noffsinger Chapter 284: Fragrance
Chapter 284: Fragrance
Lin Jiaojiao returned to her doorstep and took down the basket of mulberries that was left in the carriage.
Lan Jiu had been standing at the door waiting when the carriage arrived. He stepped forward and took the basket of mulberries, his voice still revealing helplessness.
"Miss, you didn't bring me with you. Next time, don't send me away and sneak away."
Lin Jiaojiao smelled the faint jasmine scent emanating from him. It turned out that all the men here were fragrant. After a busy day, she was left with only the smell of sweat on her body.
Hearing his accusation, she explained with a wry smile.
"No, it was just a spur of the moment decision. Lin Fen's carriage happened to arrive, and the delivery vehicle couldn't wait. Besides, the delivery carriage couldn't hold three people."
He followed behind her and of course knew that what she said were all excuses, but he did not point it out and just gave her another warning.
"Then Miss, next time you have an emergency, remember to blow the whistle, and I will rush to your side immediately."
"Yeah, I know. I want to take a bath and wash out some mulberries."
She watched Lan Jiu carrying the basket and walking towards the kitchen, then she went back to the front door and stood before the door god Lan Yi.
She asked awkwardly, "Lan Yi, has he sent any news?"
Lan replied expressionlessly: "No."
Although she knew the answer would be this, she still couldn't help asking. When she got the expected answer, she still felt a little disappointed.
If it weren't for Lan Yi and Lan Jiu, she wouldn't think about Qi Yao all the time.
That’s why Qi Yao is so annoying that she leaves two people by her side to remind her from time to time.
It can be said that the ghost is still there.
Unable to ask anything, she could only walk towards the inner courtyard, and saw Jiang Huai sitting under a large wooden umbrella pavilion, reading a book, with Zhu Xue behind him fanning him with a fan.
This wooden umbrella pavilion was built last month. Before this, Lin's father and his family liked to chat and embroider at this leisure table and chairs in the yard, where the light is good and they can get some sun.
But when the weather gets hot, being exposed to the sun will cause heatstroke, so she asked someone to build this wooden umbrella pavilion, which is like a big umbrella propped over a round table, providing both coolness and shelter from the rain.
She hadn't admired the fairy reading the calligraphy and painting for long when the fairy raised her head and looked at her.
She had no choice but to smile and greet him: "Cousin, are you reading a book?"
Jiang Huai also nodded slightly and turned the book cover over for her to read.
"I'm reading what Xiaoqiu wrote."
She also leaned in to look at the name written on the book cover, and her face was filled with black lines.
"The twin brother married in place of the other, but was spoiled by the cruel general until he cried."
She discovered that Fu Qi was going too far in this bloody aspect. He was preparing to draw the comics when he had mastered his own unique style, but the plots in his mind could not be drawn with the current technology, so he wrote them down into storybooks and would draw them one by one when the time came.
Fu Qi, who was thinking about the plot of the next book in the studio, heard Tongfu say that the master of the family had returned. It happened that he had been sitting for a long time, so with the help of Tongfu, he walked out holding his stomach.
"Sister Jiaojiao, how are the new strawberry products selling today?"
She turned around when she heard the voice, and when she saw him coming over, she was about to help him, but the book cover behind her was exposed.
Fu Qi's face turned red instantly and she hurried over. She was so scared that she stepped forward to protect him to prevent him from slipping and falling.
"What's going on?"
With a red face, he stood in front of the book in Jiang Huai's hand, accusing her.
"Sister Jiaojiao, you clearly promised me not to watch it."
She also reacted, and although she wanted to laugh when she saw his expression, she had to hold it back.
"I swear I didn't read it, I just saw the title. My cousin can testify to that."
Jiang Huai was a little confused as to why he couldn't show it to Lin Jiaojiao, but he still apologized deeply.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoqiu. I didn't know I couldn't let her read it, but she only read the title and didn't read the content."
But the title of the book was enough to make Fu Qi feel ashamed, but she felt relieved after hearing the content but not seeing it.
"Okay, Sister Jiaojiao, you are not allowed to look at it."
"Okay, okay, don't look at it."
She knew what he wrote without even reading it. It was nothing more than those old-fashioned and melodramatic plots. However, given that he didn't want her to read it, it probably contained some erotic descriptions.
Sure enough, when she went back to the room, took a warm shower, washed her hair, and changed into comfortable clothes, Jiang Huai was no longer reading in the yard.
She sat in the seat where he had just sat, and Lan Jiu brought the washed mulberries to the table. Then he came behind her and picked up a dry towel to wipe her hair.
She picked up a mulberry and ate it. "Is Yizhi not back yet?"
"The second husband came back earlier, but when he saw the mulberries that the young lady brought back, he took the remaining half basket to the workshop, saying that he was going to make a mulberry cake for the young lady."
She was a little surprised and then began to feel complacent, thinking that he was worthy of being her husband and they thought the same thing.
Lan Jiu listened to her humming a happy tune. He smiled and wiped her hair, but she suddenly grabbed his wrist and his heart skipped a beat.
Lin Jiaojiao felt that she was surrounded by the scent of jasmine. Her hand unconsciously grabbed the wrist of the person behind her. Then she turned her head and pulled his hand to the tip of her nose, smelling the fragrance of his wrist.
She took a few deep breaths, then looked up and asked the person behind her.
"That's weird, why is the perfume you put on so fragrant? Do you put it on all the time?"
Lan Jiu calmed his inner restlessness and answered calmly with a smile.
"I don't know either. I used the method taught by the young lady and only applied it once in the morning."
When she heard this, she couldn't help but grab his hand and put it to her nose, sniffing it carefully.
It's strange, when you smell it up close, the fragrance is very faint, but when you hold it farther away, the fragrance is very obvious, a very pleasant jasmine scent.
She couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it, let go of his hand, picked up another mulberry and put it into her mouth.
Lan Jiu behind him stared at the wrist that she had just held with some loss. He could still feel the residual warmth from his wrist.
But soon Lin Jiaojiao turned around again, took out a big purple mulberry and handed it to his mouth, and slowly put it into his mouth under her expectant gaze.
"Sweet?"
"sweet."
The sweet taste of the fruit instantly danced on his taste buds, and when he wanted to say something else, she had already turned her head back and continued eating, but she would turn back from time to time to feed him.
He knew that her intimate action did not have any love in it, but he could not help but indulge in it.
He lied.
He did apply it in the morning, but he also applied a special potion made by Sha Lou. It was colorless and odorless but could seal the smell. As long as he applied his internal force, the sealed fragrance would spread.
He thought that if he could come to her, stay by her side every day, and see her, he would be satisfied.
But when this wish came true, he began to desire something else.
The master is right.
Human desires can never be satisfied.