Desert Island Survival: A Hundredfold Improvement After Having a Baby?

The heat from Xu Zhixia's palm came through a thin layer of fabric. The heat was different from the heat in his body, but it brought the soreness and restlessness between his bones and muscles to the extreme. His whole body was tense yet weak, and his restrained movements completely failed.

He grabbed Xu Zhixia's wrist, which was still pressed against his pulse, with such force that Xu Zhixia's brow furrowed.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at her.

"What exactly did you feed me?!"

Xu Zhixia did not struggle and let him hold her.

She met his fiery gaze, and instead, a very slight smile curved her lips.

She leaned close to his ear, almost biting Lin Fan's earlobe, and said, "It's really a cooling medicine."

Lin Fan's hand gripped Xu Zhixia's shoulder, his fingertips sinking into the soaked fabric.

The water was icy cold, but the heat in his body seeped out through his palms.

The fire in my stomach had spread to my throat, and even my vision was clouded with a red tinge.

Xu Zhixia's heels were on the sand, and her body leaned back.

Lin Fan didn't give her any room to back away; he used his strength to drag her directly into the stream.

Water splashed up, wetting the ferns on the bank.

Xu Zhixia's hair was scattered on the water's surface, drifting with the current.

She wiped the water droplets from her face, her chest heaving violently.

"Lin Fan, no..."

Lin Fan looked down at her, the redness in his eyes not fading at all.

"You're the one who drugged me. It's too late to say no now."

His voice was hoarse and his breathing was heavy.

Xu Zhixia braced her hands on the rocks at the bottom of the water. "You misunderstood me."

She tilted her head back, and water droplets dripped down her jawline.

"What I mean is, don't be in the water."

Lin Fan paused for a moment.

The stream water washed over their legs, the coolness and heat clashing on their skin.

He stared into Xu Zhixia's eyes, trying to find traces of panic within them.

Xu Zhixia did not avoid his gaze, and even had a faint smile on her lips.

"We still need to drink this water."

She raised her hand, her fingertips sliding up Lin Fan's arm.

Lin Fan's breathing became heavier.

He bent down, put his hands under Xu Zhixia's knees and back, and lifted her up in his arms.

Water droplets dripped from the hem of her clothes, splashing onto the water's surface and creating ripples.

Xu Zhixia wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his.

The kiss carried the coolness of the stream, yet it ignited a fire the moment it touched.

Lin Fan carried her ashore, where a large expanse of grass lay beneath their feet.

His footsteps trampled the weeds on the bank, and the broken stems oozed a raw, green sap.

Lin Fan threw Xu Zhixia onto the flattened grass and then covered her with his body.

"Hiss... Ah..."

Xu Zhixia's hair was scattered among the grass blades, and a few fallen leaves clung to her cheeks.

Her fingers ran through Lin Fan's hair, her nails lightly tracing his scalp.

Xu Zhixia frowned slightly and gripped the back of his clothes tightly with both hands.

"Lin Fan, were you born in the Year of the Ox?"

Her voice was broken, "Couldn't you have been gentler? You just threw it down like that. Do you think I have superpowers? The grass blades even scratched me..."

Lin Fan lowered his head, his nose almost touching hers.

"Dr. Xu, it's not a good habit to leave a fire unextinguished."

Xu Zhixia's chest heaved violently, and her fingers left several red marks on his shoulder.

"Someone just said they were afraid Qingxue would get angry, and now look at them like this... tsk tsk..."

This sentence slowed Lin Fan's actions by half a beat.

He looked at the person beneath him, his eyes burning even more intensely red.

"Still dare to provoke us."

Lin Fan pinched her chin with his fingers, forcing her to raise her head.

"I'll make you kneel down and sing 'Conquer'."

"Then teach me how to sing it."

……

After an unknown amount of time, only the flattened weeds and the murky stream remained, bearing witness to everything that had just happened.

A breeze blew through the trees, bringing a cool sensation.

Lin Fan leaned against the tree trunk, fiddling with the metal medicine bottle in his hand.

Xu Zhixia sat on a rock by the stream, washing the mud off her calves.

She was already dressed, but one button was fastened incorrectly, and the collar was askew.

Lin Fan stared at the misbuttoned button. "Xu Zhixia."

Xu Zhixia didn't even look up, rubbing mud off her ankle with her fingers.

"Um?"

"You're really something else."

Lin Fan straightened up from the tree trunk, walked up to Xu Zhixia, and looked down at her.

"If seduction fails, drug her; if drugging fails, play the victim; after playing the victim, drug her again."

"With this combination of punches, you're even more shameless than Liu Feifei."

"At least Liu Feifei has a clearly marked price, but you, Xu Zhixia, are doing the work of a prostitute while wearing a white coat."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhixia paused for a moment.

She looked up, and the reflection of the stream on her face made her eyes appear exceptionally clear.

There was no anger, no resentment, and not even embarrassment.

She just looked at Lin Fan, unusually calm.

Then she spoke.

"Lin Fan".

Where does it itch?

Lin Fan was stunned.

"What?"

Xu Zhixia stood up, patted the water droplets off her trousers, and did so slowly and deliberately.

"I'm asking you, where does it itch?"

She tilted her head, and the angle, combined with her crooked collar, made her look incredibly irritating.

"No matter where it itches, you just have to bear it."

"Go back and have Su Qingxue scratch it for you."

Lin Fan's face froze.

Xu Zhixia took a step forward, crossed her arms, and looked him up and down.

"I'm quite curious, how do you plan to explain this to Qingxue?"

She extended a finger and lightly touched Lin Fan's nose.

"Taking medicine to reduce internal heat has made him look like this."

"His nose was bleeding all over the ground, his clothes were covered in grass stains, and the knees of his pants were smudged with mud as if he had just been dug out of the ground."

"What will you say when you get back? That you fell? That you were gored by a wild boar? Or that the rocks by the stream were too slippery, and you accidentally tripped and fell for several minutes?"

Lin Fan's temples throbbed twice.

He discovered a critical problem.

evidence.

He's covered in evidence.

The mixture of grass stains, mud spots, sweat stains, and that indescribable smell made it seem as if a sign had been stuck to his forehead saying, "I just had some strenuous outdoor exercise in the wild, with Xu Zhixia as my subject, for about forty minutes."

"You drugged me," Lin Fan said through gritted teeth.

Xu Zhixia blinked innocently.

"My medicine?"

She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then gave a look of sudden realization.

"Oh, you mean that medicine to reduce internal heat?"

"Lin Fan, I don't have a very good memory, but there are some things I remember very clearly."

She counted on her fingers.

"The first one, the real medicine to reduce internal heat, I handed it to you, but you refused to take it."

"I got angry, so I threw it in the water."

"A second one? Sorry, I didn't know that would make you horny."

"On the contrary, it's you, with your life ring ability, who clearly knew that the medicine was problematic, yet still asked me to give you a bottle."

"Lin Fan, it's clearly you who has ulterior motives..."