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Bao Ruoxi seemed to have anticipated Winter's silence. Rather than lowering the hand holding the steamed bun, she held it out a little more firmly.
She tilted her small face up slightly, looking at Winter's sharply defined, utterly expressionless face.
"Big Brother Winter, you... helped me before. Do you remember? It was... it was right after we were captured. Everyone was packed together, and someone nearly knocked me down and stepped on me. You... you blocked that person..."
She struggled to describe that hazy yet deeply etched fragment of memory. "I... I've always remembered. This bun... this bun really tastes good, and its effects are good too. You... will you try it, please?"
Her voice carried a child's innocent sincerity, along with a trace of hurt and stubbornness at receiving no response.
In the corner, Xiang Feng, who had been watching all along, lightly elbowed Bian Zhu as the latter continued stretching his limbs. Lowering his voice, he said with a touch of self-mockery, "Hey, Zhu, looks like we were just the extras thrown in."
Bian Zhu did not mind at all. He grinned, entirely good-natured about it. "Getting anything is good enough! Little Ruoxi has a kind heart! Besides, the effects are the real deal!"
Another few breaths seemed to pass.
Just as Bao Ruoxi's little face began to pale, and the arm holding out the bun started trembling from the ache, almost reaching the limit of what she could endure-
The icy look in Winter's eyes wavered ever so slightly.
His right hand, which had remained at his side, finally rose slowly.
He did not look into Bao Ruoxi's eyes. He merely extended two fingers and, with remarkable steadiness, took hold of the bun, whose steam