Teasing the Cook

Lan Luoluo finished packing up her things, turned her head to look at Chen Jie, and her eyes sparkled. "I'm full. Are we going to keep polishing our tactics now?"

Chen Jie waved a hand, a faint, mischievous smirk curving the corner of his mouth. "Let's hold off on tactics for a minute. I'll take you two to play an interesting game-hide and seek. This woods is plenty big, with plenty of trees for cover, which makes it just right."

Lan Luoluo's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded happily. "Hide and seek? That sounds like so much fun!"

Lan Susu paused slightly, her eyes curving in a gentle smile as she swept her gaze over the dense woods surrounding them. "Are we playing hide and seek in the forest? What are the rules?"

Chen Jie raised his hand and retrieved a piece of lightweight black silk lace fabric from his Soul Tool. It was woven with a dense, hollowed-out dark rose pattern, the semi-sheer mesh carried a silky, soft glow, and the edges were trimmed with delicate eyelash lace. He handed it to Lan Susu. "You're going to be the one catching, and Luo-luo and I will hide. You use this cloth to blindfold yourself, count to one hundred, and then you can start looking for us."

The moment Lan Susu's fingertips brushed against the black silk lace fabric, a strange, inexplicable sense of awkwardness welled up in her heart.

The fabric was delicate and silky, semi-sheer and hollowed out, carrying an unspeakable, ambiguous aura. It didn't look at all like an ordinary item meant for blindfolding.

A faint blush quietly crept onto her cheeks, and her fingertips gripping the cloth tightened slightly. She nodded, feeling shy and awkward.

Without thinking much, she gently placed the black silk lace fabric over her eyes and carefully tied the corners.

The pitch-black, semi-sheer fabric blocked her vision, leaving only hazy light and shadows before her, while every sound in her ears became exceptionally clear.

"Then I'll start counting. One, two, three..."

Taking advantage of the moment while Lan Susu was earnestly counting, Chen Jie immediately grabbed Lan Luoluo beside him and lowered his voice. "Hurry, let's find a spot to hide."

The two of them walked with extremely light footsteps, cautiously slipping deep into the woods, passing through layers of tree trunks, and finally hiding in a low-lying corner completely covered by dense bushes.

The branches and leaves here were lush, providing layers of cover and extremely strong concealment. From the outside, not a single bit of the scene inside could be seen.

Chen Jie stood steadily behind Lan Luoluo, the two of them squatting down together. Through the gaps in the branches and leaves, they quietly watched Lan Susu, who was earnestly counting not far away.

With the black silk lace fabric blindfolding her, Lan Susu's long, sea-blue hair fluttered gently in the breeze. Her ears twitched slightly as she intently captured every subtle movement around her, looking gentle and earnest.

Soon, the crisp counting voice faded-she had counted to one hundred.

Lan Susu raised a hand and gently tugged at the black silk lace fabric over her eyes. Relying on her hearing, which far exceeded that of ordinary people, she walked slowly toward the direction where she had faintly heard movement just moments before.

Her footsteps were soft and slow, yet exceptionally resolute, edging closer to the bushes step by step.

Lan Luoluo, hiding inside, instantly grew nervous. Her body shrank back slightly, and she instinctively wanted to shift a little to the side.

Right as she moved, Chen Jie behind her suddenly reached out, firmly wrapping his arms around her slender, soft waist. His solid, warm chest pressed tightly against her thin back, locking her whole body gently yet forcefully in his embrace and preventing her from moving a single inch.

With a mischievous smirk, taking advantage of the surrounding silence and the absence of onlookers, he slipped his fingertips under Lan Luoluo's skirt, gently rubbing her delicate, tender skin.

The sudden touch caused Lan Luoluo's entire body to stiffen abruptly. Every muscle locked up instantly, and a warm blush rushed all over her face, her earlobes turning red enough to bleed. Panic, shyness, and tension intertwined, and she couldn't help but let out an extremely soft, delicate whimpering sound from her throat. Mn~

The sound was faint and tender, carrying a trace of uncontrollable trembling as it drifted softly out of the bushes.

As soon as the sound escaped, Lan Luoluo stiffened in sudden terror, hurriedly lowering her voice and speaking in a flustered, trembling, breathy whisper. "Chen Jie, d-don't do this... Big Sister will find out..."

Chen Jie leaned down beside her ear, his warm breath gently brushing against her flushed earlobe. Keeping his voice as low as possible, he carried a hint of deliberately teasing mischief. "Don't move. You don't want your sister to find out, do you...? Be a good girl and listen."

Lan Luoluo, already stretched to the absolute limit of tension, was melted by his low chuckle right by her ear. Her body trembled softly, and she didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Meanwhile, that tiny whimpering sound had already drifted into the ears of Lan Susu not far away.

Her footsteps paused abruptly, her brows furrowed slightly, and her head tilted toward the direction of the bushes, her heart full of doubt.

The sound was too light, too soft, and strange.

It was neither the sound of the wind blowing through branches, nor the movement of a small animal, and it certainly didn't sound like an ordinary person accidentally making a noise. It was soft and delicate, carrying a hint of indescribable, unusual sweetness.

With the semi-sheer black silk lace fabric blindfolding her, Lan Susu couldn't see the scene and could only rely on her hearing to carefully distinguish the sounds, growing more and more puzzled in her heart. Just what... was that sound just now?

She stopped in her tracks and stood quietly in front of the bushes, her ears fully concentrated, earnestly capturing every subtle breath and movement within the thicket.

Sensing that her sister was stopped just an arm's length away, Lan Luoluo's heart leaped straight to her throat in the bushes, and her whole body stiffened so much that she didn't dare to breathe.

Lan Susu was so close that she was about to part the branches and leaves, and the arm Chen Jie had clamped around her waist tightened once more.

Yet another wave of unexpected force coiled around her, causing Lan Luoluo's body to shudder violently. Unable to suppress it, another faint sound slipped past her lips. Oh~ hon-hon-hon...

Inside the bushes, Lan Luoluo was held tightly in Chen Jie's embrace, her back pressed firmly against his warm, solid chest, allowing her to clearly feel the rhythm of his rising and falling chest.

Every nerve in her body was strained to the absolute limit, every inch of her skin was burning, and her cheeks and earlobes were red enough to bleed.

Two consecutive uncontrollable soft groans echoed in her mind. The mere thought that her sister was just inches away outside made her heart race to her throat.

Lan Luoluo didn't dare to struggle with any large movements; she could only twist her body in tiny, slight increments. Her breathing was fast and shallow, taking small, short gasps for fear that the slightest bit of extra force would let another sound leak out. A thin layer of moisture gathered in her eyes, making them watery, shy, panicked, and full of grievance.

She turned her head slightly-not daring to turn it too far-and used the corner of her eye to cast a furtive glare at Chen Jie behind her. Her lips were pressed tightly together and trembling slightly, feeling both angry and anxious inside.

Yet she didn't dare to raise her voice, and could only bottle up all her emotions deep within her heart.

Outside, Lan Susu was still standing right in front of the bushes, blindfolded by that piece of black silk lace fabric, her brows furrowed even deeper.

The two consecutive soft sounds lingered in her ears. The hollowed-out black gauze blocked her vision, leaving only the sound of grass and wind, and the thicket was abnormally quiet.

She slowly raised her hand, her fingertips already touching the hanging bush branches, preparing to gently part them and investigate.

Inside the bushes, Lan Luoluo heard the subtle sound of branches rubbing together outside, and her body shuddered violently, scaring every hair on her body to stand on end. She instinctively wanted to shrink forward, but the embrace around her waist and the fingers beneath her skirt made it impossible for her to shift even half an inch.

Chen Jie leaned close to her ear, his breath warm, and his ultra-low voice carried a hint of banter. "Don't move around. If you get caught, it'll all be over."

Lan Luoluo bit her lower lip hard, the mist of water in her eyes growing thicker as her entire body trembled uncontrollably. She stared fixedly at the hazy figure blindfolded with the black silk lace fabric just outside the gap in the bushes, her heart suspended in mid-air and tense to the point of near suffocation.

The atmosphere in the forest was tense to the absolute extreme, waiting for the very next second to be shattered.

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