SEBLS Chapter 38

Sure enough, Qin Qiyue was unwilling to admit anything.

Forget it, Zhuang Wu didn’t want his mood, which he had finally calmed down, to be ruined again because of Qin Qiyue. He forced a smile and said to Qin Qiyue, “Well, thank you, Gege. I’ll think about what to give you for New Year’s.”

“No need, you already sent it.” Qin Qiyue refused.

“？”

Qin Qiyue tugged at the scarf hanging around his neck. “This, thank you.”

The two stared at each other for a moment, then Zhuang Wu looked away first.

His mood didn’t seem so bad anymore.

Back at the hotel, Lin Mengyu and Wen Jia had both woken up.

“Where did you go?” Wen Jia muttered. “It’s almost noon and you’re just coming back.” 

Zhuang Wu smiled and held Wen Jia’s arm as he explained, “We went out for breakfast. We finally got to come here, so we went to the mall to look around…”

In the end, Wen Jia didn’t press Zhuang Wu much.

As their group sat on the sofas in the hall chatting idly, Lin Mengyu suddenly noticed the scarf around Qin Qiyue’s neck.

“Qiyue.” Lin Mengyu looked closely at the scarf, “Where did you buy that scarf? It’s so ugly. How much did it cost?” 

“……”

Zhuang Wu looked at Lin Mengyu, his eyes full of speechlessness.

Even if you didn’t know that I knitted the scarf, you don’t have to be so blunt, do you?

Just as he was still at a loss, he suddenly heard Qin Qiyue laugh beside him.

Zhuang Wu turned his head.

What is he laughing at?

Noticing Zhuang Wu’s gaze, Qin Qiyue looked back at him, but replied to Lin Mengyu, “It’s not very pretty, but it’s free and the quality is pretty good.”

Upon hearing that it was free, Lin Mengyu no longer pursued the matter.

If such an ugly scarf was sold at a high price, Lin Mengyu would really have to give Qin Qiyue a good scolding.

After staying in that place for a few more days, Qin Qiyue’s father also arrived after finishing his business at the company.

At that time, there were only two to three days left until the New Year.

Due to the large number of tourists, there were no vacancies at the hotel, so Qin Qiyue’s father had no choice but to find other hotels in the vicinity to stay in.

Fortunately, it wasn’t too far from the hotel where Lin Mengyu was staying.

Since that day, Qin Qiyue has worn Zhuang Wu’s scarf around his neck almost every day.

They also coincidentally wore the matching couples’ outfits they had bought. When Lin Mengyu noticed, the two of them didn’t dare to admit it, so they simply said they had bought them online and ended up with the same design. Lin Mengyu and the others believed them.

Zhuang Wu felt that after spending time together over the past few days, his relationship with Qin Qiyue seemed to have grown closer. However, whenever Qin Qiyue rejected him with that cold tone, Zhuang Wu couldn’t help but doubt whether he was overthinking things.

On New Year’s Eve, they gathered to eat their New Year’s Eve dinner together.

It should have been a happy occasion, but Wen Jia didn’t look happy at all.

Lin Mengyu is worried about her, “What’s wrong?”

Wen Jia forced a smile and replied, “Nothing, just a little tired.”

Lin Mengyu didn’t doubt Wen Jia’s words, but Zhuang Wu didn’t believe her. He knew that Wen Jia was unhappy because things would not be able to continue like this after this period of time.

When that time comes, he will have to persuade Wen Jia. He didn’t want to be taken away by Wen Jia and leave Qin Qiyue.

Since both of them were of the right age, Qin Qiyue’s father wanted to get them drunk, but considering what happened when they got drunk a few days ago, Qin Qiyue refused to drink a single drop of alcohol.

Zhuang Wu stood nearby, grinning slyly as he watched him. When Qin Qiyue’s father went to chat with the other adults, Zhuang Wu leaned over and whispered in Qin Qiyue’s ear, “Gege, you’re so against alcohol. Are you afraid of what happened that night to happen again?”

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