Chapter Eighty-Seven: Mountain Love

After kissing her for a full five minutes, until her whole body had gone limp, Zhao Xiaofan finally let go of Li Bixian.

Li Bixian felt as though she were drunk, her whole body dizzy and weightless.

"You... you little brute!"

"What are you doing... you were suffocating me..."

"You filthy rogue! What if someone saw us!"

Zhao Xiaofan exaggeratedly wiped his mouth, looking thoroughly pleased with himself.

"Can't help it, Sister Xian. That's what you call love forcing itself to the brink."

"Passion beyond restraint."

"When the feeling comes, one kiss to the very end."

"Pah! You talk in rhymes without even trying. Are you planning to take an entrance exam?"

Li Bixian rolled her eyes at Zhao Xiaofan, then lowered her head in a fluster to straighten her clothes, muttering,

"You're a dog... why didn't you just bite my tongue off and eat it?"

"Too outrageous... really... if anyone had seen us, I'd have no face left to show myself..."

Zhao Xiaofan grinned wickedly. "Out in this deserted wilderness, who's going to see you?"

"Let alone just a kiss like that—if we stripped naked and kissed, nobody would know."

"Get lost! Who wants to kiss you naked, you pervert!"

At that, Zhao Xiaofan chuckled. "Sister Xian, I only said I'd kiss you after taking off our clothes."

"I never said anything about kissing after taking off our pants."

"Don't go secretly adding extra scenes for yourself."

"But if you insist that I kiss you after we both take off our pants, I can reluctantly consider it."

"Spit!"

"Consider it, my foot!"

"Who said anything about kissing after taking off pants!"

"Who agreed to that! Big pervert!"

Li Bixian laughed in mock outrage and kept shaking her head, her eyes full of helplessness.

"All right, all right."

"Stop fooling around. You still haven't told me what you're doing up the mountain."

"Just now I thought I saw you talking to someone from far away?"

"Why was there nobody when I came closer?" she asked, puzzled.

Zhao Xiaofan smiled faintly and pointed to the pile of earth nearby.

"I was talking to him just now. You startled him and made him run off."

"Who told you to be so fierce..."

"Tsk. You were talking to dirt?"

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"Trying to trick me into another trap?"

"I'm not falling for it again!" Li Bixian said, folding her arms over her chest, her face proud and indignant.

Seeing that, Zhao Xiaofan again felt the urge to kiss her, but this time Li Bixian caught him in time. She hurriedly raised a hand to stop him and even took several steps back.

"St... sto... stop!"

"You really can't mess around like this anymore."

"In this lonely wilderness, if we keep this up, something bad is going to happen for sure!"

Her lovely face flushed red. Thinking of something, she shivered.

Zhao Xiaofan's eyes, however, grew even more meaningful. "Something bad?"

"What bad thing?"

"If you want, Sister Xian, I can make something happen to you too..."

"Hey!" Li Bixian quickly covered his mouth with both hands and scolded him coyly, "Shut up! Don't say these messy things anymore!"

"Be serious! Tell me what you're here to do."

"It'll be dark soon."

Zhao Xiaofan shook his head and laughed, making muffled sounds through her hand.

"You... mmph... you're covering... my..."

"My mouth... how am I supposed to speak... mmph..."

"Pfft." Li Bixian burst out laughing and quickly let go.

"I've let go. You are not allowed to say any more of those strange things."

Zhao Xiaofan grinned wickedly. "I won't say them."

He had just promised not to speak, yet suddenly opened his mouth and bit her finger.

"Aah..." Li Bixian gasped softly. "You... ah..."

The heat of Zhao Xiaofan's lips and tongue sent a shiver all the way to the crown of her head. For a moment she forgot how to speak, biting her lip as she let out soft, coy little hums.

Only after seeing her like that did Zhao Xiaofan finally release her finger in satisfaction and say seriously,

"I'm here to dig up medicinal seedlings. Later we'll plant all of your family's barren fields with herbs. Once we harvest them, we'll make a mountain of money."

Still flushed from his teasing, Li Bixian saw him suddenly turn serious again and, even more affronted, punched him lightly.

"You rascal..."

"When did you get so good at flirting with women?"

"You weren't like this before..."

"You've gone bad..."

Zhao Xiaofan blinked at her.

"Even if I'm bad, I'm only bad to you."

"Tsk. A man's mouth is full of lies."

"I don't believe it."

"I don't even know how many pretty wives and sweet little sisters in the village you've ruined by now."

Then Li Bixian smiled freely.

"But it doesn't matter."

"I don't ask you to be good to only me."

"As long as there is a place for me in your heart, that's enough..."

Warmth filled Zhao Xiaofan at her words, and looking at her like this, he felt a little heartache too.

This Sister Xian was so understanding it was almost painful.

Gently taking her hand, Zhao Xiaofan slowly pulled her into his arms, holding her tighter and tighter with deep feeling.

This embrace was pure; it held no ulterior thought, only sincere affection.

Seeing that he made no further improper move, Li Bixian no longer resisted. She let him hold her firmly.

She leaned against him with tender intimacy, their cheeks brushing close as they savored each other's warmth.

In that moment, the empty mountain was without a soul, the water flowed and flowers bloomed; in the boundless long sky, a single day held a thousand years. This instant was already eternity.

After the two held each other quietly for a long while, only when the mountain mosquitoes disturbed their sweetness did they finally look at each other and smile.

"Dummy, time to work..." Li Bixian said with a bright smile, picking up the hoe again. "What medicinal seedlings are we digging up?"

"You tell me, and I'll dig them up."

Looking at the way she held the hoe, Zhao Xiaofan felt his heart stir again.

This woman was truly wonderful. Not only was she breathtakingly beautiful, with a body of irresistible allure, she could shine in any room and work the fields as well. She was as skilled in tenderness as she was in labor.

"Sister Xian, you're wonderful!" Zhao Xiaofan said sincerely, looking into her eyes again.

That praise made Li Bixian a little shy. She tucked the stray hair at her temples behind her ear and scolded him coyly,

"Don't sweet-talk me anymore... hurry up and work."

"Heh, all right!" Zhao Xiaofan grinned like a simpleton and immediately became full of energy.

"Sister Xian, men and women working together never get tired."

"But this job probably won't be easy today."

"After all, these herbs aren't easy to identify at a glance. How about this: whatever medicinal plants you know, we'll just look for those."

"Anyway, as long as it's a medicinal herb, I can grow it well, and we'll definitely sell it for a good price."

Li Bixian nodded, thought for a moment, and then her beautiful eyes lit up.

"I know winged tiger tail fig root."

"That counts as a medicinal herb, right? I used to dig up the roots all the time to make soup."