An An saw a can of white sugar in Lu Yan's hand, and for some reason, her heart suddenly felt warm and fuzzy, even more soothing than drinking hot soup before. The pain in her little belly also dissipated a bit, and her eyes sparkled with stars as she said, "Thank you, Brother Yan!"

  Perhaps due to her physical discomfort, when she called out for someone, her voice was soft and fluffy, like a little kitten, as gentle as feathers, landing on the tip of Lu Yan's heart, ticklish, with an inexplicable implication.

  This "Gege", shouted out loud, made Lu Yan feel extremely relieved in his heart, and the smile at the corner of his lips deepened. "Good boy! Drink your medicine, we'll have candy." For some reason, Anan always felt that Lu Yan was using a tone to coax a child, drinking medicine and eating candy, wasn't this one of her father's most frequently used phrases when she was young?

  Looking at the black medicine bowl handed over to her, An An frowned, and even though she hadn't drunk it yet, she could smell the bitter taste. She looked at the spoon in Lu Yan's hand and refused, "Lu Yan, don't feed me with a spoon, I don't want to savor this bitterness, just give me the bowl, I'll gulp it down in one go." Lu Yan was surprised, he thought this little girl would cry, but instead she was so straightforward.

  He whispered softly, "Don't be afraid of the bitterness!", and then took out a spoon, handed over the medicine bowl, scooped out a large spoonful of white sugar with the spoon, and poured another cup of boiling water on the side.

  An An took the bowl, closed her eyes, and had a brave and heroic look as if she was going to die on the battlefield. Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh at this sight. He comforted her, "Don't savor it, just swallow it in one gulp."

  An'an took a deep breath, lifted the bowl to her mouth, and gulped it down. Her first reaction was that she felt like this was the most bitter medicine in the world. It was as if the bitterness had penetrated into her heart, and the medicine was also quite thick and sticky, making it difficult for her to swallow.

  After drinking it all in one breath, An was teary-eyed and sticking out her tongue, mumbling "good... bitter...", Lu Yan immediately handed over a glass of cooled boiled water, "Drink a big mouthful, rinse your mouth." An directly took it over, and after a fierce gulp, the bitterness in her mouth also dissipated a lot.

  Before he could come back to his senses, Lu Yan had already scooped a large spoonful of white sugar into An An's mouth. Looking at An An's sweet and drowsy expression, the smile in his eyes deepened. "It was too bitter before, now it's time to taste some sweetness, otherwise life would be too hard."

  Who says Lu Yan is the stupidest, a wooden lump can't make girls happy? An An must argue with that person, didn't you see when Brother Yan speaks sweet words, it's smooth and natural, as if he's self-taught.

  Four eyes met, and An An suddenly spoke softly, "Lu Yan, has anyone ever praised your sweet mouth?", This was the first time she called Lu Yan instead of Gege since they became familiar with each other, putting Lu Yan on an equal footing.

  Lu Yan heard An An's words, paused for a moment, and put the sugar jar on the table. His bony hands suddenly wiped over An An's cherry lips, his index finger had a thick layer of calluses, which formed a sharp contrast with An An's tender lip.

  Lu Yan's eyes dimmed slightly, carefully sizing up An An's plump lips, as if savoring the memory. He suddenly smiled with deep meaning, "Your lips are sweeter than mine!"

  When the fingertips with a thin layer of callus brushed against An's lips, she trembled slightly, and then heard Lu Yan's shameless words. Can this be the same? She said that Lu Yan would speak sweetly, but Lu Yan wanted to take advantage of her.

  Moreover, An always felt that something was off, she suspiciously asked, "How come my lips are sweeter than yours?" Looking at his tone, it was as if he had experienced it before, but the incident where An got drunk and forcefully kissed Lu Yan that night had already been completely forgotten by her.

  Lu Yan suddenly leaned forward, his arms propped up on either side of An An, completely enclosing her in his embrace. He lowered his head and nuzzled against An An's earlobe, gently blowing a breath of air, his voice hoarse as he whispered, "My lips are sweet too, do you want to try? Let's compare whose is sweeter?"

  In An An's eyes, Lu Yan has always been a serious and unsmiling big brother, the kind who is ascetic and doesn't smile or speak carelessly, every day with a stern expression on his handsome face, as if he was owed 8 million by others.

  But! Such a rogue's words, actually came out of his mouth, An An was somewhat unbelievable to her own ears, her heart uncontrollably trembled, and she stuttered, "Y-you... what did you say? I didn't hear clearly!"

  Lu Yan told An An with actual actions what he said.

  He suddenly lowered his head, and the thin, cool lips covered An's lips firmly. After a brief contact, he quickly pulled away, his narrow, beautiful eyes narrowing slightly, with an indescribable aftertaste, "Really sweet!"

  For a moment, An felt as if all the blood in her body had congealed and even reversed its flow. She didn't know if it was just an illusion, but the cramping pain in her lower abdomen also stopped.

  An An's cheeks flushed with a faint red glow, and she suddenly stretched out her hand to push away Lu Yan, stuttering and scolding, "Damn rascal!", this was her first kiss! It just ended like that, but she didn't feel anything at all.

  "Who's the rascal?" Gu Wei Qiang burst in from outside, his loud voice carrying far and wide into the room. An An heard the familiar voice and thought back to what had happened before, her face grew even redder, as if she could bleed from it.

  Gu Wei Qiang saw his own daughter's situation and couldn't help but think that this was clearly because his own daughter hadn't given this rascal an advantage!

  Gu Wei Qiang rushed to An An's side in one swift motion, glared at Lu Yan for a moment before carefully examining her from head to toe with concern. "An An, does it still hurt?" He originally didn't know what was going on and happened to be sent by Director Ding to visit an elderly person living alone nearby to ask about the situation. Coincidentally, he ran into Old Man Li carrying a ceramic pot out to dump the medicinal dregs. There's a local custom here that after boiling medicine, the medicinal dregs must be dumped at the crossroads. This way, all the illness and bad luck will be dispersed cleanly under the feet of passersby in all directions.

  It was just then that Li Lao went out to buy medicine and ran into Gu Weiqiang, who had come to the house to ask about the situation. When he saw Yao Zha, Gu Weiqiang still had a smile on his face: "Li Lao, who's sick in your family?"

  Li looked at Gu Weiqiang with a slanted gaze, sympathetically saying "Don't you know that An'an is not feeling well?", Gu Weiqiang was struck like thunder and subconsciously retorted "How could that be?!", they had gone out together in the morning! Looking at An'an's spirit, it didn't seem bad at all! How could she be sick?!

  Li smiled and said, "I can still fool you, can't I? Just go inside and take a look, then you'll know."