☆、Nine、Don't worry, there's no cat (2568 words)
Seeing the house in front of her, Li Yaxi asked Feng Zihao uncertainly, "Your house?"
Feng Zihao nodded and pulled her inside. Before she could even look at the furnishings or greet the servants, Feng Zihao dragged her into his room. He ignored Li Yaxi, head down, rummaging through drawers and cabinets, seemingly searching for something. Li Yaxi wandered around aimlessly, bored. Feng Zihao's room was large, decorated in a slightly European style—simple yet grand. However, like most mansions, it lacked any novelty.
"Found her! Ya-Xi, come quick!"
Hearing Feng Zihao's slightly excited shout, Li Yaxi turned back to Feng Zihao's side, looking at the zodiac-like beads in his hand with some confusion.
Seeing his puzzled expression, Feng Zihao became somewhat anxious. "Ya Xi, quickly touch it and see if this jade makes you feel comfortable."
How could she not be moved? In her past life, he was just as foolish, giving her everything, but... Thinking of his eventual fate, Li Yaxi's breath caught in her throat, her heart ached, and her face turned pale.
Seeing Li Yaxi's condition, Feng Zihao was shocked and quickly helped him up, asking, "Yaxi, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Li Yaxi sat down on Feng Zihao's bed, rubbed her chest, and only felt at ease looking at the living person in front of her. She smiled and shook her head, "I'm a little carsick, so my chest feels a bit tight. It's okay, I'll be fine after resting for a while."
Looking at the small jade bead held in Feng Zihao's hand as if caressing a priceless treasure, she felt a cool, comfortable sensation when she touched it. This tiny jade bead was probably far more valuable than the Pixiu; she regretted wasting the money! Earning money these days is so difficult!
"Are you going to give this to me? This jade is more valuable than what I bought today."
Feng Zihao was relieved. "As long as it helps you, that's good."
Li Yaxi examined the beads closely; each bead contained a chicken in a different shape. "But this isn't my zodiac animal. Isn't it strange for me to wear it?"
Feng Zihao didn't care about anything else and started looking for red string to string the beads together. "It's okay, the beads are small, you won't notice them unless you look closely." After thinking for a moment, he asked, "So what's your zodiac sign?"
"Rat, rat, thank goodness you're not a cat, or I would definitely take a detour."
"There's no cat in the Chinese zodiac, so don't worry about cats," she said with particular seriousness.
Li Yaxi was defeated by him; he had absolutely no sense of humor.
Feng Zihao finally found a red string, but worried it wouldn't be secure enough, so he wrapped it around several times. However, there was too much string to thread through. Feng Zihao looked at the string in his hand with a troubled expression, trying hard to think of a solution. Li Yaxi took the string from him and began to braid it, then threaded six small beads through it at equal intervals. After finishing, she handed it to Feng Zihao, indicating that he should help her put it on. The tightness was just right, and the warm, smooth jade beads paired with her fair and translucent hands were so beautiful that it was hard to look away.
Feng Zihao felt that the small beads on Li Yaxi's wrist seemed to have come to life immediately, proving that she was indeed someone who needed to be nurtured with jade.
Li Yaxi didn't stay for dinner at Feng Zihao's house. He was naturally good at interacting with elders, so he dragged Feng Zihao along, asking him to take him to eat snacks. The two strolled and ate, and Feng Zihao, who hated shopping, suddenly wished the street would never end. Finally, they went to Houhai to watch the night view for a while, until Li Yaxi was so tired she yawned. Only then did Feng Zihao reluctantly take her home.
For several days in a row, Li Yaxi and Feng Zihao wandered around aimlessly. Although B City was not yet developed, many places could better reflect the cultural atmosphere of B City. In the evening, they would go to various bars, just to listen to music, and they would not do anything messy.
These past few days, Feng Zihao felt like he was living in paradise, able to watch over his little angel every day and see her smiling so happily at him. He saw her hesitant, almost afraid, look when she wanted to try something strange, and her smug, triumphant expression after haggling fiercely over something she liked. Especially when faced with shopkeepers who absolutely refused to bargain, Li Yaxi would huff and turn away with a haughty snort. Every time Feng Zihao saw Li Yaxi like this, he felt an irresistible itch in his heart!
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Soon the school military training was over, and classes started again. On Monday morning, Li Yaxi saw Feng Zihao waiting at the door as soon as she stepped outside, holding a bicycle beside him. His intention was obvious. Without hesitation, Li Yaxi walked over to him. "Why didn't you knock again? Can you ride a bicycle? Don't make me fall."
Feng Zihao turned the bicycle around, rode it first, and then gestured for Li Yaxi to get on. Li Yaxi held onto Feng Zihao's waist; it felt nice, and the wind felt comfortable on her skin. The scent of Feng Zihao wafted towards her, mixed with the fragrance of leaves, making Li Yaxi feel somewhat intoxicated.
Ignoring the whispers around her, Li Yaxi sat down and took out her book. Feng Zihao then walked in. Zhou Yang, who had initially seen a hint of mockery in Li Yaxi's expression, immediately brightened up when she saw Feng Zihao.
"Brother Zihao"
Upon hearing the voice, Feng Zihao nodded to him and then sat back down in his seat without looking at him. His cold gaze only softened when he met Li Yaxi's eyes, a tenderness that was hard for outsiders to detect.
Zhan Xiaoyu and Zhao Yi immediately gathered around when they saw Feng Zihao. "Zihao, you're so unfair! You just left us like this. What kind of brother are you?!" Zhao Yi nodded in agreement.
Feng Zihao ignored the sarcasm in Zhan Xiaoyu's words, saying, "If something happens, Yi is here anyway," so it doesn't matter if he leaves you guys behind. However, Feng Zihao certainly wouldn't say what he meant, otherwise that guy would definitely get angry.
Zhao Yi snorted coldly, "I'm not his nanny, what's it to me?"
Zhan Xiaoyu protested, "Hey Zhao Yi! You're the kind of person who destroys the bridge after walking the road! I wash all your clothes, and you call me your nanny? How dare you say that!"
"That's like crossing the river and then burning the bridge," Feng Zihao added coldly.
Sure enough, she exploded! "You two bastards! I'm cutting ties with you! I was blind to have known you two ingrates!"
"That's just blindness," Zhao Yi added, firing another shot.
Before Zhan Xiaoyu could even kill someone to vent his anger, Li Yaxi next to him burst out laughing. He was puzzled as to how Zhan Xiaoyu, with his level of Chinese literature, had gotten into the university.
Li Yaxi's smile caused a three-second silence. Zhan Xiaoyu put his arm around Li Yaxi's shoulder like a buddy, "Next time you laugh, can you at least give me a heads-up? Let me mentally prepare myself! You can't just surprise me like that, it makes me so embarrassed!"
Before he could finish speaking, Feng Zihao pulled his hand away. "Just talk, don't touch me."
Before Li Yaxi could react, Zhan Xiaoyu pulled out a handkerchief from somewhere and hid in Zhao Yi's arms, pretending to cry, "Waaah~ Zhao Yi! What should I do! That heartless Zihao has a new love and doesn't care about his old one anymore, he... he started something and then abandoned it!"
Feng Zihao was taken aback by Zhan Xiaoyu's eccentricities, while Zhao Yi, used to his eccentricities, accepted it calmly. Zhou Yang watched their laughter and banter, feeling a little uncomfortable but unsure how to join in, so he could only watch.
Li Yaxi was slightly flustered, but quickly calmed down. Looking at Zhan Xiaoyu's sullen attitude, she twitched her eye and said, "You haven't been watching Dragon Inn lately, have you?" She even threw out those three devastating words, "You damn bastard."
Zhan Xiaoyu immediately perked up, as if he had found a kindred spirit, and got up from Zhao Yi's arms. "How did you know! That Feng Si Niang is truly captivating!"
Li Yaxi's eyes twitched again, and she remained silent. Feng Zihao completely ignored what he had just heard. Zhao Yi looked at him with great pity. "...That was Xiao Shiyi Lang."
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