Ni Jiu (Intoxicated) - Chap 73

The vibration of Shen Tingwei’s phone stopped.
Only then did he regain his senses. He put the phone in front of him and saw the name of ‘Lian Jue’ lying quietly on the screen.
Shen Tingwei pressed the call back and the other side picked it up quickly. He just woke up his voice was still full of tiredness dragging an unconscious long voice: “Hello——?”
“Awake?” Lian Jue asked on the other end of the phone.
When Shen Tingwei heard his voice before he completely woke up, he blushed for unknown reasons and replied, “Um.”
“I went to the flower shop.” Lian Jue’s voice sounded calm, as if explaining a common thing to him, “The flower shop doesn’t have jasmine bouquets, so I was only able to bought potted plants.”
Shen Tingwei sat up from the bed, looked at the palm-sized potted plant on the bedside table and smiled softly: “I see.”
Lian Jue didn’t seem to know how to answer his words and after a short pause, he also said, “Um”.
Shen Tingwei was not accustomed to his unspeakable warmth, didn’t care about his behavior that could not be regarded as “giving flowers” in the strict sense and thanked him sincerely.
Shen Tingwei picked up the pot of little jasmine.
There is only one jasmine plant in the pot. There is a cluster of small buds in the lush branches and leaves, which have not yet bloomed. The flower pot in which it is placed is a small ceramic bowl-shaped pot with common shape and material. A somewhat childish cartoon smiley face – very cute but Shen Ting can’t quite imagine how Lian Jue is holding it.
“Did you bought it in the morning?” Shen Ting asked about it. Unfortunately, this flower pot is a bit small. When jasmine grows up, it can be moved out and planted in the yard.
“When I was going to the company, I happened to pass by the flower shop.” Lian Jue’s tone was unnatural. He threw the question to him again, “Don’t you like it?”
Shen Tingwei did not dismantle his excuse for passing by at work and coming back on purpose but only affirmed his words: “I like it very much.”
Even Jue didn’t speak again and didn’t hang up the phone.
Shen Tingwei thought that Lian Jue should not have much experience in giving gifts, so he didn’t know how to respond to him, so he changed the subject: “Are you coming back for dinner at night?”
This time, Lian Jue answered quickly: “Yes.”
There was someone talking on the other end of the phone but Shen Tingwei didn’t want to tell him to go to work first. He then heard Lian Jue whispering to wait a moment, not sure whether he was saying it to himself or the people over there.
Shen Tingwei had no choice but to continue waiting with the phone.
Lian Jue’s voice quickly rang in the receiver: “I will try to go home as soon as possible.”

Shen Tingwei was startled for a moment and said, “Ah, good.”
Then he hung up the phone.
Shen Tingwei burst into laughter while holding the mobile phone on the hang-up page. He found that Lian Jue did not have the habit of saying goodbye to people. The sentence that most resembled the closing remark was probably the sentence he said to him through the glass in the detention center, “Let’s go.”

Shen Tingwei thought that it was too impolite but the smile in his eyes was thick.
He don’t know when it started, Lian Jue’s inhuman dullness was attached to him with some kind of cute color that belongs to Lian Jue.

He thought that if Lian Jue knew that he was using the word ‘cute’ to describe him behind his back, he might become angry again.

– Like hiding in the study and smoking a cigarette or something.

Shen Tingwei thought it was a bit funny to read Lian Jue indiscriminately but he couldn’t help being amused himself.
He put the potted plant back on the bedside table, noticing the waterproof Band-Aid on his fingers. Lian Jue changed it for him before taking a shower last night.
Lian Jue seemed to have kissed his finger in the study last night but he didn’t remember very well. Maybe he didn’t kiss him but his lips accidentally touched his hand. In fact, how big a wound can a rose thorn pierce, Shen Tingwei could not feel the pain earlier but he stared at his finger for a while. He still didn’t remove it… as if there were still residues on the fingertips. The temperature and touch of Lianjue’s lips in his imagination made him inexplicably have the idea of ​​wanting to retain this tenderness.
Shen Ting came out of Lian Jue’s bedroom before he finished washing. Kang Tong’s room was still empty. He called Kang Tong. The mother of the classmate said the she wanted to keep them at home for lunch. They would go home in the afternoon. Kang Tong said that he already talked to Lian Jue on the phone in the morning. Shen Tingwei agreed and explained that he should be polite at his classmate’s house. Kang Tong obediently agreed.

Before Shen Tingwei went downstairs, the bouquet of roses was still placed in the center of the dining table as last night but it was slightly different.
Because the stems absorbed the full moisture, the bouquet of roses bloomed even more delicately and the fragrance was even more intense than last night.
However, Shen Tingwei unexpectedly found that he did not feel any discomfort with this fragrant floral fragrance but felt that the smell was not as unbearable as he thought.
Like this bouquet of roses, it seems that many things have changed silently since last night.
On this day, Shen Tingwei posted a photo towards his first circle of friends since he owned WeChat.
Before sending, he stared at the text box for a long time. He tried to edit different copies but in the end he deleted them one by one and only one photo was really sent.
In the photo is a small pot of jasmine.
Just like his many secrets that should not be disclosed, he hides his throbbing emotions in the bottom of his heart and cherishes it well.
Not long after it was posted in the circle of friends, Lin Chen and Chang Kaixin respectively gave him a like. Chang Xing commented below: Jasmine should not be kept in the bedroom.
Lin Chen canceled the like half a minute after he liked it.

Shen Tingwei couldn’t help but wonder if Lin Chen was worried that Lian Jue would find him playing with his mobile phone during work hours. He was eccentrically defending Lian Jue that he was not that stingy.
It was not the first time that Lin Chen had done such an inexplicable thing. Shen Tingwei was puzzled and felt that there was no need to ask him about such trivial matters.
Looking at Chang Xing’s comment, he suddenly had a strong idea of ​​sharing or showing off. He replied: My partner sent it.

When he was about to press send, he stared at these words and the movement of his hand paused.
Shen Tingwei deleted these words and edited them again: Sent by my husband, ☺️.”

Shen Tingwei looked at the smiling face and for some reason he thought it was cute. He opened his profile page again, changed his WeChat nickname from *< |😐 to *< |☺️ and put down his phone to prepare for lunch.
Within a few minutes, he received a WeChat voice note from Chang Xing.
Chang Xing said angrily, "Good guy! I care about you so well but you actually mocked me!"
Shen Tingwei didn't know whether to laugh or cry and asked her why she thought of being mocked.

Chang Xing said: "Look at what you posted yourself, naked dog abuse! Too much, too much."

Soon she sent another message: "It seems that you had a good time on Qixi Festival. Miss Ben won't care about you anymore. When will you come back? Please invite me to drink milk tea."
Shen Tingwei replied to her and said yes.
The 'rose' misunderstanding seems to be a catalyst for him and Lian Jue's peaceful life. The relationship between the two who were originally close to each other suddenly became much closer.
Shen Tingwei and Lian Jue became closer without them realizing it.
Summer is also coming to an end without us noticing.