Chapter 103: Boring

Just as Su Ruoyun was about to be annoyed into anger, Huo Jingcheng let her down in time.

He stepped on the stirrup first, dismounted neatly, then extended a large hand, palm up, raised his eyebrows, signaling that he wanted to help Su Ruoyun.

Su Ruoyun rolled her eyes secretly, ignored his large hand, grabbed the saddle, and dismounted by herself, relying on her own strength.

Huo Jingcheng wasn't annoyed, withdrew his hand, and summoned the instructor.

The instructor standing to one side received Huo Jingcheng's instruction, skillfully took the reins of "Pinot Noir," and led it into the stable.

The scorching sun hung high, and the dazzling sunlight flashed straight across her eyes. Su Ruoyun was caught off guard and dazzled, closing her eyes instinctively and raising her hand to block them.

On the other side, Huo Jingcheng was still hooking her baseball cap in his hand. Seeing this, he raised his hand and placed the hat steadily on her head. The wide brim blocked most of the dazzling light for her just right.

He also took the opportunity to stroke her soft long hair, and the tip of her ponytail made a circle in the air.

Before Su Ruoyun could open her mouth to frown and scold him, Huo Jingcheng let go.

Su Ruoyun raised her hand by herself, smoothed the hair under the brim with her fingertips, and neatly arranged the baseball cap. Then, she walked toward the lounge, leaving Huo Jingcheng behind, preparing to go see Li Li.

In the lounge.

Li Li was curled up on the soft sofa, one arm hanging down from the side of the sofa, resting on the stool next to it to avoid being pressed.

Su Ruoyun looked at her carefully back and forth. On her fair forearm, there were shocking crisscrossing bloodstains and abrasions.

Although Li Wenye was protecting her to one side, the impact of Li Li's fall was too great, causing the two to roll twice on the ground. The paddock was full of mud and stones, and both were inevitably scraped.

……

Su Ruoyun and Li Li's lunch was also solved at the suburban ranch. Although it was a horse farm, the chef in the restaurant was specially poached from a well-known restaurant in Sijiucheng, and his cooking skills were excellent.

Su Ruoyun ate with Li Li. After Li Li fell while riding, only her elbows were scraped, and everything else was fine, with no major problems, so she could eat normally.

The chef brought the dishes on a tray, smiling, placing the dishes ordered by the two on the table one by one, and introduced the characteristics and cooking methods of the dishes.

Su Ruoyun raised her hand to bring the freshly squeezed juice beside her to her lips, took a sip, the sweet taste spreading wantonly in her mouth, placed her fingertips on the silver fork, rolled up some spaghetti, and ate it slowly.

When she looked up again, several tall and straight figures fell by the edge of the dining table.

Looking up, Li Wenye smiled politely. "Do you mind if we share a table?"

The rectangular dining table was not large, a four-person seat. Li Li and Su Ruoyun had already occupied two, but standing to one side were Huo Jingcheng, Chen Zheyan, and Li Wenye, which was a bit crowded.

But after all, he was the one who had saved her that morning, so Li Li couldn't refuse. She bit her lip gently and finally nodded in agreement.

Li Wenye didn't mind the crowding, dragged a chair from the table next to them, sat down first at the horizontal side of the long table, stretched his two long legs brazenly, and probed his long legs into Li Li's range without any avoidance.

And the other three on the other side.

Li Li and Su Ruoyun were sitting face to face. Chen Zheyan sat beside Li Li with discernment, leaving the empty seat beside Su Ruoyun for his Third Brother.

Su Ruoyun's peripheral vision had already caught Chen Zheyan sitting down, and her whole face tightened instantly, because she already knew who would sit beside her. She pursed her lips, her gaze falling emptily on the roasted sausage on the white porcelain plate.

Only a flash of shadow passed before her eyes, and that tall figure passed the sunlight in front of the window and sat down leisurely beside her.

Su Ruoyun's fingers tightened uncontrollably, gripping the silver fork in her hand tightly, her knuckles turning slightly white. She bit her lower lip and moved the chair she was sitting on to the side silently.

Huo Jingcheng turned his head, his gaze falling on her deliberate attempt to keep her distance to avoid suspicion. As if amused by her action, he twitched the corners of his mouth with a half-smile.

Chen Zheyan, sitting opposite him, happened to catch this dissolute smile and couldn't help but click his tongue. His Third Brother's smile was so enchanting.

Halfway through the meal, most people had finished eating, but out of etiquette, no one left. Several people chatted idly.

The one who wasn't full was Su Ruoyun.

At first, because she was tense and all her attention was on Huo Jingcheng, fearing he would do something or say something shocking, she was distracted. It wasn't until later that Huo Jingcheng had no abnormal actions and just ate quietly that she began to eat boldly.

Huo Jingcheng held his phone with one hand nonchalantly, lowering his head to fiddle with it. Light and shadow flickered on the screen, and the work emails in his inbox had no attraction to him at all. His attention was entirely focused on Su Ruoyun beside him.

He pretended to be casual, giving some of his gaze to her. Su Ruoyun was focused on chewing her food, her cheeks slightly bulging, like a squirrel hiding food.

Huo Jingcheng clicked into the camera on his phone by some strange coincidence, and the front camera captured both of them in the same photo.

This table was in a corner by the window, so there was no one behind Huo Jingcheng and Su Ruoyun, and because Huo Jingcheng was in the inside position, no one noticed his actions.

His fingertips moved slightly, AirDropping it.

The moment he clicked, a phone on the same table lit up suddenly. The phone was resting on the beautiful French white tablecloth, and the sudden light attracted the attention of the phone's owner, Su Ruoyun.

She looked down to see, and the moment she saw the pop-up window on the screen, her pupils shook slightly, like a small stone suddenly thrown into a calm, waveless lake, causing fine ripples.

However, Su Ruoyun quickly regained her composure. She raised her hand unobtrusively, swept over the phone, took it into her palm, and after her fingertips clicked to accept, the screen flickered for a moment, and the photo shared by Huo Jingcheng spread out before her eyes.

She slid into WeChat, her gaze lingered on the last chat record for a moment, and then her fingertips typed three words in the chat box—"What are you doing?"

Huo Jingcheng also clicked into the WeChat app. He replied very quickly, his fingers tapping the screen lightly, and he threw two numbers at her briefly: "56."

Su Ruoyun just knitted her brows, her fingertips hadn't typed a question mark on the screen yet, as if they had a tacit understanding, the message from the other side had already been sent slowly—"Boring."

Su Ruoyun looked up subconsciously, and his gaze happened to meet hers in mid-air.

He stared at her unblinkingly, his eyes clear and distant, and the usual nonchalance remained in the depths of his eyes. ===== CHAPTER 104 =====