Chapter 25: Easy to Coax
Two bright red maple trees are planted in front of the solid wooden house, which contrasts with the white tiles and gray walls, making the house look prosperous.
Entering the inner courtyard, Chen Wan saw an exquisite and elegant rockery leaning against a clear pond. A few round lotus leaves were floating in the light and shadow of the waves, and a hibiscus tree by the pond was blooming like clouds and mist.
There are lush flowers and trees on both sides of the corridor, and strings of glazed wind chimes are hung under the eaves, making tiny tinkling sounds in the wind.
The wildness of the mountains and countryside, the leisure and ease, are all perfect, revealing the heritage of a scholarly family.
Chen Wan looked up at Zhang Mo, who walked into the flower hall with his hands behind his back. He introduced Chen Wan to the housekeeper, then sat down in an armchair with a cup of tea in his hand, breathing out air to cool down, looking very nonchalant.
Chen Wan found it a little unbelievable and didn't understand how such an elegant family tradition could cultivate a casual and willful playboy like Zhang Mo.
Later, Lin Yu told her that Zhang Mo's father was engaged in the filming of wildlife documentaries. He once took Zhang Mo to the East African savannah to film wild leopards for more than three months. She somewhat understood why Zhang Mo had such an unrestrained and boundless temperament.
"Now that you're here, make yourself at home. Don't feel awkward. Let's eat first, and then we'll go check on Huang Dou and Xiao Mi. They're probably out there playing around, so we won't be able to catch them for a while."
Delicious food had already been laid out in the main hall. Zhang Mo invited Chen Wan to eat and served her food without any hesitation.
Chen Wan felt that Zhang Mo and Lin Yu were very similar in some ways, both treating her like a child.
After the two of them finished their meal in silence, Zhang Mo took her to the back garden to see the soybeans and millet.
When Chen Wan saw Huang Dou sleeping soundly under the tree, the only thing he could think of was the plate of white and soft rice cakes on the table.
She couldn't help but wonder, "Why is Huangdou a white dog?"
Zhang Mo paused as he heard this, and after a moment of serious contemplation, he said frankly, "I forgot!"
“…”
Chen Wan felt that this answer was very much in Zhang Mo's style. When she was holding a bag of cat food and preparing to pour it into Xiaomi's bowl, she was suddenly rubbed by a furry thing on her ankle.
Then there was a soft meow. When she lowered her eyes, she met a pair of golden cat eyes. She was a little surprised, and the first thought in her mind was that this cat was really fat.
"Are you Xiaomi?" Chen Wan slowly squatted down and watched the fat orange cat circling around him.
Xiaomi meowed obediently twice, stared straight at the cat food bag, rubbed Chen Wan's knees affectionately, and acted cutely to beg for cat food.
"Greedy cat." Zhang Mo snorted, pointed at Xiaomi's food bowl, and said, "Little sister Chen Wan, pour some in his bowl too."
"Okay." Chen Wan hurriedly prepared food for Xiaomi.
Huangdou, who had been dozing off under the tree, woke up, staggered to his food bowl and started eating dog food.
Looking at the two of them, one big and one small, the cat and the dog, eating their food peacefully, Zhang Mo sighed with satisfaction, "They've grown so fat, we won't have to worry about not having fat meat for the New Year's Eve dinner."
As soon as the words fell, Xiaomi remained unmoved, but Huangdou shrank back twice consciously, dropped the dog food, and rubbed against Chen Wan's legs, looking like a little bird.
"It seems the little ones like you very much." Zhang Mo couldn't help but laugh at this scene. "At first I thought you were someone who didn't like small animals, and I was embarrassed to ask your brother to talk to you about this."
Chen Wan stroked Huangdou's dog's head and said softly, "I like it very much, but my house is too small, so I don't have the energy to raise it."
"Lin Yu also likes cats and dogs." Zhang Mo mentioned casually.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Chen Wan was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "I know."
Zhang Mo was stunned when he saw the smile unexpectedly.
When Chen Wan smiled, her eyes were bright, the corners of her eyes were raised, her eye bags were like a small fish, and shallow dimples appeared on her fair face.
Zhang Mo sensed other emotions from the undisguised smile in her eyes. His own emotional account was a mess, but he could easily see through the confusion of others.
Just as he was about to say something, his cell phone started ringing.
Chen Wan recognized the melody as Eason Chan's White Rose and recalled the dream he had not long ago. He vaguely remembered Lin Yu in the dream talking about sending white flowers during the Qingming Festival, which was a bit funny.
But the more she thought about it, the stranger it seemed. It was clearly a dream, so why did she know the story of the white rose as if it were a matter of course?
A vague thought came to my mind.
Zhang Mo discussed the contract with the company and had to change his plan and return to the city early.
After he finished talking about work, Chen Wan called him hesitantly, "Mr. Zhang, can I ask you something?"
Zhang Mo nodded, "Sure, you can ask anything you want."
"The last time we all drank together, was it Lin Yu who sent me home?" Chen Wan bit her lower lip, her eyes wandering, and she subconsciously clenched her hands until her knuckles turned white.
"Yeah." Zhang Mo saw an indescribable forbearance in her expression and thought she was ashamed of being drunk. "It's nothing. Why did you suddenly think of this?"
Chen Wan was stunned after getting the correct answer. If it wasn't a dream, it meant that Lin Yu had indeed carried her back to the bedroom that night. Not only that, she also held his hand and gossiped with him, acting like a spoiled child without restraint.
Chen Wan could no longer control the secret emotions in his heart. The originally deep and subtle feelings were suddenly exposed to the sunlight, like a flower bud under the scorching sun, unable to bloom into the most beautiful flower, blooming hastily, and then becoming lonely and withered.
Chen Wan never denied her cowardice because she knew her situation very well. Lin Yu was a ray of light in the chaos for her. She wanted to possess him, but she was powerless.
He expressed his feelings hastily while drunk. It was not the right time or the best opportunity, which was somewhat contrary to her original idea.
It’s no wonder that Lin Yu avoided her on the grounds of work.
In fact, Chen Wan has always been harsh to himself. He does not believe in other people's feelings for him, nor does he recognize the invisible and intangible emotions that people talk about. These can never be retained and are fleeting.
In order to avoid calculating gains and losses, she didn't get close to him at the beginning, didn't force it, and then she was like tying herself up in a cocoon, not showing any soft emotions to the outside world. But Lin Yu was an accident, forcing her to make exceptions again and again and want to ask for it.
But I was not qualified after all, so the result of my confession was bad and the matter was confused.
Zhang Mo was puzzled by her loss. After pondering for a moment, he comforted her, "It's okay. Your brother is not angry with you. If he was really angry about you drinking, he wouldn't have stayed at your house for so long. He was afraid that you would get up at night and get hurt. Xiaolin really treats you well."
Chen Wan nodded and thought to herself, yes, he is really good to me, but not just to me.
"But although Xiaolin is a talkative person, he is not good at expressing his feelings. So if you have any misunderstandings with him, just tell him directly. He is a dullard." Zhang Mo thought of Chen Wan's unconscious smile just now, as well as her gentle eyes and eyebrows. He understood a little and gave her some advice to help her. "Lin Yu seems to be kind and friendly to everyone, but he never likes to communicate too much with others. He only opens his heart to people he approves of. When I asked him to discuss letting you come to the old house that day, I really spent a lot of time and effort to persuade him. I promised him that I would take good care of you, and then he was relieved to let you come."
Hearing this, Chen Wan suddenly looked up at him, his dark pupils gleaming with light. "Thank you."
Zhang Mo smiled, knowing that what he said worked. "It's okay, I can empathize with you. Come on."
"Come on?" Chen Wan was stunned, then thought he meant taking care of Huang Dou and Xiao Mi, so he nodded solemnly, "Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I will definitely work hard and take good care of them."
I didn't expect her to think of this. This unconscious sense of disconnection is quite similar to Lin Yu. Zhang Mo suppressed a smile and nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you."
He explained a few more things about Huangdou and Xiaomi's daily habits, and his cell phone kept ringing, urging him to return to the company.
Zhang Mo had no choice but to say goodbye to Chen Wan in a hurry. Before leaving, he said, "Little sister Chen Wan, I'm rooting for you!"
Chen Wan was completely confused and could only implicitly agree with him, "You should do your best too."
"OK!"
Zhang Mo smiled happily when he heard that, then drove away from the old house.
On the way back, Zhang Mo sent a WeChat message to Lin Yu, "Your sister is really a rabbit that needs to be coaxed."
When Lin Yu saw this message, he held his forehead, thought about the rabbit, and then smiled.
It is easy to retreat, but also easy to fall into it again, cautiously testing, yet cherishing it.
One word can make her hide back in her nest, but with a little coaxing, she will smile softly at you again.
Thoughts: Thanks to Weiyang and Youran for urging me to update. I worked hard to write about 6,000 words today. I will update twice a day. The small town plot is finally here. I hope I can write a story that everyone will like.
Also, I'm not very good at describing psychology. I have really carefully figured out Chen Wan's psychological activities. She is a little cautious and testing things carefully, but I won't be able to describe this kind of thing in the future, because it is already completely clear. It's just that at the moment she still feels that Lin Yu avoided talking about his confession to her that night, which made her very conscious. After all, it was his first love.
If my first love rejected me, and this first love was a very good person, I would definitely feel inferior, and it would be natural.
The following plot is basically a mutual love story, waiting to see Lin Yu’s attitude!
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