Chapter 96: Passion Fruit

Not only was Zeng Xiaofan confused, but Chen Lini stomped her foot in anger, her pride trembling slightly as she declared, “What is this nonsense! I should never have come! Leaving me in this godforsaken place... what a lousy village! It’s just a bunch of poor folks—there’s nothing worth learning here!”

Muttering complaints, Chen Lini’s words irritated Zeng Xiaofan. He spoke in a low voice, “What did you call me? Maid!”

Chen Lini’s face flushed crimson. “Zeng Xiaofan! What did you just call me?”

Zeng Xiaofan smirked crookedly and replied in a low tone, “What did you call me? Don’t you remember what you promised the day I saved your mother? You said you’d be my personal maid for six months if I brought her back.”

“Do I really need to remind you? So, what should you be calling me now?”

Chen Lini’s cheeks burned even hotter as she pouted, “That… that never happened! You’re mistaken! I don’t remember a thing!” She stubbornly denied it.

Zeng Xiaofan grinned mischievously and lowered his voice, feigning sternness, “You’re trying to play tricks on me, huh? I warn you, if you pull something like that, I’ll have to get a little mischievous in return.”

“Not only will you be my maid, but you’ll truly fulfill the meaning of ‘personal maid.’” Zeng Xiaofan deliberately let his gaze sweep over Chen Lini’s body, lingering on her snow-white long legs and pausing briefly at her chest.

Chen Lini was instantly terrified. “Ah! What… what are you trying to do? Don’t get any ideas!”

Zeng Xiaofan responded coldly, “I’m not getting any ideas. I’m just making sure you uphold your end of the bet.”

“A personal maid has to be very personal… hehehe.”

“We’re out here in the middle of nowhere. You can scream all you want; no one will hear you.” He gave a crooked, sinister smile and put on a fierce expression.

Chen Lini couldn’t help but chuckle and pointed behind Zeng Xiaofan to the several police officers and professionals guarding the scene.

Zeng Xiaofan turned and saw them, immediately breaking character.

Chen Lini sneered, “Scaring people isn’t even your forte, yet you want to be my master... Tch!” With that, she turned and walked away. Zeng Xiaofan shook his head helplessly and followed.

After a while, they reached a spot closer to the village. Chen Lini’s attention was suddenly caught by a patch of vines ahead.

“Hey! What’s that?”

“Looks like there are a lot of fruits hanging there!”

Zeng Xiaofan glanced casually and smiled faintly. “Your father wasn’t wrong; you really don’t know the first thing about agriculture.”

“That’s passion fruit, isn’t it? Such a common fruit, and you’ve never seen it before?”

Chen Lini huffed arrogantly, “Tch! I don’t farm, so why would I know about this stuff?”

“Don’t talk about small passion fruits. Even if I wanted some top-grade imported Musang King durian, dozens of people would be clamoring to get it for me!”

Zeng Xiaofan thought to himself that her words weren’t without reason. After all, as the daughter of a county magistrate, there wasn’t any fruit she couldn’t get.

“So, do you want some passion fruit now?” Zeng Xiaofan shook his head and smiled.

Chen Lini smiled playfully and nodded mischievously without a word.

“Come on! I’ll take you to pick some!” Zeng Xiaofan said with a slight smile and headed toward the passion fruit vines.

Chen Lini frowned slightly. “Huh? Are these passion fruits yours?”

“No, but picking a couple to eat won’t hurt whoever owns them.”

“That’s not right! Wouldn’t that be stealing?”

“We rural folks aren’t as petty as you think! Just picking a couple to eat, not taking a bunch to stash away. We live in a close-knit community; who would steal from whom?”

Zeng Xiaofan said as he slipped into the passion fruit trellis and started picking.

“How about this one? Is it big?”

Chen Lini looked where Zeng Xiaofan pointed and indeed saw several large fruits.

But as she looked, her delicate body suddenly trembled! Her face flushed bright red. At that moment, Zeng Xiaofan was standing on a high embankment in front of her, picking fruits.

From Chen Lini’s angle, her line of sight was level with Zeng Xiaofan’s thigh.

Those firm, muscular thighs struck her dumb.

Her mouth gaped wide, face burning with embarrassment, unable to utter a word for a long while.

Zeng Xiaofan was focused entirely on picking the fruit and didn’t notice Chen Lini’s odd reaction. He kept asking, “Is this fruit big enough?”

“Big enough?”

Chen Lini swallowed hard and said, “B-… this fruit is more than big…”

“It’s downright terrifying…”

“Oh my god… how could there be fruit this huge in the world…”

Chen Lini’s eyes sparkled intensely, her gaze involuntarily revealing something unusual.

Zeng Xiaofan furrowed his brows slightly, puzzled. “What are you mumbling about? What world’s biggest fruit?”

“That’s a bit exaggerated… it’s just two passion fruits…”

Zeng Xiaofan lowered his head to look at Chen Lini, only then noticing her flushed face staring fixedly at his thigh.

“Ahem… sorry, I was too focused on picking fruit…”

“Didn’t realize my thigh was right in your face… I didn’t mean to…”

Zeng Xiaofan scratched his head, explaining. He knew that after receiving the Kirin kidney, his body was not ordinary. He worried he might have frightened the young girl.

However, Chen Lini showed no sign of fear. Instead, it seemed something deep inside her was stirred, and her gaze grew even more fervent.

“It’s okay…”

“Your thigh muscles are so big, they’ll easily brush off dust and get dirty…”

“Let me help you wipe them…”

As Chen Lini spoke, she stepped forward to take action. Zeng Xiaofan was dumbfounded.

“Wait… what did you say?”

“I said… I’ll wipe them for you…”

Chen Lini bit her lip with a meaningful smile and said, “I… Chen Lini… will wipe your thighs…”

“My respected master…”

Zeng Xiaofan stumbled a step, shaking his head with a laugh. “You little brat, what are you up to now? Stop messing around!”

“No messing... I’m not messing with you~”

“My dear master… if I’d known you were this amazing… I’d gladly be your personal maid…”

Chen Lini’s expression turned charmingly seductive, utterly unbefitting her age, and she gave Zeng Xiaofan a coquettish wink.

“Whoa!”

“You… you suddenly turned into a different person!”

“You haven’t gone crazy, have you?”

Zeng Xiaofan quickly jumped down and reached out to touch Chen Lini’s forehead.