Chapter 176: Couple Watch
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. No, it should be said that everyone became more and more satisfied with Lu Hongzhe after the meal. They even pushed him out of the kitchen after the meal and didn't let him continue washing dishes.
Glancing at Jiang Aiguo, who was busy in the kitchen, Jiang Lili leaned over to him and said in a low voice, "It's clear that everyone is very satisfied with your performance."
"What about you? Are you satisfied with my performance today?" Lu Hongzhe also lowered his voice.
Thinking of their looks just now, she nodded gently: "Satisfied, of course I am satisfied."
"As long as you are satisfied." Lu Hongzhe curled the corners of his lips.
"Hongzhe, come and play chess with me." Jiang Jianyi said to him from the other side.
"Okay, Grandpa Jiang." Lu Hongzhe pinched her fingers in a corner where they couldn't see him before leaving.
Jiang Lili chuckled and then said, "Go ahead. This is a new test."
Just as Jiang Lili said, today was a test for Lu Hongzhe. In addition to playing chess, they even brought out mahjong in the end. Jiang Lili watched quietly by the side, occasionally playing with toys with Jiang Qitong. It was not until five o'clock in the afternoon when the card game ended that Jiang Yulan got up and went to the kitchen to cook. This time, she politely declined Lu Hongzhe's help and went into the kitchen alone.
Lu Hongzhe loosened his sweaty palm and looked at Jiang Lili uncertainly: "I think I have passed the test, right?"
Jiang Lili pointed towards the kitchen and said, "I'm already treated like this, why would I even ask?"
"I really don't need to help?" Lu Hongzhe hesitated.
"No need, let my mom do her thing. Didn't you say you had a gift for me?" Jiang Lili felt that he had been under their supervision all day and must have been tense all day. It was time to take him out to relax.
"Go get it now?" Lu Hongzhe frowned, feeling something was wrong.
"Yes, go get it now. Trust me, it's okay." Jiang Lili didn't give him a chance to refuse and said directly to Jiang Jianyi over there: "Grandpa, let's go downstairs to get something and come back soon."
"Go ahead, don't be too late, it's time for dinner soon." Jiang Jianyi reminded.
"I know. It will be quick." Jiang Lili said and glanced at Lu Hongzhe. This time, without her saying anything, he followed her downstairs.
After leaving the house, Jiang Lili turned her head to look at the person next to her and asked gently, "Do you feel more relaxed now?"
"It's okay. Grandpa Jiang and the others are not that strict." Lu Hongzhe began to make excuses for them.
Jiang Lili snorted lightly, expressing her disbelief. However, she was still very curious about the gift he had prepared for her. Thinking of the bracelet she had received during the Chinese New Year, she asked curiously, "What gift did you prepare for me?"
"You'll know soon." Lu Hongzhe didn't tell her directly. When he took the box out of the car, Jiang Lili couldn't help but widen her eyes. It was jewelry again.
"We bought this together last time. I should have given them to you together, but I was afraid you would refuse." Lu Hongzhe said as he opened the box. Inside was a necklace and earrings, which were a set with the bracelet from last time.
"This must be very expensive, right?" Although she said this, Jiang Lili never took her eyes off it. She thought, no girl could refuse these shiny things.
"The most important thing is that you like it." He remembered that the cross-dressing doll exchange model in the first factory had many shiny features, so he guessed that she should like these shiny things. Now it seems that he guessed right.
"I do like it." Jiang Lili nodded to express her like, and once again reminded herself in her heart that her gift had to be arranged.
"Then let me put it on for you?" He didn't have this chance last time when he got the bracelet.
"Okay." Jiang Lili said as she took out a necklace from the box and handed it to him. This necklace was an everyday style, with a simple thin chain and a diamond pendant. It wouldn't be too ostentatious to wear on a daily basis.
Probably because it was the first time they did such a thing, his movements were a little unskilled and he failed after several attempts. The warmth of his palm on her neck made her nervous for no reason.
The man behind her also looked nervous. The white and slender neck was right in front of him, as if he would hurt it if he was not careful. He tried several times and finally succeeded in fastening the necklace. When he spoke, he was surprised to find that his voice was hoarse.
"Do you want to wear earrings?" As he spoke, his eyes fell on her small earlobe, and his Adam's apple moved unnaturally.
"No need for this. I'm too lazy to go tonight. Does it look good?" She looked up and showed him the necklace on her neck.
"It looks good." Lu Hongzhe's eyes darkened as he spoke.
"I think it looks good too, so I'll give you a reward!" Jiang Lili said as she approached him.
"What reward?" As soon as he finished speaking, he felt something warm on his lips. Before he could react, the person who approached him immediately jumped away: "We should go upstairs."
This kiss was like a feather circling around his heart, making him feel itchy. He looked up at the person in front of him with her back to him and raised his eyebrows. So this was the reward she was talking about. He coughed lightly and waited for her to turn around before slowly speaking: "Can I apply for this reward again?"
"Of course not, Boss Lu, this is a matter of principle, but you can look forward to the next reward." Jiang Lili said and glanced at his lips. Well, the kiss just now was like a dragonfly lightly touching the water, but she didn't feel anything at all. What she felt was more of a tense mood and atmosphere.
"Okay, then I'll look forward to the next reward." Lu Hongzhe said, his eyes fixed on her bright red lips. His eyes were so intense that her whole body felt warmer. Finally, she turned her head away first: "We should go back to eat."
"Well, let's go back and eat." Lu Hongzhe strode up to her, then took her hand and went upstairs with her holding hands. Jiang Lili lowered her eyes to look at the two hands holding together, and the smile at the corner of her lips couldn't help but grow. It turned out that falling in love was such an interesting thing, she should have started it earlier.
When they reached the door, they tacitly released their holding hands. After Jiang Lili opened the door, the people in the living room just glanced at her and continued with their own things. Only Jiang Qitong accurately noticed the necklace around her neck. Perhaps Lu Hongzhe's "bribery" in the morning had worked. This time, she didn't yell directly. Instead, she ran up to Jiang Lili and whispered, "Sister Lili, is this a gift from Brother Hongzhe? It's so beautiful."
Summer vacation was approaching, and everyone had already changed into summer clothes. Jiang Lili hadn't refused him to help her put them on, foreseeing this outcome, so she nodded generously: "Yes, does it look good?"
Jiang Qitong nodded hurriedly: "It looks good. Is this a diamond?" She had a rhinestone hairpin that cost her dozens of dollars. Diamonds should be more expensive, right?
"Oh, you also know about diamonds." Jiang Lili did not answer her directly, but pinched her face gently.
"Look at you, you look down on me again. I'm already in junior high school." Jiang Qitong was unhappy.
"Oh, our Tongtong is in junior high school now. I'm sorry, I forgot again." Jiang Lili apologized to her.
Jiang Qitong turned her head away to show that she was still angry. Jiang Lili chuckled and then said softly, "To express my apology, how about I take you to buy that hairpin you liked last time tomorrow?"
"Really?" Jiang Qitong was a little surprised.
"Of course, you're not angry now, right?" Jiang Lili asked her with a smile.
"Don't be angry anymore. If I like someone else, can I not choose the previous one?" Jiang Qitong asked.
"Of course, no problem." They were all Tongqu Players stuff, after all. Yes, Tongqu Players now had two separate production lines, continuing with the previous accessories like hair ties and hair clips. Besides common materials, they were also starting to use more sophisticated ones, like rhinestone hairpins. While pricey, they were surprisingly popular. In other words, the three little ones had such a huge fan base that no matter what they were made of, there were plenty of people willing to pay for them.
"Yeah, then I must carefully choose the latest one tomorrow." Jiang Qitong looked happy.
"What are you so happy about?" Zhou Qingfen came out of the kitchen and asked Jiang Qitong when she saw her happy face.
"Nothing, it's just that Sister Lili promised to take me out to play tomorrow." Jiang Qitong didn't dare to talk about buying hairpins because she knew she would definitely refuse.
"Lili is so busy, don't go along and make trouble." Zhou Qingfen knew that Jiang Lili was busy and didn't want her daughter to disturb her.
"Aunt, I happen to be free tomorrow, so let Tongtong come with me." Jiang Lili said.
"That's fine. If you're busy, just send me to the tutoring class."
"Okay." Jiang Lili said and winked at Jiang Qitong. After receiving her smile, she asked the person next to her, "Do you have any plans for tomorrow?"
"I have to go to the company. You and Tongtong go shopping first. I'll pick you up and send her back to Aunt Zhou. Then we can go to the movies?" When the word "movie" was mentioned, both of them remembered what happened last time they watched a movie, and the atmosphere became ambiguous again.
The ambiguous atmosphere between the two was not broken until Jiang Yulan's voice came from the kitchen. Lu Hongzhe stood up and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes, while Jiang Lili gently patted her cheek which was beginning to heat up.
That day, the Jiang family was very satisfied with Lu Hongzhe's performance. After dinner, Jiang Yulan even took the initiative to ask Jiang Lili to see him out. However, it was only one floor away, so they both walked very slowly. In the end, it was Jiang Lili who spoke first: "Then you go back. I'm going back too."
"Lili, I plan to tell my parents about us tonight." Lu Hongzhe said.
"Didn't you say to let nature take its course?" Jiang Lili was a little surprised that he changed his mind.
"Before, I was afraid to tell them that my mother's enthusiasm would scare you, but today I realized that something is wrong. We must let you and your family see our sincerity." Lu Hongzhe said the last sentence with particular seriousness.
"I'm fine with either, but we've just started dating, so maybe we don't need to be so serious?" Jiang Lili spoke in a lower and lower voice.
"I'll remind them." Lu Hongzhe also had a headache. His mother had been worrying about this matter since he graduated. If he knew that the other party was her, he could already imagine her excitement.
"Okay, let's arrange other things after Uncle Lu and Aunt Li come. I'll go back first." Jiang Lili waved to him.
"Wait." Lu Hongzhe reached out and grabbed her wrist. In her surprised eyes, he leaned over and kissed the corner of her lips, and explained aloud: "Just consider it the reward I asked for in advance."
It was not until he let go of her that Jiang Lili realized what he had just done. She touched the corner of her lips in surprise. She didn't expect that he, who was so restrained, would do such a thing. But it didn't feel bad.
Jiang Lili kept this action until she reached the door before she let go of her fingers. When she pushed the door open, she heard them talking about what would happen after she graduated. The people in the living room who were talking excitedly stopped talking when they heard the door open. Jiang Lili also pretended not to hear it. After all, the idea of getting married was still far away from her.
After a while, after Jiang Yulan sent them off, she sat down next to Jiang Lili and explained softly, "I didn't stop them from talking about that, not because I agreed, but because I didn't want to spoil their fun. No matter what they say, you don't have to take it seriously. Just follow your own pace."
"I know, Mom." Jiang Lili nodded at her, but her mind was not relaxed at all. Lu Hongzhe is an only child. Can Uncle Lu and Aunt Li accept that he doesn't get married? Thinking of this, Jiang Lili couldn't help but close her eyes. Ah, why should I think about these headaches? Just enjoy my love first.
Jiang Yulan touched her head and said gently, "The future is still a long way off, just enjoy the present moment."
"I think so too, Mom. Aren't you going to the factory tomorrow? Go to bed early." Jiang Lili planned to go back to her room to calculate the funds in her hands. She planned to prepare Lu Hongzhe's gift tomorrow.
The next day, Jiang Lili took Jiang Qitong to choose her favorite hairpins as promised. Jiang Qitong was dazzled by the selection, but she quickly chose her favorite one. After leaving the boutique, she asked, "Sister Lili, where are we going now?"
"Go pick out a gift for your brother-in-law." When Jiang Lili mentioned Lu Hongzhe, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of her lips.
"Shame on you." Jiang Qitong deliberately embarrassed her.
"Sister, it's natural for me to fall in love at my age. There's nothing to be ashamed of." Jiang Lili said and glanced at her.
"Yeah, let's go pick out gifts then?" Jiang Qitong also became excited at the thought of picking out gifts.
After receiving the gifts on New Year's Eve, Jiang Lili did her homework, so she went straight to her destination today. After arriving, she found that there were options for couple watches. She lowered her head and glanced at the old watch on her wrist. Maybe it was just a good opportunity to change them together?
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