That was impulsive.
Jiang Nian’s first reaction was that he was hallucinating. He’d done it a few tis recently, but he couldn’t be called indulgent.
Quite restrained.
"What?" He slowly turned his head.
"Weren’t you just about to...?" Xu Shuang asked, "I saw you seed to enjoy touching my leg."
"Last ti, I heard it."
Jiang Nian was bewildered, recalling a bit. Xu Shuang was probably referring to the ti they flew to Beijing at the start of the school year.
"Actually, it was because... well, the seats were a bit cramped, and I didn’t have anywhere to put my hand, so... a bit of a misunderstanding."
Xu Shuang originally planned to buy a business class ticket, but Jiang Nian persuaded her otherwise, since economy class seats the sa way.
Upon a second thought, economy class wasn’t so bad.
At least they were seated closer.
"I see." Xu Shuang nodded, though she didn’t really believe it, "Then feel free to put it anywhere."
Jiang Nian: "???"
Feel free to put it anywhere—what kind of audacious words are those? Hopefully, the people in the neighboring seats didn’t hear that, but even if they did, it wouldn’t matter.
Just strangers.
What are the odds they’d film with their phones?
Awkward.
Jiang Nian was pretty straightforward and just watched a movie. Xu Shuang sat by the window, looking at the clouds now and then.
Take off, half an hour later, the flight was stable.
The flight attendant pushed the cart, starting to hand out airplane als one by one. Since it wasn’t alti, they were only given so snacks and drinks.
"What do you want to drink?" he turned his head to ask.
Xu Shuang thought for a mont, "Orange juice."
"Okay."
So, the two of them ate identical al boxes. They were given so yogurt and several chilled snacks.
After a while, Xu Shuang patted him.
"Is the Sprite good?"
"It’s alright." Jiang Nian hesitated, temporarily unsure of her intentions, "I could ask for another cup for you?"
"Too troubleso, they’re already past us." Xu Shuang pointed at the cup, "I just want to taste it."
She appeared calm, but inside, she was extrely nervous.
Then ca a long three seconds of silence. Jiang Nian was dazed for a mont before he reacted.
"Alright."
He handed the cup over, the other party seed a bit embarrassed, so he instinctively tried to smooth things over with a comnt.
"Do you want to drink orange juice?"
So, Jiang Nian ended up drinking the orange juice. It didn’t have any special additional taste, but it was indeed sweet.
Xu Shuang felt a slight warmth on her face, the Sprite lingered in her throat, the bubbles rolling like swallowing a knife.
Turning her head, she saw that he was watching the movie again.
Xu Shuang: "...."
After a while, the flight attendant ca to collect the al boxes. Their disposable cups made a cracking sound when stacked together.
As they were too loosely stacked, Jiang Nian reached out and tapped them. The two cups instantly embedded together.
Xu Shuang looked away, realizing how childish he was.
"Speaking of which."
"Hmm?" Jiang Nian was about to respond, but the flight attendant ca, so he had to dispose of the trash first.
"What?"
"With them, how far have you guys gotten?" Xu Shuang asked with a calm tone.
Hearing this, Jiang Nian fell into contemplation.
How far indeed?
Given Xu Shuang’s personality, she most likely wasn’t asking about that aspect. So, she was inquiring about the relationship stage.
How to say it, things were a bit complicated.
There were different challenges on all sides, Xu Qianqian’s biggest issue was that sooner or later, she would run into Li Qingrong.
Zhang Ningzhi’s challenges ca from family. It seed like the easiest option, but one shouldn’t take things for granted.
Let’s mark this as pending for now.
As for Li Qingrong, there was no parental opposition. Li Lanying’s attitude was ambiguous; at least she didn’t oppose it openly.
As for the reasons, he could probably guess a thing or two.
The difficulty lay in Li Lanying. Sotis she’d act nice but would strike decisively at critical monts.
An old woman, deep-thinking.
Furthermore, as for Li Qingrong, her attitude was to shelve the problems for now, to handle everything before talking about it.
She never said they would drag it on indefinitely.
Jiang Nian thought for a mont, then spoke.
"Just started a little."
....
"Why did he give us clothes?" Wang Yuhe held a new piece of clothing, comparing it against herself.
The top fit just perfectly, exactly the size she tried on the other day.
"I don’t know." Chen Yunyun pursed her lips, "But this clothing is quite expensive, he must have spent a lot of money."
Wang Yuhe thought about it and suggested, "Yunyun, shall we also give him a piece of clothing in return?"
Chen Yunyun covered her face, "We don’t know his size."
Jiang Nian said he tried on clothes, but he didn’t actually try them on. He casually picked two pieces and compared them against himself without saying if they fit or not.
Naturally, she didn’t know his size.
"Didn’t you two hug before?" Wang Yuhe was puzzled, "You should roughly know his clothing size or sothing."
"Huh?"
"Isn’t that how it’s shown in movies?" Wang Yuhe gestured up and down, mimicking asuring motions.
Chen Yunyun was both surprised and embarrassed, also a bit speechless.
"How can it be the sa?"
"Oh."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yuhe frowned, deep in thought, "Then what to give, he doesn’t seem to lack anything."
"Lack nothing?"
anwhile.
Jiang Nian was still on the plane, listening to "Borrow 500 More Years from Heaven." He thought to himself, this song still has its charm, classic!
All the way, he behaved properly.
After all, with Xu Shuang telling him to feel free, who could resist? Touching was awkward, not touching was awkward.
However, Jiang Nian was quite optimistic.
Watching movies along the way helped him forget the awkwardness. Upon landing, he even helped Xu Shuang with her luggage.
To say luggage, it was actually just a bag.
Nice and simple.
Xu Shuang’s mood was a bit complicated, regretting the ga. She shouldn’t have asked earlier, but it wasn’t rational of her.
When her grandfather fell ill, she had been holding on by sheer tenacity.
In essence, she wasn’t a rational person. She couldn’t keep emotions entirely at bay and would succumb to doing sothing.
"I’ll book a hotel for you."
"Hmm?"
"What kind do you normally stay at?" Jiang Nian felt a bit guilty since the sponsor covered the roundtrip airfare.
Things are different now, needing favors from others.
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