Chapter - 84 - Teasing Him

Yi Minghuan stood there, his expression a mix of complexity as he watched her carefully withdraw each needle from her stomach and set them aside. As she adjusted her clothes, he approached, seeing the beads of sweat on her forehead, he couldn't help but frown.

"Are you practicing acupuncture on yourself? You're quite daring! What if something goes wrong with the needles!" he voiced his concern.

"Don't worry, I've learned the acupuncture points from Dr. Zhang, and I'm just giving it a try. These acupuncture points aren't 'death points,' so there won't be any problems," Tang Li reassured, wiping the sweat from her brow.

She then smiled expectantly, saying, "I'll lose some weight after keeping this up for half a month."

Yi Minghuan understood her strong desire to lose weight. After just two days of learning from Dr. Zhang, she had already taken to experimenting on herself in her pursuit of weight loss.

"You look pretty cute like this; there's no need to lose weight," he remarked, observing her chubby face.

Her facial features were rather good, and although they appeared slightly distorted due to the extra weight, one could still describe her as a curvaceous beauty, far from ugly.

Tang Li glared at him and then raised her clothes to reveal the rolls of flesh around her waist. She inquired, "Is this cute too? It's so unsightly! I want a figure that's firm and feels as good as yours."

"Keke..." Yi Minghuan choked slightly and turned his head away, his ears turning red. He cleared his throat, "I think it's fine."

"Huh! You haven't even looked at it, and you're lying," Tang Li accused, exposing his 'hypocrisy' and putting forward a challenge, "When I lose weight, I'm going to make you fall head over heels for me, and you won't be able to take your eyes off of me!"

"..." Yi Minghuan sensed that this conversation was veering into an inappropriate direction.

He stayed silent, causing Tang Li to glare at him again before she tore off the quilt, moved the pillow to the other side of the bed, and decided to sleep, thinking to herself that even though he said he didn't dislike her being fat, he was clearly lying!

'Hmph, hypocrite! I will ignore him for now!'

Yi Minghuan turned around and saw that she had covered herself with the quilt completely. Although he couldn't see her expression, Yi Minghuan could tell from the way she was wrapped tightly like a silkworm baby that she was angry. 

 Yi Minghuan, feeling a bit guilty, removed his shoes, climbed into bed, and gently patted her quilt while trying to console her, "I genuinely don't mind if you're not skinny."

"Hmph," came Tang Li's muffled response from under the quilt, a clear sign that she was unconvinced. If he didn't dislike her being fat why did cough and turn his head.

While she might criticize herself, she wouldn't tolerate criticism from him.

'It makes her feel very uncomfortable!'

Yi Minghuan stared at the tightly wrapped bundle of quilt that concealed her, feeling perplexed and uneasy.

This was the first time he was coaxing a woman and he didn't know what to do. After some contemplation, he awkwardly asked, "Why don't you believe me?"

"Don't you dislike it? You turned your head away after just one look!" Tang Li, stuck her head out from under the quilt and interrogated him.

"Because you're a woman," he stammered out, the tips of his ears now flushing red.

Tang Li was in a daze for a few seconds before finally understanding what he meant. It was unbelievable and at the same time a little bit funny.

Tang Li remained silent for a moment before she burst into laughter. She couldn't believe that Yi Minghuan was so pure and innocent. But it was also rather endearing.

Hahaha... it turned out that Yi Minghuan was such an innocent man!

It seemed fitting, though.

He was only 22 years old, and his life experiences, along with the people and situations he had encountered, hadn't made him overly complicated, especially when it came to matters of love and relationships.

Looking at Yi Minghuan, who couldn't hide his embarrassment despite his stern expression, Tang Li felt an urge to tease him....