Chapter 7.2

I opened the bag and found that it was a new scarf. It was of a similar style and the same brand, but it had one zero more than mine at the end of the price tag.

I didn’t dare to accept it and wanted to give it back to him, but he smiled and said, “But I really don’t want to return that scarf to you.”

I told him that he didn’t have to return it to me, but he said that he didn’t like owing others and added, “I also often give things to my friends. I have known you for so long, but I’ve never even given you a birthday gift…not to mention our relationship should be above friends, right?”

Our relationship was indeed delicate. We had skipped the step of being friends, but we weren’t to the stage of being lovers. We could probably be considered as hookup partners who betrayed their lover and friend.

I thought to myself that since it had come to this, it would be a little pretentious of me if I didn’t accept it, so I silently reached out and took it. “Thanks.”

He smiled as he pinched my face. “Now that’s a good girl.”

After that, when he drove me home, he cleverly drove the car to the back gate of my apartment complex and dropped me off after a distance.

I walked a long way, and when I swiped my card into the complex, I looked back and found that he hadn’t left yet, leaning against the car door, smoking, and looking in my direction.

I only remembered by then that I had forgotten to tell him not to contact me again.

It was something that I could have easily told him by sending a WeChat message right away, but I hesitated.

I was pathetically greedy for this kind of gentleness with faintly discernible feelings of love.

This man was really a little too scary. I was starting to feel that I had brought trouble upon myself.

I was afraid that after getting out of the pit that was Little Bastard, I would fall into the abyss of Little Steel Cannon.

When I got home, Little Bastard hadn’t returned yet. Rong Shi sent me a message asking if I had reached home.

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I replied that I had, and he immediately sent me another message: 【There’s a milk smell on your body, which makes my car smell like milk now.】

I was a little embarrassed: 【My friend was breastfeeding…just open the window.】

He sent a smiley emoji: 【I like the smell so much that I might sleep in the car tonight. How could I be willing to open the window?】

Oh, I forgot he was a little puppy.

I deleted our chat history, took my pajamas, and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Halfway through my shower, the bathroom door suddenly opened.

Shocked, I hurriedly covered my body and looked over. It was Little Bastard who had returned.

“Why do you need to cover?” He gave me a sly grin. “Haven’t I seen everything before?”

I was a little flustered. “It’s cold. Get out.”

He was still smiling, his eyes lingering on me for a few moments before he closed the door and left.

After he left, I took a quick look in the mirror and found that there were still obvious traces on my body. But the bathroom was misty and I was under water. He probably couldn’t see anything, could he?

I hated myself for my habit of bathing without closing the door when I was alone at home.

When I stepped out of the bathroom, I was so guilty that I didn’t dare to look at him, but he was in a calm mood. He even blew dry my hair for me. He didn’t try to do anything while we were on the bed at night. He merely kissed my cheek and asked, “Wifey, can you come back from work earlier tomorrow? I’m craving for the sauerkraut fish you made.” 1

“Sure,” I said with a nod, as I usually did. “Then you do the grocery shopping after work.”

On my way home after work the next day, I received two messages. One was sent by Little Bastard asking where I was, and the other was sent by Rong Shi, who only sent me one line: 【Don’t go home. Break up with him.】

I replied to Little Bastard and sent a question mark to Rong Shi, but he didn’t reply to me.

I hadn’t thought much about it. It was close to the end of the year, work was hectic, and I was riding the crowded subway because I couldn’t get a taxi. All I wanted to do was take a hot bath and lie in bed. I didn’t even feel like eating dinner anymore.

When I arrived at my apartment complex, I saw that Little Bastard was waiting for me downstairs, which took me by surprise. “Even if you want to eat sauerkraut fish, you don’t have to be so eager, right?”

He smiled and took out a blindfold. “I have something to show you, but I will have to blindfold your eyes first.”

I had no idea what he had up his sleeve, but I was a little resistant. “Let’s not do this.”

But without listening to my protest, he walked behind me to put the blindfold on me. “Don’t be afraid. I will support you. You won’t fall down.”

…I could only passively walk in with his support.

The blindfold was so tight that not even a trace of light couldn’t pass through. I felt insecure, and every time I tried to pull the blindfold off, he would stop me.

However, I could vaguely sense that this was the way home. When we got on the elevator, because I couldn’t see anything, I thought that the elevator ride was taking a longer time than usual, so long that I began to wonder if he had already known that I had given him a green hat 2 , so he wanted to bring me to the rooftop to push me off.

Fortunately, the elevator soon arrived. I switched from being held by the waist to holding his arm. This posture made me feel that even if I was about to be pushed off the roof, I could drag him with me.

After entering the house, he changed my shoes for me and pushed me a few steps forwards.

Based on the distance, I could barely discern that this was the center of the living room.

He told me to stay still and wait for him, then he drew his arm and left.

I tried to lift the blindfold, but he held it down again. “How disobedient.”

“What on earth do you want to do?” I was a little flustered.

He smiled. “Nothing much… Do you remember the pastry shop at the south gate of our university? You used to enjoy the cheesecake there when you were still studying. Unfortunately, the shop was later sold to someone else. It took me a long time to track down the original chef and ask him to bake a cheesecake for me. Would you like to try it?”

I didn’t know how to describe the complicated feeling I had now. I felt like an unclothed traveler who had spent the winter shivering in the snow, and when I finally ushered in the summer, someone eagerly handed me a heater.

I didn’t say anything. He had already brought the cake to my lips.

I turned my head slightly to avoid it. “I-”

“Take a bite first,” he stubbornly and forcefully said as he moved the cake to my lips once again. “I had waited for this cake for several hours.”

I remained silent for half a second before opening my mouth and allowing him to feed me this slice of cake.

To be honest, I had already forgotten the taste of the cake that I had once been obsessed with. And now I wasn’t even in the mood of savoring it, but when I took the second bite, I discovered something was wrong.

I took the foreign object out of my mouth and removed the blindfold at the same time.

The light in the room was not blinding, so I could quickly assess the situation in the room.

A few aromatherapy lamps were lit on the table, pink balloons floated all over the floor, and a circle of people stood around the sofa, holding champagne and beer with excited expressions.

Rong Shi stood in the middle of the crowd, his expression incompatible with the others. He stared at me with a look of loneliness that didn’t suit him, which I had never seen on his face before.

There was a diamond ring in my hand.

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酸菜鱼 (Sauerkraut fish)

(Pic source http://mightyfoodie.blogspot.com/2021/08/tai-er-chinese-sauerkraut-fish-with.html?m=1 ) 戴绿帽 (Wear green hat): A slang term for men whose wives committed adultery; be cuckolded.