Chapter 275: Let's Live in Peace

Jiang Baobao took another sip of wine, then slowly continued, "This necklace was a special gift from my mother after I was born... I have always kept it with me, until..."

She stopped mid-sentence, pausing for a moment, and swept a complex look at Li Beijue.

After another two seconds, she continued, "Until the day I went to save you. After I got home, I discovered the necklace was gone. My mother comforted me then, saying it didn't matter that the necklace was lost as long as I was fine. But the next day, she and my father went on a business trip out of town..."

Jiang Baobao's voice stopped abruptly, and she suddenly choked up for a moment.

Li Beijue, however, already knew what had happened next.

Jiang Baobao subconsciously stroked the necklace in front of her chest, adjusted her emotions, and then said in a low voice, "Sorry... I was just so happy to see this necklace..."

Who could have imagined that Li Beijue had never known it was her who saved him?

And who could have imagined that he had been keeping this necklace all this time...

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment. He didn't speak, but instead used the wine glass at his side to gently tap Jiang Baobao's glass.

Jiang Baobao smiled and tilted her head back, downing the red wine in her glass in one go.

In less than half an hour, the entire bottle of red wine had been finished off by the two of them.

Jiang Baobao's expression was somewhat dazed, but her mind was still relatively clear.

"Do you want to go back and rest?" Seeing her eyes looking a bit blank and unfocused, Li Beijue knew she couldn't keep drinking tonight.

Jiang Baobao nodded blankly and set down her wine glass, though her gaze remained fixed directly on Li Beijue.

Seeing her expression, Li Beijue couldn't help but want to laugh. He deliberately asked in a low voice, "Do you want me to take you back to your room to rest?"

"Mm!" Jiang Baobao nodded heavily. Looking at the person before her, she no longer had any of her previous wariness and instead felt much more relaxed.

Li Beijue shook his head with amusement, then stepped forward, half-embracing her shoulders to let her lean against him. The two walked through the hallway together toward the bedroom.

The bright red bedroom was still filled with festive colors. Even though he had stayed there for an entire night, Li Beijue still felt it was hard to get used to for the time being.

When they first got married... the rooms at Li Mansion didn't seem to have been decorated so exaggeratedly...

Li Beijue thought to himself while helping Jiang Baobao to the edge of the bed.

Jiang Baobao sat there blankly, her left hand still tightly clutching the necklace at her chest, unwilling to let go for even a second.

"You should sleep. The necklace won't get lost, okay?" Li Beijue looked at her with amusement, tentatively trying to move her hand away from the necklace.

But before he could even touch it, Jiang Baobao suddenly dodged backward, looking at Li Beijue with dissatisfaction, as if she were afraid he would snatch her necklace away.

Seeing this, Li Beijue couldn't help but curl his lips and ask with a smile, "Jiang Baobao, are you drunk?"

"I'm not drunk..." Jiang Baobao shook her head.

Although her tone of voice was a bit slow, her eyes still revealed clarity.

Jiang Baobao paused for a few more seconds, then let go of the necklace, though she couldn't help but look down at it for a moment longer before whispering, "Li Beijue... this way... we're even now..."

"Even?" Li Beijue was slightly stunned, seemingly not having caught the meaning behind Jiang Baobao's words.

Jiang Baobao waved her hand, reaching up to rub her brow with a look of exhaustion.

"I'm so tired, I want to rest first..."

As she spoke, she stood up, wanting to change out of the massive dress she was wearing.

But just as she stood up, the next second, she suddenly stepped on her own hem!

"Ah!" Jiang Baobao screamed subconsciously, her body losing control as she lunged forward.

Li Beijue reacted quickly, his eyes sharp and his hands fast as he grabbed her wrist!

The two fell onto the floor together, making a dull thud.

"I'm sorry! I didn't stand steady just now!"

The fall completely sobered Jiang Baobao up. As she spoke, she struggled, wanting to climb off Li Beijue.

But just as she lifted her body, she felt a sudden tug from beneath her!

Her whole body immediately lost control and lunged back down!

"Eh?" Jiang Baobao was startled, feeling as if her dress had been caught by something, and hurriedly looked down to check.

Li Beijue also realized what happened. He took a look and saw that the decoration on the waist of her dress had happened to get caught on the button of his suit.

"Don't move around, I'll fix it..."

Li Beijue said, tentatively giving a light tug.

But he didn't know how the decoration and the button had gotten tangled together; they were stuck fast, and no matter how he tried to undo them, they wouldn't budge.

"How is it? Is it fixed?" Jiang Baobao lay on top of Li Beijue, feeling somewhat awkward.

Both of them carried the faint scent of wine, which gently intertwined, making the surrounding atmosphere inexplicably lingering and ambiguous.

Jiang Baobao tried hard to prop herself up to keep them from being too close, but because of her nervousness, she kept panting in small breaths, which instead added a unique temptation.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment; he suddenly didn't want to undo the button that had them tangled together anymore.

But that was just a thought.

He fumbled a couple more times and finally found where it was stuck.

"I might need to use a little force..."

Li Beijue said, tentatively tugging at Jiang Baobao's dress.

Unexpectedly, the next second, he suddenly heard a "pop" sound!

Jiang Baobao was also stunned, and then she felt a sudden chill on her left leg!

The massive skirt hem spread out like flower petals and came right off!

"Li Beijue! You tore my dress!" Jiang Baobao felt a chill in her heart and hurriedly pulled the skirt hem together, glaring at the person in front of her with annoyance, her face full of embarrassment.

She then ignored everything else and scrambled to climb off him in a flurry.

Li Beijue was even more unable to laugh or cry. Feeling Jiang Baobao's gaze that was almost "murderous," he hurriedly said, "I'll go out first, you deal with this dress..."

As he spoke, he immediately walked out of the room with quick, sensible steps and closed the door with a click.

Jiang Baobao stood where she was, only then having the mood to carefully inspect the dress on her body.

Only then did she realize that Li Beijue's forceful tug just now had happened to pull right at the seam, which was why the hem of the skirt had ended up unraveling in a line!

"Seriously... where did he get so much strength... he almost made me have a wardrobe malfunction..."

Jiang Baobao muttered a complaint under her breath and hurriedly changed out of the dress, though she couldn't help but reveal a trace of a smile on her face.

The feeling tonight was truly relaxing.

She and Li Beijue... should be able to start being friends now, right?

Outside the door, Li Beijue thought of the scene from just a moment ago and couldn't help but want to laugh.

Since when had he also become someone who "accomplishes nothing but ruins everything"?

Or was it that whenever he encountered anything related to her, he would lose his usual composure?