A Marshmallow: Chapter 41
Chapter 41: Big brother is Jealous
Your Highness.
His voice was cold and lazy, with a slight arch of his eyebrows, strangely mischievous, like a playboy teasing a little girl, and his features were immaculate, with bright, gentle eyes deep within his pupils.
Gu An was completely captivated.
She had simply mentioned wanting to touch his face on a whim, to dissuade him from craving barbecue and instead, peacefully enjoy rice porridge.
Unexpectedly, the handsome guy agreed.
Not only did he agree, but when he noticed her bewilderment, he directly took her hand and slowly glided it over his eyebrows, nose bridge, and even considerately allowed her to touch his dimple.
What was most outrageous was that those beautiful eyes remained fixed on her throughout, with a particularly tender and harmless gaze.
She practically handed herself over to him, letting herself take undue advantage...
Could she possibly be dissatisfied?!!
Gu An checked the frequency of her own heartbeat and thought that when Xiao Zhao came to administer his IV, she might be able to take her away to see if her heart was in any danger, beating so fast.
If it weren't for Jiang Yan still in front of her, still holding her hand without letting go, she might have buried her face in her arms and turned as red as a lobster.
The warmth of his palm transferred to her hand, and the cool, delicate touch of his cheek on her fingertips, as if she had just been led across his chin, with a hint of newly grown stubble that was slightly prickly and itchy...
And the person who made her blush and her heart race, especially pure and exceptionally beautiful, met her gaze with a slight curve at the corner of his eye, truly an earthly beauty.
A facial beauty attack combined with hand-holding...
It was truly lethal!!!
She couldn't resist it any longer, whining and all!!!
Under his gaze, she was about to melt into ice cream. Fortunately, at that moment, Nurse Xiao Zhao came in slowly, and Gu An quickly pulled her hand back behind her and clenched it into a fist.
Today, Nurse Xiao Zhao seemed inexplicably unwilling to make eye contact with either of them, her cheeks even showing a suspicious shade of red. She quickly inserted the needle and applied the adhesive for Jiang Yan, almost jogging out of the room...
Jiang Yan was no longer fixated on barbecue, his posture casual as he leaned against the bed, his hand on the bed's edge for the IV. His face was cold and indifferent, but the curve of his lips indicated that he was in a good mood.
Gu An, who had been captivated, swallowed hard and asked him, "Are you still having barbecue?"
Jiang Yan chuckled and shook his head.
"Then I'll just eat it myself..."
Her voice was very soft, almost inaudible. Her hair was in a messy bun under her little helmet, and she was dressed in a simple T-shirt and jeans. She sat on a small stool by his bed, huddled up, staring blankly and hugging her box of barbecue.
Her cheeks were round and rosy, her fair neck tinged with a blush, and she wouldn't raise her head to look at him.
Even though she had just volunteered to feed him and suggested touching his face.
How could she be so adorable?
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After dinner, Gu An tidied everything up.
The warm sunlight, usually her nap time, but today, thanks to the handsome guy, her heart was racing too fast to sleep.
Jiang Yan, who had just recovered from a serious illness, looked like a wounded beauty. His complexion was pale, his handsome features weakened. At some point, he had already closed his eyes and fallen asleep, breathing steadily, with a harmless sleeping face.
Only now did Gu An breathe more freely, finally feeling less tense. As she was thinking about what to do to pass the time, Jiang Ning sent her a bunch of messages:
【Look at my new wall! Shen Ran!!!】
【When I was studying history, I unexpectedly found a picture of his abs!!!】
【You art students need to draw the human body, right? These abs are amazing for inspiration!】
A bunch of photos poured in through the network, and Gu An couldn't keep up.
The young man in the photos had striking features. He wore silver-rimmed glasses on his straight nose, a loose white shirt, and part of the shirt tucked into his belt. His eyes stared straight at the camera, and his fingers, with distinct joints, lifted the shirt to reveal a tantalizing glimpse of his abs...
Indeed... very good-looking.
Gu An's face blushed for a moment.
In no time, Jiang Ning even sent her a bunch of gifs and behind-the-scenes pictures of handsome men in various states of undress.
【Jiang Ning: We must share the beauty together!】
【Gu An: Thanks, sister!】
She saved them one by one without thinking much, treating them as art materials for future use.
"Is it good looking?"
A clean and cold voice unexpectedly fell into her ears. Gu An turned around, meeting Jiang Yan's emotionless gaze.
When did he wake up?
He's slightly higher than her little stool, so what exactly did he see... did he see everything?
Oh no, what should she do?!
Her demure and ladylike image!
Gu An's scalp tingled, and she dryly chuckled, her small, pitiful fangs poking out, "What do you mean by 'good-looking'?"
Jiang Yan, with a cold expression, nodded towards her phone screen.
The screen was slowly playing the handsome men undressing, with the background music and filters making it both thrilling and enticing...
"Is it good-looking?" Jiang Yan repeated, one word at a time, his voice cold yet pleasing, and he repeated it once more.
Gu An quickly put her hand behind her back, and her little head seemed to be about to shrink into her shell, like a high school student caught reading a romance novel in class. As for Jiang Yan, he was the grade director who was looking inside from the classroom window.
Sneaking a peek at the little boy's abs... it seemed a bit more serious than reading romance novels.
Gu An felt guilty and embarrassed, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible, humming like a mosquito, "Good looking..."
Jiang Yan lightly smiled, his lips pressed straight, his handsome face covered with a thin layer of ice, freezing people three feet away. He's good-looking and not to be messed with.
An An didn't know, An An didn't dare to ask.
Clearly, he let her touch his face gently before falling asleep. Why is he unhappy after a night's sleep? Is it morning grumpiness?"
At this moment, suddenly, a small light bulb lit up in her head with an inexplicable feeling welling up from the depths of her heart.
Was he upset because she was looking at the little boy's abs?
Does that mean...
The corner of Gu An's mouth irreparably lifted, and he met Jiang Yan's gaze with a pitiful expression, then discreetly messaged Jiang Ning.
[Gu An: Just now, he caught me staring at a handsome guy's abs! And now, he's cold and not speaking, seems quite unhappy!]
[Jiang Ning: !!! He's jealous! Definitely jealous! I got busted by Xie Yang for looking at a handsome guy before, and he's just like this! Not only unhappy but acts like he doesn't care at all!]
Jiang Yan lowered his eyes, Gu An with her back turned, busy with who knows what, her slender white fingers typing rapidly.
They couldn't possibly be discussing abs again, could they?
What's so great about a little boy's abs?
And at this very moment, that adorable little round head turned around.
Gu An turned her head abruptly, unexpectedly locking eyes with Jiang Yan, and her heart raced to a hundred and eight in an instant.
The handsome guy raised an eyebrow, lightly tapped her forehead with his knuckles, and coldly said, "What are you looking at me for? Go look at the little boy's abs."
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Could it be that this is what Jiang Ning meant by 'pretending not to care'?
Gu An's small tiger teeth flashed, and she cautiously leaped about, full of mischievous energy.
[Gu An: Apart from pretending not to care, what other expressions are there?]
In her eager anticipation, Jiang Ning's WeChat response came slowly.
When she read that message, Gu An's small face flushed like a hot air balloon.
[Jiang Ning: He pinned me and kissed me forcefully QAQ]
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"The wound doesn't feel too good," Jiang Yan suddenly spoke up.
Gu An threw her phone aside, feeling like nothing else mattered in that moment. "Which wound is it? Is it the gunshot wound on your arm?"
Jiang Yan shook his head. "It's on my waist."
She was taken aback, like a startled little rabbit. She rushed to the nurse's station, and Nurse Xiao Zhao didn't dare to slack off and hurried over. "Take off your clothes; let me have a look."
Gu An, upon hearing the first few words, couldn't help her thoughts from wandering. Her ears heated up, and she discreetly touched them. "Do I need to leave the room..."
Xiao Zhao was puzzled. With their relationship, did they really need to leave for a bandage change?
She raised her head to look at the handsome guy in front of her.
The handsome guy had an expressionless face, cold and handsome. His beautiful eyes were fixed on the young girl without any pretense, a gaze that could make anyone blush and their heart race. But his voice was icy, "No need."
Gu An got the permission, but her heart suddenly raced.
To facilitate changing the dressing, Jiang Yan stood up. She watched his well-defined fingers touch the collar, slowly moving down, unbuttoning each button one by one. His skin was so pale that it dazzled the eyes.
Moving from his collarbone, starting from the chest muscles, there were striking dark red scars of varying depths, already scabbed over, making her heart pound.
His fingers continued downward, unbuttoning all the buttons of the hospital gown.
Previously, when Jiang Yan was at home, he would wear all kinds of loose and baggy hoodies, shirts, and T-shirts, concealing his figure entirely. Only when he wore his police uniform with a belt could his extraordinarily slender waistline and extraordinary body proportions be revealed.
Now, that sunken waist was completely exposed to the air. Even his abdominal muscles radiated a cold, reserved charm due to their lean appearance, which was alluring. His contours were tight and sharp, arousing desires.
Gu An silently counted...
Six packs, just right, perfectly in line with her aesthetic.
Compared to idol abs, the impact of this person in front of her was even greater.
"The wound is slightly inflamed, but not severe."
Xiao Zhao quickly applied medicine and bandages to his wounds, with swift hand movements. Finally, with unsteady steps, she almost floated out of the hospital room...
She returned to the nurse's station and drank 500 milliliters of water, then boldly wiped her mouth. "I want to apply to the supervisor! Write a letter requesting! Can I please not be assigned to care for patient 26? What did I do wrong? Feeding me lemons every day as a single dog?!!"
Her colleague seemed amused, "What's going on again?"
"I just saw him being a hooligan this morning! And then I saw him again..." Xiao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, her cheeks turning red. "Usually, he avoids girls when changing clothes during medication, but today he deliberately undressed in front of the cutie!"
"That pale skin! Those abs! That waistline! He left the cutie in a daze, blushing like crazy!"
"And, normally, even if he undresses during medication, he has a cold and reserved demeanor that makes it impossible to have improper thoughts. Today, he stared straight at the cutie! I suspect he's flirting but without evidence!!!"
Having just seen the male god's abs up close, Gu An, a fellow student, felt her heart pounding and her face as red as a hawthorn fruit.
Jiang Yan, with his fair skin, handsome appearance, and innocent demeanor, leisurely buttoned up his patient gown, making it look a bit disheveled. The colder and more reserved he appeared, the more attractive he became, and his eyes were full of hooks.
Gu An lowered her head but kept replaying the image of him undressing and dressing in front of her. Those fingers, that Adam's apple, those abs, and that waistline... as well as what Jiang Ning said, "He ate the wrong thing! He's definitely jealous!"
She took a deep breath and felt that she couldn't just sit and wait for her fate. She softly and tenderly spoke, "Brother..."
"Hmm."
She sat on a small stool, slightly shorter than Jiang Yan, which allowed her to look up at him from a unique angle, clearly seeing the movement of his Adam's apple up and down, his lines sharp.
"That... I can't help but ask why you won't let me see the young guy's abs..."
Jiang Yan's voice was cool and devoid of emotion. "Because you're still young."
"I'm almost twenty years old. I'm not that young anymore..." Gu An scratched her head, her small face wrinkled.
The words of a child who was almost twenty years old stopped abruptly. Jiang Yan lowered his gaze and saw her puffing her cheeks, like a little goldfish, with round, watery eyes that stared at him without blinking. "Why do I feel like you're jealous?"
As she spoke, her voice got quieter and lighter.
Jiang Yan was momentarily stunned, his hand movements paused. He looked at her for a few seconds, the clarity in his eyes melting like snow, and helplessly lowered the corners of his eyes.
After Gu An finished speaking, the air became silent, frozen in an instant, and you could hear a pin drop.
Her cheeks began to heat up, did she act impulsively again just now?
Why is it that every time she faces Jiang Yan, she always forgets to think before speaking and blurts things out all at once...
Maybe Jiang Yan treats her just like before, reminding her kindly not to get too absorbed in her admiration for guys?
Why is she so full of confidence, thinking he's jealous?
What a joke! A big joke!
Gu An's scalp tingled, not knowing how to retract such an overly affectionate statement.
However, the next second, his cold voice sounded in her ear, "Hmm."
She suddenly raised her head, startled like a young deer.
Jiang Yan lowered his eyes to look at her, his eyelashes like raven feathers, and his icy tone softened, "Big brother is jealous."
Is this the kind of jealousy Gu An had in mind?
Before, when she mentioned that guys playing basketball had longer legs than Gu Zhen and were younger than him, Gu Zhen's face instantly darkened. He directly grabbed the back of her collar and took her home, insisting she watch his basketball game the next day.
Or... is it the kind of jealousy that comes from liking someone?
Gu An had been teased consecutively today and couldn't find her footing. Her mind was a mess, operating beyond its capacity.
She couldn't take it anymore, a faint pink color spread from her cheekbone, and her originally fair and delicate ears turned several shades darker.
Jiang Yan's face, as cold as snow, remained expressionless. He looked at her and said softly, "So, be good and don't sneak a peek at the little guys' abs."
Gu An scratched her head and mumbled softly, "What's wrong with just looking... I'm saving it for drawing, that's all..."
Looking at someone else's abs didn't make her fantasize, didn't make her feel fluttery, and definitely didn't make her heart race.
But just now, looking at his abs did... and her entire body's blood surged uncontrollably to her head...
This discovery made Gu An blush intensely, wanting to end this topic urgently.
"Even that is not allowed.'"
The contour of Jiang Yan's eyebrows and eyes is handsome and clear. The inner corners of his eyes are sharp and slightly downturned, with the outer corners slightly upturned. His pupils are as dark and clear as a spring, and when he looks at people without blinking, it's captivating.
He looks at her nervously wrinkled little face, and finally can't help but smile. The corners of his mouth are clean and gentle, revealing no flaws.
Gu An's heart flutters, and in the next moment, he leans in close to her ear. The distance is not too close, but his shallow breath tickles her earlobe and causes a sensation. She hears him say:
"If you want to see."
"Big brother will show you later."
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