Chapter 2112: It's Shyness, Not a Cold

"But we have a deal, you must come back to eat at home again after you return. This time, you are not allowed to refuse."

"Alright."

Su Kexuan said this readily, then picked up her suitcase and left.

With the guests gone, Jiang Baobao also had her own matters to attend to.

Jiang Mobai, however, leaned in close and pressed, "Mom, what photography exhibition?"

Jiang Baobao did not answer immediately.

Instead, she asked with a cryptic smile, "You're so attentive to Kexuan, how come you don't even know about this?"

Her mother's words made Jiang Mobai alert at once, and he hurriedly denied it: "I'm not paying attention to her!"

"Oh, then why did you ask her if she was eating lunch, and who she was eating with?"

"That was just polite small talk!"

"You and Kexuan have known each other for many years, is small talk even necessary?"

"But I—I'm not close with her!"

Speaking of not being close...

Su Kexuan was a classmate of Li Xingyan, and it was only after returning to the country this time that she had grown closer to Jiang Motian.

No matter how one deduced it, Su Kexuan and Jiang Mobai could not be considered very familiar with each other.

Then, what was the catalyst that caused Jiang Mobai to develop unusual feelings for Su Kexuan?

Jiang Baobao stared at Jiang Mobai, lost in thought.

And this kind of staring made Jiang Mobai feel uneasy.

To avoid his mother's scrutiny, Jiang Mobai coughed lightly and said, "I'm going back to change my clothes."

"Are you going out?"

"I have no plans to go out today."

"Since that's the case, why bother changing? This outfit is perfectly fine."

"No, it's not fine at all!"

Jiang Mobai finished saying this with a frown, then returned to his room.

Closing the door, Jiang Mobai roughly stripped off his bear-pattern loungewear.

Then he tossed it onto the bed.

Recalling the look in Su Kexuan's eyes earlier...

Jiang Mobai closed his eyes.

Sigh, my image!

Jiang Mobai's mood at this moment was terrible.

Once his mood turned sour, he didn't want to move, and he delayed changing his clothes.

I don't know how much time passed before someone knocked on the door.

Jiang Mobai didn't even open his eyes and said gruffly, "Come in!"

As his voice fell, someone pushed the door open and walked in.

The other person's footsteps were very light.

No matter how he listened, it didn't sound like a servant's footsteps.

Jiang Mobai frowned and opened his eyes at the same time.

Only to see... Su Kexuan appearing in his room!

In a daze, Jiang Mobai heard Su Kexuan speak:

"I just called Li Xingyan, and he asked me to bring a USB drive over while I'm at it. It's a blue USB drive, and it's with you."

"... Right, it is with me, it's in the drawer, I'll get it for you."

Jiang Mobai responded a beat too late.

He was even preparing to stand up to retrieve it.

But the moment Jiang Mobai stood up, he noticed Su Kexuan turn her head away.

At the same time, he felt a chill on his body.

Then he looked down and saw...

Oh no, he had been so busy sulking that he forgot to put his clothes on!!

Jiang Mobai was devastated!

Wearing only his shorts, he hurriedly said, "You... turn around for a second, I'm going to change!"

Su Kexuan thought he was making an unnecessary fuss.

She even reminded him: "It's not like I haven't seen it before, is there a need to turn around?"

"Of course there's a need, times have changed!"

Jiang Mobai's physique had indeed changed from what it used to be.

Back in the day, Jiang Mobai had possessed six-pack abs.

Who wouldn't be dazzled by that?

But now, because of his injury, even with daily exercise, his muscle definition was no longer obvious.

Jiang Mobai did not want Su Kexuan to see an imperfect version of himself.

But Su Kexuan misunderstood Jiang Mobai's meaning.

She smiled slightly and murmured, "Yeah, we are neither of us who we once were."

After saying this, Su Kexuan turned around.

She was quietly waiting for Jiang Mobai to change his clothes, and then go get the USB drive.

But that guy was pacing back and forth, and even making all sorts of noise.

The crutch poked against the floor, with a constant "thump-thump" sound.

Su Kexuan was getting a little impatient.

She turned her head slightly, preparing to urge him along.

Yet at this very moment, she heard the sound of a heavy object hitting the floor.

Following that, there was a muffled groan from Jiang Mobai.

Su Kexuan panicked: "Are you okay?"

"... I'm not quite okay, my waist hurts so much!"

Jiang Mobai was truly in pain; his face had even turned pale.

Thinking of how Jiang Mobai had previously split his wound because of a fall, Su Kexuan's expression turned serious.

She didn't care about anything else, turned around and went around to Jiang Mobai's side, then helped him sit on a chair.

"How did you fall again?"

"Because... the pants are hard to put on."

Jiang Mobai had not fully recovered, and moving was still inconvenient.

When he rushed to change his pants, he lost his balance and fell to the floor.

To make matters worse, he also knocked over the water cup nearby.

Water spilled onto the newly retrieved pants, soaking a patch...

The chain reaction left Jiang Mobai wanting to cry but having no tears.

Su Kexuan, however, did not notice the details.

She only asked with concern: "Is your leg alright?"

"It's not the leg, it's the waist; it seems like I strained it."

Su Kexuan didn't think much of it and raised her hand to press on Jiang Mobai's waist.

At this touch, it was as if Jiang Mobai had been electrocuted!

He shifted backward uncomfortably, then said: "You, you don't touch me!"

Seeing that Jiang Mobai could still move his body, Su Kexuan breathed a sigh of relief: "There shouldn't be any major problem."

Jiang Mobai didn't think there was a major problem either.

But after being pressed like that by Su Kexuan... there was a problem.

His gaze began to wander.

His heartbeat also began to accelerate.

Jiang Mobai silently told himself not to panic.

Having already been through a thousand flowers, what could being touched matter?

But no matter how Jiang Mobai comforted himself, his complexion was still slowly turning red...

Su Kexuan didn't connect his blushing to shyness at all.

Looking him up and down, Su Kexuan asked: "Did you catch a cold?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand to test Jiang Mobai's forehead with the back of her hand.

Jiang Mobai hurriedly avoided it, then frowned and said: "Can you stop moving around!"

His evasion left Su Kexuan's hand hanging in mid-air.

It also made her realize she had overstepped.

Su Kexuan put away her extra expressions, stood up, and said: "Sorry, I'll help you call a servant in."

"I actually... Achoo!"

Jiang Mobai realized his attitude had made Su Kexuan unhappy and was about to explain.

But before he could finish his sentence, he sneezed first.

Alright, he really was a bit cold.

And Su Kexuan, who had agreed to go call a servant, stopped her steps, turned her head and asked: "Do you want me to get you a blanket first?"

Su Kexuan's attitude was distant.

But her lingering was enough to show that she was concerned about Jiang Mobai.

Jiang Mobai realized this and immediately pushed his luck: "Can you help me get a clean pair of pants?"

"Where?"

"In the wardrobe."

Jiang Mobai pointed in the direction, and Su Kexuan walked straight over.

Loungewear was quite easy to find.

Su Kexuan took a look and just grabbed a pair at random.

But when Su Kexuan handed the pants to Jiang Mobai...

The corners of Jiang Mobai's mouth were twitching.

His gaze slowly moved from the pants to Su Kexuan's face.

Then, grinding his teeth, he said: "Momo only gave me two sets of cartoon loungewear, you really know how to pick!"

Li Beijue's expression darkened instantly, his deep eyes appearing as if tempered in ice as he stared fixedly at her, his thin lips pressed into a straight line.