NOVEL NEXT Chapter 17
Chapter 17: She Kissed Me
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Song Yiren did not expect Su Jinyue to say this, and was stunned for a while. When she snapped out of it, Zhan Yihan had already walked off with Su Jinyue on his back.
“Utterly shameless!” Song Yiren muttered through gritted teeth, she was itching to catch up to them and drag Su Jinyue off Zhan Yihan’s back. Ever since the previous time when Su Jinyue was injured, Su Jinyue had changed a lot after waking up. In particular, Su Jinyue’s attitude towards her had changed and was always cold and indifferent towards her.
In addition, Su Jinyue’s behaviour just now was completely different from before. Had it been in the past, if she had said that she had sprained her foot, Su Jinyue would immediately have come down and gotten Big Brother Zhan to carry her. However, this time, not only did Su Jinyue not come down, but she also acted all cute towards Big Brother Zhan, claiming that she was exhausted and had no energy to walk. When she thought of this, she became infuriated. No way! I can’t allow Su Jinyue to carry on like this. Big Brother Zhan is mine. No one can snatch him away!
After calming down, Song Yiren limped and tried to catch up to them. “Big Brother Zhan, Jinyue, wait for me.”
Zhan Yihan pretended not to hear her and did not even falter in his footsteps.
Clenching her teeth, Song Yiren’s eyes filled with a stubborn glow and she sped up even more. She also went up the mountain to gather medicine often, so naturally, her physical strength would not be poor.
After finally catching up to Zhan Yihan and Su Jinyue, Song Yiren was out of breath. “Can’t you guys walk slower!” She still had to pretend to have a sprained ankle, of course she could not walk as per usual. Needless to say, it was even more tiring to walk.
Su Jinyue cast a glance at Song Yiren. Then, her eyes moved slyly and she said, “Big Brother Yihan, I’m still starving.”
“Okay!” Zhan Yihan nodded and he sped up again. He did not know when Jinyue had fallen off the cliff, and just eating those few pieces of biscuit would not be enough to stave off her hunger.
Song Yiren had just caught her breath, when she saw Zhan Yihan speed up again. She nearly coughed up blood in anger. He became so anxious just because Su Jinyue said she was starving. I sprained my foot but he simply turned a blind eye to me. Is Su Jinyue that precious to him?
Her nails dug deep into her palms and Song Yiren took a few deep breaths in a row, before suppressing the anger in her heart. She caught up to Zhan Yihan once again. Su Jinyue, just you wait!
Turning her head back to look at the limping Song Yiren behind her, a smug smile appeared on Su Jinyue’s face. Doesn’t she love to act? In that case, she can act to her heart’s content.
“Are you happy now?” Zhan Yihan said. He had already seen through her wicked idea, but he just loved the way she was, when she was up to mischief.
“You found out?” Su Jinyue was a little embarrassed. “Do you think I’m too much?”
Zhan Yihan smiled and shook his head. “There must be a reason for you to do this.” He was a person who would always side with the people he liked. Even if that person made a mistake, he would defend them. As for the people whom he hated, no matter what the other party did, he would ignore them. Song Yiren happened to belong to the group of people that he hated.
Seeing that Zhan Yihan and Su Jinyue were both ignoring her, Song Yiren stopped pretending and ran after them.
When she was two steps away from the both of them, she stumbled and rushed a few steps forward, her hand reaching for Su Jinyue. She was going to take this opportunity to drag Su Jinyue off Big Brother Zhan’s back.
A chilly gleam flashed across Zhan Yihan’s eyes. Just when Song Yiren was falling towards them, his body moved to the side, perfectly avoiding Song Yiren’s hand.
“Ah!” Song Yiren grabbed onto air. She let out a miserable shriek and she crashed onto the ground. Her face turned pale from the pain and she nearly could not catch her breath.
Su Jinyue mockingly sneered and tapped Zhan Yihan on the shoulder. “Big Brother Yihan, you can let me get down.” Seeing misfortune befall Song Yiren, she felt extremely gratified.
“Are you alright?” Su Jinyue looked down condescendingly at Song Yiren, who was on the ground. In her past life in prison, Song Yiren had looked at her in the same way. It was a pity that right now, she did not have the ability to make Song Yiren pay the price, so she could only use such a childish method to upset her.
Song Yiren rested for a long time before feeling slightly better. She looked up and rolled her eyes at Su Jinyue, before turning to Zhan Yihan. With tears welling up in her eyes, she said, “Big Brother Zhan, can you help me up? I’m in so much pain!”
“It’s improper for men and women to be in close contact. I don’t want people to gossip about you,” Zhan Yihan said with a deadpan face.
“I… I don’t care,” Song Yiren said. She had not expected Zhan Yihan to use her own words against her.
“I care.” Zhan Yihan reached out his hand and held Su Jinyue’s hand. He then turned around and sauntered towards the village. Song Yiren brought it upon herself. If she hadn’t acted on her wicked thoughts, why would she fall down?
Watching Zhan Yihan’s and Su Jinyue’s backs disappearing into the distance, Song Yiren could no longer hold it in and began bawling while lying on the ground. She really did not understand what was so good about Su Jinyue. Why is Zhan Yihan treating Su Jinyue like she’s so precious, yet he is so repulsed by me? In what way am I worse than Su Jinyue?
As soon as Su Jinyue and Zhan Yihan arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Xu Tiansheng walking towards them.
“Teacher!” Su Jinyue dashed forward.
Xu Tiansheng heaved a sigh of relief, when he saw that Su Jinyue was safe and sound. “Why are you back so late? You’re really becoming wilder.”
Su Jinyue stuck out her tongue and embarrassedly said, “I accidentally lost my way. It was Big Brother Yihan who found me. Teacher! I’m sorry for making you worried.” She could not let Teacher know that she had fallen off the cliff, otherwise he would definitely not allow her to go out to gather medicinal herbs in the future.
“Just this once!” Xu Tiansheng looked towards Su Jinyue’s back and asked, “Where is Yiren? Didn’t she go along to look for you as well?”
“She’s at the back. I was worried that Teacher would be concerned, so I came back first,” Su Jinyue said.
Xu Tiansheng nodded and said, “You can go back first, I’ll wait here for Yiren.” He had watched Jinyue and Yiren grow up, so of course he was worried about them both.
“Okay!” Su Jinyue answered him and walked towards the clinic together with Zhan Yihan. She was certain that Song Yiren would tattle on her, but she did not care about that.
In her past life, she had cared a lot about her sisterhood with Song Yiren, and it was precisely because she cared that she was tricked by Song Yiren. But now, she only had hatred for her.
Zhan Yihan walked Su Jinyue to the entrance of the clinic and said, “I’m going to head back. Tomorrow morning at six o’clock, I’ll wait for you under the old locust tree outside the village.” He might regard Jinyue as his younger sister, but others might not think so. In the event that there were bad rumors about Jinyue, it would be Jinyue who would be hurt. Thus, he and Jinyue arranged to meet at the old locust tree outside the village, where there should be fewer people passing by.
“Good night!” Su Jinyue smiled and nodded as she waved to Zhan Yihan.
With a small smile, Zhan Yihan turned around and walked towards his home.
“Wait a minute!” Su Jinyue shouted.
Zhan Yihan turned his head back and was about to ask Su Jinyue what’s the matter, when he saw Su Jinyue running up to him, standing on tiptoe, and swiftly kissing him on the cheek.
“Thank you!” Su Jinyue blushed and ran towards the house. Am I too bold? Will Yihan be frightened by me?
Zhan Yihan stood rooted to the ground. After a long time, he reached out and touched the place where he had been kissed. She kissed me!