Chapter 17: The Beginning

Jin Rumo explained, "This is called skimming stones."

"Skimming stones?" Mi Shen repeated, bending over to pick up a stone and mimicking Jin Rumo's movements as she threw the stone.

But her stone didn't "skim" at all, it just went "plop" and sank to the bottom.

Several attempts all ended in failure.

Mi Shen was somewhat disheartened.

Jin Rumo laughed, "You need to pick a flatter small stone and then use a skillful force to throw it out. Like this."

As he spoke, he threw another stone.

"One, two, three, four... nine, ten," counted Mi Shen delightedly, clapping her hands in praise, "Ten! That's amazing."

Jin Rumo held out his palm, "You try."

In his hand were several stones, Mi Shen glanced at them, but her gaze got caught by his fair and slender hand instead.

Jin Rumo's hand was really beautiful~

In the next few minutes, Jin Rumo patiently taught her how to skim stones. Usually, Mi Shen was not dim-witted and could grasp anything after a brief explanation, but today she just couldn't get the hang of skimming stones.

"Like this." Jin Rumo seemed to be getting a little anxious, he reached out and grasped Mi Shen's hand, and together they threw the stone in their hands.

This time she finally succeeded, Mi Shen silently counted, and at the moment the stone sank, she nearly jumped for joy, "Nine, nine!"

But when she turned her head, she almost bumped into Jin Rumo's face.

"..." Mi Shen's movement paused.

Their hands hadn't yet parted, his large hand wrapping around her small one, the tender touch caused Mi Shen's heart to flutter once again.

They were so close that they could almost hear each other's breathing, as if Jin Rumo needed only to lower his head for their foreheads to touch.

...

In the afternoon, around two o'clock, the weather suddenly turned overcast, and in less than half an hour, a drizzle started to fall.

Li Fengchang was in a meeting, and when he saw the rain on the window glass, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he got up and walked outside.

He took out his phone, dialed Mi Shen's cell phone number, but the voice prompt "The number you have dialed is turned off" came through the earpiece.

After a moment of thought, he directly called the Mao Family's landline.

The butler of the Mao Family answered the phone; hearing that it was Mi Shen being asked for, the butler respectfully said, "Mr. Li, hello, Miss Mi Shen has gone camping and hasn't returned yet. If you have a message for her, I will relay it when she comes back."

"Camping?" The man's lips tightened instantly, and his voice froze like ice.

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At five thirty in the evening, a bus slowly stopped at the entrance of the Mao Beibei residential complex.

The bus door opened, and the first to come out was a tall boy, who, after opening an umbrella, helped a slender girl figure out of the bus.

Through the rain curtain, the girl said something to the boy, he raised his hand to caress her cheek, said something in return, and then got back on the bus.

The girl then stood under the umbrella amidst the rain, watching the bus slowly drive away until she started walking towards the Mao Family home.

Until, a black car slowly stopped beside her...