Chapter 423: Is She Blushing?

Seeing her dazed expression, Li Xiao couldn't help but tease her, "Stunned silly? Has your soul not returned yet?"

Upon hearing this, Cai Xiaotang instantly snapped back to reality, rolled her eyes at him, and retorted, "If I'm truly silly, it's your fault! You don't even think about who I got hurt for!"

Her words had just fallen—

Li Xiao's expression changed abruptly, becoming somewhat serious.

The scene of being pushed aside by the person before him when the gunshot rang out was still firmly imprinted in his mind.

The palpitations of that moment were still remembered even now.

He had never dreamed that one day he would be saved by the woman before him.

Cai Xiaotang paused slightly, thinking he was angry, and hurriedly changed her tune, "I... I was just saying that, I didn't mean to blame you. I was just being silly today, getting tricked by others. Thank you for saving me."

Li Xiao returned to his senses. Seeing her serious expression, he shook his head helplessly and sat back down by the bedside, "Why did you save me at that time?"

He suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"Why?" Cai Xiaotang was stunned by his question, and for a moment, she didn't know how to answer.

She pondered for two seconds, then waved her hand dismissively, "How could there be so many 'whys' for something like this? I didn't think that much at the time; I just subconsciously pushed you away. I even thought neither of us would get hurt. Who would have thought I'd be so unlucky..."

"Is that so?"

The corners of Li Xiao's lips suddenly curled up, and he looked at the person before him with a bit more admiration.

Cai Xiaotang, however, suddenly perked up. She looked at the person before her with a guarded expression and explained loudly, "I really didn't think that much at the time! You must not misunderstand anything. I don't have a crush on you! It was probably just my subconscious fear that if you died, no one would protect me, so I just rushed up!"

Li Xiao looked at the person before him with some surprise, the arc of his lips even more pronounced than before, "Why are you so nervous? Did I say anything?"

Cai Xiaotang looked serious, "It's better to make it clear, lest you misunderstand. After all, if this were in ancient times, it wouldn't be excessive to offer myself in marriage for such a thing. I'm just afraid you might get hot-headed and act on impulse..."

Hearing this, Li Xiao found it both amusing and helpless. Listening to her messy rambling, he suddenly felt in a good mood.

Just as he was about to say something more, he heard a loud "rumble" come from someone's stomach.

The hospital room went quiet instantly.

Cai Xiaotang looked down at her stomach in disbelief, finally feeling hungry after the fact.

"Pfft—"

Li Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The next second, his shoulder took a heavy hit.

"What are you laughing at! I didn't eat dinner, and I was so terrified. Why don't you hurry up and have someone buy me something to eat!"

Cai Xiaotang deliberately used a loud voice to cover up her embarrassment.

Li Xiao hurriedly nodded repeatedly and stood up immediately, "What do you want to eat? I'll have someone prepare it for you."

Cai Xiaotang pointed at her injured right hand with a blank expression, "Do you think I can eat anything like this? Seafood or hot pot?"

"I suppose it can only be plain porridge..." Seeing her look of despair, Li Xiao couldn't help but laugh again. Seeing that she was about to bristle, he hurriedly turned and walked toward the door of the hospital room to have someone prepare the food.

Not long after, his subordinate delivered the dinner.

"You bought so much?"

Cai Xiaotang stared wide-eyed at the takeout packaging covering the table in front of her.

Li Xiao opened them one by one unhurriedly and explained, "I just tried to choose things that wouldn't be too dull to eat within the range of what you can have."

As he spoke, he casually opened the lid of the porridge bowl, and a fragrance immediately wafted out from the thermal container.

It turned out not to be monotonous plain porridge; vegetables and ham had been added.

Cai Xiaotang nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad! I'll give it full marks!"

As she spoke, she grabbed a spoon impatiently, only to find her left hand was awkward, and no matter how she adjusted her posture, it felt uncomfortable.

Just as she was about to drink it like that, the next second—

The spoon in her hand was taken away by someone.

"Let me."

Li Xiao said, scooping up a spoonful of porridge and delivering it to Cai Xiaotang's lips.

Cai Xiaotang was stunned. It was her first time experiencing the treatment of being fed by someone, and she refused uncomfortably, "No need, I can do it myself..."

A flash of panic crossed her eyes, and her heartbeat skipped a beat for no reason.

What is this guy doing?

The two of them are only in a fake marriage, not really dating...

There's no need to go as far as feeding her!

Thinking this, Cai Xiaotang reached out to take the spoon back.

But just as she moved, Li Xiao deliberately avoided her, making her grab at thin air.

"Are you feeling shy? That doesn't look like your style..."

Li Xiao teased her deliberately.

After he finished speaking, he saw Cai Xiaotang, who had been looking unnatural, glare at him immediately.

"Who's shy!" Cai Xiaotang said, subconsciously being stubborn.

As she spoke, she deliberately leaned in and drank the porridge from the spoon, then continued, pretending to be indifferent, "If someone is willing to serve me and feed me for free, why wouldn't I accept it!"

"Right, not accepting it wouldn't be like you." Li Xiao replied amusingly. As he spoke, he picked up a piece of green vegetable and delivered it to her lips.

Cai Xiaotang pretended to be nonchalant and ate it again. Sensing the other person staring at her the whole time, her heartbeat couldn't help but become even more chaotic than before.

Fine...

She admits it!

Although this person is a bit old, the attractiveness of this face is still quite aggressive...

Being stared at like this, any woman would inevitably have her mind wander!

Just as Cai Xiaotang was muttering to herself, she heard Li Xiao's annoying and slightly puzzled voice ring in her ear, "Why do I feel... like you're blushing?"

"Who's blushing!"

Hearing this, Cai Xiaotang was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on; completely unaware that the redness on her face had instantly become even more obvious, she retorted loudly: "I'm just hot! It's too stuffy in here!"

As she spoke, she tried to cover it up by fanning her cheeks with her hand.

A trace of a smile flashed in Li Xiao's eyes, but he didn't expose her; instead, he changed the subject: "Regarding today's incident, if you encounter it again next time... would you still dare to step up and act heroically?"

"Hmm?"

Cai Xiaotang was stunned for a moment, but once she realized what he was asking, she immediately nodded without hesitation and replied: "Of course."

Li Xiao raised an eyebrow in surprise as he looked at her: "Not afraid of being kidnapped again?"

"I am afraid." Cai Xiaotang looked at him with an expression that said "how could I not be," then pondered for two seconds before explaining with a straight face.

"I was indeed impulsive today, but if I encounter something like this again, I would still help. I just need to be smarter and not just go off with people so easily. Think about it, if today I hadn't tried to take that old lady myself, but instead found a police officer to take her, wouldn't I have avoided being kidnapped?"

Li Xiao had not expected such an answer at all; he was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.

It was exactly the kind of answer only she would give.

How could there be such a fun and adorable person in this world?