Chapter 1467: Chapter 811: Sending Off
Night, a biting cold night.
Xue Chuchu was playing gas at Tongtong’s house until 11 PM, then pushed the door open and left.
Jiang Ning checked Chuchu’s ga history and the stats were dreadful, all 1-5, 1-6. Ridiculously, despite such poor performance, they were all winning streaks.
The credit, of course, goes to the invincible Tongtong.
Tongtong sat on the throne, her little face serious, continuing to battle alone.
Jiang Ning got up and walked over to her. Tongtong, engrossed in her ga, seed to sense a strange aura. She turned and glared at Jiang Ning, her eyes wary: “What?”
Jiang Ning raised his half-up hand and slowly lowered it; he wasn’t really a bully.
“Want so polo?” Jiang Ning asked.
“Yes!”
Jiang Ning fed her a piece of polo, then turned back. The phone screen on the sofa was lit up; it was a ssage from Chuchu.
Jiang Ning pondered: ‘ssaging behind Tongtong’s back?’
He glanced at the screen, and a text line appeared: “Jiang Ning, thank you for the shoes, I really like them 😊😊.”
Jiang Ning had good taste; he chose a classic style, pink and white sneakers, very versatile with impeccable texture and appearance.
Looking at Chuchu’s death smile emoji, Jiang Ning was slightly speechless; sotis that expression could be quite scary.
In response to Chuchu’s gratitude, Jiang Ning broke character: “You and Tongtong browsed Taobao last ti and ca across these shoes. You seed quite pleased then, so I specially got them for you.”
The words he sent were plain, yet when Chuchu saw them from the next room, her heart wasn’t calm at all.
She sat by the bed, her pair of white tender feet subrged in a basin of warm water, stirring gently, raising delicate ripples, much like her current mood.
In winter, soaking feet in warm water before bed warms one up more, and Xue Chuchu did this every night.
“Thanks.” Xue Chuchu muttered, her pretty lips curving upwards.
No one besides her mother had ever bought her gifts before. In recent years, every ti her mom took her shopping, she would decline for fear of wasting money.
But which girl doesn’t like pretty clothes?
Xue Chuchu was not one to only take; she regularly ate Jiang Ning’s snacks, fruits, even the barbecue Boss Yang sent over. She didn’t want to owe Jiang Ning too much.
Xue Chuchu replied: “I bought you a remote-controlled boat from Taobao; it should arrive in the next couple of days. I might still be in the village then, so you’ll have to pick up the delivery yourself 😊😊.”
Jiang Ning was taken aback by the ssage; seriously? A girl gifting a remote-controlled boat?
This is really… so interesting… Who doesn’t like a remote-controlled boat?
“Why did you think of gifting a remote-controlled boat?” Jiang Ning asked.
Xue Chuchu pointed out: “Your ‘land, sea, and air’ collection only lacks a boat.”
Jiang Ning realized that he had a remote-controlled airplane and a remote-controlled car but was indeed missing a boat for water.
Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense expanded to Chuchu’s small bedroom; she was smiling faintly.
‘So happy.’ Jiang Ning thought to himself.
She was quite different from Tongtong, always seeming to want to be an independent girl, distancing herself from him.
It was ti she saw the cultivator’s power!
Jiang Ning thought it over, deciding to take a step further: “I really like it; you’re really good at picking gifts.”
“However… while the boat’s nice, the water bodies are frozen now; it might not be playable for a while.”
Through the text, Xue Chuchu could almost see Jiang Ning’s disappointnt, and in that instant, her newly ward feet seed to cool a bit; what if she gave the wrong gift?
Jiang Ning quickly reassured: “But it’s okay, I know of sothing called an inflatable pool; if you have that at ho, you could play with the boat anyti.”
Xue Chuchu read Jiang Ning’s words, recalling mories of tis past; he was always so gentle, exuding a peaceful aura, reassuring to be around.
His constant giving never seed to seek any repaynt from her.
Yet, precisely for this reason, Xue Chuchu wanted to repay him.
The typically cool Xue Chuchu felt an inexplicable warmth stirring within her; she replied: “I don’t know what an inflatable pool is…”
In the next mont, Xue Chuchu transferred 220 yuan to Jiang Ning.
“I don’t know if this money’s enough. I have 80 yuan left for my travel fare ho; try seeing if you can buy an inflatable pool with this 😊.”
After sending the ssage, Xue Chuchu was startled, staring at it, hardly believing it.
An indescribable impulse had welled up in her heart, mingling feelings of guilt, gratitude, and more in a powerful cocktail urging her to do sothing for Jiang Ning, hence her action.
‘I…’ Xue Chuchu’s cheeks flushed lightly, her tender white feet twisting in the basin as if wrestling with themselves.
Jiang Ning hadn’t expected her to send such a ssage, feeling inexplicably ward by it.
‘Is she really Chuchu?’ If not for checking with Divine Sense repeatedly, Jiang Ning nearly mistook her.
Interesting…
‘But alas, by being so generous, doesn’t it make seem coercive?’
Jiang Ning wasn’t one to demand repaynt from gratitude.
In the next mont, Jiang Ning smiled and typed a reply: “Taking a bus from the urban area to Xinhong County costs 10 yuan; from Xinhong County to Hu Miao Town is 6 yuan, round trip fare totals 32 yuan. So, how about you transfer the remaining 48 yuan to .”
Xue Chuchu’s blush quickly faded, her feet turning cold again; she was puzzled: “Huh, you?”
…
February 9th, early morning.
The sky hadn’t fully shrugged off the night’s hold, only a vague glow, gently transitioning from dawn to night.
A row of bungalows stood in the field, roofs covered with a thin frost, cold air raging.
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