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But is that really possible?

Is Jiang Momo really that honest?

He took a deep breath. He originally wanted to ask Aunt Chen to call Jiang Momo back, but due to the hidden guilt and unease in his heart, he finally shook his head in frustration.

He rushed downstairs, saying at the same time, "Make the ginger soup, I'll be right back."

Li Jiuyuan thought that regardless of whether Jiang Momo was really waiting for him all along, he was willing to admit defeat again and go find her one more time.

If Jiang Momo is lying to him again this time, he will never believe a word she says again.

But what if there's another possibility...?

Li Jiuyuan stopped thinking about it.

Aunt Chen agreed, and originally wanted to tell President Li to be careful on the way, but the next second she saw Li Jiuyuan standing frozen at the door.

"President Li, what's wrong...?"

Before she could finish her sentence, Aunt Chen seemed to have anticipated something, and even her breathing became much lighter.

As soon as Li Jiuyuan opened the door, he saw Jiang Momo standing at the door.

Her clothes were mostly soaked, and her hair was also wet, hanging down her face. Her complexion was pale, and her eyes were bloodshot.

Upon seeing Li Jiuyuan, Jiang Momo forced a smile.

"Ninth Master, I'm back."

Li Jiuyuan stood there dumbfounded, never expecting Jiang Momo to be so stupid.

Why didn't she go find Li Yunqi when it was raining so heavily?!

Why did you come back alone in the rain, making yourself look so miserable? Were you deliberately trying to upset him?

But what if I had gone to pick up Jiang Momo first? Would everything have been different? At least Jiang Momo wouldn't be in such a sorry state right now.

A multitude of emotions manifested in Li Jiuyuan's speechless mouth, leaving him unable to utter a single word.

Jiang Momo seemed quite indifferent.

She was already used to this kind of thing.

In the past, whether I was working part-time or tutoring, I encountered countless stormy and severe weather events.

The worst incident happened when the drainpipe on the path she took to work every day broke down, and rainwater couldn't drain away in time, accumulating on the road and reaching above her knees. She still waded through the water to clock in on time.

She didn't think anything of it, and even thought she was lucky today.

At least the subway wasn't too congested, and she didn't get soaked the whole way; she only got wet when entering and exiting the subway station.

Jiang Momo didn't understand why the man in front of her was reacting so strongly.

After all, wasn't it all Li Jiuyuan's doing that I'm in this state now?

Isn't this exactly what he wanted to see me like this?

If it weren't for waiting for Li Jiuyuan, she would have been able to get home before the rain started.

At the same time, Li Jiuyuan felt a surge of anger rising in his chest, half of it from his own anger and the other half from his anger at Jiang Momo for not taking her health seriously.

He swallowed many harsh words, but what he finally said wasn't much better.

Even he himself felt a pang of pain in his heart when he heard these words.

"You'd go to such lengths just to spite me?"

Jiang Momo felt baffled.

"Ninth Master." She was still smiling, just like when they first met.

Li Jiuyuan suddenly realized something: it seemed that ever since they first met in their current identities, Jiang Momo had always maintained that smile.

Very proper, yet very distant.

It has never changed in all this time.

Jiang Momo said, "I'm all wet. Can I come in first? I want to take a hot shower."

This sentence sounds like a request.

Li Jiuyuan was extremely annoyed. He didn't want to agree, and he didn't want to see Jiang Momo speak to him in this tone.

In the end, however, he still moved away with a cold face, his voice icy, even more unapproachable than usual.

"Um."

Jiang Momo's smile finally showed a bit more sincerity.

She skipped and hopped into the house, not forgetting to greet Aunt Chen.

Aunt Chen had already arranged for servants to bring hand warmers and bath towels, which she draped over Jiang Momo, her tone urgent:

"Madam, why are you soaked in the rain?! Be careful not to catch a cold."

Jiang Momo shrugged nonchalantly, appearing even more relaxed than when she was in front of Li Jiuyuan.

"It's okay, I just got a little wet when I entered and exited the subway. I'll take a shower and I'll be fine."

She wore a smile all the way until she entered the bathroom.

Having shed all pretense, she dared to show even a hint of weariness when looking at herself in the mirror.

The mole that had been applied to her ear that morning had been washed away by the heavy rain, as if a single rain shower could wash away all her pretense.

Jiang Momo let out a long sigh.

"fine."

She forced a smile, trying to maintain the same expression as before, but she couldn't keep it up; the harder she tried, the uglier it looked.

When she reached the end, Jiang Momo lowered her head, no longer forcing herself, and let the tears fall in large drops.

It's good that she cried this time; it's her punishment for herself, punishing herself for rashly trusting Li Jiuyuan, and also giving herself a release from the pressure of this period.

I turned on the shower, and tears and water splattered down at the same time, their sounds mingling.

……

Li Jiuyuan arrived at the bedroom. He stood at the bathroom door, listening to the sound of water inside, but dared not take a step out.

It seems that he did not handle things properly today.

If he hadn't been so stubborn, or had taken a detour to check on things before going home, perhaps this wouldn't have happened.

However, not long after such a thought arose, Li Jiuyuan was overwhelmed by an even greater sense of unease.

He had waited for Jiang Momo for so many years, so why was Jiang Momo waiting for him this time?

Consider it repayment to him.

No, that's not enough at all.

He had endured a thousand times more pain than Jiang Momo is currently suffering.

It seemed that only such thoughts could alleviate his inner unease. Li Jiuyuan thought to himself, without moving an inch from the bathroom door, but silently turned around and leaned against the other wall.

He pressed the back of his head against the wall, his face sore from frowning for so long.

Li Jiuyuan took out a thin cigarette and put it in his mouth, but thinking of Jiang Momo who was still in the bathroom, he threw it on the ground in frustration and crushed it with his toe.

……

After taking a hot shower, Jiang Momo finally felt warm again. She came out of the bathroom and saw that ginger soup had been prepared on the bedside table and the air conditioning in the room was turned up high.

After searching more carefully, Li Jiuyuan was sitting at his desk, seemingly reading a book.

When she looked over, she saw that the other person was hurriedly looking away.

But none of that mattered anymore. Jiang Momo finished the ginger soup in one gulp and finally pulled out her small suitcase from a corner of the dressing room.

When she first impersonated Jiang Weiwei and boarded this pirate ship, she was carrying just this small leather suitcase.

Now, she placed the suitcase on the ground and began to fill it with things.

"Although it's just a business trip for a while, I have to make sure I have everything I need. I also don't know what the accommodations will be like there."

She muttered to herself as she tidied up, then suddenly realized that a shadow had appeared in front of her.