The injury wasn’t serious, but Lin Qianwei said it hurt so much she was going to die.
So Ji Yunxiao’s chest suddenly ached too.
“I’ll blow on it for you.”
Ji Yunxiao gently lifted Lin Qianwei’s hand and carefully blew on the spot where it was bleeding, then said, “We need to take care of this.
Let me help you, okay?”
Lin Qianwei looked at Ji Yunxiao, her eyes wet and the corners tinged red.
She whispered, “No need.”
Ji Yunxiao ignored her refusal and just asked gently, “Where’s the first aid kit?”
Lin Qianwei bit her lip and glared at her.
Ji Yunxiao took her uninjured hand, hooked their pinkies together, and swayed them slowly, her voice so soft it could drip water.
“Qianwei, tell me, please.”
In the end, Lin Qianwei pointed it out to her.
“Over there.”
“Okay.”
Ji Yunxiao brought the first aid kit over and carefully cleaned, disinfected, and bandaged the wound, every movement gentle and cautious.
While wiping with iodine, Ji Yunxiao looked up to check Lin Qianwei’s expression and asked, “Does it still hurt?”
It did hurt a little.
But Lin Qianwei could handle it.
She’d suffered worse injuries when she was learning sanda, and she hadn’t thought much of it back then.
But now, facing Ji Yunxiao’s beautiful, concerned eyes, Lin Qianwei shrank her hand back and acted spoiled.
“It hurts.”
Ji Yunxiao said, “Does it hurt a lot?”
Lin Qianwei pressed her lips together.
“A lot.”
Ji Yunxiao said, “Then I’ll be even gentler.”
Ji Yunxiao really did lighten her touch, but Lin Qianwei didn’t feel happy about it.
Lin Qianwei tried to hold back, but couldn’t help asking, “Aren’t you going to blow on it?”
Ji Yunxiao was stunned.
Realizing her wife was acting cute with her, Ji Yunxiao couldn’t help but smile.
Looking up at those sparkling eyes, she felt half her body go numb.
“I’ll blow.” Ji Yunxiao held those pale fingers and gently blew on the wound.
“I’ll blow on it for my wife.”
Lin Qianwei pulled her hand back and glared coldly at her.
“Don’t call me wife.”
Ji Yunxiao changed it.
“Then I’ll blow on it for my baby.”
Lin Qianwei slapped her cheek in warning.
“Don’t call me baby either.”
This time, before Ji Yunxiao could respond, she continued coldly, “You don’t really care about me.
Who knows who you’re calling baby.”
Ji Yunxiao almost burst out laughing.
How could her wife be this cute?
Ji Yunxiao straightened her expression and said seriously, “I care about you a lot.
I care about you very much.”
Lin Qianwei rolled her eyes at her and sneered, “If you really cared, would you not even wait fifteen minutes for me?”
Ji Yunxiao didn’t react at first.
She half-knelt and looked up at her.
“What fifteen minutes?”
Lin Qianwei started to settle accounts.
“This afternoon, you stood at my door with that bouquet of roses and left after waiting less than fifteen minutes.”
“I had something urgent to do.” Ji Yunxiao finished wrapping the bandage and coaxed, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, okay?”
Lin Qianwei bit her lip and said nothing more.
Ji Yunxiao explained the project she was working on with Liu Zhi.
After listening, Lin Qianwei’s eyes rippled.
“That’s the situation.
As soon as I finished fixing it, I rushed right back.” Ji Yunxiao held Lin Qianwei’s soft, delicate hand and said sincerely, “It’s not that I don’t care about you.
You’re the most important person in my heart.”
Lin Qianwei turned away, face expressionless.
“You’re not the most important person in my heart.”
Ji Yunxiao didn’t mind at all and said breezily, “That’s fine.”
Their fingers were still tangled together.
Feeling something, Lin Qianwei asked, “What do you even like about me?”
Ji Yunxiao answered seriously, “Everything.”
Lin Qianwei said, “What if I never treat you nicely?”
“I’d still like you.” Ji Yunxiao couldn’t help but laugh.
“And when have you not treated me nicely?”
Lin Qianwei pressed her lips into a line and told her, “I haven’t been nice to you at all today.”
Ji Yunxiao really wanted to laugh.
What kind of misunderstanding did her wife have about herself?
“Did you really not notice?” Ji Yunxiao easily picked her up and carried her toward the bedroom.
Lin Qianwei just kicked her legs a couple of times, then stopped struggling and put her hand on Ji Yunxiao’s shoulder, asking, “Notice what?”
“You were really nice to me today.” Ji Yunxiao said confidently.
Lin Qianwei was confused.
“I was nice to you?”
Ji Yunxiao smiled, her voice cheerful.
“You even acted cute with me.
Isn’t that being nice?”
That beautiful, delicate face flushed with annoyance, and Lin Qianwei struggled even more.
“Put me down,” Lin Qianwei insisted, “I wasn’t acting cute.
Don’t make things up.”
Ji Yunxiao set her down on the bed.
“Okay.”
Lin Qianwei glared up at her.
“Don’t make things up.”
Ji Yunxiao said, “Mm.”
Lin Qianwei frowned.
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Ji Yunxiao laughed.
“Got it.
On XX year, X month, X day, Lin Qianwei did not act cute with Ji Yunxiao.
Is that right?”
Lin Qianwei: “……”
Lin Qianwei didn’t want to talk to her anymore.
Before Ji Yunxiao came over, she’d thought of a lot of reasons why she shouldn’t rely on her.
Like Ji Yunxiao being five years younger.
Like Ji Yunxiao having a record.
Like Ji Yunxiao couldn’t possibly put up with all her unreasonable behavior forever.
But when Ji Yunxiao actually showed up, Lin Qianwei realized none of those reasons mattered.
She tossed all her excuses aside.
Lin Qianwei didn’t want to think about anything else anymore.
She just wanted to let go.
Lin Qianwei lay down on the soft bed, pulled the blanket over herself, and said coldly, “I still haven’t figured out what kind of relationship I want with you.”
Ji Yunxiao said, “Alright, no rush.”
Lin Qianwei said, “Before I make up my mind, there’s no way we’re going to act like a real married couple.”
Ji Yunxiao stifled a laugh.
“Okay.”
Lin Qianwei gripped the blanket tighter, her voice a bit heavier.
“Even so, you can’t go out with anyone else, and you can’t sleep with anyone else.”
Ji Yunxiao was speechless.
“Do I really seem that desperate for sex?” Lin Qianwei propped herself up and glared at her.
Ji Yunxiao raised her hands in surrender.
“I mean I’m very self-disciplined, you can rest assured about that, President Lin.”
Lin Qianwei rubbed her rumbling stomach.
“And also…”
Ji Yunxiao bent down to listen.
“What else?”
Lin Qianwei kept a straight face.
“Also, I’m hungry.”
When she said that, her eyes darted around, looking so adorably mischievous that Ji Yunxiao couldn’t help but tap her nose, her voice husky.
“If you’re hungry, why did you just lie down?”
Lin Qianwei snapped, “Isn’t it because you carried me over here?”
Ji Yunxiao straightened up and reflected on herself.
“My bad, I thought you wanted to sleep.”
Lin Qianwei urged, “So you’re just going to let me starve?”
Ji Yunxiao quickly said, “I’ll go make food right now!” Actually, she was hungry too, but the moment she saw Lin Qianwei, she forgot all about it.
There was plenty of food in the fridge, but to get Lin Qianwei fed quickly, Ji Yunxiao decided to make noodles.
She washed a few tomatoes and potatoes, peeled and sliced them, and set them aside, then took out some ham and cut it into thin slices.
She poured a bit of oil into the pot, and once it was hot, she fried the beaten eggs until both sides were golden, took them out, then added the chopped tomatoes to stir-fry until juicy, seasoned with oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sugar, then added boiling water.
Once it became a rich soup, she tossed in the veggies and noodles.
In just about ten minutes, a bowl of rich tomato noodle soup was ready.
“Come eat.” Ji Yunxiao called Lin Qianwei over and handed her some chopsticks.
Lin Qianwei sat down gracefully and picked up a noodle to taste.
She instinctively commented, “Tastes good.”
After that, she picked up the golden, tempting fried egg soaked in tomato soup.
This was just too delicious.
Lin Qianwei squinted her eyes in satisfaction and naturally reached out to Ji Yunxiao.
“No spoon?” She wanted to drink the soup.
Ji Yunxiao handed her a spoon, and while doing so, brushed her fingertips against the back of Lin Qianwei’s hand.
There was an unspoken flirtation in the gesture.
But Lin Qianwei, oblivious, glared at her.
“You’re so childish.”
Did she really think she was that easy to seduce? Lin Qianwei ignored her and just focused on drinking the soup.
The hot, rich tomato broth made her eyes curve in contentment as soon as it hit her mouth.
Ji Yunxiao watched her, thinking she looked absolutely delicious herself.
She sat across from Lin Qianwei and ate noodles too.
When they finished, she saw Lin Qianwei still scooping up the last bit of soup from the bottom of the bowl.
As for the veggies and noodles, Lin Qianwei had already wiped them out.
Ji Yunxiao took a napkin to wipe her mouth, propped her chin up, and asked, “Is the soup good too?”
“It’s…” Lin Qianwei started, then changed her mind, “It’s just okay.”
She ordered Ji Yunxiao, “Turn around.”
Ji Yunxiao obediently turned away.
While she wasn’t looking, Lin Qianwei picked up the bowl and did something neither elegant nor pretty.
She tilted her head back and drank up the last bit of soup, even licking the rim of the bowl.
But she still felt unsatisfied.
“Can I turn around now?” Ji Yunxiao asked.
Lin Qianwei put down the bowl, not too happy, and only after wiping her mouth did she say, “Yeah.”
Ji Yunxiao chuckled.
“If you like tomato noodles, I’ll make them for you again tomorrow morning.”
Lin Qianwei liked them so much she couldn’t bring herself to say anything insincere, so she just kept her composure and said, “Yeah, don’t forget the fried egg.”
Ji Yunxiao said, “Okay.”
Lin Qianwei added, “Just like today, both sides crispy and golden, and soaked in tomato soup.”
Ji Yunxiao looked at her expression and laughed.
“Want me to make you some more now?”
“Tomorrow’s fine, I can’t eat anymore today.” Lin Qianwei stood up, looked at the dishes on the table, rubbed her stomach, and deliberately asked, “Need me to help with the dishes?”
Ji Yunxiao teased her, “If you want to, you can.”
“I don’t want to.” Lin Qianwei said, “And I’m never going to do the dishes.”
With that, she left without looking back.
That night, Ji Yunxiao didn’t leave, but slept in the guest room next door.
The next morning, she made the same rich tomato noodle soup for Lin Qianwei, who ate it happily before heading to work.
Before she left, Ji Yunxiao stopped her and asked, “Does your hand still hurt?” Lin Qianwei didn’t answer, just glanced at her, her eyes sparkling, and said, “Don’t forget to wash the dishes.”
Ji Yunxiao felt a tingling all over from that look, and it took her a while to recover.
After she finished washing the dishes, she realized that this time, Lin Qianwei hadn’t mentioned anything about paying her.
Did that mean their relationship had moved forward? Because Lin Qianwei wasn’t treating her like an outsider anymore.
Thinking that, Ji Yunxiao felt pretty happy.
She went to see Eilene, talked about some things, and just as she was about to have lunch, she got a message on her phone.
It was a text notification.
Someone had transferred thirty million into her account.
Eilene saw Ji Yunxiao pause and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Ji Yunxiao put away her phone, the corners of her lips curling up helplessly.
“So this is what it feels like to be a sugar baby.”
