Chapter 241: Chapter 156: Made Li Bao Cry
His warm fingertip pressed precisely against the ticklish spot on the sole of her foot, causing her curled, pearl-like toes to spring open like a seashell.
"Hah... Shen Yuan!"
Li Zhi’s indignant cry was abruptly cut off by the overwhelming ticklishness. The hem of her silk dress rustled as her body trembled.
The pad of Shen Yuan’s finger traced a path along the sole of her stocking, the light calluses branding a winding trail of itchiness onto the slick fabric.
In the darkness, the coral-hued arch of Li Zhi’s foot tensed into a panicked curve. As she struggled, the wrinkled nylon at the bend of her knee caught the faint light, shimmering.
When Shen Yuan’s fingertip ground against the most sensitive pressure point on her sole, the girl suddenly fell back onto the messy bed. A sharp, bell-like gasp erupted at the same time as the rustling of the sheets.
Her left leg, suspended in mid-air, suddenly kicked out at Shen Yuan’s arm. Her pearl-like toes seemed to catch the moonlight as her black dress billowed like a dark tide.
"Don’t... It tickles!"
Her chiding was torn to shreds by a new wave of ticklishness. Li Zhi’s right leg was still trapped in his palm, her tensed ankle growing damp with sweat in his grip.
The darkness amplified every sensation. Shen Yuan could clearly feel Li Zhi struggling relentlessly. He could tell just from the feel of her toes kicking against him.
Shen Yuan’s thumb suddenly pressed into the most sensitive hollow of her sole, grinding in circles against the warm sole.
Li Zhi’s right leg trembled violently, its struggles matching the rhythm of his probing finger.
"RRRIP—"
The sound of tearing fabric echoed, followed by a faint, choked sob in the darkness.
"Sob... Shen Yuan, don’t..."
Li Zhi clutched uselessly at the crumpled satin sheets beneath her, her toes fluttering like the wings of a dying butterfly.
Shen Yuan felt the soft skin beneath his fingertips. The stocking no longer covered it.
For a moment, Shen Yuan froze.
As the tickling sensation vanished, Li Zhi’s tense body fell heavily back onto the bed.
Her bitten lip was flushed a deep red. The tears that had gathered at the corners of her eyes finally rolled down her temples, blooming into dark spots on the sheets.
"You... you just have to bully me."
A sob fractured her indignant words into hitched breaths. "Couldn’t you have just let me win..."
Shen Yuan released Li Zhi’s ankle. The sound of rustling fabric filled the darkness.
In the dark, her slender silhouette slowly curled into a ball. Li Zhi’s soft sobs trembled in the night, tightening around Shen Yuan’s heart like a spider’s silk.
Shen Yuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed several times. As he scrambled to sit up, his knee hit the edge of the bed with a dull thud.
He fumbled as he leaned toward the bed. Just as his fingertips were about to touch Li Zhi’s shoulder, her voice rang out in the darkness.
"Get... get out." Li Zhi’s stuffy, choked voice pierced the darkness.
Shen Yuan’s fingers, resting on the sheet, suddenly clenched into a fist. He opened his mouth to speak, but his throat felt as if it were stuffed with cotton. "I..."
"What’s wrong? You still want to continue the bet?"
Li Zhi was still curled up on the bed. She spoke with indignation, "It’s been so long! Even if I made you eat two wasabi bombs, we... we should be even by now!"
Shen Yuan pursed his lips and mumbled, "Then... then I’ll wait for you in the study?"
"You!"
Li Zhi’s annoyed voice rang out in the darkness.
"Then, should I just go home?"
"Thinking of running away after you’re done bullying me, huh? You creep! Go wait in the living room!"
Li Zhi’s tearful voice, sharp as a rose’s thorn, rang out. "And turn on the light on your way out."
"Oh, okay!"
Shen Yuan inwardly let out a long sigh of relief.
As his fingers touched the cool metal doorknob, Shen Yuan glanced back at the darkness that had swallowed the girl.
"I’m turning on the light."
With that, Shen Yuan turned and flicked on the light in Li Zhi’s room.
The moment the light flooded the room, Li Zhi abruptly buried her crimson face in the messy sheets.
After a long moment, the girl peeked out from the crook of her arm. Seeing that the door was shut tight, she finally relaxed her white-knuckled grip.
Her lip, marked with teeth imprints, was moist and glossy. The redness at the corners of her eyes was clearly the trace of having laughed until she cried.
’Like I was actually crying...’
Li Zhi had been crying from laughter because Shen Yuan was tickling her.
But when the stocking ripped, Li Zhi had been genuinely startled, which was why she’d sounded so distressed.
Li Zhi pushed herself up from the bed, her gaze falling involuntarily upon it.
The disheveled bed looked like a battlefield. The once-smooth sheets were pulled into a chaotic mess, and the pillows and quilt were all out of place.
When the small, damp spots on the messy sheets caught her eye, Li Zhi suddenly pressed her burning cheek against the cool silk of the pillowcase.
Of course, Li Zhi herself wasn’t in much better shape.
Her long hair, once neatly brushed, was now a mess. A stray lock trembled with her every movement, as if it were an invisible cat ear raised in silent protest on its owner’s behalf.
As her gaze moved downward, Li Zhi immediately saw the hole in her right stocking.
The beautiful girl immediately frowned.
"Shen Yuan, you asshole!"
Li Zhi immediately wanted to take out her phone, snap a picture, and show Shen Yuan what he’d done.
But as soon as she found her phone on the bed, she regretted the idea.
’Taking a picture of my foot for Shen Yuan? That would just be letting that jerk off easy!’
’But... throwing the torn stocking in Shen Yuan’s face...’
’That seemed even worse.’
"No! I have to let that asshole see what he did!"
Li Zhi suddenly had an idea. She’d just wear it out like this. It was already torn, after all.
"No! Absolutely not!"
Sitting on the bed, the beautiful girl rejected her own suggestion.
"Ah Xi, forget it, forget it. A torn stocking is just a torn stocking. I’ll change my clothes first."
Thinking this, Li Zhi stood up from the bed.
And then, a burning heat shot up her spine, dyeing her face a deep crimson.
"SHEN YUAN!! You asshole!!"
In the living room, Shen Yuan, who was trying to calm himself down, immediately snapped his head toward the bedroom at the sound of her curse.
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