Luo Jingyan's cheeks flushed red. Was he saying the maltose was sweet, or...?

"You fed me, so I want to feed you too."

He took a bite of the maltose in her hand, put it in his mouth, and then passed it to her mouth until the maltose in their mouths was melted by their saliva, entered their stomachs, and disappeared completely in their mouths.

When they parted, Luo Jingyan felt her tongue was numb.

That bastard, if he won't bite her lips, he'll bite her tongue.

The satisfied expression on his face, a look of triumph, was incredibly gratifying.

He continued to hold her in his arms: "If you're not satisfied, you can bite me however you want."

"I'm not biting anymore, I'm not a dog."

Half an hour later, the other educated youths returned, and Xue Yanchen stayed for a while longer before leaving.

After Xue Yanchen left, Luo Jingyan wanted to take a stroll in the mountains.

She led Black Tiger out of the educated youth settlement, and when they reached the foot of the mountain, she released Fat Tiger as well. Fat Tiger ran and frolicked with Black Tiger.

Luo Jingyan hadn't walked far when she actually saw Xue Yanchen.

"Jingyan".

"Yanchen."

There was still a lot of snow on the mountain that hadn't melted, and Xue Yanchen actually came up there too.

"I had nothing to do when I got back to the educated youth settlement, so I came up here to wander around," Xue Yanchen said.

“Me too.” Luo Jingyan smiled. “If I had known, we would have come together.”

Let's take a walk together.

"Um."

They walked a little further, and Luo Jingyan noticed that the ground ahead was covered with footprints, but they weren't all from one person: "Who do you think comes here often? There are so many footprints on the ground. It looks like they come here frequently."

Xue Yanchen subconsciously glanced at his shoes: "Some people just like walking in the snow."

Luo Jingyan also glanced at his shoes; he must be one of them.

Two hours later, they decided to descend the mountain.

Xue Yanchen escorted Luo Jingyan back to the educated youth settlement.

As he approached the foot of the mountain, Xue Yanchen noticed a pile of messy plum blossom-shaped footprints on the snow, resembling the paw prints left by a kitten. He looked around and saw that from the direction of the depths of the mountain, there were two rows of small footprints, but in the opposite direction of the pile of plum blossom-shaped footprints, there was only one row of the same footprints.

He didn't find any trace of another cat approaching; one of the cats seemed to have appeared out of thin air, which he found incredible.

Furthermore, there was only one row of footprints on the path up the mountain. He subconsciously glanced at Luo Jingyan's footprints, which were exactly the same size.

It just so happens that she came down the mountain from here, and she must have come up from here as well.

Luo Jingyan has a black cat, so where did the other cat come from?

He guessed that Luo Jingyan must still be hiding a secret, but since she was unwilling to tell him, it must be something he couldn't know, and he would respect her secret.

Even if she never tells him, he won't ask. As long as she can be happy with him, nothing else matters.

Xue Yanchen left when they were almost at the educated youth settlement. Black Tiger and Fatty Tiger caught up with him, and Luo Jingyan let Fatty Tiger into her space.

In the evening, Zhuang Feifei decided to take advantage of the Lu New Year's Eve to get close to Lu Chengye at the Lu family home.

She took out a packet of candy from her spatial storage and knocked on the door of the Lu family. Lu's mother opened the door for her, and when she saw a young and beautiful girl outside, she frowned slightly.

"Young lady, who are you looking for?"

With a polite smile on her face, Zhuang Feifei said, "Auntie, my name is Zhuang Feifei. I'm an educated youth here. Is Comrade Lu Chengye home?"

"exist."

"Can I go in to find him?"

Seeing that she spoke obediently, Lu's mother let her in: "He's at home, come on in."

Zhuang Feifei and Lu's mother walked into the house together. Lu Chengye was a little surprised: "Zhuang Zhiqing, what brings you here?"

Zhuang Feifei handed the candy she was holding to Lu's mother: "I'm here to bring you candy."

Lu's mother and Lu Chengye naturally tried to refuse, but Zhuang Feifei used the excuse that she was friends with Lu Chengye to refuse to take it back.

At this moment, Lu Jiu'er came out of the house, and when she and Zhuang Feifei met eyes, both of them showed surprised expressions.

Zhuang Feifei instantly guessed why Lu Jiu'er was in this house. Could she be Lu Chengye's sister?

Lu Jiu'er disliked Zhuang Feifei very much and said coldly, "What are you doing at my house? We don't welcome you."

Afterwards, she told Lu Chengye and Lu's mother about how Zhuang Feifei pushed her down at the educated youth settlement and verbally abused her.

Lu's mother's attitude changed drastically. She threw the candy into Zhuang Feifei's arms and pushed her away.

"You should leave. We really don't welcome you here."

Zhuang Feifei looked to Lu Chengye for help. Lu Chengye had a cold face. Although he didn't say a word and didn't personally chase Zhuang Feifei away, he clearly had no good feelings towards her.

Lu's mother kicked Zhuang Feifei out of the door and slammed the door shut.

"Auntie, please listen to me, I didn't mean it. Auntie, please open the door."

She pounded on the Lu family's gate, but no one came to celebrate with her anymore.

She regretted it. If she had known that Lu Jiu'er was Lu Chengye's sister, she would not have pushed her, but would have treated her very well.

She sighed as she stood at the Lu family's door, preparing to return to the educated youth settlement. Just then, Li Hongying, who was standing at the Liu family's door, saw her and instantly thought of the heroine in the book, Zhuang Feifei.

She was just wondering why she didn't have a reason to approach the female lead when the female lead conveniently came to her.

She walked up to Zhuang Feifei and asked, "What's wrong? Did they kick you out?"

Zhuang Feifei looked at Li Hongying with suspicion: "Who are you?"

Li Hongying said, "My name is Li Hongying, and I'm their neighbor. This family is a bit strange, so please don't be angry with them. If you don't mind, why don't you come to my house for a visit?"

Zhuang Feifei felt that getting close to Lu Chengye's neighbors would be a good opportunity to get closer to him again, so she nodded and followed Li Hongying to the Liu family's house.

Li Hongying led him into the new house. Liu Aiguo, still dressed, stayed in bed. Li Hongying told him to go to his mother's room, saying she wanted to chat with her new friend.

Zhuang Feifei told Li Hongying a distorted version of what had happened between her and the Lu family, saying that she liked Lu Chengye and hoped that Li Hongying could help her.

As Li Hongying listened to her story, she pondered how to obtain her blood.