Chapter 105: Blushing, Sob! It’s My Fault!

When they got home, Ming Dai and Zhou Sinian immediately went into the space.

First, Ming Dai arranged the medicinal bath for Zhou Sinian, and then she took a bath herself.

After soaking in the hot water, both of them felt much more comfortable. The weather outside had been truly unbearable.

Ming Dai made some sour soup dumplings, and Zhou Sinian was conquered by the unique sour taste. Not only did he finish the dumplings, but he also drank the soup completely and added sour soup dumplings to his must-eat list.

After dinner, Ming Dai lounged comfortably on the sofa, chatting with Zhou Sinian about the day’s events.

“Although Secretary Cheng doesn’t know much about your situation, at least we have a general direction now. We’ll need to keep going to the county town and asking around. Next year, we can try reaching out to the commune and see if Director Wang has any information.”

She paused for a moment before adding, “But maybe we won’t have to wait that long. You’re becoming more and more clear-headed—who knows? One day, you might remember everything on your own.”

Ming Dai rambled on for a long time, but she didn’t get a response from Zhou Sinian.

Just when she thought Zhou Sinian had fallen asleep from exhaustion, he spoke.

“I’m not doing acupuncture anymore!”

His voice was muffled and clearly filled with emotion.

Ming Dai sat up and looked at him. He was looking down, knitting a sweater, his movements exaggerated, clearly angry.

“Why aren’t you doing acupuncture anymore? Don’t you want to get better?”

Zhou Sinian didn’t respond. Instead, he turned away from her, leaving her with the sight of his stubborn back.

Ming Dai was left confused. What was going on?

She furrowed her brows and went over to him, leaning in to look at him, only to discover he was crying!

This was the first time Ming Dai had ever seen Zhou Sinian cry. Seeing his eyes filled with tears, her heart raced and she became nervous and unsure of what to do.

“Hey, hey, hey! Why are you crying? What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?”

Zhou Sinian tossed the yarn ball onto the coffee table, then abruptly turned around, his voice choking as he accused her, “Ming Dai! Do you not want me anymore?!”

It felt like a heavy pot had fallen from the sky, knocking Ming Dai dizzy.

She quickly waved her hands. “No, no, no, I don’t!”

Zhou Sinian lifted his chin, stubbornly staring at her. Tears streamed down his face, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Ming Dai hurriedly swore, and after nearly half an hour, Zhou Sinian finally believed her and stopped crying.

Ming Dai looked at his swollen eyes and sighed. “A big man like you crying like this, isn’t it a little embarrassing?”

Zhou Sinian, holding the milk Ming Dai had given him, sniffled. “I’m scared. When you go to the county town to ask about people, are you trying to help me find my family? After finding them, you’ll just leave me with them, right?”

Ming Dai hadn’t expected him to be so sensitive. She sat up. “Yes, and no. Zhou Sinian, you’re an adult. No one can force you to stay with anyone, including me. I’m asking around in the county town not to send you away, but to prevent danger.

Do you remember when you hurt someone and the commune director wanted to send you back?”

Zhou Sinian thought for a moment, then nodded, adding, “They’re bad, a lot of them hit me! I was hurt too, but I was the one locked up. They wouldn’t let me out, so I hit them back. It’s not my fault.”

Ming Dai nodded in agreement. “It really isn’t your fault. But logically, the youth office should have taken over such matters. Either they would punish both sides on the spot or send the case back to your hometown, but neither of those things happened.

You weren’t sent away, you stayed in Hongqi Commune, and the people who hit you weren’t punished. This matter was just left unresolved, which is very strange.”

Zhou Sinian’s expression grew cold. “Someone is trying to harm me!”

Ming Dai smiled and gave him a thumbs-up. “Smart! If we can figure out who wants to harm you, we can be prepared in advance!”

Zhou Sinian nodded in agreement. “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated!”

After saying that, Zhou Sinian became confused. “Wait… what am I saying?”

Ming Dai gently reassured him, “It’s something you said subconsciously. That’s a good thing—it means you’re getting better. So, I’m not abandoning you. I just want to understand where the dangers are ahead of time. If we can’t fight them, at least we can avoid them. Understand?”

Zhou Sinian’s eyes lit up as he gazed at her seriously. “Ming Dai, you’re good to me. You’re the only one who is good to me. I don’t want to leave you. I’ll be good to you too—very, very good. Don’t leave me. When I get better, I’ll only be good to you, really!”

As he spoke, he reached out and held her hand.

Although Zhou Sinian’s mental state was still that of a seven- or eight-year-old, his body was that of a real adult man.

At that moment, his thin yet broad palm tightly gripped Ming Dai’s small hand, the heat from his palm spreading up her arm and reaching her face.

She felt her face burning again.

Ah, ah, ah!!!

What are you saying?!

This sounds like a confession!!

Seeing Ming Dai’s face turning red, Zhou Sinian became a bit nervous. “Ming Dai, are you sick? Your face looks like a monkey’s bottom!”

His words brought Ming Dai back to reality. She quickly pulled her hand away from Zhou Sinian’s, trembling as she touched her face, then seriously shook her head at him.

“It’s fine. We’re like family. We’ll stay together until you get better. After you get better… um, we’ll talk about it then.”

After you get better, I’m afraid you’ll remember today. You’ll either bury yourself or bury me!

Zhou Sinian frowned, stubbornly stating, “Even after I get better, I’ll still want to be with you! Always together!!”

Ming Dai was once again overwhelmed by his innocent, straightforward words, her face heating up once more.

Who can resist the direct confession of a big wolfdog?!

“Okay, okay, together, together!”

Ugh, no! The more I try to explain, the messier it gets!

I can’t take it anymore! If I stay any longer, something bad will happen!

She hurriedly got up. “Alright, remember to take your medicine, and then go to sleep!”

As soon as her voice fell, she disappeared up the stairs.

Zhou Sinian watched her retreating figure and murmured to himself, “She’s running pretty fast, isn’t she? How come she couldn’t move so quickly on the mountain? Does she want me to carry her? Tsk, naughty.”

Upstairs, Ming Dai lay on the big bed, tossing and turning. She pressed her throat and screamed silently.

Ming Dai!

What are you thinking about?!

His mindset is still that of a child!

You’re a thirty-year-old aunt mentally!!!

Get those shameless thoughts out of your head!

After a round of extreme tossing and turning, she was exhausted, gasping for breath, her eyes blankly staring at the ceiling.

Is it because I’ve been too bored lately, that my brain is going haywire? Facing Zhou Sinian’s pure, flawless eyes, I actually blushed!

Blushed!

Covering her still-burning face, Ming Dai felt utterly embarrassed!

The old house catching fire is so terrifying!!

It’s just 30 years of being single!

How did a few words from him turn me into such a mess?!

Wuwu!

The kid is only 20 years old, and his mind is still not fully developed—what’s there to be embarrassed about?!

That night, Ming Dai barely slept, her dark circles nearly as deep as a panda’s.

As the morning sun filtered through the curtains and onto her bed, she let out a long sigh. It seemed she would have to keep taking the medicine to calm herself down—maybe even increase the dosage. Wuwu!

After a restless night, she finally got up.

Upstairs, she took a moment to mentally prepare herself before heading down. But the moment she saw Zhou Sinian’s bright smile, all her resolve shattered instantly.

Wuwu, I feel so guilty!

In contrast to Ming Dai’s lethargy, Zhou Sinian was in top condition. Even his swollen eyes from yesterday were no longer puffy, and he greeted Ming Dai cheerfully, inviting her to breakfast.

Today, they needed to pollinate the fruits in the space. Since they hadn’t found a beehive in the mountains during the winter, they had to step in and pollinate the flowers manually.

The process was simple: first, collect the male flowers, use a brush to remove the pollen, and then apply it to the female flowers.

The best time for pollination was between 7 AM and 10 AM, as the success rate was higher during those hours.

Ming Dai now felt a moral guilt towards Zhou Sinian, feeling too embarrassed to work with him. After teaching him how to identify male and female flowers, she took charge of pollinating the small melons, while Zhou Sinian took on the task of pollinating the watermelons.

They had always worked together before, but now, separated, Zhou Sinian seemed a bit lost. It wasn’t until Ming Dai told him she’d be in the nearby field and that he could see her whenever he looked up that he reluctantly went over.

Ming Dai had a headache. Why was Zhou Sinian, who had shown signs of improvement, so clingy now?

And he’d even learned how to act spoiled without anyone teaching him!!

She rubbed her face, grabbed a small basket, and started picking male flowers, preparing for the pollination later.

They spent the entire morning working in the field. After finishing with the fruits, they went to the small grove in front of the villa. The fruit trees there had also bloomed early due to the temperature in the space.

While Ming Dai was pollinating, she directed Zhou Sinian to prune the trees, removing the unnecessary parts to reduce the pressure on the trees and help them bear fruit more effectively.

After a whole morning of work, both of them were exhausted.

Zhou Sinian noticed that Ming Dai hadn’t paid much attention to him all morning, and he wasn’t very happy about it.

Especially now that he was willing to express his thoughts, he started talking non-stop to Ming Dai.

“Ming Dai, you only said ten sentences to me this whole morning! Do you not want to be with me anymore?!”

Ming Dai!!

Listen to yourself, what kind of tiger and wolf words are you saying!!

“I’m not! I didn’t! Don’t say nonsense!!”

Zhou Sinian was upset. He looked at Ming Dai accusingly and shouted loudly, “You are! You do! I’m not saying nonsense! We agreed on this last night! And now you’re ignoring me again! Ming Dai, you’ve changed!!”

His voice was so loud it echoed!

Ming Dai was on the verge of tears!

Heaven!

Earth!

Please, bring back the silent and introverted Zhou Sinian I knew!!

After Ming Dai repeatedly assured him that she wouldn’t ignore him again—along with countless promises of delicious food—Zhou Sinian finally let it go. Cheerfully, he headed to the warehouse to fetch sweet potatoes.

She had promised to make him sweet potato candy for lunch. Although he had no idea what that was, he was sure of one thing—everything Ming Dai made was delicious!

Happy!!

Ming Dai wiped the sweat from her forehead, her mind filled with a swarm of silly thoughts.

Are boys really this hard to appease?

As a 30-year-old woman who had been single all her life, she felt like she was about to lose her mind!

Just then, Zhou Sinian’s excited voice rang out from the kitchen. “Ming Dai, how do you make this?!”

His enthusiastic tone, full of twists and turns, was completely at odds with his towering height of nearly 1.9 meters.

Ming Dai quickly called back, “Coming, coming!”

She feared that before long, Zhou Sinian would accuse her of being heartless and cold, threatening to abandon him once again.

Poor Ming Dai had yet to realize that she had walked right into Zhou Sinian’s trap.

He had learned the art of sweet talk from her, but now, he had surpassed even his teacher—successfully fooling her with her own tactics.

Once he realized how effective this tactic was on Ming Dai, he only went deeper and deeper down the “tea” path, perfecting his art of pitiful persuasion.

By the time he fully recovered, he couldn’t even bear to recall these moments. The embarrassment was unbearable! He strongly insisted that Ming Dai stick a needle in him to erase these humiliating memories.

Ming Dai: Heh, dream on! You wanted to act like the ultimate tea master? Now suffer the consequences yourself!