The Second Soul Skill of "Grass Near the Burrow"

The next day.

Half asleep, Xia Yanchun nuzzled into Shen Nian's arms, her mouth subconsciously rubbing against his arm. It took her a long while to open her sleepy eyes.

Another super incredibly comfortable natural awakening...

Xia Yanchun hummed and mumbled. Today, she didn't use her morning crankiness as an excuse to beat up Shen Nian. Instead, she gently moved her leg off of his body.

Seeing Shen Nian still breathing softly, Xia Yanchun rubbed her eyes, a little peony blooming in her heart.

She actually managed to wake up before Shen Nian!

In the past, Shen Nian always woke up earlier. When she got up, he would always stare at her, which, in his words, was called intense ogling.

Today it was her turn to ogle Shen Nian!

Xia Yanchun stared at him intensely, looking at his eyelashes, his nose, and his lips.

Sleeping so soundly and not even having any eye boogers. Hmph, quite cute.

Xia Yanchun muttered to herself in her mind, almost unable to resist reaching out to pinch Shen Nian's face. She wickedly wanted to wake him up and make him go back to sleep, truly living up to her title as a bad woman.

"Hehe..."

She smiled sweetly and foolishly, quietly reaching for her phone. She opened the camera, just about to take a picture of him.

Like a spider's reflex, Shen Nian's eyelashes fluttered, and his eyelids slowly opened. His dark pupils, like a freezing pool, gave off a faint sense of cold detachment.

After coming to his senses, that cold detachment turned back into the gentle warmth Xia Yanchun was familiar with, making all sorts of little thoughts pop up in her head.

If Shen Nian's personality was a bit more restrained, a bit more proper, if he smiled less and wasn't so cheeky, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him an aloof and handsome guy.

What a pity. Shen Nian was a bit more lively, a bit more out of line, smiled a bit more, and was a lot more cheeky than an aloof handsome guy. You couldn't say he was exactly the same as a cold and detached handsome guy; you could only say they had absolutely nothing to do with each other.

"You're awake?" Xia Yanchun finally got to poke Shen Nian's face with her finger.

"Yeah..." Shen Nian yawned. "Damn, what time is it now?"

"Let me see... It's ten o'clock."

"I actually slept for nearly eight hours straight? As expected of me."

"...Do you really have to praise yourself for that too?"

"Shouldn't I be praised for sleeping eight hours?"

Xia Yanchun covered her face.

You can sleep, eat, breathe, and poop. How are you so amazing? You can do so many things, you've already reached the standard of a normal human being.

"Then you're really amazing." Xia Yanchun stretched her back, reluctant to get up. She rolled limply onto Shen Nian, resting her face against his chest, her little hands not so innocently slipping into his clothes to feel around. "You've been so lazy lately, don't let my abs disappear from your laziness."

"What do you mean yours? They're on my stomach."

"Mine, mine."

"I really can't do anything about you. Starting tomorrow, I'm dragging you up to exercise so you can get your own abs."

"No way." Xia Yanchun pouted. "I only want to touch someone else's, I don't want to touch my own."

"You're so humorous."

"So what? If you have a problem with it, hold it in."

"...Chunbao."

Shen Nian really wanted to hold it in, but that was asking a bit too much.

It was fine usually, but when being touched and teased by the girl he liked, he often couldn't control his own body.

Shen Nian's Adam's apple bobbed as he grabbed Xia Yanchun's mischievous little hand.

Xia Yanchun's almond eyes slowly widened, her small face quickly tinged with a seductive flush. She immediately pulled her hand back, feeling her palm burning hot. She pursed her lips, not daring to speak.

"..." Propped up on his pillow, Shen Nian gathered Chunbao, who was already half lying across him, making her lie more comfortably. Trying his best to steady his breathing, he once again grasped Xia Yanchun's little hand.

Xia Yanchun's heart was beating so fast it felt like it would fly out of her throat.

She compliantly let Shen Nian guide her, guiltily half-closing her eyes and complaining, "Are you done yet..."

"I don't know who was pressing down on me first thing in the morning. And if that wasn't enough, she touched my abs and claimed the abs on my stomach were hers. Can you give a sharp critique on a girl who teases someone first thing in the morning?"

"It wasn't teasing."

"Then it was seduction."

"It's clearly your own problem." Xia Yanchun's voice was muffled. "Alright, alright, you're not allowed to speak anymore."

It suddenly became quiet. Xia Yanchun rubbed against Shen Nian's chest, wanting to pass all her pent-up heat and shyness onto him.

It was all Shen Nian's fault, so he should share some of the burden!

It wasn't until Shen Nian's face also turned red that Xia Yanchun felt much better.

She also knew that Shen Nian had gotten a taste of the sweetness.

Staring at Shen Nian's expression became her only source of amusement during this short time.

Shen Nian really was silly, hehe.

The busy Xia Yanchun kept herself busy for a long, long time before hurriedly rushing out of the room.

Giving Shen Nian time to deal with things, she only dared to re-enter the room later to open the windows for ventilation and disperse that ambiguous atmosphere.

Looking at the whole box of tissues that had only been opened for two days and was already down to a third, Xia Yanchun huffed angrily.

"We can't keep degenerating like this." Xia Yanchun crossed her arms and hummed. "From now on, you will honestly go exercise in the morning and honestly go to sleep at night, got it?"

"I think I've always been pretty honest."

"Honest my foot, even Nezha wasn't as demonic as you."

Xia Yanchun had decided to constantly urge Shen Nian to maintain good habits and restrain certain bad hobbies, just like not letting him drink soda.

Drinking too much soda was bad for the body anyway.

After Xia Yanchun's speech, Shen Nian only felt suffocated.

Haha, it turned out his nose was just a bit stuffy.

...

During these few days of vacation, Shen Nian and Xia Yanchun almost exclusively stayed at home, doing nothing but sticking together and watching TV, letting time simply pass by.

There was still a long time before the college entrance exam scores were released, and it would take a few days to get their graduation certificates. For the first time ever, Shen Nian actually felt bored.

If this was in the past, he could have played games for the entire summer vacation.

Shen Nian felt he had to find something to do.

So he diligently cleaned the whole house.

Seeing him doing chores, Xia Yanchun simply decided to clean her house too.

The amount of activity from doing chores this time was more than all their activity over the past few days combined. Shen Nian even swept away all the dust from under the bed.

After cleaning his own home, Shen Nian went over to help at Xia Yanchun's house, cleaning both homes spotlessly.

"Phew... I'm sweating." Xia Yanchun pulled at her collar. On a thirty-degree day in June, without turning on the air conditioner, any kind of exercise would make you sweat.

"Here, buddy's treating you." Shen Nian handed her a Peanut Dashao ice cream.

"Treating me with something you took from my fridge? Very practical."

"I treat, you pay. Is there a problem?"

"No, no." Xia Yanchun looked at the brightly lit living room, feeling a surge of satisfaction in her heart. Finishing chores also gave a great sense of accomplishment.

Sitting on the sofa, Xia Yanchun dangled her feet and slowly tore open the ice cream wrapper, humming softly, "I've already finished our travel itinerary."

She had already integrated the travel routes and plans. Starting from the beach, there was mountain climbing, visiting West Lake, touring ancient towns... The whole schedule was enough for her and Shen Nian to have a blast for half a month.

"Awesome, buddy."

"Call me sis."

"Awesome, sis."

"Hehe... save the chocolate chunk at the bottom of your Chocliz ice cream bar for me, and don't get too much spit on it."

Shen Nian gave her a deadpan look. "That's my favorite part. If you take it, what am I supposed to eat?"

"Oh, come on, it won't kill you to skip it just this once. It's been forever since I last had a Chocliz, pretty please?"

Xia Yanchun blinked her big, almond-shaped eyes and gently tugged at the hem of Shen Nian's shirt.

Shen Nian: "..."

Damn it, it was actually the girl-next-door's second ultimate skill: acting cute. How terrifying.

What else was there to say? The chocolate was hers.