After he spoke, moved by her thoughtfulness, he couldn’t help but kiss her left cheek and give it a gentle bite.
How could his Xi’er be so good!
Uh…
Song Qiuyu hadn’t expected Jiang Xiao to be so bold, and her pretty face flushed even redder.
She stammered for a long while before closing her eyes and speaking honestly. “I feel the same way!”
Jiang Xiao froze for a moment.
“But the situation is special after all.”
Song Qiuyu still kept her hands tightly covering herself, sniffing the masculine scent radiating from Jiang Xiao’s body as her heart raced out of control.
Facing the same aching cry from her own fragile place, she had no choice but to ignore it.
Never mind taking care of him, she didn’t even dare to move much.
If Jiang Xiao found out, he would probably have the same desire to take care of her, and then things would get really complicated today.
Jiang Xiao looked down at her for a while, feeling as if he understood.
“Alright, then I’ll listen to Xi’er,” Jiang Xiao said, his voice lazy. “But even if that path is blocked, we should still be able to try something else.”
Hmm? What did he mean by ‘something else’?
Song Qiuyu was stunned for a moment and looked at Jiang Xiao in confusion.
Then, she accidentally caught a glimpse of a certain messy area and hurriedly tidied her clothes.
She blinked at him and tilted her head.
Just then, Jiang Xiao gently grabbed one of her small hands and tilted his head as well.
“Let’s do something nostalgic.”
“Ah?” Song Qiuyu was baffled.
Looking at his girlfriend’s dazed expression, Jiang Xiao gave a doting smile and could only guide her gaze toward her small hand.
“With this kind of thing, I only trust Xi’er. I’ll only feel at ease if I leave it to you to take care of, Xi’er!”
Song Qiuyu’s eyes flickered as she looked at the Jiang Xiao who needed care.
She finally understood. This was indeed something worth being nostalgic about!
Only a girl with her unique experience could take care of Jiang Xiao all at once.
For some reason, she suddenly felt a strange sense of pride!
She suppressed that inexplicable excitement, pretended to be calm as she clenched her fist, and cleared her throat.
“I… I really can’t do anything with you. But I might be out of practice.”
“You actually agreed?” Jiang Xiao was surprised.
“Stop talking! If you say another word, go deal with it yourself!” Song Qiuyu snapped, feeling exasperated, and tried to kick him.
Then, the sound of the golden bells stopped abruptly.
“Qia’er, be gentle! You’re going to use that!!” Jiang Xiao caught her restless foot with quick reflexes.
Their eyes met, and Song Qiuyu pouted, signaling for him to let go. Then, she shifted her hips, pressed her small hand against the place that needed care, and with a *zip*, she swallowed hard. Steeling herself, she leaned in.
As soon as her fingertips made contact, a floral scent wafted out.
“Then, I’m starting.”
Song Qiuyu’s voice trembled slightly. She suddenly realized a very serious problem—it wasn’t just Jiang Xiao who was in this state.
‘Dammit. Can I even sleep tonight!’
“Ahem!”
Jiang Xiao naturally saw her predicament.
He looked away, coughed a few times, and took the opportunity to speak. “Xi’er, there’s something I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time.”
“If you’re trying to tease me, I advise you to shut up!” Song Qiuyu gritted her teeth.
“This time it really isn’t!” Jiang Xiao raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.
“Then say it.”
Song Qiuyu held her breath. Her fingertips brushed against him, but her eyes still didn’t quite dare to look directly.
Although it was ‘nostalgic,’ this nostalgia definitely needed quotation marks.
The difference was too big; the difference was truly too big! Plus, there were those things that were hard to talk about. How frustrating.
“What I wanted to say is, for this Lunar New Year, how about you come home with me and spend it with my family? What do you think?”
Jiang Xiao waited seriously for a response.
Song Qiuyu’s pupils dilated slightly as she looked at Jiang Xiao in shock.
“Don’t worry, I’ll prepare lots of oranges for you!” Jiang Xiao said solemnly.
“Is that the main point?” Song Qiuyu had no words for his complain.
But spending Lunar New Year at Jiang Xiao’s house… it sounded pretty good?
She pursed her lips in conflict, looking elsewhere.
But when she thought about the things she had done to Jiang Xiao in the past and the impact they had caused, she couldn’t help but hesitate.
Could she really go to Jiang Xiao’s house as Song Qiuyu and be treated with kindness by his family? Did she really deserve it?
“Xi’er, do you not want to go?” Jiang Xiao felt a bit dejected.
He thought it was a sure thing, but was it still not enough?
“Um…”
Feeling Jiang Xiao’s disappointment, Song Qiuyu felt even more conflicted.
She calmed her mind and focused on working hard to take care of him for a while.
‘Ugh, it’s unexpectedly difficult to handle. How strange. Is it because Jiang Xiao is distracted right now?’
*Sigh…*
She exhaled helplessly, glanced at Jiang Xiao, and worked even harder.
“Uh.” Jiang Xiao’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Alright, I’ll go with you!” Song Qiuyu’s gaze became determined. “Remember your words. I want lots and lots of oranges—the Shatangju kind!”
“Okay, you can have as many as you want…”
As he spoke, Jiang Xiao’s brow suddenly furrowed, and he clenched his hands.
“Mmph!”
Her nose and mouth were filled with a floral scent. Song Qiuyu closed her left eye as a reflex, and she was momentarily stunned. How could it be so sudden?
The next second, her face turned beet red, and her vision went dark.
“Xi’er?”
“Qia’er, why did you faint?! Xi’er, I didn’t mean to!”
In her blurred consciousness, Song Qiuyu heard Jiang Xiao’s calls, but she didn’t want to move at all.
If possible, she really didn’t want to face Jiang Xiao’s descendants in this manner.
Jiang Li received a message from her brother. After reading it, a smile curled on her lips. It was a success!
However, since her brother needed to accompany Autumn Rain Bro back to Autumn Rain Bro’s house to pick up some things, he definitely couldn’t bring two lightbulbs along.
She looked at the sleeping Jiang Yu and then thoughtfully at her QQ contact list.
Her gaze lingered on Xie Zhuran’s chat window as she hummed softly. There was really only one way.
So, she immediately sent him a message.
Soon after, Xie Zhuran received a long-awaited message from Jiang Li: “Brother Zhuran, sorry to bother you. I want to apologize for what happened before. But right now, there’s something I really need your help with. If you see this, could you reply immediately?”
Xie Zhuran didn’t see the message right away.
It was only after playing several more rounds of Valorant with Lin An and the others that he lazily turned off his computer and discovered the notification.
Then, he froze.
“Huh?”
Xie Zhuran felt completely bewildered. What did this little sister want now?
His first reaction was to give her the cold shoulder.
His second reaction was to give a perfunctory response. His third reaction turned into a normal response.
The reason he wanted to give her the cold shoulder was that he already had a bad filter regarding Jiang Li, feeling that chatting was a waste of time and he’d rather sleep.
The reason it became perfunctory was that she was, after all, his roommate’s sister; he had to show some respect for the sake of her brother.
Finally, he considered that he was an adult and a mature older brother, so he decided not to hold a grudge against a young girl.
And so, he picked up his phone and replied: “Sorry, I was just playing games with Lin An and just now got free to see the message. Why don’t you tell me what it is first?”
After sending the message, he was about to put his phone down, thinking that since nearly an hour and a half had passed, she might not even be awake.
To his surprise, Jiang Li replied instantly: “It’s okay, Brother Zhuran.”
At that moment, Xie Zhuran felt himself break out in a cold sweat.
“Holy crap, what does this girl want!”
Xie Zhuran quickly took a sip of water to calm his nerves. If it were in the past, he might have developed a delusion. ‘Could this little sister… have feelings for me?’
Jiang Li sent another message: “Actually, my brother needs to go back with Autumn Rain Bro to get some things, so I plan to go back with Jiang Yu first. But the journey is long, and my Mom isn’t very worried about us. Could I ask you for a favor and escort us for the trip?”
After reading the message, Xie Zhuran stroked his chin and adjusted his non-existent glasses.
Something wasn’t right!
They needed someone to accompany them back? Then how did they get here in the first place? This looked like she just wanted to drag him along.
But then again, why was Lao Jiang going back to Lao Song’s house to get things? What were they picking up?
He scratched his head.
Before he could reply to Jiang Li, a sudden phone call scared Xie Zhuran so much that he jumped off his bench.
“Why is Mom calling? And at 12:00 AM?”
Xie Zhuran hesitated before answering.
“You brat, I saw you were online in the game! It’s almost midnight and you’re still not sleeping!!”
Mrs. Xie didn’t like shopping.
Her favorite thing was playing games with her husband and son.
But this ‘favorite thing’ actually stemmed from the logic that ‘knowing oneself and knowing the enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles.’ She had mastered her husband’s and son’s schedules.
Untranslated words “Song Qiuyu had no words for his吐槽.”