The two people who were walking towards the kitchen were suddenly stopped by Qiu Liming and stood there in a daze.
Xia Tian replied with a guilty conscience: "No...no, we did it accidentally."
Qiu Liming asked in confusion, "Did you do it accidentally? Then tell me, did you bump into a pillar while walking, or did you fall on your face? It's surprising that your mouth got swollen."
Just as Xia Tian was racking his brains for an answer, Qiu Mengyun suddenly had an idea and replied, "Xia Tian was embarrassed to say it, but our mouths were actually swollen from the spicy food."
"Swelling from the spiciness? What's going on? Are you two stupid? You insist on eating it even though you know it's spicy?" Qiu Liming asked suspiciously.
Hearing Qiu Mengyun say that the swelling was caused by the spicy food, Xia Tian also had an idea: "Uncle Qiu, this is what happened. We were just shopping outside and saw a spicy hot pot restaurant having a promotion. As long as you can finish their spicy spicy hot pot, you can get a thousand yuan bonus."
"Mengyun thought it was fun, so she took me there to try it. But we didn't expect the chili there to be so spicy. We didn't even finish one portion before our mouths were already burning like this."
Qiu Liming didn't think much about it and thought that their mouths were really spicy from eating spicy hot pot.
He glanced at them both with a look of idiots: "You two are really sick. Your family is not short of money, but you actually made yourselves like this for a thousand yuan."
Qiu Mengyun said perfunctorily, "Oh! Dad, please stop talking. I saw others succeed in the challenge and it seemed quite simple, so I thought I'd give it a try too!"
"I didn't expect that I overestimated my abilities. Not only did I not get the prize, but I ended up in this state."
Qiu Liming said angrily, "You're already so old, and you're still so naughty. You said you could challenge it yourself, but you had to drag Xia Tian along."
"This is his first time visiting our house. It will be so embarrassing if your brother sees him like this!"
Xia Tian immediately cooperated and said, "Uncle Qiu, please don't blame Meng Yun. In fact, I took the initiative to accompany her to participate, thinking that even if she failed, I could still help her win the reward."
"I didn't expect that I also overestimated my own strength."
Qiu Liming shook his head: "No wonder you two are attracted to each other, you are both equally stupid."
Seeing Qiu Liming walking towards the living room, he stopped asking about their conversation.
Qiu Mengyun said in a low voice: "Hehe! What do you think, I am smart enough, right?"
Xia Tian gave her a thumbs up: "Great, this reason is perfect."
After entering the kitchen, Xiatian immediately opened the refrigerator, took out an ice cube and put it in his mouth, hoping to use the ice to reduce the swelling of his lips before eating.
After putting the ice cubes in his mouth, Xia Tian handed the box of ice cubes to Qiu Mengyun.
Qiu Mengyun shook her head and didn't answer: "Don't try, it's useless."
Xia Tian asked in surprise: "How do you know? Have you tried it before? Could it be that when you were filming a kissing scene before, your mouth was swollen and you tried this method?"
Qiu Mengyun twisted Xia Tian's arm fiercely. "What nonsense are you talking about? You just got your lips swollen from filming a kissing scene. I've filmed movies before, but never kissing scenes. Even if I did, they were all shot from behind."
"The reason it's useless is because ice compresses need to be applied to the surface to reduce swelling. If you hold it in your mouth, it's not going to do anything!"
Xia Tian smiled awkwardly: "Uh, I thought you had experience."
"Humph! I was thinking of helping you out, but since you're so bad at chatting, you better get busy on your own."
After saying that, Qiu Mengyun left the kitchen angrily.
Xia Tian didn't take his departure to heart.
Anyway, it doesn't matter to him whether Qiu Mengyun is there or not. To be honest, he can cook more efficiently when she is not around.
After Qiu Mengyun left the kitchen, she returned to her room on the second floor, took out a box of ointment for reducing swelling and began to apply it on her lips.
"Mengyun, I heard from your dad that your mouth and Xiaoxia's mouth are swollen from the spicy food. Come over here and let mom take a look to see if there's anything serious."
Qiu Mengyun had just finished applying the ointment when she heard her mother Qiu's voice behind her.
Qiu Mengyun turned around and said awkwardly, "It's okay, I was just irritated by the chili pepper. I've already applied ointment, it should be fine after a while."
Mother Qiu looked at Qiu Mengyun carefully, then asked with a half-smile, "Really? Why do your lips look like they're spicy from the chili peppers?"
Seeing her mother's eyes, Qiu Mengyun said with a guilty conscience: "No...nothing is different. I am clearly just spicy like the chili peppers."
Seeing Qiu Mengyun's guilty look, Qiu's mother became more certain of her guess.
"Haha, such a lame excuse can probably only be used to fool your dad. Do you really think I don't know how your lips got swollen?"
Qiu Mengyun still said stubbornly: "Mom, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"
Mother Qiu laughed and said, "If you really didn't understand, then both of your lips wouldn't be swollen at the same time."
Seeing that Qiu Mengyun was about to make some excuses, Mother Qiu raised her hand to interrupt her: "Okay, stop talking. I'm an experienced person and have seen everything."
"You young people are just starting to fall in love, so I can understand that you are a little curious about certain things."
"But you can't just play around. You must take care of your health. Don't take advantage of your youth and do things recklessly."
"It's okay if you're a girl, but if you drain the summer away, you'll have a lot to cry about later."
Although Qiu Mengyun had never been in a relationship, she could still understand what her mother meant.
Blushing, she defended herself, "Mom, you misunderstood. We really didn't do anything. We were shopping at the mall all afternoon, then had a foot massage and came back from buying groceries. If you don't believe me, you can check the mall's surveillance."
Mother Qiu smiled and said, "I'm not a stalker. Why would I check your whereabouts for no reason?"
"You two are both adults, and it's normal for you to have some thoughts now that you're in a relationship. But you have to be careful. You're not engaged yet, so you have to take safety measures."
Listening to her mother talking further and further away, Qiu Mengyun no longer had the heart to defend herself.
She stood up and said, "Mom, I'm going to go downstairs to see how Xia Tian's food preparations are going and if there's anything I can help with."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Looking at her departing figure, Mother Qiu smiled and shook her head: "This girl is actually shy. This is not like me at all. Back then, I would just pounce on her directly..."
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