Zhou Yunwan watched the two cars disappear from her sight, turned around and entered the yard impatiently, locked the door, and went straight to the second floor.
Pushing open the door of Shen Yanli's room, she immediately saw the New Year gift on the table that he had mentioned to her before he left.
The square black box is decorated with a festive red ribbon on the outside. It feels heavy in the hand. After untying the ribbon, the contents inside are revealed.
It is a rotating music box in the shape of a crystal ball. In the crystal ball there is a cartoon girl with graceful posture and wearing a white skirt. When you turn the switch gently, the girl will dance to the music and sparkling snowflakes will float everywhere, which is dreamy and beautiful.
If this gift were given to future generations, it would definitely be criticized as tacky. However, nowadays, this music box is an imported product specially supplied by the Friendship Store. It is a rare commodity on the market. Not only is it difficult to buy, but there are also restrictions.
After all, the threshold of the Friendship Store is extremely high. It is positioned to only receive foreign guests, who can enter with a passport, overseas Chinese certificate or foreign work permit. Ordinary citizens can only stop and look.
It was obvious that Shen Yanli had put a lot of thought into buying this.
What made her even more excited was that the characters and details in the music box matched her perfectly. It was obvious that it was not bought at the last minute to please her, but was prepared a long time ago, before they had even expressed their feelings.
In other words, he had already been interested in her.
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At this moment, the clear and lively music from the music box slowly stopped.
Zhou Yunwan suddenly came back to her senses, and the girl in the crystal ball was reflected in her clear eyes. She couldn't help but wonder if he had been thinking about her all this time, so he was able to pick a gift that suited her image so well.
As she thought about it, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
She has grown up to be the apple of everyone's eye and has received all kinds of gifts, but she is so happy just because of a broken music box.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yunwan's cheeks slightly heated up. She gently poked the surface of the crystal ball with her slender white fingers and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Zhou Yunwan, I'm afraid you have the potential to be in love."
But even after she woke up for a moment, joy and warmth still grew uncontrollably in her heart.
After returning to the room, she originally wanted to put the music box on the bedside, but she was afraid that it would be knocked over by accident. After thinking it over, she finally decided to put it in the open cabinet on the desk so that she could see it at all times and it was safe.
Being alone at home, time was very hard to bear. She didn't want to study on such days, so she had to lie on the bed, fiddling with the music box and reading a book to kill time.
Little did she know that the combination of the two was the best hypnotic item, and soon she fell asleep.
When she woke up again, Shen Yanli’s face appeared in front of her.
In a daze, she thought she was dreaming. She stretched out her two slender hands, put her arms around his neck and kissed his lips. Just as she was thinking about the next step, Shen Yanli stopped her reckless behavior in a panic and called out in a hoarse voice, "Wanwan."
Zhou Yunwan gradually woke up and opened her eyes in a daze. Half of Shen Yanli's body was held in her arms, and she almost fell on her bed.
Noticing the darkening sky outside the window, Zhou Yunwan realized that everything before her eyes was not a dream, but reality.
No wonder the touch feels so real...
There seemed to be awkwardness spreading in the air. She calmly loosened her arms around him, and after he sat firmly on the bed, she cleared her throat and changed the subject: "You're back? Where are your uncle and aunt?"
Shen Yanli's Adam's apple rolled up and down twice, and his jawline was stretched tight, trying to suppress the restlessness and heat in his body.
She was bare-faced, her skin was so white that it was almost transparent, her cheeks were slightly flushed from just waking up, her hair was a little messy and stuck to her face, her red lips were slightly open, and her expression was dull yet cute.
Her soft breath just happened to spray on his neck, causing waves of unbearable itchiness.
His breathing became heavier, and after a while, he pursed his thin lips and said, "Mom and Dad are sitting downstairs to rest. My eldest brother and his family went to my sister-in-law's house and will be back in two days."
Zhou Yunwan's eyes sparkled, and she nodded in confusion, "Oh."
Shen Yanli took a deep breath and explained softly: “I knocked on the door for a long time, but you didn’t respond, so I thought of coming in to take a look.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunwan guessed that he was still upset about the last time he rashly entered her room, so she said with a smile: "Maybe I was too soundly asleep and didn't hear it. It's okay. With our current relationship, you can come in directly even if you don't knock."
Her tone was soft and sweet, Shen Yanli's eyes flickered, and all his attention was on the sentence "with our current relationship". Yes, they were already together and dating, so there was no need to care too much about some things.
His eyes moved and he saw the music box she placed next to her pillow. He had studied abroad and was able to enter the Friendship Store through his connections. This was a gift he had spent a long time shopping for, and he didn't know if she would like it.
Zhou Yunwan followed his anxious gaze and almost immediately guessed his thoughts. Before he could speak, she said, "It looks good. I like it very much."
Seeing her happy, Shen Yanli's lips curled up as well.
But soon, Zhou Yunwan thought of something, climbed out of the bed, and bit her lower lip embarrassedly: "Well, I forgot to prepare a gift for you."
She was busy preparing for the party some time ago and hadn't thought about the New Year's gift at all. Now that Shen Yanli has given her one, if she doesn't give him one, it would seem that she is not caring enough about him.
Hearing this, Shen Yanli understood what she meant almost instantly, and immediately said seriously: "You are still young and have no source of income, so you don't have to think about giving me a gift in return. Besides, it's my duty to be nice to you, so you just have to accept it."
There was one thing he didn't say, which was that he was so much older than Wanwan, and being with him was already an injustice to her. Why did she need to do anything for him? It was already good enough that she didn't dislike him.
He couldn't change his age, but he could be twice as nice to her to make up for the gap.
"Wanwan, we will get married sooner or later..."
Although he had no plans to get married before, now that they are together, he will take responsibility to the end.
Zhou Yunwan didn't hear clearly what he said next, and raised her eyebrows in confusion: "What?"
Shen Yanli stopped talking at the right time, realizing that now was not the time to talk about this, and changed the subject: “What I mean is that there is no need to be so clear between us.”
He had said this, so Zhou Yunwan naturally understood his attitude. It seemed that Chen Yanli was the type who gave without asking for anything in return, but since he was good to her, she naturally wanted to be good to him too.
Zhou Yunwan held his arm, patted his chest and said, "Then tell me what you want. When I make money in the future, I will buy it for you as soon as possible."
Although she is currently still an unemployed vagrant with no source of income, and cannot be as generous as him to buy such good things for the other person, as long as she has the ability, she will do her best to be good to the person she likes.
Chen Yanli lowered his eyes and looked at her confident look, his heart was in turmoil. How could he tell her that he didn't want anything and probably wouldn't have anything in the future?
Because he had already got what he wanted most.
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