Uh…hit in the face? Are you sure?
"That's right. If you can't hit the face, then hit the head. That's a wider area."
"Alright, let's aim for the head then." Li Jia forced back the strange feeling in his heart and finally managed to calm his laughter before raising the slingshot and aiming at the titmouse under the bushes.
The many branches of the bushes and the constant twitching of the hemp made Li Feng's shooting much more difficult, but that was all. With the sound of Li Jia's slingshot, Meng Yao wanted to jump up again, but was stopped by Li Jia's eyes. Then she remembered what Li Jia had said earlier. Meng Yao paused for a moment, gently bit her lip, and then threw herself onto Li Jia again.
This time, it wasn't just a quick, passionate kiss that ended there. Instead, he pinned Li Jia down on the grass, wrapped his arms around her neck, and pressed his lips to hers.
Just as Li Jia was about to respond to the tingling sensation on her lips, she suddenly felt her teeth being pried open and a nimble, smooth tongue swimming into her mouth, searching for and entwining with her own.
Just as Li Jia reached out and hugged Meng Yao's slender waist, preparing to counterattack, Meng Yao suddenly shifted all her weight onto Li Jia. After her moment of pleasure, Meng Yao said, "Okay! I'm done! Let's continue!"
"Ugh!!!" Li Jia screamed inwardly in pain. After saying that, Li Jia threw a set of punches. A set of punches she used to quell her anger.
Looking at Li Jia, who was being tormented by her schemes, Meng Yao felt a sense of satisfaction. "It seems that it's not that my charm is lacking."
In today's environment, Meng Yao completely let go of her usual reserve and concerns, coupled with the strong sense of reliance she had developed on Li Jia. Being with Li Jia always made her feel especially warm and safe. And most importantly, there was only Li Jia and herself in the valley; there were no outsiders. That's why Meng Yao was so open.
"Uh, let's continue!" Li Jia said helplessly, looking at Meng Yao's somewhat seductive eyes. Who knows if it was because of what happened earlier, Li Jia missed twice in a row, and both times Meng Yao insisted on following behind him. Moreover, when Li Jia raised his slingshot to shoot, Meng Yao would always lean close to Li Jia, squint one eye, and whisper in Li Jia's ear, saying, "I'll observe how you aim."
"Uh! Meng Yao! I have a suggestion. You wait here for me. I'll be back in fifteen minutes, otherwise I'm bound to lose, okay?" Li Jia suggested with a smile, pulling on Meng Yao's arm.
"No! I have to follow you!" Meng Yao, with the expression of a little girl, grabbed Li Jia's arm and started shaking it, occasionally launching attacks until Li Jia finally gave in. "So what will it take for you to agree?"
"Hmm? Teach me how to shoot a slingshot! Once you teach me, I want to shoot down an N-shot myself." Meng Yao thought of this condition and said it without hesitation.
"Deal!" Li Jia hurriedly agreed to Meng Yao's request. If she didn't agree, she probably wouldn't have time to continue shooting birds. "There are fourteen minutes and fifty seconds left!" As soon as Li Jia finished speaking, Meng Yao took off Li Jia's watch and said in a serious tone.
"Uh! You win!!" After saying that, Li Jia grabbed a handful of small stones from Meng Yao's bag and put them in his tracksuit pants pocket. Then he walked a dozen meters away, raising his slingshot every now and then. Every time he shot down a mountain goat, Li Jia threw it onto a flat rock not far from Meng Yao. Fifteen minutes was enough for Li Jia to shoot down a bunch of mountain goats.
Meng Yao stood there, her eyes fixed on Li Jia, who was appearing and disappearing among the bushes. The thought of the special forces deserter from before surged up again: "Such a capable guy must be a deserter! I wonder what mistake he made to choose to desert!"
Li Jia naturally had no idea what Meng Yao was thinking because he found a rabbit, weighing about one and a half pounds, grazing in the grass at the edge of the ravine.
Li Jia searched his pockets for a long time but couldn't find a suitable stone, so he simply picked up a palm-sized stone and put the slingshot aside. He carefully lurked not far away and quietly waited for the rabbit to come out on its own, because Li Jia discovered that there was a hole less than half a meter behind the rabbit, which was obviously the wild rabbit's den.
Now it was time to patiently wait for the right moment. This feeling was incredibly comfortable for Li Jia; her whole body was enveloped in a familiar, heightened excitement. Watching the rabbit slowly leave the cave entrance, Li Jia raised the stone in her hand. "Li Jia! Time's up!"
At this moment, Meng Yao suddenly shouted, startling the rabbit, which immediately tried to dart back into its burrow. Li Jia threw the stone in her hand with a whoosh, hitting the rabbit squarely on the forehead. The rabbit immediately tumbled over while running, then twitched its legs a few times and became still.
Li Jia grabbed the rabbit by its ears, held it high, and shook it at Meng Yao. "You almost scared it away!" Showing off her prize, Li Jia walked towards Meng Yao.
She had called out early because she couldn't find Li Jia. Thanks to Li Jia's actions, the mountain valley was now eerily quiet, devoid of sparrows. The sudden disappearance of Li Jia from her sight filled her with inexplicable fear, so she didn't care whether it was time or not and just shouted. She simply wanted to see if Li Jia was nearby.
The haul was good. Li Jia counted her spoils and put them all into her cloth bag. Since the rabbits weren't very big, she managed to squeeze them in.
"Now you can teach me, right?" Meng Yao said, taking out a small stone and waving it in front of Li Jia.
"It's already 11:30, so let's put teaching you how to shoot a slingshot aside for now. We can teach you after we finish eating, what do you think?" Li Jia said with a smile, holding her watch up to Meng Yao's face.
The hunt was over. Li Jia, holding Meng Yao's hand, left the small ravine and climbed up a small hill. They saw a group of people around Li Xiaotong in the camp, chattering about something. "Let's see who gets to the camp first!" Meng Yao suddenly ran out and said with a smile.
"Cheating!" Li Jia replied from behind and ran towards the camp.
As soon as they arrived at the camp, Li Xiaotong pulled Li Jia in front of his spoils of war. "Big brother! I bet you're going to lose! Slingshots are one of my strengths! Look! My spoils of war!"
On the ground lay Li Xiaotong's spoils: a large dove and five tits—truly a bountiful harvest!
"Hmm! Not bad! Let me show you what big brother has reaped!" After saying that, Li Jia opened the cloth bag and poured out a bunch of spoils. The abundant wild game made everyone's mouths water!
"Big brother! You're so amazing!!? I'm doomed, I lost!" Li Xiaotong readily admitted defeat after seeing Li Jia's spoils, but turned around and secretly chuckled as he looked at Li Yan and Li Xiaoqing with great pride, saying, "See! You still don't believe me!"
Li Jia didn't quite understand why Li Xiaotong said that, but seeing Zhou Xiaoyu's happy face, she roughly guessed what it was. So, looking at everyone, Li Jia smiled and asked, "The betting market has opened?"
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