Under a certain someone’s burning gaze, Xu Yuanfei cooked a bowl of hangover soup. She tasted it. It wasn’t anything delicious. It was bitter and astringent, but she still scooped a bowl for Jing Hanchuan.

He was sitting on the sofa and stirring the soup bowl with a spoon. Just by smelling the pungent smell, he felt a little more awake.

Actually, there were not many medicinal herbs in it. They were all nourishing food. There might even be some ingredients with strong smells mixed in, causing the entire soup to have a strong scent.

Xu Yuanfei also scooped a bowl and sat opposite him, staring at him drinking the soup.

The spoon pressed against his lips. He only opened his mouth a little, and his throat slid. He seemed to have drunk it.

“Does it taste good? How do you feel?” She looked forward to his answer eagerly.

“You’ll understand after tasting it.”

Xu Yuanfei took a sip. When she tried the taste earlier, it was just a light taste. Now that she took a big sip and felt the bitterness entering her throat, the taste was devastating.

But she couldn’t show too much disgust. After all, she had cooked the soup herself. She could only endure it, and her face turned red.

Then she heard a certain someone’s low laughter.

The tips of her ears heated up, and a layer of red crept up.

She lowered her eyes, feeling embarrassed, helpless, and a little flustered.

Jing Hanchuan got up and went out for a while. When he returned, he had a box in his hands. He took out a piece of candy from it and passed it to her. “Stop biting your lips and eat this.”

When Xu Yuanfei looked up, a piece of cream-colored coconut candy was already delivered to her mouth. She hesitated before reaching out to take it in the end. She put it in her mouth and bit it lightly.

“Is it sweet?”

“Yeah.” Xu Yuanfei nodded.

But Jing Hanchuan drank a full bowl of soup and didn’t seem to taste the bitterness. He didn’t even frown.

“I’ll go wash the dishes.” Xu Yuanfei carried the bowls and went to the kitchen.

At this moment, Jing Hanchuan was indeed much more sober. The hangover soup was too strong, choking him so much that all his senses seemed to open up in an instant. He wasn’t drunk at all.

Xu Yuanfei felt a little embarrassed. The first time she made this for him, she had failed. She felt disappointed. Coupled with the fact that he had followed her to the kitchen, her heart trembled even more uneasily. She hurriedly rolled up her sleeves and put her hands in the water.

The heating in the house was very strong. Moreover, she was washing the dishes with hot water, so she didn’t feel cold. But the sleeves she had hurriedly rolled up were slowly sliding down her forearms and about to touch the soap foam…

At this moment, Xu Yuanfei’s hands were in the water. She was about to wash them and roll up her sleeves again when Jing Hanchuan walked to her side.

He reached out his hands.

Starting from her lower arm, his fingers gently rolled up the sleeve of her sweater. His fingers were still very hot, and they gently brushed against her slightly hot forearm…

It was warm and hot.

“Thank you,” Xu Yuanfei thanked softly.

“I should be the one thanking you for specially staying to take care of me.” Jing Hanchuan lowered his head. His movements were extremely gentle and slow, and even the edges of the rolls were unusually neat.

“Do you have any plans for New Year’s?”

Xu Yuanfei was staring at his hands seriously. She exclaimed in surprise and then shook her head.

Ninety percent of the customers in her store were students of the teachers college. After the holidays, her business was naturally light, so it didn’t matter if she opened for business or not.

“I’m going on a trip with Fu Chen and the others. Do you want to come?” Jing Hanchuan asked. His voice was calm, and there was no emotion in his words.

“Your group?”

“Yes?”

“It doesn’t seem good for me to go. You guys have a good relationship.” After all, Xu Yuanfei’s relationship with Fu Chen and the others was still separated by a layer, so they weren’t that close.

Most importantly, Fu Chen knew her true identity and motive for getting close to Jing Hanchuan. This man’s thoughts were too deep. If he suddenly revealed her identity, she wouldn’t be able to live anymore.

Jing Hanchuan didn’t say anything…

The atmosphere instantly became a little stiff.

After washing the dishes, the two of them sat on two sofas, seemingly not knowing what to do.

At first, Xu Yuanfei was still very nervous. She kept wanting to talk to him about something. After scrolling through her phone for a while, she couldn’t keep her eyes open anymore. She had been busy with the store during the day and didn’t even have lunch. Even her dinner had been rushed and dealt with carelessly. At this moment, her energy was low.

The sofa was fluffy and soft. After leaning against it for a bit, she soon fell asleep.

Jing Hanchuan wasn’t sleepy at all. Seeing that she was asleep, he called her softly, but there was no answer.

He got up and prepared to carry her into the room to sleep. Actually…

There was also a section in the house with a bed and a blanket. It was a two-bedroom condo next door that had been bought and directly connected. In the future, it would be left as a guest room, so it had been simplified in advance.

“Xu Yuanfei?” Jing Hanchuan walked to her side and called out a few times, but there was no response.

He sat beside her and tilted his head to look at her.

Lights and shadows intertwined, casting mottled brilliance on her face. His gaze went from her eyebrows and nose to her red mouth, and his throat started to dry up again.

She secretly kissed me once before. I have to settle this score.

At the thought of this, Jing Hanchuan leaned over gently.

The girl’s breathing was very light and almost imperceptible. Only her chest was heaving. He reached out gently. Just as his fingertips touched the softness at the corner of her lips, a certain corner of his heart seemed to collapse in an instant.

It was unbelievably soft.

Even his breathing instantly became deep.

Because she was leaning against the sofa and her body was very thin, but she was wearing an extremely wide sweater with a slightly big collar, a portion of her collarbone and half of her fair skin were revealed.

It was already past three in the morning.

Night…

It was quiet and dark. The snow was raging outside, and the cold wind was blowing, covering the sky. He leaned over and slowly…

He was a little unrestrained, but he didn’t make a sound.

His lips landed on a small piece of skin at the corner of her mouth, and he seemed to be able to accurately feel the jump and flow of her blood.

He gently rubbed the corner of her lips.

Xu Yuanfei had a faint sweet taste on her body, so he couldn’t help opening his mouth and gently biting her lips. His entire body seemed to be wrapped in an unknown desire.

He was happy and even excited.

There was a sense of hunger and thirst, as if a floodgate had been opened, making his entire body restless and uneasy.

It was getting a little out of control.

…

The bathroom here hadn’t been tidied up yet, so Jing Hanchuan could only wear some clothes and go downstairs for a walk. The fluttering snowflakes wrapped around him.

It was biting and cold.

At this moment, his entire body was hot, especially his chest.

The Jing family members waiting downstairs were puzzled when they saw Sixth Master coming down.

Miss Xu has already been up there for so long. According to the normal progress of a single man and a single woman, they should be rolling around together in a room…

Why did he go downstairs to enjoy the cold wind?

Is it not warm upstairs, or is the girl not pretty enough?

I really don’t understand what Sixth Master wants.

Actually, Jing Hanchuan definitely knew what he wanted. But sometimes, the more he cherished the person or thing he wanted, the more careful he would be when dealing with them.

He was afraid of breaking it and losing it.

Tonight, he was certain that Xu Yuanfei had him in her heart. But when he asked her out, she rejected him again?

It was impossible for him to do anything when there was a group of people going together. Did she have to reject him so quickly?

Or was it too sudden to go on a trip together now?

…

But she had already rejected him once, so he had to consider carefully it before inviting her again.

The next day, when Fu Chen called him to ask who was going, he crossed out Xu Yuanfei’s name first.

“Miss Xu isn’t going?” Fu Chen rubbed his prayer beads with his fingers, seemingly in disbelief.

He knew Xu Yuanfei wanted to woo Jing Hanchuan, but she actually let go of such a good opportunity? It was obviously not normal.

“Not going for now.”

“Okay,” Fu Chen replied.

In the afternoon, when Jing Hanchuan was fishing in the backyard, he received a call from Fu Chen, saying that he had asked Xu Yuanfei and that she would go.

This made Jing Hanchuan feel a little depressed. His invitation at the time had been very formal, but she had said that it wasn’t good for her to go and rejected him directly. Why did it completely change when it came to Fu Chen?

She said she couldn’t go when I asked, but she agreed to Fu Chen’s invitation.

Could it be that in her heart, I’m not as important as Fu Chen?

“She said she would go?” Jing Hanchuan confirmed again.

“Yes, I’ve already confirmed it. Did you really mention this to her?” Fu Chen smiled. “The time has been set. When the time comes, you can drive with her there.”

Jing Hanchuan gripped his fishing pole tightly. He really couldn’t figure out what Fu Chen had said to her.