Tang Ruanruan shuttled back and forth between the book she was holding and the doorway where Luo Zhaoyao stood, finally confirming one thing.
That was, she could read the Medical Book beside Luo Zhaoyao without feeling sleepy at all, and her super memory had also recovered.
It was quite strange.
Her expression was truly conflicted.
Luo Zhaoyao couldn't pretend not to see it.
"Do you need to pace around while reading?"
Tang Ruanruan recognized the mockery in Luo Zhaoyao's tone, but she couldn't explain it either, only looking at him with bright, sparkling eyes.
"Do you know? You have a kind of magic!"
Luo Zhaoyao almost spat out the Chicken soup he was about to drink.
He has magic?
How come he didn't know?
Tang Ruanruan seemed not to hear Luo Zhaoyao's reaction, pressing the book between her palms together, looking at him as if he were an immortal.
"You are my medicine!"
This time, Luo Zhaoyao truly couldn't hold it in.
He spat!
A mouthful of Chicken soup sprayed in front of Tang Ruanruan.
Fortunately, he changed direction in time and didn't spray it onto Tang Ruanruan's body.
Tang Ruanruan chuckled foolishly, not getting angry at all, and kindly offered him her Handkerchief.
"You're such an adult, yet you can still choke on soup? But there are no outsiders here, so don't feel embarrassed; I won't laugh at you."
She reached out and patted Luo Zhaoyao's back, even skillfully rubbing it for him.
She often did this task at home.
Considering she had a Dad, four Brothers, and several Little nephews at home, who usually vied for her attention, these comforting little gestures had become instinctual for her.
Luo Zhaoyao felt a bit uncomfortable being patted on the back, but for some reason, he, who was usually extremely sensitive to close physical contact, hadn't felt the slightest repulsion since meeting Tang Ruanruan.
It was very bizarre.
After a few rubs, Tang Ruanruan told him to continue drinking the Chicken soup, while she fetched a stool, sat on it, leaned next to Luo Zhaoyao's Wheelchair, and happily opened the book that felt like a curse to her.
This time, she was determined to find that 3D stereoscopic surrounding Medicinal herb that looked down on her. If the cheat given by Heaven couldn't be unlocked, she would suffer sleepless nights.
Completely forgetting how soundly she had slept the night before.
Luo Zhaoyao had thought Tang Ruanruan was reading just to gain his attention, never expecting to see her reading with such intense focus.
Tang Ruanruan kept muttering under her breath, but the information was too fragmented for him to piece together the exact meaning.
He sipped the Chicken soup intermittently, and before he knew it, he had finished it all.
At that moment, Tang Ruanruan also abruptly closed the book, stood up, and excitedly waved her clenched fists.
She looked extremely excited.
"I knew it, I knew this thing wasn't that special."
She took tiny steps, completely thrilled.
Luo Zhaoyao was studying what Tang Ruanruan was about to do when his vision was filled by her bright, sparkling eyes.
"I declare that starting today, you are my benefactor, Tang Ruanruan's benefactor."
After a long moment, Luo Zhaoyao curved one side of his mouth slightly and let out a Whispered voice.
It was a look of disdain.
Tang Ruanruan was indeed a bit deflated, but she was determined to marry Luo Zhaoyao, so she wouldn't give up easily.
"I can't tell you why you are my benefactor, but you need to know that from now on, you are someone I, Tang Ruanruan, will look out for. I still have some influence in this Compound."
Without giving Luo Zhaoyao a chance to Talk, she ran to the kitchen, cut the fruit Luo Zhaoyao had intended to cut earlier, and brought it to him, placing it on the nearby stone table.
She then put away the Lunchbox and, only then, belatedly asked, "Was the Chicken soup good?"
Luo Zhaoyao: ...
He had unknowingly finished all the Chicken soup in the Lunchbox just now.
It was one thing to drink the Chicken soup brought by the Little Girl yesterday, but to finish it all today made him suspect he might have been cursed.
For a split second, he wanted to completely chase Tang Ruanruan away, not wanting to deal with her on behalf of his Cousin.
But when his Cousin learned about Tang Ruanruan, he roared:
"Luo Zhaoyao, if you dare let her discover anything unusual, I'll tell Younger Aunt that you are at my house."
The Threat was effective; he truly feared his Mother's ability to cry, which was enough to flood river embankments.
"A bowl of Chicken soup is enough to buy me off?"
His tone wasn't as mocking this time, but it wasn't much better either.
Tang Ruanruan looked at the grease mark on the corner of his mouth and suddenly smiled.
"It's certainly not enough. Then I'll make you Bone soup tomorrow!"
Luo Zhaoyao was speechless.
Didn't this girl know when to retreat after meeting resistance?
He had been so unfriendly.
But how could he know that in Tang Ruanruan's eyes, he was currently an existence like the Buddha, capable of completely curing her strange Flaw.
Even if Luo Zhaoyao said something harsher now, she wouldn't leave.
Tang Ruanruan hugged the book to her chest, thinking about the Medicinal herb she had just found, and since she had unlocked the Space, which was now in the process of opening, she wasn't as anxious anymore.
"Do you know? I realized Grandfather was truly too good to me. He actually gave you to me as a fiancé. Do you know how happy that made me?"
Her crescent eyes were full of light; facing the sun, light passed through her eyelashes, refracting into rainbow-like colors that fell into her pupils.
In that moment, her beauty was somewhat unreal.
Luo Zhaoyao's mind felt a bit hazy; for the first time, he sensed a strange emotion spreading within his heart.
But he quickly suppressed it.
"I am not your fiancé!"
His voice was extremely tense.
Tang Ruanruan just assumed he didn't want to acknowledge the Arranged Marriage and didn't think much of it.
"I know, not yet, but you will be once you marry me! I will work hard. Do you prefer gentle, charming, or outgoing? Tell me, and I will try my best to be that way."
Her expression was full of eagerness, completely unaware of how shocking her words were.
Luo Zhaoyao's gaze fell to the junction where her pure white shirt met her fitted pants, a circumference small enough to be held by his two hands clasped together, making his throat feel dry.
That waist was excessively slender.
Moreover, Tang Ruanruan unconsciously pressed the book against her chest, and the slight bend in her posture allowed him a glimpse of the fair skin below her collarbone.
"Don't try to Seduce me; it's useless!"
His voice was even colder this time.
A sentence suddenly popped into Tang Ruanruan's mind, one she had secretly read with Su Xiuer while hiding in the Bed from a banned book, and one written by her favorite female author.
She slightly modified it and spoke:
"Me Seducing you, what business is it of yours? It's my business, no matter what."
A cold glint suddenly flashed in Luo Zhaoyao's eyes.
Did this woman know what she was saying?
How could she be so bold?
"It's none of my business? Then why are you standing here?"
He gripped the Armrest tightly, his expression growing colder.
However, Tang Ruanruan didn't notice. She lowered her voice and leaned close to his ear to whisper:
"To Seduce you!"
A note: the final sentence quoted is derived from a saying by Ms. Zhang Ailing: I love you, what business is it of yours? You can't be blamed for anything!
I only borrowed a little of the meaning and modified it slightly.
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