Chapter 145: Playtime
“Wow… how come I never knew you had so many abs before?”
On the beach, a boy and a girl were on a lounge chair, doing something that might look suspicious from far away.
From a distance, it seemed like one person was touching the other in some strange way. But in fact, Lin Muxi was just helping her good bro put on sunscreen.
Even though Mo Ziyang said he was a man and didn’t need it, Lin Muxi insisted she didn’t want him to get tanned, so she had to help him put it on.
And that’s how her little hand, covered in sunscreen, happened to touch Mo Ziyang’s abs.
So the scene from the beginning appeared, one person’s head bent near the other’s lower body, which from the outside could easily cause misunderstanding.
Maybe it’s natural for girls to be curious about men’s abs. The moment Lin Muxi’s hand touched those firm “blocks” on Mo Ziyang’s stomach, her fair little face instantly showed the expression of someone discovering a whole new world.
“Wow… so these are abs? They’re so hard.”
She poked them with her finger and couldn’t help but marvel at this amazing thing.
Even though she used to be a “tough guy” herself, her belly had always been soft and round, nothing like her good bro’s neat eight-pack abs. That only made her more curious.
How did he even get them?
Lin Muxi lifted her little head, looking at Mo Ziyang with a puzzled face, waiting for him to explain.
Of course, her hands didn’t stop moving. She kept touching, as if she had found some treasure she couldn’t let go of.
She didn’t even know why, his abs just felt like they had a kind of magic that kept pulling her back.
So strange, but she just couldn’t stop.
Mo Ziyang couldn’t help but laugh as he watched Lin Muxi look so fascinated with his abs.
“What, you really want to know how I got them?” he asked with a smile.
“Of course! I never had abs before, so how do you have so many?”
Hearing him say he would explain, Lin Muxi’s eyes instantly lit up, her little face full of excitement.
“You’re a girl, what do you need to know for? Don’t tell me you actually want to train for them?”
But instead of an answer, what she got was a light flick on her forehead.
“Waaah!” Lin Muxi cried out, covering her head and staring at him with a pitiful look.
“What’s wrong with that? Why can’t girls train? That’s discrimination!”
She puffed up her cheeks angrily, her little face full of protest. Even if she couldn’t beat her good bro in strength, she could still work out, couldn’t she?
But against her pouty little protest, Mo Ziyang only needed one sentence to completely defeat her.
“Remember that picture of the ‘muscle queen’ in our high school biology book? If you want to look like that, I won’t stop you.”
“Oh my god! How could you even remember that!”
Lin Muxi’s face froze in shock, as if old memories had suddenly attacked her.
She even remembered that back then, she and Mo Ziyang used to laugh and joke about that photo together. And now, she herself almost wanted to become like that?
Seeing her shocked expression, Mo Ziyang laughed happily, clearly pleased.
“So, do you still want to know now?”
“Ugh… forget it…”
Lin Muxi instantly pulled a disgusted face and shook her head quickly.
No way did she want to become a muscle woman like that. Compared to that, she liked her petite figure more. Sure, it wasn’t very “practical,” but at least she had high “decoration value.”
Yes! That was Lin Muxi, someone who clearly understood her own position.
Comforting herself with that thought, Lin Muxi once again showed a charming smile.
“Come on, let’s go play in the sea together.”
She clapped her little hands. After finishing the last bit of sunscreen for her good bro, she grabbed his hand and tried to pull him toward the waves.
“Alright, let me pack up our things first.”
Mo Ziyang stood up, put away the stuff they had taken out, and then slowly got to his feet.
Meanwhile, Lin Muxi had already run off to the shoreline. She splashed in the waves barefoot, hopping around happily, sometimes bending down to pick up seashells.
The sight of the young girl with the wide ocean behind her left a trail of small footprints on the sand. Even though the sea breeze blew her hair into a mess, her cute face and bright smile still shone beautifully.
Her slender legs looked extra fair in the sunlight, and her delicate, jade-like feet left one small print after another on the soft beach.
Seeing this, Mo Ziyang couldn’t help but take out his phone. He aimed the camera at Lin Muxi, who was splashing happily in the water not far away, and snapped more than ten photos of her in different poses. Only after that did he finally put away his phone, satisfied, and walk toward her.
“Hurry up and take me into the sea!”
When Lin Muxi saw her good bro coming over, she quickly dropped the shell she had just picked up, tucked her messy hair behind her ear, and waved excitedly to call him over.
Although the waves weren’t very big, Lin Muxi, who had never seen the sea and couldn’t swim, still felt afraid.
At the very least, without her good bro by her side, she only dared to play where the water reached her calves. As soon as it got deeper to her knees, she would suddenly feel her chest tighten and quickly run back to the shallow area.
Seeing that her good bro was walking so slowly, Lin Muxi pouted, then ran over, grabbed his hand, and pulled him toward the sea.
“You’re so slow…”
“What’s the rush? We can play here as long as you like today.”
Mo Ziyang chuckled, rubbed her head gently, and then sped up to lead this silly girl further into the water.
But the more they walked, the tighter Lin Muxi’s grip on his arm became.
Even though the water was only up to her knees, her little hand was already trembling as it held onto him.
“Scared already?” Mo Ziyang looked at the little “wife” by his side with a teasing smile.
“Wh-who said that? I-I-I… my foot just got poked by some sand… it hurts a little!” Lin Muxi tried to argue through gritted teeth, refusing to admit she was scared.
But her body betrayed her. Without realizing it, she had already leaned closer to him for safety, both hands tightly hugging his arm.
Her words said “not afraid,” but her actions told the truth, she was clearly terrified.
Still, as long as the water only reached her knees, she could handle it. But once her good bro led her to where it reached her waist, and the waves gently rocked her body, Lin Muxi finally knew what real fear was.
At that depth, when she looked down, she could no longer see her own feet at all.
“N-no… I can’t do it anymore, Mo Ziyang! I’m scared! Don’t go further!”
Her fear completely beat down her stubbornness. She froze on the spot, refusing to take even one more step forward.
Mo Ziyang was puzzled. For him, this depth only reached her waist, and for himself, the water hadn’t even covered his thighs.
But seeing the little girl beside him trembling so badly, he softened. He gave up going deeper and turned around, scooping Lin Muxi into his arms and carrying her back.
Lin Muxi clung to him like a frightened bird, her little hands gripping him so tightly that her knuckles turned white, terrified that if he let go even a little, she would fall into the sea.
Not until Mo Ziyang had carried her all the way back to the beach did she finally climb down. Her shaky feet touched solid ground again, and she instantly dropped to the sand, gasping for breath.
“I was so scared I almost died…”
Patting her pounding heart, Lin Muxi sat limply on the sand, her mouth slightly open as she panted.
How had a fun seaside vacation suddenly turned into a horror game? It was scarier than the haunted houses she’d been to before.
Mo Ziyang sat beside her, gently running his fingers through her hair, chuckling at how frightened she was.
Still, he had to admit, Lin Muxi trembling like a scared little kitten was strangely adorable. Her shivering expression somehow poked right into his heart, filling him with the urge to protect her.
“Just play in the shallow water, okay? Don’t go too deep. Look how scared you are.”
“Mm…”
After that, Lin Muxi gave up on going further into the sea. She happily stayed near the shore, sometimes pulling her good bro along to build sandcastles. They laughed as the waves washed away their creations, only to build again, and soon managed to put together a big enough castle to withstand the waves, even with a moat around it.
In the end, Lin Muxi got so carried away that she dug a big hole and buried her good bro in the sand, leaving only his head sticking out. Mo Ziyang glared at her helplessly, which made Lin Muxi laugh even harder.
“Having fun?”
“Of course!”
Looking at her good bro’s handsome face, Lin Muxi smiled brightly. Then, leaning down toward the face of Mo Ziyang, who was lying buried in the sand, she gave him a deep kiss.