Perhaps because it was the dead of winter, not many people were out dining at the Erald Residence tonight.
However, precisely for this reason, a few candlelights, a few pairs of young people whispering softly, made the Erald Residence appear all the more quaint and romantic tonight.
Ge Dongxu and Wu Yili chose a corner table by the window, ordered several delicate dishes and a bottle of red wine.
Maybe it was because of the incident in the taxi earlier, or perhaps it was the ambiance of the Erald Residence, under the candlelight, Wu Yili's fair face sported a captivating blush, and she seed hesitant to et Ge Dongxu's gaze, often looking outside the window, as if there was so beautiful scenery out there.
This Wu Yili held an enchanting allure that was different from the past.
Ge Dongxu was unconsciously drawn to Wu Yili at this mont.
"Why are you staring at like that? Do I have flowers growing on my face?" Wu Yili finally couldn't stand Ge Dongxu's gaze any longer, and, with a blush, shot him a glare after taking her eyes off the window.
"You are indeed a flower!" Ge Dongxu sincerely admired.
"Getting bolder by the minute, teasing again!" Wu Yili said, and then kicked Ge Dongxu under the table twice.
"Teacher Wu, why don't you ever believe when I tell the truth?" Ge Dongxu said with a look of grievance.
"You rascal! Have your lips been sweetened now? I'm already in my thirties, still a flower? Flower my foot!" Wu Yili said, kicking him again under the table, her emotions, however, indescribably complex.
As a woman, Wu Yili certainly liked being praised by Ge Dongxu for her beauty, but her age was indeed what it was, which made her feelings all the more inexplicably complex.
"You see, you still don't believe !" Ge Dongxu feigned anger and pulled a face, then called over a waitress who was passing by them.
"Excuse , can I ask you a question?" Ge Dongxu smiled as he spoke to the waitress.
"Of course," replied the waitress, a very pretty young woman.
"How old do you think my friend here is?" Ge Dongxu asked.
"Ah!" The young woman was montarily stunned, then quickly replied, "This beautiful lady, barely twenty-four or twenty-five, I guess!"
"There, see? I wasn't lying! Twenty-sothing, truly a blooming age," Ge Dongxu said with a smile.
"Ge Dongxu, what silly nonsense is this?" Wu Yili's face turned red, and she glared at him.
"Actually, an older woman, younger man relationship is quite common nowadays, and besides, you're so beautiful, have a great figure and nice skin, being just a couple of years older than this gentleman ans nothing," the waitress, skilled in her hospitality speech, imdiately said with a smile upon seeing Wu Yili's embarrassed and annoyed look.
After saying this, the waitress walked away with a cheerful smile, while Ge Dongxu was suddenly taken aback.
He just wanted to prove that Wu Yili was still young, but didn't expect the waitress's rich imagination to turn it into a talk about them having a May-December romance, which was rather making things worse.
Wu Yili hadn't expected the waitress to say that either, her cheeks heating up for no reason, her heartbeat inexplicably quickening.
A faint air of romantic ambiguity began to ripple between the two.
"Just a couple years older, do I look that old? I'm not even twenty yet!" Finally, after a while, Ge Dongxu pretended to be confused and said dejectedly.
"Pfft!" Wu Yili couldn't restrain her laughter seeing Ge Dongxu with such a dejected face.
"This is all your own doing! We'll see if you dare to act recklessly next ti!" Wu Yili said, pursing her lips while giving Ge Dongxu a look.
With that disturbance, the atmosphere between the two returned to normal.
Soon, the waiter brought over the wine and dishes.
After pouring red wine, they raised their glasses and gently clinked them.
Wu Yili sipped elegantly and then asked, "Didn't you say last ti you would prepare a jar of dicinal Wine for ? It's been almost half a year, and you still haven't brought it to ."
"You were worried about side effects last ti," Ge Dongxu said.
"That was then, this is now! Anyway, after the new year when classes begin, you must give a jar of dicinal Wine," Wu Yili, rembering her previous doubts about Ge Dongxu's dicinal Wine, blushed slightly as she spoke.
"Professor Wu, you're openly soliciting bribes from a student!" Ge Dongxu joked.
"Oh, Ge Dongxu, you're getting bold now, aren't you?" Wu Yili glared at him.
"I wouldn't dare, it's a gift for you!" Ge Dongxu replied with a slight smile, his hand suddenly holding a heart-shaped jade pendant that seed dripping with green.
Wu Yili's expression froze, and tears unknowingly filled her eyes.
Initially, when she saw the water drop jade pendant around Tang Yahui's neck, she had wanted one too. Later, when she found out Ge Dongxu had given it to Tang Yahui, her feelings were indescribable and she thought about asking Ge Dongxu to carve one for her, but ultimately she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Yet unexpectedly, she didn't have to say anything, as Ge Dongxu had already specially carved one for her.
"Why would you give such a precious gift? Why be so good to ?" Rembering the past events, thinking of the whitening hair on Ge Dongxu's head, and now this heart-shaped jade pendant, Wu Yili's tears finally began to fall.
"No special reason, I just thought that with the new year coming, I should give you a gift, so I carved this jade pendant!" Ge Dongxu watched the crystal-clear tears falling from Wu Yili's eyes, echoes of her questions ringing in his ears, and feeling complex as he thought about how he had instinctively carved the heart-shaped pendant the night before.
"It seems you already have plans for the Millennium Night, so you decided to give a New Year's gift in advance!" Won are always more sensitive in certain aspects, Wu Yili's heart fluttered as she spoke.
Ge Dongxu nodded.
"Now that you have a girlfriend, next ti it wouldn't be appropriate to casually give soone else a heart-shaped jade pendant. Otherwise, your girlfriend might get jealous!" Wu Yili said as she brushed her hair.
"If you don't like the shape, I can carve a new one for you," Ge Dongxu said.
"Who said I don't like it! Help put it on," Wu Yili glanced at Ge Dongxu with mixed emotions.
Ge Dongxu silently stood up, walked behind Wu Yili, and then placed the heart-shaped jade pendant around her swan-like graceful neck.
"Drop a drop of blood on the jade pendant when you get ho, you'll find it undergoes a marvelous change," Ge Dongxu said.
"Mm," Wu Yili nodded and did not inquire further.
Dinner was soon over.
Afterwards, they drove back to school.
Back ho, Wu Yili imdiately pricked her finger with a needle, then squeezed a drop of blood onto the heart-shaped jade pendant.
As her blood seeped into the jade pendant and disappeared, Wu Yili incredulously watched. She then felt a mysterious connection being established between herself and the jade pendant, as if they were linked by flesh and blood.
That night, Wu Yili clutched the jade pendant tightly to her chest, and was unable to sleep.
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