one pair on her feet.

  The salesperson had never seen a girl choose shoes so quickly and asked suspiciously: "Just this pair?"

  "Uh." Musui Xue took out a card from her bag, but the waiter had already taken Ling Shuiyue's card: "Sir! Please wait."

  "Miss! Use mine." Musui Xue chased after her.

  This couple is quite awkward, they must have just had a fight. The waiter smiled and said: "Sir, why don't you give this gentleman a chance to make it up to you?"

  "What?" Musui Xue was momentarily confused by the waiter's words.

  "Why did she say that she would give......" Muxi Xue understood, but the next words she couldn't say out loud, saying them would only make things more awkward.

  What to do? Why does she always make a fool of herself in front of him? First, she bumped into him with a drunkard, then she met him when she was wearing a broken cloth and almost fell apart. This time, she cried so hard that her feet were bare and bumped into him again. What to do? For the moment, she couldn't decide whether to leave or not to leave.

  Ling Shuiyue actually quite enjoyed the misunderstanding of the service staff: "Not knowing each other anyway, what's the harm in a little misunderstanding?"

  "Sir, please sign." The waiter brought over the card and receipt.

  Ling Shuiyue signed and put away the card. Seeing Musi Xue standing there without leaving: "Not leaving?"

  Muxi Xue felt so embarrassed? How could she be like a fool in front of him?

  Having shoes makes a difference, walking really fast. Ling Shuiyue also felt that her feet were born with wind: "316! Shouldn't you show some sincerity?"

  What's going on? 316 has become her name? Musui Xue slowed down her pace: "What sincerity?"

  "You still owe me a piece of clothing!"

  At dusk, I want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

  She covered her eyes with her hands and peeked at Ling Shuiyao through the gaps between her fingers, saying softly: "Sorry! Does the upstairs sell men's clothing?" She asked another silly question, where did the name of the department store come from: "Let's go upstairs."

  "Will this one do?" The salesgirl recommended a suit to them.

  "What do you think?" Ling Shuiyue asked Husky Snow, who was distracted.

  "Alright!"

  "That's it."

  "Alright, follow me to the fitting room."

  Ling Shuiyue changed into a good set of clothes and stood in front of Muxi Xue: "How's this?"

  "Alright then. Are you satisfied?"

  "What kind of tie should I wear?"

  "Sir! The ties are over here. Would you and your girlfriend like to come take a look?"

  Muxi Xue had just wanted to clarify with the salesgirl that she wasn't Ling Shuiyao's girlfriend, but Ling Shuiyao responded with: "Okay!"

  Muxi Xue sat on the sofa, not getting up, meaning he didn't care. Since he didn't mind, she didn't need to bother with this small matter and him, might as well end it quickly and leave, from then on strangers.

  "You have to take responsibility for the mess you made at that restaurant." Ling Shuiyue stood in front of Mu Si Xue, with a tone that implied "you go or not, it's all the same".

  Muxi Snow lightly bit her lower lip and left.

  She casually picked up a tie on the shelf: "Satisfied?"

  "Want to try it on?"

  Muxi Xue turned around and handed the tie to the salesgirl, but Ling Shuiyao said: "You come!"

  "Why?" Was he angry about paying just now? It wasn't as if she had asked him to pay: "Sir! The shoes, I don't seem to have enough cash on me, another day..."

  "Are you sure you want to return it?"

  "This is certain."

  "I just saw someone put on their shoes and run away."

  Moxi Snow lowered his head and remained silent, how could he always pick on his own mistakes.

  "The shoes are on me as a gift. But this......" Ling Shuiyue pointed at the tie in Guiding Purch's hand.

  Muxi Xue took the tie from the salesgirl's hand and looked at Ling Shuiyao, who was 186 cm tall: What can you do with such a height? She tiptoed, her right hand pulling the tie along the collar of her shirt to the back, then her left hand reached behind her neck, pulling the tie to the front, her hands flying up and down.

  It's fragrant, faintly sweet but not greasy, like a drop on rice paper, gradually merging into the paper, slowly dispersing yet not fully dissolving... A familiar flavor sweeps in once again...

  Muxi Xue gently tied the tie around Ling Shuiyao's neck and lifted her head: "Is it okay?"

  Her nose almost touched his, those hard stubbles were so sexy, those eyes were so fiery and enchanting, and that straight nose... what was she doing? Being infatuated like a fool.

  Muxi Xue lowered her head and no longer looked at Ling Shuiyao again.

  "It's crooked!"

  "Oh," Musui Xue raised her head, but only dared to cast her gaze on his shirt collar.

  "You already owe me six favors!"

  "What?"

  "Six!"

  "Where is so much?"

  "Your hair got stuck in my button, I helped you untie it, once; your horse was startled, I lent a hand to save you, twice; I got stung by bees and carried you to get medicine, three times; at the buffet, you didn't finish eating, I finished it for you, four times; your car had a flat tire, I gave you a ride back, five times; your shoes were lost, I took you to buy new ones, six times!"

  "You... you just did what a gentleman should do. Can we talk about human feelings?"

  "I don't want to be a gentleman."

  "That's not fair! You also trampled on my phone!"

  "Didn't I buy you a new one?"

  "You... you grew a beard and became a different person." Musui Xue didn't even know she would say something so childish, she must have been really angry.

  "You're also very different from last time. In the manor, you had long hair flowing, elegant and refined, now it's all tied up, with a fringe to boot, barefoot, with your pants legs rolled up, looking like a mess, affecting the city's appearance!" Ling Shuiyue was even more childish, intentionally twisting Mu Si Xue's words.

  "How did I become so unrefined?" How could he even tell that she had gotten a bang trim?

  "No, I was going to say that you've dressed yourself up so ugly, what are you planning to do?" Ling Shuiyue felt that his words were very familiar.

  "What are you going to do with yourself looking so ugly?"