Chapter 501: Famous General Caps (1/2)

He Yi stroked her own hair before smiling at me, the sight of her beautiful face under the moonlight seemingly pulling me toward her. It was such an attractive smile that I felt like I had drunk a pool of intoxicating spring.

Suppressing a shiver in my heart and pretending to be calm, I supported myself with the handrail before asking, “Do what though?”

“Hmm…”

He Yi thought for a moment before replying, “I’m a bit thirsty.”

“I’ll go pour you some water then.”

“No!”

He Yi pulled my hand before hugging me. “Let’s go for a spin to the town and see if there's a watermelon stall somewhere.”

“But the time…”

I looked at the clock. It was almost 11 am already. “I don’t think you can find a stall at this time. Also, there’s no fun in buying watermelons, is there?”

He Yi shot me a hopeful and playful smile. “Oh? What do you want to do then?”

I looked at the field some distance away from us before suggesting, “My third uncle grows some watermelons. Why don’t we steal one tonight?”

“Ohh! That sounds great, I love it!” He Yi was so excited that she was shaking, and her face was red. She clearly hadn’t done something this fun before.

……

It was only after we sneaked downstairs did we realize that He Yi was still wearing high heels. However, we had no choice but to go out like this because Beiming Xue and Murong Mingyue would definitely be alerted to the noise. They would despise us for sure if they realized what we were planning to do.

We slowly walked down a footpath between paddy fields until we arrived at my third uncle’s watermelon farm. However, it was so dark that not even our phones could shine enough light to help us find a watermelon. He Yi asked helplessly, “W-what should we do? We can’t find the watermelon like this?”

I suggested, “In my hometown, we lie on the ground and roll across the plants. It’s a surefire way to find a watermelon no matter what size they are.”

He Yi looked at me in astonishment before replying, “Er, can I not roll on the ground?”

“Sure. I’ll do the rolling, you do the touching!”

“Okay!”

The two of us quickly sneaked into the watermelon farm and used our respective methods to find a watermelon. While I was rolling, I suddenly felt something solid touching against my body. It was a big, round watermelon as expected. I gave it a knock and confirmed that it was matured!

Pak!

I plucked the watermelon and attempted to push it under my shirt, but I quickly discovered that it was too big to fit. Meanwhile, He Yi said, “Lu Chen, it’s not easy for your third uncle to make a living selling watermelons, right? I think this might be a little too much, especially since we’re working people already. This isn’t right…”

“Mn mn!”

He YI smiled and took a step, but she suddenly let out a yelp and lost her balance completely. She fell in my lap, and we both crashed heavily atop the plants.

“It hurts…”

He Yi cried out softly. She had probably sprained her ankle or something. We should’ve known this would happen since she was wearing high heels. She felt boiling hot in my arms, and the way her soft body fit against my own was so distracting that I actually blanked out for a moment before I remembered to check her injury. Thankfully, it didn’t look like she had hurt her bones.

“Alright, we got the watermelon. Time to head back!”

“Mn!”

It was at this moment that the third uncle’s black dog started barking loudly. It probably heard us talking. When He Yi tried to push herself to her feet, she suddenly let out an exclamation of surprise again. “Heavens, what is this!?”

Caught off guard by her reaction, I tried to feel her arm only to find something ice cold wrapping around her wrist. I immediately pulled it free and threw it away, all the while doing my best to maintain my own calm.

He Yi was absolutely terrified. Clinging to me tightly, she asked, “What was that, Lu Chen…”

“I think it was a… snake?”

“Ah…”

My beautiful guild leader had turned completely pale by this point. She held me so tightly it was as if she wanted to embed herself into me.

I gave her a comforting pat on the shoulder before asking, “Did the snake bite you, Eve? Did you feel any pain anywhere?”

He Yi shook her head. “No, it didn’t. It’s just… so scary. I wasn’t expecting to find snakes here…”

“The snakes here are absolutely harmless, so there’s no need to be scared. Only the ones that live in mountains are venomous.”

“Mn. Let’s leave already!”

“Yeah. Can you hold the watermelon while I carry you?”

“Mn.”

I put my hands near He Yi’s round bottom and lifted her off the ground. I can’t lie, the sensation was pleasant to say the least.

……

I ran back home with He Yi on my back. When I opened the front door, we saw a figure holding a cup and walking toward us under the lamplight. It was Murong Mingyue, and she looked utterly flabbergasted by the sight of us.

I looked horrible because my shoes were dirty and I rolled on the ground. I looked like I had just come back from a coal mine. He Yi was lying on my back with her arms wrapped around my neck, and her smooth legs dangling in front of me. She was also holding the watermelon right in front of my chest, so my chin was literally pressing against the fruit.

It took Murong Mingyue a long while to muster a response, “Guys, what were you doing?”

He Yi curled her lips into a smile. “Do you want some watermelon, Mingyue?”

Murong Mingyue fell silent for a moment before finally answering, “Okay. Let me go wake up Beiming Xue…”

……

She actually failed to wake up Beiming Xue, so we moved the battlefield to Beiming Xue’s room and continued our watermelon war there. A short while later, Beiming Xue finally crawled out of her bed and joined us.

It didn’t take long for the four of us to devour the huge watermelon whole. Not entirely satisfied, we then took out some leftovers from the fridge and cooked them. I must admit that chicken meat tasted absolutely awesome in the middle of the night, and because third aunt put a lot of chilis in the dish it was incredibly spicy. We also carried a bowl of unfinished crayfishes, a plate of boiled peanuts and several bottles of beers into the room. Sitting by the bed, I ate supper with the girls and enjoyed a good time. It didn’t feel bed to enjoy these food at this time.

Pinching a crayfish’s tail with my left hand and holding a glass of beer with my right, I gave He Yi a smile before asking, “Want to clink glasses, Eve?”

“Hehe…”