Chapter 198: Smacking you with a small bamboo stick

It was the eighth day of the New Year and Shen Yu and Rika stayed at home for about ten days, during which time it rained at times and they spent most of the time at home.

When Shen Yu and Rika couldn't resist kissing each other in the living room, they would hide together in their room, close the door behind them and kiss for a long time.

The whole thing was like cheating on him, which irritated Rika so much that every time she went to Shen Yu's room and came out after kissing him, she walked with her head down, afraid that Zhang Xiaoru would ask her why her face was so red.

It's not his fault, Shen Yu is so annoying, it's obvious that he wants to kiss her, but he just won't say anything and has to wait for the reserved girl to come to him in his room.

By the eighth day of the New Year, the year was basically over, Shen Deyou had to start work, and Shen Yu and Rika were ready to go back to their old house.

The opening of the company is scheduled for February 22nd, and today is already February 19th, so it's about time to go back to pack up and get ready for the post-New Year's work.

When he returned, Zhang Xiaoru did not break his promise and gave Rika a big red packet.

"So big!"

"No big no big, Rika take care of yourself when you get back, don't wear yourself out, and if Shen Yu doesn't help with the cooking, you let him starve."

"Mmmmmm!"

As Shen Yu carried her luggage to the car, Rika sat in the exclusive passenger seat and opened the large red envelope given to her by Zhang Xiaoru with some excitement.

As Shen Yu started the car, he glanced back and saw a pile of red tickets.

"How much is it?"

"Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars! Wow! Shen Yu, the red packet my uncle and aunt gave me is huge!"

There is a moral to this too, one in a million.

Unlike the New Year's red packet, this one can be given at any time, but not all girls can get it from Zhang Xiaoru.

This custom is practiced in many places. When a man and a woman have established a relationship, when they come to the house, the man's parents prepare red envelopes to show their parents' preference and affirmation.

"So much for ......"

Shen Yu thought, "I'm afraid my mother has given Rika all the money she kept for him when he was a child.

"I'm going to save it."

Rika Good life put the red envelope away, there will be a lot of money to spend on the wedding, and even more after the baby is born.

If Shen Yu is successful and he earns $100,000 a month, she and he will have a combined total of $103,000 and will be able to make a good living.

Back home, after only ten days away, the yard has changed quite a bit.

Now that it is early spring and it has rained for several days during the New Year, the ground is full of tiny grasses and even the small onions planted by Su Zhifu have grown taller.

Su Zhifu has gone back to the countryside for New Year's Eve and is probably still playing with her cousin in the field, frying cow shit, and will not be back until after the Lantern Festival.

It's been a long time since I've seen her and Shen Yu misses her a bit.

While weeding the yard, I saw her sweet potatoes sprouting green shoots, so I had a bit of a craving for sweet potato leaves tonight.

Sweet potato leaves are also a delicacy, especially the young ones, which have a very smooth texture.

After Rika finished cleaning, Shen Yu told her, "Let's go to the market to buy food. I'll cook for you tonight."

It was the first time Shen Yu had ever told Rika that she wanted to go to the market with her and cook for her.

When we were together, we always thought about how to stay away from her, but now that we are in a relationship and have kissed, Shen Yu's mind has unconsciously changed and he has started to think about how to be a good boyfriend and how to treat her better.

Relationships always progress faster than Shen Yu expected, and relationships are not something that can be calculated, after all, it is a matter of two people.

"Really?"

Rika looked surprised, but with happy eyes, "If Shen Yu really wanted to cook for me, Rika would have eaten it all, no matter how bad it was!"

Shen Yu: "......"

Can you give some confidence?

"Then I'm sure I don't cook as well as you do, you'll have to guide me."

"Shen Yu Don't worry, go for it!"

The two of them went to the market together and bought groceries. The fridge was emptied before the last time they came home, and this time they went to the market and bought a lot more back.

Choosing vegetables, washing vegetables, washing meat, cutting meat ......

It's all Rika's doing.

After a while, Rika couldn't help but ask Shen Yu, who was standing by watching, "Isn't Shen Yu going to cook for me?"

"The chef is all about the spoons, and it's quicker for you to do all this hand-holding."

"So, Shen Yu will be the spoon."

"What can't I do, you just tell me when to put the oil and salt on the vegetables, I'm just about proficient."

"Oh, Chef Shen!"

You're just a tool man with a spatula!

So Rika helped him get everything ready, and Shen Yu rolled up his sleeves and got ready for the big day.

"Boil the pot first."

"Is it hot enough?"

"Not yet, you have to put the dish down it will snort very loudly before it's hot enough ......"

With her hands behind her back, Rika guides Shen Yu around, except that she doesn't have the spatula in her hand, which is no different from preparing her own dinner, oh no, it's still a difference, it's called a lot of work.

She could probably be ready for dinner by now if she were making it instead.

"The oil should be a little less oh, this meat will come out of the oil once fried ...... Well, a little more, enough is enough."

"Put a spoonful of salt in, maybe a flat spoonful, Shen Yu, don't make it look like a mountain."

"The soy sauce is that, Shen Yu took the Sriracha, this is for colouring."

Shen Yu is still fumbling with a spatula, even with Rika's guidance, and his face is getting more and more serious as he stirs up the vegetables like an acrobat.

Luckily, practice makes perfect and by the second course he was a little more relaxed.

The lid is on, the meat is simmering in the pot and the aroma is slowly wafting through the kitchen.

Rika looked at Shen Yu, who was cooking for her, with wide unblinking eyes and felt a sweetness in her heart, so she went behind him and hugged him, with her little face pressed against his back.

Shen Yu's mind wanders as she feels the intimate fit from behind.

Rika's little hand pressed against his stomach, touching and pressing, perverted.

"Stop it and watch out for the next time you cook and I hold you from behind like that."

"No."

Rika said behind his back, "It's a privilege for girls to hug boys like this, and it's not right for boys to hug girls like this!"

"How is that not right ......"

"When we get married, Rika will allow Shen Yu to hug me like this ......"

Because in this position of holding a girl from behind, the hands are necessarily placed on the girl's stomach, and the girl's soft belly is a strategic place that is particularly easy to lose, because it can be explored upwards or downwards, in any case in the wrong way.

As Rika hugged Shen Yu, she blinked her eyes and wondered if Shen Yu would hug her like this and then come up to her ear, blowing hot words on her neck and saying, "No dinner tonight, I'll eat you.

Then Rika will be so crispy that he won't even know the dish is battered.

Shen Yu was distracted by her touch, why should a girl have the privilege to put her little hands on his stomach and rub and touch it.

The last time Rika had her period, when he rubbed his hands together to cover her tummy, she was not even allowed to move, she had to be a hand warmer.

"Don't touch it ......"

"I'll take it."

Rika touched his stomach and said, " Shen Yu seems to have gained a little weight."

"I wouldn't be fat if you were fat."

"Maybe I've eaten too much meat these days for New Year's Eve, I also feel like I've put on a little bit of weight."

Rika finally stopped touching his belly and touched her own little belly instead, pinching her fingers and pulling her belly, as if she had gained a Diu Diu.

Shen Yu found a chance to take revenge, put down the spatula and put his big hand on the top of her little tummy, rubbing it gently, it felt softer than last time, with a Diu Diu fleshiness that made it more comfortable to touch.

"Ah ......"

Rika laughed and slapped his hand away from her, shying away and saying, "Shen Yu is the perverted one!"

"You don't talk, you're the sickest."

"So, has Rika put on weight?"

"Piglet-like."

"Let's go for a run after dinner? We'll lose weight together!"

Shen Yu gave her a blank look and said, "You must not be able to run two hundred metres."

"I'm going to run two kilometres!"

"Huh."

After a lot of work, dinner was finally ready, and with Rika's guidance, the meal was mediocre, but it didn't taste too bad.

Rika ate it with gusto, just as she said she would.

"Shen Yu What made you think of cooking for me?"

"Don't you have those few days every month when I learn a couple of things and cook for you then?"

"Shen Yu is certainly a lot more thoughtful!"

"Eat more you."

After dinner, Shen Yu helped Rika to clean up the dishes and put them in the dishwasher, and then relaxed on the sofa together for a while.

While Rika was watching TV, Shen Yu was writing his work plan in his notebook. When he was working, Rika did not disturb him, fearing that he would run down to the ground floor to work again.

By about eight o'clock in the evening, the two went downstairs together to go for a run outside.

"Shall we run every day from now on?"

"You'll have to run through tonight first."

"So how far do we have to run tonight?"

Rika sounded a bit wimpy before she even started running, as she was screaming about losing weight every day but didn't like to exercise.

The reason why I asked Shen Yu to go for a run tonight is not because of my teenage fantasy, I always think that running with someone I like is a romantic thing to do, you can exercise and see the scenery at the same time.

But when it came to running, it was only two hundred metres, so I felt silly, and going for a run together was not as comfortable as staying on the sofa together.

"Hoo ...... Hoo ...... Rika ...... Rika It's not going to work... ..."

"How far has this gone, I haven't even started to catch my breath!"

Shen Yu looked back at her with a grimace as they ran together on An Jiang's walking path, which was lit at night, from one side of the path to a small park at the other, about two kilometres.

Now, less than 500 metres into the run, Rika is already saying he's going to die.

"Shen Yu ...... you ...... slow down a bit ...... too fast... ..."

"I'm all for walking!"

Shen Yu took Rika on a grinding run, with little old men also running at night around them, overtaking them every now and then.

Running now is more comfortable than in the summer, at least it's not as sweaty and sticky as when you start moving, and the air you breathe into your lungs is not as freezing as it is in the dead of winter.

Many animals go into hibernation during the winter and when spring arrives, their bodies start to function again, so exercising during the spring is very beneficial for your health.

Rika couldn't run anymore, and Shen Yu wouldn't let her sit down because it was bad for her health after intense exercise, so she walked slowly with her.

"Come on, there's still a kilometre left from here to the park, so when you've had a rest, we'll carry on."

"Shen Yu Aren't you tired ......"

"Who said anything about running?"

"We ...... we can lose weight even if we take a walk ......"

Rika gave him a sultry look, Shen Yu was so uninterested, running could be a walk, or he could carry her on his back.

"Just dream on."

Shen Yu doesn't believe in walking to lose weight, running is good for the body, and a happy life requires not only money but also a good body, so Rika needs to run more often.

After a short break from their walk, Shen Yu went for a run with Rika.

"Don't dawdle, get moving."

"Don't."

"Slacker ......"

Shen Yu had more than one way to deal with her. He picked up a wooden branch from the side of the road and smacked Rika's little bottom.

"Run or I'll whip you."

"Ah, no!"

Rika finally got up and running, Shen Yu followed behind her, and when she tried to slack off, she would give her a little smack with a twig, and Rika would keep moving like clockwork, puffing and panting.

The two dawdled for a long time over a total of two kilometres, and with Shen Yu holding a small branch to spur them on, Rika, the big sloth, finally finished the distance.

The small park is quite lively here, as it is a neighbourhood nearby, and many of the grandparents are active here, such as dancing and playing cards, and some children are accompanied by their parents to play on skates.

Rika breathed a long sigh of relief and sat down on a park bench, exhausted from all the work she had done.

She hadn't even sweated in a while and now she was sweating quite a bit, her hair sticking to her face.

Rika pulls Shen Yu down beside her and rests against him, using him as a cushion.

"How's that, don't you feel a lot more refreshed?"

"No way ...... Rika are broken ......"

Not only does she not stink when she sweats, but that strange scent is even stronger.

When Rika leans on Shen Yu's shoulder, he can look down and smell the scent in her hair and neck.

"My stomach hurts, press it for me ......"

"Again?"

"No, it's not that! It's the fact that I haven't exercised in a while and I feel some gripping pain."

Shen Yu was hot from his workout, and his big hand poked through the hem of Rika's dress and pressed gently against the top of her bouncy little tummy.

Rika's tummy was the best thing Shen Yu had ever touched, soft and supple, and now, having just finished a run, the skin of her tummy was slightly sweaty, and Rika grunted when he pressed a little harder on her sore spot.

The park was busy and the two were so close together that no one noticed the small, ambiguous gestures here.

Shen Yu and Rika are also taking a break to watch the life of this side of the world.

"Shen Yu, what kind of life do you want to lead in the future?"

Rika looks at the old grandparents in the park, and the families walking here after dinner, and the young couples like them who come to the park to fall in love ......

"What about you?" Shen Yu asked her rhetorically.

"I, ah, I want a home where I can sleep a little bit every morning, open my eyes and see you, then go out to school and work with you, go grocery shopping and cooking together in the evening, and we'll kiss again before we go to bed, an uneventful day, an uneventful year, a lifetime, and I love it."

"Then I want an even simpler life." Shen Yu says.

"What is it?"

"It's fine with you."