Jingxia Rose

Chapter 205 [Irresistible Sweetness 004] Bad Luck and Good Luck

It took Shu Tang almost an hour to draw the landscape of the seaside city that was on her phone's screen saver. After coloring it, she wrote her name in the lower right corner.

It's in cursive script, and it only has one character—棠 (tang).

There's also a small red heart at the back.

After finishing the drawing, she clicked save, got up and moved around a bit, went downstairs to drink a glass of warm water, and then settled on the sofa to watch a variety show.

Around 7:30, she got hungry and sent Xiao Guxing a message: I'm a little hungry, let me check your fridge.

This counts as reporting it. After posting it, she waited about ten minutes before getting up to go to the kitchen to check the refrigerator.

On the top shelf were several bottles of water and beer, a carton of milk in Russian (which was probably the milk Xiao Guxing had heated up for her that morning), a small bunch of red grapes, two oranges, a purple cabbage and broccoli, and six eggs on the refrigerator door.

Looking down, there are only ribs and chicken wings inside.

Doing both of these things still consumes electricity and time.

All she wants now is to eat what's already prepared.

After thinking about it, I used a small pot with less water, put in two eggs, and boiled two hard-boiled eggs to use as a base.

A few minutes later, the eggs were cooked. She rinsed them twice with cold water until they weren't so hot, then took them to the living room, sat on the carpet, and peeled the eggs while watching a variety show.

I choked a little while eating the egg, so I struggled to get up and poured half a cup of milk. It wasn't even heated up. I gulped it down and swallowed the egg in my mouth.

Then he took the remaining milk back to the living room and peeled an egg.

She had only peeled half of it when she heard the sound of a car entering the parking space.

She turned to look in the direction of the garage.

The villa's garage and living room are connected by an electronic screen door that allows entry by fingerprint scanning.

Xiao Guxing has returned.

It's only been a few minutes past eight o'clock.

He said he would be back around this time at noon, and he really did come back right on time.

She hadn't even peeled the eggs, wondering if he had brought her any food. Filled with a bit of curiosity, she stared blankly at the door.

After a while, the door was opened, and a tall, familiar figure walked out, with a coat in one arm and a bag in the other.

"I'm home."

Shu Tang's eyes sparkled; she knew from the bag in his hand that it contained delicious food, and the half-peeled egg suddenly lost its appeal.

At times like these, she feels a sense of disappointment and frustration.

Damn it! Hurry up!
Otherwise, I could rush over to greet...her dinner.

"You just boiled eggs?"

Xiao Gu walked over and saw that she had used a tissue as a base, on which were peeled eggshells and only two mouthfuls of milk.

Shu Tang nodded, "What are you going to do with those chicken wings and ribs after defrosting? I don't know where the seasonings are, so I'll just boil some eggs to tide me over."

"What's this?"

"I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I just bought some random things." Xiao Guxing put the bag on the table. "There's sweet and sour pork, cumin beef, and char siu noodles."

"I like all of them."

Shu Tang eagerly untied the bag, and before eating, she asked him, "Have you eaten?"

"I've already eaten," Xiao Guxing said. "You eat first, I'm going upstairs to take a shower."

"Okay."

Shu Tang is a seasoned foodie. When she tasted the sweet and sour pork, her first impression was that it was authentic and delicious.

As I ate, my legs, which were draped over the cushion, started to swing involuntarily.

Happy.

Sure enough, people are only happy when they have good food in their stomachs. She ate slowly, and by the time Xiao Guxing changed into a set of home clothes and came down, she had finished her noodles, and there was hardly any cumin beef left, just a few pieces of sweet and sour pork, which she was chewing while watching TV.

Even when he was on the stairs, he could hear her occasional loud, booming laughter.

He shook his head helplessly; this girl had once again changed his perception of her.

When I first met her on the plane, I thought she would be a particularly refined and delicate rich girl, which she was, but she was also frank, lively, and unrestrained.

Do whatever you want, say whatever you want.

For example, when she met his friend at noon, although she was talking nonsense, she did avoid a potentially awkward situation.

If Shu Tang understands Nikita's confession or hints at his feelings for her at noon and actually agrees, he will stop her and then try to persuade her afterwards.

He met Nikita and the others at his internship company. He only interned there for eight months. Later, he started thinking about starting his own business. He didn't have a particularly deep relationship with them; they would just get together occasionally.

Therefore, I have some understanding of Nikita.

He is not a good person.

He didn't say anything, just sat behind her, watching variety shows on his tablet. When he saw something funny, the corners of his mouth would turn up, but he wouldn't make a sound.

But Shu Tang was much less dignified; she would lean forward and backward when she laughed.

She moved too far and accidentally bumped the back of her head against his hard knee. She quickly raised her hand to cover it and let out a "whoop".

"Are you alright?" Xiao Guxing asked, bending down quickly.

Shu Tang covered her head and looked at him sideways, "You shouldn't have bumped your head."

Xiao Guxing smiled helplessly, "It's good that there are no more packages. There are only two pieces left, eat them quickly, they won't be crispy when they get cold."

"okay……"

Shu Tang quickened her pace and finished the remaining two pieces of sweet and sour pork. Just as she put down her chopsticks, Xiao Guxing leaned over to collect the food.

Shu Tang watched him pack without blinking.

Do you still want the eggs?

Shu Tang shook her head. "I'm full."

Xiao Guxing hesitated for a moment, then ate the egg and went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of warm water.

Around 10 p.m., the two went upstairs and went to their respective rooms to sleep.

Shu Tang took a nap in the afternoon and is not sleepy now. She is still watching a variety show on her tablet and chatting with two friends, sharing her bad luck and good luck over the past two days.

For her, being robbed in a foreign country and losing her passport and ID card was a misfortune.

But meeting Xiao Guxing—the man she met on the plane that day—made her feel lucky.

Because one of my best friends is in China, and another is traveling in Finland with her boyfriend, and the three of them are not in the same time zone, we can't chat for too long.

After midnight, Shu Tang felt sleepy and fell asleep while holding her phone.

The next morning, when Xiao Guxing left, Shu Tang was still asleep. He didn't wake her up, but just sent her a WeChat message to tell her that he was leaving.

After dropping Ji Xuan off at the airport, watching her leave through security, a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

Some things, once they're too late, are simply too late.

When they met again, he wondered if things would have turned out differently if he had taken that first step.

For a time, he got stuck on trivial details.

I've been stuck in this vortex, constantly draining myself.

But after being explicitly rejected by her, he slowly came to terms with it.

However, letting go takes time.

After all, how can you just move someone you've cared about for so many years out of your mind?