"The person you're talking about... should be Xiao Feng, right?" Aunt Qiao gave a smile as if she saw through everything.
With her feelings exposed, Nie Longjiao's face turned red instantly. She pursed her thin lips and nodded, saying, "Let's just say yes."
Aunt Qiao smiled and said, "You just ntioned that the changes happened after you listed your conditions, which indicates the problem lies with the conditions you put forward."
Saying this, her eyes fell on the notebook on the stone table.
Nie Longjiao quickly closed the notebook. So of the conditions revealed her identity as a thief, and she didn't want Aunt Qiao to know about that.
Aunt Qiao didn't mind, assuming it was just the private matters of a young girl that she didn't want others to see.
However, she couldn't help but ask, "The contents of your notebook, are they all the conditions you set for Xiao Feng?"
"Yes," Nie Longjiao nodded in acknowledgnt.
Aunt Qiao imdiately realized where the problem lay and asked, "How many conditions are there in total?"
"About a hundred and seventy or so."
"One hundred and seve..." Aunt Qiao was both amused and exasperated. She tapped Nie Longjiao lightly on the forehead and said, "Silly girl, is this how you pursue a relationship?"
"No, no... we're not dating," Nie Longjiao replied honestly.
However, Aunt Qiao didn't care about that and scolded her, "Most n crave freedom. If you start by setting so many rules, it's no wonder they get scared off."
"Then what do you suggest I do?" Nie Longjiao humbly asked for advice.
Even though her logic was sowhat off, Aunt Qiao's words made so sense.
Since Aunt Qiao could spot the problem, she should also have a solution, so Nie Longjiao decided to listen to her advice.
Aunt Qiao thought for a mont and then suggested, "What you should do now is, without overthinking, focus on closing the distance between you two."
"Closing the distance?"
"Exactly!" Aunt Qiao nodded confidently, speaking with the air of soone experienced, "Back when your uncle and I were courting, he was much more difficult than Xiao Feng."
If Xiao Feng heard that, he'd probably be baffled, muttering, "How am I difficult?"
Nie Longjiao was a bit annoyed, but she didn't say anything.
As if she could read her thoughts, Aunt Qiao said gleefully, "Don't be unhappy. n, to put it bluntly, are just a few types.
I haven't been in many relationships, but I've seen plenty through matchmaking over the years.
Let put it this way, after talking for a few minutes, I can basically tell whether soone is marriage material."
Nie Longjiao hesitated a bit and then asked in a low voice, "Aunt Qiao, what kind do you think Xiao Feng is?"
However, while asking, she was completely unaware that the topic was straying further away...
"Xiao Feng, huh..." Aunt Qiao teased for a mont, finally saying, "Based on my judgnt, Xiao Feng is definitely one of those rare types, absolutely ideal husband material!
If you trust , seize the opportunity before soone else does."
"Is he really that sought after?"
Nie Longjiao muttered discontentedly, but felt a growing sense of urgency, unable to help asking, "Aunt Qiao, according to you, how should I go about closing the distance between us?"
"Isn't that simple?" Aunt Qiao quickly replied, "Call, text him when you're free, find ti to have a al, see a movie, and so on.
Just rember this: keep yourself constantly visible to him, how do you youngsters say it today?
Oh right, presence!
Make sure he never goes too long without thinking about you."
"I'll give it a try," Nie Longjiao took a deep breath and nodded.
No sooner said than done, she imdiately followed Aunt Qiao's advice and called Xiao Feng, inviting him to dinner.
Unsurprisingly, the response was a refusal.
Xiao Feng had two pressing matters unresolved, and no ti for dinner and chat.
But he didn't know that this refusal distressed Nie Longjiao for quite a while.
After all, this was her first ti ever inviting soone to dinner; even Zhao Ce, who had worked with her for years, hadn't received such an invitation before.
...
As evening approached, Xiao Feng had spent his entire day working and managed to finish at least half the tasks.
The search teams sent out to find the chicken had mostly returned, except for Lv Ziming and Iron Doll.
The two of them had a similar work ethic, always thorough and conscientious.
At this point, there were already sixteen roosters around Little Fragrance Bead.
Little Fragrance Bead stuck her butt out, walking past each of the sixteen roosters, but unfortunately, not a single rooster showed any interest in advancing.
"Looks like we'll have to rely on modern technology," Xiao Feng thought to himself.
At that mont, Du Qingyue and the others walked in.
The little girl blinked her big eyes, curiously asking, "Brother Xiao Feng, what are you doing?"
As they got closer, seeing Little Fragrance Bead with her head down and a dejected look, and those sixteen roosters, the little girl seed to understand sothing.
She frowned, puzzled, "Could it be that Little Fragrance Bead really has no appeal at all?"
After pondering for a while, she abruptly looked up, "I got it!"
"What did you think of?" Xiao Feng imdiately inquired, and everyone in the courtyard turned their eyes to her.
The little girl said earnestly, "They say pets take after their owners. Little Fragrance Bead probably hasn't escaped the influence of her previous owner.
Just think about it, Hua Ling looks so comical, spending so many years with her, Little Fragrance Bead must have also lost her charm with the opposite sex."
Everyone's faces turned dark, shaking their heads and sighing.
Clearly, they shouldn't have expected much from her.
At that mont, Iron Doll and Lv Ziming entered almost simultaneously.
Both were holding a rooster, each beaming with their spirit, clearly different from those surrounding Little Fragrance Bead.
Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief, now everyone had reported back, and thankfully, no more unexpected occurrences happened this ti.
"Uncle Lv, where did you get that rooster?" Iron Doll asked.
Lv Ziming replied, "I went back to my hotown, where every household raises chickens and geese. I picked the best one from the village.
How about yours?
Where did you find it?"
Iron Doll chuckled, "I just randomly went to a deserted mountain and caught it. In total, I caught four, but this one was the hardest to catch, I let the other three go."
Xiao Feng motioned for the two to place the roosters in front of Little Fragrance Bead; this was their last hope.
If this didn't work, there really would be no solution.
Lv Ziming first placed his rooster down, and what happened next was unexpected.
The rooster flapped its wings, leaping towards Little Fragrance Bead's back.
But Little Fragrance Bead glanced back, then quickly sprinted away.
Everyone was puzzled, not understanding what was happening.
Yet Xiao Feng had a vague sense that he guessed the truth...
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