Chapter 79: I Took It Fair and Square—Why Can’t I Eat It?

Xiao Yueluo’s hand froze in midair.

She stared blankly at the grease stain on the corner of Bai Yue’s mouth for a full five seconds before it finally registered what had just happened.

Her face, which had been fair, flushed crimson in an instant.

The redness spread rapidly, even the tips of her ears looking like they might drip blood.

That was—that was the exact spot she’d just bitten!

Her teeth marks were still there!

“Bai Yue!

Y-y-y-you!”

Xiao Yueluo pointed at Bai Yue, trembling with indignation.

“I took it fair and square—why can’t I eat it?”

Bai Yue swallowed the meat in her mouth and shot back without a shred of guilt.

She even stuck out her tongue provocatively and licked the grease at the corner of her lips.

“You’re too much!”

Xiao Yueluo went berserk and charged at her without a second thought.

Arms flailing, she tried to snatch the skewer back.

“What’s the big deal?

I took one bite of your meat.”

Bai Yue dodged nimbly to the side.

“It’s not about the meat!

That had my saliva on it!”

“I don’t mind you.”

Bai Yue said with a straight face, raising the skewer and taking another huge bite.

Munch, munch.

“AAAAHH!”

Xiao Yueluo completely lost it.

The two began a game of cat and mouse around the campfire—one running, one chasing, circling the fire like a game of tag.

Grass blades flew, firelight flickered.

Xiao Yueluo flailed her arms.

“The flavor’s really good.

Too bad someone can’t have any.”

Bai Yue teased.

“Waaah… you’re bullying me…”

Xiao Yueluo’s eyes reddened.

Just as this chase was going on—

A crisp ding sounded in Bai Yue’s mind.

[Ding!

Detected an “indirect kiss” between Host and target character Xiao Yueluo.]

[System judgment: This act severely tramples upon the target’s dignity and falls within the category of flagrant humiliation and plundering.]

[Successfully cuckolded Xiao Yueluo’s “indirect kiss.”]

[Plunder successful!

Points +60!]

Bai Yue froze in her tracks, a giant question mark floating over her head.

How many?

60?!

Just by casually biting where she had bitten—60 points just like that?

What kind of ridiculous judgment logic was this?!

Bai Yue’s brain went into overdrive.

Behind her, Xiao Yueluo, head down and charging full speed ahead, had no idea Bai Yue would hit the brakes.

Bam!

She crashed squarely into her.

“Owww!”

Xiao Yueluo clutched her nose and staggered backward.

Tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

“Why did you suddenly stop!” she wailed, her nose red and her expression utterly aggrieved.

Bai Yue didn’t answer.

She slowly turned her head, staring at Xiao Yueluo with a complex look in her eyes.

Then her gaze drifted downward from Xiao Yueluo’s reddened nose.

Finally, it settled on Xiao Yueluo’s moist lips, puffed out slightly in anger.

If an indirect one gave 60 points.

Then what about a direct one?

Bai Yue’s throat moved.

Under that piercing gaze, Xiao Yueluo suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

“Wh-what are you trying to do!”

Xiao Yueluo covered her mouth, retreating two steps, eyeing Bai Yue warily.

“I’m warning you—don’t try anything funny!”

Bai Yue scoffed inwardly.

I’m a pure-love warrior—no way I’d do something like that.

But still—

Watching Xiao Yueluo’s cowardly reaction, a wicked idea crept into Bai Yue’s mind.

She took a step forward.

Xiao Yueluo stepped back.

Bai Yue stepped forward again, backing Xiao Yueluo up against the thick trunk of a camphor tree behind her.

Nowhere left to run.

“B-Bai Yue!

Let’s talk this through!

You can have the meat!”

Xiao Yueluo clamped her hands over her mouth, her voice muffled through her fingers.

“Really don’t want it?”

Bai Yue leaned in.

The distance between them shrank instantly.

Close enough that Xiao Yueluo could feel Bai Yue’s warm breath on the back of her hand.

“I don’t!

I don’t want it!”

Xiao Yueluo squeezed her eyes shut, her lashes fluttering madly.

Watching her like a lamb awaiting slaughter, Bai Yue’s mischievous streak was thoroughly satisfied.

Just as she was about to lean in even closer to see if she could make Xiao Yueluo scream—

Crack.

A very crisp sound.

From the side came the noise of dry wood snapping cleanly.

Bai Yue paused and turned her head.

By the campfire, Su Qingyan sat upright.

In her hand was a thick branch that she had been about to add to the fire.

Now, that branch had snapped cleanly in two in her grip.

The break was smooth—she’d squeezed it apart with her bare hands.

Su Qingyan looked up, her gaze passing through the flickering flames to meet theirs.

Her expression was calm.

“Yueluo.”

Su Qingyan spoke, her voice so gentle it was impossible to find fault.

“Come eat the meat.

Freshly roasted.”

Xiao Yueluo felt like she’d just received a pardon.

She scrambled out from under Bai Yue’s arm and scurried back to Su Qingyan’s side like a startled rabbit.

“Qingyan, you’re the best!”

Xiao Yueluo sat down next to Su Qingyan, patting her chest with lingering fear.

Su Qingyan handed her a freshly roasted skewer.

Golden, dripping with oil, covered in cumin.

“Eat slowly.”

Su Qingyan pulled a clean handkerchief from her storage pouch and naturally dabbed the fine sweat from Xiao Yueluo’s forehead.

Bai Yue raised an eyebrow.

Whoa.

The vinegar smell was almost overpowering the roasted meat.

Her pure-love warrior radar was blaring at full volume.

But enjoying the show aside—business came first.

Points.

She still needed points!

She walked back to the campfire and sat down, finishing off what was left of the rabbit in a few quick bites.

Chewing, she kept her eyes fixed on Xiao Yueluo.

Su Qingyan casually scooted over, using her body to block Bai Yue’s line of sight.

Bai Yue smacked her lips.

Protecting her food like a hawk.

Still, for the sake of points, she had to test the boundaries again.

Xiao Yueluo was eating with gusto, grease smeared all over her mouth.

Feeling thirsty, she picked up her waterskin, pulled out the stopper, and took a big swig.

“Ah—back to life.”

She set the waterskin down contentedly beside her hand and went back to attacking the roasted meat.

Bai Yue’s hand shot out—fast as lightning.

The waterskin changed hands.

“Hey?

My water—”

Xiao Yueluo looked up just in time.

To see Bai Yue already pulling out the stopper and raising it to her lips.

Gulp.

She took a sip.

The meat in Xiao Yueluo’s mouth dropped to the ground.

Again?!

She’d seen it clearly!

Bai Yue’s lips had definitely touched the rim!

Just as Xiao Yueluo was about to blow her top—

The system notification chimed perfectly on time in Bai Yue’s mind.

[Ding!

Cuckolded Xiao Yueluo’s indirect kiss.]

[Detected that the target has experienced the same tactic twice within a short time frame.]

[Emotional fluctuation threshold lowered.

Returns diminishing.]

[Points +5.]

Bai Yue nearly spat out all the water she’d just drunk.

“Wait—how many?”

5 points?!

A single tear of regret rolled down the capitalist’s inner soul.

Even the law of diminishing marginal returns applied to the system?!

“Bai Yue!

Are you a pervert or what?!”

Xiao Yueluo was tearing her hair out.

“Don’t you have your own waterskin?!”

“Ahem… was a little thirsty.”

Bai Yue tossed the waterskin back casually.

Her face was full of utter boredom.

Only 5 points.

This wasn’t worth doing.

Looks like this trick couldn’t be used too often—she’d have to wait for the cooldown, let the girl’s emotions build up again, and harvest her later.

Su Qingyan looked at the waterskin on the ground.

She said nothing.

Silently, she took out an ornate, beautifully carved waterskin from her own storage pouch.

“Yueluo, use mine.”

Su Qingyan pressed it into Xiao Yueluo’s hand.

Bai Yue shrugged, laced her hands behind her head, and lay back on the grass, quietly watching the two of them from a distance.

“Too slow…” she sighed inwardly.

The progress of these two’s relationship was agonizingly slow.

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