Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Nian Xi sighed with relief.
Thankfully, the lily of the valley was growing in the earth. She wouldnât have known how to take care of it if Jiang Yuning gave it to her.
âI get what youâre trying to say to me. Donât send me any more of your fatherâs flowers. Let your father keep them,â Nian Xi hurriedly said to him. âItâs already hard for me to take care of myself and my dog. Itâs gonna be too tricky for me to look after precious plants. I never tried growing flowers. Even a cactus could die in my apartment.â
âReally?â How could any woman in the world not know how to grow a cactus?
âItâs okay. Iâll go to your place from time to time to look after the flowers for you,â said Jiang Yuning. âIâm going to clean your apartment anyway. You donât need to do anything but feel its beauty.â
Nian Xi didnât know what to say.
She suddenly doubted if she ever had a life before. Had she ever appreciated pretty flowers? She didnât think so.
However, from this day on, she would be carefully appreciating the three-million yuan daisies.
âOh, Xi, Iâm going to sign up for a driverâs license test today,â said Jiang Yuning happily. âIâll invite you to go for a drive with me when I get my license.â
âAll right...â Nian Xi tried to encourage him. âBut wait until your hands recover. Also, donât give yourself too much pressure to drive.â
âSure. Are you busy today?â Jiang Yuning said.
âA bit. We have a new case today.â
âDid it happen at my university?â Jiang Yuning asked.
âNo. It happened in the countryside, near here.â
âWhy isnât it near my university?â Jiang Yuning was disappointed.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âYou want bad things to always happen near your university? Wherever we police officers go, we wonât be going for good things,â Nian Xi said.
âAll right. Oh, thereâs a large-scale science fair in Xia City, the day after tomorrow. Would you like to go with me... on a date?â Jiang Yuning asked with a low, shy voice.
âI donât have time during the day. How about we go in the evening?â
âThe place closes in the evening,â said Jiang Yuning with disappointment.
âThen we can go for a movie together,â said Nian Xi. âYou can book the tickets now. Remember, I want to watch the most popular and exciting movie.â
After ending the call, Jiang Yuning spent a short while thinking, then turned and asked Uncle Han, âWhatâs the most exciting movie? Xi wants to watch that.â
Uncle Han stopped, then gave him a mysterious smile and said, âI didnât know that Miss Nian is interested in excitement. All right, you let me worry about that.â
On hearing what Uncle Han said, Jiang Yuning felt relieved.
At night, Jiang Yuning got a call from his father, Jiang Fei.
âI heard that you let someone take away my little daisy last night. Where did you take it? Send it back to me now.â
âI gave it to someone,â said Jiang Yuning with a deep voice.
âWhat?â Jiang Feiâs voice almost blew up the phone. At that moment, he felt as if his blood had gone straight into his brain. âYou gave my treasure to someone? Do you know how many years I spent cultivating it? I have only managed to grow that single one so far. Are you trying to kill me? Who did you give it to? Bring it back now!â
âNo.â Jiang Yuning shook his head without thinking. âI gave it to my girlfriend. She loves it.â
Jiang Fei was so angry that he almost vomited blood. âI canât believe you gave away my treasure to fawn on some woman. You are a black sheep in our family. Why do you need a girlfriend? You should stay single forever.â
âStingy,â Jiang Yuning mumbled. âIâm not giving it back to you anyway.â
âYou little b*stard... wait...â
Before he could finish, Jiang Yuning ended the call and then went back into his lab.