Chapter 52 Something

Mu Xi was already waiting for her downstairs.

As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Mu Xi, who had changed her clothes, bringing the sheets that were drying in the yard into the living room. It had been too hot recently, and her bed and pillows were wet when she woke up, so the sheets and pillowcases had to be washed frequently.

"Let's go!"

Today, Zhao Yeqing was finally able to go to the small pond that she had been looking forward to for many days. Her steps as she walked in front were brisk.

Mu Xi locked the door behind him, walked forward a few steps, passed her and walked in front to lead the way.

Huhu and Xuebing also followed behind, running and jumping, and seemed very excited to be able to go out and play.

Whenever you get close to the waterhole, the temperature drops sharply.

Zhao Yeqing felt the long-lost coolness. In fact, the temperature near the pond has risen a lot compared to before, but compared with the outside, it feels too cool here.

She wished she could build a house by the pond.

But it didn't work. From time to time, animals would come near the pond to drink water. If there were people around, the timid small animals wouldn't dare to come over, and if the brave wild beasts came over, she would be dead.

Mu Xi walked in front and climbed up a tree, standing on it to look forward. After confirming that there were no animals near the pond, he led the way forward.

The ferns that I had picked near the pond before have now grown. The leaves of the ferns are so broad that they almost cover the path people walk on.

Mu Xi brought tools and cut away the plants that blocked the way as he walked.

When he arrived at the pond, Zhao Yeqing couldn't wait. He checked that there were no snakes nearby and threw a few stones in the shadows of the water, but he didn't see any water snakes swimming around. He took off his shoes and outer clothes and went into the water without worry.

The water near the edge was still slightly warm, but when she took the next step forward, the water became very cool, and she felt so comfortable that goose bumps appeared all over her body.

He turned around and wanted to ask Mu Xi to come down as well.

He was holding two little leopards under a tree and letting them climb up the tree.

"You go, I'll watch first."

When staying in a pool of water like this, try not to get close to the edge. Snakes can easily appear under the shade of the trees at the edge and are difficult to see clearly. Zhao Yeqing walked to the middle of the pool, still a short distance away from the deep blue water area.

She buried her whole body in it, feeling the cool spring water wrapping around her body, and her toes curled up in comfort.

When she lay motionless in the water, some small fish would swim over and hide in the shadow under her.

When a person relaxes in the water, he or she will float on the surface, with only the face exposed to breathe. If she wasn't afraid of danger, she would have just wanted to sleep like this.

I turned my eyes to the side and saw that Huhu and Xuebing had already climbed up the tree.

Mu Xi was talking to them under the tree, but she couldn't hear clearly as her ears were floating in the water.

The sky in front of her was mostly blocked by lush trees, with sunlight shining through the gaps between the leaves. She stared at the swaying branches and the intermittent sunlight, and soon her eyelids began to droop.

She was half asleep when she was suddenly awakened by the sound of a stone falling into the water.

She sat up suddenly, and the fish beneath her fled in all directions.

There were ripples where the water head hit the water surface, and she saw a small water snake swimming away.

She looked at Mu Xi on the shore. He was no longer teaching Huhu and Xuebing to climb trees. Instead, he was sitting on a big rock beside the pond, holding a wooden stick in his hand, turning it intermittently.

This is to help her keep watch.

Zhao Yeqing waved at him, "Come down quickly, it's okay."

She squinted her eyes just now, otherwise she would have been able to throw stones to drive away the water snake.

This time, Mu Xi did not refuse. He took off his clothes, threw them on the rocks, and went into the water with his bare chest.

As soon as Zhao Yeqing's eyes touched it, he looked away, as if he had been scalded.

There is...something...

I only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg before, but now I can see it very clearly.

Broad shoulders, narrow waist, and well-defined muscles spread across every corner of the body. The obvious lines can be seen without any effort.

Zhao Yeqing suddenly squatted down and buried his face in the water.

In just a few seconds, Mu Xi pulled him out of the water by the collar.

"Are you planning to suffocate yourself?"

Zhao Yeqing reached out to wipe the water off his face and opened his eyes.

asphyxia.

So close.

She was so shocked that she took a breath and held it in her lungs.

Zhao Yeqing was lifted up and faced Mu Xi's chest. It was too close, and she was so nervous that she subconsciously reached out to push.

She stretched out her hand and pushed the person with such strength, but the person in front of her hardly moved at all, and she lost her balance and fell backwards.

When Mu Xi pulled her, she bumped into his chest.

Hard.

Mu Xi suddenly laughed, "What do you mean, taking advantage of your brother?"

It's vulgar and shameless, and he's blaming others for something he did wrong.

It was clearly him who pulled her over, she just pushed him away.

Zhao Yeqing's face and ears were hot. He couldn't believe what he heard. He looked up to refute, but met Mu Xi's gaze.

His eyes were as deep as if dyed with ink, and the curve of his mouth seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He lowered his head, and she could even feel the hot breath he exhaled.

It must be that when she pushed him just now, the water on her hands splashed onto his face, and drops of water were hanging on his crow-feather eyelashes, about to fall.

She didn't know what she was thinking. As if she had given up the temptation, she reached out her hand and wiped away the water droplets on the crow's feathers.

Her eyelashes might feel a little itchy when they were touched. He blinked, and her eyelashes brushed against her fingers, which made her come back to her senses instantly. She stretched out her hand on her eyelashes to his head in a disguised manner, and with a "slap", she slapped him on the forehead.

"Ah! There are mosquitoes."

Mu Xi was so angry that she laughed and pinched the back of her neck, "You have a mosquito here too."

Zhao Yeqing is most afraid of being tickled. The back of her neck is her sore spot. As soon as Mu Xi's hand touched her, the hairs on her body stood up and she begged for mercy.

"I was wrong. I was wrong."

The main point is the ability to bend and stretch.

Mu Xi snorted, let her go, and swam towards the deep water.

He was good at swimming and often swam there when he was a child. Zhao Yeqing didn't dare to go there, even though she could swim. The water there was too deep and had turned into an opaque blue. She didn't know what would be under the water.

The water just covered Zhao Yeqing's chest where she was sitting. This position was safe and she could see everything around her.

The blush on her face had not completely faded yet, and the heat on the back of her neck seemed to still be there. She leaned back and soaked the entire back of her head in the water to cool down.

When Huhu and Xuebing saw that both of them had gone into the water, they couldn't help but stretch their claws into the water tentatively.

Zhao Yeqing was a little surprised when he saw this, and wanted to ask them to go into the water but he didn't know if it would work.

Mu Xi swam over and said, "Leopards can swim and catch fish and crabs."

She felt a little uncomfortable when this person approached her, but pretended to be calm and walked forward a few steps, then walked to Huhu and Xuebing, and carried them into the water.

After flapping their wings a few times, the two learned to swim, with their heads floating on the water and their limbs and claws paddling below.

When I swam close to the shade of the tree, my attention was immediately attracted by the small fish fry that had not yet had time to swim away at the bottom of the water.

The two of them splashed underwater with their heads buried in the water. When they stood up, they had caught nothing. They shook the water off their heads and prepared to dive again. They repeated this over and over again, having a lot of fun.

Zhao Yeqing pretended to be attracted by the two and deliberately ignored the gazes of the people behind him.