Chapter 52

When standing in front of Chen Miao's house and looking at the electronic door lock, Lin Jiu hesitated, stopped and did not move.

On the way here, she had prepared herself mentally, but once she finally arrived, she was still anxious about the next two weeks.

She had never spent the night at Chen Miao's house and didn't know how to get along with Chen Miao at night.

He lowered his head and paused for a few seconds. Suddenly, a deep laugh came from behind him: "What? Are you scared now?"

"..." Lin Jiu bit the flesh inside his lip slightly, his chest heaving. He took a breath and raised his hand to unlock the door with his fingerprint.

She opened the door, looked at Chen Miao beside her and said, "You go in first."

Chen Miao lowered his eyes to look at her, raised his hand and touched her head, "Why are you so nice, huh?"

Lin Jiuqing raised her chin and pointed towards the door, "Hurry up and go in." Chen Miao was holding her suitcase the whole time, so it was reasonable to let him go in first.

"Okay." Chen Miao responded, walked in and turned on the light.

After closing the door, Lin Jiu slowly changed into slippers and followed Chen Miao into the bright second bedroom.

Chen Miao put the suitcase against the wall next to the wardrobe and said, "You pack first. I'm going to take a shower."

"Yeah." Lin Jiu nodded, and immediately closed the bedroom door after he went out.

She put the suitcase on the ground, took out the things inside one by one and sorted them out. She finished in less than ten minutes.

She soon ran out of things to do.

The second bedroom was large, had all the necessary furniture, and was spotless.

The place had been cleaned before she came.

The bed is 1.8 meters tall, and the thin air-conditioned quilt looks smooth and comfortable. The quilt cover is pink with lotus embroidery.

Seeing this floral pattern, Lin Jiu smiled.

Chen Miao is keeping up with current affairs.

I don’t know how he got it in such a short time.

As she approached the bed, she could faintly smell the scent of osmanthus, which gave her a fresh and clean feeling.

She is very satisfied with everything here.

Standing in front of the floor-length mirror, Lin Jiu looked at his slightly messy hair and wrinkled clothes. After a few seconds, he decided to take a shower.

I opened the wardrobe and was stumped when choosing pajamas.

She didn't know whether she should wear the pajamas she brought with her or the ones already in her closet.

The pajamas she brought were all short-sleeved shirts and shorts.

Normally, it's fine to walk around outside in shorts, but late at night, a man and a woman alone in a room together, it feels a bit revealing.

There are a wide variety of pajamas in the closet, including skirts and long pajamas. But using these specifically always feels too obvious and too deliberate.

After struggling for three minutes, she finally calmed down and went to take a shower in her summer pajamas, just like she would at home.

After Lin Jiu came out of the bathroom, he saw Chen Miao sitting on the sofa. He crossed his legs and read a finance-related book in an elegant manner.

The bathroom was just across from the sofa. As soon as she came out, Chen Miao looked up at her, put down the book in his hand, and called to her, "Come here, I'll blow dry your hair."

Lin Jiu had just finished taking a shower and felt that he had used up all his strength. He really didn't want to blow-dry his hair, so he walked over obediently.

Chen Miao stood up, motioned for her to sit down, and then patiently blew her hair dry.

As soon as he finished blowing her, Chen Miao asked her, "We have blueberries, green grapes, and dragon fruit at home. What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Lin Jiu shook his head, "I've brushed my teeth and I'm not eating."

This is a habit she has developed over a long period of time.

Chen Miao raised his eyebrows, "Then I'll get you a bottle of water."

Lin Jiu hummed.

The room was too quiet, and Lin Jiu was really not used to it. He bent down and looked for the remote control for a while, but couldn't find it.

She turned to look at the kitchen and was about to ask Chen Miao, but found him leaning against the wall with water in his hand, his black eyes staring at her.

She originally wanted to speak, but when she saw him, she couldn't open her mouth for some reason.

He was simply dressed in a black sleeveless shirt and loose-fitting sports shorts, his exposed arms clearly defined, looking long and powerful. This tall, young body was brimming with hormones.

She thought, she hadn't seen him for a long time, and she actually thought he was handsome again.

Blinking and watching from afar for a few seconds, Lin Jiu pointed at the TV and said, "I want to watch TV, but I can't find the remote control."

Chen Miao lowered his eyes and walked straight to the sofa. "I don't watch TV often, so I put it in the second compartment in the corner."

Lin Jiu turned and looked at the corner of the wall next to the balcony. There was a very tall black cabinet with about six compartments.

Thinking of the book on the coffee table, Lin Jiu asked Chen Miao: "Will my watching TV affect your reading?"

Chen Miao put the two bottles of water in his hand on the coffee table, leaned back in the corner of the sofa, lowered his head and looked at her and said, "No, I don't feel like reading now. You can turn on the TV. It won't be a problem."

Hearing this, Lin Jiu's eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he ran to the corner of the wall to find the remote control.

Walking to a few steps away from Chen Miao, she asked, "Is there anything you want to watch on TV?"

Without even looking up, Chen Miao chuckled and said, "No, just look at what you want to see."

"Okay." She turned to look at the TV and selected a popular one.

She passed by Chen Miao and was about to take another step to get a sofa pillow when he grabbed her wrist.

"What's wrong?" she asked, turning around.

Chen Miao said, "Sit next to me."

"I'll get a sofa pillow." Lin Jiu tried to break free, but his wrist was still held tightly in his hand.

Lin Jiu looked at him doubtfully: "?"

Chen Miao lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. He let go of her, looked away, and looked up at the TV screen.

Although Lin Jiu was wearing normal shorts, they would rise up when she sat down, and if she wasn't careful, they would easily fall to the base of her legs. So, after she sat down next to Chen Miao, she put the sofa pillow on her legs to cover her thighs.

As soon as she sat down, Chen Miao reached out and lazily placed his hand on her waist. Even though she was leaning on the sofa, his arm behind her back was very noticeable.

"Chen Miao, I feel uncomfortable with you hugging me like this." Lin Jiu said, looking at his profile.

Chen Miao hugged her and pulled her closer to him, looking at her sideways and saying, "Only in this position can my hands not move around."

"What are you moving around for?" she asked puzzled.

He suddenly leaned closer to her face, his voice a little hoarse: "I am a normal man."

Lin Jiu's eyelashes blinked quickly like a small brush.

He added: "You're wearing such shorts and swaying around in front of me, it's easy for me to have thoughts... My self-control isn't as good as you think, and I'm not as serious as you think."

She swallowed nervously and said nothing.

"All I could think about was your legs."

"!" Lin Jiu's eyes widened little by little. After a second, she pretended to stand up and said, "I'll go change my pants."

"Don't." Chen Miao hugged her with both hands, put his head on her shoulder, gently smelled the hair in front of him, and said in her ear, "Just today, let me take a closer look... okay?"

This sentence was like a thunderclap that made Lin Jiu's body stiffen and she could feel her scalp standing up.

She had heard the phrase "OK?" from him many times.

It seemed like he was asking for her opinion, but there was also a kind of semi-forceful instigation in it.

They had kissed many times, but in her heart, he was still an innocent boy.

At least that’s what I used to think.

"I won't do anything," he added.

After a long silence, Lin Jiu looked at the broad back in front of him and said, "Look if you want."

Anyway, I can only watch and can't do anything.

Later, Lin Jiu discovered that Chen Miao kept his word, but he had many tricks and was difficult to deal with.

At first he just moved the pillow away and didn't make any other requests.

After watching TV for half an hour, he asked Lin Jiu to put his feet on his legs and lowered his head to look over again and again.

Later, he asked her to sit sideways on his lap. He hugged her, kissed her face, and stared at her straight and round long legs on the sofa.

When Lin Jiu felt a change in him, she didn't dare to move at all. She just hugged his waist and put her head on his shoulder.

At one point, she really regretted agreeing to his ridiculous request.

Chen Miao hugged her tightly, breathing heavily in her ear, and did nothing.

Her ears turned red.

They watched TV until after ten o'clock. He picked up her slippers and carried her to the bed. Finally, he walked out and closed the door.

The moment Chen Miao disappeared at the door, Lin Jiu quickly got into the quilt, rolled around a few times on the bed, and then lay down straight.

She is a person who sleeps easily. After sitting in the car for a whole day and watching TV for a while, she felt a little tired.

After she closed her eyes, she soon felt sleepy and fell asleep surrounded by the fragrance of osmanthus.

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The next morning, Lin Jiu was awakened by his biological clock.

She squinted her eyes and picked up the phone on the bedside table with difficulty to take a look. It was almost nine o'clock.

After lying down for a few minutes, she changed into a long dress, opened the curtains, and stopped to look at the campus not far away.

Slowly opening the door, the fragrance of lotus flowers filled the air.

Lin Jiu paused, staring blankly at the lotus flowers along the inner wall of the corridor, feeling as if he didn't know where he was.

She walked slowly towards the bathroom. There were several jars of lotus flowers every half meter. The whole house looked like a lotus exhibition. The lotus leaves and flowers were visible to the naked eye, and the whole room was unusually fresh.

While she was shocked, she still remembered that she needed to wash up, so she quickly ran to the bathroom to clean herself up.

When Lin Jiu came out again, he met Chen Miao who came out of the study. He was wearing a black and white hoodie. He looked quite different from usual, with a youthful vigor.

Looking at Chen Miao walking towards her, she asked, "How did you get so many lotus flowers?"

He stood in front of her at an arm's length, casually glancing at the pink and white lotus beside him and said, "Let's pick petals together today...to relieve stress."

"......" She just said it casually at the time, but she didn't expect that he actually remembered it.

Although she felt that this was too cruel to Lotus, she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

After a few seconds, she looked up at Chen Miao, her eyebrows curved, and whispered accusatoryly: "You are wasting God's gift."

Chen Miao raised his hand and gently scratched her nose with his index finger, "Your words don't match your heart."

Lin Jiu smiled but said nothing. After a few seconds, she asked, "What time did you get up?"

"Seven o'clock."

"So early?" She widened her eyes slightly.

"Well, there are some things that need to be arranged in advance." Chen Miao pulled her to the sofa, "I'll go make breakfast, you watch TV for a while."

Holding his bony hand tightly, she turned her head to look at him and said, "Let's order takeout, so you don't have to cook it yourself."

"Today is a special day, so I cook for you myself to show my sincerity."

Chen Miao glanced at her and said, "Just sit on the sofa and wait for food. Don't worry about anything else."

He pushed her to sit on the sofa, turned on the TV for her considerately, and went to the kitchen to busy himself.

Lin Jiu changed the channel and tuned to CCTV-15, filling the room with singing.

She turned back, clutching the sofa with both hands, staring blankly at the tall figure in the kitchen, watching his every move.

Men who cook seriously are really handsome.

Chen Miao moved quickly and soon placed a bowl of noodles on the dining table.

He looked at the little head on the sofa and said, "Ajiu, come and have some noodles."

Lin Jiu doesn’t have a nickname, and her family usually calls her by her name.

She was not used to the name "Ajiu", but every time Chen Miao called her that, his tone was very gentle.

Although it's a bit corny, it feels very intimate.

Lin Jiu quickly trotted over and sat opposite Chen Miao. There was nothing in front of Chen Miao, only a bowl of noodles in front of her.

"Don't you want to eat?" she asked.

Chen Miao leaned back in his chair and looked at her straight in the eyes: "I've had breakfast, and this is specially made for you."

She lowered her head, picked up her chopsticks, and carefully examined the noodle soup in front of her. There were two poached eggs, a few green leaves, and a lot of chopped green onions. Although it was light and simple, it could arouse one's appetite. "What kind of noodles is this?"

"Longevity noodles," Chen Miao said. "Every year on my birthday, my family cooks a bowl of longevity noodles."

"Really? We don't have this habit in our family."

Chen Miao raised his eyebrows. "That's perfect. You can give me an objective and fair evaluation of my craftsmanship."

"Okay, I'm going to eat it then." Lin Jiu picked up the noodles and put them in his mouth. Within a second, Chen Miao suddenly smiled wickedly and said, "When eating longevity noodles, you can't bite the noodles apart."

Lin Jiu looked at the countless circles of noodles in the bowl, opened his eyes wide and looked up at Chen Miao with an expression that said, "Are you kidding me?"

With noodles in her mouth, she asked vaguely, "Is it true?"

Chen Miao raised his lips and raised the corners of his eyes. "I'm kidding. We don't have that habit at home. Just eat as you normally would."

Lin Jiu glared at him, quickly finished his noodles and ate them all.

Wiping her mouth with a tissue, she commented, "The noodles are delicious, with just the right amount of saltiness."

"That's good."

Supporting his head with one hand, Chen Miao looked into her eyes with a burning gaze and said solemnly, "From now on, I will make this for you every birthday."

Lin Jiu smiled at him and said nothing.

He looked so serious that she began to look forward to the future.