"Are you... feeling better now?"
After waiting for ten minutes, An Nuonuo asked again, her voice tentative.
Her radiant eyes were filled with concern.
Jiang Xu felt somewhat guilty seeing her like this.
Was deceiving her really a good idea?
Jiang Xu wanted to smack himself.
How could he let himself be distracted at a time like this?
He said in a 'weak' voice, "It'll be alright soon, just wait a little longer."
An Nuonuo didn't respond, but the concern in her eyes deepened.
"Plop!"
A teardrop fell on Jiang Xu's face.
She was crying!
Jiang Xu panicked immediately, "Don't cry, I'm okay."
He quickly sat her up and moved his body a bit.
"See, I'm fine... ah! Don't bite!"
The very next second, Jiang Xu let out a shriek.
His left arm was seized by An Nuonuo, who bit down on it hard.
Only after about twenty seconds did An Nuonuo let go.
There was a deep bite mark left on Jiang Xu's arm.
Wiping her tear-streaked face, the young girl choked out, "If you... if you deceive me again...
I... I won't talk to you for at least ten... no, five hours."
Jiang Xu couldn't stop rubbing the bitten area on his arm.
He regretted it, deeply regretted it.
Not for deceiving her just now.
But for teaching her to bite.
Now, she seemed to enjoy biting at the slightest provocation.
He was the one who always suffered for it.
An Nuonuo was still angry.
Jiang Xu quickly promised that he would never deceive her again.
Yes.
At most, he would just tell white lies, which didn't count as deception.
After that, An Nuonuo ran back up to the second floor.
Jiang Xu smiled broadly.
Tonight had been rewarding.
Even now, he could still smell her sweet scent.
He went back to his room as well.
As he was about to lie down, there was a knock at the door.
Then he saw An Nuonuo walk in.
She approached Jiang Xu.
She lifted his left arm silently.
An Nuonuo held a tube of ointment in her hand, applying it to his wound.
Jiang Xu smiled.
This girl really was kindhearted.
The bite mark would disappear by itself after a while, there was no need to apply ointment.
However, he played along for appearance's sake.
"Ouch, can you be gentler, it really hurts."
"Could you please be more gentle, it's nearly bleeding."
An Nuonuo's face turned as red as a beetroot, what kind of wolfish language was this?
After applying the ointment to Jiang Xu's wound, An Nuonuo made to leave.
Jiang Xu said, "I don't know if this wound will become inflamed tonight.
Why don't you stay just in case? I can let you have half of the bed."
Naturally, An Nuonuo couldn't possibly agree to this.
After shooting Jiang Xu a big eye roll, she quickly left.
Jiang Xu lay down on his bed, the corners of his mouth turning upwards.
He fell asleep quickly.
The next day, upon waking up, Jiang Xu was greeted with the smell of food.
Walking into the living room.
He saw An Nuonuo, clad in an apron, serving breakfast.
A plate of fried dough sticks, four large meat buns, two bowls of soy milk, and two fried eggs.
Nutritious and rich.
"Go brush your teeth and wash your face, then eat," An Nuonuo said, keeping her head lowered, unable to meet Jiang Xu's gaze.
In her mind, she kept recalling what Jiang Xu had done after eating cake the previous night.
"Alright!"
Jiang Xu looked at the shyness of An Nuonuo, grinning from ear to ear.
So adorable!
Most of the breakfast ended up in Jiang Xu's stomach.
It seemed that An Nuonuo's culinary skills had improved, the dishes she cooked tasted better and better.
After finishing their meal, they washed the dishes together before heading to school as usual.
"Jiang Xu, come out, I need to talk to you."
As soon as they entered the classroom, Jiang Xu was called out by Fu Yanjie.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Xu looked at Fu Yanjie who appeared to be hesitant."Is it about a woman?"
"Absolutely not!" Fu Yanjie almost jumped.
Got it.
Based on his reaction, he certainly had hit the bullseye.
Resigned, he asked: "What do you want to know?"
"It's like...um..." Fu Yanjie scratched his head: "I have a friend..."
Jiang Xu: "Typical."
Fu Yanjie: "What?"
Jiang Xu: "Nothing, continue."
"Oh..." Fu Yanjie continued: "So, I have a friend... once again stating, it's not me ha, it has nothing to do with me.
He recently fell for a round-faced girl who is two years older than him, she's very beautiful.
But after pursuing her for a while, he feels that girl doesn't like him... I mean, my friend, what should he do?"
Jiang Xu: "That's simple, find someone else to chase."
Fu Yanjie: "But my friend is unable to move on, what should he do then?"
Jiang Xu gave him a pat on the shoulder, earnestly saying: "Tell your friend from me.
The girl you can't get over, someone else might have already gotten her."
Having said that, he turned and returned to the classroom, leaving Fu Yanjie looking dumbstruck.
After a while, he came to his senses.
He instinctively clutched his chest.
Ouch, it hurt so much.
Before school ended in the afternoon, the class teacher walked into the classroom: "Students, considering how intense the studying has been recently.
Therefore, the school has decided that this Sunday, which is tomorrow, will be a day off."
As soon as these words were uttered, there was a huge cheer from all the students.
Fu Yanjie was the most excited.
He roared out loud, even standing up: "Teacher, you've finally done something human."
The classroom fell quiet all of a sudden.
Everyone stared in disbelief at Fu Yanjie.
Jiang Xu couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Dude, you're brave."
Fu Yanjie was thrown off balance.
In his excitement just now, he had spilled out his true feelings.
He hurriedly explained: "Teacher, let me explain, I meant you're behaving like a human... no, that's not right, you're not doing human things...
Argh, that's wrong too, what I mean is, Teacher... sob sob sob, I can't make excuses anymore."
The teacher's face grew dark as a cooking pot bottom, said annoyed: "Double your homework, if you haven't finished it by Monday, prepare for punishment."
Having said that, he left the classroom.
The next second, the classroom exploded with laughter.
Fu Yanjie propped himself on the desk, looking utterly despondent.
It's over, all over.
He could already picture his future, it was definitely going to be gloomy.
Jiang Xu slung his backpack, walked up to him.
He gave him a pat: "Okay, don't get so upset, it's just offending the class teacher, a minor issue.
At worst, you just have to do more homework, clean more, get called on by the teacher a few more times, run more errands, it's not a big deal."
Fu Yanjie gave him a resentful look: "Jiang Xu, you're a real jerk."
"Insulting me?" Jiang Xu shrugged: "I was originally going to invite you to a barbecue tomorrow, forget it then."
Fu Yanjie immediately stood up: "Bro, take me with you."
Jiang Xu kicked him in the ass: "Get lost, you disgusting zero."
Fu Yanjie: "What's a zero?"
Jiang Xu: "A kind of heresy."
The afternoon on the day off, the air was filled with the scent of freedom.
Students were leaving the school in twos and threes.
Jiang Xu and An Nuonuo, pushing their bikes, followed the crowd out.
Looking at An Nuonuo's perfect side profile, Jiang Xu had a thought.
He spurted out: "Nuonuo, how about tonight we…"