Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 92: Chapter 92: When I Can’t See You, My Heart Is Like Stagnant Water

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After several days of work, Shen Yue finally finished making winter clothes for the little cubs.

The mud walls of the bamboo house had also completely dried.

To prepare for the cold, she had also spent the past two days in the courtyard, storing up dry wood and making some charcoal for the winter.

Meanwhile, Mu Silin and the others were going to extreme lengths to get on the little cubs’ good side.

They even started competing with each other to make toys.

Soon, the courtyard was filled with all sorts of imaginative toys made by these ”attentive fathers”—spinning tops, woven balls, wooden swords, and scratching posts.

The whole courtyard had practically become a playground.

Of course, when it came to her, the men were even more ruthless in their methods.

Case in point: Mu Silin, who had changed his robes yet again, approached with a bouquet of freshly picked flowers in hand. A smile graced his handsome face as he walked over with a long, deliberate, and solemn stride.

Seeing this, Shen Yue’s eyelid twitched.

’If I’m not mistaken, this is the third outfit Mu Silin has worn today, right?’

Mu Silin drew near, looked at her, and spoke with an unnatural expression:

”Shen Yue, are the flowers today beautiful?”

Shen Yue glanced at them.

”They’re beautiful.”

”Tell me, is there anything in this world more lovely and beautiful than these flowers?”

”Hm? What?”

Without a second thought, Mu Silin replied:

”You.”

”In my eyes, you are more beautiful than the flowers, more lovely than any bloom. When I see you, my heart won’t stop racing. When I can’t see you, my heart is like stagnant water. You are the only reason my heart keeps beating.”

As he spoke, he pressed his lips together shyly and snuck glances at her.

Shen Yue’s scalp went completely numb!!

She stared at Mu Silin, dumbfounded.

By her count, she had already been listening to his cheesy pick-up lines for several days straight.

She finally couldn’t take it anymore.

”Leopard, who gave you the idea to say these things to me?”

It wasn’t that she was allergic to romance; she just couldn’t stand it.

Some clueless person must have given Mu Silin this terrible idea. He’d been rattling off at least ten cheesy pick-up lines to her a day.

Every single one was so cringeworthy you could carve out a three-bedroom apartment from the sheer secondhand embarrassment.

Mu Silin froze for a moment, then immediately grew nervous.

”You don’t like it?”

Shen Yue nodded at him, her expression serious and utterly sincere.

”Yes. Don’t say them anymore.”

’Anyone would start to hate it if they heard it too much!’

’It was almost enough to make her puke!’

Looking as though he’d lost face, Mu Silin shamefully shoved the flowers into her hands, turned, and bolted.

It seemed he wouldn’t be spitting any more pick-up lines at her for the next few days.

Shen Yue looked at the flowers in her hand and slowly let out a sigh of relief.

But when she turned around...

...she saw Bai Chaosi, whose robes seemed to be getting looser and more open by the day.

He was bent over slightly, gently picking up fallen twigs from the ground.

His open collar revealed a stretch of immaculate, fair skin.

Following the line of his chest down, one could even see the man’s clearly defined abs.

Paired with his silver hair drifting gently and his noble, elegant posture, he was simply beautiful and alluring...

Shen Yue felt a sudden warmth in her nasal cavity. ’Oh no...’

She quickly tilted her head back and pinched her nose, trying to stop a nosebleed.

Meanwhile, Bai Chaosi, having picked up the twigs, held them lightly in his hand. He lifted his gaze to her, his eyes filled with an indescribable, gentle allure.

He strode over elegantly, his gaze captivating as he approached.

”What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?”

His voice was light and soft... like a feather brushing across her heart, both ticklish and tingly...

’Tempting devil, an absolute devil!’

She raised her other hand.

”Don’t come any closer! Just stay there, keep your distance!”

’Any closer and I won’t be able to stop this nosebleed!’

Bai Chaosi paused, a lock of long hair by his ear falling across his chest.

Then he bit his lip slightly... his gaze turning somewhat aggrieved as he looked at her.

”What’s wrong? You don’t want to see me? Or did I do something wrong to annoy you?”

”I can change.”

Shen Yue met his aggrieved yet seductive eyes.

”...”

’What have I done to deserve this? That tone, those eyes...’

’Seduction. This is pure seduction.’

’If this goes on, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stop myself from pouncing on him!’

She quickly blurted out:

”No, it’s none of that! I’m just a little hot. I’m going inside to wash up!”

With that, she fled in disarray.

She planned to hide in the house for a bit and calm down.

But who would have thought...

...before she had even taken a few steps, she saw another ”scenic view.”

’Damn it all.’

Somehow, Ye Lüqi had taken off his shirt and was now bare-chested, lifting buckets full of water with both hands as a workout.

With every lift, the solid muscles of his chest rose and fell, flexing powerfully.

Distinct beads of sweat trickled from his incomparably handsome temples, down his chest, all the way to his waist.

His powerful waist moved as if driven by a motor, radiating strength, and every muscle on his body was flawlessly perfect...

No wonder Ye Lüqi had said more than once that he had a great body. Just one look at him was enough to make a woman’s estrogen levels spike, inspiring endless fantasies.

Especially the way the sweat slid over his pecs, down his abs, and dampened the waistband of his pants...

HISS...

Shen Yue felt that after just a few glances, a wave of heat was rushing straight to the top of her head...

Blood quietly dripped from between the fingers pinching her nose.

She didn’t dare take another look. She spun around and ran toward the reservoir outside.

She had to cool herself down.

But as it turned out...

...her final judgment was waiting in the reservoir.

There, in the modest-sized reservoir, Lan Cangyue was lying naked in the water...

His soaking wet hair was plastered to his body, his half-submerged form leaning against the edge of the pond.

His chin was tilted up, presenting his jawline—so sharp it was to die for—and his slightly parted thin lips to Shen Yue’s eyes from the most perfect angle...

His beautiful fishtail was gently slapping the water, creating small splashes...

Hearing footsteps, Lan Cangyue turned his head. As he raised his gaze, his eyes, both pure and bewitching, met hers...

The shimmering light in his eyes was like a series of electric currents passing through the cortex of Shen Yue’s brain, leaving her entire body numb and tingling...

The man seemed not to have expected her, so upon seeing her, he reflexively started to get up.

And then, Shen Yue witnessed the legendary ”beauty emerging from the bath”...

The man stood up, and under her gaze, his exquisite fishtail transformed into a pair of long, slender legs. Water droplets dripped from his bare, fair-skinned body...

Shen Yue’s eyes slowly widened as she followed the path of the water droplets, down, down...

...until her gaze went below his firm lower abdomen...

”PFFT!!”

Shen Yue’s nosebleed erupted like a fountain...

’Oh, heavens, just kill me now!’

’My heart can’t take it!’

Wave after wave of assault on her senses had caused her blood to rush violently, and the stimulation made her faint.

Dazedly, she felt herself fall into someone’s arms.

’A cool, refreshing presence... was it Huang Ziyue?’

When Shen Yue woke up again, it was the middle of the night.

Seeing the little cubs asleep beside her, she breathed a sigh of relief.

When she remembered that she had actually fainted from being consecutively seduced by several men, she couldn’t help but slap her forehead.

It was then that she felt something was wrong with her body.

A sense of excitement was emanating from her very bones, and she felt a little hot and restless...