Chapter 38

Huo Jingcheng lowered his eyes, his long, distinct fingers sliding and tapping on the phone screen casually, playing with it as if nonchalantly. He suddenly raised his eyes, his expression calm, his tone idle, "If you don't want support, can you return the tea leaves I just bought?"

Mentioning the tea leaves he just bought, Su Ruoyun immediately thought of the Shifeng Longjing from the previous two days.

She lowered her head and said nothing. After pondering for a moment, she could only pin her hopes on the fact that Huo Jingcheng had already unsealed the packaging of the tea leaves, and spoke slowly, "No returns after unsealing."

Huo Jingcheng's eyes carried a hint of playfulness, and he dragged out the tone "Oh~" with deep meaning. Immediately after, he raised his eyelids again, his gaze like a torch looking at her, his tone rising, "So that means it can be returned if it's not unsealed?"

Originally, Su Ruoyun was certain of Huo Jingcheng's love for tea and that he had already unsealed the tea leaves, but when he asked this, her heart "thumped," "You didn't unseal it?"

Facing the questioning, Huo Jingcheng didn't change his expression, lying through his teeth with a straight face, "Hmm, didn't unseal."

The silence in the air was like ink spreading, getting thicker and thicker. The long silence seemed to freeze time.

After a while, Su Ruoyun pursed her lips tightly. Although she knew she was in the wrong, she still stiffened her neck, and even if her reason wasn't strong, her tone was, "……That's still not allowed."

Hearing this, the corners of Huo Jingcheng's mouth lifted leisurely, his voice was nonchalant, carrying a hint of deliberate triumph after success, "Can I still come to support Boss Yun in the future?"

Her voice was soft and fragmented, muttering in a low voice, "Come if you want to, I didn't stop you."

At this moment, she had completely forgotten her tactful suggestion from ten minutes ago.

Considering that Huo Jingcheng was still sick, Su Ruoyun didn't dare to let him touch tea, so she only let the staff bring a jar of honey in and brewed him a pot of honey water.

She lifted the teapot lightly, and the amber honey water poured into the glass. After it was full, she raised her hand and placed the glass of "sweet syrup" in front of Huo Jingcheng.

A subtle "click" sound rang out. Huo Jingcheng slowly opened his black eyes, turned his head, and swept his gaze casually over the table. He immediately frowned in dissatisfaction, his eyes half-squinted, as if he were so angry that he coughed, "Cough cough cough, just give me honey water?"

Seeing him questioning her "hospitality," Su Ruoyun explained, "This honey is very authentic, it's genuine wild honey. People were sent into the mountains to find it bit by bit. The bees are wild, and the honey is also wild."

Huo Jingcheng raised his hand, his long, distinct fingers pulling his overcoat together, then buttoned the collar, and questioned her unhurriedly, "How are you sure? Did you go find it?"

"……" Su Ruoyun.

She felt that Huo Jingcheng was a bit sick today—no, he was sick to begin with today.

Su Ruoyun's chest rose and fell slightly, and she took a deep breath, silently soothing herself in her heart: Don't be angry, don't be angry.

A moment later, she raised a standard commercial smile, and three words were squeezed out from her lips, carrying a hint of gnashing teeth, "Drink or not?"

Huo Jingcheng sensibly didn't continue, raised his hand, and steadily picked up the cup in front of him.

Seeing him "obediently" pick up the glass and take a sip, Su Ruoyun nodded "satisfactorily," then stood up and walked out a few steps.

"I'm going out first."

She was afraid of being infected by his cold if she stayed for even one more second.

As she spoke, she stepped off the platform, put on the shoes by the side of the platform, and prepared to leave the private room.

Just as she took a step, a male voice came slowly.

"Can a tea master leave at will while serving customers?" Huo Jingcheng's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes full of suspicion, his tone carrying heavy questioning.

"……" Su Ruoyun.

She turned her head, raised her eyes, and met the gaze of Huo Jingcheng, who was half-lying on the tatami. The two stared at each other quietly for a few seconds. During this time, Huo Jingcheng covered his mouth and coughed many times.

It ended with Su Ruoyun's failure, and she sat back on the tatami.

Seeing her sitting opposite him again, Huo Jingcheng closed his eyes. His throat suddenly itched, as if an invisible hand was scratching it. He couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his mouth and cough twice, the coughing sound overflowing from between his fingers.

"Cough cough cough."

Huo Jingcheng endured the discomfort, sat up uncomfortably, picked up the teacup on the table, and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing this, Su Ruoyun raised her hand to refill him a cup of honey water.

Just like that, after Huo Jingcheng finished half a pot of honey water, the frequency of his coughing did indeed decrease.

He leaned back and casually took a pillow to cushion the back of his head.

Seeing him sleeping comfortably, Su Ruoyun felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart, and suddenly spoke, her tone full of sarcasm, "Do you want me to bring you a quilt?"

Huo Jingcheng naturally heard the sarcasm in her words, but didn't care at all. He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze swept over her briefly, and then he closed his eyes again.

He didn't respond, which instead made Su Ruoyun look "narrow-minded." She stared at him like this for who knows how long. Su Ruoyun curled up in the corner, leaning against the wall, her head tilted, and she sank deeply into a dream.

……

Half an hour later, Huo Jingcheng woke up leisurely. The blinding light suddenly entered his eyes, and he subconsciously raised his arm to block it. After his eyes adapted to the light, he lowered his arm and swept his gaze around quickly, finding no one, thinking Su Ruoyun had already left.

When he got up, he inadvertently swept his gaze to the opposite side, and the girl's sleeping face entered his eyes.

He always felt that now was a very suitable time to do something bad.

……

In her dream, Su Ruoyun felt a tightness in her chest, her head was dizzy, as if shrouded in a layer of thick smog. She uncomfortably changed her head to lean against the wall behind her, but it didn't change the situation.

Before the feeling of suffocation completely drowned her like a tide, she couldn't take it anymore and opened her eyes suddenly. The man's handsome face suddenly broke into her line of sight. She gasped, her heart pounding.

Su Ruoyun thought she was sleeping and confused, having an illusion. She didn't give up and closed her eyes again. When she opened her eyes again, that handsome face was even closer to her.

There was almost no gap between the two, so close that their breathing was intertwined. Her gaze fell on his face without any obstruction.

She could clearly see Huo Jingcheng's thick, curled eyelashes blinking slowly, each one distinct, and she could even count the specific number.

Suddenly, Huo Jingcheng raised his eyelashes, his deep eyes falling straight on Su Ruoyun's face, unblinking, like a lone wolf waiting for an opportunity in the snowy field. Once it locked onto its prey, it would bite down hard with sharp teeth and never let go.

The distance between the two was unusually close, far exceeding the boundaries that should exist between a Boss Lady and an ordinary customer.

She wasn't stupid enough to think that Huo Jingcheng was so close just to count the specific number of her eyelashes.

Su Ruoyun was so nervous that her throat tightened, and she subconsciously swallowed, her throat rolling.

It's over, she really invited a wolf into the house.

?? Next chapter, is there a mua~? So hard to guess.

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