Each of her toes was so perfectly ford and elegant. Chen Yuan’s gaze fell. He silently gathered the high heels, which had been tossed in two different places, and set them at her feet.
"How about I put them on for you?"
"No way!"
Ningning’s tone was pouty. She lowered her head to put on the heels, a lock of her hair swaying gently with the movent.
She was utterly alluring in that mont.
...
By the ti the two of them reached the living room, Jiangg Yao had already downed half a can of Coke, finished a small bag of beef jerky, and was cracking open so sunflower seeds she’d found sowhere.
Her delicate eyes were fixed on the screen, completely absorbed in what she was watching.
"Looks like you’re enjoying yourself." Chen Yuan’s temper flared the mont he saw her. ’Yaoyao was just as much to bla for this ss, but I was the one who had to do all the consoling.’ "Stop eating. Those are my snacks."
"Don’t be so stingy, Little Young Master. I haven’t even eaten that much."
The two started fighting over the bag of snacks. Watching them, Jiangg Ning was rendered a little speechless by their childishness. She turned away, her eyes scanning the room as if searching for sothing.
Jiangg Yao clutched the sunflower seeds under her like a brat, enduring Chen Yuan’s embarrassing attempt to tickle her waist. She looked up at her sister. "I found a bath towel for you. It’s on the bed. Go get it, Sis."
"A bath towel?" Chen Yuan was completely baffled.
"Your bath towel, of course. I couldn’t go out, so I looked in the closet myself. That towel looked pretty clean. I saw you use it before, and it’s just been sitting there since it was last washed, right?"
"What are you doing with my bath towel?"
While he was still trying to process it, Jiangg Ning had already gone into the bedroom to get the towel. He was sure she hadn’t said more than a few words to her sister. They hadn’t communicated at all since she went out to the balcony, yet it was like they were speaking on an encrypted channel.
Chen Yuan couldn’t see or understand a thing, yet the sisters understood each other perfectly.
"She’s going to take a shower, Little Young Master. You don’t mind if she borrows your bathroom, do you?" Jiangg Yao smiled, flashing a cute grin that revealed her pearly white teeth. She whispered, "You’ll get to see my sister, a true beauty, erging from her bath. Aren’t you excited?"
"Uh... is she really going to take a shower?"
"Not that we’d let you watch! Tch. Go hide on the balcony when my sister cos out, you pervert... Although, if you ever wanted to watch ** step out of the bath, we could probably arrange sothing~"
Yaoyao leaned in close, her soft, sweet voice whispering in his ear. Chen Yuan imdiately flushed, giving Jiangg Yao a forceful push to the side.
"Not interested."
"Then why are you blushing?"
"You still haven’t told why she needs to take a shower. What did you two sisters cook up behind my back? As I recall, Ningning didn’t get caught in the rain on her way here."
"That’s a secret."
As they were talking, Jiangg Ning ca out of the bedroom. She clutched a gray bath towel in her hand, concealing sothing underneath it. It was plain to see that her lovely, delicate face was beet-red.
"Slippers... Chen, I need to borrow a pair too."
"There are so by the entryway. And, uh, all the toiletries are in the bathroom. Do you need a towel for your hair, too?"
"If you have one, I could use it."
"Okay. I rember when I moved, you two left so hair ties and skincare products behind. I just threw everything into a bag. Let find it..."
"So that’s what you do? Just toss our stuff in a bag?" Jiangg Yao grumbled.
"What else was I supposed to do? I’m an ex-boyfriend now. Am I supposed to build a shrine for the things you leave behind? ...Okay, you actually might do sothing like that."
"I’m not enough of a simp to go that far, Little Young Master. As much as I like you, that would be a bit too crazy-in-love."
"You’ve got so nerve saying that," Chen Yuan said, the corner of his mouth twitching.
Jiangg Ning lowered her gaze, seemingly amused by their banter. She subtly glanced at Jiangg Yao’s expression, and her own mood instantly brightened a bit.
「A few monts later.」
The sound of rushing water ca from the bathroom. A cloud of steam clung to the glass, making the small space feel like a heavenly oasis.
The apartnt was small, but it had all the essentials. It was surprising that a place this small even had a bathtub, though Chen Yuan was too tall to actually sit in it.
Jiangg Ning lay quietly in the tub, the warm, gentle current sliding over her skin.
Her clothes were folded neatly on the counter by the sink.
...
In the living room, the subtle sounds from the bathroom made Chen Yuan’s mind wander. ’Of course, I’m not having any improper thoughts. I’m an upright and honest gentleman, after all.’
What puzzled Chen Yuan was why Jiangg Ning needed to take a shower at all. It clearly had sothing to do with what had just happened.
He wracked his brains but couldn’t co up with an answer.
On the living room TV, the educational science show had been switched to a popular new ani from the Neon Country, which Jiangg Yao was watching with great interest.
Chen Yuan couldn’t help but look over at her.
’If there’s a story here, Jiangg Yao definitely knows it.’
’It’s obvious from the way she’s acting.’
"Hey." Chen Yuan poked her.
"What’s up?"
"Why did your sister go take a shower?"
"Maybe she was tired from crying and worked up a sweat, so she went to wash up," Jiangg Yao said evasively after a mont’s hesitation.
"Then why aren’t you taking a shower? You were sweating, too. I don’t buy it."
"Don’t pry, Little Young Master. Let’s just watch the show together. I’m telling you, this romance ani is really good..."
"Don’t change the subject."
"Don’t try to force it out of . I’m not going to say," Jiangg Yao said, shaking her head like a rattle. "If you want to know, ask her yourself. It’s my sister’s secret, and a slly boy like you doesn’t deserve to know."
"..."
Getting that response, Chen Yuan felt helpless. Jiangg Yao was being uncharacteristically tight-lipped. It was bizarre how she was suddenly on the sa team as Jiangg Ning, refusing to talk no matter what.
Overwhelmingly curious as he was, he had no choice but to drop it.
Chen Yuan sullenly grabbed the remote, giving up on his interrogation. The bond between the sisters was an impenetrable fortress. Once they had a tacit agreent, no one could break it—not even the boy they both liked.
’The only way is to break through from the inside.’
’But now that Jiangg Yao is blocking , I have no choice but to give up.’
’Of course Jiangg Yao wasn’t going to tell him. It was because Jiangg Ning had a congenitally hypersensitive constitution... and that was sothing only her future brother-in-law was allowed to know.’
’Since the Little Young Master was definitely not going to be her brother-in-law, she naturally had no reason to reveal this secret.’
’Jiangg Yao’s logic was flawless, with no loopholes whatsoever. She inwardly gloated. Her intellect had once again seized the high ground. She was getting better and better at seeing the big picture.’
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