"I asked if I could borrow your coat, I'm a little cold right now," Ruan Wushuang repeated.

Huo Minxue looked at Ruan Wushuang, who was soaked from head to toe.

No, she wasn't even wearing shoes.

Huo Minxue's gaze fell back on Ruan Wushuang's feet. Her fair insteps were covered in mud, which looked particularly unsightly.

Normally, when someone takes off their clothes and gives them to someone of the opposite sex, it's usually someone they're very close to.

But since a woman had taken the initiative to speak, Huo Minxue's upbringing made it impossible for him to refuse.

He only took off his coat and hung it on a tree trunk.

"It's getting late. It's not safe for a woman like you to be out alone. You should go home soon," Huo Minxue advised before turning and leaving.

Ruan Wushuang was surprised that the other party did not even approach, but instead hung the clothes on the tree trunk next to them.

After a long pause, he chuckled softly and walked over barefoot.

Just as Ruan Wushuang took off Huo Minxue's coat and put it on, he returned.

"What? Regretting it?" Ruan Wushuang raised an eyebrow.

Huo Minxue glanced at Ruan Wushuang. His clothes looked a bit too big and baggy on her, with the hem already covering her thighs.

For some reason, Huo Minxue felt a little uneasy, looked away, and quickly took off her shoes.

"Here, take this." Huo Minxue pushed his shoes over and turned to leave.

This time, he didn't come back.

Ruan Wushuang stared at the shoes in front of her for a long time, a smile spreading from the corner of her mouth to the depths of her eyes.

She reached out and gently rubbed the kitten in her arms.

"Little one, I think I've met a... interesting fellow."

"..."

When Huo Minxue returned home, he was in a terrible state, dripping wet from head to toe.

So much so that Su Miaomiao was startled.

"Second brother, what happened to you? Where are your clothes and shoes? Did you get robbed?" Su Miaomiao quickly brought him a clean towel.

Huo Minxue took the document and wiped his face before he had time to answer.

"No, I lent it to someone else."

"You lent them to someone else? You don't even have an umbrella yourself, yet you lent your clothes and shoes to someone else?" Huo Minxue frowned.

“She needs it more than I do,” Huo Minxue said softly.

Upon hearing this, Su Miaomiao was at a loss for words.

"Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore. Go take a shower first, and I'll make you some ginger soup." Su Miaomiao turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Huo Minxue took a hot shower, and as soon as she came out, Su Miaomiao brought over some ginger soup.

"Drink it quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

"Mmm." Huo Minxue took the drink and drank it all in one gulp, only to feel a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and back.

"Drink a bowl of ginger soup and soak your feet before bed, and you should be fine tomorrow." Su Miaomiao was very happy to see Huo Minxue cooperating so well.

"Okay." Huo Minxue felt warmer inside than in his body.

"Go eat quickly, Mom has saved some food for you."

"Um."

"..."

After drinking the ginger soup that Su Miaomiao had specially prepared for him, and obediently soaking his feet before bed, Huo Minxue felt refreshed and energetic when he woke up the next morning, without any signs of a cold.

Sure enough, her younger sister's medical skills were unparalleled.

After finishing breakfast, I rushed to work.

Recently, his research with his teacher has hit a bottleneck, and almost all of his junior colleagues in the lab are spending all their time in the lab.

As soon as Huo Minxue entered the laboratory, he put the encounter from the previous night out of his mind.