The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 28: Heating Up

When he returned to the cotton textile factory, the shirtless big man was already curled up sleeping by the car.

Xiao Chenye was taken aback, and as he came to his senses, he couldn’t deny being moved.

No wonder this brother said this place was absolutely safe; turns out he stayed to watch the car for him.

"Brother."

The big man was startled awake, bewildered, instinctively lifted his sleeve to wipe his drool, looked at Xiao Chenye right in front of him, and rubbed his eyes, "Oh my gosh!"

He stretched his stiff waist, "Brother, you took forever for that dump!"

No kidding.

He had been messing around for over an hour.

Xiao Chenye laughed stupidly and scratched his head, "Hehe, this place looks different at night compared to daytime, I took the wrong path and finally managed to find my way back."

After speaking, he humbly pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for the big man.

The big man: "..."

He had nothing to say.

He wasn’t really upset in the first place, and now he couldn’t be less angry.

"Alright, since you’re back, I’m gonna head out."

Xiao Chenye quickly called out, "Hey! Big brother, what’s your name?

Thank you for watching my car today, if you get a chance I’ll treat you to a drink."

The big man originally wanted to suavely say it didn’t matter, he’s just someone who learned from Brother Lei, but upon hearing about the drink...

"I’m Cheng Youyin, if you don’t mind, call me Brother Cheng from now on, I find you quite decent."

"Alright, Brother Cheng!"

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Driving back home, Xiao Chenye had just climbed over the wall when he stumbled upon Wen Ran, who was drowsy from waking at night.

Seeing such a live person jump into the yard, Wen Ran’s eyes nearly popped out.

Heavens!

Such a cool move.

Want to learn it.

Her long hair was smooth and gently draped down her back, she stared with big, bright eyes, wearing a homemade robe for a night gown, standing in the yard without a word.

Xiao Chenye stood up, patted the dirt off his hands, looked up, and nearly had a heart attack being startled by Wen Ran.

"Oh my gosh! Scared me half to death!"

At this moment, Xiao Chenye couldn’t afford to be shy; he clutched his chest and suddenly lay down on the ground.

Wen Ran startled, let her hair down, and ran over clattering, "What’s wrong, what’s wrong?"

Xiao Chenye was forced to roll over, lay on his back on the ground, opened his eyes, and looked at Wen Ran with grievance.

Murmured, "Got scared."

Wen Ran: "?"

She blinked, confused, and after coming to her senses, realized her appearance might have scared him.

Upon closer inspection, poor thing, he really was scared enough to shiver.

Xiao Chenye’s lips were white.

"Sorry, really sorry," Wen Ran nodded and bowed, approached Xiao Chenye, and dragged him up from the ground with force.

Apologizing while also disliking, "Ugh~ You smell bad! How come you reek of smoke? Do you smoke?"

Upon hearing that, Xiao Chenye’s lips were no longer white; he turned completely red with embarrassment, nearly like a boiled shrimp.

Indeed, there’s a bit of a smell on him.

However, he didn’t forget to explain, "Don’t blame me! I don’t smoke, but sometimes a cigarette helps solve a lot of things in social situations, so I just carry some with me."

Wen Ran understood, this is a society of social relations.

Xiao Chenye’s handsome appearance and a couple of flattering words while offering a cigarette might work unexpected wonders.

Seeing Wen Ran remain silent, Xiao Chenye became anxious, "I’m serious!"

As if to verify the truth of his words, Xiao Chenye’s stomach made a thunderous rumbling sound.

Accompany it.

"Gurgle~"

Wen Ran: "!"

She was dumbfounded.

Xiao Chenye: "..."

He instinctively reached out to cover his stomach, trying to argue it wasn’t him, but...

Only the two of them were there.

He stammered at a loss for words, and after a while, he spoke in a small, aggrieved voice, "Actually, I didn’t have time for dinner."

How to say it, the contrast between the rough man’s cute reaction, Wen Ran instantly got it.

The two exchanged a knowing glance and simultaneously chuckled.

The strange tension between them seemed to dissipate quite a bit.

Xiao Chenye scratched his head, "I’m serious, don’t smoke."

Wen Ran helplessly, "Alright, alright, I believe you don’t smoke," she tied up her hair, "Even if you’re busy, you need to eat!

There’s an old saying, people are iron, food is steel, if you don’t eat you get hungry."

She instructed Xiao Chenye smoothly, "There’s hot water left for you in the pot, take it to wash up, and then build a fire."

Build a fire?

Xiao Chenye’s heart rate picked up speed, he asked knowingly, "Why build a fire in the middle of the night?"

Wen Ran smiled and teased Xiao Chenye, "The Red Army is hungry, I’m cooking something for it."

Xiao Chenye: "..."

Seeing Wen Ran heading to the kitchen, Xiao Chenye cheerfully followed along, "Actually, I’m hungry too, could you make me something to eat?"

"Sure, what do you want to eat?"

"Noodles, can you make them?"

His favorite food is noodles, and after all the things that happened tonight, Xiao Chenye desperately wanted a bowl of steaming hot noodles to soothe his little heart.

First, fill his stomach, then handle things tomorrow.

"I can," Wen Ran was an orphan, she grew up with hardships, learned to be self-reliant since young, sometimes she’d help out when the nursery staff were busy...

Going off topic.

Watching Xiao Chenye lay out the ingredients one by one, Wen Ran began to knead the dough.

For noodles to be tasty, the dough needs to be kneaded properly.

Seeing Wen Ran work skillfully, Xiao Chenye grabbed a bucket to shower.

Taking a warm shower only took five minutes in total.

"You done?"

"Yeah."

Clean Xiao Chenye emanated a unique scent, fresh and clean, not quite like soapberry.

The smell felt reassuring.

Anyway...

Wen Ran’s lowered eyelashes trembled slightly, she still quite liked it.

Xiao Chenye hesitantly, "I don’t smell bad anymore, right?"

He had diligently scrubbed twice with bar soap!

If Wen Ran still said he smelled!

Then he’d—he’d go shower again, boohoohoohoo.

Wen Ran, finding it funny and annoying, "No, you don’t smell anymore, hurry up, keep an eye on the fire, don’t let it boil over without noticing."

"Got it."

Xiao Chenye peeked into the kitchen, then quickly returned to the main room and said while watching Wen Ran roll out the noodles, "It’s not boiling yet, but judging by the weather outside, it’ll probably rain tomorrow."

"Really?" Wen Ran almost instantly believed Xiao Chenye’s judgment, muttered, "I thought, why is the night so sultry, it’s a sign of impending rain."

"You believe me?"

"Why wouldn’t I?"

Xiao Chenye licked his lips, "Nothing, just glad you believed."

The noodles Wen Ran made turned out surprisingly delicious; Xiao Chenye polished off a bowl in no time.

Noodles filled his stomach, his heart settled.

Time to sleep, tomorrow might be a prolonged battle.

Wen Ran, in a good mood, sneaked a bite of noodles as well, satisfied and carb-drowsy, yawning as she headed back to her room to sleep.

A dreamless night.

The sun rose, then quickly was mostly obscured by clouds.

The rain poured down.

Half awake, Wen Ran heard rain falling and Mrs. Xiao’s voice, "You rascal! Where do you think you’re going in this weather?"

Wen Ran thought in a daze, rainy days, sleepy days.

The breeze was soothing, the rain tinkled.

Truly ideal for sleeping~