Male superiority and female superiority: forced love

Ruan Chuyin sniffed twice, slowly walked over, took it, and said thank you.

But she didn't drink it immediately. Instead, she put it to her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then returned the water bag.

"Why don't you drink?" Xiang Yunchi frowned slightly in confusion. Didn't the beauty just say that she was thirsty, tired and hungry?

Ruan Chuyin took a fancy to the small iron pot placed next to the campfire and wondered how to ask to borrow it to boil some water.

"Then... do you want to eat fish?" Xiang Yunchi asked, pointing to the two "black charcoals" on the campfire behind him.

"It's burnt." Ruan Chuyin's soft lips opened slightly, and her voice was pleasant, refreshing like a spring breeze.

"No, no, I mean, if you like it, I'll go catch a few more. If you don't like it, then..." Xiang Yunchi paused, looked around at the dark mass of people, thought for a moment, and then said, "I'll find you something else to eat."

He'd never been a warmhearted person, but today was different. The girl before him looked so delicate, her fair, jade-like face rosy in the bonfire's light, reminding him of his favorite apples. Her eyes shone with astonishing brightness, as if filled with stars, filled with poetry and song.

"I like it, I like fish. I'll grill it later. I'm very good at grilling fish. Um... can you get some more water? The fish soup I cook is also delicious." Ruan Chuyin said it in one breath with a shy face, and her two small hands unconsciously clenched the corners of her clothes, for fear that this hero would find her troublesome.

Her weak, helpless and cautious look made Xiang Yunchi's heart skip a beat.

She is dressed in a light white gown with magnolia blossoms, and with a slender waist and a belt, as beautiful as an angel. I wonder if she is the goddess of the underworld, and her smile is more brilliant than the stars.

I want to pet, hug and kiss you.

He nodded heavily and disappeared the next second.

Ruan Chuyin breathed a sigh of relief, moved a stone to the campfire and sat down. Suddenly, she noticed that the small iron pot that had been placed there just now was gone, and her eyes widened instantly.

"Master!" she whispered softly, feeling extremely surprised by the strange scene before her eyes. It suddenly reminded her of the "Invisible Hand" in martial arts novels.

The fish on the bonfire had been roasted to a black slag. Ruan Chuyin took out a silk handkerchief, wrapped branches around it, and tossed the charcoal into the nearby bushes. Before she could shake out the handkerchief, Xiang Yunchi had returned with three well-cooked fish and a pot of water. He also conjured two palm-sized fruits from nowhere and offered them to her in a friendly manner.

"Eat it, it's so sweet."

"Apple?" Ruan Chuyin instantly perked up and took it with a smile.

"Thank you, hero! You're such a nice person!"

Xiang Yunchi's whole body trembled, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart, which felt swollen, sore and numb.

It would have been fine if the beauty had just called him a hero, but she actually went so far as to say he was a good man. This praise was so intense that even he himself could hardly bear it.

"Ben... My name is Xiang Yunchi. What's yours?"

He stared at the fruit in the beauty's hand and noticed that her face showed the same expression as when she was drinking water just now. After careful consideration, he took the fruit back from her hand, put it in the pot to wash it, and put it back into her arms.

"This is Ringo." Xiang Yunchi had never heard of apples and thought she had never eaten one, so he corrected her immediately.

Ruan Chuyin was dumbfounded, staring at the pot of water that she was going to use for boiling water, her lips tightly pursed.

"My name is Ruan Chuyin." She forced herself to look away and started to eat the fruit.

Xiang Yunchi's eyes were once again filled with confusion. Why did the beauty still have this expression on her face?

"Miss Ruan, do you... want to eat anything else?"

"No, no, the ringola is delicious. I was just wondering if there were any onions, ginger, and garlic nearby that I could use to remove the fishy smell from the fish." Ruan Chuyin noticed the confusion in Xiang Yunchi's eyes, and quickly waved her hand, nodding to acknowledge the deliciousness of the fruit.

"Yes, wait for you." After saying that, the person disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ruan Chuyin sighed softly. This was too fast. She didn't even have time to ask to go together!

He resigned himself to his fate and looked at the small iron pot again. He no longer cared about it, found a few branches, placed the two fish on the campfire, took out the homemade seasoning from his bag, and sprinkled it evenly on the skin and belly of the fat fish.

The temperature in the mountains was low at night, and she roasted fish by the campfire, feeling warm and comfortable.

Soon, Xiang Yunchi picked all the onions, ginger and garlic and rinsed them specially, which made Ruan Chuyin feel very relieved.

"Xiang, you are so thoughtful." She took the "treasures" and put them all into the pot.

Xiang Yunchi's facial features became slightly ferocious. He could hardly bear it any longer. If he continued to be called like this, he felt that he would no longer need to be the Lord of the Underworld Palace because he was not worthy of it.

"Miss Ruan, you... just call me by my name, it sounds nicer." He picked up the iron pot and placed it on the other side of the campfire, then put the last fat fish in it.

At this time, the aroma of grilled fish has begun to spread slowly.

Xiang Yunchi had never smelled such a delicious roasted fish before. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly and focused all his attention on the campfire.

The crackling sound of oil exploded gently in the air. The two fat fish were evolving into "Golden Arowana". Under the high temperature roasting, the aroma they emitted became more and more tempting.

"Miss Ruan, are we ready to eat?" Xiang Yunchi didn't want to wait any longer. He suddenly regretted not catching a few more. With the taste, even swallowing eight in one go wouldn't be enough.

"It will take a while. I need to sprinkle another layer of seasoning." Ruan Chuyin was struggling with how to call his name so as not to seem abrupt and to keep a distance. After thinking it over, she felt that it would be safer to call him Young Master Xiang.

She took out the porcelain bottle and sprinkled a layer of secret seasoning on the fish. Twenty breaths later, the smell was so strong that Xiang Yunchi almost fainted.

He looked at the porcelain bottle in the beauty's hand and asked excitedly, "Where did you buy the seasoning?"

"I made it myself. If you like it, Mr. Xiang, I'll give you a bottle later," Ruan Chuyin said with a sweet smile. She made three bottles in total. It was so simple to make that she could give them all away.

Xiang Yunchi's face didn't show the joy it should have. Instead, he lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders a few times. When he looked up again, he said seriously, "From now on, you call me Yunchi, and I'll call you Hatsune, okay?"

The delicate voice of "Master Xiang" almost cost him half his life.

Others can call him that, but Ruan Chuyin absolutely cannot.

If he continued to be yelled at like this, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't go crazy and beat the person up.

"Oh, okay. Yunchi, the fish is ready." Ruan Chuyin's voice was soft, making Xiang Yunchi feel like he was sitting on the clouds.

The relationship between the two seemed to have suddenly become closer because of the change in address. It was a strange feeling, even though they had just met, there was an indescribable sense of familiarity.

Xiang Yunchi handed the largest grilled fish to Ruan Chuyin, stirred the fish soup in the pot with a branch, and sat quietly aside to eat.