Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chapter 485: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (55)

"What?"

The moment Lin Xi heard Song Guanwen's request clearly, her mind went blank for a moment, and only Song Guanwen's low request echoed in her ears.

His palm was so hot that her fingertips felt slightly numb. The heat flowed up through her blood and instantly made her face red.

She subconsciously tried to pull her hand back, but he held it tighter. The place where their knuckles touched felt like hot coals, burning her heart.

"I said, 'Can you hug me?'" Song Guanwen turned his head to look at her, his eyes sliding from her red ears to their clasped hands, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

The gaze that fell on the two people's hands seemed to be burning, so hot that Lin Xi couldn't help but shrink her fingertips. She glanced around, but didn't know where to look.

"Why, why are you suddenly saying this, this?" Lin Xi felt that her stuttering had gotten worse due to nervousness. She stiffened her body and trembled as she tried to find excuses for Song Guanwen, "Are you, are you cold, cold..."

But as soon as she said this, even she felt that this reason was far-fetched. Although the two of them were hiding under the shade of a tree at the moment, the sun was high outside and it was the hottest time of the day. Although Song Guanwen's clothes were half wet, the hand holding her was frighteningly hot. How could he look like he was afraid of the cold at all?

"do you hate me?"

Just when Lin Xi was frozen, not knowing how to react, Song Guanwen's somewhat low voice was carried into Lin Xi's ears by the breeze from the lake.

"Of course not."

Although Lin Xi was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a tree hole to hide in, she still blushed and shook her head honestly when she heard Song Guanwen's somewhat dull voice.

"Do you like me?"

"Of course...what!"

It was like a tiny drop of water suddenly splashed into boiling hot oil. After realizing what Song Guanwen said, Lin Xi abruptly swallowed her subconscious answer, and the ending tone was even changed.

She jerked her hand away so suddenly that she practically jumped up from her seat, causing the wooden chair to creak in protest.

The sunlight suddenly became dazzling. Lin Xi stared at Song Guanwen's sunburned earlobes, then looked at his still calm eyes. She felt that either his brain was damaged by the lake water, or he was dizzy from the sun.

Otherwise, how could this usually cold and taciturn person suddenly change his temperament, put on an expressionless face, and ask such heart-stopping questions in such a calm tone?

"Ever since I noticed you were angry at lunch, I've been thinking about a question."

Song Guanwen raised his eyes and looked at Lin Xi who was two steps away. His expression was no longer as excited as when he saw Lin Xi just now. He even looked much calmer than usual. However, Lin Xi inexplicably heard a hint of tension in his calm tone, as if a storm was about to come.

"W-What's the problem?" She swallowed nervously and asked involuntarily following his words.

"I'm wondering why you are angry?" Seeing Lin Xi's nervous look, Song Guanwen suddenly curled his eyes.

"At first I thought you were unhappy because I didn't greet you in time and made you stay out in the sun for so long."

"I'm not..." Lin Xi retorted subconsciously, and complained in her heart that she was not such a stingy person.

"Of course... I know you are not such a stingy person." As if he had guessed what Lin Xi was thinking at the moment, Song Guanwen suddenly chuckled softly, as if to comfort Lin Xi, and as if to laugh at himself.

"Then I thought, maybe I was talking to Chen Caiqing for too long, so you got impatient."

The smile in Song Guanwen's eyes deepened, and when Lin Xi opened her mouth to say something, he interrupted her.

"Of course, that's not right. Whether you're working in the fields or interacting with outsiders, you've always been the most patient. Some time ago, when I couldn't work in the fields, you came to see me every day and never complained."

As if Song Guanwen's words brought back memories, the indignant look on Lin Xi's face gradually calmed down, but then she seemed to think of something and pursed her lips in grievance.

Song Guanwen, who had been watching her, naturally did not miss her subtle expression. A hint of emotion flashed across his eyes. He took a deep breath, and finally spoke slowly as if he had finally made up his mind.

"All the way here, I was completely baffled, but then it suddenly occurred to me: if I were you, how would I feel watching you whispering to a boy?"

Song Guanwen suddenly stood up from the bench. Lin Xi took a step back nervously, afraid that he would pull her again or say something that would make her blush.

But Song Guanwen only stopped half a step away from her, then bent down and slowly squatted down.

The scattered gardenias were curled up quietly at Lin Xi's feet, and a few of them were accidentally stepped on by her, crushed and covered with dust.

Song Guanwen stretched out his hand and gently picked up the intact branches one by one, carefully brushed off the dust on them, stood up and handed them to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi hesitated for a long time, and finally reached out to take it with a red face. She was about to ask Song Guanwen why he only said half of the sentence and deliberately kept her in suspense.

But before she could finish her words, she saw Song Guanwen squatting down again. Before Lin Xi could react, he took out his handkerchief from his pocket and gently covered the surface of Lin Xi's shoes that were stained with flower juice and dust.

The uppers of summer cloth shoes are thin and light. Although Song Guanwen had wrung the handkerchief very dry, Lin Xi still subconsciously retracted her feet the moment the handkerchief covered the shoe uppers.

Seeing this, Song Guanwen just shook his head and said softly, "The shoes are dirty." Seeing that Lin Xi stopped moving, he reached out and gently and carefully wiped off the traces of flower juice on her shoes.

"I will be jealous." After doing all this, Song Guanwen slowly stood up. The smile he had just had disappeared. The pair of eyes that were always as calm as an ancient well were now as dark as ink. He looked straight into Lin Xi's eyes without dodging, as if he wanted to see through her completely.

"It's not anger, nor impatience, but jealousy." He repeated it again, this time in a softer voice, but like a blunt knife, slowly and firmly cutting open his heart.

"Whenever I think of that scene, I'm so jealous that I almost die of jealousy."

"Xixi, if you don't hate me, can you try to like me?"

Song Guanwen's voice was so soft that it almost disappeared into the air, and the knuckles of his fingers, which were clutching the handkerchief, turned slightly white from the force.

"Like, I like you."