Li Ziying's injuries had mostly healed after half a month of recuperation at the Ji residence.
Ji Tianyu treated Li Ziying extremely well. Other than the occasional afternoon tea or meal with her friends, she would spend the rest of her time by her side. Even though she was injured and couldn't go out, Li Ziying's days were quite pleasant.
The Ji family's butlers, Mother He and Uncle Fang, were also very friendly to her. They treated her as a part of the Ji family and would ask about her well-being from time to time, which made her feel very warm. So today, while Mother He, Uncle Fang, and Ji Tianyu were all busy, she sneaked into the kitchen alone and planned to make a few dishes to thank them.
Her cooking skills had always been good, which was why Yu Xiaopei had encouraged her to open a breakfast shop.
Li Ziying quickly found the ingredients she needed from the fridge. With a smile, she rolled up her sleeves and started to wash the vegetables. She didn't realize that ever since she met Ji Tianqing, her guard had been lifted bit by bit.
After preparing the ingredients, she started to heat up the pot happily. She imagined the surprise and joy when they returned later. Thinking of this, her hands moved even faster.
Shredded ginger, garlic, chili, rice wine, and other ingredients were put into the pot one after another. Li Ziying's smile widened little by little. Soon, the entire kitchen was filled with the fragrance of food. Ji Tianyu, who had just returned from shopping with her friends, was so frightened that she almost screamed.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Li Ziying's smile widened when she saw her return.
"Tianyu, you're back? In a while, they would be able to eat.”
After hearing her words, Ji Tianyu was so scared that she rushed over.
"Sister-in-law, stop fooling around. Have you forgotten that your hand is still injured? Please, put that soup down, your hands won't be able to take it, God! I better find a place to hide. If big brother sees this, he will definitely kill me.”
"You're making it sound too serious. My hand is almost healed, and the wound is slowly scab over. I'll be fine with this little thing. Come, help me tidy up the table.”
Hearing her words, Ji Tianyu finally thought of something. "Yeah! Where did Mother He and Uncle Fang go?”
"Mother He is hanging the clothes in the backyard while Uncle Fang went to the market to buy vegetables.”
"So they're all busy. No wonder no one stopped you. Sister-in-law, Uncle Fang will make dinner. Why are you stealing his job? I beg you…Can you put the pot down?”She held her head and screamed. "Oh my god! I'm actually talking to you here? If I had known earlier, I would have come back later. Why did I choose to come back when he was about to get off work? If Big Brother sees you cooking, he will definitely kill me with a kitchen knife.”
Li Ziying couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm just making a few dishes. It's not that serious. Besides, why would your brother be angry? Would he be unhappy if I cooked for you?”
"No!" Ji Tianyu was so nervous that she was spinning on the spot. "Sister-in-law, you don't know how much Big Brother values you. He always warned me in private not to let you get hurt. If you lose a single hair, he'll deduct my allowance. Last week, when you went to the garden to admire the flowers, you accidentally tripped over a wooden chair on the ground. He said that I misplaced the wooden chair and caused you to fall.”
Li Ziying looked up in shock.
"I don't know any of this."
"How could Big Brother let you know?”Seizing the opportunity, Ji Tianyu rushed forward and snatched the spatula from her hand. Ji Tianyu finally heaved a sigh of relief. "Don't you know that Big Brother treats you like a treasure? He also wants me to be fully responsible for your safety. Anyway, if you get hurt, I'll be the one in trouble! I already had tens of thousands of yuan deducted from my pocket money last month. This month has just begun, so I don't want to have my money deducted again.”
Li Ziying was touched when she thought of his attentive gaze and considerate actions.
"I…I'm sorry."
Ji Tianyu put down the spatula and pushed her out of the kitchen.
"Sister-in-law, why are you apologizing? I'm not blaming you for saying all this, but I'm worried about my pocket money. Big Brother sees you as more important than me, and I, as his sister, don't have any weight in his heart.”
Li Ziying pushed her hand away and walked into the kitchen.
"In that case, in order to make it up to you, I should make a table full of delicious dishes.”
Ji Tianyu wanted to pull her out, but was afraid of touching the wound on her hand. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to compensate me. You didn't do anything to me. Shall we go to the living room to watch TV and chat? He will make dinner when Uncle Fang comes back from buying groceries. He must have bought some fresh fish in the market today, which is why he took so long. Anyway, I'm not hungry. Let's wait for Uncle Fang to come back!”
Li Ziying was very determined this time. "But I want to cook." She gave Ji Tianyu a comforting smile. "Don't worry, it's fine. Don't you want to eat my cooking?”
Ji Tianyu was extremely anxious. " But big brother!!"
"I will explain to him."
As soon as she finished speaking, a male voice sounded,"Explain what to me?"
The two of them were shocked. They turned around and saw Ji Tianqing standing at the kitchen door, looking at them with interest.
"What are you guys doing?" Ji Tianqing raised her eyebrows and asked.
Li Ziying glanced at Ji Tianyu, who had a stiff expression on her face, before snatching the spatula from her hands.
"I want to cook for everyone."
Recalling what Ji Tianyu told her just now, she could not help but blush.
Ji Tianqing frowned. "Cooking?"
Afraid that her brother would deduct her money again, Ji Tianyu spoke first,"Big brother, sister-in-law said that it's been too troublesome for us recently, so she wants to cook for all of us! But I've already advised sister-in-law. Her hand injury hasn't recovered yet. It won't be good if she bumps into it and the wound splits open.”As she spoke, she snatched the spatula back from Li Ziying. "Do you see this spatula? I was trying to stop sister-in-law just now."
If it wasn't for Ji Tianyu's nervousness, Li Ziying would have laughed out loud.
"My injuries are almost healed. Cooking a few dishes won't hurt at all.”she said with a smile.
"The injury on your hand hasn't completely recovered. Why are you cooking?”Ji Tianqing's brows were so tightly knitted that she could pinch a mosquito to death. "Where's Uncle Fang? Where did Uncle Fang go? Wasn't he usually in charge of cooking? How could Mother He leave you alone in the kitchen?”
Afraid that he would vent his anger on others, Li Ziying hurriedly explained,""No, Uncle Fang went out to buy groceries. Mother He is hanging the clothes in the backyard. I wanted to thank you for taking care of me all this time, so I wanted to make a few dishes for you to try. Moreover, my hand doesn't hurt at all.”
Ji Tianqing almost had a heart attack when she saw her waving her bandaged arm.
"Don't move!" He roared and rushed towards her. He pressed her hands against his chest and glared at her with a pale face. "Do you know what you are doing? His hand injury had just healed, and he wanted to hurt it again immediately? Don't ever do this again.”
Li Ziying didn't expect him to be so nervous. Instead, she was shocked.
" But I!!"
"You're not allowed to enter the kitchen again." He announced domineeringly.
Li Ziying blinked her eyes in shock, unable to react in time. Her hands were still pressed against his heaving chest, and from the corner of her eyes, she could see Ji Tianyu's voice saying," See, I was right!”Her face quickly turned red.
At this moment, there was the sound of clapping outside the kitchen.
"It's too beautiful, it's really too beautiful.”
Li Ziying quickly turned her head and saw Yu Xiaopei, who had been here for a long time. She was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed and looking at them with a smile.
"I didn't come here in vain today. I watched a good show for free.”
Li Ziying hurriedly retracted her hand from Ji Tianqing's chest.
Oh, God, let her die!
"I didn't expect you and Tianqing to progress so quickly.”
After dinner, Li Ziying and Yu Xiaopei went to the front yard to admire the moon. One of them leaned on the hammock while the other sat on the swing, chatting about the interesting scene in the kitchen that night.
Li Ziying glanced at her and tried her best to act as if nothing had happened.
"Don't let your imagination run wild. It's not what you think at all.”
"If not, why would Ji Tianyu call you sister-in-law?”
Li Ziying groaned in defeat. "It was Tianyu who insisted on calling me that. I've already clarified with her many times that there's nothing between me and her brother, but she just didn't believe it. She always believed that Tianqing would marry me sooner or later, so she didn't want to change her mind.”
Yu Xiaopei pointed at her with a smug look on her face.
"Hehe, you still said that there's nothing between you and him. If there's really nothing between you and him, why are you calling his name so intimately? I didn't watch the show tonight for nothing. I can see that he treats you very well. He doesn't even want you to take a step forward in the kitchen. Such a good man isn't someone you meet every day. You have to grasp it well!”
Li Ziying only bit her lip and didn't refute her like before.
"How are your injuries?"
Li Ziying raised her head. "It's almost recovered. The gauze can be removed next week.”
Yu Xiaopei laughed evilly. "Look at your troubled face. Are you reluctant?”
Li Ziying tilted her head slightly. "What can't you bear?"
"Leave this place!"
That simple sentence really hit the nail on the head.
"Sigh! If there was someone who treated me so well, I would also be reluctant! Look, you persisted for so long just now, but in the end, he still didn't let you cook. Moreover, when eating, he would help you pick up food and then help you scoop soup. A husband might not be so good to his wife! Seriously, what are you thinking?”
To be honest, she did not know either.
"Can't you see that he treats you very well?”
She frowned and bit her lip. "Of course I know." And he knew it better than anyone else.
"So?"
Before she had time to think, the excited Ji Tianyu had already rushed out of the room.
"Sister-in-law, it's time to eat fruits! This is the dragon fruit Uncle Fang bought from the market this afternoon. It's my favorite!”Seeing Li Ziying smiling as she took the fruit, Ji Tianyu turned to Yu Xiaopei.
"Come, Xiao Pei, you eat too. It's delicious!”
Yu Xiaopei smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
Li Ziying was holding a fruit in her hand, but she was not in the mood to eat it. She was still thinking about Yu Xiaopei's question until she felt a piece of clothing draped over her shoulders. She suddenly came back to her senses and looked at Ji Tianqing's gentle and deep black eyes.
"It's windy, don't catch a cold."
Li Ziying's heart was beating wildly. She looked at him with fascination, mesmerized by the light in his eyes until!!
"Cough cough…Excuse me, have you two seen enough?”
Li Ziying blushed again when she heard Ji Tianyu's teasing voice.
It was weird. She rarely blushed before, but ever since she met Ji Tianqing, the number of times she blushed had increased. It was really…
Sigh, her heart was in a mess.
"What were you guys talking about just now?"
"About you."
"Talk about the moonlight."
The two of them spoke at the same time, but their answers were very different.
Ji Tianyu, who was nibbling on the dragon fruit at the side, laughed out loud on the spot.
"Are you guys talking about big brother or the moonlight? However, I don't think there's anything to talk about in the moonlight! On the other hand, Big Brother had something to talk about. Not only was Big Brother handsome, but he also had a successful career. He could definitely become a good topic of conversation, right?”
Yu Xiaopei ignored the embarrassed Li Ziying and started singing with Ji Tianyu.
"Of course! An excellent partner like Tianqing is not easy to find. I'll definitely not let him go."
Li Ziying stole a glance at her and changed the topic awkwardly.
"When are we opening the shop?"
Yu Xiaopei smiled and finally stopped embarrassing her. "You said that you can remove the gauze next week. How about we open the shop next week?”After that, she even winked at Ji Tianqing, but Li Ziying, who had her head lowered, didn't notice.
" But the window was broken…" Every time she thought about it, her heart ached.
"So what if it's broken? Actually, I think it's not bad that it's broken. Otherwise, I'll have to be nervous every day and worry that someone will come and cause trouble. I spent so much money to build a display window, but in the end, it was destroyed. Thinking about it made her heart ache, so the best way was not to build any windows. It was best to be simple.”
Ji Tianyu raised both hands in agreement.
"Yeah! Sister-in-law, since you're going to enter the house sooner or later, why don't you bring the glass shoes along! We have a lot of beautiful glass cabinets at home, which are no worse than your display window. Moreover, it's definitely much safer to put them at home than in the shop, isn't it?”
Li Ziying sighed. "I know, but…"
"You just want more people to admire it?”
Li Ziying raised her head in surprise and looked at Ji Tianqing, who had a gentle expression on her face.
"How did you…"
Ji Tianqing winked at her. "Have you forgotten that you told me before?"
Li Ziying turned her face away in embarrassment. "Tianyu is right. It's indeed much safer to keep it at home than in the shop, and we don't have to worry about people coming to cause trouble.”She didn't realize that she had said the word " home ", nor did she realize that Ji Tianqing's eyes were burning with passion after hearing her words.
"Wow, this is great. Although I can't have the glass shoes, being able to see them at home every day is equivalent to having them.”
Ji Tianqing bent her index finger and knocked on her head.
"You've been thinking about the glass slippers all day.”
Ji Tianyu grimaced. "No, I'm happy for you and sister-in-law!”She turned to Li Ziying with a smile. "Sister-in-law, when are you going to marry Eldest Brother? I'm not boasting, but big brother's conditions are really not bad. There are many people who want to cling to big brother but don't have the chance. This is the first time I've seen big brother so serious about someone!”
Li Ziying was silent for a long time before a shy smile finally appeared on her lips.
"Wait for the day you get married."
Li Ziying would never know how shocked Ji Tianqing was with her words.
Li Ziying's wounds were almost healed. The quiet Li Ziying was not as lively as the enthusiastic Ji Tianyu. She always liked to take a walk alone on the quiet and deserted boulevards in the morning. She enjoyed the cool morning air and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.
The Ji family's villa was located in the suburbs, so it was surrounded by mountains and forests. Li Ziying picked up a leaf and sniffed it. Ji Tianqing's deep black eyes flashed across her mind, and her heart was filled with warmth.
At the end of the avenue was a forest path that led to a hillside. Li Ziying pushed her long hair that had been messed up by the wind behind her head. She bit her lip and frowned as she thought about it. In the end, she stepped out resolutely, planning to play a little morning adventure game.
Walking along the path, Li Ziying could hear the crisp chirping of insects and birds from time to time. She walked carefully step by step, and finally, a beautiful sea of flowers appeared in front of her!!
"So beautiful!" She exclaimed in disbelief.
The first rays of the sun shone, and the dazzling golden light sprinkled on the beautiful sea of flowers. The flowers looked even more dazzling and charming. Although it was so dazzling that she could barely open her eyes, she could not bear to look away.
She caressed her heart that had yet to calm down and carefully walked down the hill. Her slender fingertips gently touched the flowers, and her heart was filled with shock.
"It's good to be able to live here." She muttered enviously.
"Then are you willing to live here for the rest of your life?”
Li Ziying was shocked and turned around quickly. She didn't expect to see Ji Tianqing's smiling face.
" You, you…" She held her chest and was so surprised that she couldn't speak.
Ji Tianqing gently tucked her messy hair behind her ear and put her hands on her waist.
"I saw you go out alone, so I followed you.”
Li Ziying didn't realize that his hand had lingered on her waist for a while.
"I see. You gave me a fright.”She turned around awkwardly. "I used to wake up early in the morning to open the shop. I'm used to getting up early, so I wanted to come out and take a walk to breathe in the fresh air.”
Ji Tianqing revealed a knowing smile and pulled her into her arms.
"Don't do this, let go of me!" She kept struggling in his arms.
"Don't move. Look." He held her in his arms and pointed at her. "This sea of flowers is so beautiful. You can smell it. There are fresh flowers in the air. If you live here, you can see them every day.”
His words made her quiet down. "The environment here is indeed very good."
Ji Tianqing tightened her arms and hugged her tightly. She asked tentatively,"
"Then are you willing to live here forever?”
There was a hint of nervousness in his voice, but Li Ziying could still hear it.
Seeing that she didn't answer, he took a deep breath and asked,"
"That day, Tianyu asked you when you were going to marry me. You said that you were going to wait until the day she married. Does this mean that you're willing to accept me?”
Li Ziying knew that he was anxious. Although she was a little touched, she couldn't help but tease him.
"Did I say that?"
She felt his body stiffen.
"I didn't hear wrongly…right?”
The fact that he was so uncertain was enough to show how much he cared about her. Li Ziying bit her lip hard to hold back her tears and smiled."
"I'm only twenty-three years old this year. I don't want to get married so early. Besides, I don't know how to tell my parents, so let's wait a little longer! I want to go around and take a look. I've never been out of the country since I was born! So I want to go abroad for a trip. You should be willing to accompany me, right?”
Without waiting for his reply, she continued," If you don't object, I want to live here. This sea of flowers is so beautiful. I hope to see it every day. Tianyu, Mother He, and Uncle Fang treat me very well. I can't bear to leave them either…and your smile. I want to see you smile every day."”
Ji Tianqing, who was hugging her, was already in a daze.
Li Ziying almost laughed out loud. "You don't want to, do you?" she said deliberately.
"Of course not!" he shouted hoarsely.”He turned her around excitedly. "Is what you said true? You're willing to live here, you're willing to accompany me, you're willing to stay by my side…Are you really willing?”
Li Ziying glanced at him and nodded, blushing.
Ji Tianqing was ecstatic.
"Oh, Ziying." He hugged her tightly.
At this moment, silence was better than sound.
Ji Tianqing was too shocked and excited. Her arms that were hugging her were trembling uncontrollably. She was so happy that she couldn't say a word. Her mind was filled with what she had just said.
He lifted her chin and kissed her red lips passionately.
Excitement, joy, desire, and sweet sparks exploded in their chests. Their bodies were tightly intertwined, as if they had become part of the sea of flowers.
After a long time, Ji Tianqing finally left her pink lips and hugged her tightly.
"Look, the sun is out."
Li Ziying followed his finger and saw that the bright sunlight had gradually risen into the sky. The two of them were bathed in the warm sunlight, and she felt that her heart was also very warm.
"That's right! The sun is out." she said sweetly.
The sun in their hearts also rose.#
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