Accidentally provoking the spring tide

Chapter 80. The Peacock Spreads Its Tail

Lin Feng was stunned upon hearing this.

"Brother Ci, are you sure you want to take the old-fashioned green train?"

"Yes, you can book the tickets." Ji Yanci's voice was impatient as he said to the driver next to him, "Turn around and go to the train station."

A complex emotion welled up in Lin Feng's eyes. He whispered "Okay," hung up the phone, and went to buy tickets.

After sending the ticket information, Lin Feng felt somewhat uneasy.

Ji Yanci's reaction was more intense than he had imagined.

During a junior high school trip, a few of them spontaneously took a ride on a green-skinned train. Except for Jiang Jixu, none of them were used to the crowded environment and the strange smell permeating the entire carriage.

Lin Feng remembers that he vowed then and there that he would never ride a green train again.

Jiang Jixu frowned and asked them why they didn't sit down.
"Given the distance and travel time, this train is clearly the most suitable option."

Lin Feng exaggeratedly covered his nose: "Jiang Jixu, didn't you smell the instant noodles mixed with foot odor in the car? Don't you find it disgusting?"

Jiang Jixu felt that things weren't as serious as he made them out to be.

There was a slight odor in the enclosed carriage, but it wasn't so bad that it made you feel nauseous and unable to stay there.

But Lin Feng's reaction was as if they had just come out of a junkyard.

Jiang Jixu didn't speak, but Lin Feng knew that her stubbornness was kicking in again.

The two then turned to look at Ji Yanci, who was standing to the side adjusting his sleeves.

"What do you think, Lyricist?"

Ji Yanci lazily raised his eyes and said three words, "No need."

Jiang Jixu remained silent.

Lin Feng said smugly, "Look, even Brother Ci is on my side. You can sit here by yourself if you want, this little green train!"

On his return trip, he spent five times more than the price of a regular train ticket to hire a motorhome.

Ji Yanci was with him.

Jiang Jixu still took a taxi to the train station.

"You bastard who doesn't enjoy good fortune, Ci Ge, do you think she damaged her brain when she was abducted?"

"It's not like the Jiang family doesn't give her living expenses, why is she being so stingy?"

He had complained about this to Ji Yanci, but the man didn't say anything at the time. He never expected that years later, the boomerang would hit him right between the eyebrows.

Lin Feng paced back and forth, a vague unease creeping into his heart.

"I hope this won't escalate..."

Both the Jiang and Ji families are influential figures in Beijing's social circles. Although the two families had a falling out because of the previous engagement banquet, they still maintained a superficial harmony.

But if Ji Yanci causes trouble at the Jiang family's house, things will get complicated.

"I don't think so. Ci-ge doesn't like Jiang Jixu, so why would he lose control just because she got married?"

Lin Feng tried to comfort himself, but his voice grew softer and softer. After a while, he picked up his clothes and drove to the airport to pick someone up.

He needed to keep an eye on Ji Yanci to prevent the latter from acting rashly or doing something irrational.
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He Yongwen woke up to find the bed next to her empty.

She immediately went to check the luggage in the room and found that Ji Yanci's luggage was still there, which relieved the woman.

But before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, she saw a message from Ji Yanci.

I must return to Beijing first.

These five short words were like a bucket of cold water, chilling He Yongwen to the bone.

What could have required Ji Yanci to rush back to the capital overnight? He didn't even have time to take his luggage, only his mobile phone.

He Yongwen almost instinctively thought of the news of Jiang Jixu's marriage in the group chat.

But as soon as the thought arose, she suppressed it.

"No way, A-Ci doesn't love Jiang Ji-Xu. Why would he rush back just because he knew she got married? There must be something else..."

He Yongwen clutched her phone and kept muttering to herself.

It's as if doing this makes my heart feel a little better.

Available in the next second.

She threw the phone, and it hit the wall with a dull thud.

Cracks appeared on the screen.

The reflection revealed He Yongwen's slightly distorted face.

"Liar!" A tear slid down her cheek.

He Yongwen gritted her teeth: "They're all liars!"
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Jiang Jixu was unaware of the twists and turns that night had brought for Ji Yanci and the other two. She only felt that her sleep quality was exceptionally good on her first night in the new house, and she woke up to find it was already dawn.

Open the curtains.

Warm sunlight instantly filled the entire room through the bright French windows. It was almost late May, and the weather was warming up. Jiang Jixu belatedly realized that the forsythia in the courtyard had bloomed.

Spring came later than usual this year, but it has finally arrived.

She was about to open the window for ventilation when a tall figure suddenly appeared in her line of sight.

Lu Lishen wore a black hooded sweatshirt today, paired with wide-leg pants with side button slits, looking youthful and energetic.

The sunlight, silhouetted against the layers of leaves, fell upon him, transforming into a round, swaying halo. Under the Tyndall effect, Lu Lishen seemed to be radiating light.

Those handsome cartoon hands held an irrigation water gun.

The sprayed water vapor formed a faint mist, which shrouded the man's figure and added a touch of dreamlike color.

Almost instinctively, Jiang Jixu ran to the desk and picked up sketch paper and a pencil.

Just a few strokes.

The man's tall and slender figure leaps off the page.

She kept her head down, engrossed in her painting, and didn't even look up again—

That person's image was deeply imprinted in her heart.

Lu Lishen turned slightly to the side, using the gap in his eye to glance at the rooms on the second floor.

He caught a glimpse of a girl holding a drawing board with her head down in front of the French window, paused slightly, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

Without realizing it, the water from the water gun flowed down his muscular forearm and into his sleeve, soaking his clothes.

Lu Lishen lowered his eyes, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

Looks like I need to change my clothes.

……

Jiang Jixu was so engrossed in drawing that he completed the line drawing in one go.

Looking at the man whose charm was evident even in a two-dimensional plane, she couldn't help but sigh again, thinking how a pity it was that he wasn't a graphic model.

"咚咚-"

A knock sounded at the door, and Jiang Jixu subconsciously looked up, only to realize that the people in the courtyard had disappeared at some point.

She went to open the door, about to say good morning, but when she saw the person in front of her, her words stopped abruptly.

In the short time that followed, Lu Lishen's original black hoodie was gone, replaced by a camel-colored corduroy long-sleeved shirt with a white undershirt underneath.

The man was adjusting his sleeves when she opened the door.

Hearing the door open, he gently raised his eyes, his dark eyes like the morning light shining through the thin mist, his rosy lips slightly upturned, and his voice deep and clear.

"morning."

Jiang Jixu was so captivated by that face that he stammered, "Good morning."

Lu Lishen's gaze swept over the drawing board in the girl's hands, and his thin lips curved slightly: "I made breakfast, come down and have some?"

Jiang Jixu nodded.

"Let me change my clothes first."

"Okay." Lu Lishen lowered his eyes. "I'll wait for you."

Jiang Jixu quickly washed up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs.

The aroma of food wafted over from afar.

She walked over quickly, and when she saw the table full of sumptuous breakfast, she was taken aback: "So much?"

Both Chinese and Western styles are available.

Lu Lishen poured a glass of yogurt and pulled out a chair for Jiang Jixu.

"I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I made a little extra."

His gaze was deep and shallow: "I didn't have time to learn from Zhang Ma, I hope Madam won't mind."

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