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Chapter 22

The Unspoken Affection, and the Emotionally Dense Idiot Who Doesn't Understand Girls.

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Chang Yuan swallowed as he looked at the bloody reality.

He felt like everything he had eaten was about to come back up, his taste buds churning.

Covering his mouth, Chang Yuan immediately told himself to run to the toilet at a leisurely pace.

What followed was a hearty bout of vomiting.

"Sakura, couldn't you tie it on better? It fell off!"

Thinking this was Sakura's handiwork, Chang Yuan grumbled in the toilet.

Good grief, if he hadn't prepared himself mentally, he might have been scared to death if it had just fallen off right at the beginning.

Looking at himself in the mirror, his eyes were bloodshot.

It was clear this was due to excessive fright.

"Phew, forget it. I guess it counts as some mental preparation. I shouldn't be too reactive when I encounter something like this again."

Patting his chest, Chang Yuan calmed himself down.

Then, he casually washed his face before walking out of the bathroom.

He sat down quietly opposite Airi.

From time to time, he would browse the news on his phone or read novels from this world.

Until two hours later.

Looking at Airi's cute little face, Chang Yuan couldn't resist poking her.

Airi's eyelids trembled slightly in her sleep, but she ultimately didn't wake up.

Then, Chang Yuan increased the pressure, pinching her little nose.

"Mmph! Chang Yuan, if you want to wake me up, just wake me up. Why are you pinching my nose? It's so annoying."

With her nose pinched and unable to breathe, Airi finally woke up.

However, judging by her pouting lips, she wasn't in the best mood.

"Hmph~, you're so cute, I couldn't help but tease you."

"Mmph~, you bad guy, I'll remember this. You go to sleep first, I'll get revenge tomorrow."

Even though she was complimented, Airi didn't forget about revenge.

Her plan was to pinch Chang Yuan's nose when she woke him up the next day, just like he did to her, and make him wake up gasping for air.

"Alright, but Airi, remember to be gentle. You're too strong, I'm afraid of pain."

"Nyah nyah, then you'd better pray you wake up on your own, rather than needing me to wake you."

Sticking out her tongue, Airi chuckled playfully.

Chang Yuan smiled back at the playful Airi and then lay down to sleep.

Until the next day, Chang Yuan felt someone pinching his nose.

The little hand was soft, the movement wasn't forceful, and the strength was small.

Remembering last night's events, Chang Yuan immediately knew whose hand it was.

But then, he thought of something fun and immediately held his breath.

After nearly a minute of pinching, seeing that Chang Yuan still hadn't woken up, the little hand became somewhat surprised.

Then, Chang Yuan felt the little hand exploring his philtrum.

Chang Yuan continued to hold his breath and then felt the hand panic because it had trembled and touched his nose.

"Huh? Huh? Why isn't he breathing? Chang Yuan, Chang Yuan, Chang Yuan!"

Sensing that he wasn't breathing, and recalling last night's events, Chang Yuan felt a slight chill, which immediately terrified Airi.

She then placed her hands on Chang Yuan's shoulders and began to shake him.

But Chang Yuan still showed no signs of waking up, which made Airi extremely anxious.

"Wake up, hey, Chang Yuan, A-Yuan, wake up."

It was just past seven o'clock, and there was no one around.

Airi had no one to ask for help.

She immediately thought of the first aid methods she had learned from books.

She slowly laid Chang Yuan down on the ground and then gently pressed on his chest for CPR.

When she felt his heart still beating, her somewhat fearful emotions calmed down a little.

With his heart beating, it proved Chang Yuan was still alive.

The cause of his unconsciousness was still unknown, and with his breathing stopped, if he didn't wake up soon, it could truly be dangerous.

While performing compressions, Airi called out Chang Yuan's name, her voice even starting to tremble with tears.

Suddenly, Chang Yuan felt like he might have taken the joke too far.

He immediately opened his eyes and looked at the girl whose eye sockets were already faintly red.

"Airi, I—"

Before he could say anything, Airi picked him up.

For a moment, Chang Yuan was a bit flustered.

"I, I, I was just scaring you, I'm sorry, I really didn't know it would make you so nervous."

"You bad guy, you don't need a next time. Do you know how nervous I was? You're my most important family, and you're my love, don't lie to me again."

With a tearful voice, Airi expressed her dissatisfaction.

"Family, huh..."

Hearing that he was merely her most important family, Chang Yuan's eyes dimmed a little.

As expected, even after nearly ten years of companionship, it was difficult to enter Airi's heart.

That's right, she was the most advanced and pure soul, humanity's companion, a daughter sent by the stars and moon, her love was never limited to one person.

However, this wouldn't be a reason for Chang Yuan to give up. If not in nearly ten years, then in a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand years. Of course, the prerequisite was that she could survive.

"It won't happen again, there won't be a second time, because I can't bear to see you cry for me a second time."

Gently embracing Airi, Chang Yuan slowly and rhythmically patted her back as he spoke.

It was only after nearly ten minutes that Airi stopped crying.

After releasing Chang Yuan, Airi rubbed her eyes.

"Now that you're awake, go brush your teeth and wash your face, then we'll go eat breakfast and continue our journey."

After speaking, Airi, carrying her backpack, went to the restroom first.

From an angle Chang Yuan couldn't see, a blush appeared on Airi's originally fair face.

But because her back was turned, he didn't see it at all.

Before Chang Yuan transmigrated, he was also emotionally stunted. As an orphan, coupled with social anxiety, he rarely interacted with people, let alone women.

Therefore, Airi was one of the few girls he could talk to so much, and all his understanding of girls was learned from her.

So, forget understanding girls, he couldn't even guess if a girl was shy because of him.

"Well, I guess I can't make jokes like this anymore."

After Airi left, Chang Yuan sat there sighing and scratching his head.

He hadn't expected Airi to have such a strong reaction.

But with Airi's near-superhuman senses, wouldn't it be easy for her to tell he was faking?

So why did she get so nervous, looking like she was about to cry?

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