Chapter 119 - 51: Peach Blossom Promise, An Octopus-like Sleeping Posture (Part 3)
He placed the thermos on the nightstand on Jiang Li’s side of the bed, then turned off the lights, climbed in, and held her as they slept.
When Jiang Li opened her eyes, the sun was already shining brightly outside, and she found herself lying in Shen Yanzhi’s arms.
She was wrapped around him like an octopus, clinging to him tightly as if afraid he might run away.
Jiang Li licked her lips in embarrassment and carefully untangled her arms and legs from him.
She glanced down at the pajamas she was wearing, and her face couldn’t help but turn red.
She knew without a doubt that Shen Yanzhi must have been the one to change her.
The thought of it made her wish she could dig a hole and crawl into it.
She immediately turned and headed for the bathroom. The moment she left, Shen Yanzhi, whose eyes had been tightly shut, suddenly opened them. He watched her retreating figure, lost in thought.
He sat up in bed, grabbed his phone from the nightstand, and fiddled with it for a moment before lying back down.
He wanted to see what Jiang Li would do, thinking he was still asleep.
After a few minutes, he felt an intense gaze land on his face.
He heard Jiang Li exclaim softly, "How can any man be this handsome!"
Shen Yanzhi’s lips couldn’t help but curl into a smile. ’I guess this face of mine has its advantages with her after all.’
’Looks like I’ll have to take good care of this face from now on. What if I’m not handsome anymore in the future and Jiang Li’s affections stray?’
’Oh, wait, it wouldn’t be her affections straying. She was never in love with me to begin with.’
The thought suddenly made his fate feel rather wretched.
’So what’s the point of being handsome if I still can’t win over the person I like?’
"Shen Yanzhi? Shen Yanzhi."
Jiang Li called his name twice. Seeing no reaction from him, she picked up her phone from the nightstand.
As her gaze swept over the nightstand, it paused on the thermos next to her phone. She unscrewed the lid and found that the honey water inside was still warm.
She tilted her head back and drank it all in one go. Her throat felt much better.
After putting down the thermos, she snapped a few photos of Shen Yanzhi’s sleeping face and immediately sent them to Zhong Mufeng.
Back in China, it was still the middle of the night.
The moment Zhong Mufeng saw the photos, she immediately initiated a video call. Afraid of waking Shen Yanzhi, Jiang Li quickly grabbed her phone and went out to the balcony.
The call had barely connected when Zhong Mufeng’s furious voice burst through. "Jiang Li, what do you think you’re doing? Showing off that you’ve got a man, is that it?"
Jiang Li set her phone down, a wide grin spreading across her face. "I just wanted to give you a chance to admire a handsome man up close."
’Okay, I just wanted to be a little shit.’
Speaking of handsome men, Jiang Li suddenly thought of Gu Mingyuan. "By the way, it’s been several days. Has Gu Mingyuan taken you out to dinner yet?"
Zhong Mufeng raised an eyebrow. "He’s asked a few times, but I’ve been pretty busy lately."
"No matter how busy you are, you can spare time for one meal. I think you just don’t want to have dinner with Gu Mingyuan."
Zhong Mufeng sighed in resignation. "It’s not that I don’t want to... it just feels a little weird."
"Especially when I think about how he refused an interview with me before. The idea that we could now sit down and have a meal together just feels... surreal."
"So much so that I still haven’t mentally prepared myself for it."
Jiang Li didn’t get it. "What’s so weird about it? It’s not like Gu Mingyuan is an alien."
Zhong Mufeng replied cryptically, "It’s something you just have to feel."
The corner of Jiang Li’s mouth twitched. "Suit yourself. Anyway, I’ve given you the opportunity."
’Whether or not she can seize it is up to her now.’
The two of them chatted about everything under the sun until the doorbell rang. Only then did Jiang Li reluctantly end the call.
’Okay, fine, it was actually because Zhong Mufeng was getting sleepy.’
As soon as she stepped back into the room, she saw Shen Yanzhi getting out of bed.
Jiang Li scratched her head. "Oh, you’re awake!"
Shen Yanzhi gave Jiang Li a meaningful look. "You slept very soundly last night."
Jiang Li gave a sheepish laugh. "You could have stopped me, you know. You just let me drink until I blacked out."
Her only memory was of ordering four cocktails at once.
As for what happened after that, she couldn’t remember a single thing.
Shen Yanzhi sounded mentally exhausted. "If I hadn’t stopped you, you probably would have downed all four of those cocktails in one go."
Jiang Li’s eyes widened in disbelief. "I’m that hardcore?"
Shen Yanzhi just smiled without saying a word. Jiang Li grinned. "But those cocktails were delicious. I just didn’t expect them to have such a kick."
Another series of urgent rings came from the doorbell. Eager to break the awkward silence, Jiang Li started toward the door, but Shen Yanzhi grabbed her by the wrist. "I’ll get it."
’He really didn’t want a repeat of last night’s events.’
