In the middle of the night, Jing Li felt that the person beside her was moving too frequently. The light in the bathroom turned on several times, and the sound of the toilet flushing echoed several times. She couldn’t sleep well at all.

Jing Ran returned to bed from the bathroom once again. Jing Li turned on the bedside lamp and asked, “Ranran, is your stomach not feeling well?”

“Mm…” Jing Ran tugged at the blanket in response.

Grandma had mentioned that Jing Ran’s digestive system wasn’t that great, and he would get diarrhea from eating cold food. Grandma didn’t even let him drink cold water, but he loved to sneak a drink. When they had barbecue at night, and there were cold drinks, Jing Li even watched him closely to prevent him from not being able to resist drinking cold beverages.

“What’s wrong? Not feeling well?” Jing Li sat up, tucking her hair behind her ear.

Jing Li lifted the blanket covering Jing Ran without any hesitation, pulling aside his clothes and looking at his flat stomach, asking, “Where does it hurt?”
Jing Ran touched near his navel and said, “Here.”

“Did you get diarrhea from secretly drinking cold beverages?”

“No!”

Jing Li had been watching him all along, so she decided to believe him for now.

Jing Li pulled his clothes back down, covered him with the blanket, and said, “I’ll go find some medicine for you and boil some water while I’m at it.”

“Can I not take medicine?”

Jing Li looked at this tall guy who was acting cute like a child and said lightly, “If you don’t take medicine, then you’ll have to go to the hospital for a shot.”

“Lili, just give me the medicine,” Jing Ran could only choose between the bitter taste and physical pain.

Jing Li walked to the room, feeling her way from the second floor to the first floor. There were some “swooshing” sounds in the kitchen, like the sound of a mouse…

Even though she was very afraid of mice, she believed that as long as she didn’t move, the mice wouldn’t come to bite her.

Life experience had taught her that as soon as the light was turned on, creatures like mice and cockroaches would flee.

“Click!”

Jing Li arrived in the kitchen and turned on the light switch. The kitchen lit up, and suddenly a tall, thin figure appeared.

Jing Li was startled and patted her chest, soothing her frightened heart, “You scared me, what are you doing here?”

Chen Wenbin casually glanced at Jing Li and said, “Drank too much tonight, feeling thirsty.”

Jing Li was wearing a set of suspender shorts pajamas, and because she was sleeping, she wasn’t wearing a bra. Subconsciously, she covered her chest with one hand to prevent any exposure, then went to the sink to pick up the electric kettle, filled it with some water, and started boiling water.

Chen Wenbin didn’t understand why Jing Li covered her chest with one hand, thinking that she was treating him like a pervert, feeling very wronged. He had accidentally touched her in the morning, did she have to guard against him even when there was nothing going on?

Suddenly, Chen Wenbin blurted out, “I’m not interested in the airport.”

“Ah?” Jing Li still covered her chest with one hand, she turned to look at Chen Wenbin, not quite believing what she had just heard.

“I said I’m not interested in the airport, why do you keep guarding against me like I’m some kind of pervert?”

Jing Ran said her chest was like a small bun, and she was already very angry; now this guy was talking about an airport???

Jing Li glared at Chen Wenbin, not wanting to continue the conversation with him. She thought that after tomorrow, she wouldn’t have to see this person again. Jing Li thought about where she had put the medicine box, she looked around the kitchen and found it on the large marble table in the center of the kitchen. Still covering her chest with one hand, she walked over and opened the medicine box to take out some medicine.

Chen Wenbin saw her take out some Baoji pills and curiously asked, “Are you not feeling well?”

Jing Li didn’t answer, she took out the medicine, closed the box, and then went back to the sink to wait for the water to boil.

“Lili…” Jing Ran, leaning against the wall, suddenly appeared in front of the two people.

Jing Li quickly went to support him and asked, “How did you come down?”

“Aren’t you afraid of the dark? I came down to accompany you.” Jing Ran’s body leaned against Jing Li’s slender body, but he was afraid she couldn’t bear the weight, so he shifted his weight towards himself.

Jing Li was indeed afraid of walking the dark path alone, but just now her mind was filled with Jing Ran’s discomfort, and she didn’t have the heart to think about anything else. She admired herself for enduring such a dark environment, moving from the second floor to the first-floor kitchen.

Chen Wenbin saw Jing Ran looking weak and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Without speaking, Jing Li replied on his behalf, “I don’t know what he ate, but he has diarrhea.”

Chen Wenbin suddenly realized and said, “I got it, serves me right!”

Jing Li: “What’s wrong?”

Jing Ran: “No telling.”

Chen Wenbin couldn’t stand how clueless Jing Ran was and said, “This fool, eating two of your half-cooked chicken wings in the evening, it would be strange if he didn’t have diarrhea in the middle of the night.”

Jing Li asked, “Really?”

Jing Ran didn’t respond, as if he tacitly agreed.

“The click.” The electric kettle automatically turned off.

Jing Li walked over to pour half a cup of hot water, mixed in a bottle of mineral water from the fridge, adjusted the temperature to be suitable for drinking, and handed the herbal medicine pill and warm water to Jing Ran.

Jing Ran pursed his lips and swallowed with some resistance, then gulped down a large cup of warm water.

Every time Jing Ran took his medicine, he had this awkward expression. Jing Li couldn’t help but ridicule him, saying, “You big baby.”

Jing Ran let out a soft “hmph,” reached out and put his arm around Jing Li’s shoulder, saying, “Lili, let’s go back to sleep.”

“Let’s go, let’s go,” Jing Li reached out and held onto his waist, helping him leave the kitchen.

Chen Wenbin felt like he was being bullied, and they were treating him like he was invisible.

The couple returned to the room and, after lying down, Jing Li covered Jing Ran with a blanket without saying anything to him about his half-cooked meal in front of the guests. “Ranran, are you silly? You knew it was only half-cooked, why did you eat it?”

Jing Ran asked, “Does this make you unhappy?”

Jing Li pouted and said, “You have a stomachache, how can I be happy? Is your stomach hurting?”

“A little bit.”

Jing Li reached into his clothes, touching his stomach gently and rubbing around his navel, saying, “Will this make you feel better?”

“Mm.”

*
Near the beach, there is a famous mountain, and the group agreed to wake up early and drive to the mountaintop to watch the sunrise.

Jing Ran had a stomachache in the middle of the night, so he and Jing Li didn’t get much sleep. They didn’t join the group to go, instead, they stayed in the villa to rest.

Chen Wenbin didn’t want to go, but Cao Jianhua’s car couldn’t fit so many people, so they needed to take two cars. Also, Cao Jianhua didn’t want to leave Chen Wenbin in the villa, disturbing Jing Ran and his girlfriend’s lovey-dovey time. Sometimes, everyone really thinks that Chen Wenbin is simply a copy of Jing Ran, especially lacking insight. But since Jing Ran got a girlfriend, the bookish thinking has started to move towards the direction of normal people.
It seems that Chen Wenbin needs to get a girlfriend to improve his emotional intelligence…

Hopefully, he can find a girlfriend as tolerant as Jing Li, otherwise, breaking up would be a matter of minutes.

After Jing Ran rested, he began preparing lunch for everyone to have when they returned to the villa. Jing Li felt that Jing Ran did a lot of things, while she did very few, and couldn’t share the burden with him at all.

Jing Li asked, “Ranran, will you teach me to cook when we go back?”
Jing Ran, while cutting meat, stopped and looked down at Jing Li picking vegetables beside him, saying, “Sure, but you can’t cook for other people.”

Jing Li: “…”

*
After lunch, the weekend beach trip came to an end, and everyone drove back to City G. It was still early when they returned, so Jing Ran asked Chen Wenbin to park in the Li District to visit his grandmother. Chen Wenbin said he hadn’t seen Jing Ran’s grandmother for a long time and also wanted to visit her. Jing Ran’s roommate Zhao Ziheng was also in the car and had to go back to school because his homework wasn’t finished. Chen Wenbin drove to the subway station near Enning Road and let him take the subway back.

After parking the car, Chen Wenbin picked some fruit at a nearby fruit shop to take to visit Jing Ran’s grandmother.

Jing Li realized that she had always gone to grandma’s house empty-handed and felt that she hadn’t been courteous enough. She asked Jing Ran a bit worriedly, “Ranran, it seems like I’ve never bought any gifts to visit grandma. Will she mind?”

Jing Ran replied, “No, I also go to my grandmother’s house empty-handed.”

Jing Li: “…”

When studying in the Li District, Chen Wenbin often came to Jing Ran’s grandmother’s house to do homework and wait for his parents to pick him up, so his relationship with Jing Ran’s grandparents was quite good.

Jing Ran, Jing Li, and Chen Wenbin arrived at Jing Ran’s grandmother’s house. After opening the door and entering the house, they found Grandma sitting in the living room. The three of them called out to her, and there were also an elderly man and woman sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Two elderly people(paternal grandparents) knew that grandma(maternal grandmother) had only one grandson, so why did three young people whom they didn’t recognize call her grandmother?

“Grandpa, grandma, how come you’re here?”

A tall, handsome young man suddenly stepped forward and greeted the two elderly people as if he knew them well.

The two elderly people looked puzzled, feeling that this young man was being overly polite by calling them grandpa and grandma right away.

Seeing the puzzled expression on their grandpa and grandma’s faces, Jing Ran, who had changed his appearance, realized that many people might not recognize him at first, so he introduced himself again, saying, “I am Ranran.”

“What?” Grandpa and grandma were momentarily taken aback.

Grandma stood up, walked up to Jing Ran, and seriously scrutinized him as if he really was their Ranran. Grandma still had some doubts and walked behind Jing Ran, reaching out to touch the waistband of his pants.

Since Jing Ran had been pulled by his grandmother’s pants last time, he was cautious and held onto his own pants, stepping back behind Jing Li, afraid that grandma would come over and pull down his pants, looking pitiful as he said, “Grandma, I really am Ranran.”

Seeing this scene, Jing Li couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

Grandma said, “Dear, he really is Ranran.”

“Oh, this is my grandson?” Grandma still found it hard to believe, looking at the young man and woman next to Jing Ran and asking, “Are they your friends?”

Jing Ran formally introduced his girlfriend to his grandpa and grandma, saying, “Grandpa, grandma, this is my girlfriend, her name is Lili.”

Jing Li politely greeted grandpa and grandma, “Hello, grandpa, grandma, my name is Jing Li, and I am Ran Ran’s girlfriend.”

“Girlfriend? He actually has a girlfriend?” Grandma couldn’t believe that her grandson had become handsome and even had a girlfriend.