Chapter 169 They kissed, why is my heart beating so fast?
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The moment Shen Chu collapsed onto the bed, Pei Yuan reached out and supported her head.
The two people looked into each other's eyes.
Pei Yuan held her head with one hand and pressed the other hand against her chest.
The two of them were stunned at the same time.
They stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Pei Yuan narrowed his delicate peach blossom eyes and frowned as he looked at her chest.
"Chen Chu, how come your breasts are harder than mine?"
After drinking, Pei Yuan looked less aloof than usual, more like a curious young man.
He even reached out and touched Shen Chu's chest again, seemingly puzzled.
"How did you train? Your small frame is so flat and hard, it feels stronger than mine."
boom.
Shen Chu's face turned bright red.
I was both angry and ashamed.
To say she's flat and hard is to say she's small.
Her chest was a bit small, which is why she wore a breast wrap to make it appear flat and firm.
Being ridiculed by Hongxiu at home is one thing.
What right does Pei Yuan, a man, have to mock her? He didn't even have that.
A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.
She angrily slapped Pei Yuan's hand away, "You're the one who's flat and hard!"
Pei Yuan, puzzled by the source of his anger, frowned and said:
"You can't even say you're strong? How about we take off our clothes and compare to see who's stronger?"
As he spoke, he reached out and tugged at Chen Chu's clothes.
Chen Chu was terrified and, forgetting all about being angry, quickly grabbed his arm.
"Let go, I don't want to compete with you."
She forcefully pulled Pei Yuan's arm away.
Pei Yuan was originally half-lying on her, supporting the back of her head with one hand.
With that pull, he lost his balance and fell down.
Bang.
Pei Yuan's lips met hers.
They kissed!
Their lips met, their eyes wide open.
She could smell the faint scent of wine on Pei Yuan's breath.
Both of them were stunned for a moment by this sudden turn of events.
Then Pei Yuan suddenly jumped up, as if he had been greatly frightened.
He turned his back to Shen Chu, paced around the room for a moment, and then raised his hand and slapped himself.
*Smack*
The crisp sound finally brought Chen Chu back to her senses.
She sat up in a flustered state, her eyes darting around, instinctively trying to find a topic to escape the awkward situation.
"Um... do you think what Jiang Hongzhi said is credible?"
Pei Yuan stood with his hands on his hips, looking around.
"Huh? His sudden change at this time seems rather coincidental."
Chen Chu lowered her eyes and twisted her fingers. "Do you think he might know that we've already arrived in Anhua?"
Pei Yuan replied absentmindedly, "Oh, maybe, perhaps, probably."
What does "maybe," "perhaps," or "probably" mean?
Shen Chu blinked.
An awkward silence fell over the room once again, a silence tinged with an inexplicable restlessness that made one feel uneasy.
Shen Chu subconsciously bit her lip, feeling that Pei Yuan's wine flavor still lingered on it.
Pei Yuan unconsciously touched his lips; he could still vaguely feel their softness.
Chen Chu's gaze drifted aimlessly.
Pei Yuan's eyes darted around.
The room was only so big, and my drifting gaze suddenly met my darting eyes.
The two suddenly spoke at the same time:
"This was an accident!"
"That was just an accident!"
Their eyes met, and once again they spoke in unison.
"I'm not interested in that."
"I am not gay."
Once again, they spoke in unison.
Well, it's even hotter inside than before.
Chen Chu jumped off the bed. "You've had too much to drink. Go to sleep for a while. I'm going out for a walk."
After saying that, he stormed out the door without looking back.
Pei Yuan watched his figure disappear outside the door, his gaze gradually regaining its clarity.
He wasn't drunk at all; he was just putting on an act for Jiang Hongzhi.
He suspected that Jiang Hongzhi knew their identities; there were clearly people outside the door just now.
Falling and tumbling down was an accident, and he took the opportunity to pretend to be drunk.
But damn it, why is his heart beating so fast?
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Chen Chu panicked as she left the door and ran off in a random direction.
When reason returned, I realized that I had actually run deep into the mountain valley.
We're quite far from the salt fields now.
Just as she was about to turn back along the road, she suddenly heard a low voice coming from not far away.
"Hurry up, the master said all this salt must be transported away today."
Salt? Sir?
With a thought in mind, Chen Chu lightly jumped onto a large tree nearby.
In summer, the lush foliage perfectly concealed her figure.
Looking through the gaps in the leaves, I could see a narrow path among the waist-high grass.
A dozen or so rickshaw drivers drove by, and the man at the front looked like the manager, constantly urging them to hurry up.
Each vehicle was loaded with seven or eight burlap sacks, which were bulging and looked very heavy.
Shen Chu frowned, looking in the direction these people were from the salt field.
Could it be that Jiang Hongzhi took advantage of the fact that everyone at the saltworks was on holiday and had left, and then had the salt transported away?
Where are they going to transport the salt?
At this moment, a coachman asked the manager, "The horses are so tired they can't walk anymore, how many more trips do we have to make? Or should we let the horses rest for a while?"
The manager snapped impatiently, "Take a break? What are you thinking about?"
We received a letter saying that the Salt Inspector will be arriving in Anhua soon. We must get all the salt out of the way today, even if it kills the horse.
"Hurry up, stop dawdling. If we delay things, none of us want to live."
The coachman, who had been questioning him, dared not say anything more, and instead waved his whip to urge the horse forward.
Unexpectedly, the horse suddenly knelt down on the ground.
"Manager, this horse really can't go on anymore. Let it rest for a while, and I'll catch up with it in a bit."
"Hurry up, don't make things worse!" the manager grumbled as he led the convoy away.
Shen Chu silently approached the abandoned carriage and knocked out the coachman who was feeding the horses with a karate chop.
She dragged the driver into the bushes and took off his clothes to put them on.
They even found a wooden sign on the driver.
Three characters were written crookedly above: Leigongzhai.
She frowned slightly, tucked the wooden sign into her waistband, and quickly drove off to catch up.
Surrounded by rolling mountains, the convoy continued its journey deeper into the mountains.
After walking for about an hour, Shen Chu judged that they had left the mountain where the salt field was located.
The convoy finally came to a stop.
Shen Chu caught up just in time, following far behind the convoy.
Ahead was a mountain stronghold with the three large characters "Leigongzhai" written on its tall gate.
Her eyes flickered slightly.
Didn't they say that Zhao Bin colluded with the bandits of Leigongzhai and killed Jiang Hongzhi's wife and daughter?
Jiang Hongzhi is now trying to transport salt to a bandit's den?
Wasn't it Jiang Hongzhi who was truly colluding with the bandits?
Chen Chu hid in the bushes and saw the gate of the mountain stronghold open.
With a wave of his hand, the convoy filed into the mountain stronghold.
The gate to the mountain stronghold slowly closed.
Chen Chu followed the convoy to a row of large houses and heard the manager shout, "Don't just stand there, hurry up and unload the goods!"
Afraid of being recognized, she quickly lowered her head, covered her stomach, and whispered, "Manager, my stomach hurts, I need to use the restroom."
The steward cursed, "What a lazy donkey and lazy horse, with lots of shit and pee."
Shen Chu, bent over, had already run away.
She turned a corner to the back of the house, quietly approached the back window, and poked a hole in the paper window to look inside.
The huge house was filled with sacks.
It was filled entirely with salt.
"Who's there?" A low shout suddenly came from the side.
Shen Chu's expression changed, and she turned and ran.
The village looked very large, with dozens of houses alone.
Shen Chu randomly picked a room and climbed in through the back window.
Upon landing, she was met with a pair of beautiful yet terrified eyes.
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