Growing Fond of You, Mr Nian

At first, Nian Xi paused. Knowing that he had misunderstood what she had said, she scratched his chin with her fingers and said, “Why not?”

“We-we… We’re not married yet.” Jiang Yuning was sweaty. Just now, he had spent a great effort to calm himself down in the bathroom, but now, that desire was instantly aroused again.

“We’re not married. I know that. I’m not doing anything wrong. I just… want to put a bandage on your wound.” After saying that, Nian Xi picked up his wounded finger with a smile.

Speechless, the dumbfounded Jiang Yuning stared at his own hand.

“What do you think I was going to do?” Nian Xi smiled. “Did you get the wrong idea? I thought you were unsophisticated, but I was wrong.”

“I… I’m not…” Jiang Yuning opened his mouth but did not know how to explain. His face turned red. “You just…”

“I just what?” Nian Xi raised her eyebrows. “Did I kiss you against your will or take advantage of you?”

“You… scratched my chin.” Jiang Yuning complained. “That was… very seductive.”

Nian Xi burst in laughter. “I do that to Jiang-jiang all the time. Would I seduce a dog?”

She put the bandage on Jiang Yuning’s hand, then turned and crooked her finger toward Jiang-jiang, who was lying on the floor.

Jiang-jiang quickly went over, sticking out her tongue.

Nian Xi scratched Jiang-jiang’s chin. The dog felt so comfortable that she closed her eyes.

Watching, Jiang Yuning was a little jealous of the dog, even though Jiang-jiang was a girl.

He reached out, pulled Nian Xi’s hand away from Jiang-jiang, then said to her with a deep voice, “My hand hurts.”

“That’s because you’re too clumsy,” Nian Xi said. “Didn’t you always cut my steak well? You told me that you used to dissect dead animals together with your father. How could you cut your own finger? What would your father think about this?”

“I cut myself when trying to chop the bones,” Jiang Yuning murmured. “Fortunately, I wasn’t chopping hard.”

Hearing that, Nian Xi was filled with the willies. Thankfully, it was only one gentle chop. Otherwise, his finger might have been chopped off completely.

“Forget about cooking. You need your fingers for your scientific experiments. I don’t want you to disable your hands. Let’s order take-out. I suddenly want pizza.”

She picked up her phone and started ordering food once she finished talking.

Jiang Yuning was disappointed. It was the first time he tried to cook for her, and he failed.

When the dinner was delivered to the apartment, he was still unhappy.

“Cheer up. It was nothing but cooking. I fail all the time. Try this pizza.” Nian Xi put a slice of pizza in his mouth.

Jiang Yuning took a bite, swallowed it, then said, “Please don’t give me a negative score. I’ll learn how to cook when I got home. I will master cooking for you.”

“Just send me the robot chef as soon as you can,” Nian Xi said. “That’s a more pragmatic way.”

“You don’t believe me.” Jiang Yuning sadly dropped his head to bite the pizza. “I’ll prove it to you. You can’t abandon me.”

“I didn’t say that I’ll abandon you.”

His voice sounded so soft. Nian Xi turned to look at the gloomy boy. At that moment, he looked so much like Jiang-jiang who was eating a chicken leg on the ground.

She moved close to him and bit on the other half of the slice of pizza in his mouth.

Jiang Yuning’s eyes widened, gawking at her.

Nian Xi gave him a wicked smile, then started eating the half slice. Soon, she ate the pizza that was outside his mouth and at last, her lips touched his.

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Jiang Yuning fixed his eyes on her long and shaking eyelashes, feeling as if his heart was going to be sucked into her dark eyes.

He didn’t even know if he should swallow the pizza in his mouth. He froze until her tongue invaded his mouth.