Jiang Shuyin looked at the man's dark and gloomy eyes, and couldn't help but chuckle. "Does Captain Lu think Mr. Lin and I are a good match?"
Knowing she was deliberately teasing him, Lu Yan let out a cold, fierce laugh from his throat. "A match made in heaven."
The voice was incredibly sour.
Jiang Shuyin revealed a little fox-like smile on her face. "Yo yo yo, who was it that generously told me to find another man when they rejected my confession?"
The veins on Lu Yan's forehead twitched.
Was this woman bringing up old scores with him now?
Seeing the man looking like he was about to explode, Jiang Shuyin stopped joking with him. "Mr. Lin and I were just putting on an act, nothing happened."
Lu Yan wasn't blind, he could naturally see that Lin Feng genuinely had feelings for Jiang Shuyin.
But his Jiang Jiang was smart and excellent, it was normal for men to like her.
He had to learn to accept it.
When he died, she might even marry someone else!
Could he possibly jump out of his coffin to stop her from marrying?
Thinking of this, Lu Yan's eyes grew dim and depressed.
Jiang Shuyin saw his expression and didn't give him a chance to overthink, standing on her tiptoes again to block his lips.
She took out a small object and placed it in his hand. "Do you want to use this?"
Lu Yan looked down.
It was the little umbrella he had seen on her desk.
"Why did you bring this out?"
Jiang Shuyin looked at him with a smile in her eyes. "Captain Lu, are you not capable anymore?"
The biggest taboo for a man is being told he isn't capable, especially by the woman he loves.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, he carried her to the bed.
He walked to the window, pulled the curtains shut, and then leaned over her.
"Jiang Jiang, even on the day I die, I'll still be capable!"
With that, he fiercely blocked her lips.
...
After a lingering session.
Lu Yan put on his clothes and sat at the head of the bed smoking an after-sex cigarette.
Jiang Shuyin sat up next to him and snatched the cigarette from his fingertips right after he took a drag.
Imitating his manner, she narrowed her eyes and took a puff.
Lu Yan frowned slightly when he saw her action. "Why are you smoking?"
Jiang Shuyin raised an eyebrow at him. "If you can smoke, why can't I? From now on, you smoke one, I'll smoke one."
The veins on Lu Yan's forehead twitched. "You weren't this rebellious before."
Jiang Shuyin stubbed out the cigarette, nestled into the man's embrace, and wrapped her arms around his lean waist. "There's still a lot you don't know about me, I'll give you chances to slowly find out in the future."
Looking at the woman nestled in his arms, Lu Yan's nose felt slightly sour.
This was a scene he had always dreamed of.
Now it had finally come true, but he didn't have the fortune to enjoy it.
He raised his hands and hugged her tightly.
After resting for over an hour, the two got up and went out to eat.
After eating, they went to the park.
This was the first time they had strolled in a park together.
There was a balloon shooting game in the park. Lu Yan picked up the gun and hit all the balloons in one breath.
The boss's eyes almost popped out when he saw Lu Yan's marksmanship.
"Sir, sir, please stop shooting, I'll refund you double the money, just don't shoot anymore."
If he kept shooting, his little stall would really go bankrupt.
Lu Yan didn't take the boss's money, he just took a plush toy and gave it to Jiang Shuyin.
The two also went boating on the lake, and Jiang Shuyin fed the black swans.
She hadn't been this happy in a long time.
Seeing the smile on Jiang Shuyin's face, the corners of Lu Yan's lips curled up unconsciously.
...
After Ji Chi was discharged from the hospital, he received a call from the principal of the Hope Primary School.
Before the Ji family's incident, Ji Chi had donated a sum of money to the Hope Primary School to build a library.
Now that the library was finished, the principal invited Ji Chi to attend the completion ceremony.
Ji Chi had bought a ticket to Country M a few days later, so he had time to drive to the Hope Primary School.
Halfway there, it started pouring rain.
The further he drove into the mountainous area, the harder the road was to navigate.
After driving a bit further, Ji Chi suddenly saw a young girl holding an umbrella, standing by the side of the road waving at him.
It seemed she wanted a ride.
In front of the girl, a taxi had broken down by the road.
Ji Chi pulled over and rolled down the window.
The girl walked over, a polite and bright smile on her pretty, sweet face. "Hello, are you heading to the small fishing village? The taxi I was in broke down, and it's not easy to hail a cab here. Could you kindly give me a ride?"
The girl had a pretty, bright face, and when she smiled, her red lips and white teeth were dazzling, giving off a vibrant energy like a little sun.
She looked like an innocent and beautiful young girl.
Ji Chi gave a faint "mm" and unlocked the car door.
"Wuwuwu, you're such a good person, thank you so much."
Ah Cai put her luggage in the trunk, closed her umbrella, and carefully got into the car.
She had traveled all the way back from Country M.
Because Father Lu and Mother Lu were constantly worried about Uncle Lu Yan, unable to eat or sleep well, and no one knew where Uncle Lu Yan had gone, she had called Sister Ah Yin. Sister Ah Yin said he was in the small fishing village, so she also wanted to come back and persuade him.
Ah Cai glanced at Ji Chi driving and expressed her gratitude again.
Ji Chi didn't pay much attention to Ah Cai. After experiencing the major changes in the Ji family and himself, Ji Chi had gone from being cynical to unusually gloomy and indifferent.
Ah Cai had been abandoned by her mother as a child and grew up with her grandfather. She had experienced the warmth and coldness of the world, so she was very good at reading people.
She could tell that the driving man didn't want to talk to her, so she tactfully kept her mouth shut.
The rain was too heavy. When they passed a stone bridge, the rain had already submerged it, and the water below was flowing fiercely.
If they forced the car across, it would be dangerous.
Ah Cai was familiar with the terrain here, and she knew the car absolutely couldn't force its way across now.
"Sir, the rain is too heavy, we can't get across. Should we find a place to take shelter first?"
Ji Chi had no choice but to reverse the car, but soon, the engine stalled.
Ji Chi got out to check, and the engine was smoking.
After the Ji family went bankrupt, he was driving a used car of poor quality.
"Shit!" Ji Chi cursed.
Seeing Ji Chi get wet in the rain, Ah Cai quickly got out with her umbrella.
"There's a house over there, should we go there to take shelter first?"
Ah Cai held her umbrella over the man's head, but the man coldly pushed it away. "Don't worry about me."
He tried to fix the car, but without parts, it was hard to repair.
Ah Cai looked at the soaked man and held the umbrella over his head again.
"I checked the weather forecast, there's going to be a typhoon later, we'd better go to that house to take shelter!"
When Ah Cai got close to Ji Chi, he smelled a fresh and elegant fragrance on her.
Just like her appearance, very clean and pure.
Ji Chi glanced at the road conditions. If there was a typhoon and rainstorm, mudslides were very likely to occur near the mountains.
He grabbed his and Ah Cai's bags from the car, took the umbrella, and went to the farmhouse with Ah Cai.
Ah Cai kept up with Ji Chi's pace. They were walking very close to each other, and the back of her hand accidentally brushed against his. Just as she was about to apologize, she saw the man slip that hand into his trouser pocket.
He seemed repulsed by her touch.
Ah Cai stuck out her tongue slightly.
She had not meant to touch him.
She didn't expect him to be such a germaphobe.
After arriving at the farmhouse, Ah Cai knocked on the door.
An elderly man answered.
Only the elderly couple and their little grandson were home.
Upon learning that the two were there to seek shelter from the rain, the old woman quickly said, "We only have one spare room left. You two must be a young couple, so it should be fine for you to share it."
Once inside the room, Ah Cai's small face flushed slightly as she said, "The old lady misunderstood. I will go out and explain it to her!"
"There is no need. Even if you explain, there still won't be any extra rooms. Go out first, I need to change my clothes."
After Ah Cai went out, she asked the old woman for some ginger and boiling water.
She brewed a cup of ginger tea for Ji Chi.
Once it was ready, she carried it to the bedroom door. Just as she was about to knock, the person inside opened the door.
Ah Cai had not expected Ji Chi to come out. The two accidentally collided, and the ginger tea in her hands splashed onto him.
The ginger tea dripped down his pants. The trousers he had just changed into were now mostly wet again.
Ah Cai was a bit panicked. "I am so sorry, I didn't mean to..."
She crouched down, grabbed her own sleeve, and instinctively began to wipe the spill for him.
She failed to notice that the area she was wiping was highly inappropriate.
By the time she realized it, the man's expression had already darkened at a visible speed.
He grabbed her collar and pushed her away furiously. "Leave it alone! Get away from me!"
He was already a cripple. Even if he was scalded by boiling hot ginger tea, he could not feel a single thing down there!
