Grilled Fish! Are You Even Being Reasonable, Woman? If I Won't Do It, You'll Force Yourself on Me?

"How... how did you get hurt?"

When she saw the figure staggering in while supporting himself against the wall, the excitement on Yun Yun's face instantly turned into shock and worry.

At that moment, Yun Yun completely disregarded her weakened body and hurried to Qi Fan's side.

Qi Fan gave a bitter smile.

"I'm not made of iron. Come on, sis, stop putting me through this. One more of those beasts and I'd be dead."

Looking at Qi Fan, covered in blood from head to toe, Yun Yun felt deeply guilty.

Just as she wanted to explain herself, she suddenly saw Qi Fan collapse straight down.

Yun Yun hurriedly reached out to catch Qi Fan.

But her body had yet to recover. The moment she caught Qi Fan, she simply did not have the strength to support him!

Bang!

With a dull thud, Yun Yun was firmly pinned beneath Qi Fan.

"Ow~"

The pain made Yun Yun cry out.

But when her beautiful eyes fell upon Qi Fan's tightly shut eyes, the pain instantly faded away.

"He... is actually quite handsome!"

Even Yun Yun did not know what she was thinking.

In that terribly uncomfortable position, she reached out and touched Qi Fan's cheek...

After struggling free from Qi Fan's "oppression," Yun Yun hurriedly examined his body carefully.

Only after discovering that the blood on him was not his did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness. He merely passed out from weakness."

"But... with his strength, how could he have passed out?"

Still puzzled, Yun Yun leaned Qi Fan's body against her chest. This way...

He should be more comfortable, right?

No one knew how much time passed.

When Qi Fan woke from his coma, before he even opened his eyes, he vaguely felt a warm jade-like arm wrapped around his waist.

His head also seemed to be pressed against something.

Most importantly, there were two wonderfully soft, warm sensations against his back...

"What is this?!"

Qi Fan's heart jolted. Just as he was about to open his eyes, he suddenly felt something soft and cool touch his forehead~

"What... what is she doing?"

Qi Fan was already weak beyond belief, yet his breathing immediately grew rapid.

"She isn't planning to force herself on me while I'm weak, is she?!"

At that thought, Qi Fan immediately wanted to open his eyes again.

But then, he felt something cool touch his lips!

Of course, this time there was none of that softness—only coldness!

A large mouthful of icy water was poured into him rather roughly. Since the person feeding him had never taken care of anyone before and had absolutely no experience...

Quite a bit of water went up Qi Fan's nostrils as well!

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Qi Fan was forced to snap his eyes open, lowering his head and coughing violently.

Only after a long while did he raise his head again, his face flushed red.

His gaze landed on the woman holding a bowl of water, her expression somewhat at a loss. He said irritably, "What, you saw I wasn't dead, so you decided to choke me to death?"

At his words, embarrassment flashed across Yun Yun's pretty face.

It was her first time taking care of someone. Getting him to wake up was already a pretty decent result.

Seeing Qi Fan awake, Yun Yun did not get angry at his harsh tone.

Instead, after setting down the bowl, she looked at Qi Fan with a smile.

"Are you all right now?"

"Mm!"

One did not strike a smiling face, let alone when that face belonged to a woman who already had deep feelings for him!

"I just ran out of Dou Qi and passed out from weakness."

Shaking his head, Qi Fan rubbed his still-dizzy head, then said solemnly, "Luckily, the strongest magical beasts that came were only second-tier. If there had been third-tier ones, I probably really wouldn't have made it back this time."

"I'm sorry~"

Yun Yun felt deeply guilty. Lowering her head, she said softly, "At the time, I only thought..."

"Enough."

Qi Fan waved a hand, cutting Yun Yun off.

"You foolish woman, don't do something so foolish again. If I hadn't come back, you'd probably be wolf droppings by now!"

Droppings!

Yun Yun gave a bitter smile.

She had to admit that although Qi Fan's words were crude, they made sense.

"I understand~"

Yun Yun nodded lightly in response.

"Grrr~"

"Grrr~"

At that moment, two strangely synchronized sounds came from their stomachs.

The two looked at each other, both frozen in place.

"Pfft~"

Then they both burst out laughing.

Hearing that crisp, pleasant laughter, Qi Fan was speechless.

Did they really have to be this in sync?

Qi Fan covered his stomach, then looked at Yun Yun in surprise.

"Have you seriously not eaten anything this whole time?"

"No~"

Yun Yun shook her head, not daring to meet Qi Fan's scrutinizing gaze as she hurriedly looked away.

"You... sigh~"

Qi Fan had just been about to scold Yun Yun, but seeing her like this, he could only let out a sigh.

She seems to know I was about to scold her?

After just one day, she understands me this well?

"But you haven't eaten either."

Yun Yun muttered softly to herself.

"Who said I haven't eaten?"

Qi Fan straightened his back and patted his stomach.

"I ate flatbread!"

"Fine, fine, fine! You ate, all right?"

Yun Yun found it deeply amusing. This man was so domineering and stubborn, yet far too adorable.

"What are you doing?"

At that moment, Yun Yun noticed Qi Fan bracing himself against the wall as he tried to stand up and asked in surprise.

Qi Fan looked at the raw fish skewered on sticks.

"What else? If we don't grill the fish soon, it'll go bad."

"No."

Yun Yun stretched out a hand and pressed Qi Fan back down just as he was about to rise, smiling sweetly.

"You're a patient now. As for grilling the fish, leave it to me."

"You? Grilling fish?"

Qi Fan's mouth twitched as he regarded her with deep suspicion.

"Hey~ What's with that look?"

Seeing Qi Fan's expression, Yun Yun immediately stood up and said confidently, "I may not have done it before, but I watched everything you did earlier. I at least learned a little, all right?"

"Fine."

Since Yun Yun had put it that way, Qi Fan could not very well refuse.

Besides, his body was too weak right now. He truly could not grill fish anyway.

"Hmph~"

Yun Yun gave a soft snort, leaving Qi Fan with the enchanting view of her graceful back.

Watching Yun Yun squat on the ground, adding firewood and grilling the fish, Qi Fan smiled as well.

This feeling...

Why did it feel so warm?

"Huff~"

Letting out a slow breath, Qi Fan immediately sat cross-legged and entered cultivation to recover his Dou Qi.

Squatting beside the fire, Yun Yun controlled the fish as it turned over the flames, fragrant sweat beading across her body.

From time to time, she raised her head to look at Qi Fan, who was cultivating with his eyes closed, and could not help muttering softly, "He actually looked down on me. I'll grill you a delicious fish and prove it to you. No one has ever eaten fish grilled by me before!"

As she turned the wooden stick, Yun Yun finished grilling the fish.

However, the grilled fish, which should have been golden, emerged black instead!

Yun Yun was growing a little impatient with herself.

So the previous two times, it wasn't because I neglected them and they burned. The fish itself just burns when grilled!

"Hey~ Wake up and eat!"

A crisp voice pulled Qi Fan out of his cultivation.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a charred black thing held before his mouth.

Qi Fan gave a bitter smile.

"Are you sure this is edible?"

"Don't want to eat it? Fine, then I'll eat it myself!"

Yun Yun turned her head and made to take the grilled fish away, yet she did not move for quite some time.

"..."

Seeing that Qi Fan was completely uninterested, Yun Yun put one hand on her willow-thin waist and said with feigned anger, "Are you eating or not? If you don't, I'll feed you like I fed you water!"

"Are you even being reasonable, woman?"

Qi Fan widened his eyes and laughed in exasperation.

"If I won't do it, you'll force yourself on me?"