Accidentally provoking the spring tide

Chapter 58. The Lady's Wiseness
Jiang Jixu's finger hovered in mid-air.

She stared blankly at the man's sharply defined profile for a few seconds, then asked uncertainly, "What was the password you just mentioned?"

Did she hear it correctly?
Lu Lishen stared ahead with a calm expression, his tone low and composed.

"Before asking this question, shouldn't you worry about driving safety?"

Jiang Jixu followed the man's gaze.

There is only one hand on the steering wheel.

"Sorry!" Jiang Jixu quickly took the phone.

In his haste, the girl's fingertips inevitably brushed against his palm, like a dragonfly skimming the water, creating ripples in his heart.

Lu Lishen's eyes darkened slightly as he slowly put his hands back on the steering wheel.

"The password is 0906, your birthday."

Just as Jiang Jixu calmed down, the person next to him dropped another bombshell.

"..."

Jiang Jixu pressed the lock screen button and entered the password.

0906.

Unlocked successfully.

Her gaze suddenly became complicated.

She initially thought she had misheard.

After a long pause, Jiang Jixu couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

Why use her birthday as the password?

Lu Lishen's tone was perfectly natural: "I'm married, is there a problem with using my partner's birthday as a password?"

“But we are…” Jiang Jixu hesitated.

But they were in a sham marriage.

They might get divorced at any time.

Just as they arrived at their destination, Lu Lishen parked the car, turned his head to look over, and his dark eyes reflected light in varying shades.

"Does my sister not want me anymore? She's already planning a divorce."

The voice was deep and resonant, falling into my ears.

Jiang Jixu's breath hitched.

"That's not what I meant," she said, somewhat incoherently. "I just didn't expect you to..."

The girl paused, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly: "Don't you think these little things... are childish?"

The last few words were spoken very softly.

Jiang Jixu remembers when she was in college, she saw her roommates dating, and their lock screen passwords and even WeChat passwords were related to their boyfriends.

She had previously secretly set her phone password to Ji Yanci's birthday.

Once, a group of close friends went on a picnic together. Jiang Wang's phone had been confiscated by his homeroom teacher, so he planned to use her phone to take pictures.

When asked for the lock screen password, Jiang Jixu answered subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, Lin Feng, who was standing next to her, overheard this and exclaimed, "Hey, Miss Jiang's phone lock screen password sounds so familiar!"

"Isn't this our Lyricist's birthday!"

Lin Feng winked and made a strange noise. Everyone looked at Ji Yanci knowingly, waiting for the other party's answer.

Jiang Jixu remembers it very clearly.

As a teenager, Ji Yanci stood under a lush banyan tree, his hands in his pockets, his tone weary and languid, uttering only two words.

"childish."

In an instant, Jiang Jixu felt all sorts of gazes coming from all directions, some mocking, some sympathetic, some laughing, some watching the show...

Like fine needles, it can easily pierce the barrier in a young girl's heart.

She pulled back Jiang Wang, who was about to rush up and fight Ji Yanci, raised her head slightly, and smiled faintly.

"Thank you for praising me for still having a childlike heart."

His tone was gentle and soft.

It was like a sarcastic remark hitting a cotton ball.

The boy narrowed his eyes slightly, chuckled, and then said cryptically, "Jiang Xiaoxu, you're just fine as you are."

Jiang Jixu didn't understand what he meant by those words.

But since that day, she has never used anyone else's birthday as a password, except for her own.

Perhaps her inner self is not as strong as she pretends to be.

That word "naive" will forever leave a mark on her heart.

Suddenly recalling some unpleasant memories, Jiang Jixu pressed her pink lips together tightly.

But a casual, cool voice came from above. "Where is it childish?"

Jiang Jixu's breathing became erratic: "It's just—"

Lu Lishen turned his body to the side, his slender arm resting on his knee, his fair and jade-like fingers lightly tapping, looking down at her with a natural and relaxed expression.

Do you know why people who can't have the grapes always say they're sour?

"Because they can't eat them, they darkly imagine that the grapes are sour and rotten, in order to satisfy their barren hearts and gain temporary peace."

He leaned back, his eyes and brows as cold and aloof as snow.

"Therefore, this behavior is not childish at all."

The man's breath hitched slightly, his eyelashes trembled.

"On the contrary, it is... a sweet little quirk between lovers."

Jiang Jixu was somewhat dazed.

I glanced down at my phone.

After a moment, she pursed her lips, raised her head and smiled, her eyes clear and gentle: "Yes, you're right."

She quickly unlocked her phone, went to settings, and reset her lock screen password.

"Your birthday just passed, if I remember correctly it was May 8th, right?"

Jiang Jixu raised her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.

Lu Lishen's Adam's apple bobbed. "Mm."

The girl nodded, entered the password, and verified it again.

Then, in a light tone, he said, "Mission accomplished!"

Lu Lishen smiled slightly and said leisurely, "I didn't expect that Madam would be so eager to set my birthday as her phone password."

"what?"

Jiang Jixu looked up blankly and met the man's dark, meaningful eyes.

She actually understood the meaning behind that look—

See, I told you you had ulterior motives towards me?
Jiang Jixu: "..."

She gazed at Lu Lishen's flawless face, then, as if remembering something, slowly narrowed her eyes: "You pay a lot of attention to driving safety, don't you?"

Lu Lishen paused slightly.

Jiang Jixu continued, "So concerned about driving safety, he even took his phone and handed it to me?"

"Lu Lishen, who exactly is plotting against whom?"

She just wanted to get back at him and make a joke to tease him.

Unexpectedly, the man beside her suddenly laughed out loud, his handsome and deep-set eyes lowered, his voice magnetic and seductive.

Faced with her questioning, he only said four words.

"Madam is wise."

……

Jiang Jixu walked into the studio in a daze.

Outside the glass window, Lu Lishen leaned against the car and waved to her.

Jiang Jixu subconsciously waved in response.

She turned around only after the black car disappeared into traffic.

But he was startled by Xiao Mo, who had sneaked up on him without his knowledge.

"You scared me to death." She patted her chest lightly.

Xiao Mo squinted, looking rather furtive, and asked, "Sister Jiang, who was that just now?"

At this moment, Jiang Jixu's mind was filled with Lu Lishen's words, "Madam is wise."

The four ambiguous words and the man's aloof and noble face crashed into her heart.

Xiao Mo's question was right on the line.

Jiang Jixu almost bit his tongue: "He, he is..."

"Don't pretend, no one can hide anything from my sharp eyes." Xiao Mo muttered to herself, waving two fingers in front of her eyes. "Sister Jiang, tell me honestly, is that handsome guy your boyfriend?"

"More or less," Jiang Jixu said. "He's my husband."

"Oh, he's your husband? I thought..."

Xiao Mo stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, her eyes widening in disbelief. "Old, old, old, husband?!"

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