Chapter 348: Barriers
"Eating before saying you wouldn't take advantage of us, and now you're thinking of bathing with three people."
"Scram already."
Zhou Peiwei pushed him out of the bathroom, and Shen Yuan had no choice but to reluctantly leave with the words, "Then you wash quickly, it's my turn after you're done."
"What's the matter, you're not thinking about using my leftover bathwater, are you?"
Zhou Peiwei asked suspiciously.
"You're out of your mind!"
Shen Yuan cursed, admitting to himself that he was a lecher, but he would never do something so perverted.
But standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the dotted high rises and listening to the trickling sound of water from the bathroom, his heart couldn't help but itch.
"Such a long night, if I don't do something, it would not only be a waste of this suite but also a disservice to the two girls."
Shen Yuan turned his head and looked at Luo Bingying at the desk.
She was reading a book titled "On Crime and Punishment," the soft lamp light casting on her pale skin, making the temperature around seem a few degrees colder.
A pair of rimless glasses sat on her prominent nose bridge, and her delicate Liu Mei eyebrows were continuously furrowed because of the book's content, giving her a somewhat serious look.
From junior high to now, her features had become more defined, but she had also become colder.
Perhaps this change, aside from the troubles at home, had to do with her major in law.
Shen Yuan walked over and said, "I remember you didn't wear glasses in junior high."
Luo Bingying raised her cool gaze, "I started wearing glasses in the second year of high school. I wear contacts during the day and framed glasses at night."
"Glasses suit you better."
"Hmm?"
"You see, you're always frowning, looking so serious. If you wear glasses too, it makes you even less approachable."
As Shen Yuan spoke, he took the glasses from Luo Bingying's nose and put them on his own face, then, imitating Luo Bingying, he frowned at her, "How about it, do I look handsomer with glasses?"
"Give them back."
Luo Bingying's brows furrowed even tighter, and she tried to snatch them back in annoyance.
"Not giving them back."
Shen Yuan slapped her hand away, but his vision was blurry and uncomfortable, so after a short struggle, he gave them back to her.
"The prescription is too strong, forget it."
Luo Bingying ignored him and continued to read her book, but after Shen Yuan's disturbance, she couldn't settle down anymore, especially since he was sitting on the desk.
Shen Yuan neither acted nor spoke, just quietly watching her.
Last time at his villa's fitness area, Shen Yuan managed to relive a moment from junior high with Luo Bingying through a mix of coaxing and deceit.
After that, the Feel-good Index above her head appeared, reaching 61, and after this meeting, Shen Yuan found it had risen to 62.
"If you can't concentrate, just give up, you haven't turned the page for several minutes."
Finally, Shen Yuan couldn't resist teasing her.
Luo Bingying's cheeks turned red upon being exposed, revealing the awkward and flustered expression of a young girl, which made the cold aura around her diminish slightly.
"I'm going back to my room."
Luo Bingying stood up and said, unable to stay any longer, feeling that the air was filled with something amiss, and for some reason, her heartbeat was accelerating.
"Hold on a moment."
Shen Yuan stopped her and casually asked, "Are you really here to accompany Zhou Peiwei tonight, or are you worried about something happening between me and her?"
Luo Bingying was startled, not expecting all her little secrets to be seen through.
Looking at his roguish, teasing face, Luo Bingying felt even more uncomfortable, her heart thumping wildly.
Because "worrying about what might happen between them" implied that she liked Shen Yuan, or even wanted to "possess" Shen Yuan all to herself.
Luo Bingying couldn't possibly acknowledge such a thing, she took a deep breath to regain composure, and with her previous cold tone said, "No, just here to accompany Weiwei."
"Alright, your acting is mediocre."
Shen Yuan didn't believe her for a second, the smile on his face never fading, "Actually, you and your bestie Zhou Peiwei think alike. Do you believe she won't bathe too long because she's also worried about leaving us alone too long, fearing something might happen?"
"No way."
Because the bathroom had a large floor-to-ceiling window, Zhou Peiwei said she would take a bath while enjoying the night view of Shanghai.
Having been best friends with Zhou Peiwei for so many years, Luo Bingying knew that once she took a bath, it would be at least half an hour, and with such a view, an hour wasn't out of the question.
"Believe it or not, up to you."
Shen Yuan took her hand, "But the water has only just started running, so even if she's quick, she won't come out so soon."
Luo Bingying hurriedly tried to pull away, but Shen Yuan showed no intention of letting go, only holding on tighter, causing Luo Bingying's face to turn red.
"Let go, let go of me!"
Shen Yuan didn't listen, instead asking, "After leaving my place last time, have you been thinking about me?"
"No."
Luo Bingying turned her head away, unwilling to admit it.
But inwardly she had to face the reality that after working out at Shen Yuan's last time, she found it hard to forget.
Seeing Shen Yuan again now made her feel uncomfortable.
The key issue was that she didn't know how to handle the relationship between the three of them, Weiwei always verbally criticized Shen Yuan, but obviously felt fondness for him.
And Shen Yuan, this scoundrel, was not only flirting with Weiwei but also taking liberties with her, Luo Bingying couldn't figure out what he really wanted.
"Still saying no, then look up at me."
Shen Yuan's other hand lifted her chin, "Why can't you look at me?"
Luo Bingying stubbornly turned her face to the side, but Shen Yuan insisted on making her face him, "Luo Bingying, in junior high you were quite honest, how come the older you get, the less you tell the truth?"