Ruan Hongzhuang looked at Shen Siyuan somewhat oddly.
"What are you muttering about?"
If it weren’t for the fact that Shen Siyuan didn’t have wireless earbuds on his ears, she would have thought he was on a phone call.
"No, I’m talking to someone," Shen Siyuan said.
"Talking to whom?" Ruan Hongzhuang looked around, even more puzzled.
"You don’t know, but I am a Magician, capable of communicating with spirits. I was just chatting with a ghost mom," Shen Siyuan explained.
Ruan Hongzhuang looked at him skeptically, clearly not believing a word Shen Siyuan said.
Chen Haiyan, on the other hand, believed him somewhat, thinking what he said might be true.
"You don’t believe me?" Shen Siyuan asked with a smile.
Then, without waiting for her to answer, he suddenly stretched his hand toward Ruan Hongzhuang’s ear.
Ruan Hongzhuang instinctively wanted to dodge, but then she realized and stood still with a slight blush on her cheeks.
Ruan Hongzhuang had short, ear-length hair, which gave her a neat and competent appearance. However, it was hot, and her temples were slightly sweaty, with a few strands of messy hair covering her ears.
Shen Siyuan reached out to tidy her hair, then tucked it behind her ear and withdrew his hand.
But Ruan Hongzhuang, still blushing, widened her eyes, finding it incredible.
Because Shen Siyuan was holding a rose in his hand, not only was the rose breathtakingly beautiful, but it also had several droplets of water on it.
"How is this possible?" Ruan Hongzhuang said incredulously.
Shen Siyuan was wearing a sleeveless round-neck vest, which had no place to hide anything, and this wasn’t something like a coin that could be hidden in the palm.
It was a rose, a rose with droplets of water.
"For you," Shen Siyuan offered the rose to Ruan Hongzhuang.
Ruan Hongzhuang took it somewhat dumbfoundedly, feeling her mind wasn’t quite catching up. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥
She sniffed it, the aroma was strong, the touch of the petals on the tip of her nose felt real, all telling her that everything was incredibly real.
"How did you conjure this?"
Having regained her composure, Ruan Hongzhuang couldn’t help but ask.
Chen Haiyan was also very curious; she had been watching the whole time and didn’t see how Shen Siyuan conjured a rose.
"I told you, I am a Magician, this is just a trivial thing for me."
Saying so, Shen Siyuan once again stretched his hand in front of Ruan Hongzhuang, snapped his fingers, and a rose appeared out of thin air.
Ruan Hongzhuang couldn’t help but exclaim, then somewhat impatiently reached out to take it.
"This is really amazing, how did you do it, it’s so magical..." Ruan Hongzhuang was so excited she was almost incoherent.
Shen Siyuan just smiled, still not answering her question, but said, "Wait here for me for a moment, I’m going to buy a bottle of water."
Ruan Hongzhuang obediently nodded, her attention now entirely on the two roses in her hand, trying to figure out if there was any trick to them.
Shen Siyuan turned around, making eye contact with Chen Haiyan to follow him.
As Shen Siyuan turned away, with a thought, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner appeared in his palm, then he made a hand gesture.
Before Chen Haiyan could react, she was effortlessly absorbed into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
"Boss, give me a bottle of mineral water, and open a coconut for me too," Shen Siyuan approached a nearby store.
The boss first gave Shen Siyuan a bottle of mineral water; the coconut would take a moment, as it had to be opened by a machine.
At that moment, Shen Siyuan made another gesture with his fingertips, and Chen Haiyan, who had been absorbed into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, was released.
However, by now, many of her questions had been answered. She slightly bowed to Shen Siyuan, then turned and walked toward her son.
Her lips curved in a smile, her step was light and quick.
"Do you want mineral water or coconut?"
Shen Siyuan handed over the coconut, simultaneously taking the roses from her hand.
Handling this green coconut required both hands, holding the roses was inconvenient.
"Let’s sit down and rest in the gazebo over there," Shen Siyuan said.
The two of them were in luck. As they arrived at the gazebo, a family was just leaving, giving them a place to sit.
Coconut water actually has no color; it looks just like clear water. Many people from inland areas think it is milky white, but it isn’t.
Moreover, it tastes quite bland, nowhere near as sweet as canned coconut juice, but it’s quite refreshing and carries a hint of plant fragrance, somewhat like unsweetened sugarcane juice.
The amount of water in a coconut is more than that in a bottle of mineral water; drinking it all at once can definitely make you feel bloated.
Thus, after Ruan Hongzhuang had a few sips, she couldn’t drink anymore. As a result, the large coconut became somewhat of a burden.
"I can’t drink anymore, do you want it?"
So Ruan Hongzhuang turned to Shen Siyuan, hoping he could help finish it.
Shen Siyuan didn’t hesitate and reached out to take it.
"Go get another straw from the vendor."
Ruan Hongzhuang reached out to pull out the straw she had been using.
"It’s okay, I don’t mind that you used it," Shen Siyuan said.
At those words, Ruan Hongzhuang paused, her face slightly reddened and her eyes moist as she looked at Shen Siyuan.
"What, you don’t want me to?"
"No... no... it’s fine if you don’t mind," Ruan Hongzhuang said, somewhat embarrassed.
Shen Siyuan directly bit the straw, which still had a faint peach flavor on it.
Shen Siyuan looked at Ruan Hongzhuang’s red lips.
"Is this the taste of her lipstick?"
Ruan Hongzhuang seemed to guess Shen Siyuan’s thoughts and shyly turned her head away.
But she quickly turned back, picked up the rose Shen Siyuan had put aside, and sniffed it.
"It always amazes me; did you prepare these in advance?"
Shen Siyuan nodded, "I planned to give them to you when I was taking you home tonight."
Shen Siyuan unlocked the first layer of the Storage Space of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and the biggest gain was actually the Storage Space itself, not the Netherworld Fire Fireflies.
Knowing that they were going on a date today, he bought the flowers in advance and stored them in the Storage Space to keep the roses fresh, even maintaining the water droplets sprayed on them from the flower shop.
"There’s no one around, can you secretly tell me how did you do this?"
Ruan Hongzhuang suddenly moved closer and asked in a whisper, their faces extremely close; Shen Siyuan could even feel her fragrant breath.
"This is a secret, I can’t tell you," Shen Siyuan said with a smile.
Hearing that, Ruan Hongzhuang suddenly leaned in, gave Shen Siyuan a peck on the cheek, and quickly drew back, Shen Siyuan hadn’t even reacted.
Then, blushing and with lowered eyebrows, she shyly said, "Can you tell me now?"
"I even kissed you," Ruan Hongzhuang said, looking up discontentedly.
"It’s okay, I’ll return it."
Shen Siyuan said, and before she could respond, he quickly touched her cheek as well.
At this, Ruan Hongzhuang’s cheeks turned even redder.
"I... Are we moving too fast?"
For someone like Ruan Hongzhuang, she even felt exceedingly shy at the moment.
"You kissed me first," Shen Siyuan noted.
Ruan Hongzhuang bit her lower lip, looked up at Shen Siyuan, her eyes brimming with moisture.
"Then you have to take responsibility for me."
Shen Siyuan felt like he had been tricked.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Chen Haiyan was following her son down the hill.
Although she really wanted to show herself and meet her son at this moment, there were too many people coming and going on the mountain, which might cause a bad influence.