No. 43: A Stroll in the Garden, a Shocking Dream (Part 1)

  Wang Jian and Tianran Er were busy in the kitchen, with occasional bursts of Tianran Er's apologetic exclamations and Wang Jian's helpless reprimands. But more often, there was the sizzling sound of dishes hitting hot woks, and the aroma of food wafting from the gap under the kitchen door, which had a strong homey flavor.

  But compared to the two of them, the atmosphere outside was much colder. Dawei sat on a pink sofa, and Lin Yaxuan sat on the other side. The two people stared at each other with big eyes, looking very bored. Dawei tried to chat with Lin Yaxuan several times, but was blocked by her gaze every time. The meaning in that gaze was particularly clear, and it only had one sentence: "Stay away from me." So Dawei, who was originally a social animal, was almost suffocated by this awkward atmosphere.

  He can't wait for that cannon fodder Xu to come and take Lin Yaxuan's baptism.

  It's also unknown whether it was Dawei's heartfelt wish that moved the heavens, but just as Dawei was on the verge of collapse, the doorbell suddenly rang out, its sharp sound breaking the silence in the living room.

  "I'm coming! I'm coming!" Tianran Er, wearing an apron, rushed out of the kitchen with a radiant expression on his face.

  "Excuse me, is this Ms. Wang Ruolin?" At the door were three delivery guys wearing blue uniforms and hats with a courier company logo: "There are three packages here that require your signature."

  "Oh?" Tianran Er signed the delivery slip with a bewildered expression, then turned to look at Dawei who was gathering around to watch the commotion, and anxiously asked: "Dawei, could it be a bomb...?"

  "I think it's unlikely. If they wanted to blow you up, they wouldn't need three boxes." Dawei struggled to drag the three large boxes inside: "What is this? It's so heavy!"

  "Open it and you'll know." Tian Ran turned around, pulled out a pair of scissors from the storage box, and rolled up his sleeves: "Everyone move back!"

  "What's the big deal? Just open a box!" Dawei borrowed scissors and looked at Tianran Er: "Go help Ah Jian!"

  "Right!"

  He naturally patted his forehead and rushed into the kitchen, throwing Dawei and Lin Yaxuan back to the living room once again.

  "Your sister wants to match us up, can't you see?" Dawei smiled slyly: "How about it, should we just go along with it?"

  Lin Yaxuan coldly snorted: "I hate sissy men the most."

  "You think I like you? Self-deception. Mother's bug." Dawei's face instantly sank: "Indeed, a word out of tune is half a sentence too many."

  "Xiao Ye, I don't know what your intention is in getting close to my sister, but I can assure you that if you dare do anything to her..." Lin Yaxuan's mouth curled up into a very gloomy arc, which could be considered a smile: "I don't care who you are, I'll always find a way to make you suffer."

  "Hey, don't say it so seriously." Dawei squatted on the ground, slowly cutting the tape on three large boxes, and pointed to the kitchen: "I really regard your sister as my own sister."

  Lin Yaxuan no longer paid attention to him, leaning on the sofa, lightly lit a lady's cigarette, staring at the ceiling with a silent face.

  "You don't seem to be in a good mood, is it because of the boxing match?"

  "It's none of your business."

  "I wonder what you would do if you lost."

  "It's impossible, I've already won thirty in a row." Lin Yaxuan said with confidence: "It's impossible to lose."

  "Nothing is impossible."

  As they spoke, Dawei finally opened a box, slowly opening the lid to reveal that it was full of fireworks, all of which were high-end and worth at least thousands. The items were stacked layer by layer in a one-cubic-meter large box, and roughly estimating their value, they were worth no less than 50,000 yuan.

  "This Kai Zai Xu is really something. He's such a troublemaker." Dawei covered up the box: "He's really good at stirring up trouble."

  As soon as the words fell, the doorbell rang again. Tianran Er shouted from the kitchen: "Dawei, help me open the door."

  "Got it."

  After opening the door, a fragrant breeze came rushing in, causing Dawei to take a step back. When he looked closely, he found that there were five or six people standing outside, led by none other than Kaizi Xu. He had clearly dressed up after work, wearing a white suit that fit him perfectly, far surpassing the cheap stuff Wang Jian wore, which cost only 500-600 yuan. Behind him stood several people, each holding a large bouquet of fresh flowers.

  But these flowers are not roses, but a mix of all the flowers that can be seen on the market, with a strong fragrance that fills the entire room as soon as the door is opened.

  "Come, put the things here." Kezi Xu didn't show any politeness at all, and after walking into the house, she began to direct the workers behind her to set up the venue, and in the midst of her busyness, she raised her head to take a glance at Lin Yaxuan: "Hello, are you Ye Lin's sister?"

  Sister... Lin Yaxuan's face immediately elongated, her eyes swept around Kezi Xu, and she let out a heavy hum with her nose.

  "I didn't know you were her aunt... I apologize for the offense, you look really young."

  Kai Zi Xu was quite good at observing expressions, and as soon as he saw Lin Ya Xuan's face change greatly, he immediately began to flatter very sincerely, but this flattering remark happened to be directed at the wrong person.

  At this time, Tianran Er happened to come out of the kitchen and saw Kai Zi Xu. He rushed to Lin Ya Xuan and said: "Sister, I made your favorite potato pancake..."

  Lin Yaxuan didn't know what was wrong, but suddenly smiled all over her face and said to Tianran Er: "Sister, I want to eat potato chips."

  Tianran nodded and shouted towards the kitchen: "A Jian, I'm going to buy something, you're in charge..."

  "Go early and it's good. If you weren't here, the dishes would have been on the table long ago." Wang Jian's voice, filled with resentment, floated out of the kitchen: "Don't come back before dinner is over."

  Tianran suddenly spat out her tongue, walked to the door, put on her shoes and ran downstairs to buy potato chips for Lin Yaxuan. Meanwhile, Lin Yaxuan sat up straight after she left, looked at Dawei and Kexu, and said slowly:

  "My sister is easy to deceive, but I'm not. Although I don't like her, she's still my only family member and I don't want to see her get hurt. Since childhood, I've seen many people fluttering around her, if you guys are aware of yourselves, we can coexist peacefully, otherwise, humph."

  Dawei said with a nonchalant expression: "Ask Kai Zi Xu."

  Kai Tzu Hsu also had an innocent face with his hands spread open: "I'm being sincere, I have a crush on Ryo Lin, you'd better be careful of that guy in the kitchen."

  "Him?" Lin Yaxuan pointed at Wang Jian who happened to be serving dishes just then.

  Wang Jian also turned his head to look at Lin Yaxuan: "You love to eat or not, if you don't eat then get out, without you it's more comfortable, looking at that stinky face of yours, if you were my sister, I'd slap you until your mouth is swollen, just looking at you is annoying."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Jian walked back to the kitchen with a gust of wind, leaving Lin Yaxuan with an inexplicable expression of helplessness.

  "You see, he's essentially the same as my sister." Lin Yaxuan chuckled: "I'm actually most at ease with him."

  "Your taste is quite good, little girl." Dawei stretched out his thumb to praise Lin Yaxuan: "You're indeed the female devil who stirs up trouble wherever you go."

  Lin Yaxuan smiled faintly: "Alright, I don't want to wait until Wang Jian throws me out later. I'll try my best to keep a friendly relationship with you guys."

  Dawei was stunned at the time, he was indeed shocked by Wang Jian's influence. This female devil, actually because she was afraid of being thrown out by Wang Jian, reluctantly maintained a friendly relationship with others. Would anyone believe this if it were told? Anyway, if it were in normal times, Dawei would definitely not believe it. As for what exactly happened and what the story is behind it, Dawei estimated that even Lin Yaxuan herself might not be too clear about it.

  When the dishes were almost ready, Tian Er came back from outside with a bag of chicken wings and happily stuffed them into Lin Yaxuan's arms: "The chicken wings you wanted."

  "I love chicken wings......" This time even Lin Ya Xuan couldn't help but hold back a little, after all she clearly remembered that what she wanted earlier was fries...

  Kai Zixu had also finished decorating the room. As it turned out, Kai Zixu's taste was indeed not bad. After arranging these flowers, Tian Er's house suddenly no longer had the gloomy atmosphere of leeks everywhere, and the fragrance of the flowers filled the room with a lovely and charming spring-like atmosphere.

  Just as Wang Jian was about to start eating, his broken phone rang suddenly.

  "Who?"

  "Teacher Wang... we're being blocked by someone and are currently in the restroom at the City South Forest Park, can you come and rescue us?"

  The voice on the phone was familiar to Wang Jian, belonging to one of the twenty-nine class rabbits. If Wang Jian wasn't mistaken, it should be Tang Jun, who led the protest yesterday. However, his voice didn't have the same arrogance as yesterday, but instead had a sense of urgency and anxiety, and even Wang Jian could faintly feel the sincerity and nervousness in his tone.

  "Give me a few minutes." Wang Jian replied simply, then raised his head and asked, "Where is the South City Park?"

  "It's not far from here, at most a 10-minute drive." Dawei said with his mouth full of food, mumbling: "Your craftsmanship is good!"

  "Stop eating, come with me." Wang Jian pulled Da Wei up: "That Tang Jun seems to be in trouble."

  "Hey." Dawei didn't even have a chance to resist before being pulled up by Wang Jian: "What's going on?"

  "It's definitely not good."

  When they reached the door, Er Gou finally reacted and chased after them, holding onto the door frame to ask Wang Jian and Da Wei, who were already walking down a floor: "I want to go too!"

  "Honestly, leave this for your sister's birthday." Wang Jian looked up at Tian Ran'er: "Don't go to join in the fun."

  Tianran Er is actually a very obedient girl, after listening to Wang Jian's words, she didn't have any objections, just simply said "oh" and agreed, then stood by the window watching Wang Jian and Dawei hastily running out, and kept watching Dawei's car quickly leaving from the entrance of the community.

  "Sister..."

  Tianran sat at the table with a pair of chopsticks in her mouth, looking pitiful: "I'm really sorry, I didn't know Ah Jian would suddenly run away."

  "Huh?" Lin Yaxuan didn't eat anything, only drank some beverage, and after hearing Tianran Er's words, she raised her head: "What do you mean?"

  "I knew you've been looking for him, so I thought...". Tian Ran puffed out her cheeks: "I thought you two could have a good talk today."

  Lin Yaxuan suddenly laughed after hearing that: "Useless, silly sister. Wang Jian is nothing like this guy, he has his own bottom line."

  "You don't have to say it like that."

  Kai Zixu, who was gloating over the departure of his two strong enemies Da Wei and Wang Jian, was suddenly caught off guard by Lin Yaxuan's unexpected move, leaving him at a loss for words, unable to laugh or cry.

  "Thanks again today." Tian Ran said sincerely to Kai Zixu: "My sister was just joking."

  Lin Yaxuan stood up and wiped her mouth: "Since no one has an appetite, why don't we go see what Wang Jian and the others are doing?"

  "Hooray!"

  There were some minor issues and one chapter was lost...