Such a Su Wanwan made his heart race even faster.

Lin Yu had followed Brother Shen since he was a child, so he knew Brother Shen was angry. How had he offended him?
He scratched his head, pondered for a moment, and then slapped his own forehead in frustration. How could he be so stupid? Now he finally understood why Brother Shen had gotten angry just a moment ago.
That jealousy was truly intense.
It was over, completely over. Brother Shen had fallen for her hook, line, and sinker.
He hurried to catch up with them.

Su Heng reached the pool first. He placed his bamboo basket on the ground, took off his shoes, socks, and outer shirt, and turned to look at his younger sister. Pointing at the large rock she had sat on last time, he said, "Sis, sit over there. I'm worried you might fall in."
Su Wanwan replied, "I'll be fine."
"Be a good girl and sit there so I can have peace of mind. I'll be able to keep an eye on you the entire time I'm in the water. What would happen if you fell in? You don't even know how to swim, and I'd worry myself to death. Go on, hurry up," Su Heng urged, pointing a finger at the boulder.
Su Wanwan sighed. Her older brother really still treated her like a child.
She nodded obediently, "Alright."
She turned and walked toward the large rock, inadvertently meeting Xie Beishen's gaze.
Xie Beishen's dark, shimmering eyes narrowed slightly.
That night, she had swum like a mermaid, an absolute enchantress capturing everyone's soul.
There was no way her second brother didn't know she could swim.
As Su Wanwan passed by him, he whispered, "Doesn't your brother know you can swim?"
Hearing this, Su Wanwan quickly glanced at her second brother, terrified that he might have heard Xie Beishen's question. Fortunately, he was busy taking off his clothes and wasn't paying attention to this side.
She let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness her second brother hadn't heard; otherwise, her cover would have been blown completely.
Annoyed, she turned her gaze to Xie Beishen and glared fiercely at him. "If you don't speak, nobody will mistake you for a mute. And don't you dare tell my brother!"
She took a few steps forward, stopped, and turned back to look at Xie Beishen again. "I actually don't know how to swim. You must have seen it wrong."
Her implication was simple: even if you tell my second brother, he won't necessarily believe you.
Xie Beishen looked at her with his long, deep eyes. "What will you do if I tell him anyway?"
He just wanted to tease her on purpose.
Su Wanwan let out a cold "Hmph." Threatening her?
She wasn't afraid of his threats at all. She walked back up to Xie Beishen and said, "I'll deny it to the death. My second brother won't believe an outsider like you. If it weren't for the fact that you helped our family, you'd definitely be getting beaten up right now."
With that, she turned and walked toward the large rock.

Xie Beishen watched her ruffled feathers, the corners of his lips curving upward. In front of her second brother, she was as obedient as a quail.
Could it be that she truly no longer intended to pursue him, and therefore no longer bothered to hide her true self in front of him?
Xie Beishen had indeed hit the nail on the head; that was precisely what Su Wanwan was thinking.
Was this what she meant when she confessed last time that she had a good personality and a gentle temper?
This version of Su Wanwan made his heart race even faster. The way she got all flustered and angry was simply too adorable.
Sitting on the large rock, Su Wanwan watched Xie Beishen. Every day now, she subtly and gradually revealed a little more of her true personality to her family.
Only by doing this would her family avoid any suspicions about her.
Otherwise, maintaining the persona of an obedient, docile daughter all the time would simply be too exhausting.

Seeing the angry little thing staring right at him, Xie Beishen's mood instantly improved.
At that moment, Lin Yu put down his basket and started to take off his shirt, only to catch Brother Shen staring coldly at him. A displeased voice commanded:
"Don't take it off. If you want to get into the water, you can go in with your clothes on."
Lin Yu pointed at Su Heng and argued, "He took his off, why can't I?"
Xie Beishen retorted, "Are the two of you the same? Su Heng is her biological brother. Who are you to her?"
The unspoken "her" hung heavily in the air. Lin Yu glanced at Su Wanwan, marveling at his Brother Shen's damn possessiveness. "Fine, I won't take it off. But you aren't taking yours off either."
Xie Beishen kicked Lin Yu squarely in the rear. "Of course I'm not taking mine off." He hadn't planned on entering the water in the first place.

Meanwhile, Su Heng looked at the spot where they had caught fish previously and glanced up at the tree branches overhead, wondering what on earth had fallen from above last time to attract the school of fish.
He looked at Xie Beishen and said, "Brother Xie, go stand on that tree and shake the branches. The last time we caught fish, it was something falling from up there that attracted them over, which is how I managed to catch them."
Xie Beishen hadn't expected that this was how they had caught fish last time, so he walked over to the tree Su Heng had pointed out.
Su Wanwan had also heard their conversation. Last time, she had only made an offhand comment, and her brother had actually taken it seriously. She raised her eyes to look at the branches hanging over the water and noticed there really were some unknown wild fruits growing there.
Then she looked at Xie Beishen. Did this guy always climb trees this fast? She hadn't even seen clearly before he was already up there.
He began shaking the tree trunk with both hands.
With a quick roll of her eyes, she quietly picked up a green wild fruit from the ground and grabbed a handful of dirt.
Using her mental will, she infused a drop of spiritual spring water into the soil—using twice the amount she had used last time—and tossed it toward the exact spot as before.
Seeing his younger sister messing around in the water, Su Heng admonished, "Stop fooling around, be careful not to fall in."
Then he fixed his gaze entirely on the surface of the water. When he saw large fish after large fish swimming toward them, his eyes widened with absolute delight.

"Lin Yu, get in the water quickly and catch the fish!" he shouted, wading into the water himself.
Seeing that there really were fish, Lin Yu hurried into the water alongside Su Heng, and the two of them frantically scooped up fish and threw them onto the bank.
Seeing that they had already started catching fish, Xie Beishen jumped down from the tree.
Su Heng and Lin Yu didn't stop until there was no more movement in the water, at which point they climbed back onto the bank.
Xie Beishen picked up the bamboo basket and began gathering the fish scattered on the ground.
Lin Yu laughed heartily and asked, "What on earth is so good about that tree? Why do all the fish swim right to that spot?"
A wide smile spread across Su Heng's face. "Who knows? We'll just do this every time we want to eat fish."
The three of them quickly finished collecting the fish, and Su Heng covered them with a layer of wild vegetables in the two bamboo baskets.
Lin Yu hoisted one of the baskets onto his back and walked ahead, leading the way back home.
Su Heng looked at his sister and said, "Sis, let's go home and cook." He hoisted the other basket onto his back and followed right behind Lin Yu.
Xie Beishen washed his hands by the water's edge and waited for Su Wanwan to walk over before heading down the mountain together.
Noticing that the woman walking ahead was deliberately ignoring him, he took long strides to catch up by Su Wanwan's side.
The group chatted and laughed as they descended the mountain.
Suddenly, Lin Yu, who was walking in front, came to an abrupt halt.
Noticing that Lin Yu had stopped in his tracks and was staring fixedly ahead as if he had discovered something, Su Heng also stopped and looked forward.
Lin Yu's eyes lit up brightly as he stared at a few wild chickens moving through the grass ahead.
Excitedly, he turned his head to look at Brother Shen behind him and made a hand gesture indicating that they should look ahead.
Only then did Xie Beishen and Su Wanwan look in the direction Lin Yu was pointing.
Xie Beishen quickly spotted the wild chickens in the grass up ahead.
He turned his head to look at the person beside him and whispered into her ear, "Stay right here and don't move. I'll catch those wild chickens for you to eat."
With a soft, faint smile, he stepped forward lightly.
Su Wanwan could only feel the warm breath of the man's words lingering by her ear, sending a tingling, numbing sensation through her whole body.
Why did he have to flash such a dangerously charming smile anyway?