Warm medicine emits fragrance

Fan Liuer wasn't angry at being scolded. Instead, she looked at Li Chenbi and asked again.

"Second Master, are you really not going to try some? It's delicious."

"I baked it for a long time, keeping a close eye on it the whole time, afraid that it would burn. Although it did burn a little, it actually tastes better when it's a little burnt, with a nice caramelized aroma."

As she spoke, she placed another half of the roasted sweet potato in front of Li Chenbi, her voice gentle, "Try it, it's really delicious."

As if possessed, Li Chenbi lowered his head and took a bite of Fan Liuer's hand.

To be honest, it was really delicious.

But after taking one bite, he refused to eat any more. Fan Liuer pressed him, "What's wrong? Is it not good?"

That can't be right. This sweet potato tastes so good. Does this person have a problem with their sense of taste?

Or was it not baked properly?

She took a bite of the other half, and it was still sweet, soft, and delicious.

It was so delicious that she couldn't resist taking another bite.

We'd better eat it quickly, or it won't taste good if it gets cold.

Seeing that the man was eating with gusto, Li Chenbi became unhappy again.

He couldn't stand seeing Fan Liuer happy on her own.

Correct!

He just didn't like Fan Liuer focusing her attention on other things, even if it was just a roasted sweet potato.

He was also unhappy.

"Isn't this for me to eat? What am I supposed to eat after you've finished?" He released Fan Liuer and spoke coldly.

Fan Liuer had already finished her half-eaten food. Swallowing the food from the corner of her mouth, she said, "Didn't you say you didn't like it?"

Did I say I didn't like it?

He hadn't said anything, and Fan Liuer couldn't find a way to refute him. Besides, she still had to coax him, so she put the half that he had bitten back to his mouth.

"Here, if you're not full, there's more in the stove. I've burned several already."

Li Chenbi tilted his head back, looking disgusted. "Fan Liuer, do you want me to eat like you, with my mouth all black?"

Fan Liuer knew that her mouth probably didn't look very good right now, since the sweet potato she had just eaten was roasted too dark.

Looking at Li Chenbi again, who was clean and tidy, she could hardly imagine that his mouth was covered in smears.

So he withdrew his hand, carefully peeled off the outer skin, and handed it to Li Chenbi.

"Now I won't get my mouth dirty."

Li Chenbi kept staring at her. The way she carefully peeled the skin with her head down was obedient and gentle, and she was doing this for him.

Just thinking about it warmed his heart.

It wasn't the unbearable heat that made him feel comfortable; on the contrary, it made him feel very at ease.

He lowered his head and ate the sweet potato that Fan Liuer had peeled; he thought this bite was even tastier than the previous one.

The sweet potato wasn't very big to begin with, and after being cut in half, there wasn't much left. Li Chenbi ate almost all of it in just two bites.

He seemed somewhat unsatisfied.

Fan Liuer thought that since he had finished eating, he probably wouldn't be angry with her anymore.

"He who eats another's food is bound to him, isn't he?"

With a smile, he asked, "Second Master, isn't it delicious?"

Li Chenbi glanced at her. "Not bad."

Fan Liuer was very satisfied with this answer. For Li Chenbi to say something like "acceptable" was already quite good.

"Then..." she meant, since we've already eaten, let's hurry up and leave.

She still had a few sweet potatoes left to eat; she'd have to wait until he left to enjoy them slowly.

"I'm not full."

"Huh??" Fan Liuer didn't react for a moment.

Li Chenbi had already walked towards the stove, stood in front of it, and glanced sideways into the stove hole.

"Didn't you say there were still some inside?"

Fan Liu'er was a little displeased. She pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to eat more?"

Li Chenbi straightened up, glanced at her, and replied with an affirmative, "Mm."

"This... eating too much late at night is not good; it can easily cause indigestion," Fan Liuer said hesitantly.

"It's nothing, I just go to bed late."

Fan Liuer secretly pursed her lips and said, "Eating too many sweet potatoes will make you fart, which is not in keeping with your status, Second Master."

"It's fine, we're not going out anyway."

Fan Liuer was speechless, but she really didn't want to.

It's one thing to be reluctant to part with him, but she doesn't want to spend too much time with Li Chenbi anymore. His temper is unpredictable, and he's really hard to please.

Seeing her troubled expression, Li Chenbi felt a sense of relief and lazily asked, "What's wrong? Can't bear to part with it?"

"Fan Liuer, this entire North Courtyard belongs to me, and these sweet potatoes are mine too. It's one thing for you to break the rules and sneak out in the middle of the night, but you even stole my sweet potatoes. I'm already being kind by not punishing you, and yet you're still so stingy?"

"No way!" Fan Liuer immediately retorted, determined not to let Li Chenbi pin the blame on her, otherwise he would find another way to torment her.

"How could I be reluctant? It's my honor that Second Master is willing to eat my roasted sweet potato. I'll peel it for you right now!"

After saying that, she quickly walked to the stove hole, sat down, picked up the tongs on the ground, and rummaged through the stove hole to find a few more sweet potatoes.

Just as I was about to reach out to pick it up, a shadow fell beside me.

She glanced sideways and met his eyes, slightly taken aback. "Second Master, why are you sitting here? It's dirty."

Li Chenbi gestured to the sweet potato on the ground, "Peel it."

Fan Liuer glanced at the still-burning embers in the stove and added, "It's very hot in here."

She had been tending the fire for so long, and the place wasn't spacious; when she sat down, she was directly facing the stove opening, where the temperature was much higher than outside.

This temperature was comfortable for her, but for Li Chenbi, it was torture.

Li Chenbi was indeed feeling very uncomfortable. As soon as he sat down, the heat hit him, making his skin burn.

But he didn't want to leave; he felt very comfortable being squeezed together with Fan Liuer.

It was so good that he didn't want to move.

"Stand up," he gestured to Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer, puzzled, stood up and asked in confusion, "What...?"

Before she could speak, Li Chenbi spread his legs, placed the small stool she had been sitting on between his legs, grabbed her arm, and pulled her down to sit.

Before Fan Liuer could react, people had already crowded around her from behind.

He pulled her into his arms, wrapped his arms around her stomach, pressed his legs against hers, and buried his face in the back of her neck.

"That way it won't be hot."

The two had done everything together, more intimately and more nakedly, but never before had Fan Liuer felt her heart pounding like it was going to jump out of her chest.

thump.

thump.

thump.

Her heart was restless in her chest, which made Fan Liuer's mind a bit confused.

Is it because it's too hot?

Perhaps so. In front of her was the warmth emanating from the stove hole, and behind her was Li Chenbi, a human-shaped heater. She was enveloped by two different streams of heat, and every inch of her skin was being cared for.

It's warm and comfortable.

She felt so comfortable that she was a little happy.

"Fan Liuer." Li Chenbi's voice came from behind.

Fan Liuer turned her head to look over, and Li Chenbi looked up, their eyes meeting.

The atmosphere was so wonderful that Li Chenbi was somewhat distracted.

He hadn't touched Fan Liuer for so many days, and now that he was holding her in his arms, he couldn't help himself.

But when he saw Fan Liuer's dirty face, the idea of ​​kissing her was abandoned again.

"Stop being lazy, hurry up and peel it."

"oh."