Chapter 65: You Need to Apply Ice for Me

"No, no I didn't. There were so many dishes, you were the one who didn't eat. Look at me, didn't I eat until I was very full?"

"I don't care, I want to punish you." His breath puffed onto her face again.

"Punish, punish with what?" Bai Shuruo thought of some plotlines in novels where the male lead punishes the female lead, usually with corporal punishment—uh, that is, kissing and hugging and such.

After a good while, he smiled and said in a low voice, "I punish you to cook noodles for me, the kind with lots of poached eggs."

She let out a sigh of relief; as long as it wasn't punishing her with kissing, it was fine.

"Then I'll go cook noodles for you now." Bai Shuruo sprang up from the bed, and because she got up in such a rush, she "thumped" right into the corner of his eye.

Han Yangting felt the pain and instinctively covered the corner of his eye.

"Uh... Brother Han, are you okay?" she asked nervously.

Han Yangting helplessly let go of his hand, "See for yourself if I'm okay."

"Ah, it's, it's all bruised red." She blamed herself for being reckless.

But she still stubbornly said, "Well, well who told you to lie on my bed for no reason? It's all your fault."

"You're still blaming me? Go get some ice and apply it for me," he said.

Bai Shuruo dared not delay and hurried to the kitchen to get ice cubes. After getting the ice cubes, she thought she couldn't apply them directly, so she used a food storage bag to hold them before bringing them in.

"Brother Han, the ice is here."

"You bumped me, you apply it," Han Yangting said domineeringly.

"Not cooking noodles anymore?"

"Cook the noodles after applying the ice."

"Alright."

After all, she felt guilty, so she had no choice but to use the ice to slowly apply it to the corner of his eye.

He sat there without moving, but his gaze never left her, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, looking particularly satisfied.

She felt another wave of nervousness and dared not lose focus. Moreover, he was sitting while she was standing; from this angle, her chest was facing his face.

It was no different from a lamb entering a tiger's den.

Fortunately, he didn't take the opportunity to do anything else.

After applying it for a good while, she asked, "Brother Han, is that enough? Does it still hurt?"

He took the ice from her hand, "I'll do it, you go cook the noodles."

"Okay, I'm going now."

Cooking noodles was quite easy for Bai Shuruo, and poached eggs were even easier. In less than 10 minutes, she brought out the noodles and eggs.

The noodles in one bowl, the poached eggs in another, to make it more convenient for him to eat.

"Brother Han, time to eat."

Han Yangting was already waiting in the dining room. Perhaps he was extremely hungry, as soon as the noodles were served, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

"Brother Han, how does it taste?" Bai Shuruo felt like a little maid.

"It's alright, not bad."

He was hungry anyway, so anything would do, as long as it wasn't snail rice noodles.

Bai Shuruo felt relieved and asked again, "Is your eye feeling any better?"

"Thanks to you applying the ice for me, it doesn't hurt anymore." He smiled at her, looking grateful.

But to Bai Shuruo, it was like he was coaxing her; he was actually treating her like a child.

"Well, as long as it doesn't hurt."

Just as she was about to go to the living room to watch TV, Han Yangting pointed to the stool beside him and said, "Ruoruo, sit down and eat together."

"I'm not hungry."

"Then keep me company while I eat."

Bai Shuruo had no choice but to sit down.

At the same time, she thought, Han Yangting's needs are really high; was he a high-needs baby since he was little?

Han Yangting picked up a poached egg and took a bite, then actually placed the poached egg to her lips: "The poached egg is good, Ruoruo, have a taste."

"I... I don't think I need to, I'm not hungry."

He had already bitten it; if she ate it, wouldn't that be an indirect kiss?

Han Yangting didn't force her and ate the poached egg in two bites.

When he got to the second one, he didn't take a bite himself first, but instead held it to Bai Shuruo's lips: "Have a taste."

It was hard to refuse such kindness, so Bai Shuruo had no choice but to take a small bite.

As soon as she finished biting, he put the rest into his own mouth and ate it as if nothing had happened.

Bai Shuruo: "..."

Afterwards, for every poached egg, he let her take a bite first, and then he would eat it.

She was embarrassed beyond words, "Brother Han, I'm really full, I don't want to eat anymore."

"As you wish." He finally let her go.

She immediately ran back to her room to take advantage of the time to write some of her remaining graduation thesis.

The next day.

After Bai Shuruo woke up, she was also in her room writing her thesis.

While she was writing, Han Yangting came over and knocked on the door.

"Brother Han." Bai Shuruo asked, "Is something the matter?"

"I have to go to the construction site in a while," Han Yangting said.

Bai Shuruo couldn't help but laugh; it was great, he wouldn't be at home, so she wouldn't have to face the little requests he made from time to time.

Although these were all expressions of affection between a married couple, she couldn't accept them for the time being.

He looked at her helplessly; she was this happy that he was leaving?

Was she that afraid of him?

So he made another request: "Ruoruo, come with me."

"Me? I... my altitude sickness hasn't recovered yet!" Bai Shuruo immediately found an excuse.

"How could that be? Weren't you fine shopping yesterday? You even ate snail rice noodles quite happily," Han Yangting said.

"I... still have to write my graduation thesis."

"You don't graduate until next year, there's no rush for this moment."

"I..."

"How about this, you bring your laptop to my office to write; I have a spot there, it's quiet, comfortable, and spacious, I guarantee no one will come to disturb you."

"Huh?" Bai Shuruo felt a headache coming on.

Han Yangting leaned closer to her and said, "This is also a husband's little request, hoping his wife will accompany him at all times. Ruoruo, you wouldn't even deny me this small request, would you?"

Bai Shuruo resisted in her heart, but she still had to bring her computer and obediently go with him.

They finally arrived at the construction site; in just over a month, the buildings on the site had grown much taller.

She couldn't help but look at Han Yangting and praise him, "Brother Han, your construction company is really impressive; these buildings are going up very fast."

Han Yangting paused and could only say, "It's alright, we are professionals after all."

The office was built temporarily, a three-story flat structure, but the soundproofing was very good; Ling Feng and Ni Xianglei also worked here, each with their own office.

Seeing Bai Shuruo arrive, Ling Feng and Ni Xianglei were both quite happy.

Ling Feng asked, "Why did Ruoruo come?"

Bai Shuruo said with a hint of grievance, "Brother Han insisted that I come... to keep him company."

Ling Feng couldn't help but look at Han Yangting and teased, "Yo, Yangting is starting to get the hang of it, knowing how to express his needs. If you didn't act, Ruoruo would have mistaken the three of us for having an affair."

Bai Shuruo couldn't help but apologize, "Ling Feng, before... I'm really sorry, I thought..."

"It's okay, you and Yangting are both like two blocks of wood, it's normal to have misunderstandings, but it's good now that he's finally enlightened. You two should be good together, and don't be jealous of me and Leizi anymore; we are two straight men who only like beautiful women."

Bai Shuruo smiled apologetically again, and then was led by Han Yangting to his office.

His office was the largest, with a very big executive desk and a very spacious leather sofa, which fit the image of a wealthy construction contractor perfectly.

No wonder he had several cars, could afford to dine at the Sky Restaurant, and could even gift her a pile of expensive skincare products.

"Ruoruo, you sit here," Han Yangting cleared a spot for her, right next to his desk.

Bai Shuruo paused; wouldn't that mean she would have to work while facing him?