Liu Ruyan lay in bed, her pretty face flushed. Curled up in the quilt, she felt both nervous and excited, not knowing why she had asked Lu Fan to come over... perhaps she just wanted to...
*Knock, knock, knock...* Lu Fan gently knocked on the door. *Whoosh...* Liu Ruyan immediately, and shyly, burrowed deeper into the quilt.
Lu Fan knocked on the door again. Hearing no response, he gently pushed it open. Heh! This little girl had left the door unlocked for him. Lu Fan slipped inside and bolted the door behind him.
"Huh? Why hasn't this little girl turned on the light?" Lu Fan looked towards the inner room, where there was no light. However, he felt his vision growing stronger. He could still see everything in the room in the darkness.
He went into the inner room and saw Liu Ruyan lying on the bed, her head covered with a blanket. Seeing the blanket trembling, he wondered why the little girl's breathing was so rapid.
"Ruyan! What's wrong?" Lu Fan went over and asked softly.
"I... I'm asleep!" Liu Ruyan suddenly said, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Asleep, yet you're talking!" Lu Fan, with a blunt retort, reached out, grabbed a corner of the blanket, and yanked it off: "Ruyan! Get up!"
"Oh! How can you be so naughty!" Liu Ruyan's face turned as red as a monkey's backside. For a young man to pull off a girl's blanket, how could he be so bold! Fortunately, she was wearing pajamas...
"Heh! Get up, and I'll take you to Wang Yan's peach orchard!" Lu Fan said with a grin. He had already admired Liu Ruyan's beautiful figure many times, and now he didn't consider himself an outsider.
"What for? Going to the peach orchard in the middle of the night... What do you want to do? Can't we... can't we do it at home?" Liu Ruyan looked at Lu Fan shyly. If he wanted to do something bad... did he still need to go to the peach orchard? She was alone here...
"Heh! I have a surprise for you!" Lu Fan hadn't expected Liu Ruyan to misunderstand. He pulled Liu Ruyan out of the quilt.
Taking advantage of the darkness and the absence of people, Liu Ruyan didn't change her clothes. Still in her pajamas, she followed Lu Fan to the peach orchard.
In the peach forest, he found a peach tree with slightly larger fruits. Lu Fan took out the small bottle of spirit liquid, dripped a drop onto the base of the tree, and then grinned at Liu Ruyan, saying, "Ruyan, remember this tree. Come back tomorrow morning to see the surprise!"
"What... what is this thing? Could it be that this is what makes the peaches ripen early and taste so delicious?"
This morning, Liu Ruyan and Wang Yan had picked peaches together. Everyone was surprised why only the peaches on one tree had ripened, and why they were so delicious. But no one knew what was going on.
Now, seeing Lu Fan take out such a small bottle, Liu Ruyan guessed that it was this thing that had affected the maturity of the peaches.
"You guessed right! Heh! Here, this is for you!" Lu Fan handed the spirit liquid bottle in his hand to Liu Ruyan.
"For me? You trust me that much?" Liu Ruyan was a little surprised. Something that could produce such magical peaches must be incredibly precious. Yet Lu Fan was giving such a precious thing to her! This... Liu Ruyan's heart suddenly felt warm and sweet.
"Heh heh! Of course, I trust you. You've helped me a lot. If I don't trust you, who else can I trust? Let's go! We'll head back and pick peaches again tomorrow morning." Lu Fan said and started to walk back.
"I..." Liu Yiyi didn't want to go back. If Lu Fan went home, should she stay or not? But it was late at night, and she had no excuse to stay on the mountainside.
"Are you tired? How about I carry you back." Lu Fan thought Liu Ruyan was tired, after all, she was a girl, and a pampered girl from a big city. So he squatted down, ready for her to get on his back.
"This... this isn't appropriate, is it?!" Liu Ruyan said with a blushing face.
"It's fine! No one can see in the middle of the night." Lu Fan pulled Liu Ruyan's smooth and delicate arm and suddenly hoisted her onto his back, striding towards the village.
At first, Liu Ruyan felt a little shy, but then her shyness was gradually replaced by happiness. She slowly leaned her entire body against Lu Fan's back and hugged his neck.
Feeling the two soft mounds on his back rubbing against him with each step, Lu Fan felt two torrents about to erupt.
Sensing Lu Fan's breathing becoming more rapid, Liu Ruyan seemed to realize her own situation... She hurriedly straightened her upper body slightly, trying to keep her ample bosom away from Lu Fan.
*Phew...* Lu Fan finally managed to calm himself down. Fortunately, it wasn't too far, and Lu Fan soon delivered Liu Ruyan to the village committee office.
Seeing Liu Ruyan lying on the bed, Lu Fan was about to leave. Suddenly, Liu Ruyan grabbed his wrist.
"Lu Fan! Stay here tonight, so... we can go to the peach orchard together tomorrow morning," Liu Ruyan said timidly.
"I... where will I sleep?" Lu Fan was frustrated. There was only one bed. If she wanted him to stay, where would he sleep?
Liu Ruyan moved further inside and then patted the space beside her... "No undressing!"
On the bed, Lu Fan stared at the ceiling with wide eyes. Lying on the bed, he didn't dare to move, suffering immensely. Why did every woman like to have a man sleep beside them but forbid the man from doing anything else? Fan Xue'er was also like this. Hmph! What were women thinking?
Liu Ruyan curled up, resting her head on one of Lu Fan's arms, and slept soundly.
Finally, as dawn broke, Lu Fan let out a long sigh of relief. He had endured it.
"Ruyan! We should go!" Lu Fan gently nudged the sleeping Liu Ruyan and said softly.
"Mmm!" Liu Ruyan opened her hazy eyes, looked at Lu Fan, and then at herself. This silly boy hadn't done anything all night?
The two of them arrived at the peach orchard, and Liu Ruyan was so excited she almost jumped. The entire tree was indeed full of ripe, large, pink fairy peaches.
"Lu Fan! What is this treasure of yours? It's so magical!" Liu Ruyan asked excitedly.
"Heh heh! Let's hurry and pick the peaches!" Lu Fan couldn't answer Liu Ruyan's question, so he simply didn't answer.
...
After working for a while, the two of them finally picked all the peaches from the tree. There were four full baskets, weighing over two hundred catties. Someone from Bai Xuemei's hotel would come to pick them up later.
"Xiao Fan! This thing is so magical, would it work well on other things?" Liu Ruyan suddenly looked up and asked.
"Mmm! My cultivated mushrooms taste so good partly because of this. I want to use it on other crops, but it's very scarce. So we have to use it strategically," Lu Fan said quickly.
"Alright! How do we get the peaches back?" Liu Ruyan knew she couldn't ask any more questions. This thing was so precious, she shouldn't pry further into its origins.