"Scumbag!" Niu Xiangxiu said angrily, directly tossing the clothes at Chen Nan.
Chen Nan caught the clothes with a chuckle, then quickly stepped into the bathroom.
It was lucky that Niu Kai Xuan didn’t see Chen Nan’s sleazy gaze.
Otherwise, he would have surely kicked him out.
Twenty minutes later.
Chen Nan had finished his bath and even washed his dirty clothes, wringing them out before hanging them in the bathroom.
After that, he changed into Niu Kai Xuan’s clothes and ca out from the bathroom.
Even though he was wearing Niu Kai Xuan’s clothes, they fit him perfectly, as if they had been tailored for him.
The off-white shirt was as pure and unblemished as fresh snow, lightly hugging his tall figure, with the collar slightly open, revealing an air of casual elegance.
The black trousers were well-cut and streamlined, forming a stark contrast with the white shirt.
His hair was tied up, forming a neat and trim bun that showed a maturity and steadiness beyond his years.
On one side of the bun, a simple wooden hairpin was cleverly inserted; its color was warm and its texture natural, seemingly containing the freshness and simplicity of the mountains and forests, adding a unique charm and elegance to this modern outfit.
Seeing this, Niu Kai Xuan couldn’t help but say, "Not bad, you have one-tenth of the charm I had when I was young!"
Niu Xiangxiu also felt a sense of brightness before her eyes.
Chen Nan himself was a very handso boy.
Let alone the refined aura he exuded, with the curve of his smile at the corners of his mouth, he unexpectedly made her heart flutter.
Chen Nan said with a smile, "Teacher, you’re too modest. Even if I am considered handso and graceful, I’m not even one-ten-thousandth as charming as you!"
Niu Kai Xuan’s face turned red, and he said irritably, "Are you mocking ?"
Chen Nan hurriedly replied, "I wouldn’t dare!"
Yawning, Niu Kai Xuan said, "I’m a bit tired. I’m going to take a nap. You must stay for dinner tonight, no matter what." With that, he wheeled himself into his bedroom and closed the door.
Since the car accident two years ago, his body had beco exceptionally weak.
He often felt sleepy.
anwhile, Niu Xiangxiu was painting in the study.
After graduating from college, she set up a painting studio teaching children how to paint.
Chen Nan didn’t disturb Niu Xiangxiu but tiptoed out of Niu Kai Xuan’s house, went to the Yangsheng Hall Pharmacy to buy so dicinal materials that replenish vitality and strengthen the body, and then returned.
Hearing a knock at the door, Niu Xiangxiu opened it to see Chen Nan had co back and couldn’t help but pout, "I thought you had left."
Chen Nan said cheerfully, "I went to the pharmacy to buy so dicinal materials for the teacher to help restore vitality and strengthen the body."
Niu Xiangxiu said, "You really respect and honor your teacher, don’t you!"
Chen Nan could tell that Niu Xiangxiu was still mad at him and quickly explained, "Xiangxiu, that incident earlier was really a misunderstanding."
"I thought I was still at the bottom of the lake, and it was a fish that had swum into my mouth."
"Think about it, when you were giving
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, I was fighting for my life. How could I possibly take advantage of you?"
"If you feel like I took advantage of you, then... you can stick your tongue into my mouth too, and we’ll be even!"
Niu Xiangxiu said furiously, glaring at Chen Nan, "Are you trying to die? Do you believe that if you do this, I’ll never talk to you again?"
Chen Nan let out a chuckle and quickly made his way into the kitchen, then started to help Niu Kai Xuan prepare the dicinal soup.
Leaning against the doorfra, Niu Xiangxiu asked curiously, "Why didn’t you let the pharmacy staff make it?"
Chen Nan replied offhandedly, "They don’t know how to make dicinal soup."
Niu Xiangxiu frowned and eyed him with skepticism: "Are you sure the pharmacy staff can’t make dicinal soup?"
Chen Nan paused, then realized his mistake and promptly said, "They certainly can, but this prescription is one I made. They wouldn’t be able to do it well."
Chen Nan had read too many dical texts over the past two years, so of which were nearly lost to ti, and the prescription for the concoction he was now preparing ca from the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Mystical Scripture.
It was far more complex than making the scar removal ointnt.
Niu Xiangxiu asked in surprise, "You know dicine?"
Chen Nan, ticulously and carefully, put the herbs into the clay pot, "There’s no network or television in the mountains, so I had to find sothing to pass the ti."
Niu Xiangxiu couldn’t help asking, "Isn’t that kind of life particularly dull?"
Chen Nan smiled, "It’s not too bad. Though life in the mountains is monotonous, it can calm the mind, and I can also enrich myself by reading and studying."
Niu Xiangxiu humd in response, and then started to chat leisurely with Chen Nan.
About life.
About studying.
About dreams.
Of course, Niu Xiangxiu wasn’t just there to chat with Chen Nan. She also washed the vegetables needed for dinner, cut them, and placed them on a plate, waiting for her mother to co back and cook.
At six in the afternoon.
Wang Ru finished her day’s work and returned ho looking sowhat tired.
The mont she pushed the door open, she detected a strong dicinal scent in the room.
"Girl, are you boiling dicine?" Wang Ru walked into the kitchen.
Seeing his teacher’s wife return, Chen Nan smiled and greeted, "Hello, Teacher’s Wife."
Wang Ru was not yet fifty years old, but she looked much older than she did two years ago.
Two years earlier, she worked in the tax bureau.
Her job was easy and comfortable.
She was chauffeured to and from work by her husband.
She looked only around thirty-five or thirty-six at that ti, and back then, Chen Nan often teased that she and Niu Xiangxiu were like sisters.
But now.
After not seeing her for two years, her face had developed noticeable wrinkles, and her skin had lost its forr moisture, appearing full of hardship.
Wang Ru recognized Chen Nan at a glance, joy filling her eyes, "Chen Nan? Have you... have you returned to secular life?"
Because her husband often brought Chen Nan over for als.
And since the couple only had one daughter and had not fulfilled their dream of having a son.
Wang Ru had long since considered Chen Nan her own son.
Having not seen each other for two years.
Wang Ru was still very happy to see Chen Nan at ho.
"Teacher’s Wife, I’ve just been living in the mountains for two years, I didn’t beco a monk!" Chen Nan said with a smile, spreading his arms for a hug.
Wang Ru burst into happy laughter, "Right, there’s no hurdle in life that can’t be overco. Don’t ever beco a monk."
Chen Nan nodded repeatedly and then said, "Teacher’s Wife, please wait a mont, let
serve the dicine."
Wang Ru looked surprised, "You can also prepare dicine?"
Standing beside her, Niu Xiangxiu teasingly said, "Mom, after two years of cultivation in the mountains, Chen now is no ordinary man. He has a deep understanding of mountains, dicine, fate, physiognomy, divination, oh!"
"It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him a sage recluse."
Chen Nan’s face turned red, "Xiangxiu, don’t tease . How could I be proficient in dicine, fate, physiognomy, and divination? I just know a little bit, that’s all."
Niu Xiangxiu continued teasing, "But to us common folks, we don’t even understand what those are!"
Wang Ru looked at her daughter, a aningful smile appearing on her face, "Since you think Chen Nan is so outstanding, why don’t you two try dating?"
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