Chapter 62 (Unrelated text)
Seeing that Chen Chi ignored her mockery of Liu Jiao, Chen Jiao was secretly pleased and became even more arrogant.
He was seething with anger and wanted to get back at Liu Jiao for all the humiliation he had suffered.
"Liu Jiao, you're back."
Just as she was about to utter something even more sarcastic, a gentle voice suddenly rang out, subtly suppressing Chen Jiao's words.
Chen Chi's tightly closed door creaked open from the inside.
Liu Jiao and Chen Jiao looked over at the same time.
Her clothes fluttered in the wind, and a calligraphy brush stood beside her ear.
He was born with a clear mind and elegant features, like a celestial child.
It is Chen Chi.
Chen Jiao was still unwilling to give up and wanted to say something, but Chen Chi preemptively struck, his words only concerned with rules and had no room for sentimentality:
"Sister, don't you realize you've been impolite?"
Chen Jiao immediately lost her voice.
He glared angrily at Liu Jiao before reluctantly leaving.
Liu Jiao secretly pouted at her.
Chen Chi glanced at Liu Jiao with indifferent eyes.
Liu Jiao shuddered and awkwardly looked away.
Chen Chi's expression today was far too cold and hard compared to his former gentleness.
Liu Jiao tried to talk to him, but Chen Chi ignored her and just kept his head up without saying a word.
Liu Jiao didn't dare to speak.
The surroundings were quiet.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Chen Chi suddenly asked.
Liu Jiao responded with an "oh," assuming that Chen Chi meant to send her away as well.
Just as he was about to slink away with his tail between his legs—
Chen Chi suddenly spoke up:
"Wait a minute."
Liu Jiao: ?
Chen Chi entered the room.
She hurriedly followed.
Chen Chi asked her to close the door while she was at it.
On Chen Chi's table was a box of Sichuan peppercorns.
Chen gestured for her to look.
Liu Jiao was puzzled and tilted her head in confusion.
Chen Chi snorted coldly: "Take it away."
The Book of Songs:
"I regard you as a mere oat, yet you offer me a handful of pepper."
Yes, there is a custom of giving peppers as a token of affection.
Once, she gave him Sichuan peppercorns, and he thought she was expressing her love for him.
He originally planned to propose marriage when he was in high school.
Who would have thought that just a few days after she delivered the Sichuan peppercorns, she would turn around and marry that jinx, Sang.
Toy with his heart.
Should we take the Sichuan peppercorns back?
Liu Jiao: ? ?
Brother Chen, you're acting a bit strangely.
Liu Jiao gave a forced smile: "Brother Chen, there's no need for that."
It's just a peppercorn, not worth much money. It's so stingy of you to keep passing it around like that.
Upon hearing this, Chen Chi snorted again, but this time he was in a better mood.
Now you know how to coax him?
He pushed the box again: "Take it away."
"oh."
Liu Jiao couldn't refuse, and not knowing what was wrong with his temper, she just wanted to avoid angering him further, so she obediently took it away.
Chen Chi panicked when he saw that she was really about to leave with it.
He disregarded all propriety and the proper separation between men and women, and grabbed her wrist.
"Don't go."
Chen Chi's voice became more urgent, then turned into a long, resentful rant, and this time he completely lost his composure.
“You got married in a hurry and went to Huajing, such a far place, for so long. You didn’t contact me much, and you didn’t even come back to see me. You’ve really grown up. Once you grow up, you don’t want your non-biological brother anymore.”
Liu Jiao glanced at him secretly, and Chen Chi turned his head away, but he wouldn't let go of her hand.
Liu Jiao chuckled.
So you were angry.
"Good brother, please don't be angry. I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong. I promise I'll spend more time with you from now on, okay?"
Liu Jiao patted his shoulder, offering comforting words and asking for his forgiveness.
Chen Chi snorted again.
This time, there was a hint of a smile on his face.
Although he looked well, he held Liu Jiao's hand tightly, refusing to let go. He had long since forgotten any gentlemanly conduct, as if he were afraid of losing her hand.
He led her to the bookshelf and took out a delicate and exquisite long box from the top shelf.
“Originally, I wanted to sever all ties with you. After all, you’re married now, and you shouldn’t continue to have contact with a man who’s not your husband.” He emphasized the words “man who’s not your husband”. “But I don’t know why, I’m just like a shameless person who can’t bear to let go.”
A man who was always upright and honest was now dejected and lamenting.
He handed Liu Jiao an object. Liu Jiao touched the long box in her hand, and there was a faint sandalwood scent.
"What's this?"
"A wedding gift for you."
He would never admit that he had actually prepared a wedding gift.
But in the end, he was so angry that he didn't deliver it.
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