harleyscars Chapter 23 is not bad.
Chapter 23 is not bad.
"Brother Chen Yan, tell me, am I good-looking?"
Harley, who was standing right next to her, spoke softly and suddenly asked a very inappropriate question.
The cute brim of her hooded top, adorned with a poisonous bird design, drooped down, covering her full head of black hair and also partially obscuring Chen Yan's face.
A strand of hair slipped out from under the hat and landed right on Chen Yan's nose. His mouth was pinched shut, so he could only breathe through his nose. Instantly, a rich and unique fragrance wafted over.
The fragrance of her hair that filled his nostrils made Chen Yan, who was trying his best not to appreciate how beautiful her body was, suddenly feel his heart race.
To the average person, it simply smells very fragrant, with a fresh and refined natural scent. But to Chen Yan, who possesses the sense of smell of a crown dinosaur, it detects something that ordinary people cannot smell.
"Water plants, cacti, ivy leaves, honey, herbs, dragon bones... these are all good things. No wonder your hair is so black and shiny. Hmm, but why is my heart racing? Could it be...?"
Chen Yan frowned deeply. He was unwilling to believe his guess. Although Harley was beautiful and had a great figure, her popularity at the base was not much lower than Naomi's.
He and Harley only spent half a day together, so it's a bit late to say they fell in love at first sight, but it's also a bit early to say they met too late.
Chen Yan, who always liked to get to the bottom of things, took a few more deep breaths. Just as his heart was pounding more and more violently, a thunderclap suddenly exploded in his mind, and he instantly realized the truth.
"It's Heartbeat Mushrooms! You put Heartbeat Mushrooms in your shampoo!"
Chen Yan was shocked. He really couldn't understand what the point of putting heart-pounding mushrooms in shampoo was. Was it just to make people's hearts race when they smelled it?
Little did Harley, who was on top of him, be surprised. This was her family's secret shampoo recipe, which had the magical effect of improving the favorability of people she met for the first time.
She once made a bet with someone, giving a small amount of shampoo to several old dragon scholars who were quite knowledgeable about plants to analyze the formula. They spent half a month analyzing it but still couldn't figure out the secret. Yet now, Chen Yan could smell it after just a few sniffs.
Seeing that Chen Yan was about to ask more questions, she quickly interrupted him.
"What 'heart-pounding mushroom' nonsense? Don't change the subject. I'm asking you if I look good!"
Chen Yan was an honest man; he nodded and said, "It looks good, it looks good."
"Would you like to go on a date with me?"
"No... I don't want to! I do! I really do!"
Under Harley's threatening gaze, Chen Yan had no choice but to change his tune.
"So, do you want to set up your date in a fire dragon's lair, next to Anjanath excrement, or perhaps next to a horde of hordeo that's absolutely furious and wants to tear us apart?"
Chen Yan blinked. He didn't think about why he would choose a place that was either dangerous or dirty, instead of having so many other suitable places for a date.
But Harley must have her reasons for saying that, and Chen Yan analyzed it rationally.
"If you really want to, let's have a date next to Anjanath's excrement. It'll smell bad, but it won't kill us, and we'll save money on a meal."
Looking at the hopeless Chen Yan, Harley sighed in despair, her voice becoming weak.
"Okay...then hurry up and call the Pteranodon over so it can take us to our date by the Anjanath's droppings, otherwise if the Ceratopsian comes back, we definitely won't see the sun rise tomorrow..."
Chen Yan suddenly realized something again.
"You were planning to have the pterosaur rescue us while the horned dragon was chasing the crossbow bolt? Why didn't you say so sooner? Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Faced with Chen Yan's incessant chatter, Harley finally lost her temper, her dark face turning red with anger. She pinched Chen Yan's mouth hard, forcibly silencing him.
"If that damn white-eyed bastard still listened to me, do you think I'd be rambling on and on with all that nonsense?"
"I'm telling you, if you don't give me back that white-eyed dragon later, I'll make sure you don't see the sun rise tomorrow!"
Harley didn't say a word on the way back, and it was already dark when she got back to the camp.
Harley angrily shoved herself into the tent, blocking the entrance with her back to prevent Chen Yan from entering. With her back to him, she continued to attach grass leaves to her invisibility cloak.
After not hearing a sound for a while, she turned her head and saw Chen Yan standing at the tent entrance, staring blankly in the cold wind. She snorted and spoke in a tone colder than the night wind.
"You like looking for monsters, right? Go ahead, go find whatever monster you want, don't tell me anything. At worst, I'll just rummage through your bones and pack them up and take them away tomorrow."
Chen Yan looked at Harley, who had turned her head back, and gently poked her waist with his hand.
"Boss Harley, I was wrong, please let me in. It's windy outside and I'm so cold."
"snort!"
"Harley, I'm so sorry. I promise you, I'll take you with me everywhere I go these next few days, okay?"
"Hmph! Hmph!"
"Harley, I'm so hungry! Didn't you say you'd treat me to a wild vegetable feast tonight? I had Flower Cat wash and chop everything up, and now I'm just waiting for you to show off your skills."
"Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!"
No matter what Chen Yan said, she ignored him. Faced with the stubborn Harley, Chen Yan scratched his head, knowing he was in the wrong.
If Harley hadn't risked her life to save him twice today, he would have been killed by the Diablos long ago. Since that's the case, he has no choice but to unleash his ultimate move.
He took the katana and went out with the flower cat.
Harley heard his footsteps receding into the distance, and as expected, she remained silent and motionless.
But her hand, which was sticking grass leaves onto the invisibility cloak, became unsteady. Several grass leaves failed to stick properly and fell off. After sitting for a while, she still hadn't heard his footsteps return. Finally, she couldn't sit still any longer.
"Aaaaaah, Chen Yan, I'm going to kill you!"
Harley hastily threw on her invisibility cloak and ran outside, but just as she rounded the corner, a plate of delicious-looking roasted venison was shoved in her face.
Chen Yan has a lot of experience in roasting deer.
The best part is undoubtedly the hind leg of the deer. It's oily and meaty, and one bite makes you feel like you've lived a worthwhile life.
The plate that Chen Yan prepared for Harley not only contained two deer hind legs neatly stacked together, but also the freshest and juiciest roasted belly meat, a small pile of fragrant roasted wild vegetables, and even half a roasted dragon egg.
Heaven knows how much effort Chen Yan put in to snatch half a roasted egg from Hua Miao's mouth.
Harley glanced at Chen Yan, whose face was practically begging for forgiveness, gave a soft snort, finally took the tray, and turned to walk into the camp.
Overjoyed, Chen Yan called over Hua Miao, who was engrossed in her meal, and served her his own portion before heading back together.
After a few more coaxing words, Harley finally reluctantly forgave him.
The crackling fire made the small campsite warm and cozy, and also warmed Chen Yan's body.
He finally got forgiveness and breathed a sigh of relief.
The moment his fingertips touched the fork, the plate in his hand suddenly sank, and a juicy, fragrant roasted venison leg fell from the sky and landed steadily on his plate.
"If you only eat this little bit of wild vegetables, will you be able to lift a katana tomorrow?"
Harley squeezed in next to Chen Yan without saying a word, glancing disdainfully at the few pitiful bits of meat scattered among the green slabs of meat on his plate.
Harley gave him a deer leg and forked off some wild vegetables, enjoying the roasted deer leg with relish.
Chen Yan laughed heartily, while Harley snorted.
Turning her face away from Chen Yan, she poked at the wild vegetables and roasted venison on her plate, stubbornly arguing her case.
"What are you laughing at? I'm not pitying you... it's an exchange! I'm trading your wild vegetables for roasted meat, it's perfectly fair! Besides, why did you put so much meat on my plate? I'm not the kind of person who wastes food! So... hmph! Still looking? Just eat!"