I'm in high school, is my dating system working correctly?

Chapter 92 You can touch it anywhere.

"Can you sit up?"

Lu Yu glanced at the bed and saw that there seemed to be a towel on the sheets. He wondered how Cheng Bailu was feeling.

Ibuprofen is essentially just a pain reliever; it only treats the symptoms, not the underlying cause.

"Um.

""

Cheng Bailu lacked her usual aloofness and was no longer as lively as when she was with Lu Yu. She looked slightly weak and tried to prop herself up.

Lu Yu quickly reached out and helped her up, leaning her against the headboard.

It is very light, very soft, and very petite.

When Lu Yu touched her back through her pajamas, he could even feel her slender frame.

The girl was wearing a simple light blue pajama set, the kind that costs 39 yuan a set in the supermarket, the same kind that Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun bought as a couple last time.

It was also the first time Lu Yu had seen her dressed in her pajamas at home.

Her naturally wavy hair fell loosely, and her collarbone and fair skin were faintly visible through the neckline of her pajamas. Without the constraints of her school uniform, Cheng Bailu gave off the feeling of a girl next door. She was the kind of well-behaved girl who sat quietly under a tree reading a book while other young people were laughing and playing.

She was still holding the doll in her arms, as if she were holding a real kitten.

"I made you some warming tea, it should help relieve your symptoms. I didn't add any brown sugar, so don't worry."

Lu Yu brought over a bowl.

Cheng Bailu wanted to take it, but the boy wouldn't let go.

"It wouldn't be good if you didn't hold it properly, here you go."

Lu Yu picked up the spoon, looking as if he was about to feed her.

"I... I can drink it myself."

Cheng Bailu said embarrassedly, not knowing whether it was because of the effects of the medicine, because of her appearance in her pajamas, or because of Lu Yu's unusually gentle and composed demeanor, she felt a little dizzy and her cheeks were burning. She wanted to find a place to hide.

"This is a treatment that even Zhou Qianyun has never enjoyed. You should cherish it."

Lu Yu searches for the enemy in the opposite direction of the void.

The girl froze.

She pursed her lips, her gaze drifting until it landed on the bowl of warm tea.

"Oh well."

I'll agree to it for now.

That makes sense now; the top student in the grade.

Lu Yu scooped up a spoonful, gently blew on it to cool it, and fed it to Cheng Bailu's slightly pale lips.

Her small mouth opened slightly, revealing a glimpse of her pink tongue. She took a small sip of the lukewarm tea, her throat bobbing as she swallowed it all.

I don't know why, but even though she looks very innocent and her movements are very ordinary, there's just a subtle... allure about her?

Lu Yu thought he might be overthinking things.

"It tastes so good!"

Cheng Bailu's eyes widened.

Regardless of whether Lu Yu made it on purpose, it's something that would be praised even if one drank it at any other time.

"Slow down."

Lu Yu patiently fed Cheng Bailu most of the bowl, and seeing that her complexion had improved, he prepared to support her and feed her directly with the bowl.

The girl visibly flinched when the touch was made to her lower back.

"Excuse me."

Lu Yu realized he was losing his sense of boundaries and quickly withdrew his hand, but his wrist was grabbed.

Cheng Bailu pulled her hand out from under the covers, where she was holding the Hakimi doll.

"No, it's okay, you can touch it."

She only looked away in a bit of a panic after realizing that she had subconsciously grabbed Lu Yu.

"Anywhere is fine."

Do you want to hear what you're saying, Cheng Bailu?

Lu Yu knew, of course, that she meant not to worry about so much and that he could take care of her without any worries, but this ambiguity was too serious.

Imagine a beautiful, innocent-looking girl in her pajamas, lying in bed, saying these words to you without any warning. Even someone as virtuous as Lu Yu would find his heart racing.

of course.

Zhou Qianyun wouldn't say that. When she does, it's usually because she wants Lu Yu to massage her shoulders or neck.

"I... I mean..."

""

Cheng Bailu realized her slip of the tongue and her face flushed instantly, as if she had just drunk not a warming tea, but some kind of special medicine that would raise her body temperature.

"Come on, drink up."

Lu Yu placed his right hand on her lower back and brought the bowl to her lips.

After falling silent, Cheng Bailu obediently opened her mouth and gulped down the rest of the liquid.

There was still a little bit of residue at the corner of her mouth.

Seeing that it was about to flow down, Lu Yu reached out and gently wiped it away.

Almost simultaneously, Cheng Bailu also felt the tea on the corner of her mouth and unconsciously stuck out her tongue to lick it off.

My fingers felt slightly warm.

They quickly pulled back.

"ah..

""

Cheng Bailu realized what she had just licked and lowered her head in a panic.

"I'll go get some tissues."

Lu Yu got up and grabbed two tissues from his desk.

The sensation of my fingers seems to still be there.

He blinked, wiped it away, and handed Cheng Bailu a tissue.

"Steamed...steamed clams?"

Cheng Bailu mimicked the lines from a short video Lu Yu had watched, but quickly realized this wasn't the time for abstract thinking. Her face flushed, and she took a tissue to gently wipe the corner of her mouth.

The sensation on the tip of my tongue has not yet faded.

There was a sound at the door, and Qin Sangyu returned.

"I'll go help you, you lie down a little longer."

Lu Yu hurried to the kitchen, and Cheng Bailu peeked out and heard the two chatting faintly. After a while, Cheng Yichuan came out, and Lu Yu greeted him and they talked about some topics related to watch parts.

The boy didn't seem like an abrupt guest; rather, he felt as harmonious as a member of the family.

Very reassuring.

I wish time could just flow by quietly like this.

lunch.

Cheng Bailu casually tied her hair into a bun and changed into an outfit suitable for going out.

She wore a black cotton T-shirt and slightly loose old jeans, but without socks. Her fair and delicate little feet were in light pink old plastic sandals. Unlike Zhou Qianyun, she didn't wear nail polish. Her feet were natural and simple, with the toes forming a perfect arc.

Lovely.

Lu Yu then realized that his new slippers were the same style as Cheng Bailu's, one big and one small, giving the impression of being couple shoes.

It probably wasn't bought on purpose.

Cheng Bailu sat down and found that Lu Yu was sitting next to her.

Hmm, that makes sense. He sat here last time, and he seemed perfectly normal then.

Relax, Cheng Bailu.

Lunch was quite plentiful, including a three-delicacy soup with fish cakes and fish balls, fried lotus root slices, lotus root balls, stir-fried amaranth, and stir-fried pork with chili peppers.

"You look much better, Bailu."

Qin Sangyu served food to Cheng Yichuan while glancing at her daughter.

"It must be because the tea brewed by Lu Yu was really effective."

Cheng Bailu was a little too shy to look at the boy next to her, but she followed suit and picked up a fish ball and gave it to Lu Yu.

"Try it, my mom made it."

"Absolutely, after all, there's a thousand years of wind and sand from the Tang Dynasty."

Lu Yu replied with a line from a song lyric and then picked up a fried lotus root cake for her.

"Try some of what I made."

Looking at the two young people, Qin Sangyu and Cheng Yichuan exchanged a glance and smiled broadly.

"Bai Lu, which dish do you think is the most delicious?"

Qin Sangyu suddenly asked a question.

Cheng Bailu thought about it for a moment out of habit and realized that something seemed off about the question; there was an underlying meaning in the words.

If he chooses fish balls, will Lu Yu think his cooking skills are lacking?

But choosing either fried lotus root slices or lotus root balls seems to favor Lu Yu.

It's so hard to choose.

It's much harder than math.

"Auntie, I think the fish balls are delicious. They're chewy and bouncy on the outside, and soft and smooth on the inside, with all the broth soaking in."

Lu Yu came to the rescue.

"Really? If you like it, eat more."

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Qin Sangyu smiled broadly.

"Hmm, I think lotus root balls are quite delicious, maybe because I haven't eaten them often before."

Cheng Bailu gave the answer, secretly glancing at Lu Yu beside her.

He didn't seem to care and ate his food heartily.

"Actually, I'll let you in on a secret: the fish balls were also made by Xiao Lu."

Qin Sangyu spoke loudly, as if plotting something.

"what?"

Cheng Bailu was taken aback, looking at the fish balls and then at Lu Yu.

"But this taste..."

'

It looks exactly like what Mom made!

"Xiao Lu's cooking skills are really good, and he learns very quickly. I only taught him once and he learned it. Doesn't it taste exactly the same as mine?"

Faced with Qin Sangyu's question, Cheng Bailu nodded blankly.

"Right? From now on, Xiao Lu can make fish balls with our family's flavor for you too."

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The girl lowered her eyes at her mother's words.

Later?

"Of course! I'll find a chance to make more fried lotus root slices and lotus root balls and have Cheng Bailu bring them back for you. Anyway, they can be eaten after just being heated in the microwave."

Lu Yu accepted that sentence.

"From now on, I'll help make fish balls."

Upon hearing this...

Cheng Bailu looked up at the boy beside her, and a warm flutter rose in her chest.

If only Lu Yu were really from my family.

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"You two stay home, your dad and I are going to the park for a walk. We haven't been out in ages."

After the meal.

Qin Sangyu and Cheng Yichuan changed their shoes at the door.

"You can cook at home or eat out tonight, it's fine either way."

She trusted Lu Yu quite a bit and seemed to regard him as family.

"what?"

Cheng Bailu hadn't expected her mother to pull this move.

I wanted to persuade them to stay, but then I remembered that it was a rare opportunity for my parents to go out together on the holiday, so I could only nod and watch them leave.

Only she and he remained in the room.

Kind of embarrassing.

"Are you feeling alright?"

"Yes, thank you for the warming tea. I feel much better."

Cheng Bailu regained a lot of her color, and at least she had more energy to walk and talk.

"So what should we say this afternoon?"

Lu Yu had his own plans, but he still sought the girl's opinion first.

"I don't know."

Cheng Bailu lowered her head, her toes twitching slightly.

"What do you usually do on your days off when you have nothing to do?"

Lu Yu also took the opportunity to inquire about Cheng Bailu's free time.

"Do the problems."

Relying on studying to pass your rest time? You're something else, top student in the grade!

"Besides doing practice problems, it's about relaxing a bit."

"How about some easy questions?"

That's too much of a genius; I could never learn that.

In fact, Cheng Bailu would watch TV with her parents for a while in the evenings, secretly check the chat in the class group, and during long holidays, she would borrow novels from the library to read or go for a run. Recently, she would also search for words she didn't understand in Lu Yu's chat with her, and watch videos or something.

In Lu Yu's words, it's called surfing the internet.

However, this wasn't what she wanted to do with Lu Yu. She felt it was a bit, well, ordinary.

"Is there any way to spend time that makes me feel happy and joyful?"

Lu Yu patiently and skillfully guided him.

Feeling happy and joyful...

Cheng Bailu raised her head slightly, her clear eyes looking at Lu Yu.

"Well, I'm happy just being with you now."

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