Elysia: You're Staring at Others, Don't Tell Me You Like Them?

Airi also noticed Chang Yuan's gaze fixed on someone else.

She immediately followed his line of sight.

"Hmm? Chang Yuan, why are you staring at that girl? Don't tell me you like her? Love at first sight?"

Seeing this, Airi nudged Chang Yuan in the waist with her elbow, teasing him.

Being teased like this, Chang Yuan withdrew his gaze.

"No, I just saw her reading a book that wasn't suitable for her age group, so I guessed she must be a genius."

Jokes on you, I'm a devoted lover. How could I be fickle? We can be friends, but that's absolutely as far as it goes.

Before his transmigration, he was a loyal Airi simp. No one could make him change his mind.

"Oh, I thought you fell in love at first sight with another girl. But it's not impossible, after all, Chang Yuan, your looks are still quite good."

"Go, go, go. What are you talking about love with me, you little brat? Go back to your book."

Chang Yuan waved his hand, telling Airi to go read her book.

"Fine, I'm going, nya~."

Sticking out her tongue, Airi hugged the book she found, found a spot, and sat down to read slowly.

Chang Yuan also found a quiet place to sit and wait for Airi to finish her book.

After reading for a long time, Airi felt a bit thirsty.

Just as she was about to go get some water, a hand offered her a bottle of water.

Looking up, she saw Chang Yuan.

"Here, you've been reading for so long without a drop of water, you must be thirsty."

"Hehe, Chang Yuan, you really are a thoughtful person. Then I won't be polite."

Taking the bottle of water, Airi opened the cap and drank it down in gulps, completely lacking any ladylike manners.

It was a shame he didn't have an ID now, so he couldn't buy a phone, let alone register a phone number. Otherwise, Chang Yuan would definitely have recorded this moment and kept it as Airi's future embarrassing history.

Later, she would always be talking about being a lady. If he could make this into embarrassing history, it would be hilarious.

"That's about enough, we should leave."

Finally closing her book, Airi said with a sense of lingering interest.

"Indeed. If we don't hurry, we might not find a place to stay tonight."

After all, neither of them had identification, so they could only stay in shady inns, and they had to be constantly careful.

Therefore, if they didn't find a place in advance, they might end up sleeping under a bridge or in the suburbs again, just like before.

Putting the books back in their place, Airi and Chang Yuan left together.

One year later…

"Hoo~, it's so cold."

In the snowfield, Airi, wearing gloves, rubbed her cheeks and then breathed warm air into her hands.

"It's already considered good. At least there's no blizzard now, otherwise the temperature would drop even further, and…"

Glancing at Airi, Chang Yuan continued, "And I really can't understand why you dared to come here. If it weren't for me, I feel like you might have frozen to death here."

Of course, Chang Yuan was just saying that.

He clearly remembered that in the original story, Airi had traversed the entire world alone.

She had even come to the snowfield, and here she would meet a certain sunny and cheerful big boy.

"Ehehe, but aren't you here, Chang Yuan? You know so much, you must have a way."

Even though she was being lectured, Airi still gave a silly smile, not feeling embarrassed at all.

"You, you. I originally planned to travel with you, but why does it feel like I've become a parent taking care of a child now?"

"Ehehe~? Would you be unhappy to travel with a beautiful girl?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm very happy, genuinely happy."

Of course, if their relationship could advance further, he would be even happier.

He felt that his relationship with Airi was getting further and further away from being a couple.

Now he felt like he was becoming a dad, and he didn't want this kind of relationship!

"Mhm~, I feel like you're not being sincere. Take this snowball!"

In an instant, Airi grabbed two handfuls of snow from the snowfield, rolled them into snowballs, and instantly threw them at Chang Yuan.

Chang Yuan, who didn't have time to react, was hit directly in the face by the snowball.

"……Alright, alright, so that's how we're playing, huh? Then Airi, don't blame me."

He immediately dropped to the ground, and with his hands, formed a circle about half a meter in diameter.

Then he started piling up snow frantically. During this time, he ignored Airi's attempts to hit him with snowballs.

He finally rolled a snowball about 20 centimeters in diameter.

"Hey, hey, hey! That's cheating, I didn't even use one that big."

Airi immediately started running away, no longer throwing snowballs.

Seeing this, Chang Yuan quickly picked up his snowball and chased after her.

"Don't run, you hit me so many times, it's my turn to hit you back this time."

"No, no, yours is so big, it must hurt a lot when it hits, I don't want that."

As she ran, Airi even had time to stick her tongue out at him.

Until the two of them ran into a small village.

Gradually, they slowed their pace because they both felt that this small village seemed a bit off.

Finally, they arrived at what seemed to be the center of the village. There was a rack there, and a person was currently tied to it.

The person wore a mask, making it impossible to see their face. Several wooden sticks were inserted into their body, stained with blood. The other ends of these sticks were in bowls meant to collect the blood.

"This, this, Brother Chang Yuan, doesn't he feel pain?"

Seeing this scene, Airi's first reaction wasn't fear, but rather concern about whether the person was in pain.

"...Probably."

"Who are you people? Stop right there, don't move!"

Just as Airi and Chang Yuan were talking, a shout rang out.

The two of them quickly turned their heads. What greeted their eyes were over a dozen burly men, each holding weapons like hoes and sickles, surrounding them.

"Who are you people, and why have you come to our village?"

"We, we're just passing through, we'll leave right away."

Sensing that the situation was bad, Airi decided to escape with Chang Yuan first.

Afterward, they could figure out how to call the police, as these were not things that two children could handle.

However, it was clear that these people didn't intend to let them leave.

"You came here, discovered our secret, and now you want to leave? Dream on."

As he spoke, one person, who seemed to be the village chief, directly swung a sickle at Airi.

Seeing this, Chang Yuan was startled. Without a second thought, he rushed forward and tried to grab the sickle with both hands.

As expected, he managed to grab the sickle, but at the same time, bright red blood slowly dripped onto the snow from where he held it, dyeing the snow red.