Accidentally provoking the spring tide

Chapter 86. The Gift
Or rather, Jiang Jixu never let him lose.

Ji Yanci pursed his lips.

As he smelled the disinfectant, he suddenly remembered the winter break of his first year of high school when his parents went abroad for business, leaving him alone in China.

On the eve of the Lunar New Year, when all the servants had gone home for the holiday, he suddenly developed a high fever.

His forehead was burning hot, but Ji Yanci was shivering from the cold.

He hated hospitals and didn't call anyone. He forced himself to swallow a fever reducer and went back to his room to sleep.

When I woke up in the middle of the night, I found someone else beside my bed.

Jiang Jixu still had short, tomboyish hair back then, which was at its most prickly when it grew out a little.

She just lay down and fell asleep next to his bed, which made Ji Yanci initially mistake her for someone else.

He tried to get up, but the cooling patch on his forehead lost its stickiness and fell off.

Ji Yanci then noticed that there were medicine, water, and two torn boxes of fever-reducing patches on the table, with three or four used cooling patches next to the boxes.

It seemed to be midnight when fireworks started going off outside.

The sound startled Jiang Jixu awake.

Seeing him wake up, a look of surprise appeared on the girl's soft, fair face: "You're awake. Do you still have a fever?"

As she spoke, she reached out and touched the back of his hand.

Ji Yanci stared at her without looking away.

"It's not hot anymore." Jiang Jixu breathed a sigh of relief.

"How did you get here?" His voice was hoarse from the fever.

The girl poured him a glass of warm water and handed it to him: "Auntie called you several times but couldn't get through, so she called me."

"I figured I had nothing else to do tonight, so I came over to check on you." Jiang Jixu looked shaken. "It's a good thing I came. You know you were delirious with fever, didn't you?"

Ji Yanci didn't know.

All he knew was that Jiang Jixu was quite foolish; a single sentence from her mother had made her run over late at night, without even fear of getting into trouble.

"I'm all better now." He took a sip of water to moisten his throat. "You can go home now."

Jiang Jixu shook his head, looking serious.

“I called the family doctor, and they said you might have another fever in the middle of the night, so I have to stay with you.”

The colorful glow of fireworks shone through the window, landing on the girl's eyebrows, the tip of her nose, and her soft lips.

He couldn't resist the urge to poke it.

Following his heart's lead, Ji Yanci was stunned when he came to his senses.

"I'm sorry." He looked away with difficulty. "I'm fine, you can go back."

Jiang Jixu blushed, and without saying a word, she silently got up to tidy up the things on the table, then picked up a small stool and sat down.

That's clearly a sign they're determined to renege on their promise.

He remained silent for a moment, glanced at the girl with a complicated look, and lay back down.

They spent that New Year's Eve together.

But neither of them mentioned it to anyone else.

So many years have passed, Ji Yanci himself has almost forgotten.

But now, looking at the empty bedside, the girl's pretty face under the fireworks that night became even clearer in his mind.
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The meal was finished relatively peacefully.

After seeing Bai Xiaoxiao and Shao Ming off and tidying up the house, Jiang Jixu wanted to talk to Lu Lishen, but found that the man was about to go out to take out the trash.

Jiang Jixu had no choice but to swallow his words and wait for the others to return in the living room.

While she was feeling bored, she noticed the gift that Bai Xiaoxiao had given her, which had been placed on the coffee table earlier.

The girl hesitated for a moment, but decided to open it and take a look anyway.

At worst, I'll share it with Lu Lishen when he gets back.

Just do it.

Inside the tote bag was a rectangular, thin gift box, tied with a dark blue velvet bow at the top left corner.

It doesn't feel heavy in your hand.

Jiang Jixu shook the box and vaguely heard a jingling sound coming from inside.

She paused slightly. Could it be some kind of jewelry?
Carefully unpack the outer packaging; inside is a semi-transparent frosted film.

It was flat and didn't seem like jewelry. Jiang Jixu was puzzled but didn't think much of it, and opened the membrane.

Upon seeing what was inside the box, her eyes widened slightly, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

Just then, a noise came from outside the door.

Lu Lishen is back.

Jiang Jixu hurriedly closed the box again, hid it behind her back, and stammered to the man who was walking towards her, "Um, I'll go upstairs and take a shower first."

As soon as she said it, her face turned even redder when she thought about what was in the box.

Why take a bath!

Doesn't this make it even easier to misunderstand?

Lu Lishen's gaze lingered on the girl's rosy cheeks for a few seconds. As if thinking of something, his eyes darkened slightly, and he nodded in response before turning to go to the bathroom on the first floor to wash his hands.

Jiang Jixu looked at the man's back, opened her mouth as if to say something, but then remembered that she was holding a hot potato, so she didn't care anymore and went upstairs.

Hearing the footsteps fading into the distance, Lu Lishen paused slightly as he turned on the tap.

Then I rinsed my hands under running water.

The icy water stung my hand.

After washing his hands with soap and rubbing off the foam, the man finally looked up at himself in the mirror.

His eyes were dark, his lips were pursed down, and his aura was very low.

After a long pause, he smirked and gave himself a self-deprecating laugh: "How pathetic."

She's sulking because of a phone call and doesn't even dare to ask a single question.

That's really pathetic.

He wiped the water off his hands and prepared to turn off the downstairs light, but then, as if suddenly remembering something, his gaze fell on the coffee table not far away.

I walked over and picked up the toppled handbag.

A small receipt floated out from inside.

Lu Lishen bent down to pick it up, glanced at it casually, but his gaze suddenly froze.

[High-end custom-made sexy QQ pajamas for women]

He recalled the girl's strange reaction earlier, and the gloom in his eyes instantly vanished, his crimson lips curving slightly upwards.

His face was radiating obvious pleasure.

He put the receipt back in his bag, then carried the bag upstairs.
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The room upstairs.

Jiang Jixu opened the box again, picked up the thin shoulder strap with two fingers, and looked at the sparsely made lace silk nightgown. Her face couldn't help but turn red.

"Bai Xiaoxiao, what kind of gifts did you give me?!"

The girl bit her lip, feeling both ashamed and annoyed, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Jixu hurriedly stuffed the pajamas under the pillow, but forgot about the box next to it, and the bell accessory inside.

She tried to appear calm when she opened the door.

"what happened?"

Lu Lishen handed her the bag in his hand: "Your things, I forgot them downstairs."

Jiang Jixu's eyelids twitched, and he quickly took it.

"Thank you, thank you."

The man looked down at her, and his gaze made Jiang Jixu feel inexplicably guilty.

"Is there anything else you can do?"

Lu Lishen's lips curved slightly as he leaned closer, his hot breath gently brushing against his cheek.

"Sister, you seem a little nervous?"

Looking at that face, Jiang Jixu couldn't help but think that the scene from that night and the clothes Bai Xiaoxiao had given him kept flashing through his mind.

She unconsciously swallowed, moistening her dry throat.

"No, no..."

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