Chapter 25: You can’t even peek?
Huo Jingchen called the person out.
The setting sun hit the man's profile, his expression was cold, his dark eyes were indifferent.
"In what capacity do you want me to explain what I just said?"
Huo Jingchen had been suppressing his temper for the whole day, but now he was completely unrestrained and his emotions were showing.
Yes, what identity did she use, the neighbor’s daughter or a stranger?
Jing Xiaoran was speechless. No matter how much she had made Huo Jingchen angry in the past, he would always forgive her for Aunt Zhao's sake.
Now……
She opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, two lines of tears fell and she bit her lower lip in grievance.
"Why are you crying? You ruined my wedding. It's not the right of anyone to cry. Jing Xiaoran, don't you need me to remind you how old you are? Or do you think I'm as immature as you?"
Every word of Huo Jingchen's was heart-piercing, and every word turned into a sharp blade that stabbed Jing Xiaoran's heart.
Jing Xiaoran's tears showed no sign of stopping. She sobbed and spoke incoherently.
"I wanted to give you a surprise. Last time you came back and said that the conditions on Wind Chasing Island were not good and there were few supplies, so I wanted to come and see you."
"Brother Jingchen, we grew up together. I don't believe you don't know how I feel. If you know how I feel, why do you want to marry someone else?"
Huo Jingchen laughed angrily, "Did the conditions on Zhuifeng Island suddenly become bad? I told you in junior high school that you and I will only be brother and sister in this life."
"Now the brothers and sisters will not survive either."
"Also, only the people I want to see come. It's a surprise for me, but for you, it's a shock."
These words came from Huo Jingchen's heart, but to Jing Xiaoran they sounded like humiliation, reminding her that everything she did was self-indulgent.
Jing Xiaoran couldn't accept the fact and burst into tears. When she looked up again, her face was covered with tears.
"Why can I only be your sister, and she can marry you? You were the one who said you didn't like girls who were much younger than you, but she is still two years younger than me in terms of age!"
Huo Jingchen didn't say anything and looked at people with indifference.
In silence, Jing Xiaoran was hurt badly again.
"I'm sorry, I don't know if my presence has caused you any trouble, but I have already promised the principal to be a teaching assistant here, can you please not chase me away yet?"
Jing Xiaoran squatted down and burst into tears, not caring about her face or dignity at all.
What she was betting on now was to give it a try, hoping to use their past friendship to gain Huo Jingchen's mercy.
"Your presence has ruined all my efforts. Teaching assistant is your business. I have no right to interfere."
Xia Mi didn't resist his approach in the past two days, but when Jing Xiaoran came today, he realized that his relationship with Xia Mi seemed to be still at the same point.
"I'm married now, so it's not convenient for me to associate with single lesbians. If you have any problems in the future, you can find Aunt Lanhua or the person who asked you to stay."
Huo Jingchen exhaled a breath, and the irritability in his heart was finally released at this moment.
He is not the kind of person who accepts things passively. He has always said what he wants since he was a child and treats everyone as equal, except the elderly, the weak and the disabled.
No, now there are exceptions.
Huo Jingchen left for a long time, but Jing Xiaoran still kept crying.
Aunt Lanhua stood at the door and watched everything. She looked at Jing Xiaoran with heartache in her eyes.
He is an excellent person, but his vision is too short, so short that he can only see Captain Huo. - Xia Mi just came out of Jiang Shengmei's house and ran into Huo Jingchen who was returning home.
She was holding a red mandarin duck enamel basin in her hand, and it seemed that she was here to deliver some leftover apples or something to Sister Jiang's house.
"Give it to me." Huo Jingchen naturally took the things from her hand, "Are you going to be at your sister-in-law's house this afternoon?"
"Almost. I'm fine at home alone."
Jiang Shengmei is the first friend she has made on the island so far. Many sisters-in-law were there in the afternoon, so Xia Mi got to know them all.
"If you're bored, why not try to go to work? There's a big shortage of teachers on the island right now."
work?
Xia Mi's mouth gradually stiffened. Can't I avoid going to work even if I travel through a book? Seeing that no one was speaking, she was the first to react with her frowned eyebrows, and the word "unwilling" was written on her face.
Huo Jingchen thought about her bandaging technique last time, which was no worse than those in the hospital or the health center, or maybe with her secondary technical school diploma she could be a primary school teacher.
However, if she didn't want to, he wouldn't force her.
"I'll think about it." Xia Mi swallowed the words of refusal that were about to come to her lips.
She lowered her eyes and thought, if she had a job, she would be able to go out to catch seafood frequently without arousing suspicion. She just didn't know if there would be as many jobs for primary school teachers now as there would be in the future.
"Okay, tell me if you have an idea, and I'll take care of it."
Xia Mi agreed softly.
If Xia Mi agreed now, Huo Jingchen would not dare to let her go. He would at least wait until Jing Xiaoran left.
"I'm going to take Fu Ming to the city tomorrow. If you want to buy anything, I'll bring it back for you."
While eating, Huo Jingchen asked about Xia Mi.
Xia Mi raised her eyelids, thought carefully, and found that there was indeed something she wanted to buy. She was not used to wearing the original owner's underwear, so she wanted to find an excuse for the source of the goods from the department store.
She said tentatively, "I want to go with you."
"Have you forgotten that you get seasick?"
Huo Jingchen recalled that half of her body was suspended in the air, and if the waves were a little bigger, it felt like she would be thrown overboard.
That scene stimulated Huo Jingchen's brain nerves, and he didn't want to let Xia Mi suffer.
Xia Mi already had a plan. She planned to buy some seasickness medicine from the mall and take it when the time comes.
She put down her chopsticks and promised obediently, "Don't worry, I will stay in there this time and definitely not wander around. I will sleep as soon as I get on the boat."
Huo Jingchen met her eager eyes and agreed with a soft heart.
At night, there was no hot water on the island, so we could only boil water for a bath. There was no running water, so taking a bath naturally became a luxury.
The water tank was filled up just yesterday, and now after two people took a bath, it is already empty.
Xia Mi wanted to go into the house and tell them that the water was gone, but when she walked in, the door opened.
Huo Jingchen had his back to the door, wearing a white old man's vest. Because of the vest, his lean arm muscles were clearly visible.
The man was still steaming from his body because he had just finished a shower. Under the light, his wheat-colored skin was faintly watery, and his vest was wet and stuck to his body.
There was not a trace of fat around his waist, and as he was wiping his head with a towel tightly clenched in his hands, the veins on his forearms became more obvious.
Xia Mi suddenly remembered that people on the Internet said that men like this are generally good?
The door was opened and cold wind poured into the room.
Huo Jingchen felt a chill behind him, stopped wiping his head, turned around and caught the person who was peeking.
"You can't learn even by peeking?"
The man curved his lips and said jokingly.
Peeping and getting caught.
Xia Mi felt her blood boiling. She grabbed the door handle and slammed the door.
I closed my eyes and felt my face getting incredibly hot, and I obviously lacked the confidence to speak.
"I didn't mean to say that. I wanted to tell you that there was no water at home."
No one inside spoke, and it was quiet.
Xia Mi thought he didn't hear clearly and was about to speak again.
The door was suddenly opened from the inside. She took a half step back and looked at the man who appeared at the door. Her cheeks flushed and her eyes were guilty. She didn't dare to look him in the eye.
"I'll pick it tomorrow and go into the house to sleep."
The second half of the sentence is daunting. There is no bed in the second bedroom, so I have to squeeze in one tonight.
(End of this chapter)
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