??Chapter 78: Chapter 57: The Dead Duck’s Stubbornness
Chapter 78: Chapter 57: The Dead Duck’s Stubbornness
She felt a bit shocked for a mont.
Jiang Yingyu.
That man also said his surna was Jiang.
What a coincidence.
Was he the senior who had given her the climbing rose?
Yun Yuwan imdiately clicked on his profile picture to check his Monts.
He didn’t post much, at most two or three tis a year. Scrolling down, she occasionally saw pictures of him skiing or graduating, and finally, among his Monts from five years ago, she found a clue.
The photo showed a young climbing rose plant, and the caption read, “A gentleman receives a rose from his confidant and returns the favor.”
It was obviously the one he had given to her.
Yun Yuwan flopped onto the bed.
So that man was really the senior from the Luosifen stall.
He was indeed handso and quite similar to what she had imagined, exuding an air of casualness, but to et under these circumstances…
It was too disillusioning.
Her phone suddenly rang, and with a heavy heart, she picked it up to see that it was Wen Yangzhi calling.
She imdiately perked up, cheerfully pressing the answer button.
Her voice was coy and soft, her body swaying like a fox, as if she had a large tail, “Hello, big brother.”
“Open the door,” the man’s voice was like a cool breeze through a bamboo forest, indifferent but pleasant to the ear.
Yun Yuwan was surprised, but she quickly ran to the door, only to find it empty.
She was suddenly disappointed as if her tail had drooped, “There’s no one at the door, where are you?”
The shadows of the Luoyu Cedar swayed, the two round traditional wooden lanterns on the door gently rocked with the wind, and Wen Yangzhi was shrouded in the indistinct colors of the night, succinctly saying,
“Downstairs.”
It finally dawned on Yun Yuwan, but she found it strange, “Why didn’t you have soone open the door? The staff room is very close.”
Her question was too foolish. Wen Yangzhi slightly pulled his phone away, his deep voice seemingly laced with laughter, “Do you want everyone to know I’m here with you tonight?”
She beca shy again, thinking why he had to be so direct, “I hadn’t thought of that.”
Yun Yuwan scurried down to open the door for him. Wen Yangzhi stood outside, his tall figure as erect as a pine, the night breeze making his shirt flutter. He held a paper bag in his hand, its contents unknown.
That mont was like a dream co to life.
She thought that Wen Yangzhi resembled a tall bamboo, with sections, upright and slender.
She stood there motionless, holding her phone.
Wen Yangzhi’s hand rested on the doorknob, leaning against the door to enter, closing it behind him with ease.
Seeing her dazed for a while, he gently tapped her forehead twice with his knuckles.
Yun Yuwan snapped back to reality. He didn’t spare her another glance but simply stepped up the stairs.
Yun Yuwan followed him. The night was too gentle, and she couldn’t help wrapping herself around Wen Yangzhi’s arm, feeling an urge to be close to him.
All the way to her room, she almost hung on him, pulling open the door to her room.
But Wen Yangzhi didn’t go in, “Let go of my hand, I need to go upstairs.”
“Didn’t you say you’d stay with ?” Her beautiful dream seed to be punctured in an instant.
He just glanced at her with drooping eyelids, a touch of laziness in his look, “You want to follow even to the bath?”
Then it dawned on her.
He was going upstairs to take a shower.
Each room had an en-suite bathroom, and he had a room in this villa too. Although he rarely stayed, he had lived there until he was seventeen and still had many things inside, including clothes for changing.
Yun Yuwan was delighted again, her cheeks rosy as a peach, her eyes slightly tipsy and shimring, “Can’t I follow?”
Her question was posed as if she didn’t understand what it ant to join him in the shower, as innocently as if asking, “Can’t I read with you, can’t I sunbathe with you?”
With her guileless posture, she lured him into her domain.
If he didn’t hold back, he would end up doing whatever she wanted.
From the mont he t her, Yun Yuwan had a strange kind of magic about her.
It was called “Yun Yuwan always believes in you.”
She was not only imnsely self-confident but also trusted others. Even her gaze always seed to carry an adoring eagerness that made one feel like the focus of her world, that with her soft, pure eyes, one was the best, the most capable in the world.
If it had been her peers, they would have been embarrassed by her gaze, not wanting to show weakness in front of her, and thus would have boasted beyond their ability just to satisfy her desires.
All it took was one look and a sweet word from her, along with that utterly convincing expression.
Even if he denied it, saying he was not, she would confidently argue that clearly he had just said “yes.”
Her gaze was so sincere and urgent, it seed like if he didn’t agree, she would burst into tears the next second, heartbroken and crying a river.
Then he would have no choice but to placate her with a “yes.”
But with just a placating remark, she would be over the moon, imagining how much he loved her, how much he liked her, happy and high-spirited, jumping up to kiss him like a bunny, setting you ablaze.
She would then hum and nestle in your arms saying how great her brother is.
Wen Yangzhi couldn’t take it.
This bizarre and foolish strategy had him hooked like a fish tied to her, longing to hear her say “big brother, you’re amazing, you’re incredible.”
Sotis he thought he was sick.
He had seen every trick, t every kind of woman, yet this trick that seed to fool an idiot, he fell for it.
Even knowing it was clumsy, she still wanted to be with her.
Jiang Jianqing said that about NPD, if that was the case, perhaps he felt that Yun Yuwan had a bit of this tendency, and that wasn’t entirely unacceptable.
NPD cos with a lack of boundary awareness. What’s yours is mine, and mine can also be yours, but what’s yours must be able to belong to . I demand that you prioritize , and if you don’t, I’ll be so angry I’ll never play with you again.
Jealousy, possessiveness, and the desire to be others’ priority are all extrely strong.
When Wen Yangzhi first heard a psychology expert say this, he actually found it sowhat amusing and chuckled with his head lowered.
Only Yun Yuwan would catch such a funny illness.
It was also a waste of ti for him to ask about such matters.
Yun Yuwan made a hum like a purring kitten, her eyes full of expectancy as she looked at him, “Can’t I, brother?”
She always made inappropriate flirtations seem very normal. Having no boundaries with those close to her, she also confused others, speaking with a tone that was both normal and sincere, making others feel that this was how it should be, as if their own sense of boundaries was too strong.
Since her return to the country, she had been luring him in every way. With soone else, it would be a disaster, but sohow, she made it seem natural and logical, leaving no openings for him to admonish her.
Wen Yangzhi coldly responded, “Wait in the room.”
“Didn’t you say you’d let
have a look?” Her hand touched his waist, her eyes filled with disappointnt.
Knowing it was another of her tricks, Wen Yangzhi’s voice was crisp, “Hand.”
Her hand dropped, “Fine, you go then.”
Wen Yangzhi casually unfastened the mica button on his sleeve cuff, “Don’t sleep yet.”
Suddenly, she looked up, as if she received so effective positive instruction, “Are you going to do sothing with ?”
“Finish that jigsaw puzzle of yours.” He hung the paper bag on her door handle.
Yun Yuwan had once given Wen Yangzhi a jigsaw puzzle for his birthday.
Wen Wei ntioned it today, and it ca back to him too.
Yun Yuwan herself took a mont to figure out which puzzle he ant. She pushed the paper bag open and saw the long-forgotten puzzle inside, and she was a bit surprised:
“I thought it would have gotten moldy by now, after so many years.”
It looked just fine, dry and clean.
But why hadn’t brother put it together?
The original painting of the jigsaw was her work. She thought he would have finished it long ago and even possibly thrown it away after it got moldy. She had not expected that he hadn’t even begun.
Yun Yuwan couldn’t help but deceive herself,
He must have been too busy.
She whispered, “I thought you would have put it together by now, but to my surprise, you haven’t.”
Wen Yangzhi, in an indifferent tone, “Six years ago, I wanted to put it together with you, but you weren’t in the country.”
Yun Yuwan was sowhat taken aback as she looked up at his sharply contoured side profile.
Rembering six years ago, she had constantly avoided Wen Yangzhi, even making excuses not to return to the country during holidays. This gift was also mailed dostically.
Let alone wanting to assemble it with her, anyone looking for her likely couldn’t find her. She was so afraid that seeing him would make her cry, so she avoided him at all costs.
She never imagined that,
Her brother actually wanted to put it together with her.
Her sadness turned to joy as she hugged his arm and leaned into his chest, her voice soft as a fluffy cotton flower, “I knew brother liked
best.”
No wonder he hadn’t assembled it yet, but he had preserved it so well.
When she had the jigsaw made at the store, the storekeeper said it would likely mold within a year or two and wouldn’t last long, as they used pine wood.
She said it didn’t matter. After all, it didn’t need to last very long.
She knew clearly that another woman’s belongings would fill up his house one day. What was one torn jigsaw puzzle to him? Let it mold; it was ant to be discarded eventually anyway.
She never expected that he would still have this jigsaw puzzle, let alone that after a full six years, it would still look as good as new.
She suddenly felt so moved that her heart ward and her eyes moistened, “Brother, you’ve been so good to . This puzzle is just like new. You must have been very careful in preserving it, probably drying it out and sealing it regularly, right?”
This was pine wood after all, wood that was heavily moisture- and oil-laden, not molding was almost unthinkable.
“No, you’re thinking too much,” his pale pink lips moved faintly.
She clung to his arm, “That’s exactly what it is, you’re just being stubborn.”
His attitude was cool and nonchalant, “I’m not being stubborn, don’t imagine things.”
She let go of Wen Yangzhi’s hand with disappointnt.
So it was just left there and still preserved like this?
Yun Yuwan suddenly felt listless as Wen Yangzhi didn’t look at her and headed upstairs. She watched his lean and slender silhouette fade into the distance.
She took down the packet of the jigsaw puzzle from the doorknob.
Sitting on the carpet, crestfallen, she opened the packet and held the bottom to pour it out, burying her head inside to see. However, she didn’t expect to be assaulted first by the sll rather than sight—a strong odor of wood mold and antimicrobial agent hit her hard, prompting her to shut her eyes briefly.
Only then did she realize it.
Without careful preservation, it wouldn’t sll of mold prevention.
When she gave it, she hadn’t sprayed anything.
The sll was still so fresh, so strong.
Yun Yuwan pulled her head out, gagging beside it.
Just now, she was so consud with her brother, wanting to bury her head inside to relive the past, and she ended up getting so dizzy from the fus.
Her brother was a stubborn old mule.
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