You are all bad women! Don't come over!

Chapter 258 252: It's You Guys Again?

"I still need to say sorry... If we had tried a little harder back then..."

Xia Qingrou's guilt grew heavier.

"Let bygones be bygones. If it weren't for you all, more people would have died," Shen Mochen said with an impatient wave of his hand.

He realized his words had had the opposite effect, of course, his impatience stemmed from Yin Huailian's death.

He didn't want to talk about it anymore, some things are better left buried deep inside, otherwise, it hurt every time they were dug up.

Actually, he wasn't a good person either, it was just that after Catherine's incident, he felt languid, which gave him the luxury to suddenly want to do a conscionable deed.

But the sudden mention of Yin Huailian's death had scattered that thought.

It didn't matter anyway. If she truly falls for me, I couldn't stop her.

After sending Xia Qingrou out, Shen Mochen gently held Yin Caiyu's hand. It was icy cold, colder than her hands ever were in the chill of winter.

He slowly closed his eyes. The Big Dipper still had five dim stars.

Aside from the third superpower he already knew about, he only had 4/7 chances left.

In fact, he knew that resurrection was highly unlikely; he just couldn't accept it.

What was more important now was that he had reached a bottleneck. He didn't know how to light up the next star. He had tried many times, including with Fuzi, a fellow Transcendent, but still had no clues.

After some time, Shen Mochen looked at the sky and softly said to Yin Caiyu, "I'm leaving now. I'll come to see you tomorrow."

After speaking, he gently kissed her lips.

It's ironic, really. When she was awake, Shen Mochen wouldn't dare to do such a thing even if you gave him a hundred times the courage. Now that she's in a coma, it seems he can kiss her however he wants.

Actually, it wasn't that he didn't dare to do it at that time; it was just that he felt sorry for little Lian and thought they had all the time in the world for days to come.

"Let's go."

Shen Mochen walked out of the hospital room to find Xia Qingrou chatting on her phone with her head down.

"I'm not going to talk anymore, I need to leave!" Xia Qingrou immediately hung up the call.

"Who was that, your second sister?" Shen Mochen asked casually.

Xia Qingrou kept her head down: "It was sister Yuncui."

She still couldn't bring herself to look up because she was indirectly responsible for the death of Shen Mochen's first love.

Yuncui had told her about this before, but at that time she didn't know Shen Mochen, so she didn't connect the two things and forgot that the victim was Shen Mochen.

"Sorry, it's already afternoon, and we haven't even had lunch," Shen Mochen stretched and feigned nonchalance, "Let's go have lunch now; I'll treat you."

"Um... no need, let me treat you. I said I would cover all the expenses for these few days!"

Xia Qingrou put her hand in her pocket, squeezed something, but didn't take it out.

Shen Mochen teased with a smile, "Sure, if you're treating, then I want to eat something good!"

"No problem, I just got a bonus, we can eat whatever we want!"

Xia Qingrou was feeling quite generous at that moment, patting her chest.

Shen Mochen frowned slightly as the two of them left the inpatient department, and suddenly, he reached out and struck at Xia Qingrou's chest.

"Ah!" Xia Qingrou let out a horrified scream, hastily retreated, and covered her chest, struggling to suppress her anger in a voice as calm as possible, "What are you doing?"

"A tit for tat, you didn't protect little Lian properly, so this is your punishment. Now that I've punished you, we're even," Shen Mochen raised his eyebrows with a smile and extended two fingers, "Of course, if you think you haven't done enough and want me to rub a bit more, that's also an option."

Xia Qingrou's face flushed with embarrassment as she tightly covered her chest: "Who would let you rub, you big pervert!"

But, he did that on purpose, didn't he… Xia Qingrou felt her face burn with heat.

"Let's call it even then… although it's a bit of a shame," Shen Mochen sighed.

Xia Qingrou pursed her lips into a line, looking at Shen Mochen with an increasingly strange expression.

"Ah right, are you really allergic to men?" On their way to a nearby restaurant, Shen Mochen curiously asked, "How come it doesn't seem that way to me?"

"It's just that I have no feelings for you; it might be because you don't quite seem like a man!" Xia Qingrou retorted, puffed up with anger.

Shen Mochen clicked his tongue: "Now, you're just being dishonest with your conscience. After disparaging me like this, how can you live with the hard work I put into airing out the quilt the second day? I haven't aired a quilt due to that reason since I was three, you know. I almost thought it was me who had wet the bed!"

"Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it!" Xia Qingrou's cheeks instantly flushed hot as she frantically pressed her hand over Shen Mochen's mouth, ready to fight him tooth and nail.

"I'll say it, I'll say it. You were crying and wetting the bed at the same time, it was super funny!" Shen Mochen laughed out loud and started to run ahead, with Xia Qingrou chasing after him with all her might to hit him.

The afternoon sunlight slanted down, making the high-rise building glass sparkle like rippling water. In this part of the world, the sound of the young man and woman's playful scuffle could be heard.

After dining out, Second Sister Xia Yusi sent a text message.

"She says she's found a house and wants us to have dinner together…" Xia Qingrou read aloud from her phone.

"Then let's go," Shen Mochen said, "I'll be your perfect boyfriend."

"Sure, thank you!" Xia Qingrou smiled sweetly, tiptoeing to give Shen Mochen a gentle kiss on the cheek before saying with all seriousness, "Don't get the wrong idea, it's just a reward for you! If you behave well, there will be more!"

Shen Mochen touched his face and smiled softly.

When the three of them met again, it was already evening. They had arranged to meet at a nearby night market; a cool breeze was blowing, and the place was bustling with people. Xia Yusi looked somewhat tired.

Shen Mochen guessed that she must have asked quite a lot of people that day; after all, his past was rather complicated.

"Where are we going for dinner? I'm starving to death!"

The first thing Xia Yusi said upon meeting was that she was hungry and touching her stomach.

"Didn't you eat today?" Xia Qingrou asked.

"Of course not!" Xia Yusi took off her oversized sunglasses that nearly covered half her face, blinking, "I've been looking at so many houses!"

Xia Qingrou looked slightly displeased, pouting and whispering, "You're just too picky… Any decent place would have done."

Xia Yusi rubbed Xia Qingrou's face vigorously, casting a sidelong glance at Shen Mochen: "Some things are particularly important and should not be taken lightly!"

After saying this, she hooked her arm in Shen Mochen's with a suggestive smile, "Let's go, brother-in-law, what delicious food are you going to treat me to?"

Xia Qingrou glared at Xia Yusi with immense dissatisfaction, this little minx trying to flirt with Shen Mochen again! Really, she's been trying to take away my things since we were children!

I won't let you succeed!

Xia Qingrou then clung to Shen Mochen's other arm, rubbing against him with her chest just like Xia Yusi.

Shen Mochen looked down helplessly; although the feeling was great, it felt more like he had two additional trinkets hanging from him.

"Hey, beauties, have you eaten? How about brother treats you to something delicious? This guy here doesn't look too sturdy, scrawny and frail; I doubt he can satisfy you both!"

That familiar voice suddenly rang in Shen Mochen's ears.