Chapter 33 - She Was Playing With Fire

" ah Jing  are you sleeping  ?"  Su Wan  extended  a naughty finger after she was done calming down and poked Lin Jing  's arms . To her it was a simple poke but to Lin Jing  who was having  the hardest time of his life  in controlling himself  , it no different  from Su Wan  kissing  him .

At once his muscles turned taut  painfully , he clenched  his fingers tightly  while he pretended  to be asleep shutting  his eyes close with the intention of 'out of sight , out of mind '.

Su Wan  naturally  underestimated the vigorous  energy  of a virgin young man who never once  touched  a women because when  she didn't  hear Lin Jing  reply ; she daringly  skimmed  her finger upon  Lin Jing 's arm .  Su Wan  wasn't  afraid at all , she had Lin Jing  's and the others promise of not touching  her until she turned  eighteen that's  why she boldly  touched Lin Jing  .

Lin Jing  who could feel  the feather lke touch on his arm and his breathing hardened , By now he understood  that if he didn't  reply to Su Wan  , his wife might  actually  make him wash his pants in the middle of the night. Thus , he opened his eyes and  shifted  his head in such a way that he could  look straight at in Su Wan's  eyes " what ?"  he asked catching  her naughty finger that was trailing  up his arm all the way to his nape.

Because Lin Jing  was  supressing his desires , his voice lowered a lot which sounded  hoarse yet deep and rich  .

Su Wan  felt her heart skip a beat when Lin Jing touched her ( alright it was just a finger but he was just sooo damn handsome and his voice ahhhhh)  and she bit her lower  lip in frustration  , damn she was trying to tease him but ended up getting teased . 

But now that she finally had an opportunity  to talk to him . She quickly took  it .

" Lin Jing  are you going  to the mountain  tomorrow  ?" 

" are you really familiar  with that  forest in the mountain ?" 

" Are there a lot of wild animals  ? is it scary  there ?" 

" Can you take me with you tomorrow  please ? " 

Lin Jing  went "..." for quite sometimes  but when je heard Su Wan's last request he hurriedly  shook his head and rejected her at once " No , its dangerous .There are lot of wild animals  including wolves  and tigers , You can't  go " 

This was  the longest he had spoken to Su Wan  but Lin Jing  wanted  Su Wan  to understand the severity  of the dangers  that lingered in the mountain so he  tried to explain  as clearly  as he could. Ten years ago when he was just a sixteen year old boy  , the village  was facing the worst  drought that year.  Because it didn't  rain for months , the forest flora soon dried up and many animals ended up dying because of the lack  of food and water . 

When animals like deer and boar started  dying of starvation  , animals  like wolves and tiger also started  to starve .  Soon , the village was attacked  by a lone tiger who was starved  to skin and bones because it was alone and weak , The villagers killed it easily  but the real trouble  came after this .  Soon , the villagers heard the cries and howls of wolves - The village  head got worried  , he knew that the wolves were descending down the mountain in search for food .

So , the village  head hurriedly  sent out the word  that he wanted  every single  house in the village  to send a man of their house to  join the hunting team in return he will pay them forty wen ( forty copper coins ) . The villagers  were anxious  and afraid  but they still did as the village  head asked them to do all except  Grandma Lin  . 

At that  time Lin Jing 's father had already  crossed to the other  side of the river . So , other than his uncle  there was no other man in their house but how could Grandma Lin  bear  to send her precious  son to hunt ferocious  wolves ? But she didn't  want to lose the forty wen either , in the end she told Lin Jing  that as long as he joined the hunting party she will give him twenty wen .

After his father's  death their  family  was already  suffering and Lin Yu  was only six years old but he was weak and frail. And because  he was malnourished  ,he looked like three years old thus Lin Jing  wanted to supplement  him with drumsticks in the end , Lin Jing  agreed for the sake of his younger  brother  .

He who had never  seen a wolf thought  that they  might be a little bigger than dogs  not to mention he was still young a bit rash so he  joined the hunting party .

But when the pack of wolves descended  down the mountain  Lin Jing  finally realized how wrong was he , he was  the youngest and the smallest with no hunting skills so it wasn't  surprising  that he was the one to go down  first ... If old hunter Zhu  didn't  saved  him  maybe  he too would be standing  by his father's  side waiting for his brothers  and mother to cross  the river with the hope that they arrive very late. 

But even  though Old hunter Zhu  saved him he still got injured and ended up scarring  his neck as for the money heh , it naturally went to Grandma Lin 's pocket .  His mother was no match for his grandmother  thus when he woke up he wasn't  surprised  that the money was gone .

Now  he learned hunting skills from  Old hunter Zhu so he wasn't  afraid  of going to the mountains but Su Wan  was different  , if he took her there and something  happened how will he protect  her ? 

Even though Lin Jing didn't  tell her , Su Wan  understood that he was afraid of taking her to the mountains  but she really needed to go to the mountains.  After she thought  for a while  she realized that this era was naturally rich , it was literally rolling in natural  resources  . Su Wan  really  wanted to try her luck - but if Lin Jing didn't  agree - then she just have to make him agree ! 

Determined  she pushed  her body off the mattress and did something  that she shouldn't  have done at all -  She ! Sat ! On! Top ! Of ! Lin ! Jing ! 

Ah , she really was playing  with fire.