Chapter 514

After an intense and intimate exchange.

Xia Nuannuan, feeling weak all over and unwilling to move a single finger, was still carried to the bathroom to take another shower together.

In this situation, her shyness was of no use, and she could only let Qin Tian provide her with a full-service experience.

Carrying her back to the bed, Qin Tian gently kissed her forehead.

"Sleep now!"

"Mmm... Goodnight!"

Xia Nuannuan was truly exhausted; she closed her eyes and replied in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"Goodnight!"

Qin Tian smiled dotingly, reached over to turn off the bedside lamp, and closed his own eyes.

Before long, the two of them, wrapped in each other's arms, fell into a deep sleep.

They slept through the night without dreams, and when they woke up, it was already past nine o'clock the next morning.

"Ah? It's already past nine?"

Xia Nuannuan, who woke up later, exclaimed and hurriedly grabbed the phone from the nightstand to check the time.

"Thank goodness, Xu Jiao and the others haven't come over yet."

"Did she send a message?"

Qin Tian, holding her waist, leaned his head over to peek at the phone screen.

"Yeah, she sent it ten minutes ago; she just woke up too."

Xia Nuannuan smiled and showed him the message on the phone.

"Then it's still early; let's snooze for a bit longer."

Qin Tian snatched the phone and stuffed it back under the pillow, then smiled and pulled her in tight.

The two had slept skin-to-skin last night, and Qin Tian really loved the familiar feeling of pressure against his chest.

Xia Nuannuan's pretty face flushed, and she struggled to twist her body, saying: "What do you mean it's still early? Get up quickly, let's go have breakfast."

"I don't want breakfast."

Qin Tian shamelessly held her even tighter.

"Get up!!"

"I can get up, but you have to promise me one thing first."

"No, get up quickly!"

Xia Nuannuan refused flatly with a flushed face.

She was used to this person's tricks by now and wouldn't be fooled again.

Seeing that his tricks weren't working, Qin Tian simply resorted to force, suddenly rolling over to take the dominant position.

"What... what are you doing?"

Xia Nuannuan's beautiful eyes were filled with panic, and she turned her head away with a bright red face.

"Before breakfast, I think we need some fasted cardio."

"No."

"Yes, it's good for weight loss; this is scientifically proven."

"Mmm... you really are too bad!"

It was nearly eleven o'clock when the two of them walked out of the hotel room arm in arm.

Xia Nuannuan still had a hint of shyness on her face, and every few steps, she would reach out and give him a hard pinch on the waist.

Qin Tian knew he was in the wrong and could only bear it with a bitter smile; every time he was pinched, he would pretend to gasp in pain, though in reality, it was more ticklish than painful.

The hotel provided breakfast, but it was already eleven o'clock—there was no breakfast left.

There was no other way; the two had to find a shop outside and eat breakfast and lunch together.

The amount of exercise last night and this morning had been quite significant, and both of them were feeling ravenous.

Just as they walked out of the hotel entrance, they happened to see Xu Jiao and Zhou Xian getting out of a taxi together.

"Sorry, sorry, we're late."

Xu Jiao saw them too and hurriedly apologized.

She felt very embarrassed; she had promised to be their guide, only to arrive so late.

"It's fine, we just woke up too and were about to go eat!"

Xia Nuannuan smiled and shook her head, a blush flashing across her pretty face.

"You haven't had breakfast yet?"

Zhou Xian asked with some surprise.

"It's the holidays, so it's easy to sleep in, and we were genuinely tired yesterday, so we missed the hotel breakfast time."

Qin Tian answered calmly, without blushing or skipping a beat.

"Haha... I thought I was the only one like that; looks like we're all the same!"

Zhou Xian said with a chuckle.

"You have the nerve to say that!"

Xu Jiao glared at him, then said to Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan: "I got to his apartment gate, and this guy was still sleeping, which made us miss breakfast time too, so we had to hurry and take a taxi over. I'm so annoyed; what kind of man likes to sleep in and is so sluggish when going out?"

Zhou Xian didn't argue back, just scratched his head with a sheepish grin.

"It's fine, let's just find a shop and eat together!"

Qin Tian suggested with a smile.

Xu Jiao and Zhou Xian naturally nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, on Xu Jiao's recommendation, the four of them arrived at a Xiang cuisine restaurant not far from the hotel.

Xiang cuisine is one of the eight major culinary traditions of the Han people, focusing on spicy, fragrant, soft, and tender flavors. It is widely spread, and one can find Xiang restaurants all over the country.

However, since they were in Xingcheng, they naturally had to taste the local Xiang cuisine and see how it differed from their impressions.

The most famous representative dishes of Xiang cuisine are naturally stir-fried pork with chili and steamed fish head with chopped chili; these two dishes have become common home-cooked meals often seen on many family dining tables across the country.

Naturally, these two dishes were also the signature rice-accompanying dishes of this restaurant.

After Qin Tian ordered these two dishes directly, he handed the menu to Xia Nuannuan beside him.

"Hello, one order of this steamed egg and one order of this steamed cured meat platter."

After looking at the menu, Xia Nuannuan looked up and said to the waiter.

"Alright."

The waiter nodded with a smile and quickly recorded it.

"Xu Jiao, you guys should order a few dishes too!"

Xia Nuannuan handed the menu to Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao didn't stand on ceremony; after taking the menu, she added two more dishes: spicy chicken and a wolfberry black-bone chicken soup.

"That's enough for four people; don't order too much and waste it."

Zhou Xian returned the menu to the waiter and said.

"It's fine, we're all hungry, and I have a big appetite."

Qin Tian smiled and said to the waitress: "Could you please add two of your restaurant's specialty dishes? You can just arrange that yourself."

"Alright."

The waitress agreed with a warm smile and asked: "Would you like to order any drinks?"

"What do you have?"

"Plum juice, watermelon juice..."

"Watermelon juice?"

Before she could finish, Qin Tian cast an inquiring look at the two opposite them.

Xu Jiao and Zhou Xian had no objections and nodded in agreement.

"Then let's go with watermelon juice!"

Qin Tian turned his head and said.

"Alright, please wait a moment; the dishes will be here shortly."

After saying this, the waitress turned and walked away quickly.

The restaurant's efficiency in serving dishes was quite high; before long, two dishes and a soup were brought out, and the iced watermelon juice was also delivered.

All four of them hadn't eaten breakfast, so they didn't stand on ceremony and picked up their chopsticks to start eating.

"How's the taste of the food?"

Xu Jiao asked Xia Nuannuan with a smile.

"Mmm, it's pretty good."

Xia Nuannuan nodded in approval with a sweet smile.

In truth, she didn't feel it was that delicious, but since it was a shop recommended by Xu Jiao, she had to give some face.

"Better than what I make?"

Qin Tian, sitting beside her, picked up a piece of spicy chicken for her bowl and asked with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan turned her head to look at him, shook her head with a smile, and said: "Of course yours is better, Brother!"

"Qin Tian knows how to cook?"

Xu Jiao looked at the two of them with a surprised expression.

"Yeah, the food he makes is delicious, really."

Xia Nuannuan nodded vigorously, a proud smile appearing on her small face.

Xu Jiao and Zhou Xian exchanged glances, both wearing expressions of half-belief.