Chapter 274 — A Feeling of Happiness
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The very thought set his blood racing... which was precisely why Wei Zhao was unwilling to take advantage of her moment of weakness, just as he had wanted to sneak a look inside Shen Yushu's and Gu Mengyao's boudoir but had never done it. Wanting was one thing; doing was another.
Wei Zhao laid Shen Yushu face-down across his lap and began applying pressure to several acupoints along her back. Even so, her soft body was more than enough to set his imagination wandering...
"Blegh—" Under Wei Zhao's ministrations, Shen Yushu vomited up all the seawater she had swallowed and immediately began to cough. Wei Zhao patted her back gently and carefully until her breathing returned to normal.
"Arrow Brand Bro? I'm not dead?" Shen Yushu lifted her head, looking tired but even more astonished as she gazed at Wei Zhao. "Or are we both dead, and this is heaven?"
"You're not dead, and this isn't heaven." Wei Zhao found it rather amusing. Though it felt wonderful to have Shen Yushu lying against him, he could hardly keep taking liberties with her. She wasn't his girlfriend, after all. If it had been Tang Yun, he might not have been so polite.
"Oh? I'm not dead? So you saved me?" Hearing this, Shen Yushu grew visibly excited. She scrambled up from his body, ready to dance for joy, but her body was still too weak from the ordeal. Before she could even start, she stumbled and nearly fell flat on the ground.
"Eek—" Shen Yushu cried out, quickly grabbing hold of Wei Zhao to steady herself. "Arrow Brand Bro, we really aren't dead?"
"No. With me around, how could you die so easily?" Wei Zhao rolled his eyes. The way she put it, dying was just too easy. If falling into the sea could kill a person, he might as well quit the game and kill himself.
"Hehe, I knew Arrow Brand Bro was the best!" Shen Yushu thought it felt wonderful to be alive. "Arrow Brand Bro, earlier... did you kiss me?"
"That wasn't a kiss. I was just plugging your mouth! Otherwise you'd have choked to death." Wei Zhao offered this in his own defense. In truth, it was merely a different name for the same thing.
"Oh, then when you saved me just now, did you give me mouth-to-mouth?" At this, Shen Yushu's cheeks flushed slightly. "I heard that mouth-to-mouth isn't just lip-to-lip—you also have to press on the person's chest... So did you take advantage of me?"
"When you woke up, didn't you see what state you were in?" Wei Zhao smiled wryly. "I don't need mouth-to-mouth to save someone."
"Oh..." Hearing this, Shen Yushu didn't think Wei Zhao would lie to her, though she felt a faint twinge of disappointment. Arrow Brand Bro clearly could have taken advantage of her—why hadn't he? Did he not like her?
"My phone's broken. Check if yours still works, then call Uncle Qing and let him know you're safe." Wei Zhao fiddled with his phone a few times, then put it away with regret. It wouldn't even power on anymore.
After soaking in seawater for so long, any ordinary electronic device would be finished.
"Mine? I didn't bring my phone. I gave it to Yao-yao before the bungee jump..." Shen Yushu said. "Whatever, it's fine. As long as we're not dead, that's what matters. Arrow Brand Bro, I'm a bit hungry. Is there anything to eat around here?"
Wei Zhao truly didn't know what to say. He was beginning to understand Gu Mengyao's suffering now, because this best friend of hers was simply too much—and not just any kind of too much...
Still, Wei Zhao said nothing. Neither Shen Yushu nor Gu Mengyao had eaten before, and after all that turmoil, even the last bit of stomach acid had been thrown up. How could she not be hungry?
Shen Yushu looked around the shore, only to discover with dismay that there wasn't a soul here—nothing but desolation.