Don't Make Me Slap You While I'm Having Fun

"Uh, it does seem a little too small."

Watching him struggle to pull them up, Xin Lan rubbed her nose and couldn't help laughing.

But she quickly patted his hand calmly. "It's fine. If they don't fit, don't force them. Try something else first. I'll have someone bring new ones over later."

"Okay."

Yu Yuan obediently went back to trying on clothes nearby.

It was a white casual outfit with no other design apart from a brand logo on the chest.

Xin Lan had bought it simply because it was the cheapest one she'd found after looking for ages. She hadn't expected Yu Yuan to have a physique that looked lean in clothes but muscular without them. Even an outfit this simple looked strikingly handsome on him.

He looked clean and fresh, and the soft fabric offered a faint glimpse of his clearly defined chest and arm muscles.

"Xin Xin, do you think this looks good on me?"

It was actually Yu Yuan's first time wearing casual clothes like these. Back in District K1, he'd worn nothing but his uniform and combat gear, and had never tried any other kind of clothing.

Especially clothes as soft and loose as these.

But perhaps because Xin Xin had bought the outfit for him, he only felt unaccustomed to it for a moment. After taking a couple of steps, he immediately fell in love with it, and the more he looked at it, the better it seemed. He couldn't stop thinking how good Xin Xin's taste was.

"It looks good. It really suits you."

Xin Lan looked at the full contours of his chest muscles beneath his clothes and narrowed her eyes slightly. Suddenly overcome by the urge to touch, she said, "Come here. Let me feel."

Even though Yu Yuan knew how direct and bold she was, hearing such blunt words still made him clench his fists nervously. When he sat down beside her, his heart pounded even harder with excitement.

The Azure Dragon in his Mental Landscape also seemed to sense something and suddenly sent out an extremely strong signal.

It wanted to come out.

It wanted to play with the vine!

The vine?

A jumble of fragments suddenly flashed through Yu Yuan's mind.

His Spirit Body—no, he himself, after mutating-had actually formed a deep link with Xin Lan's Spirit Body several times!

And Xin Lan had watched the whole thing.

Yu Yuan: ...

Heavens!

He had been so shameless after mutating! He'd kept hold of the vine the whole time and wouldn't let it leave!

Xin Lan pressed his abdominal muscles, while her Spirit Body once again dragged out the fox inside the room.

The fox was delighted to welcome its new companion, and its foolish, grating laughter filled the room.

Yesterday, Yu Yuan hadn't known what it was laughing at and had simply found it annoying.

Today, after realizing what Xin Lan was doing, he felt as though a knife were twisting in his heart and couldn't bear to keep watching.

"What's wrong?"

Xin Lan noticed something was off with him. She caught his chin and forcibly turned his head toward her.

Sure enough, her good boy's eyes were red, as though he had suffered an enormous grievance.

Xin Lan felt a little helpless. "You don't want me to save it?"

Yu Yuan knew perfectly well what she meant by "it."

He really didn't want her to, but he couldn't interfere with her decision.

She could turn mutants back into humans, which made her a top-tier guide of at least SSS rank. He couldn't even imagine a rank that high, so how could he dare hope he'd be the only one by her side?

So he held it in again and again. His lips trembled with grievance, but he still shook his head.

"Don't worry about me, Xin Xin. I'm just not used to this sort of thing yet, but give me some time and I'll adjust soon."

Xin Lan was a little surprised by his answer.

She'd thought he would at least show a little dissatisfaction. She hadn't expected him to be so understanding.

"Your eyes are this red, and you still expect me not to worry?"

Xin Lan raised a hand and touched his eyes. Yu Yuan immediately shut them on reflex.

But in the next instant, his eyes flew wide open, and his face filled with elation, shock, and disbelief.

Xin Xin had actually kissed him!

The fresh scent of lily of the valley came with the touch of her cool, soft lips. In a daze, he almost thought the petal of a gorgeous, dewy flower had been pressed against his lips.

Yu Yuan's body and Mental Landscape trembled at the same time. Almost immediately, he raised his arms, pulled her into his embrace, and deepened the kiss, though he never dared hold her tightly, much less put his hands anywhere else.

Although he badly wanted to, he couldn't.

At least, not in such a dilapidated place.

Yu Yuan had plenty of reservations, but Xin Lan wasn't thinking about anything at all.

She knew most of what she was feeling now came from the vine, but she didn't care.

She wanted to kiss him.

And not just kiss him, but touch him too.

"Mmh... Xin Xin... we..."

Feeling her cool fingertips pressing against his abs, Yu Yuan's muscles tensed, and he suddenly wanted to say something.

But Xin Lan gave him no chance at all.

"Shut up. Don't make me slap you while I'm having fun."

She drew back slightly, and after that warning, immediately pulled his head down a little farther.

His fingers trembled at her domineering words, and the wet, soft warmth against his lips stirred his heart so deeply that he could hardly restrain himself.

After remaining passive for a few seconds, he began following his body's instincts, holding the woman whose whole body gave off a sweet fragrance tightly in his arms. His large hands, needing no instruction, moved over her back in slow, restrained strokes.

Just as things were about to catch fire between them, the nine-tailed fox suddenly let out a cry of pain.

Its Mental Landscape had reappeared too!

Without a second's hesitation, Xin Lan decisively pulled away from Yu Yuan's embrace.

Apart from her unusually red and glossy lips, her expression was as normal. There was no sign of what she'd just been doing.

By contrast, his shirt had been pushed all the way up, and there were even several red marks on his chest and abs where she'd pinched him. His pants had even been pulled partway down...

Had Xin Xin just wanted to physically link with him?

Yu Yuan couldn't stop imagining the possibility, which made his whole body tremble with excitement at the mere thought.

But when he watched her walk over to the nine-tailed fox and begin purifying its Mental Landscape, a dazed and pained look quickly appeared on his face again.

Really, it would have been better if he hadn't understood anything. Then he could have been happy for a long time just from that possibility.

But he knew perfectly well that Xin Lan had treated him that way entirely because her Spirit Body was deeply linked with the nine-tailed demon fox.

Her Spirit Body shared its five senses with her, and he was the only one beside her, so he had naturally become the best choice for her to seek temporary relief.

But had she really kissed him just because of that?

When their Spirit Bodies had deeply linked yesterday, hadn't she looked completely normal, without the slightest emotional reaction?

Perhaps she had kissed him because she liked him a little too...

At that thought, Yu Yuan's lips curled up, and he suddenly felt happy again.

As long as Xin Xin liked him, that was enough. He could accept it, he definitely could!

While Yu Yuan was getting himself into the right frame of mind, Xin Lan was already staring dumbfounded at the nine-tailed demon fox's Mental Landscape.

It was a huge mirror maze with nothing in it but her, along with the fox tails and those bewitching red fox eyes that occasionally flashed through the mirrors.

She spent ages laboriously purifying the place, and the mirror maze was clean, but the nine-tailed demon fox hid inside the mirrors and refused to come out no matter what.

With no other choice, she could only release the vine to lure it out.

And that did it: the moment the vine appeared, the nine-tailed demon fox dragged it into a mirror.

Only then did Xin Lan realize there was another world inside the mirror.

Unlike the mirror maze, which had already been purified, the world inside the mirror was still pitch-black. But it was only the size of a fox's den, so purifying it was very simple.

Once she had purified its den, the nine-tailed demon fox's eyes finally returned to their orange-red color.

It no longer hid from her. Instead, it ran over to her of its own accord, rolling around and acting cute, showing its belly and giggling nonstop.

Xin Lan couldn't be bothered with it and immediately withdrew with the vine.

"Huh?"

He was actually wearing clothes?

Seeing that she seemed a little disappointed, Yu Yuan immediately felt that he'd been absolutely right to patiently help the little brat get dressed just now.

"Ugh... it hurts."

The white-haired youth began writhing in pain before he was fully awake.

Xin Lan: ?

"What's going on? Is he hurt?"

She instinctively crouched down, intending to move his hand aside and take a look.

Yu Yuan hurried over to stop her. "No, his pants are probably too small and squeezing him too."

Xin Lan: ...

She looked at the youth's still somewhat immature, boyish face and was a little surprised.

"He looks so young, and his pants are squeezing him too?"

She could hardly believe it and wanted to check for herself.

Yu Yuan tried to reach out and stop her again, but the white-haired youth suddenly opened his eyes.

"Wow! Fairy sister!"