Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 254 - 138: The Fawn Crosses the Water, Falling into His Embrace

Fu Manman's body tensed up, like a wooden board.

Fan Wubing released her.

She stared blankly at him and asked, "Why did you hug me?"

"Do I need to explain?"

"You're breaking the rules."

"Breaking the rules?"

Fu Manman immediately felt troubled, "I was thinking of working hard to make your heart flutter. You could just do nothing, and... I wanted you to watch me as I got better and better until finally one day, you felt something for me. That's what I was thinking... But you suddenly did this, isn't it breaking the rules?"

"What are you talking about?"

Fu Manman grabbed his hand and placed it on her chest, "Feel this, how fast my heart is beating! I haven't even made your heart flutter, and here you are, making my heart race even more. Isn't this breaking the rules?"

Fan Wubing couldn't figure out what was going through her mind, only feeling her chest was soft. Would it be even softer without the clothes in the way?

He shook his head, "I never said I was going to wait for you."

"But you have to wait for me!"

"Why should I wait for you?"

"If you don't wait for me, I can't catch up to you."

"Can't you just run faster?"

Fu Manman lowered her head and said dejectedly, "I'm already trying very hard. But every time, it's like this, feeling like I've made a bit of progress, but then you suddenly leave me far behind again."

Fan Wubing said, "It's not a competition of who makes whose heart flutter, sis."

"It's not?"

"Did you think it was?"

Fu Manman opened her mouth wide, confused, "But Grandpa Xiangguo taught me that way."

Fan Wubing's mouth twitched, angry, "So it's that old guy! Even at his age, still so improper, misleading little girls! I wondered why you became so proactive."

Fu Manman said fearfully, "If Grandpa Xiangguo is wrong... then what should I do?"

She looked like a frightened little deer.

Cute.

Fan Wubing's voice softened, "Sister, look at me."

Fu Manman lifted her head, her eyes unblinkingly fixed on him.

Fan Wubing said, "Time changes everything, and it also witnesses everything. You don't need to deliberately think or act. Just by traveling together, we already have a special relationship. Sometimes, emphasizing it deliberately can make you unable to tell if you really like me. If, at some moment, some place, you feel like hugging me, then just do it."

"But haven't you always rejected me?"

"Not anymore."

"Why?"

Fan Wubing laughed, "Because I just wanted to hug you, so I did."

Fu Manman looked at him blankly, "I don't understand."

"If you don't understand, just follow your feelings."

"Feelings..."

"Yeah, how do you feel right now?"

"Right now... right now, I want to hug you."

Fan Wubing opened his arms.

The little deer waded through the water into the embrace of the forest.

The snow fell heavier, who knows when spring will come.

...

Ye Yixian had been reviewing documents all night and was a little tired.

At this moment, a hubbub came from outside.

As soon as he heard this noise, he perked up and looked straight out.

Soon, he saw a young girl burst in despite the guards' attempts to stop her, "Crown Prince Brother, Crown Prince Brother!"

"Nineteen Princess, you can't just barge into the Little Li Palace!"

"He's my brother, why can't I just see him! Move, let me through!"

"Nineteen Princess!"

Ye Yixian felt a headache coming on and called out, "Let her in."

"Understood!"

Ye Wuyue, the nineteenth princess of Great Li of this generation, rushed directly to Ye Yixian and stopped in front of him. She was out of breath, her chest heaving, her face flushed red.

Ye Yixian asked, "Weren't you going to Everlasting Realm to see that young lady of the Luo Family? Why are you back so soon?"

Ye Wuyue, puffing her cheeks, said, "Qingyao kicked me out!"

"Why?"

"She said I was disturbing her cultivation."

Ye Yixian nearly blacked out, "You've really disgraced Great Li!"

Ye Wuyue squatted on the ground pitifully, "She's changed."

"A girl shouldn't just squat on the ground like that!" Ye Yixian chided.

Ye Wuyue then plopped down, "She's changed."

Ye Yixian, dizzy with anger, lifted her up and dropped her on a nearby chair, "Sit properly."

Ye Wuyue sat well, "She's changed."

Ye Yixian took a deep breath, trying to be patient, "What's changed about her?"

"She's not cute at all anymore! She used to be so cute." Ye Wuyue was a little sulky, "Now she's like her sister, always gloomy, always scolding me. I couldn't take it anymore, so I came back."

Ye Yixian raised an eyebrow, "Is it possible that she's grown up and you're still just a little kid?"

Ye Wuyue pouted, "Then help me grow up faster."

"Nonsense!"

"Big brother... I'm so upset. Qingyao won't let me hug her anymore, and she says we aren't close." Ye Wuyue drooped her head, filled with despair.

"What do you want?"

"I don't even know, I'm still thinking. Until I figure it out, I'm not leaving."

Ye Yixian's head hurt even more, "Nineteen. I'm working on something very important, can you not disturb me?"

"I'm not disturbing you; I'll just sit here quietly."

"Can't you sit and cultivate properly?"

Ye Wuyue waved her hand, "Big Brother, you know... I'm the type whose earnest cultivation yields no results."

"Ah... alright. Then go explore Buxu City."

"What's there to explore?"

"The one who slapped you last time is in Buxu City."

"Ah!" Ye Wuyue sprang up, "Really?"

"Really." Ye Yixian chuckled, "Don't tell me you want revenge."

"N-no." Ye Wuyue thought for a moment, "He didn't really hurt me. I was being a bit unreasonable."

Ye Yixian stared blankly at her, "Since when did my younger sister learn to self-reflect?"

"Probably... after that slap?"

"How honest of you."

"Ah..." The knots in Ye Wuyue's brow loosened, her gaze turning sly, "I know what to do."

"What are you up to now?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"Qingyao has a crush on her senior brother."

"And then?"

"Hmm, if her senior brother falls for me, won't she come to learn from me?" Ye Wuyue said, proudly raising her chin.

Ye Yixian looked at her blankly and couldn't help but say, "Lao Shijiu, where do you get this confidence from? Don't be foolish."

"Brother, I'm your sister, how can you say that about me!" Ye Wuyue's eyes widened.

Ye Yixian said, "Nineteen, don't go, really, trust your big brother this time."

As a brother, he couldn't bear to see his little sister at such a good age have her self-esteem bruised.

He understood his younger sister, pampered by several siblings, getting whatever she wanted, with everything going her way.

He couldn't imagine her barging in crying again, tearfully accusing Fan Wubing of sending her back.

Who knows how much of a psychological shadow that would leave.

Ye Wuyue, unconvinced, said, "Big Brother, the more you say that, the more I want to go!"

Ye Yixian covered his face, "Go, then. Just don't run back crying. Also, I must tell you, Lao Shijiu. Even if you manage to make Fan Wubing like you, Luo Qingyao won't come to you for learning, she'll just want to shred you to pieces."

"Why's that?"

"That's how women are. If you don't believe me, go ask your Third Sister. Ask her what she did back then."

Ye Wuyue said confusedly, "But I remember Third Sister didn't punish the sister who took our brother-in-law. She only hung the brother-in-law on Riduan Mountain to dry out for seven months."

Ye Yixian shrugged, "Right. It would be Luo Qingyao hanging you on Riduan Mountain to dry out for seven months."

"Why wouldn't she hang Fan Wubing and hang me instead!" Ye Wuyue's eyes widened.

"Because she'd feel sorry for Fan Wubing, not for you."

Ye Wuyue: o(╥﹏╥)o