Chapter 418: Wild Love Rival Refreshed
Seeing Lin Li sighing, Chen Yuying chuckled contentedly, WIN!
However, the next second, Chen Yuying saw Lin Li smiling. He walked over a few steps and, like Ding Sihan, linked his arm with hers, saying in a low voice, "Okay, sister, let's go~"
Chen Yuying, who was really being dragged towards the public toilet, blinked and looked at Lin Li with some surprise.
"You don't think I'm scared, do you?" Lin Li chuckled. "Practice has proven that I've mastered the secret to dealing with people who mistakenly enter the women's restroom."
"Proven in practice? How to resolve it?" Chen Yuying was curious whether Lin Li was going to make up a new story this time.
"Hehe, last time, I accidentally walked into the women's restroom. The woman inside screamed at me to get out after seeing me. I lay on the ground and broke down crying, "I don't want to live anymore. Why do all people mistake me for a man?" Yuying, guess what, that woman not only apologized to me, but also comforted me for a long time.
We girls cannot be defined, I am a girl!"
Chen Yuying: “…”
Lin Li didn't stop talking and continued to share enthusiastically:
“Even though he was in the women’s restroom, he was a complete loser.
He came in drunk in his previous life. There was also a woman there at the time, but she was already peeing in the cubicle. Bufan heard the sound of urine and collapsed on the ground crying, "Stop pouring, I really don't want to drink anymore." The woman was frightened and dared not pee again, but she couldn't hold it in and farted. As a result, Bufan was so scared that he paralyzed: "Damn it! Who the hell opened another bottle?"
However, it was a blessing in disguise. After being frightened, Bufan sobered up a lot. When he found that there was no urinal in front of him, he realized his mistake and hurried out. As a result, he met a girl who was about to come in at the door. When she saw Bufan, her face turned red on the spot, bowed, said sorry, and turned to go into the men's room.
Finally, Lin Li gave a heartfelt closing speech:
"Later, Bufan was beaten to death by the girls in the women's restroom, and the boys and girls in the men's restroom. Squad leader, see? This is the difference. Take it as a warning."
"These jokes used to hold me in my arms when I was a kid," Chen Yuying laughed helplessly, a bit coquettishly, "Was Bai Bufan this miserable in his previous life?"
Then he took Lin Li's arm, exerted a little force, turned around, and walked towards the Rime Trail:
"Okay, stop telling jokes and go buy two bottles of water."
"Okay, I'll let you go."
In fact, we bought more than two bottles of water. According to the vendors, there are many small animals in the forest, and many of them are not afraid of people. Therefore, we successfully sold several bags of food that is edible to both humans and animals.
After buying the supplies and stuffing them properly into Lin Li's backpack, the two walked side by side towards the entrance of the Rime Trail.
"Why don't you take a picture and send it to Auntie? Let her confirm that we've arrived so she can feel at ease." Seeing the "Frost Trail" sign at the entrance, Lin Li asked Chen Yuying.
"That's fine." Chen Yuying nodded happily.
"Then I'll take the picture for you." Lin Li said, and then he reached out to take Chen Yuying's phone naturally. "Or do you want to use a camera?"
——Lin Liyou saw that Chen Yuying also had a small retro camera in her bag.
"A cell phone will do," Chen Yuying shook her head and then looked straight at Lin Li. "But, I want to post a photo of the two of us with the road sign. Is that okay?"
"I'm even willing to go to the women's restroom with you, so how could I refuse this?" Looking at the expectation in Chen Yuying's eyes, Lin Li asked with a smile.
Lin Li is tall, has long legs and arms, so the task of taking photos naturally falls on his shoulders.
Friends who like photography all know that there are three elements of photography: portrait, portrait, and portrait.
There was no need for any complicated techniques or exquisite composition. Lin Li slightly adjusted the light angle and took a series of crisp and clear photos of Chen Yuying with a sweet smile and the handsome Tyrannosaurus Rex next to her.
It’s that simple to draw a picture.
"Okay, pick a few and send them over." After returning the phone to Chen Yuying, Lin Li reminded her, "Remember to send them to your mother. Don't accidentally send them to your father."
"Yeah." Chen Yuying responded obediently, and at the same time naturally took Lin Li's left hand, "Let's go in."
She did not move her feet immediately, but was concentrating on flipping through and selecting photos in the album with her other hand.
The meaning was obvious: let Lin Li take her away.
To be honest, even though they had been holding hands before today, the softness from her fingertips could still make Lin Li's mouth curl up naturally.
He obediently stepped forward, and together they walked from the edge of the flat asphalt road into the forest path called "Rime Trail".
The feeling under my feet suddenly changed. The hard cement was replaced by a dirt path covered with soft moss and fine rotten leaves. The soles of my shoes sank slightly when I stepped on it, making a subtle but clear rustling sound, which was particularly pleasant in this quiet place.
The branches of ancient trees on both sides of the road are intertwined overhead, and the lead-gray skylight filters through the gaps between the leaves into a cool soft light.
The rain of the past few days has soaked the mountains and forests. It is another gloomy morning now. Even in winter, water droplets hang on the leaves, and the moss is so lush green that it seems as if water can be squeezed out of it.
The air is full of moisture, and a fresh scent with a hint of coolness, unique to soil and plant roots, blows on your face. Taking a deep breath of this sweet air, you will feel your lungs being cleansed.
It’s a completely different experience from being in the city.
"It's really wise to take this road instead of taking the bus directly." Lin Li praised Chen Yuying, touching her coat with his arm.
"Really?" Chen Yuying, whose attention was still on her phone and who hadn't really felt the path, raised her lips upon hearing this, and looked up at Lin Li as if to ask for credit:
"And it's best on cloudy days. You won't feel this way even on sunny days. If you go further in, you might even see fog today if you're lucky. But I heard the best time to see it is in the summer. But while it's beautiful, it can be very hot in the summer, so the overall experience may not be better than today."
"Mist?" Lin Li pinched his chin with his free hand, lost in thought: "Squad Leader, if women are water, then does a humidifier mist women?"
Chen Yuying: “…”
Chen Yuying's smile gradually became filled with helplessness: "Lin Li, you really are the king of destroying the atmosphere."
If he wanted to keep up with Lin Li's train of thought, I'm afraid only Bai Bufan could do it, and he could only do it with difficulty.
No wonder, putting aside the data he inflated, he is the real number one on both lists.
"But, Lin Li, which of these photos do you think is better looking?" Chen Yuying quickly brought the topic back on track, holding up the phone screen, and asked Lin Li to be the judge of the final 'final'.
Lin Li took the phone and looked at it carefully for a while, then looked at Chen Yuying seriously: "Squad Leader, do you know what you are asking me by asking me this question?"
"What?"
"Which of these four, '2+2', '2×2', '2^2', or '(-2)^2', looks better?" Lin Li asked sincerely.
Are you kidding me? I just took a bunch of photos! Aren’t these all the same?
Lin Li's analogies were strange yet apt enough to be irrefutable. Chen Yuying laughed out loud, feeling that there was some truth to them. Thinking that after all, she wasn't posting on WeChat Moments, she decided not to be picky any more and just sent them all to her mother.
After sending the message, she put her phone back into her bag without waiting for a response, and finally looked up at the forest path. The scenery made her nod again with satisfaction, and she hummed an unknown light tune. As she walked, she held Lin Li's right hand and his left hand, swinging them back and forth nearly 150 degrees.
"But why are there no small animals?"
After walking for a while and looking around, Chen Yuying did not see any squirrels, pigeons, crows or even wild deer as the vendor said. She looked at the food she had specially bought in her bag and puffed up her cheeks slightly.
——December in Nansang is not that cold. The temperature is still around 10 degrees Celsius at noon, so it is not time for hibernation yet.
"I saw a cat!" Lin Li suddenly said in shock.
"Where?" Chen Yuying looked at Lin Li expectantly.
Lin Li: “Meow~”
——Lin Li also used his free right hand to make a fortune cat gesture to attract wealth.
Chen Yuying: "...(へ╬)."
People really laugh when they are extremely speechless.
"Cat! Open your mouth! I'll feed you!" Chen Yuying pursed her lips, pinched the bread and stuffed it into Lin Li's mouth.
As for why she pinched it, it was because she was afraid that Lin Li would suck her fingers.
"Oh my god (chew chew chew) I saw another (chew chew chew) dog." After a few seconds, Lin Li spoke again, but his voice was a little unclear because he was chewing bread in his mouth.
"I won't believe it again! Never!" Chen Yuying said at the beginning.
“But this time it’s real.”
"Okay, I'll trust you again."
Chen Yuying's position in front of Lin Li has always been that she has no position.
Following Lin Li's gaze, she looked over and then raised her eyebrows slightly: She actually saw it. There was a Shiba Inu in the forest next to her.
Hearing the voices of Lin Li and Chen Yuying, the Shiba Inu raised its head and looked at them, panting with its pink tongue, with the Shiba Inu's signature silly smile on its face, but it did not come over. Instead, it continued to lower its head and sniff, occasionally biting a few flowers and plants, as if it was playing.
"It doesn't look like it grew wild in the forest, does it?" Chen Yuying looked at the clean and fluffy hair, feeling a little uncertain.
"Definitely not," Lin Li shook his head firmly. "I just saw a collar around its neck, and its fur looked like it had just been washed a couple of days ago. I guess its owner let it out to play."
"That should be the case." Chen Yuying nodded, putting away the thought of feeding him. "Then let's not feed him randomly. Let's keep going."
After walking for a while, we began to hear the clear chirping of birds in the woods, but those birds were obviously not friendly. They just jumped and moved on the branches, making pleasant calls, and had no intention of landing to get close.
"It seems we've fallen for the vendor's marketing tactics, what do you think?" Lin Li joked with a smile.
"I think so too. Open your mouth~" Chen Yuying sighed. Without the small animals, she could only settle for feeding Lin Li, the big animal.
Footsteps were heard at the bend of the path ahead, and a figure walked out with his head down, looking at his phone.
After Chen Yuying noticed and saw clearly, she immediately fell silent, shrank slightly, and subconsciously half-hid behind Lin Li.
Lin Li also looked at the other party strangely.
The person who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down looked up quickly after seeing two pairs of legs in his field of vision.
Seeing the handsome and beautiful couple in front of him, especially the girl hiding behind the boy, who looked a little uneasy and looked evasively at the girl on the ground behind him, he smiled and took off his Bluetooth headset, shaking the iron chain in his hand:
"Don't worry, my Zhuangzhuang doesn't bite anyone. Don't be afraid, he's very cute."
Chen Yuying now completely hid behind Lin Li. She whispered, "How scary..."
"Really, really, you can hug--" Seeing Chen Yuying's posture, the other party quickly turned his head and tried to prove himself. When he saw himself dragging the iron chain on the ground, he was stunned.
“…”
"Eh? Holy shit!!"
"Where's my dog? Why is my dog gone?!"
Why the hell do I only have one chain?!
Chen Yuying and Lin Li: “?”
To be honest, the scene from Chen Yuying's perspective was quite impactful:
This uncle's appearance was already a bit... tough, and then he appeared in this dark and quiet forest path, walking towards me with an expressionless face, holding an iron chain dragging on the ground in his hand, and he even called this iron chain "Zhuangzhuang".
It's natural to be afraid when the BUFF is fully stacked.
If Lin Li had not been right beside her, Chen Yuying would have walked back immediately after seeing this scene.
But now the case is solved.
Chen Yuying poked her head out and looked at the anxious uncle: "Uncle, is your dog a Shiba Inu with a lot of white hair on its tail?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Have you seen it?" Upon hearing this, the other party immediately looked at Chen Yuying excitedly, with hope burning in his eyes.
"Yes, we just saw it in the woods over there, eating grass and playing." Chen Yuying nodded and pointed in the direction they came from.
"Okay, thank you, thank you!" After a simple thank you, the other party went to subdue Zhuangzhuang in a hurry.
Only Lin Li and Chen Yuying were left there.
The two looked at each other, saw the same laughter in each other's eyes, and then laughed together.
"I wish him good luck." Chen Yuying said softly.
"I don't think it's going to work out," Lin Li smiled and shook his head. "Shiba Inus are known for being stubborn."
Chatting, the two continued walking along the "Rime Trail".
As we go deeper, the silence in the forest becomes deeper. The moist air sticks to the skin, but it doesn't make people feel uncomfortable. Instead, it brings a hint of coolness and is extremely refreshing.
"commonplace--"
A clear stream meanders out from the depths of the forest, the water flowing among stones covered with green and yellow moss.
Not far from the stream, a huge tree stump lay on thick moss, its surface smooth and moist, facing the stream and a small, open view of the woodland.
"It's a natural chair. Sit here and take a rest for a while?" Chen Yuying looked at Lin Li.
Chen Yuying was not tired, she just liked the scenery here.
"OK."
After receiving the agreement, Chen Yuying smiled joyfully, then pulled Lin Li over, gently brushed away a few fallen leaves on the surface of the tree stump, and carefully wiped the area with a tissue that was large enough for two people to sit.
“This view is really good.”
Lin Li sat down and stretched his long legs.
"Is that so?" Chen Yuying also sat down next to him, snuggled up to his shoulder, and quietly looked at the slowly flowing stream and the dark green forest dripping with water in front of her.
"Would you like some water?" Lin Li took out the water he had bought earlier from his bag, unscrewed a bottle and handed it to Chen Yuying.
Chen Yuying took it and took a sip. The cool liquid was refreshing.
Seeing that Lin Li was just looking at her and didn't open the other bottle, she licked her upper lip that was wet with water, and naturally handed the bottle she had drunk to Lin Li, watching him drink directly from his mouth, his Adam's apple rolling up and down as he swallowed.
No longer feeling shy as she did during the sports meet, Chen Yuying simply felt comfortable leaning on Lin Li's shoulder.
A squirrel with a fluffy tail scurried up a tree not far from the stream and looked at the two men warily.
"Squirrel, I finally met him."
Chen Yuying was immediately attracted and shouted with joy.
But before Chen Yuying could rummage through her bag and take out the food, the squirrel had already run away.
"Coward." Chen Yuying dissatisfiedly treated Lin Li as a trash can again.
Lin Li finally enjoyed Zhou Baowei's taste.
So cool.
The two of them were alone in the deserted forest, with only the sounds of water, wind and each other's body warmth. It seemed as if the whole world only had the two of them.
Lin Li looked at Chen Yuying's gentle silhouette in the morning light and mist. There was a ray of light in the forest that belonged to her alone. Emotions overflowed in his chest, and the corners of Lin Li's mouth curled up slightly.
Noticing the gazes of the people around her, Chen Yuying turned her head to look at Lin Li with a hint of doubt.
Her clear eyes met Lin Li's gaze, and noticing the smile in his eyes and the habit of licking his lips before doing something bad, Chen Yuying just felt bad -
It’s late.
Lin Li cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted towards the front: "I like Chen Yuying——!!!"
The sound penetrated the mist, echoed in the woods, and startled a few birds in the distance.
The stream still flows, keeping the rhythm for the sincere yet teasing confession, while the woods stand still, quietly feeling a moment in youth that can be considered extremely precious.
"You want to die!"
Chen Yuying, who was a step slower, suddenly reached out and covered Lin Li's mouth. This time, even if the other party's tongue accidentally slipped out again, she resolutely did not let go and repeated again in embarrassment:
"You want to die!"
"I don't want to die, I want you." Lin Li believed that he was no less good than others in playing dirty and awkward things, so even though he still covered his back, he looked at Chen Yuying affectionately and said in a greasy way.
Chen Yuying pursed her lips with a smile and buried her blushing cheeks in Lin Li——
——"I like Chen Yuying too!!"
Lin Li and Chen Yuying: "(；☉_☉)?"
The action stopped, Chen Yuying looked up, and she and Lin Li were both confused.
Lin Li was stunned when he heard the loud shout that did not belong to him and came from the forest dozens or even hundreds of meters away.
Eh?
How come this place not only has wild animals, but also wild rivals in love?
Do you know who Chen Yuying is? Do you like her?
Can you guys please stop falling in love with every girl you meet... No, you haven't even met her in person!
The next second, Lin Li pulled Chen Yuying's hand down from covering her mouth and shouted towards the source of the voice, "You are not allowed to like Chen Yuying!"
"No! I just like Chen Yuying!" The other party responded immediately.
"She's mine!!"
“I don’t care!!”
"You can't just ignore it!"
"I don't care!"
"You have to take care of it! If you don't I'm going to come over and beat you up!!"
"You—come here~" the other party responded in a deep voice.
Lin Li lowered his head and looked into his arms. Chen Yuying was burying her face in his chest at this moment, her shoulders shaking slightly. It was unclear whether she was too embarrassed to raise her head, or was amused by this extremely childish shouting from a distance.
Lin Li patted Chen Yuying on the back, stretched his wrists and ankles, and prepared to charge: "Yuying, sit here and wait for me for a while. I'm going to deal with a love rival."
It was hard to imagine such a conversation between elementary school students happening in this forest. Chen Yuying raised her head from his arms, her cheeks flushed, but her eyes were filled with laughter. She suppressed her laughter and warned, "Don't kill anyone."
"He's not a woman, how could I cause a death with him? What are you thinking?" Lin Li looked at Chen Yuying in surprise.
Chen Yuying: “…”
"Pervert! What are you thinking?"
"Wait for me obediently." Lin Li left this sentence and ran towards the source of the sound.
Chen Yuying pricked up her ears and listened expectantly.
A few seconds passed.
The unfamiliar young man's voice sounded with obvious surprise and laughter:
"No! Buddy! Are you really going to hit me?"
"What else? Man! I challenge you to a duel! Only one of us can make it out of the woods today!"
"Not really, not really! I'm wrong, brother! I've noticed you're quite the stickler for judgment!" The boy practically laughed, probably realizing Lin Li meant no harm.
"I don't like it anymore! Is it okay if I don't like Chen Yuying anymore?!"
Chen Yuying thought that Lin Li would call it a day after hearing these words of surrender, but she didn't expect that the next second, she heard Lin Li's even more angry voice:
"She's so nice! Why don't you like her?! How dare you? How dare you?! Egocentric! Duel!"
Chen Yuying: “(~)!!”
The shouting exchanges in the woods strangely stopped at this moment.
Chen Yuying, who was sitting on the tree stump, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh so hard that she bent over. The boy opposite her automatically appeared in her mind. He must be looking confused at this moment, with the corners of his mouth twitching wildly.
"Then I like it! I like it!" After several seconds, the strange male voice sounded again with a bit of helplessness.
Lin Li: "Aren't they still love rivals? Duel!"
Boy: "Ah? Hey you! Then, then...then I don't like it?"
Lin Li: "How dare a toad look down on a white swan? Let's duel!"
“…”
“…”
The boy laughed angrily:
"Fuck you!"
(End of this chapter)
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