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Chapter 34 That's Huo Jingcheng's Scent
The man's light voice, tinged with a slight huskiness, still carried the same nonchalant tone he had in his youth.

"He's just Su Mingyan, why would I bother to annoy him?"

Qi Zhiwen instantly understood what Huo Jingcheng meant: he liked someone.

He turned his head thoughtfully, his gaze shifting to the view outside the car window, where the dense cluster of skyscrapers rushed past like a movie in fast motion.

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Inside the "Yichuan Tobacco" teahouse.

After seeing Huo Jingcheng off, Su Ruoyun picked up the teacup in front of her, raised it to her lips, and was about to drink when she tasted the lingering tobacco flavor on her tongue.

The aroma of mint is mixed with a faint woody tobacco scent.

That's Huo Jingcheng's flavor.

Realizing this, she put down the teacup she was holding, stopped drinking tea, and instead reached for a wet tissue, pulled one out, and lightly placed it on her lips.

After carefully wiping her lips back and forth to ensure there were no other smells, Su Ruoyun threw the wet wipe precisely into the trash can before picking up her teacup, tilting her head back to take a sip. The tea moistened her lips, leaving them glistening.

She picked up her handbag from the sofa again, and this time she didn't apply lip gloss, but only lipstick.

As Su Ruoyun put her bag back on the sofa, her gaze inadvertently swept over the rosewood table in the room.

On the long table sat a black ashtray with a cigarette butt inside. Her gaze lingered there for a few seconds.

Then, she walked over slowly, picked up the ashtray, and with a flick of her wrist, the ashtray tilted, and the bluish-white ash accumulated inside fell into the trash can like snowflakes.

The cigarette butt rolled around in the garbage bag before falling to the bottom.

Her actions conveyed a sense of "out of sight, out of mind."

Tomorrow is Saturday, which is Li Li's birthday.

Su Ruoyun nestled on the sofa, selecting colored paper and ribbons on a food delivery platform. After making her choice, she placed a delivery order from the gift shop.

It was already 3:30 pm when the deliveryman arrived.

Outside the window, the sky seemed to be shrouded by a huge black curtain, dark and oppressive, as if the end of the world had arrived. The air was unusually stuffy, and a downpour seemed to be brewing.

The temperature suddenly dropped, so she went to the lounge to get a trench coat and put it over her long shirt.

She found a simple gift wrapping tutorial video on her tablet, and the comments section said: "Even a dog could learn it after watching it."

She propped the tablet up on the long table, sat cross-legged on a futon, and stared intently at the screen, afraid of missing any detail. She carefully followed the steps in the video, performing each operation with utmost care.

She spent an hour on a three-minute video, repeatedly dragging the progress bar and replaying the video over and over again.

On the off-white wrapping paper, there are light-colored scattered flowers. The small-leaf sandalwood tea box is wrapped in mulberry paper, folded and turned back and forth, and then taped to secure it.

She then took a piece of light and transparent fishtail silk ribbon, skillfully wrapped it around the outside of the wrapping paper, and her slender, fair fingers moved back and forth to tie a delicate and beautiful bow. She inserted dried red roses into it, and the finished product was exquisite. She then put the tea box into a paper bag.

After all this was done, more than an hour had passed, and the irregularly shaped wall clock was ticking away, pointing to 4:30.

Su Ruoyun turned her head and looked out the wooden window. The dense dark clouds had been blown away by the strong wind, and a round, orange-red sun was shining in the clear sky. The afterglow of the setting sun poured down, gilding the sky with a warm, dim yellow color.

She checked the weather forecast, which predicted rain that evening, and specifically instructed her employees to close the doors and windows. After confirming that they had noted it down, she picked up the carefully packed tote bag and left work. The weather forecast was indeed accurate; around 7 or 8 pm, a sudden downpour and strong winds struck.

The rain stopped abruptly after a short while, leaving the sky shimmering with a faint blue light, with thick cumulonimbus clouds still lingering in the air.

After finishing dinner, Su Ruoyun glanced at her phone screen. The battery was less than 15%, and a red warning sign indicated that it was in grave danger.

She sat on the stool, rummaging through her handbag for a charger. Her movements froze the moment her fingertips touched the tube of lip gloss. The terrible memory from noon resurfaced in her mind, each scene playing on a loop.

Immediately, she opened the drawer of her dressing table and, with swift and decisive movements, stuffed the lip gloss into a corner that no one paid attention to.

Damn it, I'll never 'favor' it again in my life!
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The next day, Saturday.

I went to bed early last night and slept soundly until dawn.

At six o'clock in the morning, just as dawn was breaking, Su Ruoyun slowly woke up. After fiddling with her phone for a while, she became even more awake and couldn't fall back asleep.

Aunt Li usually arrives at eight o'clock in the morning to prepare breakfast. Since it's still early, she might as well go out for a morning run.

Last night there was wind and heavy rain, but today the sky is blue and the clouds are white. What you see is a clear blue sky, fluffy white clouds and a gorgeous sunrise. The three colors blend together to create a dreamlike and beautiful scene. The strong winds of last night have brought us a clear and sunny day.

Su Ruoyun stood on the balcony, gazing out at the lake in the community, its surface shimmering and the mountains lush and green.

For a moment, she thought that autumn had arrived in Beijing.

Although the weather was nice, a cold front swept in, so Su Ruoyun went back into the dressing room and picked out a black windbreaker to wear over her clothes.

She went downstairs and ran along the lake for a short while before becoming breathless. The wind was making her head ache. She strolled around outside slowly until 7:30 before swiping her card to take the elevator upstairs. After taking a shower, Aunt Li had already arrived at the apartment.

Aunt Li greeted Ms. Su with a warm smile.

"Good morning!" Su Ruoyun smiled, her eyes crinkling, and followed behind Aunt Li, shuffling into the kitchen in her slippers. She asked, "What's for breakfast today?"

"What would you like to eat for breakfast, Miss Su?"

"Wonton, please."

Aunt Li's freshly made wontons were served to the table within twenty minutes, along with sugar-coated fried dough sticks on the white porcelain plate.

The wontons, brimming with meat filling, are topped with oil, pickled vegetables, dried shrimp, and scallions, making them incredibly tempting.

Su Ruoyun tasted a wonton, then turned her gaze to Aunt Li standing by the table, praising her generously and giving her a thumbs up, "Delicious."

Aunt Li was all smiles after being coaxed by her.

While she was having breakfast, Aunt Li started cleaning the apartment. The rooms were cleaned daily, so it didn't take much time. As she was about to change the trash bag, a tubular object fell out of the bag, rolled a few times on the floor, and made a crisp sound.

There was no other trash in the bin, and it was placed next to the dressing table, so Aunt Li wasn't sure if the lip gloss had accidentally fallen in.

So I picked up the lip gloss and went out to ask the employer.

"Miss Su, you don't want this lip gloss anymore?"

Please read on, mua~
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