Chapter 39: [‘Root’s Big Gun’ Deepwater Extra Chapter] p1
“What did Chi Xiaojing say? Is she still coming?”
Yu Mianying was sitting on the sofa. Hearing the footsteps, she asked without turning her head.
Yu Jiang sat down beside her and completed her lie, “She’s not coming. Her girlfriend pushed her plans back.”
After answering, she began to change the subject. “What are we having for dinner tonight?”
“Your dad went to the restaurant to get a table first. It’s crowded at this time. We’ll go when it’s our turn.”
Yu Mianying turned her head to look at her. “Go get a jacket first. When your dad’s message comes, we can leave right away.”
“Okay.”
After getting her jacket from her room, Yu Jiang was just about to go out when a video call from Chu Qingzi came in.
She didn’t answer. The other person switched to a text message.
【AAA Qingzi: Baby, is it inconvenient for you to answer or do you not have time?】
【I’m about to go out for dinner. I’ll be leaving in about five minutes.】
【AAA Qingzi: I’ll be quick on my end. It won’t take five minutes.】
Just as Yu Jiang had finished reading the message, the video call came in again.
She didn’t refuse this time, but reminded her first, “If my mom calls me later, I’ll just hang up on you.”
“Okay, baby.”
Seeing what was on the screen, Yu Jiang was confused. “Why are you showing me your room door?”
“Baby, I just got back from a relative’s house. This is my suitcase. No one else has touched it.”
The out-of-the-blue answer made Yu Jiang think of a sentence.
—I’ll video call you then and let you check for yourself.
The memory had just surfaced when it became reality.
Chu Qingzi really did, in front of her, live-stream the entire process of her entering the room from the hallway.
Instead of scolding her for being sick, Yu Jiang was more curious about something else.
“Is this your room? Why does it feel so empty?”
“You’re so smart, baby. This is the guest room. My room is a bit messy. It’s not convenient to show it to you today. I’m sorry, baby.”
Yu Jiang didn’t say anything. After all, a room was also a part of a person’s privacy.
On the other end of the screen, Chu Qingzi began to pick up the gift bag containing the panties.
She didn’t know if it was because Chi Xiaojing had said “buckle” to her too many times today.
At this moment, looking at the well-defined, fair, and slender hand that Chu Qingzi was displaying in the camera, the first thought that popped into her mind was actually—
Her hands are so long. Is she also very good at buckling?
Yu Jiang, whose face had turned red from this terrible association, hurriedly hung up the video call.
It seems she really has been infected by the damn pervert.
She has actually become so terrible!
Chu Qingzi on the other end, seeing that the video had been hung up, did not send another request, but instead said.
【AAA Qingzi: Did your auntie come to call you? Then you go eat first. I’ll video call you later.】
The heat on Yu Jiang’s face had not yet subsided. She replied with a hot face, “Mm.”
Just as she had finished, Yu Mianying’s voice really did sound at the door.
“Yu Xiaojiang, what’s taking you so long to get a jacket? Didn’t you hear me calling you in the living room?”
The lights were not on in the room, so Yu Jiang’s current state was completely covered by the darkness of the room.
It wasn’t until she had followed the woman to the living room that those abnormal reactions were instantly and completely exposed in the light.
Yu Mianying was startled. “Baby, why is your face so red?”
As she spoke, she worriedly felt it with her hand and was immediately shocked by the temperature on the back of her hand. “Not only is it red, it’s also very hot. You don’t have a fever, do you?”
Yu Jiang shook her head and said shyly, “I was just on the phone with Qingzi.”
Yu Mianying immediately breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time found it amusing. “Just a phone call made you this shy? Is it that you’re too easily shy, or is little Chu too good at flirting?”
Yu Jiang didn’t answer anymore, but rubbed against her as if embarrassed. “I’m hungry, Mom. Let’s go eat.”
Yu Mianying sighed. “No wonder they say the one who falls in love first loses. If you two really do date in the future, you’ll definitely be eaten alive by little Chu.”
After that night, Yu Jiang and Chi Jing temporarily lost contact.
Perhaps it was because Chi Jing’s emotions were too intense that day, which led to Yu Jiang worrying at the beginning if she had really been buckled to death in bed by her senior.
In the end, it was Yu Mianying who indirectly put Yu Jiang’s mind at ease.
After lunch, the family of three was resting on the sofa.
Yu Mianying sat between the father and daughter, leaning against Jiang Chengzhi, and was scrolling through her Moments with great interest.
When she came across what Chi Jing had posted ten minutes ago, she asked Yu Jiang casually.
“Baby, do you want to go to the indoor ice rink to play?”
“Huh? Why the sudden question?”
“Didn’t you see Chi Xiaojing’s Moments? She went on a date with her partner to the ice rink today.”
“Let me see.”
Yu Jiang was just cursing the nameless pervert who had come to harass her again. After speaking, she dropped the nameless pervert, opened Chi Jing’s profile, and planned to see what was going on.
Chi Jing had posted a nine-grid. Besides the group photo in the middle, the other eight were all beautiful single photos of her senior.
Yu Jiang gave a like as a gift for her show of affection this time, and then went back to cursing the nameless pervert who was still fawning over her.
“I’ve seen it. I don’t really want to go.”
Yu Mianying: “Chi Xiaojing’s girlfriend is also very beautiful. Speaking of beautiful, I thought of our little Chu. Has she told you when she’s coming to our house to play again?”
Yu Jiang: “Around noon on the 7th. She’s coming to pick me up for school.”
Yu Mianying: “You should ask her to come a day earlier. Otherwise, she’ll have to drive for so long again. How tiring.”
Yu Jiang casually made up an excuse. “She has things to do for the next few days. She can’t come.”
As she spoke, she bit her lip lightly.
Yu Jiang didn’t know if Chu Qingzi had things to do for the next few days.
But she knew very well that on the 6th, Chu Qingzi was free.
The reason Chu Qingzi didn’t plan to come a night earlier was not because she didn’t want to, but purely because Yu Jiang wouldn’t let her.
Because that bad person had nibbled on Yu Jiang again when she went out yesterday!
While Yu Jiang was annoyed at herself for not being able to resist the temptation of beauty, she was also angry at her for breaking her promise again. After she was released, she immediately ordered her not to come over on the 6th.
It was precisely because of this that she could now lie so righteously and say that Chu Qingzi had something to do on the 6th and couldn’t come.
Yu Mianying expressed her understanding. “That’s a pity.”
Her slight regret at this moment, when she saw that familiar figure in the peephole on the night of the 6th, all turned into a more intense surprise.
Yu Mianying quickly opened the door and welcomed the person in. “Little Chu, did you rush over after you finished your business?”
Chu Qingzi covered for Yu Jiang’s lie without changing her expression. “Yes. Good evening, Auntie. I’m here to bother you again.”
Yu Mianying didn’t say any polite words to her either. “Come and bother us more in the future, come and bother us more. You just finished your business? Then did you fly here this time?”
“I finished my business in the morning. I drove here this time.”
During the conversation, Yu Mianying had already closed the door.
After Chu Qingzi had changed her shoes, she opened the door again.
“Little Chu, you should record your fingerprint. That way, the next time you come over, if no one hears the doorbell, it’ll be convenient for you to just come in.”
Chu Qingzi did not refuse and nodded obediently.
On the other side of the apartment.
Yu Jiang was blow-drying her hair in the bathroom.
After she was done, she picked up the dirty clothes to be washed and was about to go to the balcony.
Just as she opened the door, she was startled by the figure waiting outside.
“Mom, why… why are you here?!”
Just as she had clearly seen who it was, she was held by the waist by Chu Qingzi and directly taken back to the bathroom.
Yu Jiang’s strength was not as great as hers. Even if she wanted to run, she couldn’t.
In the end, she was still carried to the sink, which had just been personally wiped clean by Chu Qingzi with a tissue.
Yu Jiang glared at her, wishing she had a pair of sharp teeth that could bite this person to death.
She was afraid that Yu Mianying would hear the noise and come over, so she lowered her voice and scolded.
“Didn’t you promise me you wouldn’t come today? Then who is in front of me now, a ghost?!”
Chu Qingzi let out a low laugh with an unclear meaning. “Yes, a ghost.”
Yu Jiang glared at her. “I’m not kidding. You promised me!”
Chu Qingzi put on that innocent face. “I told you that day, baby, that on the 6th, I would not come to find you specially for the reason of ‘wanting to kiss you’.”
She blinked. “I came over early this time because I have to pick you up for school tomorrow. Weren’t you worried that I would be mentally fatigued from driving for more than ten hours? In order not to let you continue to worry like this, I thought about it and decided to come over early. That way, you won’t have to worry.”
Yu Jiang: “I’m not worried about you at all! Go back now!”
Hearing this, Chu Qingzi really did turn and leave.
Although she had been tricked by the same pitiful act once before, Yu Jiang still didn’t learn her lesson and couldn’t help but call out to her.
“Eh, are you really—”
The rest of her words were cut off the moment the door lock clicked.
Chu Qingzi, who had completely locked the door, walked back with a calm and composed expression and easily pressed Yu Jiang, who was about to jump off the sink, back down.
“Don’t worry, baby. I’m not leaving.”
As if a ghost would worry about you!
Yu Jiang, who could already imagine what was about to happen, like a butterfly with broken wings, made a request without any resistance.
“No nibbling! If you make my mouth swollen again, even if my mom scolds me, I will personally pack you up and kick you out!”
Her lips, which were safe and sound tonight, were still swollen the next day.
They were nibbled swollen at the service area.
Yu Jiang, with her delicate and red lips, sat in the back seat and changed her panties.
This time, the panties were not disposable, but were taken from home.
More accurately, they were stolen by Chu Qingzi when Yu Jiang wasn’t paying attention.
Taking this opportunity, she brought up the panties that were a reward.
“Baby, I’m sorry. The one I brought home the other day, I forgot to bring it yesterday. Can I bring it to you next time?”
“No need. Just throw it away.”
“Then I’ll go to Taobao and order some new ones for you later.”
Yu Jiang didn’t argue with her on such a small matter. “Whatever you want.”
On the last day of the holiday, Chi Jing, who was busy in the honeymoon phase with Xie Zhiqing, took the initiative to call Yu Jiang.
At that time, Yu Jiang had just woken up from a nap. Hearing Chi Jing’s question, she was stunned for a moment.
Because she had asked—
“Yu Xiaojiang, what did you eat for lunch?”
“Good noon. What did you eat today?” was a very normal greeting for a Z country native.
But coming from Chi Xiaojing, it was only frightening.
Because in all the time they had known each other, the number of times Chi Xiaojing had cared about Yu Jiang in this aspect was, for the time being, zero.
Yu Jiang: “Are you possessed by a ghost? Or has someone taken over your body?”
“Let me ask again. Have you decided what to eat for dinner?”
“We didn’t go grocery shopping today. We plan to bring some back directly after class tomorrow. We should order takeout or go out to eat.”
After reporting everything, Yu Jiang joked with her, “What’s wrong? Why the sudden question? Are you trying to treat me to a meal?”
“You guessed right. Didn’t we say in high school that whoever got off the market first would have to treat the other to a meal? You can pick whatever you want to eat, and the place is also up to you. Just tonight, is that okay?”
Yu Jiang was a little slow to react. “Are you really treating me?”
Chi Jing laughed on the other end. “I’m in a real relationship. If I don’t fulfill my promise after the conditions have been met, I’ll suffer a great loss. Didn’t you teach me that?”
She yawned on the other end, sounding as if she wanted to sleep.
One had just woken up, and the other was about to sleep. Their schedules were perfectly misaligned.
Chi Jing: “Then you can look for what you want to eat in the afternoon. After you’ve found it, just send me the location. I’ll go pick you up with my senior later.”
Yu Jiang: “If there are no accidents, Qingzi should be taking me.”
Chi Jing: “I’m sorry. My brain didn’t turn over for a moment. I forgot she had already bought a car. Then we’ll just meet at the restaurant tonight. You can ask her if she wants to come along. We’ll count her as a plus-one.”
Yu Jiang knew very well that Chu Qingzi definitely couldn’t hear their conversation, but she was still guilty and couldn’t help but look at the door.
Then, she pouted at her shyly, “What are you talking about? Didn’t I with you—”
“Oh, I know, I know. If she’s there, I’ll definitely keep my mouth shut. Don’t you trust me on that?”
“Of course I trust you.”
“So, I’m just anxious for you. Look, I’m already off the market. As your best friend, I definitely hope you can get off the market soon too. That way, the four of us…”
Chi Jing’s words stopped halfway.
Yu Jiang felt uncomfortable listening and couldn’t help but ask her, “Is your signal bad? I heard you say ‘the four of us’, and then nothing.”
“I was going to say we could go on a double date. Then my rationality stopped my mouth.”
“Huh?”
Chi Jing: “It’s nothing. Then that’s all for now. I’m going to sleep. Remember to send me the place after you’ve found it. Is 6 PM okay for meeting?”
“Okay.”
In the end, Yu Jiang chose a hot pot restaurant that was relatively centrally located.
Chi Jing quickly sent a tacky thumbs-up sticker.
【Chi Xiaojing: Yu Xiaojiang, this restaurant is a great choice. It’s half an hour’s drive for us, and about the same for you.】
【Chi Xiaojing: I’ve booked a table. If you two get there first, just give them my surname and phone number. You haven’t forgotten my phone number, have you?】
【Yes, I remember.】
At 6:30 PM.
The four people, who had not communicated in advance, tacitly met in the outdoor parking lot.
This was the first time Yu Jiang had seen Xie Zhiqing in person.
After seeing her, only one sentence appeared in her mind—
“The cold and aloof white moonlight from CEO literature has really walked out of a book.”
Before she was in a relationship with Xie Zhiqing, Chi Jing, as a suitor, would prepare everything for the other person every time she asked her out to eat.
After they got together, their way of getting along instantly switched.
The bowls and chopsticks were washed by Xie Zhiqing, the drinks were poured by Xie Zhiqing, the dishes were chosen by Xie Zhiqing, the bill was paid by Xie Zhiqing…
At first, Chi Jing was a little not used to it. After a few days of “status correction” during the holiday, she had now gotten used to being taken care of by the other person.
After all, there was a saying that was quite right.
She was the one who was buckled to death. If she still had to serve the other person after getting out of bed, then she would be even more of a beast of burden than a beast of burden.
Now that she had nothing to do, she began to observe Yu Jiang and Chu Qingzi to see how they usually got along.
This restaurant used a QR code scanning method for ordering.
There were QR codes on both sides of the table, so no matter which side you sat on, you could scan the code directly.