Continuation 33: How to Remove a Light Bulb from Your Mouth

Bai Hui wore a light blue-purple sweater, which made her look more mature than her usual cute style. Her hair was not tied into a girlish pigtail, but rather loose, wavy curls that draped over her shoulders and back, giving her a more gentle and graceful air. The sweater was tied at the waist with a thin drawstring, making her waist look exceptionally slender and supple. The black long skirt was made of a rather heavy material, and it was unclear whether it had a lining. Her hips, however, looked fuller than before.

The finishing touch to this outfit was her soft, lightweight scarf, which added a touch of sophistication to her overall look.

Now she's pursing her lips, revealing two shallow dimples at the corners of her mouth, making her look especially charming and adorable.

A girl like that would attract attention in any setting, and many would try to strike up a conversation with her. But after Liu Chang'an arrived, the classmates who used to like chatting with her or trying to talk to her all dispersed.

It's not that everyone thinks Liu Chang'an and Bai Hui have a clear romantic relationship, but there were three years of ambiguous rumors about Liu Chang'an and Bai Hui in high school. Even after things were clarified, the rumors still gave people the impression that there was something ambiguous about their relationship.

"Gao Dewei wouldn't actually go and stuff a light bulb into Miao Yingying's mouth, would he?" Bai Hui finished speaking, then smiled and glanced back at Liu Chang'an. Finding him looking at her, she gave a slightly shy smile and brushed a strand of hair behind her ear.

Since confessing her feelings to him, they haven't really had any time alone together. She's not about to easily go back to her old mindset and be with him again.

People always say things like "the lake of the heart is disturbed" or "a ripple appears in the lake of the heart." Of course, the lake of the heart will calm down if no one disturbs it. But every time she sees him, his words and actions are like pebbles thrown into the lake of her heart, making it impossible for her to calm down.

The wind never stops, and the trees cannot remain still. What's more, some small flowers, grasses, and saplings have no intention of staying still at all. Instead, they sway even more joyfully in the wind, always taking the wind, whether affectionate or indifferent, as a spring breeze, and nurturing new buds in their hearts.

"That's possible," Liu Chang'an said to Bai Hui. "Open your mouth and let me see."

Bai Hui was stunned for a moment, wondering what he wanted to do. She slightly parted her lips, revealing her white teeth, and slightly protruded her tongue. When taking selfies, she would sometimes want to take photos that used the gestures of her lips and tongue to enhance her charm. Having done some research, she knew that slightly opening her mouth was much more attractive than opening it wide.

"What pose are you striking? Let me see how big your mouth is, to see if I can easily get a light bulb out of it." Liu Chang'an held up two fingers. "Still sticking out your tongue to act cute... Back when I was hunting, I encountered a super-giant two-toed anteater that could wrap its tongue around a person. I just grabbed its tongue and killed it. It wasn't like those small, ordinary two-toed anteaters with tongues less than half a meter long..."

"Ah..." Wanting to know his answer after the examination, Bai Hui quickly opened her mouth to stop him from continuing to talk about a giant two-toed anteater with a tongue that could roll around people, and when he was hunting, why didn't you go hunt tigers on Jingyang Ridge?

Bai Hui was quite confident because she had her teeth whitened during winter break. Her teeth were clean, white, and bright, without any plaque or stains. Her tongue was also pink and tender without any coating, and she had no mouth ulcers or bad breath caused by Helicobacter pylori.

"The most delicious parts of the giant two-toed anteater are its tongue and the meat along its back..."

"Ah..." Bai Hui hurriedly called out to him as if she were being examined by a dentist, standing on tiptoe slightly to interrupt his rambling. Who cares if the giant two-toed anteater tastes good? She just wanted to know if the light bulb stuck in her mouth could be removed smoothly.

Liu Chang'an looked at the distance between her lips and uvula, observed the angle of her uvula, the root of her tongue and the pharyngeal wall, as well as the state of her tongue tip, tongue blade, tongue body, hard palate and soft palate, and then nodded.

"How about it? Can you get the light bulb out of my mouth?" Bai Hui twisted her body, looking on expectantly with a hint of coquettishness.

Actually, she didn't think Liu Chang'an would put a light bulb in her mouth. At most, he would put an orange or something else in her mouth, just like last time he put an orange in his mouth and Miao Yingying's mouth.

"Actually, I was just testing your IQ," Liu Chang'an laughed.

As soon as she saw him smile, Bai Hui pouted, looking a little aggrieved, because every time he started to smile, it meant he was just teasing her.

"You're not going to lift up my skull to look at my brain. You're just looking at my mouth. How can that test my IQ?" Bai Hui said indignantly.

"The main reason why a light bulb can't be removed from the mouth is that the movement of the oral joints is obstructed, like a rotating gear system. If one gear gets stuck, the others can't turn either. For most people, putting a light bulb in their mouth has nothing to do with the internal space of their mouth, unless you have a huge mouth." Liu Chang'an saw Bai Hui's angry expression and patted her cheeks with both hands, dispelling her arrogance.

Every time Liu Chang'an saw someone puffing out their cheeks at him, he wanted to slap their cheeks down... except for those who were good-looking.

"You don't even know this much, so after the test, your IQ is determined to be low," Liu Chang'an concluded.

Bai Hui twisted her body unhappily, raised her hand to part her long, loose hair, and pressed her cheek. "What you and Gao Dewei enjoy most is proving to us that we have low IQs. You're always bullying us!"

"Actually, your IQ isn't the lowest. The lowest is when someone says, 'Let me see how big your mouth is, to see if you can easily get a light bulb out of your mouth...' and he can't wait to mock you or launch into a self-righteous 'science lesson,' saying things like, 'I didn't know that getting a light bulb out has nothing to do with mouth size...' Haha." Liu Chang'an laughed. "Those people who know a little bit of common sense and always think it's some amazing knowledge that others definitely don't know, their IQ is even lower than yours."

"I think you're pretty much the same as them, all the same kind of person." Bai Hui snorted, suddenly feeling pleased. It turned out that her abrupt confession hadn't changed her relationship with him. He was still the same towards her, teasing her and making her heart flutter, sometimes annoyed and sometimes happy.

That's true. Liu Chang'an is in a bad state of mind. It won't be easy for me to influence him.

But she also felt that he had changed in some way towards her. As for what exactly the change was, Bai Hui didn't want to analyze it in detail; she would just feel it with her senses.

"You're right." Liu Chang'an nodded, not caring that she was categorized as someone with a lower IQ than her.

"Are you still going to shove a light bulb into my mouth?" Bai Hui opened her mouth, then stuck out her tongue, quickly pulling it back to avoid him grabbing her tongue and killing her like he would a giant two-toed anteater.

"No, even if it were me, if I put a light bulb in your mouth, without tearing your mouth open, I could only pour paraffin wax into your mouth to cover the bulb, and then break it to take it out. That would inevitably injure your mouth, and treating the injury might waste my saliva." Liu Chang'an shook his head and prepared to go find Gao Dewei.

I'm really going to go check out the tomb raiding site with Gao Dewei tonight; we need to prepare some tools.

Bai Hui followed him inexplicably. This man somehow knew how to remove a light bulb from his mouth, but why was he wasting his saliva on her injured mouth? Could healing an injury really be achieved by him constantly muttering to himself?

Bai Hui suddenly remembered a scene from many movies and TV dramas where boys would suck on a girl's injured finger. Did Liu Chang'an mean that her mouth was injured and she needed him to lick it?

Otherwise, why waste time talking?

Bai Hui's heart was pounding. Although her reason told her that Liu Chang'an definitely didn't mean that, she couldn't help but feel her cheeks burning. She quickly pursed her lips tightly, as if her little mouth would be hurt or healed if she didn't.

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Friendly reminder: Please do not put light bulbs in your mouth. If you try this after reading this article, you will only receive a "silly" certificate, which you can then issue to yourself.