Chapter 185 Pei Jiuyan! Did you secretly get skin whitening treatment?!

Pei Jiuyan chuckled and patted her head: "Shall I look for it? Are you tired? Do you want some water?"

Qin Suisui nodded. She was indeed tired; cycling and walking had taken a toll on her energy. She sat down and saw Pei Jiuyan rummaging through his basket, assuming he was looking for her water bottle.

Unexpectedly, he pulled out a huge coconut!

Qin Suisui glared at her: "When did you put this in? These coconuts are so big, aren't you tired carrying them?" As she spoke, she stuck her head into the basket to see what else was inside.

To my surprise, there were three coconuts in the basket!

Pei Jiuyan didn't stop what he was doing. After finding the coconut, he took the dagger from her waist and easily pried open the incredibly hard coconut shell. He smiled and handed it to Qin Suisui: "I got this from the kitchen. You sweat a lot when you're traveling in the wild, and coconut water can replenish electrolytes and maintain your strength."

Qin Suisui glanced at him and said, "You know all this stuff?"

Pei Jiuyan raised his hand and gently pinched her nose: "Have you forgotten what your man does?"

Oh right, I forgot. Jia Zhenzhen mentioned before that she often went on field training with them.

"Huh? I've never seen you train in the wild before?"

Pei Jiuyan took out a few more pastries from his basket: "When you first came to Qiongtan Island, I had a lot of missions at sea. Then it was the height of summer, and the weather was unusual this year. I was worried about something going wrong, so I canceled the field training. Now that the weather is starting to cool down, I estimate that the field training will start around the time we return from the Snake Witch Tribe."

Qin Suisui nodded, drinking coconut water and eating glutinous rice cakes while imagining Pei Jiuyan's appearance after returning from field training, tanned to the point of looking like a little black man, and couldn't help but laugh.

They were still on the outskirts of the wild forest, where herb gatherers occasionally passed by, some in groups and some alone. Three men traveling together saw their large basket and couldn't help but reveal a greedy look.

Moreover, seeing that there was only one man and one petite woman among them, he felt a little tempted.

A dark-skinned man approached, a fawning smile on his face: "Comrades, hello! It's fate that we meet. Look, my two brothers and I have been walking in this forest for over half a month, and we haven't had a proper meal in days. Your..." His eyes were fixed on the few pieces of pastry Qin Suisui was holding: "Could you give some to us..."

Before he could finish speaking, his gaze shifted from Qin Suisui to Pei Jiuyan beside him, and he swallowed the rest of his words: "Sorry to bother you, it's alright, it's alright, you guys enjoy your meal, we'll be going now."

After saying that, he ran away without looking back.

Faintly, their voices could still be heard carried by the wind: "Brother, why did you run away? The three of us can't handle a pretty boy and a young woman? They've got some good stuff in those baskets!"

"What pretty boy? Are you blind? That man looks like someone you can't mess with! Ten of you couldn't take him down..."

pretty boy?

This was the first time Qin Suisui had ever heard anyone use those three words to describe Pei Jiuyan.

However… Qin Suisui began to scrutinize Pei Jiuyan more closely. She wondered if it was because she saw him every day that she hadn’t noticed the subtle changes in him.

After being reminded like that, Qin Suisui realized that he did seem much fairer than when they first met. Back then, at the port, Qin Suisui had always thought Pei Jiuyan looked like a piece of charcoal, though not quite that exaggerated, his skin was at least wheat-colored. Now, indeed…

Qin Suisui even held her hand up to Pei Jiuyan's face to compare, and finally confirmed it.

"Pei Jiuyan, did you secretly get skin whitening treatment?!"

Pei Jiuyan glanced at her, and Qin Suisui immediately changed her tune: "Brother Jiu, did you secretly get whiter skin?"

Last night, I was tormented by that jerk until I couldn't get up or down, and I was forced to agree to call him Brother Ajiu from now on. But as soon as I said those four words, I lost all my confidence when I asked him questions!

Qin Suisui discovered that Pei Jiuyan, that scoundrel, especially liked to make "unreasonable" demands on her during those moments!

Seeing his wife's blatant gaze, Pei Jiuyan coughed lightly: "Why would a grown man like me want to be fair-skinned? It's just that I haven't been at sea much lately, and I've been recuperating at home since my injury, so my skin has gradually returned to its fair complexion."

"Really?" Qin Suisui was somewhat skeptical.

However, when she thought of the photo of Pei Jiuyan when he was 15 years old that he had sent her before, she realized that he was indeed quite fair-skinned back then. She thought to herself, how could her in-laws, who are not dark-skinned, give birth to such a dark-skinned child as Pei Jiuyan!

"Hmm." Pei Jiuyan gave a soft "hmm," his face calm and collected, but his hands were sweating. He secretly made up his mind that once he returned from the Snake Witch Tribe, he would have to have a good talk with Chi Donglin and Song Yunlai, and make sure he didn't let anything slip!

Meanwhile, at the Bright Summit Brigade base, Song Yunlai, who was flirting with his girlfriend, sneezed.

Su Yunyi walked over and took the spatula from his hand: "What's wrong? Is this chili too pungent? I got it from Grandma Mai's house. It's my first time eating it too. She said her son brought back seeds from out of town. It's called camphor tree pepper. You don't even need to cut it. Just wash it and stir-fry it whole. It's very refreshing. Sui Sui should like this. I'll try it first. If it's good, I'll get some from Grandma Mai and send it to Sui Sui."

Song Yunlai nodded, took out a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his face: "It is a bit pungent, but you'd better stay away from that Ophiopogon japonicus."

"What... um? What's this?" Su Yunyi turned around and saw a small white box on the ground.

Song Yunlai's face immediately showed some panic. He hurriedly ran over, picked up the things, and stuffed them into his purse: "It's nothing, these are Ayan's things, I forgot to give them to him."

Seeing his nervousness, Su Yunyi immediately showed a suspicious look: "Let me see? At first glance, it looks like the face cream that we women use. How could Ayan use something like this? Have you been fooling around with someone again!"

It's no wonder she was suspicious; Song Yunlai had too many past transgressions.

"I'm innocent!" Song Yunlai really didn't expect that he would be suspected when he tried to secretly use some of Pei Jiuyan's face cream to whiten his skin and please Su Yunyi while Pei Jiuyan was not at home.

After all, the military doctor had said that this product was most effective for their tanned skin, and that consistent use would gradually restore their fair complexion. Pei Jiuyan used it for a while, and it was indeed visibly much fairer.

He was just like Pei Jiuyan; he was originally quite fair-skinned, but he got tanned later. He thought that since Qin Suisui liked fair-skinned people, his Su Yunyi must be the same!

She had been hoping that Pei Jiuyan wouldn't be home, so she secretly took the face cream, but Su Yunyi found out!

Seeing the angry expression on Su Yunyi's face, Song Yunlai knew he couldn't escape it. He knew that Su Yunyi definitely had feelings for him, but he also knew that he had zero credibility with Su Yunyi. This was indeed his fault; he was too popular with girls, which made Su Yunyi feel very insecure.

Faced with the choice between "keeping his brother's secret" and "gaining his partner's trust," Song Yunlai unhesitatingly chose the latter.

"What? You're saying this is a whitening face cream that Pei Jiuyan got from the military doctor? Pei Jiuyan? Whitening?" Su Yunyi's expression of shock was even more exaggerated than when she discovered that Song Yunlai had secretly hidden the face cream.

"Yeah, that's right. I don't know what triggered Ayan that day, he kept asking us about skin whitening methods. We're all grown men, how are we supposed to know that? So we asked him why he was doing all that girly stuff."

"After asking him for a long time, he finally said it was because his sister liked men with fair skin, and his sister said that men with fair skin looked better."

"For the sake of our brother's happiness, shouldn't we go through fire and water? And we can't tell too many people about this, otherwise it would tarnish A-Yan's reputation, wouldn't it? Dong Lin and I inquired in secret for a long time, and in the end, I found out about this whitening face cream from the next group."

"I'm telling you this, but you can't tell your sister! If this damages Ayan's image in her eyes and affects their relationship, you'll be held fully responsible!"

In fact, Pei Jiuyan asked someone to inquire about this matter with the military doctor of the neighboring regiment, but in front of the female comrade he liked, Song Yunlai always wanted to add some glory to himself.

Su Yunyi covered her mouth and chuckled, "I didn't expect that Ayan, who looks like an iceberg, would have such thoughts! But indeed, Sui Sui is right. Although we don't consider fair skin to be beautiful, a fairer complexion makes a person look cleaner and prettier."

"Look at me! Look at me! What did I tell you! You women are all the same, you just like pretty boys! I even stole Ayan's face cream to please you, just so I could be a little whiter and more pleasing to your eye, and you still misunderstood me! You even yelled at me!" Song Yunlai became more and more aggrieved as she spoke.

Su Yunyi glanced at him sideways, feeling both annoyed and amused, yet she was always the one who fell for his act!

Song Yunlai is good-looking and has a gentle and pleasant demeanor. Although he is a grown man, his coquettishness is surprisingly endearing, making it impossible for people to be angry with him.

"Alright, alright! I won't say anything more to you. Just hurry up and return Ayan's things. If you want to use them, go buy them yourself. If you don't want to, that's fine too. You're doing a good job."

"Am I really okay like this? Do you like it?"

Su Yunyi blushed slightly, said, "Hmm... I like it," and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

Song Yunlai followed behind her, laughing triumphantly. The two of them then went to the kitchen, laughing and joking.

In the other side, in the wild forest.

Led by Pei Jiuyan, they found the swamp where Jia Zhenzhen had fallen in less than half an hour.

Qin Suisui had to admit defeat, giving Pei Jiuyan two thumbs up: "You're the best!"

Pei Jiuyan smiled, wiped her sweat, and then said, "This place has already crossed the edge of the wild forest and is moving closer to the center. If we don't know the way, it's quite risky. Let's blow our bone whistles and wait for our senior brother to come and pick us up."

Qin Suisui nodded, took out the small slingshot that Paman had given her from her small cloth bag, raised the bone whistle at the end, and blew it several times. She gazed at the boundless, wild forest, somewhat bewildered: "Can they really hear me?"

Pei Jiuyan pulled her to the shade of a tree and tore off a large banana leaf for her to sit on: "Since he said it's possible, it's definitely possible. Let's just sit and wait. It'll be good for us to rest. Are you tired? Do you want to lean on me and take a nap?"

Qin Suisui shook her head, worried that she might fall asleep and miss Paman and the others. She thought, the Wild Forest is so vast, even if Paman and the others heard the noise and came over, it would take them at least an hour or two, right?

Unexpectedly, about half an hour later, a thick, black python rushed out of the woods at great speed and pounced straight at Qin Suisui.

Pei Jiuyan was startled and instinctively stepped in front of Qin Suisui to protect her.

Qin Suisui recognized it at a glance and quickly waved to the python: "Big Flower! You've grown so much!"

Behind Da Hua, Paman, like a martial arts master, followed closely with his light-footed skills. When he saw Qin Sui Sui, a rare look of surprise and smile appeared on his usually expressionless face.

But when he saw Pei Jiuyan next to Qin Suisui, the smile on his face vanished instantly.