c34 - The Kiss
As soon as the words left her mouth, Shen Han immediately realized she might have accidentally made a suggestive comment!
Although she could feel that Gu Junwan liked her, this was still their first date, sneaking out together.
Speaking carelessly could possibly make her date uncomfortable.
Just as she was pondering how to change the subject in her mind.
Four young men with slicked-back hair were already swaggering towards them.
“Little sister, where did you buy that ice cream? It looks so delicious.”
“Why don’t we hang out together? The more the merrier!”
“Yeah, little sister, we have about a dozen more bros nearby. It’s not safe for a beautiful Omega like you to sit here. Come join us instead.”
While eating earlier, Gu Junwan had taken off her mask.
That breathtakingly beautiful face had actually caught the attention of many people in the rest area.
But these people knew their boundaries, with most of their gazes being of amazement and admiration.
The four greasy-haired youths who approached uninvited were different.
Their faces bore a strong interest after being attracted by the Omega, and they didn’t care that there was an Alpha beside her, directly coming over to flirt.
After all, just talking trash wasn’t illegal.
Moreover, scaring a beautiful Omega until she turned pale had long been their malicious hobby.
Upon hearing the voices of those four youths, Gu Junwan immediately put her mask back on.
Shen Han, meanwhile, secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
While reflecting that she shouldn’t casually make suggestive comments in front of Gu Junwan again, she stood up from the bench and stepped towards the greasy-haired youths.
At this point, the youths hadn’t yet realized their predicament and were still spouting nonsense towards Gu Junwan.
In their view, they had four Alphas on their side, while the other party only had one person.
If a conflict really arose, they wouldn’t be the ones at a disadvantage.
Soon, Shen Han came to stand in front of the two youths at the front.
“Gentlemen, today is a special day. Let’s all give each other a New Year’s greeting.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly grasped the wrist of the one in the lead: “I’ll start first, ‘It’s the New Year.'”
The youth she grabbed was still bewildered when a sudden pain shot through his wrist.
At that moment, he felt as if his brain was being stirred, not just his wrist being twisted!
An indescribable pain shot straight to the top of his head. In this bone-chilling weather, he broke out in a cold sweat.
It wasn’t until this youth’s wrist was released by Shen Han, and he collapsed to the ground curled up like a shrimp.
The second person walking beside him finally came to his senses.
The second youth’s dazed expression immediately turned to shock and anger: “What are you doing? You dare to hurt people!”
Before the final syllable could be carried away by the cold wind, the youth’s wrist, which he had just hidden behind his back, was grabbed by the Alpha before him.
“Your greeting wasn’t correct.” Shen Han sighed, then applied a joint lock on him.
Seeing their two companions lying on the ground wailing in the blink of an eye.
The remaining two youths were completely stunned with fear.
Their minds couldn’t keep up with the development of the situation, to the extent that when Shen Han raised her head to look at the two, they forgot to run away.
One person’s calves were shaking as he wracked his brains for a greeting.
He blurted out immediately: “May your fortune be as vast as the Eastern Sea!”
Shen Han was first stunned, then shook her head and commented: “Your greeting is too inappropriate for the occasion.”
With that, she reached out and grabbed his wrist.
The pain from the joint lock followed.
As the third youth’s eyes filled with tears, he was still complaining in his heart: This isn’t my fault! You didn’t say it had to be appropriate for the occasion before! Besides, your “It’s the New Year” doesn’t count as a greeting either!
The fourth youth was skinny, with thick gel in his hair, wrapped in a red and white patterned down jacket.
He looked a bit like a Chihuahua in new clothes out for mischief.
Before Shen Han could question him, he was already bowing with his hands clasped, waving them vigorously: “Happy New Year, big brother and sister-in-law!”
Shen Han was stunned by this action.
Before she could think of how to evaluate his greeting, Gu Junwan’s soft laughter came from behind: “Alright, many people have noticed us here. Let’s go.”
The Empress Omega, who had been sitting on the bench, came to stand behind Shen Han and handed her a disinfectant wipe.
Shen Han wiped her hand that had just twisted people, turning her head to ask the four trembling greasy-haired youths: “Do you still want the little sister to play with you?”
Hearing this, the four were almost ready to cry in the street.
They thought: We’ll give you our lives if you want!
Gu Junwan held back her laughter and quickly pulled away the Alpha who had gotten into character.
The commotion here was quite big, and she didn’t want to be caught by the security personnel rushing over.
The two left the rest area and quickly merged into the crowd.
Recalling the scene just now, the Empress Omega’s golden eyes still held laughter.
“How do you have so many strange ideas in your head?”
Feeling the joy in Gu Junwan’s voice, Shen Han also laughed: “I didn’t want them to ruin the atmosphere. Wasn’t that much more festive? Especially the last one, who knows which TV drama he learned that from?”
As she spoke, she seemed to remember something and quickly added: “Don’t listen to their exaggerated howling. I was actually holding back. At most, they’ll be in pain for a while, but I didn’t really sprain anything.”
Gu Junwan’s phoenix eyes glanced lightly behind them.
Then she leaned close to Shen Han’s ear and said: “Yes, they still have the strength to call for help. They’re almost catching up to us now.”
Shen Han hadn’t expected Gu Junwan’s perception of danger to be so keen.
She turned her head to look back and indeed saw several people pushing through the crowd, quickly squeezing towards them.
She felt somewhat annoyed but didn’t want to fight again.
She had finally managed to get this date, and she didn’t want these people to waste it.
Thinking of this, Shen Han immediately stopped in her tracks.
She bent her knees while turning her head to look at the Omega beside her: “Miss Gu, the pursuers are about to arrive. Shall I carry you on my back and run?”
This familiar phrase immediately brought the Empress Omega’s thoughts back to the dense border forest where they first met.
Only this time, she didn’t hesitate.
Gently wrapping her arms around the Alpha’s neck, the next second, Gu Junwan was on that long-missed warm back.
As midnight approached, the already lively pedestrian street became even more crowded.
But Shen Han’s steps were steady.
She carried Gu Junwan through the sea of people, like an agile fish gliding past countless reefs, finally swimming into a quiet alley.
This area was a clean and tidy residential zone.
Looking up, one could still see many windows glowing with warm light.
Perhaps because the surrounding residents who had gone out were concentrated in the bustling streets, Shen Han ran from the entrance to the end of the alley without seeing a single person.
After confirming she had run far enough.
She gently set down the Omega on her back.
Gu Junwan took off her mask, looking at the hot sweat on the other’s temples.
While rummaging in her pocket for tissues, she said: “Actually, you didn’t need to run so urgently. We had just left the night market area, and after turning the first street, they couldn’t catch up anymore.”
Shen Han was slightly out of breath.
Because from the moment Gu Junwan had climbed onto her back, that deadly cold plum fragrance had been constantly entering her nose.
She knew Gu Junwan was wearing a mask and hadn’t breathed on her ear.
But for some reason, she kept feeling a faint plum fragrance lingering around her neck.
Making her heart rate involuntarily start to accelerate, gradually even her breathing became rapid.
Now, hearing Gu Junwan’s words, she didn’t know how to explain.
She could hardly say: Actually, I started panting after just running two steps.
That would be too embarrassing.
Shen Han lowered her gaze, stealing glances at the Omega who was looking for tissues for her.
Looking at her delicate nose and slightly parted red lips, she felt all the blood in her body rushing towards her brain.
The boiling blood burned her cheeks.
Each breath seemed to carry scorching heat.
Shen Han carefully leaned her head slightly closer to the other.
A devilish voice in her heart was urging her to lower her head and capture those moist plum petal lips.
But reason reminded her that a sneak attack meant offense.
Just as she was battling in her mind, the Omega who had found the tissue suddenly looked up.
Staring at those golden pupils symbolizing authority, Shen Han’s head, which had been constantly leaning forward, suddenly froze in place.
“I wanted to ask you-”
The explanation had barely begun when the Omega before her stood on tiptoe, pressing her red lips to the corner of the other’s mouth.
The soft cold plum fell like snowflakes, leaving its unique taste in the scorching snow cedar territory.
Their breaths intertwined shallowly, but it ignited a prairie fire.
Gu Junwan didn’t know how she had suddenly become so bold.
After kissing the other like a dragonfly skimming water, she immediately prepared to withdraw her red lips.
But before she could create distance between them, the Alpha’s lips had already pursued, gently yet dominantly kissing her again.
Unlike Gu Junwan’s earlier light touch.
The Alpha’s kiss carried an obvious possessiveness.
The plum petals seemed to have fallen into piled snow cedars, the crisp scent enveloping her, making her unable to break free.
The fragrances of cold plum and snow cedar bloomed simultaneously on their tongues.
Gu Junwan’s breathing began to become irregular.
Just as she felt she might lose her balance, a hand appropriately supported her waist.
After quite a while, a phone vibration suddenly came from Shen Han’s pocket.
Gu Junwan quickly pushed against the other’s shoulders, gasping for air: “Your- your phone is ringing.”
“Ignore it.”
After saying this in a low voice, Shen Han leaned forward again to press her lips against the other’s.