The fitting room was tiny, and with two people inside, it felt even more cramped.
Hearing Lu Zhe's words, Su Ci glared at him fiercely. How could she not be anxious at a time like this? A pair of rabbit ears suddenly appeared on her head, and the female shop assistant had knocked on the door many times, almost to the point of breaking it down.
At such a critical moment, how could Lu Zhe still be so reserved?
He's not a real man!
Su Ci felt both anxious and angry. Ignoring Lu Zhe's words, she hurriedly moved closer to him, her hands climbing up to his shoulders. Standing on her tiptoes with her feet on top of his, she pressed her red lips directly against his.
The girl was very anxious.
Her soft red lips carried a sweet fragrance. Lu Zhe endured her messy kisses, while under his palms, her delicate waist kept squirming restlessly.
His dark eyes deepened.
Lu Zhe tried to turn his head away, but the girl wouldn't let him go.
Their breathing became hot, and the girl's pink-white rabbit ears swayed before his eyes. His gaze darkened, and Lu Zhe finally reached out his hand.
The tips of her ears were soft, and he gently pinched one.
In the next second, Su Ci, who had been clinging to him, went limp, her body powerlessly leaning against Lu Zhe. Her jade-like arms barely managed to hold onto his shoulders as she angrily bit his chin, "You jerk, don't pinch my ears!"
Wuu!
Lu Zhe actually pinched her ears again!
A rabbit's ears are full of blood vessels, making them very fragile and sensitive. When she was a rabbit, Lu Zhe loved to play with her ears. Back then, being held by him and going weak didn't feel so bad, but now that she had turned human, he was still pinching her rabbit ears...
Su Ci felt her whole body going weak, barely able to stand.
After she bit his chin, Lu Zhe let out a muffled groan of pain. His voice was a bit deep when he spoke, "Stop messing around."
"Who's messing around?" Su Ci glared at him furiously. Who made the first move? "Lu Zhe, hold me tight, I'm about to fall!"
She was completely powerless now.
The girl's body was soft and fragrant with a young woman's scent, leaning against him as if boneless. Those rabbit ears were fluffy as they brushed against his chin, making it tickle.
Lu Zhe's eyes flashed with surprise; he hadn't expected Su Ci's rabbit ears to be so sensitive.
His large hand at her waist changed to embrace Su Ci, and Lu Zhe said softly, "I'm sorry." He hadn't known that lightly pinching her ears would cause such a strong reaction.
Su Ci snorted angrily. She had discovered Lu Zhe's little quirk – he just loved playing with her rabbit ears.
Ignoring him, she touched the top of her head. She had already kissed Lu Zhe several times, so why hadn't her rabbit ears disappeared?
Su Ci frowned and called out to Fu Gui, "Why did I suddenly grow rabbit ears?"
Fu Gui: [Master is sick, lacking the vital energy to maintain human form, that's why the rabbit ears appeared.]
Su Ci remembered that she did have a cold and seemed to be running a fever. "I just kissed Lu Zhe, why haven't the rabbit ears gone back?"
Fu Gui: [They'll retract once Master recovers from the illness.]
Hearing Fu Gui's words, Su Ci was dumbfounded.
So this meant that as long as her cold persisted, she would have to keep these rabbit ears?
Fu Gui: [Even with rabbit ears, Master is still the most beautiful person in the world to Fu Gui.]
Fu Gui never missed a chance to flatter her, hoping that Master would pamper it more and not give all the golden cotton candy to Lu Zhe.
Su Ci felt dejected. She had thought that kissing Lu Zhe would make the rabbit ears disappear, which was why she had immediately called him for help. But now Fu Gui was telling her it was because of her illness.
She looked up, her black eyes glistening like rippling water. Lying weakly against Lu Zhe's chest, she told him, "Lu Zhe, I'm sick."
"Hmm? Do you have a fever?" He held her, thinking it was his own low body temperature that made her feel so hot, but she was actually sick?
Su Ci nodded and sighed, "My rabbit ears won't go away until I get better." She felt frustrated, "How am I supposed to go home looking like this?"
There was a small stool in the fitting room for customers to put their clothes on.
Lu Zhe helped the powerless Su Ci sit down on the chair, "Sit here for a moment."
"What are you going to do?" Su Ci looked at him, puzzled.
"I'll be right back." With that, Lu Zhe opened the fitting room door halfway, stepped out, and quickly closed it behind him.
The female shop assistant was attending to other customers when she saw the fitting room door open and a handsome boy in school uniform walk out. Before she could ask what had happened, she saw him go to the accessories section and pick up a white bucket hat.
"Please help me check this out," Lu Zhe walked to the cashier to pay.
After paying, he took the hat back to the fitting room.
The shop assistant was curious about the mysterious female customer inside, wondering what was going on.
Su Ci watched Lu Zhe return with a hat in his hand.
"Put this on," Lu Zhe handed the hat to Su Ci.
Su Ci looked at him and said matter-of-factly: "You help me put it on."
The girl sat on the small stool with pink and white rabbit ears on her head, her black eyes gleaming and staring straight at him, looking exactly like a rabbit spirit.
Lu Zhe didn't make a sound. He stepped forward and moved to put the off-white hat on Su Ci's head.
"Your ears..." The girl's two rabbit ears were standing up, making it impossible to put the hat on. Lu Zhe worried that forcing it would hurt her.
Su Ci also realized this problem. She took a breath, trying to control her rabbit ears.
In the next moment, Lu Zhe watched as Su Ci's previously upright rabbit ears drooped down, hanging limply on both sides.
"How's that?" Su Ci was a bit proud, having learned to control them.
The hand holding the hat gradually tightened. No matter how cold or straightforward Lu Zhe was, he couldn't help but feel his heart flutter at Su Ci's adorable appearance.
He lowered his gaze, avoiding eye contact with Su Ci, and quickly helped her put on the hat.
Su Ci turned to look in the full-length mirror behind her. The bucket hat was a bit big, so she pressed down the brim, which perfectly covered her rabbit ears, leaving only the lower half of her face visible.
Su Ci finally cheered up.
She tugged at the hem of Lu Zhe's clothes, "Okay, we can go now."
Her head was throbbing, and she wanted to get home quickly to take medicine and recover. Besides, she had been in the fitting room for so long that the store staff must be annoyed.
Lu Zhe asked her, "Can you stand up?"
Su Ci shook her head, "Help me up." If they weren't in a crowded mall, Su Ci would have shamelessly asked Lu Zhe to carry her on his back.
"Mm."
Lu Zhe obligingly helped her up, and Su Ci unabashedly leaned against his chest as they walked out.
Outside, the female shop assistant had just finished helping another customer when she finally saw the fitting room door open.
She saw the handsome boy half-embracing the girl as they walked out. The girl wore a hat, showing only her snow-white nose tip and delicate chin.
The shop assistant hurried forward, "Is there anything I can help you with?" She wondered if the female customer had fallen ill.
"I got heatstroke earlier and had to rest in your fitting room. I'm sorry for the trouble," Su Ci lied without hesitation, the words flowing smoothly.
The shop assistant quickly replied, "It's no problem at all." Even though only half of the girl's face was visible, she was extraordinarily beautiful. Seeing her unable to walk without support, she was clearly genuinely ill.
After leaving the clothing store, Su Ci and Lu Zhe walked to the first floor of the mall. Diagonally across from the elevator was a children's specialty store, where a nursery rhyme was playing:
Little rabbit white and bright
Two ears standing tall and right
Loves to eat carrots and greens so light
Hopping and jumping, such a delightful sight
Little rabbit with long ears and short tail
Oh my, oh my, what a peculiar detail...
Suddenly hearing the familiar nursery rhyme, even though Su Ci was thick-skinned, she couldn't help but blush.
She looked up at Lu Zhe, just as the young man looked down. Their eyes met, and she immediately saw the amusement in his gaze.
Su Ci turned away angrily, her cheeks burning with embarrassment.
Huh, she felt thoroughly mocked.
As the little white rabbit song continued to play, looking at the girl with two rabbit ears in his arms, Lu Zhe's lips curved up, revealing a shallow dimple on his left cheek.
......
Just before leaving the mall, Su Ci remembered the little boy who had bumped into her earlier.
He had about ten minutes left before his death.
The mall was huge, with elevators on every floor. Su Ci had no idea where to find him, and given that middle-aged woman's personality, even if she tried to intervene, the woman might accuse her of meddling.
Su Ci pressed her lips together.
"Wait a moment," Su Ci asked Lu Zhe to stop, "I need to make a call."
Then, Lu Zhe watched as Su Ci took out her phone and dialed emergency services. He heard her report an accident at the mall, saying someone was severely injured.
Su Ci quickly hung up the phone. She wasn't a savior, and although she wanted the golden cotton candy to save Lu Zhe, it didn't mean she had to save everyone. She was very clear about her capabilities - she was just a delicate beauty, nothing more.
Fu Gui had told her the boy would die from blood loss after falling down the elevator.
The accident hadn't happened yet, but she had timed it well, calling the ambulance in advance. When the accident occurred, the ambulance should arrive just in time.
Whether the medical staff could save the boy would be up to fate - this was all she could do.
"Lu Zhe, don't look at me like that. I can't tell you anything anyway."
She knew making such a call in front of Lu Zhe would cause his surprise and confusion, but she would be saving more people in the future, and it would be difficult to hide from him. Since that was the case, there was no point in trying to conceal it.
Lu Zhe: "Mm."
Su Ci blinked, "Aren't you going to ask more questions?"
"Would you tell me?" Lu Zhe looked at her.
"Nope!"
......
Ten minutes later, Su Ci and Lu Zhe had already left the mall.
The distance between the first and second floors was the highest in the mall, with the longest elevator ride.
At this time, the middle-aged woman, both hands full of shopping bags, was cursing as she led her son to the elevator.
Today had been unlucky - first her son had bumped into that fox-spirit-like beautiful girl, then at the supermarket, a shopping cart had hit her, scraping the skin off her heel, and she had gotten into an argument with the person pushing the cart.
She let her son get on the elevator first, standing in front of her while she stood behind him with the shopping bags, still muttering complaints.
The little boy placed his Superman toy on the handrail, letting it move along with it.
The next moment, the boy's grip slipped, and the toy slid down through the middle of the elevator.
"My Superman..." Watching his toy fall, the boy anxiously tried to grab it, but his foot missed the step, and he tumbled forward, rolling down the elevator.
"Son!"
There were no other passengers in the elevator.
Watching her son roll down the elevator, the middle-aged woman let out a heart-wrenching scream and rushed down the elevator with her shopping bags.
The little boy lay at the elevator entrance, blood slowly seeping from the back of his head.
He had hit his head on the elevator steps, creating a large wound.
"Son, son, don't scare mommy..." The middle-aged woman's legs went weak as she rushed forward.
"Don't move him!" Several mall customers gathered around, and someone stopped the middle-aged woman.
"Help, please, save my son!" The middle-aged woman, usually so fierce in arguments, had completely lost her composure in this situation.
"Son, there's so much blood, so much blood, please someone save my son!" The middle-aged woman cried hoarsely, her hands covered in blood.
"Someone should call an ambulance," suggested an onlooker.
"Someone already called an ambulance. But the boy's face is turning blue, and he's lost so much blood. If we don't stop the bleeding, he might not make it until the ambulance arrives," someone sighed.
Everyone knew that even at top speed, it would take twenty minutes for an ambulance to reach the mall from the hospital, and by then, the boy would be...
As the blood on the ground spread and the boy's condition worsened, the crowd looked on helplessly. "Does anyone know first aid? Please help!"
However, the onlookers were mostly casual shoppers, aunties and uncles who had no medical training, and none dared to step forward.
The middle-aged woman's cries grew louder and more desperate. She deeply regretted not watching her child more carefully, not holding his hand, letting him fall from the elevator.
She beat her chest in remorse.
The mall security guards had also arrived, and seeing the boy's condition, they knew it was bad.
Just when everyone was feeling hopeless for the middle-aged woman, the sound of an ambulance siren suddenly rang out from the mall entrance.
Who had called the ambulance? How did it arrive so quickly?
The middle-aged woman, seeing the sudden appearance of medical personnel, began crying even harder, all her previous arrogance gone.
Su Ci didn't know how things had turned out at the mall. She was now lying in bed with a throbbing headache.
"Lu Zhe, I'm hungry," she said. After all the morning's events, her head was aching and her stomach was empty.
Lu Zhe: "I'll make some porridge. You can take medicine after eating."
"I don't want porridge." Su Ci looked at Lu Zhe pitifully and started listing her food wishes. "I want mango cake, the roast duck from that street vendor, honey chicken wings, or even just grilled wings, and I also want crab roe xiaolongbao."
She hadn't thought much about it before, but now that she was sick, she suddenly had so many cravings.
Lu Zhe looked down at the girl lying in bed, wearing pink and white bunny ears, chattering away. He coldly interrupted her, "Only plain porridge."
"I'm sick right now, and sick people are very fragile. Shouldn't you be fulfilling all my requests?" Su Ci looked at him expectantly.
Lu Zhe turned away - the girl was too good at using her advantages.
He ignored her requests completely, "Get some sleep first."
Lu Zhe walked out.
Su Ci was dumbfounded. Had Lu Zhe just ignored her?
Questioning her charm, Su Ci endured her headache and got up from the bed, walking to the mirror.
Due to her fever, her snow-white cheeks had a slight flush, making her complexion beautifully rosy. Her eyes were especially striking - bright and alluring, with that enchanting beauty mark. Combined with her bunny ears, even her simplest expressions were adorably devastating.
Well, she confirmed again that Lu Zhe must have poor eyesight and questionable aesthetic taste.
When Lu Zhe came back in, Su Ci was already asleep.
He stood nearby, observing how his originally cold room had gained a feminine warmth. His desk and surroundings were now filled with Su Ci's belongings, transforming it into a girl's boudoir.
Looking at Su Ci on the bed, her eyes tightly closed, bunny ears drooping softly on either side, she appeared preciously docile and peaceful.
He reached out his hand, intending to wake her for food.
But his fingertips seemed to have a mind of their own, landing on the girl's pink and white bunny ears instead.
They were soft and pleasant to touch.
Lu Zhe's lips curved slightly as he let the white fur of the bunny ears tickle his palm.
Su Ci was awakened by Lu Zhe. She opened her eyes groggily, her head still throbbing.
Lu Zhe asked her quietly, "The porridge is ready. Do you want to eat here or in the living room?"
"I don't want to move," Su Ci said weakly.
Lu Zhe brought in a laptop table from somewhere and set it up over the bed. After arranging the table, he brought in the prepared porridge.
Su Ci had originally planned to protest against eating plain porridge. But seeing the corn, mushrooms, and some minced meat in the bowl, all cooked into a fragrant, thick porridge, she silently began eating.
It had to be said that Lu Zhe's cooking was excellent. Even with Su Ci's picky palate, she loved the food he made.
Su Ci contentedly finished the entire bowl of porridge.
She leaned against the headboard, her dark eyes looking at Lu Zhe, "Lu Zhe, I want some water."
Lu Zhe cleared away the bowl and small table, then poured a glass of warm water and handed it to Su Ci along with her medicine.
Su Ci obediently took the medicine. Looking at the young man standing nearby with his rigid expression, she made another request: "Lu Zhe, I'm a bit hot, could you turn on the air conditioning?"
Lu Zhe walked to the air conditioner, raised his hand to test the temperature, then set it to 27 degrees - just right.
"Lu Zhe, I want to eat peaches," Su Ci made yet another request.
Lu Zhe glanced at her, meeting the girl's innocent gaze.
He left without making a sound. After a while, he returned with a plate of neatly and evenly sliced peaches, accompanied by a small fork.
After finishing the peaches, Su Ci felt content. She turned her gaze to Lu Zhe beside her. The young man was wearing a white and blue school uniform, his features sharp and cold, his figure tall and slender. No matter how she looked at him, he was handsome, and every part of him was exactly what Su Ci liked.
Her red lips curved into a smile as she continued making unreasonable demands, "Lu Zhe, I want to kiss you."
Worried that he wouldn't comply, Su Ci added, "If you let me give you one kiss, I'll go to rest."
Meeting her gaze, Lu Zhe let out a sigh. He leaned down, his thin lips actively meeting the girl's glossy red ones, catching her sweet scent. It was just a light touch before he pulled away, saying, "Go to sleep now."
Su Ci's eyes sparkled.
She playfully asked Lu Zhe, "Now that you've kissed me, won't you catch my virus?" Then she shook her head, answering her own question: "Oh, probably not, since we didn't exchange saliva."
Lu Zhe gave her a long, quiet look before turning and walking out.
As the door closed, Su Ci broke into a smile, her rabbit ears swaying back and forth, making her look exactly like a mischievous little rabbit spirit.
Just as Lu Zhe walked into the living room, the doorbell rang.
He opened the door to find Zhao Youyou standing outside.
