Chapter 1225: Chapter 823: Summer’s Long Night

Jiang Nian didn’t argue, he was about to follow them back when he lowered his head and glanced down. He couldn’t help but utter a sound of surprise.

"What’s this all about?"

"I took a shower, but didn’t change clothes."

"Yeah," Wang Yuhe said matter-of-factly, "because I have to go out later to watch the tower burning."

The farm has quite a few small activities, from mountain springs to kayaking, and at night there’s the tower burning.

Roast sweet potatoes, firewood roasted chicken, small barbecues, hot pots, basically everything you could want.

"Then why take a shower?"

"You wash because you’re dirty." Wang Yuhe thought Jiang Nian was a bit silly and simply dragged him to walk back.

"Come on, hurry."

"Oh."

Jiang Nian didn’t find it odd, and stumbled a couple of steps. He simply let her release him, and followed from behind.

The place where he had just been standing was located at a secluded spot at the foot of the mountain. To take the cement road, you’d have to go around a bit to get up there.

There was a small path leading to the farm halfway up the hill, and the two were walking along that somewhat steep path.

During the day, it was quite easy to walk. There were only some small stones and crushed red bricks along the way.

When it got dark, the road became a bit hard to see. Wang Yuhe stepped on a stone and suddenly let out a cry.

"Good thing I’m agile." She steadied her somewhat awkward posture and pretended to pat her hands calmly.

She turned her head and looked at Jiang Nian.

"So, how was it?"

"What do you mean, how was it?" Jiang Nian was puzzled.

"My agility just now, didn’t you see it?" Wang Yuhe widened her eyes and questioned.

"Oh."

Jiang Nian immediately showed fish-like eyes, "You just now looked like an old sow slipping on a banana peel."

"Quite funny, a bit amusing."

"You’re the old sow!" Wang Yuhe was infuriated, punched him hard, and continued climbing up.

"Can you see clearly?" Jiang Nian said casually, "Why not let me lead the way, I have good eyesight." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Wang Yuhe turned back angrily, "No need!! I can do it!"

After saying that, she took large strides and ran upwards.

To this, Jiang Nian just chuckled. He took out his phone and turned on the flashlight, preparing to light her way.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from ahead.

Wang Yuhe’s whole body tilted at a sharp angle, inclining together with a piece of broken-edged red brick to the right.

And Jiang Nian, positioned at her rear left, with normal human reaction speed, almost nothing could be done at this distance.

Jiang Nian was also just a normal person, but at double the speed and with Accuracy. He instinctively reached out, his body swaying.

In the night, his actions were absurdly fast.

With one grab, he caught hold of Wang Yuhe’s loose white T-shirt. Also because it was loose, there was no time to halt.

His whole hand went through the shirt and continued upwards.

One scoop.

The good news was he caught her, essentially holding onto Wang Yuhe. The bad news was his hand went inside, pressing onto her chest.

At that moment, both were dumbfounded.

"No."

Jiang Nian didn’t expect this to happen either, he swiftly withdrew his hand, the soft touch and lingering warmth remained.

"You were too far away, I rushed over... uh..."

Wang Yuhe was in a daze for quite a while, initially thinking it was over. She rushed too fast, sure to fall.

Then the gust from behind was too swift. Just in a second, even less than a second.

She was caught, preventing a fall.

Finally, she realized a hand had gone into her shirt, touching her without any barriers.

"I... you..."

Just like Wang Yuhe said before, she was just a bit dazed, not really stupid, she wasn’t incapable of understanding.

"This..." Jiang Nian coughed, "I didn’t mean to, there’s really nothing I could have done."

"Oh, I don’t blame you," Wang Yuhe said, feeling a bit awkward, "I was running too fast just now."

"Alright, as long as you understand," Jiang Nian turned his head to look elsewhere, "let’s go up."

Wang Yuhe: "...okay."

....

During the card game.

Wang Yuhe remained lively, but during shuffling breaks. She would occasionally seem absent-minded, or zone out for a bit.

Not sure what this was, probably just an accident.

However, they say this kind of behavior indicates fondness if not disliked. What about herself? She didn’t seem to mind.

Moreover, a bit eager to play together next time. But if she liked Jiang Nian, what about Yunyun?

The things you like, aren’t they meant to be shared?

"This game is so boring, how about we place some bets?" Jiang Nian suggested, "The loser barks like a dog."

Chen Yunyun: "Then I won’t play."

"Forget it, let’s change that." He said, "How about dancing, just dance freely."

Chen Yunyun thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"Alright."

In the next half-hour, Jiang Nian enjoyed watching the two girls dance various styles, unable to hold back his laughter.

Chen Yunyun gave him a scornful look before returning to her spot.

"What time does the tower burning start?"

"I don’t know, I’ll check the messages." Jiang Nian took out his phone, the farm had a schedule.

"Eight o’clock!!" Wang Yuhe exclaimed excitedly, "I’ve seen it, it’s about to start."

"So... shall we go?"

The group walked over to an open space at the farm, where someone was already lighting a fire, the wood slowly burning.

Blazing flames shot up high, billowing all the way to the top of the tower.

As gasoline was poured in, the flames shot up again. Tiny sparks burst out from the openings.

The brick tower resembled a fiery tree, continually sending sparks upwards.

Jiang Nian got some fireworks, paid for at the farm. They couldn’t sell them, it was technically a transfer.

"Here, wanna set them off?"

Hearing this, Chen Yunyun was instantly delighted.

"Can we?"

"Of course."

"I want to, I want to." Wang Yuhe was anxious, hovering around but unable to get any.

She suspected Jiang Nian of doing it on purpose, just liked to make things difficult for her.

"You better not, your IQ is too low." Jiang Nian said, "I’m afraid you’ll aim it at me."

"You!! You just now..." Wang Yuhe blurted out in frustration.

"Here, here, here." Jiang Nian, exasperated, stuffed the fireworks into Wang Yuhe’s hands, "You can set them all off."