A Promise in a Thought 117

Chapter 117

Couples in the throes of new love always feel that time is not enough, and it was no exception for Jiang Chenyin and Bo Muyu, who had a familial bond first due to the friendship between their two families.

Having finally stepped into the direction of love, and with the shadow of their former familial love, a familiar yet novel feeling seemed to happen every day. Bo Muyu had thought about whether one day, the novelty between them would disappear, and the element of love in their relationship would also disappear with it.

But she quickly dismissed this guess. What novelty was there between them? They had long been familiar with each other. And they, who understood each other, still had the thought of wanting to be together. This was not something that a normal dating model could bind.

No matter how passionate a love is, it will eventually return to a state of placidity. But their feelings were born from placidity, so what was there to worry about?

Bo Muyu’s heart was suddenly enlightened, and she no longer thought about these things.

Jiang Chenyin had been staying at Bo Muyu’s place for many days in a row. She had not returned to her own home since she had come back from Jinghe. Every day, the two of them would commute to and from work together, and on weekends, they would stay at home, sweet and inseparable They did not deliberately do anything for the sake of their relationship, but when the mood naturally came, their faces would always turn red.

On this day, the Jiang family’s daughters-in-law had asked Jiang Chenyin out for dinner, and they had also invited Bo Muyu. Before getting off work, Bo Muyu had secretly made a plan to control her ambiguous actions towards Jiang Chenyin these past few days, otherwise it would be easy for them to be exposed. When Jiang Chenyin was driving and heard her say this, she just smiled and stroked her head, saying that there was no need to be so nervous.

They couldn’t possibly be hugging and kissing in front of so many people, and besides, they had been very close before, so there was no need to be too restrained in terms of contact.

Xu Zijun and Sun Ruowei had booked a private room at a newly opened hot pot restaurant. The group sat down, ordered the hot pot base and side dishes, and after preparing their dipping sauces, they began to chat at length.

Sun Ruowei was cracking melon seeds and nagging, “I don’t know what Xialan and Old Bo are up to all day. They won’t even come for a hot pot. Xiao Lan hasn’t come back to Qinzhou either, so it’s just us.”

Xu Zijun said with a smile, “You talk so much even when you’re eating.”

“Isn’t it because the dishes haven’t been served yet? These few melon seeds are not even enough to fill the gaps in my teeth,” Sun Ruowei said with a dismissive grin.

Hearing what she had just said, Bo Muyu explained for her parents, “It’s probably because my mom wanted to have dinner with my dad tonight, and if my parents came together, then this table would be all women, with only him as a man.”

“That’s true…” Sun Ruowei’s eyes darted around, and she muttered a few words, “But speaking of which, do your parents have to be so lovey-dovey at their age? Your little uncle and I are not even that lovey-dovey.”

Jiang Chenyin filled Bo Muyu’s half-empty glass with fruit juice and chimed in, “That’s because my second brother just wants to cook whenever he’s free. Do you dare to say that you don’t go and be lovey-dovey when he’s not in the kitchen?”

Xu Zijun covered her mouth and laughed in agreement. “That’s right. And you have the nerve to talk about others.”

Sun Ruowei became embarrassed and cracked a melon seed on the table several times. “Oh, we were talking about Xialan and her husband. How did it get to me!”

Jiang Chenyin shook her head with a helpless smile and turned to look at Bo Muyu beside her. Just then, the waiter brought the hot pot base, and Bo Muyu stared at the steaming pot.

“Are the dishes we ordered just now enough? Do you want to eat anything else?” Jiang Chenyin asked, moving a little closer.

Bo Muyu shook her head, and after meeting Jiang Chenyin’s gaze, she curved the corners of her lips and said, “No need. It’s already a lot.”

Her slight smile melted the increasingly mature sternness in her brow, and her quiet and obedient temperament was highlighted at this moment. Her small canine teeth were revealed, very cute.

Jiang Chenyin couldn’t help but pinch her nose and chuckled softly, “I think you’ll definitely be adding more later.”

A hint of a smile and shyness appeared in her clear eyes. She pulled down Jiang Chenyin’s hand and argued for herself, “Absolutely not. How could I eat so much?”

“Is that so?” Jiang Chenyin raised an eyebrow, her tone long and drawn out. “You’re so sure. Then what if you do add more?”

Bo Muyu’s cheeks puffed out, then quickly deflated, and she bit her lip gently. She couldn’t do anything now. Xu Zijun and Sun Ruowei were both here. If they continued to go back and forth like this, it would really turn into flirting.

She suddenly found that no matter what the topic was, it could be twisted into flirting. If she wasn’t careful, it would go in the wrong direction.

Seeing her lower her head in silence, Jiang Chenyin knew in her heart that she was being cautious and couldn’t interact with her as she pleased. Her heart ached, and she sighed, putting an arm around her and whispering in her ear, “Alright, don’t think so much. I’m here.”

She looked up hesitantly. Jiang Chenyin’s gaze was as gentle as a cloud, and she nodded with a sense of peace.

Xu Zijun, on the opposite side, couldn’t hear Jiang Chenyin’s whisper, but she saw their actions and sighed, “Liu’er and Xiaoyu must have seen each other a lot during this time, right? Xiaoyu has been busy since August or September last year. You two haven’t seen each other for so long. Don’t you have to make up for it now?”

Bo Muyu didn’t know how to answer this question. Fortunately, Jiang Chenyin quickly replied, “That’s right. We hardly saw each other during that time.” As she spoke, she sighed, then gazed at Bo Muyu, a slight curve on her lips, her eyes holding a hint of guilt that only Bo Muyu could understand. “So we have to make up for it now.”

“Auntie Yin…” Bo Muyu’s heart suddenly ached. She couldn’t help but call out to her in a small voice, pulling her hand under the table and holding it in her palm.

Jiang Chenyin must have had a hard time during that period too. She couldn’t leave Qinzhou to escape like she had. She couldn’t even cry when she was sad. So many people were watching her. Once she showed a sad look, it would attract the concern of her family, and she would also be hounded by outsiders.

Sun Ruowei looked at them, gazing at each other without a word but full of affection, and let out a few “tsks.” She even touched Xu Zijun’s foot with her own and said in a low voice, “See? What an exciting pairing. The character setting I told you about last time, you said it was too taboo. Look, look, imagine it. Isn’t it exciting?”

Xu Zijun had been sighing with emotion at Jiang Chenyin and Bo Muyu’s good relationship, but now her thoughts were pulled back by Sun Ruowei. She glanced at the age-gap combination opposite her, cleared her throat, and glared at her. “All you know how to do all day is to randomly pair people up!”

Just then, two waiters pushed in a cart full of side dishes. Sun Ruowei’s eyes lit up, and she quickly called out, “Come, come, let’s put in the dishes. Let’s eat, let’s eat!”

Bo Muyu was also attracted by the aroma of the hot pot base. She sniffled, and Jiang Chenyin stroked her head. “I’ll put in some meat for you. You can eat it in a bit.”

“Mmm, then I’ll eat the spring rolls first,” Bo Muyu said, but her gaze was still locked on the plates of meat that were being brought out.

Jiang Chenyin stood up and put the ingredients into the hot pot, and with amusement, she kept an eye on her in her peripheral vision. This person’s soul was really easily taken away by food.

After they had finished their hot pot, Sun Ruowei and Xu Zijun, with much persuasion, dragged Jiang Chenyin and Bo Muyu to go shopping. They shopped until after nine, and everyone bought a lot of things, from cosmetics to clothes, everything.

Back at home, Jiang Chenyin and Bo Muyu were in their room, organizing the daily necessities they had bought together and chatting.

Bo Muyu was neatly stuffing the snacks onto the snack shelf in the room and asked Jiang Chenyin, “Is Sister Lan preparing to come back?”

Jiang Chenyin let out a “mmm,” and turned around with a white, lace-trimmed nightdress in her hand, holding it up against Bo Muyu’s body. “She’ll be back in a few days.”

The thought of Lan Yuxin’s return gave her a headache. She would definitely interrogate her about her progress, and then she would have to endure another round of her large-scale lectures.

Bo Muyu was happily looking at her snack shelf. When she turned around and saw Jiang Chenyin holding the nightdress up against her body with a thoughtful expression, her face immediately turned red. She had seen that nightdress when they were shopping just now. While the two sisters-in-law were looking at underwear, Jiang Chenyin had had the sales assistant wrap one up. As soon as she had heard the size she had asked for, she had known it was for her.

This nightdress had a V-neck design, and the upper part of the chest was lace. When worn, about a third of the chest would be covered by the lace, creating a hazy yet pure and alluring beauty.

“I’m not wearing this,” Bo Muyu said, pressing her lips together, and reached out to grab the nightdress, not letting Jiang Chenyin continue to hold it up.

“What’s wrong? Don’t you think this is very pretty?” Jiang Chenyin asked with a puzzled look. She had thought of Bo Muyu the moment she had seen this nightdress.

Dark-colored clothes could show off Bo Muyu’s grown-up aura and the distance in her brow, but they didn’t need these in private. Besides, Bo Muyu’s body still had the youthful freshness of a girl, quiet and elegant.

She remembered that on the second morning she had stayed at Bo Muyu’s place, the movement by the bed had instantly woken her up from her hazy state. The sunlight that day had been very good. The slender-waisted girl, in the morning light, had turned towards her and had flicked her long black hair to the front, her eyes still hazy with sleep, not at all aware that she had already woken up, and had even rubbed her eyes.

It was a beautiful and heart-stirring scene, and also the best start to a day.

Jiang Chenyin had been gazing at Bo Muyu all along, smiling unconsciously. When Bo Muyu had looked up in surprise and had seen that she was already awake, a hint of shyness had immediately appeared in her eyes. She had hugged her arms and had lain back down on the bed, and at once, she had been held in her arms, their foreheads touching as they said good morning to each other.

“This is too…” Bo Muyu said, hesitating as she unfolded the nightdress in her hand to look at the design on the front. It was not revealing and was very beautiful, but it was still so shameful…

Only then did Jiang Chen-yin know why she was refusing. She couldn’t help but put an arm around her shoulder and chuckle in a low voice, “What are you thinking? I just think it’s very beautiful and suits you very well, really.”

Bo Muyu turned her head and looked at Jiang Chenyin with hesitation. The latter smiled innocently, and even the laugh lines at the corners of her eyes were very gentle.

Bo Muyu looked down again at the beautiful white nightdress, and the shyness in her heart finally subsided a little. But the next second, she thought of something else. Since Jiang Chenyin had come back, they had slept together every day. Jiang Chenyin had said that she had no other meaning, which meant that she had not thought of more intimate things. Was it that she was not attractive to her…

That’s right. Jiang Chenyin’s figure was already very good. Thinking of this, Bo Muyu felt even more dejected and said in a low voice, “Mmm, I know.”

“Alright, get ready to take a shower and go to sleep,” Jiang Chenyin said, gently kissing the corner of her mouth. Seeing that she was very concerned about the nature of her buying this nightdress, she held back the restless urge to kiss her deeply and took a deep breath.

She was so much younger than her, and they had only just started. As the older partner, she had to control the pace and not scare her.

Jiang Chenyin said this to herself in her heart.

Bo Muyu put away the nightdress Jiang Chenyin had just bought and went to get her own from the wardrobe. Jiang Chenyin started a topic to divert her attention. “Do you know that Yuxin has been in frequent contact with Miss Su recently?”

“Ah… is that so?” Bo Muyu was taken aback for a moment. She took her own nightdress from the wardrobe, and also took out Jiang Chenyin’s for her.

“Mmm, Yuxin told me. She said she pesters Miss Su whenever she’s on break,” Jiang Chenyin said, walking to Bo Muyu’s side and closing the wardrobe door after she had taken her clothes.

“If Sister Lan wants to pursue my senior, I hope she can be good to her,” Bo Muyu’s eyelashes trembled. She held her own nightdress and was about to go and take a shower. Thinking of Jiang Chenyin listening to Lan Yuxin say these things, her previous emotions were stirred up again. She couldn’t help but bite her lip, her tone a little colder. “You’re always listening to others’ affairs. You haven’t even handled your own…”

How had she not handled her own affairs? Jiang Chenyin was taken aback for a moment, and with amusement, she poked her head to look at Bo Muyu’s side profile, seeing that her little face was both fierce and cute, and that she was about to go to the bathroom.

“Muyu,” Jiang Chenyin felt it was necessary to face this problem. She took Bo Muyu’s arm and walked in front of her, her expression gentle and serious. “We are already together. Just as I told you last time, we need to work on things. This new relationship will bring us more feelings that we didn’t have before. So if you have anything to communicate with me, or anything you need me to improve on, you must say it. Don’t hold it in.”

Her attitude made the roots of Bo Muyu’s ears turn red. Her fingers picked at the nightdress she was holding, and before she could speak, she heard her add, “I’m serious.”

Of course Bo Muyu knew she was serious. Her heart was so sweet that she couldn’t help but curve the corners of her lips.

“I’m going to take a shower first…”

Jiang Chenyin pressed her lips together, watching as Bo Muyu quickly entered the bathroom. A question was nagging at her. Had she not gotten to the point? Was it something else that she was too embarrassed to say?

As she was thinking this, Bo Muyu suddenly ran over in her slippers and hugged her, kissing the side of her lips and saying in a warm, soft voice, “I was just saying that casually… you’re very good, really.” After she finished, she quickly ran back to the bathroom and closed the door.

That kind of shameful thought, she wouldn’t say it out loud.

It was only after she had run into the bathroom that Jiang Chenyin came back to her senses, touching the corners of her upturned lips.