Chapter 5

Whether it was a boy or a girl was not something he could decide without a word of no, and she couldn't help but start laughing at him.

"Little boy, you can't choose the girl yourself. If the girl asked you for help, it would be fine if you didn't help her, but you still hold a grudge against her. How can you be so stingy?"

Jiang Zhe neither refuted nor answered.

After leaving the supermarket, Jiang Yu saw that the store next door was selling succulents. She remembered the succulents she had raised before that died early, and suddenly she had an idea and pulled Jiang Zhe to go there.

"Jiang Zhe, I want to buy some succulent plants."

The place selling succulents was crowded with people, and Jiang Zhe felt a little repulsed.

He resisted and walked over and said to Jiang Yu: "You go buy it, I'll wait for you here."

Jiang Yu didn't think much about it, went over happily, and quickly bought several pots of succulents.

When the boss packed her things and walked towards Jiangzhe, Jiang Yu touched the leaves of the succulent plant and said, "Baby, you must strive to be better and live a good life for me, okay?"

Jiang Zhe heard her words: ...

Jiang Yu noticed the speechless look on his face, and immediately said righteously, "I just asked the boss how to raise succulents. I will definitely be able to keep them alive this time."

Jiang Zhe: ...

After buying the food, they went back.

It was almost time for lunch. Jiang Zhe went to the study for a while and then went to the kitchen to prepare his dishes.

Jiang Yu was tending to her succulents on the balcony. She placed them neatly together and then watered them.

After watering, she thought she should fertilize the succulents, so she took out the fertilizer she had just bought from the boss and fertilized the succulents.

After fertilizing, she felt that there was too little water, so she watered the succulents again.

Lunch was ready quickly. Jiang Zhe’s cooking was really delicious. He could cook any dish well and spicy enough. Jiang Yu enjoyed the meal very much. On the other hand, Jiang Zhe’s face turned red from eating. Jiang Yu also added the chili peppers she bought from the supermarket today to her meal. She felt that it was not as delicious as the one at home, but she still finished it. Seeing Jiang Zhe’s red face, she felt a little puzzled, so she asked, “Well, can’t you eat spicy food?”

Jiang Zhe ate very elegantly. He paused for a moment after hearing her words and said, "No."

"That's fine. We'll have boiled fish tonight. You should like boiled fish, right?"

It doesn't matter whether Jiang Zhe likes it or not, what matters is that she likes it.

"Not bad."

Jiang Yu raised a small suggestion: "Although the food I made for lunch today was quite delicious, I think it was a little bit not spicy enough. If you also like spicy food, can you make it a little spicier in the evening?"

It’s only fun when it’s spicy enough!

After the chopsticks in Jiang Zhe's hand trembled slightly, he lowered his eyes and said, "Sure." As long as she likes it, any dish can be made, no matter how spicy it is.

After dinner, Jiang Yu went to check on her succulents again, and watered them all once more. She also reminded Jiang Zhe, "I have a courier arriving tomorrow, and it contains your ointment. Remember to pick it up."

Jiang Zhe, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, said: "Oh."

Thinking about how her beautiful succulents would grow healthily in the future, Jiang Yu returned to her room with confidence.

When Jiang Zhe came out after washing the dishes, he glanced at the balcony and saw that the water in the succulent pots was overflowing from the soil. He frowned slightly.

He originally didn't understand why some people in this world couldn't grow succulents well, but now it seems that he understands a little bit.

How could someone actually grow plants like this?

I was originally planning to ignore it, but in the end I turned back and poured out the excess water for her.

Jiang Zhe watered her succulents at noon, and in the evening, he found that there was a lot of water in the succulents. He couldn't help but remind Jiang Yu: "Actually, you don't need to water so much."

Jiang Yu looked bewildered: "Don't you need to water so much? But I didn't water much before, and they died anyway."

Jiang Zhe: ...

The next day, Jiang Zhe got the ointment that Jiang Yu bought for him from the express counter downstairs. After he brought it back, he told Jiang Yu that the express had brought it back.

Jiang Yu had nothing to do, so she started playing the single-player games that she had not had time to play since last night. When Jiang Zhe found her, she was playing whack-a-mole. When she heard what he said, she said casually while eating jelly, "If you bring it back, just paint it over."

Jiang Zhe then took the package back, and when he opened it, he saw the burn ointment inside.

The wound on his hand had actually been applied with medicine, but when he took out the ointment, he still opened it and applied it on his hand.

The ointment was cool, and his mind was calm.

Regarding Jiang Yu's change, he actually didn't know how long it would last, but it would be great if she could stay like this.

Jiang Yu was quite obedient. When Jiang Zhe told her not to water so much, she really didn't do it. However, she still couldn't help loosening the soil for them every day, and would pick them up to play with them for a while when she had nothing to do. In less than a week, one pot of her succulents died.

Seeing her poor succulents die so young, Jiang Yu felt heartbroken. She couldn't understand why her succulents still died when she tried so hard to take care of them every day.

Jiang Zhe came out of the room at this time. Seeing her holding her succulent and crying in the living room, he stopped.

After spending these few days with Jiang Zhe, Jiang Yu discovered that he was a guy who seldom liked to go out. She didn't know what he did for a living, but she had never seen him go out except to buy groceries.

Seeing him coming out, Jiang Yu, who had nowhere to complain to, told him pitifully: "My succulents are dead."

Jiang Zhe: ...

He originally thought that she could last for more than a month, but unexpectedly, in less than a week, she actually killed the succulent.

She pouted and said with a firm face: "I think it's not my problem, it must be that the succulents are too delicate."

Jiang Zhe had never grown succulents before, but he knew that succulents were among the easier plants to grow.

She can't even keep succulents alive, so maybe she's only suitable for keeping cacti alive.

He recalled how she was excited about watering the succulents a few days ago, and rejected the idea that she was suitable for raising cacti. Perhaps she couldn't even keep a cactus alive.

He glanced at her remaining succulents, which were beginning to wither, and said, "If you'd like, I can help you take care of your succulents."

Jiang Yu held Jiang Zhe's hand, feeling that he was her savior: "Jiang Zhe, you are really a kind person with a beautiful face and a good heart."

Jiang Zhe: ...

I know she was touched, but it seems unnecessary to praise others for their beauty.