Jiang Qi knew deep in his heart that his cooking skills weren’t passable. This time, he wanted to give something nutritious to Ke Yan, so he didn’t want to make something inedible for him. What if he had a tummy ache? Not only would it not nourish the body, but what should he do if he also fell sick?

Jiang Qi had originally wanted Auntie Li to cook the soup, but Auntie Li’s daughter-in-law gave birth, so she needed to convalesce for a month1. Hence, she hadn’t been going over to cook.

So who should he look for? He couldn’t cook, Auntie Li wasn’t free, so who could he find?

Jiang Qi suddenly thought about Mother Jiang. Oh right, I could find mom for help! Jiang Qi called Mother Jiang, “Hello, mom, help me cook some soup, best if it is those that are good for nourishing the body.”

“Why did you suddenly feel like drinking soup? Last time when I forced you to drink, you still refused no matter what.” Once Mother Jiang heard Jiang Qi mention cooking soup, she immediately started thinking about what kind of soup she should cook.

“Uh, it’s not for me. It’s for my friend, the one that lives with me.”

“Oh, okay, I’ll buy the grocery in a while.” Mother Jiang thought about how Jiang Qi’s friend was still his superior, and should still try to maintain a good relationship with. He seemed to be called Ke Yan? Besides, that Ke Yan always took good care of Jiang Qi on a normal basis, so what soup should she cook?

Mother Jiang hung up the phone, thinking carefully about the soup she would cook.

Jiang Qi put down the phone, thinking that he would go home to take the soup, just in time to give it to Ke Yan during lunch.

After coming home at night, Jiang Qi took a bath and then told Ke Yan, “I’m taking a half day leave tomorrow morning, you’ll have to go to work by yourself first.”

“Have something on?” Ke Yan helped Jiang Qi to blow dry his (JQ) freshly washed hair.

“En, there’s something on.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m taking a trip home. I’ll be back at the office before noon.”

“Okay, I’ll fetch you there tomorrow.”

“No need, I’ll go by myself.” When Jiang Qi’s hair had been blown dry, Jiang Qi took over the hair dryer and helped Ke Yan blow his hair.

After finishing everything, both of them lay on the bed, prepared to sleep. Jiang Qi lay in Ke Yan’s embrace, surrounded by the feeling of warmth.

Putting his leg on Ke Yan’s leg, Ke Yan then sandwiched Jiang Qi’s legs. Whenever it’s winter, Jiang Qi’s feet would always be freezing cold, and Ke Yan’s feet would instead, be very hot.

Jiang Qi’s icy cold legs sucked in Ke Yan’s warmth from his legs. This was more useful than holding a hand warmer.

“Cold?” Ke Yan helped Jiang Qi to wrap himself (JQ) tighter with the blanket, not letting the cold wind into the nest.

“Not cold.” Jiang Qi shook his head.

It’s good that Jiang Qi wasn’t cold. Ke Yan hugged Jiang Qi, allowing Jiang Qi to have a comfortable sleep.

The house’s heater was turned on. With Jiang Qi fearing the cold, the blanket was also very thick. Ke Yan was usually unafraid of the cold, so he was feeling quite hot now. However, thinking of Jiang Qi’s current icy cold legs, and the fact that he (JQ) would fall sick the moment he caught a cold, Ke Yan did not dare say that he was hot.

If Jiang Qi were to know that Ke Yan was feeling very hot, he would definitely change the blanket to a thinner one. So Ke Yan would definitely not say anything, because the Jiang Qi with a thin blanket would feel cold, and when he felt cold, he wouldn’t admit it voluntarily.

Actually, something like this had happened before once. The first year after getting together with Jiang Qi, Ke Yan experienced his first winter of sleeping together with Jiang Qi. The Ke Yan at that time also felt very hot. He did not tell Jiang Qi initially. At night, he would hold Jiang Qi to sleep, and would always be awoken in the middle of the night due to the heat, with his whole back drenched in sweat.

Just like this, a few days passed. Ke Yan realised that Jiang Qi’s hands and legs would feel cold at the start, and would not feel as cold in the middle of the night. He then told Jiang Qi to change the blanket to a thinner one. Once Jiang Qi heard, he immediately nagged at Ke Yan, “Why didn’t you say earlier? I’ll go buy a thinner blanket for the bed tomorrow.”

On the second day, Jiang Qi had indeed gone to buy a blanket. Jiang Qi aired the blanket during the day, and spent a lot of effort putting the blanket into the bed sheet.

Ke Yan looked at the thin blanket, and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. I don’t think I would be waking up from the heat when I sleep now.

When nightfall came, Ke Yan still hugged Jiang Qi to sleep. Jiang Qi slept for an entire night without saying he’s cold, while Ke Yan also slept nicely. Just like this, Ke Yan was not awoken at night from the heat again.

However, that night, Ke Yan was awoken from the sudden movements from beside him and saw Jiang Qi worming everywhere, even drilling downwards into the blanket, covering his whole head.

Ke Yan moved Jiang Qi up a little, but not long after, Jiang Qi snuggled downwards again .

The next day when Ke Yan asked Jiang Qi if it was cold, Jiang Qi denied it. Knowing how he would drill himself downwards at night, Ke Yan confirmed that Jiang Qi felt cold when he was sleeping. He wanted to change to a thicker blanket, but Jiang Qi insisted that he was not cold. In the end, after saying that, he fell sick.

Ke Yan then hurried to change back to the thick blanket, not daring to say that his sleep was hot and uncomfortable.

Recalling the past events, Ke Yan couldn’t help but pinch Jiang Qi’s face. This stubborn guy.