Chapter 698 - Happy Children’s Day, Everyone (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Shi Mengwan looked at the handsome face in front of her and nodded her head without giving any face.

Zhan Haoze listened to her words and narrowed his eyes. His gaze was too dangerous. Shi Mengwan wanted to step back, but it was too late.

Zhan Haoze pulled her back into his arms. He lowered his head and kissed her until her hands and feet went soft.

He pressed his forehead against hers and said in a raspy voice, “Alright, let’s go outside. I’ll take care of the remaining two dishes.”

“…” Shi Mengwan’s legs went soft. She leaned against the wall and looked at Zhan Haoze. She felt that the person in front of her was a little different.

He nudged her gently. “Go. I’ll call you later.”

Even if Shi Mengwan didn’t believe him, she could only go out now. After wiping the dining table, she went into the kitchen and saw that Zhan Haoze was really cooking.

“Are you so worried?”

Shi Mengwan didn’t dare to answer Zhan Haoze’s question. She took the bowl and chopsticks and quickly went out.

She had just put them away when she oincidentally received a call. A client had some ideas about the design. Shi Mengwan listened to them patiently and then wrote them down.

After she had made an agreement with the client, the discussion was over. As she turned around, Zhan Haoze had already come out of the kitchen.

He held two dishes in his hands. After placing them down, he looked at her. “Come, let’s eat.”

Shi Mengwan looked at him suspiciously. She took a few steps forward and looked at the dishes on the dining table.

She had bought onions to stir-fry beef today. This dish looked simple, but it was actually not easy to cook.

Beef was considered a relatively difficult dish to make. The heat might not be enough, the beef might not be cooked, and the taste might be a little bad. When it was overheated, the beef would be fried until it was too old, and it wouldn’t taste good.

Shi Mengwan looked at the beef on the table. From the looks of it, it was pretty good.

She sat down and tasted the beef. She looked at Zhan Haoze in surprise.

“When did you learn to cook?” She really couldn’t tell.

Zhan Haoze didn’t answer her question. “How does it taste?”

“Very good.”

It was indeed good. Shi Mengwan was even more curious about how he learned it. Zhan Haoze didn’t say anything. Instead, he scooped a bowl of soup for her and placed it in front of her.

Shi Mengwan had done this action many times before. Now that Zhan Haoze had done the same thing to her, her heart suddenly felt warm.

Many thoughts flashed through her mind. Those uncertain thoughts that she wanted to resist seemed to have faded again because of the change that Zhan Haoze had made after his return.

She couldn’t resist him when he was cold and indifferent in the past. Now that he had become gentle, she couldn’t resist him even more.

What should she do? Shi Mengwan, are you going to sink into this again?

The taste of the food was very pleasing to her, but she didn’t like it. She looked up at Zhan Haoze and found that he was also looking at her. His eyes were gentle and had a subtle smile.

Her heart skipped a beat. It seemed that she rarely saw Zhan Haoze smiling like this.

“Do you have any plans tomorrow?”

Zhan Haoze’s voice brought Shi Mengwan back to her senses. She looked at him and said, “Yes, I have a design to fix tomorrow.”

She had to finish modifying the client’s request tomorrow.

“Is it urgent?”

“It’s not.”

They were all old customers, so there was no rush.

“Then why don’t you come out for a day? Let’s go play?”

“Huh?”

Shi Mengwan was stunned. Go play? Where to play?

“You can think about where to play.”

Shi Mengwan lowered her head and went to eat. Was he asking her out on a date?

This time, wasn’t he afraid of meeting someone he knew?

“It’s not the weekend, so there shouldn’t be many people. You can think about it.”

Shi Mengwan wanted to say that she wanted to go to the new amusement park that opened this year, but when she met Zhan Haoze’s eyes, she said, “Let’s go to Mount Qin. I haven’t climbed a mountain in a long time.”

Zhan Haoze’s expression didn’t change. He nodded aloofly. “Okay. Then let’s climb Mount Qin.”

He looked as if he hadn’t thought of anything. It also seemed as if Mount Qin was just an ordinary mountain to him.

Shi Mengwan’s mood was inexplicably a little conflicted. Had he forgotten, or…

At night, Shi Mengwan looked at Zhan Haoze, who was sleeping beside her. She kept feeling that the person in front of her seemed to have changed a lot.

“Can’t sleep?” Zhan Haoze didn’t do anything to her today. He just hugged her to sleep.

“No.” Shi Mengwan turned over and wanted to sleep, but Zhan Haoze turned her body over again. His hand was all over her body in an unruly manner.

Shi Mengwan resisted instinctively, “Stop fooling around. Aren’t you going to climb the mountain tomorrow?”

“It’s okay.” Zhan Haoze kissed her neck, “If you can’t climb anymore, I’ll carry you.”

“You –”

Shi Mengwan couldn’t win against Zhan Haoze in the end, so she let him have his way once. However, Zhan Haoze knew to stop when things were good. He let her off after just once.

She couldn’t sleep at first, but after being tormented by him, she fell asleep peacefully.

..

Shi Mengwan sat in the car. When they reached the foot of Mount Qin, she was still a little absent-minded.

Ever since she got separated from her Dear Brother when she was 13 years old, she had never come here again.

This was a sad place for her. She had always felt regretful and annoyed. If she hadn’t suggested coming here, her Dear Brother wouldn’t have met those bad people, and she wouldn’t have gotten separated from him.

Shi Mengwan’s emotions were complicated at this moment. She looked at Zhan Haoze, who acted as if nothing had happened.

Mount Qin had changed a lot compared to more than ten years ago. A road, leading straight to the mountainside, was built at the foot of the mountain. This was originally a hilly area, so the mountain wouldn’t be too high.

Shi Mengwan sat in the car and watched the car go up the mountain. Finally, she stopped at the parking lot halfway up the mountain.

When she got out of the car, she looked at the cars in front and behind her. When she turned around to face Zhan Haoze, she was a little conflicted. “Can we not let them follow us?”

“Okay.”

It was rare for Zhan Haoze to be so easy to talk to, so Shi Mengwan breathed a sigh of relief.

The scenery at the peak of the mountain was pretty good. Shi Mengwan didn’t have many memories of Mount Qin. All her memories were of her Dear Brother being beaten, bleeding, and losing her.

Now, her mood was different. She walked up and looked at the beautiful scenery on both sides. She was in the mood to appreciate it.

She walked quickly and accidentally tripped on a small stone by the roadside. Her body tilted and Zhan Haoze quickly grabbed her waist to stabilize her body.

This scene was somewhat similar. She turned around to look at him. Her eyes were misty for a moment. Zhan Haoze saw her snuggling in his arms like this and leaned over to kiss her.

Shi Mengwan’s face turned red for a moment, but Zhan Haoze let go of her at this moment.

“Let’s go.”

Shi Mengwan lowered her head. She wanted to walk forward quickly, but Zhan Haoze held her hand.

She was stunned again and turned to look at him. He held her hand and continued to walk forward.

It was actually a little cold in Lin City during this season, especially when the mountain wind blew. However, Shi Mengwan’s hand was held by Zhan Haoze. His hand was very warm, very hot.

That kind of heat made Shi Mengwan ignore the cold in her hand.

Other than the big rock that looked like a zither, there were also a few other strange rocks on Mount Qin. Although it couldn’t be compared to the scenary of a famous mountain like Mount Huang, the scenery was still pretty good.

The two of them went up the mountain together. Because it wasn’t the weekend, there weren’t many people.

Shi Mengwan finally got into fun spirits after seeing the huge zither rock. She took out her phone and took a photo. The huge stone was like a huge zither due to the change of time.

Shi Mengwan put her hand on it and turned to Zhan Haoze. She said almost reflexively, “Dear Brother, I’ll climb up –”

Shi Mengwan didn’t say anything else.

When Mount Qin hadn’t been developed yet more than ten years ago and wasn’t a tourist attraction, no one came here at all. She once followed Dear Brother and climbed up the huge zither.

Now that she had grown up, and there were tourists passing by from time to time on the mountain, she was embarrassed to climb up.

Zhan Haoze held her waist. “Do you want to go up? If you want to go up, I’ll carry you up.”

The stone zither was huge, so it was naturally very tall. Shi Mengwan shook her head. Realizing that she had misspoken just now, her interest was reduced by half.

“No, I’ll just be a civilized tourist.”

Looking at Zhan Haoze, she handed the phone to him. Without saying anything, Zhan Haoze understood what she meant.

After taking a few photos, Shi Mengwan was about to take the phone back when a couple came up. They were also here to play.

When they saw Shi Mengwan and Zhan Haoze, their eyes lit up. “Beauty, help us take a photo together.”

“Sure.”

Shi Mengwan didn’t refuse. She took the phone and took a picture of them.

She took a few pictures from all angles. When the girl took the phone, she thanked Shi Mengwan profusely. “Thank you, pretty girl. Your boyfriend is also very handsome. Why don’t I take a picture of the two of you together?”

Before Shi Mengwan could say anything, Zhan Haoze had already handed the phone to the girl.

Her eyes filled with a hint of approval, the girl clicked her tongue. A handsome man and a beautiful woman. It felt so good to take a photo of such models.

Shi Mengwan was still a little uncomfortable Zhan Haoze came over. Zhan Haoze put his hand on her shoulder. They looked at the camera together.

Shi Mengwan instinctively curled the corners of her lips. The hand on her shoulder suddenly tightened. She looked at Zhan Haoze in confusion.

At this moment, he just happened to come over and kiss her lips. Shi Mengwan’s eyes widened, but she heard the sound of the camera.

The scene was captured.

Shi Mengwan was a little embarrassed. After the couple left, she quickly left Zhan Haoze’s side.

Other than this huge rock that looked like a zither, there were other rocks of different shapes on Mount Qin. Shi Mengwan’s memory of the time she came here when she was a teenager wasn’t very deep anymore.