The sun shines brightly outside the window, and water is boiling on the stove in the small kitchen. Two figures, one tall and one short, stand beside the stove.

Xu Nuo rested her chin on her hand, watching Li Xian peel an apple.

There were only a few kinds of fruit available in grocery stores, and people didn't eat much fruit at this time of year; they would only buy some when visiting someone's home or as a guest.

Although there aren't many varieties, only a few that are in season, the taste is truly excellent, incomparable to fruits ripened with hormones and artificial ripening methods in later generations.

Take those apples, for example. You could smell their fragrance even before you tasted them. Each one was round, large, and heavy. But in Li Xian's hand, the big red apple suddenly shrank a size, like holding an egg.

Xu Nuo stretched out her fair and tender hand and secretly compared it with the other person's, only to find that her little paws seemed to be only half the size of the other person's.

She frowned slightly.

Li Xian was peeling an apple, his eyes fixed on her. He noticed her little head turning back and forth, sometimes looking at her own hand, sometimes at his, sometimes frowning and sometimes sighing.

Li Xian thought it was because he had peeled the apple too badly, and was about to speak when a pair of small hands suddenly reached out from his waist. They were warm and soft, and touched his waist.

Young and impetuous, Li Xian couldn't withstand Xu Nuo's actions. His muscles tensed instantly, and he turned to look at her, looking rather embarrassed: "You..."

The person who started it all looked at him with innocent, wide eyes and asked curiously, "Why has your stomach gotten hard?"

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Li Xian swallowed hard, feeling like he had wasted his mouth.

Xu Nuo reached out and poked the flesh on his arm again. The muscle was hot and hard to the touch. Xu Nuo withdrew her hand, pinched her own arm, and muttered, "My arm is so hard too."

Their fighting skills are on completely different levels; they definitely won't stand a chance in a fight.

Her fair little hands poked and prodded, eventually landing on his tense face. Li Xian blushed and let her play around, at most helplessly calling out, "Nuonuo."

He looked like he'd been bullied terribly and there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.

Xu Nuo stared at his face and suddenly said, "Li Xian, you have dimples."

Li Xian was somewhat stunned.

He has two very shallow dimples, but he never smiles and he himself hasn't even noticed them.

Xu Nuo stood on tiptoe and poked his cheek, pressing her fingertips against the corner of his mouth and pulling it upward: "Smile."

"Smile like this." Xu Nuo demonstrated, her eyes crinkling with laughter, revealing her small white front teeth.

Li Xian was like a kettle boiling on a stove at this moment. Xu Nuo's smile was so captivating, her soft body leaning against his hot body, and her sweet fragrance constantly wafting into his nose.

He was breathing heavily, reached out to support her, took a step back, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Nuonuo, stop fooling around."

Xu Nuo had just discovered a new continent and was not about to let him go. She hopped up like a little lark, wanting to see his dimples again. She accidentally jumped too hard and landed on Li Xian. Li Xian was afraid she would fall, so he quickly reached out and caught her.

Because Xu Nuo jumped so violently, when Li Xian caught her, his body uncontrollably dropped a little.

Then, both of them were stunned.

Something hard was pressing against Xu Nuo's body.

The two of them instantly became like boiled shrimp. Xu Nuo quickly jumped off him, stood to the side, blinked her big eyes awkwardly, and felt so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and hibernate.

Li Xian wasn't much better off. He turned to the side, revealing red earlobes. He swallowed hard, looking embarrassed and disheveled.

Neither of them spoke. Just then, the water boiled, steaming hot, and Xu Nuo reached out to take it without thinking.

Her fingertip accidentally touched the spout of the teapot, and she exclaimed, "Ah!"

Li Xian quickly turned around and saw her pitifully holding up her finger, her eyes brimming with tears: "It's hot."