"Please, Brother Mu Bai?" Su Ruanruan said coquettishly.
Mu Bai nodded slightly and gave a soft "hmm".
Ruan Ruan felt his response and pulled him even tighter. Their breaths mingled together, and Mu Bai could even hear his own heartbeat.
"Brother Mu Bai, why is your face red again?" Su Ruanruan smiled mischievously.
Mu Bai stood stiffly, not daring to move, letting Ruan Ruan sit on his lap.
Her thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and her smooth forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat due to nervousness.
"I...I..."
Su Ruanruan giggled, "Alright, I won't tease you anymore, let's eat!"
She got up and went to the kitchen to brew medicine for Mu Bai.
Seeing that she had gone to the kitchen, Mu Bai quickly wiped the sweat from his face.
After the meal, Mu Bai cleared the dishes and offered to wash them, but Su Ruanruan refused.
"You're still sick, I'll take care of these. You should go back to your room and rest. Once the medicine is ready, we'll drink it obediently."
Su Ruanruan stood on tiptoe and cupped Mu Bai's cheeks, "Take good care of yourself, there are important things waiting for us to do."
Mu Bai asked, puzzled, "What is it?"
Su Ruanruan whispered in his ear, "Brother Mu Bai, I want to eat you..."
"Eat...me?"
Mu Bai frowned, somewhat puzzled, but suddenly his eyes widened, and he finally understood what she meant by "eat".
Su Ruanruan noticed that his ears had turned visibly red.
Mu Bai's thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and he said softly, "Ruan Ruan, I... I'll go back to my studies first. I'll leave the kitchen to you."
Su Ruanruan originally wanted to make a few more teasing remarks, but he quickly fled.
Is she really that scary?
When Su Ruanruan carried the medicine bowl into the main room, she saw Mu Bai reading a book.
She put down the medicine bowl and sat down next to him.
She handed him the bowl of medicine and said softly, "It's warm now, drink it."
Mu Bai picked up the medicine bowl, which was overflowing with thick, dark liquid. He paused for a few moments, then raised his chin high and drank the liquid in one gulp.
Su Ruanruan quickly stuffed the hidden peach into his mouth.
"Try it, it's very sweet."
Mu Bai took a bite, and it was indeed sweet and juicy.
The sweet fragrance lingered in my mouth.
In that instant, he suddenly thought of his mother. He had always been afraid of taking medicine since he was a child.
Whenever he was sick, he would cry and fuss, and his mother would always thoughtfully prepare some candied fruit, dried fruit, or cut fruit for him to calm his restless emotions.
Even when he eventually grew taller than his mother, she still comforted him in this way.
His mother always smiled and gently stroked his head, saying, "No matter how much our Bai'er grows up, to your mother you will always be a child."
Back then, I would always feel a little embarrassed when my mother teased me.
But now, it's a luxury to hear my mother nagging again.
Mu Bai munched on the peach in his mouth, but his eyes reddened.
Su Ruanruan looked at the peach in his hand.
No way, the one she just ate was really sweet.
But then he saw Mu Bai's reddened eyes, looking past the open door toward the storage room on the other side.
Su Ruanruan understood immediately; the fruit was definitely not sour.
Seemingly noticing Su Ruanruan's scrutiny, Mu Bai withdrew his gaze, his voice slightly hoarse, "I lost my composure, I just missed my mother..."
Mother……
Su Ruanruan's thoughts drifted away; it was a word that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
Her childhood was not happy; happy times were few and far between, and most of it was endless darkness.
But the original owner was different. Although she lived a poor and hard life, there was still laughter and joy in her home when her parents were alive. Even though her family was tormented by Granny Wang and her gang, her parents treated her very well.
Perhaps only her own mother treated her like that, never giving her a shred of maternal love.
Judging from Mu Bai's appearance, his mother must treat him well.
"And what about your father?"
A look of pain flashed in Mu Bai's eyes. "Ruan Ruan, I don't want to mention him."
Su Ruanruan pointed to the storage room, "Was that your mother's room before?"
Mu Bai looked in the direction she was pointing, his tightly furrowed brows revealing a faint, almost imperceptible worry.
With the answer she wanted so close at hand, Su Ruanruan didn't press the matter further.
She didn't know about Mu Bai's family situation, but she knew that if she pressed for more information, she would be uncovering Mu Bai's most painful memories.
A child without a mother is like a blade of grass.
She understands this very well.
Of course, she never received this extravagant maternal love; from childhood to adulthood, she was always seen as a weed by others.
Su Ruanruan didn't know how to comfort him, so she leaned on his shoulder and intertwined her fingers with his.
The white cuddly toy playing in the yard was running too fast and tripped on the threshold. Its round body fell to the ground, whimpering a few times.
With a wronged expression, it climbed onto Mu Bai's shoes and scratched them vigorously with its little paws.
Seeking comfort and a hug.
Su Ruanruan smiled at him, her gaze filled with affection as she watched the little white rabbit jump around.
In the evening, they naturally ate the hen that Su Ruanruan had used to vent her frustrations. The chicken soup had been simmering for a full hour, and it was fragrant and delicious.
Mu Bai showered Su Ruanruan with compliments until she was dizzy.
As night fell, Su Ruanruan quietly enjoyed her fragrant bath, secretly anticipating her intimate encounter with Mu Bai.
However, unexpectedly, that night, Mu Bai suddenly developed a high fever and kept calling out his mother's name.
Su Ruanruan was awakened by those mournful murmurs.
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