Would Yukino Yukinoshita let him off?
Dong Yunshan's current attitude had already confirmed Yukino Yukinoshita's suspicions.
She held out her little hand and scratched~
Dong Yunshan twisted again.
To be fair, Dong Yunshan had suffered plenty of injuries.
Pain was something he could endure.
But tickling was another matter entirely.
From an evolutionary perspective, pain helped one avoid immediate threats—high temperatures, sharp objects, injuries, and so on. A certain degree of tolerance was needed to complete tasks such as fleeing, fighting, and treating wounds.
Therefore, through mental adjustment—such as focusing on what one was doing or drawing on past experience—it was possible to reduce one's perception of pain to a certain extent.
Ticklishness, however, was more of a warning against mild stimuli, such as the sensation of insects crawling on the skin. It required a rapid response to avoid potential harm, so it relied more heavily on unconscious reflexes and was difficult to suppress completely through mental control.
Most importantly, Dong Yunshan's body was different from ordinary people's.
He could sense changes in his body more clearly than most, which was why working out brought him more pleasure than it did others.
Conversely... he was also more ticklish than most.
Sister Jin had been the first to discover this.
Now Yukino Yukinoshita knew too.
If the first scratch had been meant to force an answer out of him—
Then Yukino Yukinoshita's second scratch was more of a punishment.
"You actually dared to deceive me?" Yukino Yukinoshita stared expressionlessly at Dong Yunshan, who was lying on the bed with a hand over his waist. "It seems my correction of you hasn't been enough."
"Wait." Dong Yunshan raised a hand to stop her. "I really couldn't think of a solution..."
"So you were already trying to think of one." Yukino Yukinoshita instantly