The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 285 Christmas Gift
"Senior, why are you back so soon?"

At the door of the second bedroom apartment of Jian Xi's house, when Lin Quan opened the door and saw Jian Xi, he couldn't help but be surprised.

The dog man laughed and said, "When do you think I will be back?"

Lin Quan nodded and welcomed him in with a smile, but after he entered, Lin Quan stuck his head out and looked at the door for a long time.

"What are you looking at?"

"Lin Xiao didn't come?"

After returning to the room and closing the door, Lin Quan looked at Jian Xi with a strange look in her eyes. She had thought that Jian Xi would finish the engagement ceremony late, and then she would ask Jian Xi to come over outside, so that they could spend Christmas together as a couple.

Unexpectedly, the other party came back quite early, and Lin Xiao didn't even follow him, which saved her a lot of effort.

Hearing this, the dog man said calmly, "What is she doing here? Something went wrong at the engagement ceremony she just attended. She should be going back to see Gu Li now."

Well... just now when I was enjoying the piano performance, I suddenly had an impulse and mentioned my ex-boyfriend in front of Lin Xiao, which stunned her.

Then Lin Xiao was so angry that she almost passed out. Although she felt that Jian Xi couldn't have those ex-girlfriends, after all, she was Jian Xi's only girlfriend in all these years, but when she saw the affectionate and nostalgic face of the dog man, Lin Xiao was still very angry.

After asking him, the bastard directly said that they were his ex-girlfriends in his dreams, which made Lin Xiao so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.

In a fit of anger, Lin Xiao took a taxi directly back to Gu Li's villa. She also wanted some quiet time.

So Jian Xi had no choice but to come back here.

Hearing this, Lin Quan pulled Jian Xi to sit on the sofa and asked curiously, "What happened at the engagement ceremony?"

"The rival is here to snatch your marriage."

"what?"

"The bride ran away."

"what?"

"The bride comes back, and the groom runs away again."

"what?"

Looking at the confused Lin Quan, Jian Xi smiled, and then told him everything that happened at the engagement ceremony... except for the part about recruiting soldiers at the end.

As he listened to his description, the expression on Lin Quan's face became extremely wonderful, and finally he threw himself into his arms and lamented: "Why didn't I go today!"

What happened at today's engagement ceremony was even more exciting than any soap opera she had followed before, and it would be so fun to watch it live and immersively!

The bad man pinched her face and smiled without saying anything, thinking that if you went today, he would probably have to go straight back to Pudong by now.

"Senior."

"Ok?"

"Are you hungry? I'll cook for you."

"I'm not hungry. I just ate almost everything at the ceremony."

"okay."

Lin Quan, dressed in home clothes, turned over on Jian Xi's legs. As she lay there and looked at him, her eyes began to become wandering.

Jian Xi was a little confused at first, but then he remembered what she had said before, asking him to leave time for her today, so he smiled and leaned over to kiss her and said:

"A Quan, is there something we didn't do last night?"

"..."

The little green tea girl who pouts and kisses him immediately stretches out her arms and wraps them around him, then pecks Jian Xi on the mouth with a smile.

Just as the dog man was putting his hand into her shirt, she suddenly stopped him.

Jian Xi was stunned and looked at him to ask what happened.
Lin Quan shook his head, then pulled open Jian Xi's collar. When he saw the strawberry mark on his neck that had faded a little, he immediately snorted.

Knowing that she was still angry about the strawberry marks Nan Xiang had bitten, the dog man gently pinched her hand, then leaned forward and put his forehead against hers and said, "A Quan, do you want to take a bite too?"

"No way, what if you really bleed?" Lin Quan rolled his eyes at him, straightened his collar, and then got out of his arms.

Seeing some doubt in his eyes, Xiao Lu Cha hesitated for a moment and then said, "Senior, today is Christmas, I have a gift for you, please wait here for a moment."

"Really?" Jian Xi was slightly surprised, then smiled and said, "Is that why you asked me to accompany you today?"

"Ah."

Lin Quan nodded, then quickly stood up and walked towards the bedroom: "Senior, wait for me obediently, and don't come over to peek!"

"it is good!"

Jian Xi made an OK gesture and watched her go into the bedroom. From the sound, the door was not locked.

But I didn't think about peeking.

After retracting his gaze, the dog man touched his neck. In fact, with his physique, it would be easy for him to make these strawberry marks disappear sooner, but considering that Lin Xiao and Lin Quan needed some additives to break the current deadlock, he let these strawberry marks remain.

Although the relationship between the two of them seems to be quite harmonious at the moment, and they both know in their hearts what the situation is between the other and the bad man, it doesn't matter.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. If we don’t really start to face these things, all harmony will only be superficial.

That's why the dog man left a mark on his neck. He had considered worse outcomes, but so what?

A real and qualified scumbag has already stepped onto the gambling table when he takes the first step, and must have a winner-takes-all mentality!
If you worry too much, you are doomed to fail. If you worry about this and that, it is better to just hold a girlfriend and be a pure love warrior.

The worst that can happen is that nothing happens, and then... remember your original intention and start over again.

"Bah."

The turning of the bedroom door handle brought Jian Xi back to his senses. He turned around and saw that the door was only a crack and not open. Then Lin Quan's voice came from inside again:
"Senior, you can come in now."

Hearing the voice, Xiaolucha's voice trembled slightly. Jian Xi raised his eyebrows, stood up and said with a smile:
"You are so mysterious, what kind of gift is this?"

"Oh, you'll know once you come in!"

Jian Xi came to the door and was about to push it open when he suddenly hesitated. He had already noticed some situations inside the house, but he just hesitated for a moment and pushed the door open directly. The next second, the old scumbag was stunned.

Outside the half-closed window, snowflakes were dancing a waltz in the wind, occasionally making subtle sounds as they hit the window. Four woolen socks hung along the edge of the bed in the bedroom, and the bulging sock cuffs revealed the pointed corners of the gingerbread man's packaging. The last blue and white striped sock was swaying gently to the "Edelweiss" playing on the music box on the bedside table, as if imitating the children's voices in the choir.

The bedroom had a new fragrance. As Jian Xi opened the door, the fresh air of pine needles rushed into his nostrils and then into the living room. A mini Christmas tree was placed against the wall at the entrance, complementing the scent of pine needles perfectly.

Dark green ribbons are wrapped around the handles of the wardrobe, and in many other places in the house, the colorful ribbons sway gently with the heat of the air conditioner, embodying the festive atmosphere in the bedroom.

"Senior, you should have told me in advance that you were coming back. I didn't have time to prepare."

"Ding-dang~Ding-dang~" A red plaid blanket was draped over the light pink quilt today. Lin Quan, wearing a red and white plaid knee-length skirt and a deer antler headband, was lying on the blanket with her chin and upper body supported by her hands. A layer of fine gold powder was sliding down her hair into her neck, forming a small galaxy in the clavicle.

Her two legs in white over-the-knee socks swung back and forth, and the small elk bell around her neck made a slight sound as she spoke.

After saying this sentence that was both angry and resentful, Little Green Tea said shyly to Jian Xi who was standing at the door, "Isn't it sexy? This is my Christmas gift to my senior."

……

Heavy snow was still falling in Shanghai. The snow on the busy road was turned into sewage by the passing cars before the municipal authorities could be dispatched. Fortunately, the snow fell during the day. If it had fallen at night, the traffic would have been jammed today.

A yellow and green taxi drove past the sewage and stopped outside a coffee shop in the JA district. The back door was quickly opened, and Nan Xiang, wearing a brown tweed coat and long boots, came out.

Before the taxi left, Nan Xiang, with a confused look on her face, saw Gu Li shivering with his arms folded on a rattan chair outside the cafe. Without thinking about anything else, Nan Xiang quickly ran over with her long legs.

"Gu Li? Gu Li! Why are you sitting outside?!"

Gu Li looked up when she heard the voice. Nan Xiang, whom she hadn't seen for several months, had come to her. All of a sudden, all the emotions in her heart burst out. She stood up, staggered, and then hugged Gu Li and started crying.

"Nan Xiang, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Although she had already cried once on the phone before, Gu Li couldn't help crying again when they met.

"It's okay! It's okay!"

Nan Xiang hugged her best friend and patted her back gently. Seeing her best friend who used to be as proud as a queen now so broken, her heart couldn't help but feel even more sad.

"It's me who should be apologizing."

Where Gu Li couldn't see, Nan Xiang wiped away her tears.

Then she reacted and quickly unbuttoned her coat and put it on her best friend's back, and said worriedly: "It's snowing so heavily outside, and you are wearing so little, why don't you go in?"

Gu Li, who felt the warmth from Nan Xiang, gradually recovered a little after a violent emotional outburst, but she still just sobbed and looked at each other without saying a word.

Nan Xiang, who knew her best friend's personality, changed the question and asked, "If you have anything to say, let's warm up first. Shall we go in first, or take you back to the villa?"

Gu Li shook her head dejectedly. Her affairs could not be told outside, but she didn't want to go back to her villa now.

So she raised her head, looked at the best friend who had been lost and found again, and sobbed, "Can I go to where you live now?"

"..."

Hearing this, Nan Xiang's expression froze, but looking at Gu Li's expression, she was silent for two seconds and then nodded: "Okay."

The taxi driver who had just dropped her off on the roadside didn't know if he had left to watch the show, so she took Gu Li back and sat in the taxi.

The driver thought to himself that it was a good thing that he liked to watch the fun, otherwise he would have missed this order.

The taxi had heating on. Gu Li had been freezing for quite a while after running out of the Magic City Exhibition Center. While waiting for Nan Xiang, she even felt pain in her face and arms as if they were being cut by a knife. Now that she felt the warmth in the car, she almost moaned in comfort.

Gu Li silently took off half of her coat and covered Nan Xiang, who was wearing a sweater, with the other half. The long-lost best friends leaned against each other, covered with the same coat, as if they had never been apart.

"Gu Li, what happened?"

After the car drove for a while, Nan Xiang was the first to ask.

She knew that today was the day that Gu Yuan and Yuan Yi were getting engaged. Lin Xiao and Tang Wanru had both sent her messages to tell her, and besides these two, her boss Jian Xi had also told her about it before.

Well...it was the day before yesterday in the office. While Jian Xi's fingertips were sliding, he was talking to her normally as if nothing had happened.

Uh...it was called a chat, but it was more like Jian Xi's one-sided talk. God knows what she said in response. Apart from some monosyllabic characters, her brain was not able to support her to say anything longer.

Thinking of this, even though she knew something was wrong, Nan Xiang still subconsciously held her breath, and after she came to her senses, she began to gasp for air again.

Gu Li didn't notice any of this. After hearing Nan Xiang's question, she looked hesitant. After glancing at the driver in front of her, she remained silent.

What did you say? You said you failed to snatch the bride and was humiliated instead?
Even though so many people had seen it today, she didn't want to throw the can down and say it out loud in front of others.

Seeing that Gu Li was unwilling to speak, Nan Xiang sighed and didn't ask any more questions.

Seeing the taxi heading towards Pudong, Gu Li was only slightly surprised. It was not like what she had said before, that she would have an allergic reaction once she left the Second Ring Road.

But she still turned her head to Nan Xiang and looked at her silently. After a long time, she slowly said: "Nan Xiang, why is your hair tied up?"

"..."

Nan Xiang was confused by this question. Did she say that it was because my good friend Lin Xiao's ex-boyfriend, who is also my current boss, asked her to do it?

"During this period, I suddenly wanted to change my style."

Nan Xiang answered like this, and Gu Li didn't care. After a while, she suddenly asked, "Have you been in touch with Xi Cheng recently?"

The taboo topic suddenly came up not long after the two best friends reunited.

……

"Damn Jian Xi! You actually didn't come to the villa to spend Christmas with me! And you even made up so many ex-girlfriends to lie to me! Damn Jian Xi... Bah bah bah! Don't die, damn Jian Xi will be fine!"

In Gu Li's villa, Lin Xiao was lying on the sofa, muttering like a nagging woman, with expressions changing all the time on her face.

"Gu Li isn't back, Tang Wanru isn't back, Jian Xi isn't here either, so why am I the only one spending Christmas alone?!"

Lin Xiao sighed, feeling that it might be a mistake to go back to the villa, and it would be better for him to go find Lin Quan.

When he thought of Lin Quan, Lin Xiao frowned slightly. He wondered if Jian Xi had returned to Lin Quan.

Originally, today was supposed to be a date for two of me with Jian Xi. If I gave Jian Xi to Lin Quan because of my momentary anger, then what would be the difference between me and my best friend Gu Li who was at the ceremony today?
Everyone will be a loser.

Lin Xiao looked conflicted. She held the phone tightly and then loosened it. After a long time, she finally dialed Lin Quan's number.

"Hello? Lin Quan."

"Lin Xiao, what's the matter?"

The voice of his friend and love rival came from the other end of the phone. After hearing the voice, Lin Xiao hesitated for two seconds before asking, "Is Jian Xi on your side?"

"Ah? No, he's not here!"

"Not here? The engagement ceremony just ended and I didn't come back with him. He wasn't there. Did he go back to Pudong?"

"But... maybe. I... don't... know where he went. Anyway... he's not here."

"What are you doing? Why are you talking so strangely?"

"No, I...I was at home...skipping rope."

(End of this chapter)