Hearing Leng Chuanjin's words, Leng Wanqing couldn't help feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Tell me."
He continued to ask.
Since he knew his younger sister's little tricks, he wasn't impatient.
But his voice still involuntarily got a bit louder.
"I want that newly released Christmas limited-edition necklace."
"Is it still from that brand?"
"Right!"
Hearing that her elder brother still remembered her preference, she couldn't help feeling a bit happy.
"Okay."
The man hung up the phone after saying that, and then sent a message to the store of that brand.
Without any accident, the necklace would soon be delivered to the Leng family.
Actually, he didn't have to buy this necklace for her. After all, he had already prepared a Christmas gift for her.
But in order to prevent her from disturbing him and Xia Sanghuan any further, he still decided to fulfill her wish.
"So where are we going now?"
Xia Sanghuan asked only after seeing him put away his phone.
"Home."
The two walked side by side on the street. The snow was still falling slowly. Without any accident, there would be a thin layer of snow on the ground by tomorrow morning.
The girl was a bit looking forward to it. After all, during the time she lived on Qingshan Slope, the snowfield was one of the few entertainment places for her.
Stepping on the soft snow and hearing the "creaking" sound, she felt that both her body and mind were soothed.
The two walked around the streets in a zigzag way. There was no way, the commercial street was really too big.
Just when Xia Sanghuan thought that her second elder brother had got them lost again, he suddenly stopped.
"We're here."
She looked up following him. Right in front of them was the cake shop they had been to at first.
The two of them walked into the shop. Leng Chuanjin explained the situation to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper quickly brought two cakes, one big and one small, for him.
The man carried the big one, and the girl carried the small one. They walked out of the cake shop hand in hand.
"Who is this for?"
She looked at the cake in her hand in confusion.
"It's for Jing Zhan."
"Didn't mother tell you?"
Reminded by him, she just remembered that a few days ago, Mrs. Leng had asked her whether Jing Zhan could eat cake.
"She did."
She replied.
"So, can he really eat cake?"
"Of course he can."
Hearing the faint worry in the man's voice, she quickly said.
"I've already told aunt the stipulated amount."
"Aunt must be able to control it well."
Hearing the girl's words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just when they were about to leave, a voice very familiar to both of them sounded behind them.
"Brother Chuanjin, Sanghuan..."
"Are you out shopping too?"
It was Jiang Zimo.
Xia Sanghuan's body instantly stiffened.
She felt a rush of blood to her head, and a buzzing sound started to ring in her ears.
She even felt a bit unsteady on her feet.
If before when she encountered embarrassing things, she just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
But now, she wished she could take a spaceship and move to another planet.
"Zimo."
"Long time no see."
However, Leng Chuanjin didn't notice her change. He pulled her around and greeted Jiang Zimo.
"How have you been lately?"
"I've been doing well."
"All thanks to Brother Chuanjin."
Jiang Zimo looked at him and forced a smile.
"Are you out alone?"
"Yes."
"Actually, I had made an appointment at first, but the other person had some important matters to deal with, so they declined me."
He answered Leng Chuanjin's question, but his eyes were always fixed on Xia Sanghuan.
The girl couldn't continue to be a "coward" under his stare.
"What a coincidence, senior."
"You're out for fun too."
She greeted him with a dry laugh.
"Yeah."
"I rarely have some free time."
He showed her the same kind and gentle smile as usual.
But for some reason, the girl always felt that this smile made her scalp tingle.
Although Jiang Zimo didn't show it, she really felt it.
He was angry, and very angry.
After all, she had just declined his invitation, and then turned around to "date" another man.
Her hands involuntarily tightened, and even her palms started to sweat.
She felt for the first time that holding hands with her second elder brother was a particularly torturous thing.
But if she were to let go, she would be reluctant.
Not only her, but even Leng Chuanjin felt Jiang Zimo's gaze.
He silently let go of her hand, and then put his arm around hers, pulling her closer to him.
As if silently declaring his possessiveness.
His eyes darkened, and he said to Jiang Zimo.
"Zimo, if you have nothing else to do, we'll be leaving first."
"The temperature is going to drop sharply soon. You should go home early too."
After saying that, he turned around and left with the girl.
"Okay, Brother Chuanjin, be careful on your way."
After Jiang Zimo said that, he also walked in the opposite direction.
Xia Sanghuan secretly looked back at him. She inexplicably felt that his back looked very lonely.
"Feeling sorry for him?"
The man suddenly said.
Although he didn't know what exactly had happened between Jiang Zimo and Sanghuan, the way he looked at her just now made him feel angry.
It was as if his precious thing had been targeted by someone else.
"Absolutely not."
She was completely confused by his words.
What was there to feel sorry for? If she had to say, it was just that her conscience was bothering her.
"Are you on good terms with him?"
"Do you often hang out together?"
Leng Chuanjin knew that asking like this would make him seem petty.
But he just couldn't help it.
He had been trying his best to hold himself back, but Xia Sanghuan still heard the faint dissatisfaction in his tone.
"We're not really on good terms."
"We're just ordinary classmates."
Feeling his anger, she replied carefully.
"Except when we're doing research, we go our separate ways."
Hearing this, the man finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Remembering what his mother had said to him before, even though he didn't want to admit it, this time his mother was right.
"Did he ask you out for a walk?"
He suddenly asked out of the blue.
The girl was stunned for a moment, and then quickly waved her hand as if to cover something up.
"Of course not."
"I'm not very familiar with him. Why would he ask me out?"
Although the answer was negative, judging from her reaction, he more or less understood what was going on.
He never expected that the kid he had personally helped would have feelings for Xia Sanghuan.
He regretted a bit that he had let Jiang Zimo join her project team.
Seeing him fall silent, she thought he was unhappy.
But no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't figure out why her second elder brother was unhappy.
"Are you angry?"
She asked carefully.
"No."
He replied.
"Do you want to go and deliver the cake to Jing Zhan together?"
He sorted out his thoughts.
Anyway, Sanghuan had declined that man and chosen him.