Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. When the little girl asked that question, it seemed as if she was quite regretful?
The man standing beside the bed raised his hand and slowly undid the buttons of his white dress shirt. His eyes roamed wantonly over the person on the bed. His inky pupils seemed to hide unfathomable desires. "Lanlan doesn't want me to be a gentleman?"
Rong Lan was startled again. She lowered her head and covered her face, wishing she could burrow into the quilt. "No, no, no! I didn't mean that!"
There was still a roasted chicken waiting for her in the kitchen. Of course, she hoped that her brother would be a gentleman at this moment. She was just curious about how he managed to hold himself back. After all, her aunt had said...
"Alright." After taking off his white dress shirt, Chu Hengyuan shook it out and gently draped it over her back. Then he bent down and ruffled the back of her head, his tone gentle. "I don't want to be a gentleman either, but my little girl is hungry." Moreover, she had just regained her human form. He was worried about her body and didn't have the heart to really touch her.
"I'll go take a shower." If he didn't leave her side soon, he would lose control. Right now, the soft little girl was lying on the bed, looking so vulnerable. He didn't know how much self - restraint it took not to pounce on her. He had to take a shower to cool down. "I'll be back soon. Lanlan, don't touch the oven by yourself. Wait for me to come out and get the roasted chicken for you."
"Okay." Rong Lan nodded with her face covered, not daring to say anything else to provoke him.
It wasn't until she heard the bathroom door close that Rong Lan raised her head again and let out a long sigh of relief. She rolled over and sat up, found the remote control on the bedside table to turn on the light, then picked up the small fan on the bedside table and turned it on, blowing it at her face to cool down.
She felt as if her whole body was on fire now, and her hands and feet were still weak.
In order to save time, Chu Hengyuan took a cold shower in the cold winter. It only took him ten minutes to come out of the bathroom.
A gust of cool air came out with him from the bathroom. He turned his head and saw Rong Lan sitting cross - legged on the bed, holding a small fan and blowing it at her face. The hair hanging in front of her chest fluttered slightly. She was staring blankly at the wall, and he didn't know what she was thinking.
"Lanlan?" He called out softly.
Rong Lan came back to her senses and looked in the direction of the sound. The man was wearing a pure white bathrobe, his hair was wet, and the heat on his body seemed to have subsided.
Chu Hengyuan walked towards his little girl and stopped in front of her. "Let's go. Go out and have dinner."
Rong Lan looked up at him, turned off the small fan in her hand, and put it back in place. Then she opened her arms to him, smiling with her eyes bent. "Brother, carry me."
Chu Hengyuan was surprised. "Lanlan, you're being so proactive today that I can't help but think too much."
"Don't think too much." Rong Lan patted the back of his hand, snorted and rolled her eyes. "My shoes fell in the living room!" When he scared her just now by saying he would feed her well, she accidentally knocked them off while struggling. Otherwise, she would definitely not be staying in the room obediently now.
"No wonder." Chu Hengyuan shook his head helplessly and bent down to hug her.
No wonder his greedy little girl was still in the room. It turned out that she didn't have shoes to go out. Otherwise, she would probably be staring at her roasted chicken in the kitchen or playing with Amber in the living room.
The door of the room was opened. The little puppet cat was no longer sitting at the door. This time, Chu Hengyuan carried the little girl to the chair in the dining room and put her down. He picked up the shoes that had fallen in two places and placed them at her feet, then went into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
"Lanlan, wait for me for twenty minutes. We'll start dinner in twenty minutes."
"Okay." Rong Lan propped her chin and watched the kitchen door close. She took out her phone and planned to see if there was any interesting gossip today.
In less than twenty minutes, Chu Hengyuan carried the roasted chicken and opened the kitchen door. He had already put on the glasses he had left on the kitchen counter again.
Rong Lan smelled the roasted chicken and her eyes lit up. She decisively put down her phone, put on her shoes, and went into the kitchen to help Chu Hengyuan carry the food.
After they had carried all the food to the dining table, Chu Hengyuan went to the wine cabinet and took a bottle of red wine and two goblets. "To celebrate our Lanlan successfully completing her task and coming home, how about we open a bottle of wine to celebrate tonight?"
When Rong Lan saw the wine, she immediately thought of the time when she had drunk too much and blacked out. She subconsciously wanted to shake her head. However, she suddenly remembered that her soul had merged with this body. She could secretly use a little magic trick. Her brother probably wouldn't notice.
"Brother, your alcohol tolerance... isn't very good, right?" The little fox asked tentatively, smiling rather slyly.
If her brother's alcohol tolerance was poor, she could easily use magic to cheat and then get her brother drunk.
Chu Hengyuan understood the little scheme in her smile and helplessly raised his lips. "Yes, my alcohol tolerance is quite average." Since she asked like this, even if he had a very high alcohol tolerance, he wouldn't admit it.
The little girl was so eager to get him drunk. He had to go along with her wishes. After all, he was very curious about what she would do if she got him drunk. He had originally planned to coax her to drink a few more sips and get her drunk, but if she wanted to get him drunk, he could accompany her.
"Then let's open a bottle of red wine!" Rong Lan's eyes shone. She had already thought of what she could do if she really got her brother drunk.
"Okay." Chu Hengyuan sat down, opened the red wine, and first poured half a glass for the little girl, then for himself. "Eat something first. Have something to fill your stomach before drinking."
"Okay, I know." Rong Lan couldn't wait to pick up a piece of roasted chicken.
Chu Amber played by itself for a while and then trotted into the dining room. The two people in the dining room were already opening their fourth bottle of red wine.
All the food had been eaten, and they were playing finger - guessing games and drinking wine with a plate of peanuts.
Even though she secretly used magic, Rong Lan could still feel the dizziness of being drunk. The only thing that made her happy was that the person sitting beside her was obviously more drunk than her. It was the first time she had seen her brother with a red neck, and his eyes were so unfocused that she thought he would collapse after taking one more sip of wine.
"It's getting late. After we finish this bottle, we should go to bed." Rong Lan said as she poured a full glass of wine for her brother. Her brother's current expression told her that with just one glass of red wine, she could do whatever she wanted to him.
Even though he was pretending to be drunk, Chu Hengyuan couldn't help but rub his forehead when he saw a full glass of red wine. His little girl was really merciless in her attempt to get him drunk. Was his acting not good enough? He thought he had pretended to be almost unconscious from drunkenness. If he drank any more, he might really get drunk and out of control.
"Then - this is the last glass." Chu Hengyuan raised his glass and clinked it with the little girl's. He grinned at her, afraid that she wouldn't notice his drunkenness at this moment.
"Yeah, the last glass." Rong Lan's eyes curved into crescents. She imitated his action and clinked glasses with him. "After we finish this glass, we won't drink anymore!" After finishing this glass of wine, she would bully him, and he wouldn't be able to resist, right?