Ye Jin didn't answer him, but ran to the kitchen and brought over a bowl of hot dumplings.

"My grandma and I made them together this morning. She rolled out the dough and I chopped the filling."

"The dumpling wrappers are round and thin, and they cook through immediately. They don't feel raw at all. Besides pork, the filling probably also contains white radish. They're sweet and crispy with a hint of meaty flavor, and are very refreshing."

Gu Yan didn't care about the heat. He picked up a dumpling and finished it in a few bites. Resisting the temptation to continue eating, he nodded and praised it.

Who doesn’t like to be praised? And today’s dumplings are really well made. They are made with radishes grown in the open air and paired with meat filling. The taste is simply amazing.

"Some food can't stop your mouth."

Ye Jin glared at him shyly and coquettishly, but Gu Yan stared at him intently, stuffing dumplings into his mouth one after another accurately.

"What are you looking at? Eat your dumplings!"

Ye Jin lowered her head in shame, and Gu Yan smiled even more happily.

Gu Yan finished a large bowl of dumplings and drank the soup in one gulp. He was very polite and really gave Ye Jin face.

After eating and drinking, Gu Yan didn't care whether it was snowing outside or not. He picked up an axe and a saw and started working in the yard.

He was tall and worked skillfully. He first used a machete to quickly cut off the branches of the tree, then peeled off the bark, and finally sawed it into sections according to his own requirements.

He worked hard in the yard all morning, and grandma would occasionally stick her head out to look outside.

The snow was still falling, and there was a thick layer of snow on Gu Yan's head. He casually brushed off the snow, swept it all to the ground, and continued to work seriously.

"Young man, if you are tired, come in and rest for a while. Have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

Grandma was holding a teapot in one hand and a tea bowl in the other. She was an old woman, and many people had seen her, but they had never seen such a genuine young person.

"Grandma, I'm not tired yet. Don't worry, I'll come back and rest when I'm tired."

Grandma went to ask several times, but Gu Yan just lowered his head and worked.

Ye Jin sat by the stove, busy picking vegetables with her hands. Xiaohuo sat lazily on her lap, rubbing his little head against her belly from time to time.

"Hey, this young man is working too hard. I asked him to take a break, but he wouldn't listen. Go talk to him later and tell him to combine work and rest. Don't tire yourself out in this cold weather."

Grandma was still worried and started to persuade Ye Jin again.

Ye Jin didn't stop what he was doing, and turned around to glance outside. Gu Yan raised his head at this moment, and their eyes met. Ye Jin smiled at him.

Gu Yan also smiled at her, revealing a row of neat, white teeth.

Gu Yan was so focused on looking at her that the knife that was supposed to chop the wood ended up falling on his thumb.

"Gu Yan, be careful!"

Ye Jin yelled, startling Gu Yan and causing the machete to swerve. Originally, that blow would have severed his thumb, but now it only scraped the skin.

"Look at you, how can you be so careless!"

"Oh, how could you hurt yourself like this? It must hurt!"

Ye Jin pushed the table away and stood up quickly. She ran to the door and took out a handkerchief from her pocket. Without saying a word, she bandaged his bleeding wound.

She led him into the house, made him sit on a stool, and then went back to the room to get a wooden box.

She took out the alcohol, iodine and gauze, quickly cleaned his wound, and carefully wrapped it with gauze.

Grandma brought a basin of hot water from the kitchen and washed a hot towel to wipe Gu Yan's hands.

After Gu Yan entered the room, he kept a stern face and said nothing, which made Ye Jin feel a little uncomfortable.

"Are you regretting it now?"

"What are you regretting?"

Gu Yan came back to his senses from his surprise. No one had loved him since he was a child. He had to put on more clothes when it was cold, take off clothes when it was hot, bear the pain when he was sick, and bandage the injury randomly.

No one has ever cared about him so much in his life. These two people were so worried about him just because he suffered such a minor injury. He felt so warm in his heart that he didn't know how to express his emotions.

He was just stunned for a moment, but the girl seemed to have misunderstood something.

"You shouldn't have made the bed for me. Otherwise, you wouldn't have cut your finger and wouldn't have been hurt! I shouldn't have asked you for anything. It's all my fault!"

Ye Jin blamed herself very much. The wound on Gu Yan's thumb was very deep, almost cutting into the bone. No wonder it had been bleeding when she had just cleaned the wound.

Even now that it's bandaged, the gauze still has a faint dark red tint to it, and it will definitely bleed again if you apply a little force.

A warm hand covered her, and Ye Jin was suddenly speechless. The hand, covered with thick calluses, rubbed her tender lips, and Ye Jin felt itchy in her heart, and she didn't even know what to say.

"The wound on my hand was caused by me. It was my own carelessness. What does it have to do with you? There's absolutely no need for you to blame yourself. And don't forget, it was me who suggested making the bed for you. You didn't ask for anything."

"Mmmmm."

Ye Jin wanted to speak, but her mouth was covered. Her mouth opened and closed, and her warm breath sprayed on Gu Yan's fingers. His hands were so itchy that he couldn't cover her mouth.

"Anyway, you got hurt because you made the bed for me. You can rest at home for the next few days and tell me what you want to eat."

"I'm fine. This little injury is really nothing to me."

Gu Yan rolled up his left sleeve, and his sturdy arm was covered with scratches.

Ye Jin stared at these marks, and strangely, not only did he not find them hideous, but he also felt inexplicably distressed.

"How much suffering have you endured?"

Ye Jin's eyes became moist. She thought of herself as a child, abused by Wang Fengqin and her daughter, and always educated by her. No matter how Wang Fengqin treated her, she always thought that she was a very good mother.

"I was abandoned in the mountains by my parents when I was little. Fortunately, an old hunter who went up the mountain to hunt took pity on me and took me home out of pity. Otherwise, you would never have had the chance to meet me."

Despite such a tragic past, Gu Yan spoke of it calmly, as if he was talking about someone else's business.

"Those wounds must be painful, right?"

"A blunt knife cuts the flesh, cutting again and again, hurting again and again. I used to feel the pain, but now I can't remember how it happened."

Ye Jin pursed her lips, her heart aching badly. In order to control her emotions, she kept her head down.

"I'm going back to my room to rest. You should go and rest too."

She stood up and walked towards the room, and Gu Yan stretched out his hand to block her.

"how?"

Ye Jin still didn't look up, and Gu Yan's magnetic voice sounded above her head.

"I'm tired all morning and I'm a little hungry now."

He put his injured hand in front of Ye Jin and looked at her pitifully.

"I'll go cook for you!"

Ye Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After hearing his disturbance, her depressed mood started to rise again.