Chapter 82 I Want to Try
Later, Wen Lingshuang tried hard to recall, but could only vaguely remember having a playmate from her childhood. She was thin and small, and pitifully frail. At that time, there were many workers in the tea garden, as well as many children. Countless children followed behind her every day.
She really has forgotten him.
He couldn't even remember what she had said to him or what she had done.
He carried those memories with him, year after year, hoping she would keep their appointment.
She broke her promise.
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The tea garden was covered in heavy dew in the early morning. After inspecting the new tea at the factory, Jiang An returned to the villa. Breakfast had already been prepared at the villa. Because it was far from the city, all the fresh vegetables came from the villa itself, so the variety and quantity of vegetables were limited. Most of them were seasonal vegetables and farmed beef, mutton and pork. He took off his casual jacket and went upstairs.
Wen Lingshuang was still asleep, her thick, long hair spread out on the pillow like seaweed, her legs crossed and lying on her side, her bare calves slender and shapely, and there were still ambiguous red marks on her arms and neck. She must have been dreaming of something terrible, because her brows were furrowed, and she turned over and rolled directly into Jiang An's arms.
She let out a soft groan, feeling as if she had bumped into a hard wall, and the pain made her raise her hand to cover her nose.
Opening her eyes, she was met with Jiang An's dark eyes.
He looked down at her nose, which had been red from the bump, gently touched it, and asked, "What did you dream about?"
In the past, Wen Lingshuang would have been happy to tell him about her dreams, but not today… She dreamt of her childhood, of a group of children, with Jiang An being the least noticeable one among them…
She felt that if she said those words, she would definitely be bedridden for several days again.
She had only just arrived at the tea plantation and didn't want to spend months lying in bed; it would be too embarrassing for anyone to know.
His round eyes darted around as he said, "It's nothing."
Jiang An knew she was lying.
Yesterday, he could easily lie and say, "That's a distant cousin, we're not close."
Today, one can naturally say 'it's nothing'.
Jiang An rubbed her head, suppressing the urge to kiss her, and pulled her up. He half-squatted down to help her put on her shoes and said, "Wash up and have breakfast. After you eat, I'll take you for a walk around the neighborhood."
Wen Lingshuang turned her head and glanced at the weather outside the stained-glass window.
It's a cloudy day today, not too hot.
She nodded obediently, "Then you help me choose clothes, I want the prettiest ones."
Ah Shui didn't come, and neither did the stylist, so the task of styling the outfits fell to Jiang An.
While she was washing up, he went to the wardrobe. The wardrobe was already full, but only a portion of it could fit. The rest of the suitcases were in the storage room next door.
It's his fault.
Jiang An hadn't considered this, which resulted in the manor not having a large walk-in closet like her home. She could only barely fit all the haute couture gowns into the closets. Jiang An planned to build a walk-in closet just for her when she came back next year.
Wen Lingshuang doesn't have any unattractive clothes, only clothes that are styled differently. For example, sexy clothes make up the largest proportion of her wardrobe, followed by elegant and cute ones.
Jiang An chose a light pink long dress, paired with pearl jewelry and a jade bracelet.
As for shoes, he paired them with a pair of transparent flat sandals, which he found among a pile of high heels, because he was afraid she would twist her ankle if she wore high heels.
After washing up, Wen Lingshuang came out and saw Jiang An fiddling with her dress. She quietly walked up to him and hugged him from behind. "Why are you staring at my dress?"
Jiang An looked down at her. "It's nothing, I just remembered that you loved wearing dresses like this when you were little."
Sparkling.
Radiant and beautiful.
"So you thought Zhao Tinghe wasn't the one you were looking for because she doesn't like wearing skirts?"
He paused briefly, "The moment I saw them, I knew she wasn't the one I was looking for, no matter how well the information matched."
"Why?" she asked, tilting her head.
Do you believe in your feelings?
Just like the feeling of his heart pounding when he first saw her at her coming-of-age ceremony.
Wen Lingshuang's face turned slightly red.
If we have to talk about feelings... does the feeling of being served by him count? She pushed his chest, "You're saying I'm spoiled."
He grasped her delicate wrist. "Your angle of capturing the essence is quite novel."
"You not only said I was spoiled, but you also said I wasn't smart enough."
Jiang An chuckled softly and whispered in her ear, "Yangyang, you're still the same as when you were little, you haven't changed at all."
How lucky he was to not only reunite with her after so many years, but also keep her by his side so early on.
The atmosphere around them became ambiguous. Wen Lingshuang was pulled into his arms and lightly kissed his red lips. She was afraid that his desire would be aroused again, so she put her hands against his chest. Although she made a gesture of resistance, she couldn't help but feel her legs go weak.
How annoying.
She melted into a puddle of water after his kiss.
Jiang An didn't kiss her excessively. He couldn't bring her to the tea garden just for this kind of thing, and it would be too outrageous to make her lie in bed day and night.
Although he really wanted to do it.
He forcefully suppressed his lust, patted her soft buttocks, and said, "Let's go downstairs for dinner."
She leaned softly against his chest. "What are we going to do after dinner? There are so many mosquitoes in the tea garden. Last night, there were so many bugs chirping outside the window. It was awful."
"All I hear is you shouting."
Wen Lingshuang: "..."
This person...
Don't even think about letting her turn over next time!
Old man!
Breakfast was already prepared in the restaurant. Compared to her home in Beijing, it was a bit simple, but the ingredients were fresh. Many dishes even had freshly picked tea leaves in them, giving them a light tea aroma. You couldn't find this flavor outside. Wen Lingshuang had a great appetite and ate a lot.
Jiang An watched her eat the whole time, his eyes filled with a smile.
Ever since he found out who she was yesterday, the way he looked at her was incredibly doting. He would even do anything if Wen Lingshuang suspected him of asking her to kill or commit arson.
After breakfast, Jiang An packed a small bag containing Wen Lingshuang's makeup supplies, a parasol, and mosquito repellent. He took her hand and led her out, strolling along a tree-lined path. The path led directly to the highest point of the tea garden, where the breeze was refreshing, the air crisp and clean, and the oppressive heat lessened considerably.
As Wen Lingshuang gazed at the endless tea plantations, certain memories gradually surfaced in her mind. Pointing into the distance, she said, "That place... I think I remember several of us kids playing there together."
“Yes.” Jiang An nodded. “There’s a natural cave entrance over there. You used to love hiding inside.”
From this perspective, the entrance to the cave is hidden and cannot be seen. It can only be seen when you go to the other side. The entrance is small and narrow, and only a four or five-year-old child can squeeze in. In order to win, Wen Lingshuang gritted her teeth and squeezed in, but she always ran out crying. The reason was that the mud above the entrance fell on her and made the princess cry because she was dirty.
Wen Lingshuang nestled against Jiang An's chest and asked with a smile, "Then, if we play hide-and-seek, who will win?"
"you."
Who dares to defeat the princess?
Even if they found out where she was hiding, they wouldn't dare to go looking for her.
They're all incredibly shrewd, displaying phenomenal acting skills at such a young age. Even when they clearly see her hiding somewhere, they'll insist there's no one hiding there and turn away, when in reality they'd be right there to see those sparkly crystal shoes if they took just one more step.
Jiang An was no exception.
Wen Lingshuang seemed quite satisfied with his answer, nodding and saying, "I knew it, you guys definitely can't beat me at games."
Jiang An smiled and tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "The tea factory's R&D department has released a new tea this year. Shall I take you to try it?"
"How can I sleep at night if I drink so much tea every day?"
"How could you not be able to sleep?" Jiang An put his arm around her slender waist. "You go to bed so early every day."
Whose fault is that?
I make her suffer so much every day.
Wen Lingshuang glared at him sideways, "Jiang An, I think you need to seriously consider what I said before!"
"What's up?"
"It's a matter of health." Wen Lingshuang put her hands on her hips and said seriously, "Doing this every day... is not good for your health. We can do it every other day or twice, um... once."
Jiang An raised an eyebrow slightly. "I accept."
?
That's what I accepted.
"But I disagree."
Old fox...
He took her hand and said, "Come on, let's take a walk to the teahouse."
Wen Lingshuang disliked walking on these gravel paths, as they made her feet ache. If she hadn't come with Jiang An, she would hardly have imagined herself running all over the tea gardens as a child, getting covered in mud and mosquitoes that would bite and itch terribly.
Jiang An looked down at her slightly furrowed brows and knew she didn't like walking on pebbles, so he simply picked her up and carried her in his arms.
Wen Lingshuang cried out "Oh dear!" and in the blink of an eye, she was caught in Jiang An's arms.
She instinctively grabbed his clothes with both hands.
"I forgot, this road is difficult to travel."
Why not pave the road?
Jiang An turned to look at her, "If we pave the road, many things will disappear."
All those beautiful memories are in these sharp pebbles and in the fragrance of the whole mountain...
Wen Lingshuang buried her head on his shoulder. At 1.9 meters tall, with the natural view, an unprecedented feeling of happiness welled up in her heart. Her legs kicked gently in the air, just like when her grandfather carried her home when she was a child. The difference was that the person carrying her home now was the partner she would spend her life with.
This tea garden has three tea rooms. The farthest tea room is right next to the processing plant. The latest teas and freshly produced teas can be drunk directly here. This year, two new teas have been developed: an innovative oolong tea and an innovative white tea. They have beautiful names: one is called Jin Xuan Yan Yun, and the other is called Cold Brewed White Peony.
Jiang An carried Wen Lingshuang into the tea room and placed her on a seat. The cabinet next to them was filled with tea leaves, sealed in various different jars, and the air was filled with the fragrance of different teas.
Wen Lingshuang looked at Jiang An and asked, "You're just like my grandfather. I remember that my grandfather's teahouse used to have tea like this too."
Jiang An looked at her with a hint of resentment, "I'm not that old, Yangyang."
Wen Lingshuang smiled and said, "Yes, six years older isn't that much."
Jiang An cleared her throat, took out a jar from the cabinet, which contained newly produced tea leaves, and poured two portions of tea leaves into boiling water to steep. She let the already curled tea leaves tumble and boil in the tea soup, leaning on the table and looking at the tea soup. "Oh, right, isn't today the Lantern Festival? Ms. Yao sent me a text message saying she wanted to pick us up to go home for dinner. I told her we were at the tea garden, and she said she had some good news to announce and wanted us to come back."
She blinked. "Ms. Yao has good news? What good news? Did she manage to bring Jiang Qi back?"
When did she send it to you?
"Around breakfast time."
Jiang An pondered for a moment, "It's hard to say whether it's a happy occasion or not."
"Is there something inside?" Wen Lingshuang sat down beside him and shook his arm. "Tell me quickly."
Jiang An turned to look at her, "Give me a kiss, and I'll tell you."
This is a tea room. Although it's his private space, the factory is just a wall away, where workers come and go...
What if someone comes to the teahouse looking for him?
Wen Lingshuang released him with displeasure. "Fine, don't tell me then. I'll ask Jiang Ting later."
Jiang An disliked her choice of anyone other than him. He gently turned her body around, his dark eyes looking into her beautiful eyes, which sparkled like cat's eye stones under the light, extremely bright. He gently massaged her shoulders with both hands, "Do you contact Jiang Ting a lot in private?"
Oh, how could I forget? Her husband is incredibly jealous.
Wen Lingshuang unexpectedly stepped on Jiang An's landmine again, although she was the one who stepped on the landmine every time, and she was also the one who got hurt.
Wen Lingshuang was a master of blatant lying. Without batting an eye, she said, "We don't have much contact. Since you didn't tell me, I had to find someone else."
Jiang An was completely under her thumb.
There's nothing we can do.
"In short, don't be too curious about Ms. Yao's matter. We'll talk about it when we get back from the tea plantation."
The more Jiang An refused to talk, the more curious Wen Lingshuang became. While someone from the factory was reporting on the tea plantation's specific data, she secretly texted Jiang Ting under the table. Jiang Ting had been acting strangely lately; after the New Year, his profile picture was all black, his WeChat Moments were also all black, and his signature was still "[It doesn't matter anymore.]", looking all melancholic. Anyone who didn't know better would think he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
She inquired about Ms. Yao, and after a long pause, Jiang Ting finally replied: "[What happy news... Jiang Xu is getting married to a wealthy young lady from the Hong Kong entertainment circle. If the marriage goes through, it will probably have some impact on Third Brother.]"
Wen Lingshuang's heart tightened.
He subconsciously looked up at Jiang An.
If Jiang Xu really does marry a rich young lady from the Hong Kong entertainment circle, creating a powerful alliance, it will indeed have an impact on Jiang An.
Thinking of this, she swallowed her words back.
No wonder Jiang An said earlier that it might not be a happy occasion.
Jiang Xu is in for a headache now.
"Chairman Jiang, how does the new tea taste?"
"It's alright." Jiang An held up his teacup. "My wife doesn't like it; it's too bitter."
"If your wife doesn't like it, we can make some improvements."
When it was Wen Lingshuang's turn, she slowly came to her senses, waved her hand and said, "Don't take my advice to heart. I dare not drink too much, I can't sleep if I drink too much."
Jiang An held her soft little hand. "Let's make improvements."
This still depends on her opinion.
No wonder the whole tea plantation is abuzz with the news that this beautiful Mrs. Jiang is the apple of Chairman Jiang's eye.
After enjoying tea in the tea room, it was almost noon when Jiang An carried Wen Lingshuang back to the manor. He didn't let her walk more than a few steps, and her shoes were exactly the same as when she came out, without a speck of dust on them.
Having drunk tea all morning, Wen Lingshuang wasn't hungry at all. Plus, the temperature was rising at noon, so she wanted to go upstairs to change into a pretty little dress. When she opened the door, she saw a pink princess dress being worn on a mannequin. It was clearly designed by the same designer as the wedding dress she wore at her wedding. The shimmering fabric and the outstanding design amazed even someone like her who had seen countless haute couture gowns.
A pair of large hands encircled her slender waist from behind, and a husky voice, hot and clear, brushed against her earlobe. "When I was little, I always wondered what kind of life a princess like you lived. Did you wear beautiful dresses and have your hair styled beautifully while sitting in a castle every day? Now that I've taken you out of the castle, I'm giving you a dress as a gift."
"When did you do it?" Wen Lingshuang tilted her head to look at him, her voice tinged with surprise. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"The coming-of-age ceremony at eighteen."
Wen Lingshuang was stunned for a moment, "You're lying, we weren't even familiar with each other back then, how did you know my size?"
He sighed softly, "It's really difficult."
Thinking back to how they had met before, but she had never given him a friendly look...
Wen Lingshuang blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, "Husband."
She reached out and pushed his chest. "Help me take off my clothes, I want to try them on."
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