Shen Wan was indeed a little hungry, and besides, she couldn't keep avoiding Xie Jingyan forever. It was just a matter of him taking advantage of her verbally; they had already done more intimate things, which would only make her seem pretentious.

Shen Wan got up and left the pavilion, then walked back into the house. As she went up the steps, she saw Yin Shuang coming over with a string of candied hawthorns in her hand. Shen Wan's eyes swept over the candied hawthorns, and Yin Shuang decisively handed them to Shen Wan.

The bright red fruit, coated in a pale yellow sugar coating, looked incredibly tempting, and Shen Wan reached out to take it.

But in fact, not every candied hawthorn is delicious. For example, the one in her hand, when Shen Wan took a bite, almost made her teeth fall out from the sourness.

She turned to give it to Yinshuang, but the maid had disappeared, and Haitang was nowhere to be seen either.

She couldn't just throw it away, so Shen Wan had no choice but to take it inside.

Xie Jingyan was sitting on the small couch drinking tea. When he saw Shen Wan return, he looked at her with a smile. As he looked at her, he stood up and walked towards her step by step.

Shen Wan instinctively backed away, retreating to the edge of the antique shelf. With nowhere left to retreat, she asked warily, "What... what are you going to do?"

Xie Jingyan leaned against the antique shelf, his eyes full of amusement, "What else can I do? Of course, I'll eat you..."

He leaned down closer, and Shen Wan shrank her neck.

However, she didn't feel the familiar itch. She carefully opened her eyes and saw Xie Jingyan biting the candied hawthorn in her hand.

Shen Wan, "..."

Xie Jingyan looked at her.

Shen Wan blushed with embarrassment, her face as red as if it had been painted with layers of rouge, even redder than the candied hawthorn in her hand.

Xie Jingyan took a bite of a candied hawthorn, and Shen Wan quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't chew..."

However, Xie Jingyan had already chewed it when she spoke.

He said, "You won't even let me have a single candied hawthorn?"

Not even one.

It's half a piece.

Looking at his unchanging expression, Shen Wan managed to utter, "Doesn't it taste sour?"

"Not sour."

Shen Wan, “…???”

This guy must be incredibly good at consuming sour foods.

Her teeth were aching terribly, but he was still eating with great relish.

Another symptom that strongly resembles pregnancy has appeared...

The thought flashed through her mind, and Shen Wan's body went numb. Afraid that Xie Jingyan would notice, she quickly stuffed the candied hawthorn she was looking for a place to throw away into Xie Jingyan's hands, saying, "Here, take them all."