Chapter 440: An Accidental Encounter
He picked up a book and started reading it on his other leg. Today he wasn’t working, so he planned to stay cozied up here with his wife the whole day. The house was quiet, Granny Lu had gone to the store, and the old master hadn’t moved over yet. In such a large Siheyuan, it was just the two of them.
When Qin Xiangnuan woke up again, it was already noon. Jian Zhiqing was still leaning against the headboard, seriously flipping through his book. His eyelashes were cast downwards, and the corners of his lips were subtly curved upwards, sometimes becoming more pronounced when he came across something amusing.
Jian Zhiqing tossed the book onto the bedside table and pulled up the quilt to bundle up his delicate wife properly. The weather had turned chilly, and although it was warm inside, they still had to be cautious to avoid catching a cold.
"What would Brother Jian like to eat?" Despite trying, Qin Xiangnuan couldn’t change the way she addressed him, but she was used to it now, so she decided not to change it. When they grew old together, she would start calling him Old Jian, she thought, which made her smile.
"Get dressed, let’s go out to eat," Jian Zhiqing stood up and took Qin Xiangnuan’s clothes from one side. It was a red down jacket, handmade by her, fitted at the waist and padded with fluffy down, very light but flattering. In the cold winter, anyone passing by would undoubtedly see her as a beautiful sight.
Jian Zhiqing changed into a black long coat, which accentuated his tall and elegant stature. The couple both had strikingly good looks, and especially their eye contact and gestures showed a kind of understanding that many long-married couples couldn’t achieve.
Jian Zhiqing took out a scarf for Qin Xiangnuan and wrapped it around her, then took out a tube of medicine from his pocket and rubbed it between his hands before wrapping Qin Xiangnuan’s hands in his. She had frostbitten her hands as a child, which they say can recur every year. Although her hands hadn’t been frostbitten in recent years, he still worried about this particularly cold winter.
Qin Xiangnuan held her hands under her nose and sniffed; it smelled good. The scent wasn’t too strong, just a faint smell of herbal medicine. She had started using it as a hand cream regularly, and looking at her hands, it really seemed to be effective.
Her hands were indeed very fair and delicate, naturally without any chilblains.
"What shall we eat today?" Qin Xiangnuan hugged Jian Zhiqing’s arm and rubbed her head against it, acting like a well-behaved Persian cat.