Re-engraving the Spring

Chapter 19: Jealous?

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Early the next morning, Chi Qiu woke up from hunger.

The hazy light penetrated through the slits of the curtains and fell onto his pupils mottledly, outlining a faint brown pupil. Chi Qiu felt dazzled, closed his eyes, and raised his hand to cover his right eye. And his left eye was as silent as stagnant water, no amount of strong light could wake it up.

He propped himself up, and sat sluggishly to calm himself down. The shirt on his body made a creaking sound. As he touched it, he remembered that he was still wearing yesterday's clothes.

There was no other sound in the room, so Chi Qiu hesitantly touched the place beside him. There was no one, the sheets were slightly cold, without Lu Ming's body temperature.

He was very disappointed, thinking that Lu Ming should have gone to work.

In the past mornings, he would wake up and have breakfast with Lu Ming.

Even though Lu Ming said many times that he hoped that Chi Qiu could sleep more, Chi Qiu cherished every minute he had with Lu Ming, and was unwilling to give up the time spent together during the morning meal.

It's a pity that he fell asleep this morning, and he didn't even notice that Lu Ming got up.

He got out of bed depressed, and just as his feet touched the ground, the bedroom door opened.

Chi Qiu heard the voice and called out in surprise, "Lu Ming?"

"Woke you up? It's still early, you can sleep a little longer." Lu Ming just got out of the shower and walked out wearing a bathrobe.

"Don't sleep anymore!" Chi Qiu stood beside the bed, "Have you just woken up not long ago?"

"I got up fifteen minutes ago and took a shower. What about you, do you want to take a shower first? You went to bed without washing up last night." Lu Ming went straight to the closet, took out a set of home clothes, In front of Chi Qiu, he took off his bathrobe and started changing in an orderly manner.

The healthy complexion reflects Lu Ming's figure very well. It can be seen that he should take time to go to the gym.

Chi Qiu listened to Lu Ming's magnetic voice, reddish behind his ears, and looked in Lu Ming's direction blankly: "Okay."

Lu Mingming knew that Chi Qiu couldn't see him, but he still felt a little uncomfortable being seen. He quickly changed his clothes: "I'll take you there."

"I can do it myself, you haven't blown your hair yet, don't catch a cold."

"No problem."

Chi Qiu waved his hands, barefoot, followed the route in his mind, and walked into the bathroom without hindrance.

Lu Ming followed up: "I'll go out after you drain the water for you, and put your clothes and towels in the old place for you." He pressed Chi Qiu's shoulders, warmed his hands, and helped Chi Qiu unbutton his shirt one by one .

Unlike Lu Ming, Chi Qiu didn't go out all the year round, and his complexion was fair. Under the warm light in the bathroom, it is so delicate that water can be squeezed out.

Lu Ming's fingertips accidentally touched Chi Qiu's skin, and Chi Qiu let out a short and soft exclamation. He lowered his head hastily, hiding his still shy cheeks.

Lu Ming didn't care.

They are partners, have done everything that should be done, and have seen all that should be seen.

However, the aspect of "seeing" has nothing to do with Chi Qiu, it is limited to Lu Ming. So to some extent, Lu Ming can probably understand Chi Qiu's shyness.

"What do you want for breakfast? I'll let Aunt Zhang do it." Lu Ming eased the embarrassment.

Chi Qiu thought about it and said, "I want to eat noodle soup."

Lu Ming threw the shirt that Chi Qiu took off into the laundry basket: "Okay."

After adjusting the water temperature for Chi Qiu, Lu Ming walked out of the bathroom. He turned around and went to the kitchen to ask Aunt Zhang to prepare two bowls of pickled cabbage noodle soup, and ordered the braised beef slices and shrimp balls that Chi Qiu likes to eat as side dishes.

The weather in the morning was fine, Lu Ming returned to the bedroom, leaned on a chair, watched the stock market with a tablet and waited for Chi Qiu.

The sound of water in the bathroom finally stopped.

Chi Qiu wiped his hair and fumbled to change into home clothes. As soon as he opened the door, Lu Ming immediately put down the tablet and called him, "I'll blow your hair for you."

Chi Qiu didn't expect that Lu Ming was still at home. He slowly picked up the towel and said in surprise and worry: "Don't you have to go to work today? What time is it?"

"Today is Saturday."

"You always worked overtime on weekends before, why don't you go today?"

"Not going this weekend." Thinking of Chi Qiu who was bullied yesterday, Lu Ming felt that as a partner, he should be at home with him. In Lu Ming's understanding, this is an "obligation" he should fulfill.

Chi Qiu was delighted, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He hadn't spent the weekend with Lu Ming for a long time. He confirmed again in disbelief: "Do you really not work overtime? Are you really at home for two days?"

"Hmm." Lu Ming smiled half-smile at Chi Qiu's question, and asked, "Do you want me to work overtime?"

"No!" Chi Qiu's head shook like a rattle.

He smiled with his teeth bared and was in a happy mood. He walked forward happily, touched Lu Ming's arm to welcome him with both hands, and his sweet tone unconsciously filled the entire bedroom: "Lu Ming, please help me blow my hair .”

Such small things as blowing hair are usually done by Chi Qiu himself. But as long as Lu Ming is at home, he will habitually help Chi Qiu.

Chi Qiu was also happy for Lu Ming to help him dry his hair.

During the past six months, Lu Ming was busy with the company he just took over, and was never at home. How could Chi Qiu have so many opportunities to enjoy the sweet time after marriage, but whenever he had, he would hold on tightly and never let go.

Moreover, although Lu Ming's hand is big, its strength is very light. As if treating a precious thing, afraid of hurting Chi Qiu, Chi Qiu inexplicably felt that he was loved.

In the restaurant, Aunt Zhang brought two bowls of pickled cabbage noodle soup to the table, and the aroma filled her nostrils.

As soon as Chi Qiu took a step forward, he swallowed hard.

Under Lu Ming's care, he sat in front of the soup he was thinking about, bowed his head and smelled it. Then, he couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and spoons.

"Be careful sir, it's still hot." Aunt Zhang explained to Chi Qiu as usual, "There are braised beef slices and shrimp balls in the noodles, and the soup base is seasoned with pickled cabbage and lard. Plate of pickled radish slices."

Chi Qiu scooped up the soup with a spoon, blew it first and then drank it. With the fresh fragrance of pickled vegetables, the rich soup base activated Chi Qiu's stomach that had been hungry all night.

Seeing that he couldn't wait, Lu Ming asked Aunt Zhang to bring a small bowl and pick up a few chopsticks for the noodles in Chi Qiu's bowl: "Wait a while." When it was in Chi Qiu's hand, "Take a few mouthfuls of noodles first, the soup is still hot."

Chi Qiu was so hungry that he ate up the noodles in the bowl in just a few bites. He couldn't get enough of it, it was hard to wait, why didn't he know that the noodle soup with pickled cabbage was so delicious

He embarrassingly troubled Lu Ming: "Can you get me another bowl? It's best to get the shrimp balls and beef too, I'm so hungry."

Aunt Zhang couldn't help laughing, and stepped forward to help: "Mr. Lu, let me do it."

Lu Ming: "I'll do it." He told Chi Qiu while pinching, "Ji Feining sent you a message last night, please remember to reply."

Suddenly, Chi Qiu's expression stopped. He opened his mouth in a panic, as if there was some ulterior secret between himself and Ji Feining that Lu Ming should not discover.

He regretted his dozing off in the car yesterday: "What message did he send me? Did you read it?"

Lu Ming saw his pretended calmness and didn't point it out: "I didn't see it."

Chi Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant."

"I know." Lu Ming handed the small bowl to Chi Qiu again, "Eat noodles."

Holding the bowl, Chi Qiu picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, the delicious soup overflowed in his mouth. He absently swallowed the beef after chewing, and began to rationalize: "Yan Chen and I grew up together, and his brother is just like my brother. You know, my eyesight is not very good, so Brother Ning has always been more concerned about it." I will also send some private messages to me."

Since it was Chi Qiu himself who brought it up, Lu Ming naturally couldn't express his indifference.

Lu Ming lowered his head and took a mouthful of noodles. After swallowing, he followed his words calmly, "I heard that Ji Feining is indifferent and keeps a proper distance from everyone." He didn't know what to say, so he simply said Bai said, "It seems that he cares about you."

The outside world's evaluation of Ji Feining is mostly "distance".

No matter how many times you have cooperated with Ji Feining and how many times you have helped each other, he will always draw a line in front of others. Only when facing his ignorant younger brother, would Ji Feining show obvious emotions.

Outsiders often say that Ji Feining is a "brother". You can rob him of business, resources, anything, except his own brother.

Ji Feining's mother left early, and his father was busy with work. The young Ji Yanchen was almost brought up by Ji Feining, and he was also "spoiled" by him.

It's very wrong for a person like this who only cares about his younger brother to suddenly care about Chi Qiu in private.

"..."

The noodles in Chi Qiu's hand suddenly tasted bad, and he could even round the wrong direction.

His relationship with Ji Feining has become more difficult to explain.

Lu Ming would not make it difficult for him, saying that he just said casually: "This is your social circle, if you don't want to talk more, let's change the topic."

Some words, in Lu Ming's own ears, don't have any profound meaning. At most, it was a casual topic when chatting with Chi Qiu.

But in the ears of Chi Qiu, who had never been in love before, this happened to be Lu Ming's...jealousy