Moonlight falls into my arms

"You've got it backwards, the video is a mirror image."

Ruan Li frowned. "I know it's a mirror image, I've corrected it."

She suddenly felt that her fingers couldn't move. She tried to imitate the gesture in the video, and her index and middle fingers were almost fighting each other.

Just as she was struggling with her decision, long, slender fingers covered her hand, gently pinched her fingertips, and adjusted her position, saying, "This."

Ruan Li exclaimed, "Oh, yes, haha."

Jiang Yuci moved her other hand a little more, "The needle should be on the yarn."

Ruan Li nodded repeatedly, "Up there..."

"Okay, let's knit."

Ruan Li's posture was all correct, but what she wove was crooked and uneven. You could tell what it was, but it was ugly in a unique way.

Jiang Yuci glanced over from the side every now and then.

Seeing those messy stitches made me feel like my heart was being scratched by feathers; it was very uncomfortable.

"You...you're going to give this to me?" he asked.

Ruan Li nodded: "That's right, I originally knitted it for you. Look how long I've knitted it and how hard I've studied. You shouldn't hold it against me, right? Let's just forget about the emoji thing."

Jiang Yuci had never cared about that kind of thing.

He looked away from the television and saw unfamiliar faces, realizing he had no idea where the story was going.

Even looking at it again, it's just a forced performance.

He decided to focus specifically on Ruan Li's scarf-making.

As Ruan Li continued weaving more and more, Jiang Yuci finally couldn't resist anymore.

Completely—completely ignorant.

If you gave him a scarf like that, he would be anxious all day.

Jiang Yuci took the scarf and said, "Don't squeeze it so tightly. If you loosen it and tighten it again, it will get messy."

Jiang Yuci continued knitting down the row she had already knitted, "The pressure is just right."

"I...I'm nervous." Ruan Li's palms were sweaty. "The one I chose is pretty, but it's not easy to knit and it's a bit complicated."

Jiang Yuci's fingers deftly twirled the knitting needles and yarn, her eyelashes drooping as she focused intently on her hands.

The living room fell silent.

Ruan Li felt her legs were a little numb, but she dared not move.

She glanced furtively at Jiang Yuci, who was engrossed in his thoughts.

Ruan Li was afraid that if she moved, she would disturb him and he would stop weaving.

Ruan Li raised her head and paused for a moment. The TV was still on, the volume neither too loud nor too soft, but definitely noticeable.

She hadn't heard anything from the TV at all.

Not even a hint of it.

Has she just gone deaf?

Ruan Li pressed her ear.

Jiang Yuci looked up. "You want me to prepare my own apology gift?"

“Um…” Ruan Li lowered her head, “I think this kind of thing is still not suitable for me.”

Ruan Li even specifically chose gray, feeling that she could knit the exact same one by following the video tutorial.

Who would have thought that he was completely unfit for action?

"You keep knitting, don't waste materials," Ruan Li said.

"..."

Jiang Yu started moving again as soon as he said goodbye. He bent his waist slightly, his elbows were bent, and the small ball of yarn next to him gradually became smaller.

Fishbone had somehow climbed onto the sofa and even lingered near Jiang Yuci's legs, wagging its tail and squinting its eyes timidly.

Suddenly, a shadow fell over Jiang Yuci's eyes.

Ruan Li raised her hand and tucked the cute little hair clip behind his ear.

It was a package she had just opened; it contained ten Hello Kitty hair clips, and Ruan Li was wearing two of them.

Seeing Jiang Yuci's serious and focused expression, I couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

The pink Hello Kitty tucked into his smooth head creates a uniquely adorable contrast.

Ruan Li bit her lip to suppress a laugh.

Jiang Yuci slowly raised her head and reached out to touch her head.

Ruan Li pressed his hand down, "It looks good, it looks good."

She grabbed Jiang Yuci's outstretched hand, quickly brought up the phone's camera app, and took a picture.

Click, the image freezes on his cool face, his slightly open eyes are a little blank, and the hair clip by his ear is very out of place against his overall gray and white outfit.

The long, slender fingers were held down by an even more delicate hand.

Ruan Li really wants to have her own phone so she can save this photo.

"You're not allowed to delete it."

Jiang Yuci glanced at her and said, "Boring."

Ruan Li hugged her hair clips and hair ties, wanting to braid her hair, but after searching for a long time, she said, "Jiang Yuci, you don't have a mirror at home."

Ruan Li had no choice but to turn on her phone's camera and point it at the camera.

She returned to her previous position, squatting by the sofa.

Jiang Yuci sat to the side, leisurely knitting a scarf.

Ruan Li braided two cute fishtail braids, brought them close to Jiang Yuci's face, and held her braids in her hands: "Jiang Yuci, do you know what this braid is called?"

"braid."

"..."

Ruan Li glanced at him: "This is called—fishbone braid!"

Her smile was like sunlight pouring through a hole in the dark sky; her bright eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and even the mole at the corner of her eye seemed to come alive.

Jiang Yuci stared at her blankly for a long time.

Seeing that Ruan Li's ears were already red, she said, "Um, fish bones, it's related to fish bones."

She blinked a few times and picked up the fishbone nestled on the sofa.

He casually touched the head of the fishbone.

"Meow..." Fishbone, which was forcibly turned on from its sleep, meowed in dissatisfaction.

Jiang Yu resigned from court, and Ruan Li reached out his hand.

Ruan Li paused, then slowly placed the fishbone in her hand into his.

"..." Jiang Yuci pulled his hand out from under the warm belly of the fishbone, "My phone."

Ruan Li glanced at the scarf in his hand and realized that Jiang Yuci had finished knitting it in such a short time.

"Do you want to learn how to close the needle? I'll adjust it for you." Ruan Li put the cat aside, took out her phone, found a video, and dragged the progress bar.

Is this really your first time knitting a scarf?

"Ah."

Ruan Li watched as he went through the tutorial on how to finish a stitch, and he finished it perfectly on his first try.

That's true. If Jiang Yuci had knitted it once, she wouldn't need to watch the tutorial again.

Not only are his hands good, but his brain is also really good.

"Wow!" Ruan Li exaggeratedly took the scarf from Jiang Yuci's hand, stood on the sofa, and held the long scarf high. "You're so amazing, Jiang Yuci! You're incredible!"

Ruan Li looked down and suddenly noticed that the messy rows she had woven at the beginning were still there.

"Oh, why didn't you take mine apart and re-knit it? This is so ugly, it really lowers the overall quality."

As Ruan Li was clutching the few rows of scarves she had knitted, feeling regretful, the scarf in her hand was snatched away.

“This is my apology gift.” Jiang Yuci stood up and wrapped the scarf around her arm. “I have the right to do with it.”

"But it's very ugly..."

Ruan Li thought that Jiang Yuci probably wouldn't wear it at all, so she stopped talking about taking apart the one she had knitted.

Jiang Yuci took her phone and scarf to the study.

As soon as he left, Ruan Li grabbed the remote and switched to her favorite TV show.

Jiang Yuci sat at his desk, the scarf neatly folded and placed on the bookshelf.

Just as Jiang Yuci was about to unlock her phone, a moment before the screen lit up, she noticed something on her head.

He pulled up the camera and took a look.

The same hair clip as Ruan Li's was crookedly tucked into the hair on the tip of his ear.

He paused for a moment, then quickly took the hair clip off, its smooth edge sliding between his fingers. After a while, he placed it on his desk.

Open the photo album.

The first video that pops up shows Ruan Li's face close up.

He clicked to play it as if by some strange impulse.

From loose hair to fishtail braids, then to buns, pigtails, and princess hairstyles...

Wow, there are so many... They're actually quite cute.