The Invincible Supreme Medical God

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"..." Xiao Lingxi’s face was expressionless, her gaze unfocused. "I know that was a bit much. I was just... just playing around. Did you really keep that in your heart all this time?"

"Of course." Xiao Che nodded without hesitation. "Because Little Aunt and Grandpa are the most important people in my life. No one else compares. Little Aunt, I promise you, even if I get married, you’ll never lose me, just like I hope I’ll never lose you."

"Hehe..." Xiao Lingxi laughed happily, hugging Xiao Che’s arm with her hands. She rested her head on his shoulder. "As expected, my Xiao Che behaves the best and listens the most."

A cloud drifted across the sky, temporarily covering the full moon, causing the surrounding lights to dim immediately. Xiao Che smiled and continued, "Then we shoveled a bit before playing in the snow. We even made a big snowman that looked like Grandpa. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Once he started laughing, he completely forgot about punishing us."

"Yes! Father has always been like that. He usually looks fierce, but he can never bring himself to spank us, he just puts on a show to scare us. Anyway, as soon as we act up, he’ll obediently listen to us." Xiao Lingxi’s face was filled with warm laughter.

"It wasn’t always like that." Xiao Che’s smile faded. "On my twelfth birthday, when you were eleven, Grandpa gave you a small courtyard and forbade you from sleeping with me anymore. I remember you begged Grandpa every day, cried and yelled, even angrily refused to eat. But Grandpa was very firm. No matter what, he wouldn’t let you and me sleep under the same window... As time went by, you had no choice but to obey."

"That... that was because I was really young and there were many things I didn’t understand!" Xiao Lingxi gently pinched Xiao Che’s shoulder. "Some things a girl only learns as she grows up, hmph."

"What things?" Xiao Che opened his eyes, his face full of doubt.

"Well... boys and girls can’t sleep together after they grow up! I can’t believe you didn’t know!" Recalling the past, Xiao Lingxi added, "And they can’t kiss each other casually like when they were kids!

"Yeah, that’s how it is..." Xiao Che glanced at her cute cheeks, tinted with jade under the bright and beautiful starlight. He quietly leaned closer, "But, I always want to kiss you, what should I do?"

"Then marry me!" Xiao Lingxi replied proudly, her pink cheeks slightly lifted.

"If you weren’t my Little Aunt, I would surely marry you," Xiao Che said without thinking.

"..."

After saying this, Xiao Che immediately stared blankly ahead. Xiao Lingxi’s expression also froze as she stared at him vacantly... As if both of them had been struck dumb. "Um, Little Aunt, why are you looking at me with such a strange expression?" Suddenly realizing the atmosphere had become a bit awkward, Xiao Che held his breath for a while, then cautiously asked.

It was only then that Xiao Lingxi’s long-staring beautiful eyes trembled slightly. She hurriedly shifted her gaze away, lowered her head, and softly sighed, "Ha, are you afraid your wife Qing Yue will hear the things you just said?"

Xiao Che performed a mock survey of his surroundings, then naively said, "Does it seem like she’s around here?" What are you afraid of anyway? But even if she heard my words, I’d still have nothing to fear. Don’t you know she genuinely wants to marry me, I also wouldn’t want to marry her. If not for Little Aunt, I would...

"Stop talking, stop talking!"

Xiao Lingxi reached out, pressing her hands firmly on his lips, sealing his next words tightly. Not long after, she released him and once again leaned her Divine Body on Xiao Che’s shoulder, calmly saying, "Xiao Che, even though I’m a year younger than you, I’m undeniably your Little Aunt. You can say a few words to other girls, but you can’t say ’in this life’ to me. You can’t say it to them. I know what’s in your heart, you really think this way. It’s enough."

In her last two sentences, Xiao Lingxi’s voice became very, very quiet. In her murmur, there was a pain and sadness that could shatter the heart of anyone listening.

Xiao Che’s heart also trembled. He said nothing, closing his eyes, and silently listened to the breathing and heartbeat of the girl beside him.

"When I was a child, I was skinny, dark, and short. Everyone called me the ugly duckling, always mocking and bullying me." Leaning against him, Xiao Lingxi’s dreamy voice slipped from her lips, "But you always played with me. Whenever someone bullied me, Xiao Che would always rush forward to fight them and drive them away. You were always covered in bruises. At that time, the injuries you suffered were all because of me. I got used to it, even enjoyed the feeling of Xiao Che’s protection. I believed you would always be able to protect me this way..."

Xiao Lingxi’s words reminded Xiao Che of the young Xiao Lingxi. At that time, she was indeed as she just described herself—slim, shadowy, short, every inch an "ugly duckling." But because she was his Little Aunt, because he was a man, and because he was a year older than her, he would always, as if it were his mission, do everything possible to protect her. Women would become completely different from the little girls they once were. The once ugly duckling had turned into the today’s beauty. Who knew how many young men had water gushing in their mouths yearning for her.