Still, that rose tattoo lingered in his mind.
But then he thought, ’Young people nowadays like unconventional ways of expressing themselves.’
A single rose didn’t necessarily an anything.
As long as she didn’t have any other tattoos, it was fine.
Jiang Ming glanced at the ti. It was already evening.
He wasn’t far from Jiang Yixia’s flower shop, so he decided to head over to his sister’s place.
At that mont, Jiang Yixia was spacing out in her shop.
That afternoon, Lu Fan had casually ntioned that she would definitely look great if she wore new clothes.
This got her thinking about the few new outfits she had at ho. If she actually wore them out, would she really look as beautiful as Lu Fan said?
After all, she had been busy making a living for years, doing nothing but running her business and taking care of her two children.
She never had ti to dress up, let alone buy skincare products.
But then she thought that if she wore a new outfit, Lu Fan would surely use it as an excuse to make a move. To avoid getting too involved with him, Jiang Yixia decided it was best to just wear them at ho.
Just as she was thinking, a voice called out, "Sis."
When Jiang Yixia saw Jiang Ming, she was a little surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"I didn’t have class this afternoon and happened to be in the area, so I ca over," Jiang Ming explained.
Jiang Yixia grew curious. "In the area? Were you running an errand?"
"I... I just went on a blind date," Jiang Ming said, a bit embarrassed.
Hearing this, Jiang Yixia was delighted. "A blind date? Who was she? Did Mom set you up?"
"Our third aunt introduced us. She’s a girl from their village who also happens to work in Yangcheng, so we t up today," Jiang Ming replied.
Jiang Yixia asked, "So, what does she look like? Do you like her?"
"She’s..." Jiang Ming’s face imdiately turned red. "Very pretty."
"From the looks of it, you’ve taken a liking to her." Jiang Yixia was pleased. "Do you have a picture? Let see."
"I do."
Jiang Ming opened Ma Xiaofei’s social dia profile and handed the phone to Jiang Yixia.
Jiang Yixia looked at Ma Xiaofei’s photos and saw that she was wearing all sorts of revealing outfits. So of the pictures were even taken in a bar.
She was a bit perplexed. "This girl... what does she do for a living?"
Jiang Ming explained, "She’s a physical therapist. She does rehabilitation massages for patients."
"A physical therapist..." Jiang Yixia mulled it over for a couple of seconds.
Seeing Jiang Yixia’s silence, Jiang Ming voiced his own thoughts. "To be honest, I also think she seems like she loves to party, and she has a tattoo on her left arm."
"She has a tattoo?" Jiang Yixia was a bit shocked.
Just as the two were talking, Lu Fan walked over.
He was holding so freshly made pastries and said to Jiang Yixia, "Yixia, co on, ti for afternoon tea."
Noticing Jiang Ming was there too, he added cheerfully, "Oh, Jiang Ming is here too. You have so as well."
Seeing Lu Fan still pestering his sister, Jiang Ming felt a renewed sense of annoyance.
Even though Lu Fan had indeed helped him with that Huang Minghao incident...
...this concerned his sister’s happiness for the rest of her life. Jiang Ming wasn’t about to willingly throw his sister into the lion’s den just because Lu Fan had helped him once.
So, Jiang Ming said coldly, "No, thank you."
Compared to his last hysterical outburst, his tone was much calr this ti.
Seeing Lu Fan appear at another inopportune mont, Jiang Yixia said with so exasperation, "Why are you in Yangcheng all afternoon? Isn’t your company in Jinling? Don’t you have business to handle?"
"I have a branch office in Yangcheng, too." Lu Fan smiled. "Besides, I hire so many employees to work for . If I had to decide everything myself, what would be the point of having them?"
As he spoke, he once again held the pastry up to Jiang Yixia’s mouth.
Helpless, Jiang Yixia had no choice but to take the pastry.
She looked at the exquisite little cake and started complaining, "I suspect you’re doing this to get back at , trying to make gain weight. Then, when people make fun of , you can stand there and laugh your head off!"
"How could I? Your figure hasn’t changed a bit all these years. You’re still just as you were eighteen years ago—"
Jiang Yixia imdiately cut him off. "Alright, stop talking! I’ll eat it!"
Then, she furrowed her brow and started to eat.
’Don’t tell my sister has actually forgiven this bastard?’ Jiang Ming thought as he saw Jiang Yixia actually eating the little cake.
Lu Fan then noticed the phone on the table displaying a photo and asked curiously, "This little beauty is quite attractive. Is she Jiang Ming’s girlfriend?"
"No." Jiang Ming quickly put the phone in his pocket, stamring out an explanation.
Feeling uncomfortable with Lu Fan there, he said to Jiang Yixia, "Sis, I’m heading out."
"Okay, be careful on your way."
Before leaving, Jiang Ming glanced at Lu Fan. Although he said nothing, his eyes conveyed a clear ssage: Don’t you dare do anything to hurt my sister, or I’ll protect her with my life.
After Jiang Ming left, Lu Fan asked, "That must have been his blind date, right?"
"How did you know?" Jiang Yixia frowned.
"Just a guess."
"Of course. You see a pretty girl and your eyes are glued to her," Jiang Yixia scoffed.
Lu Fan chuckled. "You’ve misunderstood. I think that girl has a very worldly, almost tawdry, air about her. You might want to warn your brother so he doesn’t get too carried away."
"A tawdry air?" Jiang Yixia was confused. "What do you an?"
"Did she tell your brother what she does for work?" Lu Fan asked.
"She said she’s a physical therapist," Jiang Yixia replied. "But I didn’t think she seed like one."
After hearing this, Lu Fan smiled. "Well, her job is indeed similar to a physical therapist’s, except it has another official job title: technician."
Hearing this, Jiang Yixia’s eyes widened. "You... you an she works in one of *those* places?"
"More or less. I can basically tell just by looking," Lu Fan said calmly.
After hearing that, Jiang Yixia scoffed. "I’m sure you went to those places plenty in the past. No wonder you can recognize them at a glance."
With that, she looked at the pastry in her hand, set it on the table, and said, "Alright, you can go now. I have to work."
"Yixia, let ask you sothing."
"Spit it out."
"Are you jealous?"
Jiang Yixia’s face flushed red, and her cleavage rose and fell with her rapid breathing. "Jealous my ass! Get out!"
Lu Fan looked at her angry expression, thinking how, even though she was almost forty, she was still just like she was at eighteen. Her tone and the way she handled things when she got jealous were exactly the sa.
Before he left, he said to Jiang Yixia, "If you want to look into your brother’s blind date, you can send her na and general work area. I’ll check it out for you."
"You’d be that kind?!"
"Of course. My brother-in-law’s business is my business. However, tomorrow you have to wear the new clothes I gave you. You can’t wear these old things anymore; they don’t do justice to your perfect hourglass figure at all," Lu Fan said cheerfully.
Hearing this, Jiang Yixia was so furious she gritted her teeth. ’You bastard! You ntion my hourglass figure one more ti!!’
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