Chiang Xiao blinked her large eyes, "Other matters?"
"Well, for instance, what you did when you were feeding me water..."
The scene where her lips were pressed against his flashed through Chiang Xiao’s mind, and her face instantly turned scarlet.
"Tyrant Meng, what on earth do you have on your mind all day long!"
Angry and embarrassed, she threw the chopsticks in her hand at him.
Meng Xinian caught them accurately, his heart also burning with heat.
Just the thought of it was enough to set him on fire, and he regretted not trying hard enough to wake up during that moment.
"Xinian! Little! What are you two doing? One with chopsticks, the other going for a spoon, why is it taking so long?" Chiang Songhai’s voice came from outside.
Chiang Xiao immediately turned around in a panic, briskly grabbed a clean pair of chopsticks, and rushed out.
Meng Xinian’s voice followed from behind, "Don’t forget to tell me after dinner what you wanted to say."
Could she regret it now?
Now, she hardly dared to be alone with him; what was she to do?
"Grandpa, let’s go, I’ve got the chopsticks," she ran out and quickly pushed Chiang Songhai to leave.
"Where’s Xinian? Didn’t you get him a spoon?"
"He said he’d get it himself! He said not to treat him like an invalid..."
As Meng Xinian stood in the kitchen, listening to the sound of Chiang Xiao and Chiang Songhai’s footsteps fading away, he looked at the chopsticks Chiang Xiao had just thrown at him, his gaze gradually deepening.
Chiang Xiaoxiao, just how many secrets do you have?
Chiang Songhai and Old Meng were both slightly drunk from the meal, with Old Meng being more severely intoxicated. Chu Liang, who had also had a bit too much to drink, helped Old Meng to bed before collapsing in his own room.
Chiang Songhai, however, slumped on the couch for a while, chatting intermittently with Meng Xinian.
Ge Liutao and Chiang Xiao cleared the table and went to wash the dishes together.
"Little, " Ge Liutao seemed to have hesitated a long time before deciding to broach the subject with Chiang Xiao, "I’m embarrassed to speak about this with your grandpa, so I thought to find an opportunity to mention it to you."
Chiang Xiao thought she was going to say something serious but then heard Ge Liutao stutter out, "You’re still young, there are certain things that, well, you should wait until you’re married to do. Xinian is young and full of vigor, you can’t just give in to him now."
"Pfft!" Chiang Xiao spat out.
After Ge Liutao finished her work and also helped Chiang Songhai to bed, Chiang Xiao felt even more uneasy in Meng Xinian’s presence.
Did grandma get worried after seeing them living together upstairs these past few days, or did she also notice how Tyrant Meng had been looking at her more aggressively these past two days?
"What did grandma say to you?" Meng Xinian instantly sensed something was amiss.
Chiang Xiao’s face heated up.
Should she say, Grandma told me I have to guard against being tackled by you?
"Nothing!" Chiang Xiao immediately shook her head.
Meng Xinian gestured with his hand, "Come on, let’s go upstairs."
Chiang Xiao felt she was truly done for. Even his normal statement made her blush and conjure improper thoughts.
She pushed him to the staircase and watched as he climbed to the second floor step by step. Then she quickly splashed her face with cold water to cool down and hung a Talisman Diagram on herself to calm her nerves before finally managing to settle down.
When she arrived upstairs and saw Meng Xinian sitting in the lounge area, all that was left in her heart were worries about his leg injury and the dilemma of whether to treat his leg or not.
Meng Xinian watched her, waiting for her to speak.
After hesitating for a long time, Chiang Xiao began, "Actually, I stumbled upon a kind of medicinal herb in the mountains..."
Before she could finish, Meng Xinian interrupted her.