With something she liked, Kanao Tsuyuri would change too

He sat beside Kanao Tsuyuri.

He placed one hand directly on Kanao Tsuyuri's back.

After locating her lungs, Su Chen began trying to redirect her breathing through massage.

Although this was less convenient than going directly mouth to mouth.

It was enough for Su Chen.

After a series of smooth, flowing movements.

The pained expression on Kanao Tsuyuri's face visibly eased, and her breathing began flowing correctly along with Su Chen's hand movements.

In the quiet woods, the girl slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was moonlight.

Then came a gently smiling face.

The girl instinctively turned her face aside, not daring to meet his eyes.

"Su Chen," Kanao Tsuyuri said softly.

"What is it?" Su Chen answered earnestly.

Kanao Tsuyuri buried her face in her knees, not daring to look up at Su Chen.

Yet she could not help saying, "I have something in common with you now."

"Oh?" Su Chen's interest stirred. "What's that?"

Kanao Tsuyuri pointed at her chest and said quietly, "Breathing."

"Our breathing is the same now."

"And this breathing feels so warm."

"Does it?" Su Chen smiled and closed his eyes.

He followed Kanao Tsuyuri's example and took a deep breath too.

The two breathed quietly.

The atmosphere was utterly peaceful.

Under the deep darkness of night.

They could even hear each other's heartbeats.

While Su Chen had his eyes closed, Kanao Tsuyuri peeked out and stole a glance at him.

A haze as thin as gauze fell across Su Chen's face, making its contours particularly distinct.

The girl's heart could not help racing.

Just then.

Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

He looked at Kanao Tsuyuri with smiling eyes.

And delivered a "lethal" interrogation:

"Kanao Tsuyuri, were you sneaking a look at me just now?"

"Don't tell me you like me?"

Kanao Tsuyuri froze.

Then she hurriedly raised her head. "N-no, no..."

She was terribly flustered.

Her words were full of embarrassment.

She was so nervous that even her slender body went rigid.

Seeing this, Su Chen could not help laughing. "Answer my question!"

"What question?" The girl played dumb, lowering her head with a sweet smile.

But no answer came from Su Chen.

Kanao Tsuyuri looked up.

The next moment.

The distance between them suddenly shrank.

That sharply defined face drew right up close to Kanao Tsuyuri's.

Kanao Tsuyuri could even feel his breath.

That rich, resonant voice slowly sounded in the girl's ears. "Do you like talking to me?"

Kanao Tsuyuri blushed and instinctively answered, "Yes."

"Then do you like the Breathing Style I taught you?"

"Yes," Kanao Tsuyuri continued.

"Then... do you like me?"

"Y..." Kanao Tsuyuri abruptly stopped.

She looked up at Su Chen.

Then her little face turned red.

Like a fully ripened red apple.

"Why aren't you saying anything, Kanao Tsuyuri?"

Su Chen could not resist flicking Kanao Tsuyuri's forehead. "Still don't like talking?"

This time, Kanao Tsuyuri refused to respond no matter what he said.

This man really was so bad!

The two sat quietly.

For a while, silence settled over them again.

Until a tickling itch suddenly appeared on Kanao Tsuyuri's arm.

Kanao Tsuyuri's cheeks felt a little hot.

She cautiously glanced at Su Chen and found him admiring the scenery.

He had not moved closer.

Kanao Tsuyuri could not help feeling a little disappointed.

"Su Chen."

"What is it?"

"It itches."

"It itches?"

Su Chen turned and only then noticed that a mosquito had landed on Kanao Tsuyuri's arm at some point.

Smack!

Shadowless Hand activated!

The mosquito immediately met a miserable end at Su Chen's hand.

Su Chen scanned their surroundings and immediately noticed that more mosquitoes were gathering.

Shadowless Hand!

Smack, smack, smack, smack, smack, smack!

After a flurry of movements, every mosquito was precisely struck dead!

Su Chen looked at Kanao Tsuyuri's arm.

He found that a lump-sized mark had already swollen up on her fair skin.

He walked toward the grass behind them and picked a pure white flower from among the blossoms.

Then he placed it on Kanao Tsuyuri's arm.

He asked softly, "Does it still itch?"

Kanao Tsuyuri looked blankly at Su Chen.

For that instant, the scene seemed to freeze.

Under the bright moonlight, a boy held a beautiful flower.

And placed it ever so gently on her shoulder.

His eyes held a smile, and his words brushed her face like a cool breeze, carrying a gentility distinctly unique to women.

Kanao Tsuyuri could not help gazing at him in a trance.

Sis? the girl thought dazedly.

He really was so much like Sister Kanae.

Even the flower he picked was the same kind.

Kanao Tsuyuri wanted so much to stay a little longer.

Then Su Chen's voice came again. "Does it still itch?"

Kanao Tsuyuri lightly pressed her lips together. "Not anymore."

"Really?"

Su Chen gave a mischievous smile.

Then his wicked little hand moved toward Kanao Tsuyuri's armpit.

The girl flushed red and stared at Su Chen in disbelief.

Her eyes seemed to say, Don't do that!

Interesting.

Far too interesting!

Watching Kanao Tsuyuri look as though she wanted to laugh but did not dare.

Su Chen ultimately could not bear to keep teasing her.

So he withdrew his hand reluctantly.

Su Chen said, "Kanao Tsuyuri, you've actually always been afraid to talk to people, haven't you?"

Kanao Tsuyuri's slender body trembled.

The embarrassed indignation in her heart instantly vanished without a trace.

Su Chen's words had touched her heart.

Su Chen toyed with the flower on her shoulder, his words as gentle as a spring breeze.

"All it takes is the right opportunity for a person's heart to bloom, so it's all right."

"If one day you find something you like, you'll change too, Kanao Tsuyuri."

"But..." Kanao Tsuyuri clasped her hands somewhat awkwardly. "It's still not enough."

Su Chen looked at her with a smile. "Then, Kanao Tsuyuri, could you let me see your coin?"

Hearing this, Kanao Tsuyuri slipped her small hand inside her clothes and carefully took a bronze-colored coin from her bosom.

The coin had a smooth sheen, clearly worn that way by being handled over a long period.

Kanao Tsuyuri had carried it for a very long time.

It had never left her side.

She handed the coin to Su Chen.

Su Chen balanced the coin on his thumb.

The next moment, Su Chen said, "Let's play another game."

"If the coin lands face down, you'll stay just as you are now, Kanao Tsuyuri."

"If the coin lands face up, you have to listen to your heart and do something."

"What do you think?"

After thinking for a moment, Kanao Tsuyuri nodded.

"Then here we go!"

Su Chen flicked his finger, and the coin flew into the air.

Kanao Tsuyuri stared fixedly into the air, afraid to miss a single second as the result unfolded.

Suddenly, Su Chen made a sharp clap.

It immediately drew Kanao Tsuyuri's attention.

It was the sound of his hands clapping together!

The girl's gaze immediately fell on Su Chen's palms.