Chapter 49

Jiang Ziquan made sure to taste each piece of food carefully, due to what happened last time. She would then honestly tell Shen Yumo which one tasted good and what tasted bad, but of course the majority of it was positive comments.

Lin Cuo, who was watching her blankly while picking up some vegetables, looked at her, and then looked at Teacher Shen. Not only was Teacher Shen not angry, but there was also a faint smile on her face. Stupid couples and their stupid inside jokes. After a while, she couldn’t help but speak up, “It seems like you can’t do anything but complain, huh?”

Jiang Ziquan responded to her barbed comment with a smug expression.

Before Lin Cuo could rebut angrily, she was interrupted by the ringing of her phone: “Hello?”

“Hey, this is Yu Chengjia, your computer is ready. Where are you?”

Lin Cuo’s eyes brightened. A few days ago, her computer was acting up and somehow she had downloaded a nasty virus onto her hard drive. There were work files on there she didn’t have a backup for and she didn’t know what to do. However, Yu Chengjia was passing by and after a few comments, she agreed to fix it.

Her tone was slightly surprised, “That fast?”

“Duh, it wasn’t a hard problem to solve. Although remember, you owe me dinner.”

Lin Cuo laughed and told her she was eating at Jiang Ziquan’s place right now and asked if she wanted to come over.

“Lin Cuo, my senpai, and my cousin are currently in their lovey-dovey period! They’re probably doing **** and ****** and yet you actually let yourself be the third wheel and without me? I know that my senpai is your best friend and you probably slept with her longer than my cousin, but still!!”

“I’m over here, slaving away at fixing your computer, and yet you went without me!! Don’t you know that those two are my OTP, come on!!”

Yu Chengjia seemed to be really angry and sounded like she was gnashing her teeth.

“Oh.”

After hearing the very first sentence, Lin Cuo set her phone down on the table to relieve her ears of the yelling. The voice was sharp and harsh as it blared from the phone and Lin Cuo ignored it with a frown on her face.

Meanwhile, Jiang Ziquan and Shen Yumo heard everything as they glanced at each other.

Jiang Ziquan teased: “Don’t worry, we’ll work harder so that we can break me and Lin Cuo’s non-existent record of sleeping together.”

Shen Yumo’s concerns were different, her face red as she said puzzlingly, “Is that how we look like in my cousin’s eyes?” So impatient, so….horny?

“Stop talking nonsense, are you coming or not?” Lin Cuo felt like her lecture was almost finished and interrupted her. She asked again, “Are you coming or not?”

“I’m not. I am not like you who can’t read the situation.”

Lin Cuo helplessly hung up the phone, feeling speechless. She had come over today to help Jiang Ziquan and yet in that person’s eyes, she was bothering them instead? She felt full now, it was easy to get full after being fed so much PDA by this annoying couple, and she wiped her mouth, “I have to take care of something, I’ll be leaving first.”

“Alright, have fun. Bye.” Jiang Ziquan nodded but didn’t forget to add a joke, “I didn’t know that my cousin’s computer skills are so good. You didn’t download anything sketchy, did you?”

Lin Cuo almost wanted to throttle her and immediately retorted, “The files on all my computers are work files, the sketchy stuff was probably downloaded by you. Who knows how much of that stuff you have on your own computer.”

“….” Jiang Ziquan’s hands shook and realized she had lifted the stone, only to smash it with her own foot. She quickly looked over at Teacher Shen. Teacher Shen, who is so honest and kind, will probably believe her if she denies it, right?

Feeling Jiang Ziquan’s desperate gaze on her, she bit her lip and said, “Make sure to delete them.”

“Ok.” Jiang Ziquan felt like it was useless to explain and could only agree helplessly.

After hearing the door closed, Jiang Ziquan felt defeated as no Teacher Shen now had blackmail material on her.

When Teacher Shen was distracted, she gently lifted her chair and moved closer to Shen Yumo. She was so close now that their arms were touching each other’s, but she pretended that it was normal and continued to eat.

Shen Yumo didn’t mind it too much as she thought Jiang Ziquan moved closer so she could have better access to the food. However, it was a little close, so she moved her chair a little to the side.

The moment she moved, she heard Jiang Ziquan moving as well. So she tried again and moved a little to the left, and Jiang Ziquan moved with her. After a couple of times, she finally said in an annoyed tone, “What are you doing?”

“Eating dinner.” Jiang Ziquan smiled innocently, deliberately pretending to be unaware of what’s going on.

Thinking she wasn’t being clear enough, Shen Yumo frowned and asked again, “Why are you so close to me?”

She even gestured at the distance between them like she was reasoning with a child.

“Because you smell nice.” Jiang Ziquan didn’t have any sense of shame at all and instead gently touched her elbow as she smiled back.

“Hmph, well I think it’s too hot if you’re so close.” Shen Yumo set down her chopsticks and pushed away her hands.

Jiang Ziquan leaned in, hugging that slim waist as she said in an aggrieved tone, “Teacher Shen, you don’t have to be so worried, ok? I won’t do anything.”

“What?”

Shen Yumo paused and then immediately understood what she meant. She glared fiercely at Jiang Ziquan and said angrily, “Eat your food.”

Jiang Ziquan only smiled and decided to stop teasing her.

After dinner, Jiang Ziquan washed the dishes like usual while Shen Yumo went to the bedroom to sort out the things Jiang Ziquan just bought.

The big bed was already made and there were blankets and sheets folded neatly on top. Looking at the shape, the folding looked like Lin Cuo’s handiwork. Her finished product was always tidier than Jiang Ziquan’s.

Shen Yumo studied the bed and couldn’t help but want to sit on it to feel it out. The bed was not as soft as expected, but it felt quite comfortable and the fabric was nice.

Jiang Ziquan walked in on this scene. She saw Shen Yumo’s long legs sitting in a cross-legged position and her cute messy hair as she bounced a little on the bed. There was a cute frown on her face and one did not know what she was thinking as she tested the bed. The bed was naturally lower, so she looked like she was half lying in it.

If she didn’t just buy that bed, Jiang Ziquan might’ve thought that Teacher Shen was seducing her and she quickly moved her eyes from those long legs to that beautiful face.

“The bed is comfortable, but I think it feels a little hard?”

Hearing Jiang Ziquan’s footsteps, Shen Yumo sat up straight and rubbed her hands across the sheets.

Jiang Ziquan nodded and scratched her nose, her eyes shining mischievously, “ I prefer a harder bed.” She added, “A harder bed is better for the waist.”

Shen Yumo stood up, her eyes moving to Jiang Ziquan’s agile waist. She didn’t think much of it as she wrapped her hands around Jiang Ziquan’s waist and gently pressed it with her hand, “Is there a problem with your waist?”

Jiang Ziquan blinked twice, “Cough, Teacher Shen you can’t say that about a person’s waist.” She continued, “I just hope that it’ll make it easier for your waist?”

“Are you ever serious?” Shen Yumo realized she was being teased again. Although her waist didn’t hurt that much after, she recalled Jiang Ziquan’s expression. She was probably worried that it would affect her work as a teacher. Just thinking like that caused Shen Yumo to blush.

Jiang Ziquan wrapped her hands around Shen Yumo’s waist, feeling surprised by how thin it was. She already knew it was thin but didn’t exactly think it was that thin even with clothes on, “I’m sorry I didn’t discuss it with you when I bought it. Are you angry? You can try it first and I’ll return it if you don’t like it.”

“I’m not angry, but you’d better discuss it with me in the future.” Shen Yumo looked into her eyes, “Do you understand?”

Jiang Ziquan paused, recalling her approach to things. She was relatively independent during her childhood and her parents never interfered with her decisions. From when she was young till now, she always did things smoothly like this, dealing with problems by her lonesome.

“Ok, I understand.” Jiang Ziquan nodded. She was no longer alone anymore. It was time for her to be a little more conscious of the other person.

“Good.”

The two of them then sorted their things. They had matching toothbrushes, cups, towel sets, etc. and just seeing these simple things almost moved Jiang Ziquan to tears. It seems happiness can come from something so simple.

After coming out of the shower, Jiang Ziquan came out with a smile on her lips.

“Are you done?”

“En.” Jiang Ziquan touched her head. Shen Yumo glanced at her and stepped forward to help Jiang Ziquan with her hair.

She quietly combed Jiang Ziquan’s hair, her touch gentle and soft. Jiang Ziquan felt sleepy at her soft, soothing movements and watched the person in the mirror. The feeling of being on a fluffy cloud erupted in her heart, so nice and soft.

“I want to bring the eight-trigrams array over here later, do you mind”

“….” Jiang Ziquan was suddenly awakened from her pleasant feelings. Teacher Shen, why would you remember something like that now! You’re going to be the death of meeeee. “I-I don’t mind.”

It seems like she needs to take a trip to Mr. Su’s house again and ask for him to take back the scroll before it’s too late.

“En.”

After blow drying Jiang Ziquan’s hair, Shen Yumo carefully placed the scroll in the room, adjusting it on the wall. She handled the scroll almost like it was a precious treasure and it was obvious she thought it was important.

“It’s so dark in here, why are you still wearing a sleep mask?” Shen Yumo approached the bed and asked in a whisper.

Warm breath hit her face and Jiang Ziquan stiffened. She suddenly felt that the bed wasn’t big enough. She answered the question as nonchalantly as she could, “The mask blocks out the morning light.”

However, it also magnified her other senses and she was extra sensitive to every movement Teacher Shen made as she shifted in the bed.

“Why are you lying so far away? You’re going to catch a cold.” Shen Yumo moved closer and wrapped the blanket around her.

Not being able to take in any longer, Jiang Ziquan sighed and turned on the lamp. She said with a smile, “I want to draw something, I have a sudden inspiration.”

“This late at night?” Shen Yumo glanced at the clock and said worriedly, “It’s almost twelve.”

“It’s ok, don’t worry about me. You should go to bed first.” Jiang Ziquan gently kissed her forehead: “Go to sleep, my sleeping beauty.”

“Alright, but make sure to wear some extra layers of clothing.”

When Jiang Ziquan said she wanted to draw something, she wasn’t lying. They had decided to design their own wedding dresses, but Jiang Ziquan had no training in that aspect so until now she didn’t know what to do. However, in her memories, she seemed to remember a wedding painting that a royal court painter had created especially for Shen Qingyan and Zhe Shuang. In it, they wore two pairs of beautiful wedding dresses.

She was a little uncertain as to whether Teacher Shen would like that design, but she decided to draw it anyway and then let Teacher Shen decide afterward.

I-If, Teacher Shen really is Zhe Shuang, she probably will really want to wear this wedding dress.