Xia Li fell with a loud thud.
Fortunately, as usual, she wrapped herself up warmly enough.
After taking off his coat, rolling up his sleeves, and checking that his elbows were unharmed, he stopped dwelling on the pain that had come and gone so quickly.
On the contrary.
"...Do you need a band-aid? Or some iodine?"
As Xia Li watched the old fox fiddling with the cabinet while asking her questions, she gritted her teeth in resentment. "Pain" meant nothing to the lively and energetic Miss Xia Li.
But the carefully planned entrance ended in such a comical way, which she simply couldn't accept.
Xia Li said in a muffled voice, "There's no breach."
"…oh."
After Li Si answered, he closed the cabinet, turned his back to the little girl, and gently adjusted his glasses with one hand.
He was considerably taller than Xia Li, giving him a somewhat condescending air when they stood face to face…
Xia Li put her hands on her hips and subconsciously stood on tiptoe to express her dissatisfaction:
"Weren't you even a little bit scared?!"
Li Si fell silent for a moment, then subconsciously adjusted his glasses, and said calmly:
"I was startled."
“…Uh…”
Xia Li felt a sense of frustration.
I never expected that the first step of this "scare" would start so badly.
Xia Li, of course, didn't believe that the fox had been frightened by her. In fact, he not only didn't show any fear, but his expression didn't even change slightly; he was completely expressionless...
But in reality...
After replying with three words, Li Si, somewhat speechless, really didn't know what to say next.
He, who was usually calm, was truly frightened…
It's less about being "scared" and more about being "startled".
Li Si was stunned when the girl jumped out of the cardboard box.
And it's quite rare; they were completely bewildered.
So completely, his first thought was, "Does this mean Christmas presents aren't hidden in stockings by parents, but... Santa Claus really exists?", "Otherwise, why would this girl be in my gift box?", "The most mind-blowing episode ever..."
He was at a loss.
I don't know whether to call it lucky or unlucky, but this girl gave herself a huge...
Her powerful "cute tiger landing" brought Li Si back to his senses.
"I guess this girl hid it here herself."
The shock and astonishment even caused his body to stiffen briefly.
When he saw Xia Li's unsteady stance, he thought—"Save her."
But there wasn't even a chance.
Li Si smiled wryly. Whenever this happened, he greatly envied the reaction speed of players like Cheng or Bei Ge, who could block a shot as soon as it was released…
and.
It seems I've teased this girl too much, and now she's reluctant to believe the truth that I "frightened" her.
Fortunately, that's how it is, so it wasn't too embarrassing.
Li Si never liked to let people see him in a state of panic.
That would be very embarrassing.
"Let me see."
He gently lifted Xia Li's forearm to make sure she wasn't injured before letting out a soft breath and resuming his usual faint smile: "Xia Li, did you hide yourself in the gift box to give yourself to me?"
Xia Li rolled her eyes, pulled her arm back, and rolled up her hoodie sleeves again: "Dream on. I just wanted to scare you half to death!"
"Yes, at least half of it was successful." Li Si nodded, acknowledging her plan: "There was definitely a chance of a major setback, although it wasn't me."
Xia Li kicked the bastard in the shin with a slap, then pulled out a beautifully packaged bag the size of Li Si's fist from the belly pocket of her hoodie. The bag was red in the middle, but the bottom was a snow-white color, and the ribbon tied at the top was green, perfectly matching the Christmas atmosphere.
She casually tossed it to Li Si:
"A bet's a bet, and my gift is—we're even."
Li Si caught it and held it up in front of him: "What?"
Xia Li's left eye was half-closed, seemingly indifferent:
"Why don't you just open it and take a look?"
"Oh? It can be opened right here... It seems like Karin is quite confident."
Li Si smiled, placed the round bag on the table, and pulled on the ribbon tied with a bow. It must be said that the design was quite ingenious; as the ribbon loosened, the entire package came apart.
...It's a biscuit, something like a cookie?
--I guess so.
The reason for using such vague terms is...
It's burnt.
It was pitch black.
Its shape can only be barely discerned, giving it a sense of "unclear form".
Li Si couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows.
He glanced again at the exquisite packaging and the contents, which seemed like a case of "buying the box and returning the pearl"...
Just as Bei Ge had taught her before, it was a handmade product.
That's the only explanation—if any store were to sell this kind of product, it would basically have to go out of business.
Xia Li turned her back to the fox, seemingly indifferent, but she was actually carefully observing the latter's expression out of the corner of her eye.
Xia Li was extremely satisfied when she saw his facial muscles twitch.
Hard work pays off... She even got a lecture from her mom yesterday when she was making this thing.
"Wasting food."
"...What? You're giving this thing away as a gift!?"
"...What! And it's a gift for a man!?"
"Xia Li, are you out of your mind?!"
"I really hope you can learn from that young man who came this afternoon—look how carefully he made the cake for the girl."
"And she's not even my girlfriend, I just like her!"
"Seriously... if you can find such a great boyfriend in the future, I won't have to worry about you anymore—"
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