It was 12:30 noon and Jiang Li was alone in Xingyue Flower Shop.
She touched her flat belly and took out the two buns she had left over from breakfast from the drawer under the counter.
The restaurant doesn’t provide meals, you have to take care of it yourself.
In the past, both Manager Shen and she would bring their own meals, which saved a lot of money.
The buns that had been in the drawer for a whole morning were no longer as soft as they were in the morning.
Jiang Li pinched the bun skin through the plastic bag and felt it was cold and hard.
Jiang Li opened her light pink lips and bit open the bun, revealing the red spicy tofu filling inside.
Jiang Li sniffed, picked up the water cup beside him and took a sip.
"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling."
Just as Jiang Li was drinking water, a crisp sound came from the wind chime hanging on the main door of the flower shop window, and at the same time, the window door was opened with a creak.
Jiang Li quickly put down the water cup in his hand and said, "Welcome, what would you like to..."
Jiang Li stopped talking halfway.
The person who came to the window door below the wind chime was none other than him after they parted that night.
Mo Jingchun appeared at the door. The young man stood there with high spirits. His smile was arrogant but also a little gentle.
This smile is like a drop of ink on white rice paper, gradually seeping in layer by layer, leaving an indelible and deep mark.
Mo Jingchun appeared in front of Jiang Li again.
His unreasonable behavior caught Jiang Li's eye, disturbing her heart which had finally calmed down.
Jiang Li's face was slightly red, contrasting with the flowers blooming around her. Was she shy because she remembered some experience in the past?
Mo Jingchun was not as restrained as Jiang Li. In his left hand, he held a white plastic bag containing the food he had packed from the restaurant earlier.
I have to say that Mo Jingchun's prediction was indeed very accurate, and his timing was also great, as he happened to catch Jiang Li eating a bun alone.
"Time to eat, time to eat."
Mo Jingchun put the food in his left hand under the counter in front of him. He pulled a chair and sat next to Jiang Li. He opened the boxes of food one by one and spread them flat on the space under the counter.
"Mo Jingchun, why are you here?" Jiang Li was still holding the half-eaten dried tofu bun in his hand. The blush on his face faded and he returned to his original calmness.
"Wait," Jiang Li seemed to have thought of something and looked straight at Mo Jingchun, "Could it be you, Manager Shen, are you talking about?"
"What's wrong with me?" Mo Jingchun said carelessly, looking at the bun in Jiang Li's hand.
"Mo Jingchun..."
"What do your buns taste like? Give me a bite." Without waiting for Jiang Li to react, Mo Jingchun supported himself on the counter with his left hand, stretched his head over, and bit off the remaining bun in Jiang Li's hand.
"You..." Jiang Li's face flushed again, and she quickly lowered her head, not wanting others to see her slightly shy expression.
But her long black hair was tied up, and lowering her head at this moment could not cover it up.
"Okay, let's eat."
Mo Jingchun chewed two mouthfuls of the bean bun and swallowed it. He took out the packed meal and handed it to Jiang Li. "We still have to work in the afternoon. Only after eating a full meal can we have the energy to work well."
The boy’s bright smile is like sunshine. Even the dark corners may be illuminated by the sunshine.
Jiang Li could not refuse Mo Jingchun no matter what, as she still longed for love in her heart.
Jiang Li stretched out his fair and thin hand to take Mo Jingchun's lunch box, but their fingers inevitably touched each other.
Mo Jingchun's hands were very warm, different from Jiang Li's.
Mo Jingchun's eyes turned, and the tip of his index finger silently slid across the back of Jiang Li's hand.
After the two of them had their meal and rested for half an hour, Xingyue Flower Shop resumed business at 1:30.
"What book is this?"
Mo Jingchun was also standing at the counter, leaning next to Jiang Li.
There are many green plants and flowers placed on the counter, so the counter is very long and the space divided out is very large. Even if two people stand inside, there is still a lot of space left.
But Mo Jingchun pretended not to see and pushed Jiang Li in little by little.
"Encyclopedia of Flower Arrangement," Jiang Li turned the book over, revealing the cover. At the same time, she reached out and supported Mo Jingchun's shoulders, pushing him out.
"If you keep doing this, I'll go inside and cut the flowers."
"Are you interested in flower arrangement?" Mo Jingchun took a step back. "Your work in the flower shop shouldn't be tedious, right?"
"Yeah," Jiang Li nodded, "I wanted to learn it myself. It's always good to have many skills. Since I'm working here part-time, it would be good to learn something."
"How about this, since there are not many orders now, let's go water the flowers outside first." Jiang Li said.
"Okay," Mo Jingchun nodded, took the lead in picking up the two plastic water bottles placed at the door of the flower shop, walked out of the window door first, and came to the small garden outside the flower shop.
"Don't water too much, just listen to me."
Jiang Li held a kettle and stood beside the flowers in the garden with Mo Jingchun.
Jiang Li explained the flowers in great detail, not only telling them their preferred temperatures but also how many times a day they should be watered. Everything was crystal clear.
As Jiang Li chatted, a smile that looked like the flowers blooming around him appeared on his face involuntarily.
It seems Jiang Li really likes flowers, Mo Jingchun thought to himself.
Although he had tried to predict Jiang Li's inner thoughts many times before but all ended in failure, at least his judgment was correct this time.
"Yeah," Mo Jingchun was carrying a kettle when he saw a figure walking into Xingyue Flower Shop.
It was a boy, wearing a grey suit, with messy hair and a haggard look in his eyes. The flesh on his cheeks was tightly attached to his bones, making him look very skinny.
"Hello, what style of flowers would you like to order?"
Jiang Li also noticed the haggard boy in gray, so he put the kettle on the ground next to him and wiped his hands on the apron around his waist to clean the water stains.
"I..." The haggard boy in gray looked up, and his eyes lit up the moment he saw Jiang Li, but soon dimmed again.
Mo Jingchun stood next to Jiang Li, acting like a hen protecting her chicks.
"Boss, could you cut me a bouquet of flowers for a broken heart?" the haggard boy in gray said, his eyes filled with sadness and anger. "It would be best if the flowers could also carry some curse."
"Ah?" Jiang Li was stunned for a moment. This was the first time she heard such a request.
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