Chapter 820: Chapter 820: Rivals et, Particularly Jealous
“I know,” Lu Jiu knew he would fail. Gu Linxi never saw him as a man, just a brother!
He clenched his fists in frustrated resentnt, his handso face briefly twisted in violence. But in an instant, he took a deep breath, hiding all his emotions behind that beautiful visage.
Gu Linxi didn’t notice his fleeting change as she focused on him, or rather, through him to sothing else, “Once you’re grown up and enter the society, if you still want a tattoo, I’ll take you to the shop I visited before. But Jiu, getting a tattoo is like branding yourself, once you make the choice, it’s there unless you cut off that patch of skin. So make sure you really want one and think carefully about what you want. Ideally, it should be sothing very important to you, with a special aning.”
Lu Jiu gazed at her, wishing he could pull her into his embrace to erase the sadness in her eyes. His veins bulged from the back of his hands as he held back, then seriously said, “I’ll have Xixi’s na tattooed.”
Gu Linxi thought he was joking. The emotions welling up in her chest dispersed as she smiled, “Why would you get my na tattooed? Are you blaming for restricting you from getting a tattoo?”
“Yeah, I want to tattoo your na over my heart, to remind myself to rember you,” Lu Jiu replied, half-joking and half-serious, the soft light illuminating his profile, his porcelain skin finer than that of most girls.
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Gu Linxi was speechless for a long while before finally squeezing out, “Just be careful not to let your future girlfriend misunderstand, thinking you have a crush on .”
“That’s because you always nag like an old mother, acting like you’re fifty-two even though you’re only twenty-five, always loving to preach like it’s a matter of life and death.”
His unrequited love was so obvious, most girls would have realized by now, but she, she never seed to pay attention or see it.
She always treated him like a child who couldn’t yet walk on his own!
Gu Linxi, left speechless by his complaints, could not muster a single word of rebuttal, and only after a long while managed to retort, “I still am older than you!”
Lu Jiu was about to counter that she wasn’t much older.
Then a disagreeable cough interrupted them.
“Cough!” Cui Jiangjing, impeccably dressed in a bespoke suit of restrained luxury, its golden threading bespoke his extravagant personality. A hint of a smile hung about his lips, his eyes shining even more.
“I don’t an to interrupt, but it’s been two minutes since I ca in. Could you two please notice this living person here?”
Not this man again!
Lu Jiu’s eyes suddenly darkened as he turned his head to look at Cui Jiangjing, his gaze laden with murderous intent.
Cui Jiangjing t his stare squarely, raised an eyebrow, and stepped forward, “You’re Jiu, right? Mind making a coffee? I take it without sugar, extra crear.”
“We don’t have coffee here!” Lu Jiu’s voice was low and defensive, like a little guard dog baring its teeth protectively.
Cui Jiangjing said, “Then, tea. One green tea.”
He looked at the person in front of him filled with hostility and smiled slightly, “You can’t possibly be out of tea too, right? It’s not great if a guest cos over and can’t even get a cup of tea, is it?”
He turned to Gu Linxi, seemingly oblivious to the undercurrents swirling in secret, and said, “I’ll bring you a box of tea next ti I co. What kind of tea do you like?”
Lu Jiu’s expression chilled instantly, beating her to the response, “We have tea, no need for you to bring any!”
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