What should I do? She was pletely unprepared and never expected Tian Xiaobei to make such a move, her face blushed to the base of her neck, and she was utterly at a loss.
To Xia Dabao at that moment, the rain shelter that could clearly fit five or six people seemed incredibly narrow. She felt as if there was no room for her at all. So, she did something that even she couldn’t anticipate—she ran away like a shot.
She could vaguely hear Tian Xiaobei chasing after her, his voice drowned out by the rain; whatever he shouted behind her, Xia Dabao simply couldn’t hear it.
And so she ran all the way home.
It was already evening when Nan Feng saw Xia Dabao rush back drenched, sighed involuntarily, and immediately grabbed a towel to help dry her hair. “Where have you been running off to? Not even wearing a hat or a raincoat.”
“Mother, I… I went hunting,” Xia Dabao said.
“Hunting? Where’s your bow and arrows then?” Nan Feng asked.
“…” It was only then that Xia Dabao remembered, right, she hadn’t brought her bow and arrows back.
However, at that moment, someone else charged in, soaked as well—it was Tian Xiaobei. As soon as Xia Dabao saw him, her heart began to race, and she instinctively stepped back, her face growing even redder.
In Tian Xiaobei’s hands were Xia Dabao’s bow and arrows and the herbs he had picked that were said to beautify one’s appearance. “Abao, these are yours. I… I’m going back now. Sorry, Abao, I just… got too carried away earlier.”
Tian Xiaobei couldn’t finish and turned to leave.
Xia Dabao watched Tian Xiaobei leave, wanting to say something but unable to find the words.
This wasn’t something to apologize for, was it?
But what did his action mean? To kiss a girl—Xia Dabao thought that first, it meant that the guy was a rogue, and second, it meant that the guy liked the girl. So which one was Tian Xiaobei? He should at least give an explanation.
Xia Dabao didn’t think much of it, but Nan Feng, having half-listened, was somewhat anxious. She immediately pushed Xia Dabao inside the house, dried her hair, and found two clean pieces of clothing. Only after Xia Dabao had changed did Nan Feng begin to ask her, “Did you go up the mountain with Xiaobei? Tell me the truth, what happened on the mountain?”
As parents, seeing such a situation, it was impossible not to ask.
Especially after Tian Xiaobei’s words “got too carried away,” Nan Feng knew all too well what men could do in a moment of impulsiveness. Seeing Xia Dabao looking utterly dispirited now, anyone would think she had been violated on the mountain.
In the end, it took Xia Dabao quite a while to say, “Xiaobei… kissed me on the mountain.”
“Where did he kiss you?”
Xia Dabao pointed to her cheek, “Here.”
Nan Feng finally let out a sigh of relief, then continued to ask, “Under what circumstances did he kiss you?”
“When hiding from the rain, in that shelter on the mountain… Oh Mother, please stop asking,” Xia Dabao was annoyed by Nan Feng’s questions.
Yet, strangely enough, after speaking to Nan Feng, Xia Dabao felt relieved of the psychological burden. She casually hugged Nan Feng’s arm, “Mother, what do you think I should do?”
“What should you do?”
“If a girl gets kissed, doesn’t it mean… she has to get married?”
“Who said that? If Zhao Datu kisses you, would you marry him?”
“I’d rather die than marry him.”
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