Chapter 46: Can't speak, hard to hear
Jiang Zhu?
Xie Jiaojiao was stunned. She felt that the name was familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it.
And it's not just the name, but also the boy's eyes and eyebrows, when you look closely, it seems like I've seen him before.
While Xie Jiaojiao was looking at Jiang Zhu in a daze, Jiang Lan had already taken three or two steps forward and started talking to Jiang Zhu.
Xie Jiaojiao, upon hearing the voice, came back to her senses and followed forward.
"Ahem, thank you, zhiqing. Here's the sugar water."
The huge coughing sound, as if he was going to cough out his lungs, caused the sugar water in his hand to create layers of ripples, which kept hitting the wall of the bowl, just like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, taking off with all its strength again and again, just hoping to pass the Dragon Gate and soar into the sky.
Although Jiang Zhu's hands were slender, as if they had no extra flesh and blood, and were supported by only a pair of finger bones, they were steady enough and did not spill a single drop of sugar water.
After talking for a long time, Xie Jiaojiao was indeed thirsty.
only......
"Who are you and why are you bringing me water?"
Xie Jiaojiao's beautiful eyes, besides being filled with confusion, also held a hint of wariness.
Last time, I got into trouble because I drank Jiang Xiu’s water carelessly.
Hearing Xie Jiaojiao's question, Jiang Lan looked at Xie Jiaojiao blankly, feeling a little puzzled.
Isn’t Xie Zhiqing dating Jiang Ye?
Don’t you know that the person in front of you is Jiang Ye’s younger brother Jiang Zhu?
"Cough cough cough."
"Xie Zhiqing, I, cough cough..."
Seeing Jiang Zhu's cheeks flushed from coughing incessantly due to speaking in a hurry, Xie Jiaojiao frowned.
"Thank you for your kindness, I'm not thirsty."
Xie Jiaojiao declined.
Seeing Xie Jiaojiao frowning and looking angry, Jiang Zhu became even more panicked. He came here without telling his elder brother this time. If his elder brother knew, he would not only come to see Xie Zhiqing secretly, but also make Xie Zhiqing unhappy. His elder brother would not forgive him.
His body was in such a dilapidated state that his elder brother would not beat him, but would just ignore him coldly. However, for Jiang Zhu, who admired Jiang Ye, this was no less painful than killing him.
"Cough cough cough."
In a panic, Jiang Zhu coughed up blood, which flowed out from the corners of his mouth.
Although it was not the first time that Jiang Zhu was like this, every time she saw it, Jiang Lan could not help but twitch her eyebrows. She gently patted Jiang Zhu on the back to help him calm down.
"Speak slowly, don't be impatient."
Xie Jiaojiao was also startled, and then comforted him: "Slow down."
"I'm not disgusted by the broken bowl, nor by the dirty water. I, I'm really not thirsty."
Xie Jiaojiao doesn't know how to beat around the bush, and she's not very good at lying, which is why she can't make many friends.
Because no one likes a friend who stabs you in the back everywhere, even if she has no bad intentions and just thinks so.
After Xie Jiaojiao finished speaking, Jiang Zhu stared at her lips that were chapped due to thirst, her long eyelashes drooping, hiding the humiliation in her eyes.
His right hand was clenched into a fist, and the bowl of water in his left hand became unstable, like a dragon gate that had been hit hard, shaking, allowing the happy fish to seize the opportunity and fly over.
Little do they know that behind the dragon gate that they have crossed by taking shortcuts is an abyss that is never seen.
Crash.
The clear sugar water was scattered on the ground and mixed with the dim soil. The previous clarity was no longer visible. Instead, there was endless darkness, just like Jiang Zhu's mood, which went from being full of joy mixed with a hint of uneasiness to falling into the abyss, cold and icy.
Suddenly, the bowl in her hand was taken away. Jiang Zhu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a hint of hope appeared in her eyes again.
But in just a moment, the coldness in Jiang Zhu's eyes became even stronger, like ice that has not melted for thousands of years, bone-chilling and cold, making people dare not look directly at it.
"Xie Zhiqing, if you don't drink, then I will drink it?"
"etc."
Xie Jiaojiao stopped Jiang Lan who was about to drink it in one gulp: "Aren't you afraid that it might be drugged?"
"Hahahahaha." Jiang Lan laughed heartily as if she had heard something outrageous: "He is Jiang Ye's biological brother, how could he possibly harm you?"
"Brother? Jiang Zhu?"
Xie Jiaojiao thought of something in a trance.
It seemed like Jiang Ye called this name yesterday at noon, but she just couldn't remember it for a moment.
As for the dream, Xie Jiaojiao's whole world was almost just Su Yu and Liu Niannian, and the little attention she paid was given to Jiang Ye.
That's right. Even though they had lived under the same roof for a period of time, Xie Jiaojiao's impression of Jiang Zhu was equivalent to nothing.
Even though he was humiliated and his character was questioned, Jiang Zhu still did not leave in anger.
This is the best bowl they have.
So, he couldn't give it up.
He said with a hint of anger: "Give me back my bowl!"
Jiang Lan looked at Xie Jiaojiao: "Xie Zhiqing, do you want to drink?"
Knowing it was a misunderstanding, Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Drink."
Jiang Lan licked her dry lips and reluctantly handed the sugar water to Xie Jiaojiao.
But she couldn't stop sighing in her heart.
I want to drink sugar water, but I can’t. I feel sad.
The tiny gurgling sound beside her ear made Jiang Lan, who wanted to drink the sugar water but didn't get it, even more sad.
She lowered her head, kicked the stones with her feet, and muttered softly, "One sheep, ten sheep, three sheep..." trying to divert her attention by counting sheep.
Suddenly, half a bowl of sugar water was handed to Jiang Lan. Her eyes instantly became bright. She looked at Xie Jiaojiao, her face full of one thought: "Is this for me to drink?"
"Jiang Lan, drink."
After hearing Xie Jiaojiao's answer, Jiang Lan took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp without any hesitation.
Xie Jiaojiao was stunned.
Doesn’t Jiang Lan think it’s sweet?
“It’s delicious.”
Well, I don't think so.
Jiang Lan finished drinking it and thought it tasted good. She squinted her eyes and asked Jiang Zhu, "Jiang Zhu, will you come to deliver water this afternoon?"
After hearing Jiang Lan's words, Jiang Zhu came back to his senses from the shock that Xie Jiaojiao actually drank the sugar water. He glanced at Xie Jiaojiao, took the bowl and said nothing.
On the contrary, after Xie Jiaojiao knew that Jiang Zhu was Jiang Ye's younger brother, her attitude towards him became more friendly.
She took out the snacks she had brought from her pocket, including White Rabbit milk candy, peach cakes, dried meat, etc., and wanted to give them all to Jiang Zhu. After looking around and not finding any pockets on Jiang Zhu, she put the things in the bowl she had drunk. Meeting Jiang Zhu's puzzled gaze, she felt a little embarrassed.
"Well, you don't seem to have a pocket, so I can only put it here."
"Eat more, you're too thin."
"By the way, don't come this afternoon. I'll bring my own kettle."
If others heard this, they would think that she disliked Jiang Zhu, but Jiang Zhu, who had been careful since childhood, did not miss the deep worry in Xie Jiaojiao's eyes.
She was worried about his health.
He seemed to have misunderstood just now.
This sister-in-law is not bad.
I just don't know how to speak, and my voice is a bit hard to hear.
"Ahem, well, I get it."
"Ahem, I won't be coming this afternoon."
Before, Xie Jiaojiao, who didn't know Jiang Zhu's identity and thought he had bad intentions, could ignore the coughing sound. But the violent coughing sound at this moment made Xie Jiaojiao's heart tighten.
"Can you go back by yourself?" Xie Jiaojiao asked again: "Do you want me to take you back?"
“Ahem!”
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