Chen Ji's eyes flickered slightly, and his thin lips curved into a gentle smile. "No need, I'll stay with you."
Xu Ruantang: "......"
So you really enjoy spending time with her? Why don't you two sit and chat while she leaves?
This man has a high IQ, but his EQ is really not that great.
Zhang Li pulled Xu Ruantang down to sit and began to share her feelings from yesterday: "Xiao Xu, I think you're right! I didn't even realize it until you said it. I used to only care about others and never thought about myself..."
Xu Ruantang tilted her head, listening while rubbing her wrist.
I've been making a lot of pastries these past few days, and my left wrist has been getting increasingly painful. Today, my finger bones are also hurting, but a massage can help relieve the pain.
Don't you think so?
Upon hearing this, Xu Ruantang quickly responded, "Yes, yes, that's right, how could you do that?!"
Zhang Li seemed completely unconcerned. There was a man sitting next to her, and he became more and more excited as he spoke, raising his voice as he went.
Xu Ruantang had a feeling that this wouldn't be over anytime soon.
She took out a handful of sunflower seeds from her pocket, ate a few, and inadvertently noticed that Chen Ji was staring at her.
After thinking for a moment, I decided to give him a small handful. "Hold on, I don't have much, just a little bit, eat it sparingly."
A man's low chuckle came from beside her, but Xu Ruantang ignored it. She couldn't give him more even if he thought it was too little; she didn't have enough for herself.
When Zhang Li was chatting with people, she would occasionally ask them questions in return. Xu Ruantang breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she finally managed to get rid of her.
When I stood up, I realized that the sunflower seed shells in my hand were gone!
She looked down, but there was nothing on the ground...
I rummaged through my pockets, but there was nothing there.
Could it be that he got so engrossed in listening to gossip that he ate it...?
"What's wrong?" She looked dazed, and Chen Ji thought she had lost something.
Xu Ruantang looked up, her face blank: "Where are my sunflower seed shells?"
"I threw it away." He had taken it and thrown it away when she said goodbye to Zhang Li. "What use was it to you?"
Xu Ruantang had no recollection of it at all.
She had no recollection, but Chen Ji remembered it clearly: "What you handed me was sunflower seed shells."
Xu Ruantang: "......."
"Alright, let's go home." Chen Ji reached out to take her arm, but then thought better of it and withdrew his hand.
Watching Zhang Li's departing figure, Xu Ruantang looked up and asked Chen Ji, "What do you think of Zhang Li?"
Chen Ji thought for a second and replied, "I don't have any bad intentions."
"And what about her husband?"
Chen Ji didn't answer, a complex look flashing in his eyes. "Why are you suddenly asking this?"
"Did you hear what Zhang Li was talking about just now? Did you think they were all trivial matters?" Xu Ruantang didn't answer his question, but continued to ask.
Zhang Li kept repeating the same things: her husband didn't help with housework, didn't help their two children with their homework, and just left his clothes lying around.
She nagged Hao Jianjun, and Hao Jianjun went to do it.
If she didn't say anything, Hao Jianjun would go back to his original state.
Hao Jianjun never argued with her, always maintaining an attitude of not taking the initiative, ignoring her, and not caring.
Under the streetlights, Chen Ji's eyes were as deep and dark as if ink had been splashed on them, and the corners of his lips slowly curved into a faint smile. "I don't think so. Even the smallest things are important. If there are too many sesame seeds on the ground, the person picking them up will get tired."
Xu Ruantang's starry eyes flickered slightly, a look of astonishment quickly crossing her face.
She didn't expect Chen Ji to say that.
I thought he would say, "It's nothing, don't make a fuss about it."
This man...
Could he also be a time traveler? Otherwise, how could his thinking be so advanced? The things he says sound so familiar.
A moment of silence fell over the room.
The two walked side by side, and Chen Ji lowered his eyes and asked, "What happened to your hand?"
Xu Ruantang's right hand was still resting on her left wrist, and she kneaded it haphazardly without much force. "It's okay, maybe I made too much bread and it's a little sour. It'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
She gave a casual, perfunctory answer, but then, thinking about tomorrow, she asked with some concern, "Are we really going back to your house tomorrow? Do you have a lot of family members? Should we buy some things before we go back?"
Xu Ruantang actually wanted to ask if she could not go.
She started to feel scared when faced with such a large family; she instantly became socially awkward, especially since they were her nominal in-laws.
Do you want to go?
Xu Ruantang shook her head and answered honestly, "You don't know, I was terrified just dealing with your grandmother that day. Besides, if I had known you had so many family members, I wouldn't have only asked for that price."
When we signed the agreement with the client, it didn't say that we had to serve the client's whole family!
Xu Ruantang pouted and walked into the courtyard first.
Chen Ji stood at the courtyard gate, watching her retreating figure, and whispered, "You can raise the price."
After being exposed to the cold wind, Xu Ruantang took her pajamas and went to take a hot shower.
She always washes her clothes after taking a shower, and even though she remembers putting them on the sofa, she can't find them anywhere.
"Chen Ji, have you seen my shirt?"
Xu Ruantang walked into the yard with a towel in one hand and saw a scene that almost made her eyes pop out.
Chen Ji was hanging clothes to dry, still holding her shirt in his hand, slowly unfolding it.
"You...you...."
Xu Ruantang was so anxious that she was speechless. Before she could finish a sentence, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Ji hung up her shirt and strode to the gate of the courtyard.
Outside the courtyard, Aunt Liu handed the bowl in her hand to Chen Ji, saying, "You two haven't eaten yet, have you? Here!"
She glanced into the yard and said with a smile, "Oh, Commander Chen is washing clothes for his wife! How diligent!"
"Thank you, Auntie." Chen Ji accepted the bowl without hesitation.
Not seeing Xu Ruantang, Aunt Liu lowered her voice and continued, "So, is Xiao Xu still angry with you?"
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