You're Lewd! You're Shameless!

Seeing Hong Chen's righteous indignation, you'd think refusing her interview was a heinous crime that would outrage heaven and earth. Thinking of the reward for this task, High School Mathematics Mastery (Advanced)—it was just too good to pass up—Han Feng quickly nodded. "I'll do it! I'll do it!"

"Hmph!" Hong Chen pouted. By then, the unfortunate thief had been hauled to the police car by some well-meaning bystanders, and was on his way to the station. Seeing that Su Ke had come around, she pointed to the roadside. "Come with me."

Su Ke was speechless. It was starting to seem like he was the one begging to be interviewed. He thought about the tempting reward and could only push his bike along behind Hong Chen.

Her cargo pants were very loose, but as she walked, her bottom swayed from side to side beneath the fabric. Su Ke's gaze kept drifting to those two round cheeks, and his palms even began to sweat.

For some reason, ever since he'd lightly touched Li Feifei's bottom twice to complete a task, Su Ke seemed to have developed a lingering side effect. Whenever he saw a scene like this, his mind wanted him to reach out and smack it.

He shook his head hard, trying to fling the thought away, and berated himself over and over. "Lewd! Shameless! If this keeps up, I'll turn into a pervert! But Hong Chen may not have much up top, but she's certainly got a nice figure! Ugh, you're lewd! You're shameless!"

Hong Chen entered a cold drink shop, then came out with two popsicles and casually handed one to Su Ke. "I haven't gotten paid yet, so let me treat you to a popsicle!"

This was the first time a girl had ever treated Su Ke to anything. Even if it was just a popsicle, it made him feel pleased, though also a little embarrassed. He reflexively said the opposite of what he meant. "Thanks, but you don't have to!"

"Just take it. What, do you think a popsicle's too cheap?" Hong Chen's eyes immediately widened. She shoved it into Su Ke's hand. When their fingertips touched, Su Ke clearly flinched, but he took it right away.

"Thanks. What did you want to ask me?" Su Ke forced a smile, the corners of his mouth twitching with nerves. The girl before him looked barely twenty. She had the fresh beauty of youth and wore no makeup; her brows were naturally dark, her eyes sparkled like stars, and her delicate nose and cherry-red lips made her both gorgeous and pure.

"Let's talk while we eat!" Hong Chen had finally gotten Su Ke to agree to an interview, which put her in a great mood. This was her first time working on a story by herself as an intern reporter, and it was about the hot topic of social apathy. Of course, her eagerness to interview Su Ke also came from her own sense of justice.

"I was following you the whole time. Why did you run straight after the thief without even looking back when someone shouted that he'd stolen something?" Hong Chen tore open her popsicle wrapper and got right to the point.

"I didn't think about it. When someone shouted 'Thief!' my instinct was to help." After taking a few deep breaths, Su Ke had relaxed quite a bit. Of course, he wasn't about to tell her he had a task and had to act to get the reward. He lowered his head to open the wrapper as he spoke.

"Mm. Didn't you think it might be dangerous?"

"If I'd thought about the danger and done nothing, I guess we wouldn't have met." Su Ke looked up just as Hong Chen brought her popsicle to her lips. The snowy-white, creamy popsicle stood out against her cherry-red lips.

Hong Chen nodded, drawing the creamy popsicle from her mouth. The in-and-out motion made Su Ke's mind buzz. It was exactly like those lewd QQ emoticons he'd seen online.

As the cream melted, it left a bit of white, milky residue at the corner of Hong Chen's mouth. Her soft pink tongue slowly swept across her lips, an even more alluring sight. Su Ke felt his heartbeat suddenly speed up and couldn't help swallowing hard.

"You're lewd! You're shameless!" Su Ke scolded his wicked thoughts again, but the more he berated himself, the less he could control them. His whole body felt hot. A wave of heat coursed through him and gathered low in his abdomen.

Hong Chen had no idea what was going through Su Ke's mind. Seeing him staring blankly, she furrowed her brows. "Why aren't you eating? It'll melt into a puddle if you wait any longer!"

"Right, right, I'm eating!" Flustered, Su Ke took a huge bite out of the popsicle. The icy chill spread from his mouth to his stomach, finally dousing the little flame inside him.

Seeing Su Ke suck in a breath from the cold, Hong Chen laughed. "You're a senior at No. 17 High School?"

"Yeah!" Su Ke nodded hard. The popsicle had melted in his mouth, and it nearly made his eyes roll back from the cold.

"What do you think about how indifferent people have become nowadays? The news often reports people refusing to help someone in danger, like the Little Yueyue incident, while others repay kindness with hostility, like the Peng Yu case. You know about those, right?"

Hong Chen had only recently left the ivory tower of university, so naturally she had a strong sense of justice and despised such social phenomena. She believed that conscience and justice were essential qualities for a reporter, and hoped that through her own efforts, her work could rekindle warmth in society.

"I can't control what other people do. I just know I'd help again next time, even if the thief had a knife." This time, Su Ke answered without hesitation. Maybe Hong Chen's conviction had rubbed off on him; his words were unusually firm.

Hong Chen looked at the young man in front of her. At eighteen, he still had a hint of boyishness about him. Yet at that moment, his handsome face held a resolute courage, the kind that would face down a multitude alone. His body was thin, but he seemed to possess tremendous strength.

Hong Chen had already taken a liking to Su Ke when she saw him catch the thief. It was his character that had drawn her to him. But now that she looked at him, the kid was actually a little handsome too—just a bit too young.

"Mm, you've got some man in you. I've decided to take you on as my little brother!" Hong Chen reached out and gave Su Ke's shoulder a hearty pat, like a gang boss.

"Uh, little brother?" Su Ke froze, surprised by what Hong Chen had said.

"That's right, you're my little brother now! I'll look out for you from now on, just like you look out for your little brother!" A sly smile appeared on Hong Chen's face. Seeing Su Ke flustered and blushing, she giggled.

Don't think that just because Hong Chen had only recently left school, she was still naive about the world. After being immersed in university life, she'd picked up on plenty of things. She'd noticed Su Ke's reaction when he watched her eat the popsicle, and now she was getting a little payback.

Su Ke was close to tears. All he could do was silently cry out in his heart: "You're lewd! You're shameless!"