Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Shen Jingyuan had no idea what was going on in her mind. Seeing that she hadn't moved for a long time, just keeping her head down and silent, he thought she was disgusted. He couldn't help but pause and explain, "The basin is new. I haven't used it before. After I got it, I washed it several times with soap and hot water. It's very clean."

"That's not what I meant!" Seeing that he had misunderstood, Lin Xi quickly looked up to explain, her pale cheeks flushing faintly with eagerness, "I don't dislike it..."

Seeing her deny it, Shen Jingyuan frowned, looking a little puzzled, "Then why not..."

He was halfway through his words when his eyes swept over her leather-shod feet. As if he suddenly realized something, an extremely unnatural look of embarrassment flashed across his face and he immediately stopped talking.

He suddenly turned around and said quickly in a slightly stiff tone, "I have something to do, I'll be out for a while." After that, he opened the door and walked out, closing the box door behind him.

It was not until the door closed that Lin Xi realized his unfinished words and the reason for his sudden departure. A more obvious blush suddenly appeared on her pale cheeks.

She bit her lip, sat up carefully, and wiped her face and hands carefully with a towel with hot water. Feeling a little better, she bent down and slowly unbuckled her leather shoes.

After taking off her shoes and socks, she found that her originally snow-white and tender feet had become swollen. The insteps of her feet were left with several clear red marks from the shoelaces, which hurt slightly when touched.

Lin Xi tentatively dipped her feet carefully into the hot water. It was a little hot, but just right. She couldn't help but let out a very light sigh of satisfaction, and felt her whole body relax a lot.

After soaking for a long time, until the water temperature gradually became cooler, Lin Xi reluctantly took her feet out, wiped them dry with a towel, put on her slippers, picked up the basin, and wanted to pour out the water before Shen Jingyuan came back.

However, as soon as she opened the door of the compartment, she saw Shen Jingyuan leaning against the wall of the carriage corridor with his back to the door. It seemed that he had been waiting outside. When he heard the door open, he turned around.

Their eyes met. Lin Xi held the basin awkwardly, curling her toes. "I...I'll go pour it out..."

Shen Jingyuan didn't say anything. He quickly glanced at the tip of her shoe, and then naturally reached out and took the heavy enamel basin from her hand.

"I'll go."

Lin Xi was a little embarrassed at first, but it was really inconvenient for her to do so in her slippers, so she could only whisper, "Thank you... I'm bothering you again."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jingyuan's brows furrowed even deeper, seemingly not used to her politeness. But in the end, he said nothing, but just turned sideways and gestured to her towards the small table in the box.

"I bought some food on the table, take a look and see if there is anything you want to eat."

It was not until Shen Jingyuan's back disappeared at the end of the corridor that Lin Xi withdrew her gaze, dragged her shoes and walked back to the box. Looking down, she saw several things wrapped in oil paper on the small table.

She opened them one by one and found that they were all common cakes. The surface of the mung bean cake was a little cracked, the cloud candy was slightly sticky due to the heating in the carriage, and there was also a small bag of roasted peanuts and nuts.

Looking at these dry snacks, her stomach, which had just been relieved by soaking her feet in hot water, felt a little nauseous again, and she still had no appetite.

It was not until he opened the last one and saw clearly what was inside that Lin Xi's eyes suddenly lit up.

There were several round, green fruits lying peacefully inside. The fruits were plump and bright, with a few crystal water droplets on the emerald green skin, as if they had just been picked from the branches and washed. They exuded a refreshing fruity acid smell, which made people salivate at the sight of them.

Lin Xi carefully picked up one, wiped it with her fine silk handkerchief, and hesitantly put it into her mouth and took a light bite.

In an instant, an extremely overbearing and sour juice instantly filled her mouth, causing her to squint her eyes suddenly, her slender eyebrows twisted together, and she couldn't stop drooling.

Now is the season when plums are ripe. Unprocessed green plums are sour and astringent, and are generally difficult to eat. They are mostly used to make plum jam or candied fruit.

On ordinary days, the pampered Miss Lin would definitely not even look at such a rough fruit.

But at this moment, when I was vomiting all over the car, my stomach was empty but I felt nauseous about any food, this incredibly sour fruit became an irreplaceable treasure.

The strong sour taste lingered between the lips and teeth, refreshing the mind and miraculously suppressing the stubborn feeling of nausea rising from the chest. Lin Xi only felt that her motion sickness symptoms seemed to be relieved a little.

Enduring the sour feeling that almost made her teeth ache, Lin Xi ate several plums in one breath. While the sour feeling was still there and her stomach rarely protested, she quickly ate a few relatively light mung bean cakes and cloud candies.

Although the pastries were still not delicious, she was finally able to swallow them. With some food filling her stomach, the burning and empty feeling was finally alleviated a lot, and she felt much more comfortable.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Jingyuan came back with a clean enamel basin.

He glanced calmly across the small table and saw that several oil paper packages had been opened, especially the package of green plums, which was obviously missing several pieces. His originally furrowed brows suddenly relaxed a little.

He stuffed the porcelain basin under the bed and sat down opposite Lin Xi. Seeing this, Lin Xi hurriedly pushed the cakes and pastries towards him, "I haven't touched much, you should eat some too."

"I've eaten." Shen Jingyuan shook his head and pushed the food back to her.

Lin Xi said "Oh" and her fingers unconsciously pinched the corner of the oil paper wrapping of the green plums. Unable to suppress her curiosity, she looked up at him.

"Where...did you get this?"

These fresh green plums don't seem like something that would be served or sold on the train.

"I bought it when I got off the train at the previous platform." Shen Jingyuan answered in a calm tone, without any emotion in his voice.

Lin Xi said "Oh" again, not knowing how to respond.

"Like it?" Shen Jingyuan suddenly spoke, his eyes falling on her fingers holding the oil-paper bag.

"I like it!" Lin Xi nodded immediately, a hint of smile in her eyes, then wrinkled her nose and added honestly, "It's just too sour, my teeth are almost sour."

As if he was pleased by her expression, Shen Jingyuan unconsciously curled the corners of his lips, and then quickly returned to his serious expression, "Then don't eat too much, it will hurt your stomach."

"Yeah, okay." Lin Xi retracted her fingers and responded obediently.

The conversation seemed to have come to an end, and the box fell into a brief silence, with only the regular clanging of the wheels continuing.

"It's getting late, let's get some rest." After a long while, Shen Jingyuan finally broke the silence. He looked out the window at the dark night and said, "We won't be able to get off until tomorrow evening."

"Okay." Lin Xi nodded obediently, being unbelievably well-behaved.

The two said nothing more and lay down on the narrow beds. The lights in the carriage were dimmed, leaving only a faint light from the corridor through the door glass.