Chapter 18 Don't Tell Me You Still Have 8-Pack Abs [4th Update]

"Isn't that Dong Yuxin? Oh my God, my goddess! What a beast!"

"Clang!" With a sound, someone went straight into a light pole by the roadside.

"Crash!" Another person riding a bicycle slammed right into another bike ahead, both tumbling to the ground.

This was a road leading straight to Changxi No. 1 Middle School, bustling with students headed to the same place.

Dong Yuxin was also the goddess in many of their hearts!

"Hey, you, I told you to be careful, why did you suddenly make that sharp turn? You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Dong Yuxin finally realized what had happened, quickly let go of him, and then hit Ge Dongxu's back twice in a row.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

More "accidents" happened because of Dong Yuxin's incredibly intimate gesture.

"No, definitely not. I didn't foresee that big hole suddenly appearing ahead, so why don't you bike instead, and I'll walk." Ge Dongxu, being interrogated like this by Dong Yuxin, felt his entire face begin to heat up and said hurriedly.

Although it wasn't intentional, having touched a girl's "tofu" for the first time in his life, Ge Dongxu still felt a little guilty like a thief.

Even though she couldn't see Ge Dongxu's face directly, Dong Yuxin could still sense his embarrassment and nervousness from his tone, and after looking back at the big hole behind them, she couldn't help but let out a chuckle, poking Ge Dongxu's back with her finger and said, "Why are you so nervous? I'm just teasing you, I bet you don't have the guts to be a real thief!"

"Cough cough!" Ge Dongxu coughed awkwardly, his mind involuntarily reliving the electrifying, intimate collision.

Seeing Ge Dongxu becoming increasingly embarrassed, Dong Yuxin felt more relaxed, and it even seemed to her that she had suddenly grown much closer to the boy in front of her.

Her hand didn't return to the back of the seat but naturally rested lightly on Ge Dongxu's waist. When Dong Yuxin realized her hand was on Ge Dongxu's waist, her pretty face instantly blushed. She thought about retracting her hand but found the position quite comfortable, so she sneaked a peek at Ge Dongxu, who seemed not to notice anything unusual, and then she reassured herself to keep it there, even puckering her lips and warning in a soft voice, "But you'd better not suddenly brake or swerve again, or you'll have me to deal with!"

"Definitely not anymore," Ge Dongxu hurriedly said.

"By the way, I still don't know where you're from?" With Ge Dongxu's assurance, Dong Yuxin didn't continue to warn him but instead started asking about other things.

"From Ge Family Village in Baiyun Mountain town. Now I'm renting a place right across from your house," Ge Dongxu replied. Oddly, after the close contact they just experienced, he felt more relaxed when he came back to his senses, no longer as nervous and uneasy as before because there was a girl sitting behind him.

"Huh, how did you know I live opposite your house? I get it now, you must be renting the place from that peeping Tom, the fatso who lives across from me, right? That's how you know I live opposite you," Dong Yuxin was first surprised, then suddenly remembered the fatso who always hid behind his window to spy on her, thinking she was unaware.

"No way, you knew about that!" Ge Dongxu couldn't help feeling a moment of silent sympathy for Cheng the Fatty upon hearing this.

"Nonsense, a girl's sixth sense is very sharp. That guy hides behind the window peering at my house all day long, thinking I don't know!" Dong Yuxin said.

Ge Dongxu felt a flush of embarrassment upon hearing this, thinking to himself that it was fortunate he never had a habit of peeping at girls; otherwise, he might have ended up with the notorious label of a peeping Tom.

"Look here, Dongxu, you can't start picking up bad habits from that dead fatty," Dong Yuxin added.

"Yes, yes, but actually, Lehao is pretty nice. He peeps at you because you're just too beautiful. As the saying goes, 'For a lovely lady jetting slim, gentlemen would yearn,' everyone has a love for beauty, and since you live right across from him, it's natural for him to sneak a peek at you," Ge Dongxu defended Cheng the Fatty in his mind, though he felt what Cheng was doing was wrong. After all, he now lived under the same roof and had become friends with him, so naturally, he felt compelled to speak on Cheng's behalf.

No girl dislikes being complimented on her beauty, and Dong Yuxin was no exception. She took great pleasure in Ge Dongxu's words, though she feigned annoyance and asked, "So, you mean to say that if a beautiful girl lived opposite you, you would do the same?"

"Cough cough!" Ge Dongxu suddenly realized he had inadvertently ensnared himself with his words but, fortunately, he was quick on his feet and immediately came up with a retort, "Of course not! If I were to look, I'd definitely be upfront and honest about it. Look, right now I'm talking to you in a totally upfront and honest way, aren't I?"

"Psh, flatter yourself! It's only because you helped me the other day; otherwise, this senior wouldn't bother with a freshman like you!" Dong Yuxin said, her face reddening slightly as she rolled her eyes at Ge Dongxu's back.

"Isn't it because I'm rather handsome?" Ge Dongxu said, becoming more relaxed and casual in his conversation with Dong Yuxin.

"Psh, such a kid, what's so handsome about you? Besides, you're as dark as charcoal," Dong Yuxin immediately retorted dismissively, becoming more at ease with Ge Dongxu and lacking the wariness and restraint she showed around other men.

Truly, people their age should be just as casual and unrestrained. Now that they had seemingly become close friends, it was only natural for them to be their true selves.

"Hey, senior, that's not fair to put me down like that, I'm already sixteen this year. And I'm not dark, this is a bronze color, you know, bronze, representing masculinity and fitness," Ge Dongxu indignantly protested.

"By law, you're only an adult when you're eighteen. I'm just eighteen this year, and you at sixteen, if not a kid in my eyes, then what? Besides, charcoal is charcoal, what bronze color? You think you're one of those bodybuilders on TV? Don't tell me you have six-pack abs too!" Dong Yuxin continued with a look of disdain.

"Heh heh, I actually do," Ge Dongxu said.

"Pfft! Blowing your own trumpet won't make your tongue sprain, a skinny and still developing kid like you with six-pack abs? Hee hee, let me feel it!" Dong Yuxin couldn't help but laugh, her hand honestly made its way to Ge Dongxu's waist and then to his abdomen, actually pressing down to check.

The weather in Jiangnan was still quite hot at the time, and Dong Yuxin was wearing a white T-shirt that revealed her snowy white arms. Her slender fingers felt less like pressing and more like massaging through the clothes. And because her arms were encircling his waist again, Dong Yuxin's upper body inevitably leaned in closer to Ge Dongxu, her back warmth causing a faint touch that set one's heart racing.

For an instant, Ge Dongxu felt a shock like that of an electric current, his body's muscles tensing up abruptly.

ps: Fourth update, asking for recommendations, clicks, favorites, and rewards, thank you. Also, just to mention, I've achieved the unity of nine-nine into one, developing a single ab, wondering how many abs my dear readers have, haha.