Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

After seeing that the stone on the ground was just an ordinary stone, Shen Jingyuan's tense nerves relaxed instantly.

He bent down to pick up a stone on the ground, rubbed it between his fingertips for a while, then looked up at the small hole in the window paper. After a moment of thought, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, and then he sighed almost imperceptibly.

Shen Jingyuan walked lightly to the half-closed window. Facing the swaying bamboo shadows reflected on the window paper, he called out in a low voice, "Lin Xi."

There was no one answering outside the window, only the sound of wind and rustling bamboo leaves, as if Shen Jingyuan was just talking to himself.

Not getting a response, Shen Jingyuan pursed his lips and said lightly, "Stop making trouble."

After saying this, he seemed to no longer be bothered by the matter. He put the stone on the table, turned around, picked up the chair he had just knocked over, and made a gesture to sit down again.

At this moment, an almost inaudible rustling sound came from outside the window, like bamboo leaves blown by the wind, brushing against the window lattice.

At the same time, Shen Jingyuan, who was about to sit down, suddenly focused his eyes, stretched out his hand, and pushed the half-closed window outwards.

"Ouch!"

A scream was heard, and Lin Xi, who was originally sticking close to the window, eavesdropping on the movement inside, seemed to be frightened by the sudden movement. She suddenly shrank back, lost her balance, and then fell backward uncontrollably.

Shen Jingyuan, who originally just wanted to catch her in the act, felt a pang of nervousness upon seeing this.

He reacted extremely quickly, lunging forward, his upper body crossing the table, and stretching out his long arm to grab Lin Xi's wrist, exerting force in his hand to pull her back.

However, just as his fingertips touched Lin Xi's wrist, Lin Xi, who had originally looked panicked, had a cunning smile of success flashing in his eyes.

She curled the corners of her mouth and suddenly pulled out her other hand, which had been hidden behind her back. Taking advantage of the force with which Shen Jingyuan pulled her, she raised her wrist and threw the thing tightly clenched in her hand towards Shen Jingyuan's head.

The moment Shen Jingyuan caught a glimpse of Lin Xi's movements, he felt something was wrong. However, at this moment, the weight of Lin Xi's entire body was tied to the arm that was holding her wrist. If he let go at this moment, Lin Xi would definitely fall heavily to the ground in a dangerous position with her head landing on the ground.

Shen Jingyuan made a decision quickly with his mind racing. Instead of letting go of her hand, he increased his strength and pulled her towards him. At the same time, he subconsciously closed his eyes, ready to withstand the things that Lin Xi threw at him.

The expected pain of being hit by a stone did not come.

Instead, there were pieces of soft and cool feather-like touch, sliding down from the top of his head, passing over his forehead, brow bone, and nose tip... bringing a burst of sweet and elegant floral fragrance.

"Pfft! Shen Jingyuan, what are you doing?"

Lin Ximan's triumphant laughter after her prank succeeded rang in his ears. Shen Jingyuan suddenly opened his eyes and met her eyes, which were close to him and filled with a sly smile.

"Why? Are you so afraid of death?"

Lin Xi smiled like a kitten that had just pushed its teacup off the table. She even spread out her palms and deliberately blew the pink and white petals stuck to them towards him. "Look, they're just a few petals. Do you think they're really that scary?"

Warm breath accompanied by the faint scent of camellia flowers came to his face, spraying on the skin beside Shen Jingyuan's ears and neck, making him hold his breath and subconsciously tighten his jaw.

It was not until a petal swirled down from above his head, briefly obscuring his vision, that Shen Jingyuan seemed to wake up from a dream. He suddenly let go and pushed Lin Xi out of his arms.

"Lin Xi!"

Shen Jingyuan felt embarrassed and angry when he realized that he had been fooled by her again. His face was tense. He endured the heat spreading from behind his ears and spoke to Lin Xi in a deep voice.

"Nonsense!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, look at how old-fashioned you are. You look just like your grandfather."

Even though she was pushed away, Lin Xi was not annoyed. Instead, she jumped away with a smile and looked at Shen Jingyuan from afar through the window, with an expression of gloating.

"I saw you stayed indoors all day and was worried you'd get bored, so I brought you some flowers to help you get rid of the bad smell. It's fine if you're not grateful, but why are you blaming me?"

Seeing Lin Xi talking nonsense as if it was a matter of course, Shen Jingyuan let out a long breath, suppressed the strange emotions that surged from the bottom of his heart, reached out to brush off the petals stuck on her shoulders and lapels, and glanced at her coldly with a stern face.

"Boring." He said and reached out to close the window.

"Humph! You think you're bored too?" Lin Xi was quick to pull the window shutter, snorted coldly at Shen Jingyuan, and complained dissatisfiedly, "Why did you send me back? I've been confined in the house by that old-timey Wu Ma every day. I'm going to get moldy!"

Seeing her pressing her hand on the window pane without a care in the world, Shen Jingyuan stopped moving for fear of pinching her hand. He frowned and looked at her, "If you don't make trouble, how can Mr. Lin let you learn the rules?"

"Why did I act so foolishly?" Lin Xi was immediately displeased when she heard his words. She pulled the half-closed window open again and said angrily, "Xu Yucheng is fickle and inconsistent. He deceived me so badly. Shouldn't I break off the engagement with him?"

Hearing Xu Yucheng's name, Shen Jingyuan pursed his lips, his eyelashes trembling slightly, hiding the emotions in his eyes. Just as he was about to say that he was certainly not talking about this, he was interrupted by Lin Xi.

"As for the matter of running away from home, I admit that I was indeed inconsiderate. I accept the punishment and accept the beatings and scoldings. But why do you men who travel all over the world think you are promising and will do great things, while I haven't even run out of the Lin family's territory, but I am caught and locked up in the house, learning those useless rules that should have been buried long ago?"

Lin Xi was just complaining in dissatisfaction at first, but as she spoke later, it seemed as if the suppressed emotions of the past few days were touched upon, and she vented all the grievances in her heart.

"I want to go around and have a look, but if I tell my parents directly, they will definitely think I'm messing around. I can only act first and ask for permission later."

"If you hadn't insisted on sending me back, I wouldn't have caused such a scene at the dock, nor would I have pawned my belongings because I didn't have my luggage, and I wouldn't have been seen stuck in the window by so many people."

"It's all your fault! If you want to go on a mission, just go ahead. Can't you just pretend you've never met me? Do you know that I hate the old house the most? I also hate Aunt Wu the most."

"It was she who instigated my grandmother to bind my feet. If it weren't for my brother, I would have been like those poor women who staggered with every step, could never leave the house, and were confined to their homes for the rest of their lives."

"Brother, if only you were still here, he would never let me suffer any injustice."

"I, I actually just want to go to the north to take a look. My brother died there, and his body hasn't been found yet. I just want to go and take a look..."