Shen Nian is Quite Skilled

So Shen Nian kissed her to his heart's content.

He felt wonderful; even getting punched twice by Chunbao was fine with him.

Xia Yanchun's small face was flushed pink. This guy always liked to use his tongue now. She really shouldn't have let him do that back then.

Once it happens, it will happen countless times. She finally understood this now.

She hated Shen Nian. Shen Nian was a big meanie.

...

In the afternoon, Wen Zhining came home from work and hurriedly pulled Xia Yanchun and Shen Nian aside to ask about their scores.

Hearing that both kids did so well, she almost fainted from joy. Muttering things about a college acceptance banquet and showing off her culinary skills, she dragged Chen Minyue to the wet market. After buying a huge pile of groceries, they rushed into the kitchen like a whirlwind.

Wen Zhining had just gotten off work and was already cooking. Xia Herui wanted to go in and help, but was shooed out by the women, who told him to go buy some disposable bowls, chopsticks, and drinks instead.

After buying the items, he set them aside.

Xia Herui and Shen Shi took charge of chatting in front of the coffee table.

Xia Yanchun and Shen Nian took charge of making eyes at each other on the side.

One moment they were whispering, and the next they were playfully fighting.

They couldn't eat until evening.

The feast, personally cooked by the two mothers, consisted entirely of heavy dishes. It made Shen Nian dizzy with craving, and as soon as he sat down, he buried his head and started scarfing it down.

Wen Zhining briefly suspected that Chen Minyue was starving Shen Nian, seeing how famished the child looked.

"You don't even look proper when you eat," Xia Yanchun, sitting next to Shen Nian, muttered softly.

"Watch how you speak to me, or I'll elbow you."

"Oh, look at you, getting upset when I point it out. You're getting physical while eating, just like a little kid. When are you going to mature?"

The parents on both sides smiled in unison.

It was already eight o'clock by the time they finished eating, and the sky had grown dark.

It was a rare occasion for them to eat together today. Now, they were all sitting in the front yard chatting. A mosquito coil was lit nearby, and the scent of chamomile wafted over from time to time.

"How am I still getting bitten when we have a mosquito coil lit..." Xia Yanchun furrowed her little brows and used her fingernails to press a cross-shaped seal into the mosquito bite on her hand.

"Mosquitoes generally prefer smelly people."

"Then why aren't they biting you?"

"It proves that I am fundamentally fragrant, while you are fundamentally smelly."

"Bullshit." Xia Yanchun scoffed, ignoring Shen Nian, and trotted back into the house to take a shower.

She didn't come downstairs until forty minutes later.

The freshly showered girl had changed into long pants and a short-sleeved shirt. She smelled wonderful. Her hair was still slightly damp, as if she had only dried it halfway and left the rest to air dry.

This was the advantage of not having very long hair. If her hair were long and not fully dried, it would soak the back of her clothes. Xia Yanchun's shoulder-length hair didn't have this problem.

In the past, Shen Nian would have hugged Xia Yanchun and inhaled her scent like a storm.

But all four parents were here, so he behaved himself.

"By the way, Dad, when are we opening the pond?"

"At the earliest, it will be in a month. Why?"

"Nothing much, just call me when you open the pond. I want to catch a few pounds of large shrimp to give to my teacher."

"Sure, I'll call you to help out when the time comes."

"It's a deal. I'm going up to take a shower."

Shen Nian also slipped back to his house.

Unlike Xia Yanchun, who took forty minutes to shower, Shen Nian only needed ten minutes. It was enough time for him to slather his whole body with body wash, scrub vigorously, and rinse off.

After his shower, he didn't go back down to chat with them. Instead, he turned on his computer and checked his account.

Excellent. The number of followers on both platforms had reached 450,000, thriving just like a certain three-letter game.

Under his account updates, there were some new comments discussing his study document.

[Image] [Image] [Image] Bros, Master Shen's study materials actually seem pretty legit. I'm a college sophomore, and after reading a few pages, I feel like my intelligence has returned to my senior year of high school.

Holy crap, is it really that good?

It's true. I'm already reading it, and it feels even more detailed than the materials our teacher gave us. I'll be relying on this for the college entrance exam next year.

Why didn't you post this earlier? I just checked my score today, 470. If only you had posted this a few months ago, I wouldn't have decided to retake the year.

The guy upstairs is blaming Master Shen for his own poor studying. Before today, Master Shen was getting scolded for so long, and I didn't see anyone stepping up to speak for him.

See? Building an account was a piece of cake.

The invisible hand of Luck +5 was doing its work.

Streaming income could be withdrawn daily. Taking advantage of his free time, Shen Nian transferred the streaming income from both platforms into his bank card.

After deducting the platform's cut and taxes, he still had 13,000 left.

This was the first large sum of money he had received through legitimate channels.

Streaming was a great excuse. From now on, if he wanted to spend money, he could just say he earned it from streaming. He finally didn't have to awkwardly hide the huge sums of money given by the system.

The main quest of defeating the Demon King hadn't been settled yet. Shen Nian guessed that it would only be settled the moment he found out his score.

The main quest also offered the Hero title and a reward of 100,000 gold coins. Anyone would be tempted by that.

With this 100,000, he would have 400,000 in savings in his bank card at such a young age. Shen Nian was even planning to rent a pond from his dad and raise some shrimp and crabs to make his money grow.

He had previously promised to buy a massage chair. Although it was a bit late, at least he could fulfill it now.

Acting on his word, Shen Nian placed an order for the massage chair he had bookmarked earlier.

"Shen Nian." Xia Yanchun popped out from the top of the stairs with light footsteps and called his name.

"Hmm?"

"What are you doing?"

"Scrolling on my phone. What wind blew my Chunbao here? Come over here, quick." Shen Nian shifted his position and patted the spot on the bed next to him.

"You look a bit like one of those eunuchs in TV dramas," Xia Yanchun stated with certainty.

"Damn, insulting me right off the bat."

"Because you really do look like one."

"Tch, I can't even be bothered to roast you back."

Once Xia Yanchun sat down, Shen Nian couldn't help but lean in and take a sniff, completing his daily sniffing mission.

Chunbao smelled so sweet.

Xia Yanchun was already used to it. As long as this guy didn't bury his face in her chest to sniff, she would just ignore him.

"Once the scores are out and we've submitted our college applications, we'll be getting ready to go on a trip."

"Alright."

"Do you want me to buy you a swimsuit?"

"Hehe, Chunbao is actually being so nice."

"I'm just doing it in passing. I need to buy one for myself too," Xia Yanchun muttered softly.

Shen Nian glanced at her phone. Hmm... a sea of white skin. He could only say that the cover photos used by these swimsuit shops were quite generous.

Bikinis, school swimsuits, ordinary floral swimsuits—all sorts of flashy designs were displayed on Xia Yanchun's homepage.

"You're going to wear this kind?" Shen Nian pointed to a black swimsuit among them.

"No, I've already picked mine out. It's this kind."

"At first glance, I thought it was a dress."

"Hmph, it looks good, right? Inside are snug safety shorts, and outside is a little skirt. If I pair it with a shirt, wouldn't it look super cute? Plus, it won't expose too much. Shi Yan and I are both buying this set."

Shen Nian stroked his chin, imagining the sight of Xia Yanchun in this pink, lace-trimmed skirt swimsuit paired with a shirt.

It would look pretty good.

But it didn't look like an outfit for swimming; it looked more like an outfit for sunbathing.

However, Xia Yanchun didn't know how to swim anyway. Getting in the water for her probably just meant soaking by the beach and playing with the sand.

"It looks great." Shen Nian gave a thumbs up.

"Hehe, now let's pick one for you."

"Don't pick anything too revealing, alright? I mean those casual lounge boxers."

"I know, I know. I have excellent taste in clothes. You should be secretly thrilled that I'm shopping for you."

"I prefer to be openly thrilled." Shen Nian wrapped his arms around Xia Yanchun's slender waist, pulling her into his embrace and letting her lean against him.

Comfortably nestled in his arms, Xia Yanchun instantly melted, even indulging him as he playfully scratched her chin.

As much as she hated to admit it, she had to concede that Shen Nian really had a knack for making her feel perfectly comfortable.