Chapter 54

As if everything was under control, Chen Miao slowly twisted her hair with his index finger and said calmly, "Since the moment you agreed to be with me, whether we break up or not is no longer up to you."

“…”

As long as Chen Miao didn't make a principled mistake, Lin Jiu wouldn't take the initiative to break up with him. Even if the family gap was too big to continue, she would wait for Chen Miao to ask her.

That's what she thought, but Chen Miao directly denied her decision-making power, and she was very angry.

After a few seconds, she complained, "You're so domineering."

Hearing this, Chen Miao curled his lips into a smile and continued with the previous sentence: "I decided in my second year of high school that I would marry you in the future. I know my family situation and I can handle it. I won't break up, so we won't break up." From the moment he weighed the pros and cons and gave up going abroad, he chose her.

"Second year of high school?" Lin Jiu suddenly sat up straight and looked at him in surprise, "Are you crazy? What if I don't agree to you?" Although the possibility is very small, she might refuse a few times.

"There are many ways..." Chen Miao looked at her, his dark eyes were so deep that they seemed to want to suck her in.

Looking into Chen Miao's eyes, Lin Jiu found it difficult to describe his feelings at the moment.

The beating of my heart was so loud that it seemed like it was about to jump out, and I could clearly hear its rhythm in my ears.

She never knew that Chen Miao had seriously considered their relationship so early on. At the same time, he also showed his patience, letting her do everything at her own pace.

She had never been taken so seriously before, so she felt a moment of panic.

The thin ice wrapped around the inner heart seemed to be cracked by someone, and instantly melted into ice water, which was baked clean by the hot heart.

If Chen Miao had told her that he would marry her in their second year of high school, she would have definitely thought he was sick, young, naive and frivolous.

But today, she felt that Chen Miao might have really considered the gap between them and was confident enough to deal with and solve all problems.

He seemed to understand her weaknesses and who she was as a person.

He piled all kinds of material things on her, binding her and him tightly.

She knew it clearly in her heart, but she couldn't refuse.

After a moment, Lin Jiu twisted his body and threw a tantrum: "Let me go, my hands are tired."

The hands that had been restrained for so long were released.

She put her arms around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder. She looked lazy and didn't want to exert any energy.

She said, "Okay, since you said you don't want to break up, then let's not break up. It's your decision."

Chen Miao placed his hands on her waist, his hot palms transmitting to her through the thin fabric of her dress, "Just keep the things I give you. I don't like you rejecting me."

Lin Jiu patted him hard and said, "It turns out that you have been lying to me before, and now your true colors are revealed."

Chen Miao chuckled: "How did I lie to you and treat you badly?"

Lin Jiu's eyes curved, and he said stubbornly, "It's okay."

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It was already eight o'clock in the evening when I got home after dinner.

After entering the house, Lin Jiu's first thing was to turn on the TV and pick up a popular drama. The second thing was to observe the lotus flowers blooming in the water jar up close and feel the flavor of summer.

Before she had looked for long, Chen Miao called her, "Ajiu, come here and make a wish."

Lin Jiu turned and looked at Chen Miao.

He was holding a small cake with a candle with the number 19 on it. The bright yellow flame on the candle moved with his steps and seemed to be endless.

She stood there for a few seconds, then slowly walked to Chen Miao, looking straight at him across the candlelight.

"Make a wish," he reminded.

Hearing this, Lin Jiu shifted his gaze to the candle and stared at it for a few seconds.

She had never made a wish on her birthday and didn't know what to wish for.

After thinking for a few seconds, she finally came up with a wish.

She clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and silently chanted—

May every year be like today.

Blowing out the candles in one breath, she looked up at Chen Miao and asked with a smile, "Can you still eat?"

Chen Miao raised his eyebrows and looked down at her: "It's okay to eat one piece."

"good."

The cake is a blueberry fruit cake.

Maybe because I knew she didn’t like chocolate, I specially chose this refreshing cake.

Lin Jiu cut the cake into small pieces.

She pulled Chen Miao to sit on the sofa, watching TV and eating cake.

The atmosphere is very warm.

After eating the cake, Chen Miao fulfilled his promise and accompanied her to pick flower petals.

Lin Jiu thought the lotus was very beautiful, so he specially found a vase from his house and kept a few of them, and placed them on the coffee table for appreciation.

As for the other lotus flowers, they were all collected by the two and destroyed one by one.

Before picking the petals, Lin Jiu took Chen Miao to the bathroom and washed their hands with hand soap together, which was considered a ritual.

The two of them sat side by side on the carpet in front of the sofa, with a clean packaging bag placed between them.

Lin Jiu looked at the pile of flowers in front of him, counted down three numbers to Chen Miao seriously, and shouted, "Start."

They both started picking petals at the same time.

Lin Jiu took the first flower, carefully picked it one by one, and put all the freshly picked petals into the packaging bag.

Before she had picked a few flowers, she caught sight of the green stem in Chen Miao's hand: "......"

She stopped what she was doing and watched as his big hands plucked the flowers in just a few seconds.

It seemed that the third flower was about to die in the same way as before.

Lin Jiu immediately reached out and grabbed Chen Miao's hand, looking at him like an ignorant child, and hurriedly stopped him: "How could you do this!"

"What's wrong?" Chen Miao looked at her angry expression with amusement.

"You should pick them one petal at a time, like I do."

She deliberately withdrew her hand, motioned him to look at her, and slowly plucked the first flower in her hand.

"But I can pick them all like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Miao immediately repeated his previous action and picked all the flowers in five seconds.

Seeing that he was stubborn, Lin Jiu angrily slapped the back of his hand and said rather domineeringly: "You must pick them little by little, otherwise all these flowers will be ruined by you alone. There is no fun in picking petals at all."

Chen Miao glanced at his slightly red hands, his chest trembling slightly, and he couldn't help laughing out loud, sounding particularly hearty.

He said "OK" three times in a row, with a smile in his eyes, looking at Lin Jiu and said: "It's my fault, I was too ignorant. I will listen to you and do it according to your way."

"Only by picking like me can you achieve the effect of relieving stress." After saying that, Lin Jiu picked up the second petal and started picking it.

While she was picking the flowers in her hand, she also paid attention to whether Chen Miao was lazy. Seeing him picking the flowers one by one, she nodded in affirmation: "This is the right way."

Chen Miao curled his lips and smiled, jokingly saying, "Thanks to the teacher's good teaching."

Lin Jiu snorted proudly, like a picky boss: "Don't think that if you say that, I will forget everything that happened before. Less talk and more action. You are not allowed to rest until the work is done."

Chen Miao's smile deepened, "Why are you so cute?"

......

After destroying all the flowers, Lin Jiu glanced at the petals that were about to overflow from the bag beside him, and said with a little worry: "Wouldn't it be a pity to throw away so many petals?"

Chen Miao glanced at the flowers, then at Lin Jiu, and suggested, "You can take a bath with these petals and let them realize their final surplus value."

"Flower petal bath?" Lin Jiu touched his chin and thought that this was indeed possible.

"There is a bathtub in my room, you can go and take a bath directly." Chen Miao said again.

"......" Lin Jiu looked up at Chen Miao. His expression looked quite serious, as if he had no other thoughts.

Going to his room to take a bath at night still felt inappropriate. She said, "Why don't you go and take a bath."

Chen Miao raised his eyebrows, picked up the packaging bag and prepared to stand up, "If you don't want to soak it, then I'll throw these petals away."

"Don't throw it away." Lin Jiu grabbed his hand and said hurriedly, "I want to soak it."

"Okay." Chen Miao nodded, his expression unchanged, as if he had expected this. He stood up swiftly with one hand, "I'll go get you some water."

Taking a flower petal bath went too smoothly.

Lin Jiu tied her hair into a bun and soaked in the bathtub. Looking at the completely unfamiliar bathroom facilities, she felt a little dazed.

She has a good attitude.

After soaking for about twenty minutes, she had completely adapted.

After putting on clean pajamas and cleaning the bathroom briefly, she looked in the mirror. Her face was a little red, but her skin was in good condition.

Picking up the bag of dirty clothes, she opened the bathroom door and saw Chen Miao at a glance.

He also looked like he had just taken a shower. He was wearing a blue sleeveless vest and dark gray shorts. He was sitting on the bed, leaning over his phone leisurely.

Hearing the door open, he immediately looked over and stared for a few seconds before saying, "Are you done washing?"

Lin Jiu nodded somewhat nervously and pointed towards the door. "I'll go out first."

Chen Miao casually threw his phone away, and when Lin Jiu was about to leave, he hugged her from behind, "Let me smell your fragrance."

The next second, he leaned over and lowered his head towards her fair neck. The tied-up long hair facilitated his movements, and he could smell her scent at close range without any hindrance.

The breath was too hot, pressing against her skin. She tilted her neck slightly to hide to the other side, but this exposed her neck more and more thoroughly.

Chen Miao took advantage of the situation and sniffed her chin all the way down, rubbing his lips against her smooth skin from time to time, causing the person in his arms to shiver.

Lin Jiu's breathing was rapid, and he struggled slightly. "Don't smell it, the smell is gone."

Chen Miao nibbled her earlobe and whispered into her ear, "It smells good, a faint fragrance of lotus flowers."

Lin Jiu, who was completely unable to break free: "......"

At this time, Chen Miao was completely unreasonable and could turn black into white.

As if he was not satisfied with this form of contact, he turned Lin Jiu over and pressed her against the wall. He held her slender waist with his hot big hands and lowered his head to kiss her.

Chen Miao's kiss was too intense, and Lin Jiu soon suffered from hypoxia and exhaustion, and the bag in his hand fell to the ground.

Hearing this sound, the aggressor seemed even more excited and kissed her hard.

The two people's breathing entangled with each other.

Lin Jiu hooked one hand around his neck and placed the other hand on the hard arm at his waist, tilting his head back to endure his attack.

After a long time, the tightly pressed bodies finally separated a little.

Lin Jiu leaned against the wall, lowered his head to adjust his breathing, but caught a glimpse of Chen Miao bending over, so he looked at the ground.

When the bag fell to the ground, the contents didn't spill out completely, but...her recently changed underwear did.

The moment he saw the underwear, Lin Jiu's body froze, he was stunned and at a loss.

Chen Miao picked it up with his hand, looked at it for a few seconds, then glanced at her lightly, curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and put it in the bag without saying a word.

Seeing the bag handed to him, Lin Jiu's flushed face turned even redder. He lowered his head to grab the things in his hand, walked quickly back to his room, and slammed the door shut.

After looking for a few seconds in the direction where the figure had long disappeared, Chen Miao looked down at his palm, recalling the extent of the bulge in the fabric. He clenched his fingers inward and muttered to himself, "So it's about this size."