“It’s all your fault!” Li Yufei pouted at Yang Feilong, looking at herself soaking wet by the river.
“Mmm-hmm, yes, it’s my fault.” Yang Feilong grinned. He didn’t bother to retort that she was the one who kissed him first, igniting his desire. Why was it his fault? Of course, he would never say such a thoughtless thing.
“You’re still smiling.” Li Yufei stomped her foot, seeing a knowing smirk on Yang Feilong’s face.
“No more smiling, let’s get serious. I’ll steam your clothes dry for you!” Yang Feilong said with a smile. “Like this.”
As he spoke, he trembled slightly, and in the next instant, the water droplets on his body vanished as if they had never been there.
“No wonder you weren’t wet when you dove to the bottom to collect the Water Spirit Pearl earlier,” Li Yufei realized, then said, “What are you waiting for? Hurry up and dry my clothes! Wearing wet clothes is too uncomfortable!”
“Ahem, you need to be prepared!” Yang Feilong coughed dryly.
“Prepared for what?” Li Yufei blinked.
“My true… internal energy, might have to have a close encounter with your body.” Yang Feilong chuckled. “Otherwise, there’s no way to dry them out of thin air.”
Li Yufei: “……”
“Do you agree or not?” Yang Feilong studied Li Yufei, finding her flushed face incredibly beautiful.
He had never imagined before that a beauty drenched in water could look so captivating.
“You were so forceful earlier, disregarding my objections. Why are you being so demure now, like a little woman?” Li Yufei said, her face red, rebuking him.
“……”
Yang Feilong inwardly mused, ah, women, so fickle.
This was also an indication that she didn’t mind, or at least, not that much. Yang Feilong naturally knew what to do. He mused inwardly, using his true qi to dry clothes, he wondered if his fellow cultivators of qi refinement would laugh at him for the usage of his true qi.
Although Li Yufei was mentally prepared, as the soft true qi made contact with her body, she still felt a tingling sensation, like a mild electric shock.
“You can dry your own clothes in the blink of an eye, clean and neat. Why are you being so hesitant when drying mine?” Li Yufei said, enduring the odd sensation on her body, shame and annoyance in her voice. “Are you trying to see me embarrass myself?”
“……” Yang Feilong feigned a wronged expression. “I truly have no such intentions. You are truly misjudging me. It’s because my ‘internal energy’ originates from within the body and can directly dry things externally. I also have complete knowledge of my own body’s condition. But you are different. I have to be careful not to dry out the moisture from your skin.”
“Is that so?” Li Yufei looked at Yang Feilong suspiciously.
“It is,” Yang Feilong nodded earnestly.
The main reason was that drying his own clothes was a matter of a quick scan of his divine sense, precise and efficient. But for Li Yufei, he didn’t want to use his divine sense. What was the difference between that and peeking at Li Yufei’s body? That would be too shameless. He just felt too embarrassed to state the reason.
This way, although it was slower, it at least proved he wasn’t a ‘lecher’!
Li Yufei endured the strange sensation on her body and urged, “Then try to speed it up.”
“Okay!” Yang Feilong nodded and increased his speed.
Fortunately, it didn’t take too long, otherwise Li Yufei would have been utterly mortified.
“My body feels sticky, it’s not very comfortable!” Li Yufei frowned.
“It’s bound to be a little, so we’ll still need to go back and take a bath,” Yang Feilong agreed.
Li Yufei glanced at Yang Feilong. Yang Feilong asked, “What is it?”
“Nothing,” Li Yufei said calmly. “Let’s go back!”
Looking at Li Yufei’s expression, Yang Feilong had a vague feeling that he had said something wrong again, or said something that displeased Li Yufei.
In the car.
Yang Feilong drove, looking at the dazed Li Yufei. He still had no idea what was wrong with his last remark.
After that incident, Li Yufei seemed to have lost the mood for their outing.
Although her mood hadn’t been good before, now it was even worse.
Yang Feilong decided it was best to give each other some time to cool down.
Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Perhaps after parting, they would feel differently when they met again.
Screech~~~
Suddenly, Yang Feilong slammed on the brakes.
“What is it?” Li Yufei’s expression changed, and she asked repeatedly.
Bang!
A loud crash in front of them answered Li Yufei.
A large boulder rolled down from the mountain, landing on the road ahead of them.
“Ah!” Li Yufei cried out in fright and grabbed Yang Feilong’s arm.
Her reaction in that instant showed that she still relied heavily on Yang Feilong. At least, when danger struck, she knew she could find safety in him.
“It’s okay, don’t worry, I’m here,” Yang Feilong said, lightly patting Li Yufei’s arm with his other hand to comfort her.
“This place is remote, but it hasn’t rained recently. Why would such a large boulder suddenly roll down?” Li Yufei said, her heart still pounding. If she had been driving, she would have been hit just now, right?
“This isn’t a natural rockfall, it’s man-made!” A cold smile appeared on Yang Feilong’s lips.
“Man-made?” Li Yufei’s beautiful eyes widened, clearly shocked by Yang Feilong’s words.
The next moment, she saw two figures sprint down the mountainside, quickly arriving in front of the boulder.
“It really is man-made!” Li Yufei exclaimed angrily. “Don’t they care about the falling rocks hitting people?”
Yang Feilong remained silent.
Even without braking, at their previous speed, they would have been just a hair’s breadth away from being hit. However, the perpetrators’ actions clearly did not take this into account.
“I’m going to get out and take a look,” Yang Feilong said.
“I’ll go with you,” Li Yufei said nervously. At this moment, she had no trace of her earlier petulance with Yang Feilong.
“Okay!” Seeing Li Yufei’s anxious look, Yang Feilong grinned.
“Brother Huo, how much do you think we can extort this time?” one of the youths, dressed in a non-mainstream style, a straw dangling from his lips, asked another youth.
“That car looks good. How can we not extort a million or two?” the dark-skinned man called Brother Huo chuckled coldly.
“I’m afraid they won’t give it to us!” the non-mainstream youth said.
“Not give it? Then we’ll cripple them. If they still don’t give it, we’ll kill them directly!” Brother Huo said with a cruel smile.
“I heard that if superpowered individuals misuse their abilities and are caught by special departments, we might be executed!” the non-mainstream youth said worriedly.
“If you’re afraid of death, then don’t follow me!” the dark-skinned youth grunted.
“Brother Huo, that girl is so beautiful!” the non-mainstream youth suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, a lecherous grin spreading across his face.
“Oh?” The dark-skinned youth looked over. Upon seeing her, he too felt a surge of heat, his eyes gleaming.