The Byoukidere Is Her Sweetie

Chapter 75: 075: Oh, it’s mutual affection.

“You don’t want me, do you? You can only tell me what to do if you take me.”

Zhou Xufang then fell silent.

Jiang Zhi was upset by her again.

After a while, she lowered her head and said, “Sorry.”

Ten seconds had passed, and Jiang Zhi was still angry. He said to her irritably, “Who asked for your apology?” The next second he bent down to look at her face and immediately forgot about being angry. “Why is your face still so red? Are you still running a fever?”

He reached out, wanting to touch her head.

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She covered her head with her hands and jumped backwards.

She was treating him like a thief!

“Did you take your medicine?”

His tone was still annoyed, but he couldn’t bring himself to speak harshly anymore.

Zhou Xufang dishonestly nodded, “Yes.”

Her fever was severe, not only her face, but even her forehead was red.

Jiang Zhi was overtaken with worry and insisted, “Forget about me, go and lie down.”

Zhou Xufang didn’t move, “You go back first.”

Still trying to send him away even when she was sick like this.

What to do?

What could he do, he had to put up with it for the girl he had fallen for.

“Fine, I’ll go back.” He still wasn’t at ease, he peered through the door at her for a long time, inelegantly reminding her like an old woman, “Get some good sleep, and if the medicine doesn’t work, you must go to the hospital.”

“Okay.”

He emphasized specially, “You must call me.”

Zhou Xufang hesitated for a moment, then obediently nodded, “Okay.”

“Then I’m leaving.”

And he really left.

Jiang Zhi walked slowly, clutching his umbrella at a tortoise’s pace.

Zhou Xufang called out to him, “Jiang Zhi.”

He stood in the snow, immediately turning to look at her.

The white expanse of snow blurred his vision, the black umbrella was thick with snow, and beneath it, the man’s beautiful eyes were fixed on her; everything else faded to the background, he only gazed at her.

Never had anyone shown her such concern, such reluctance to leave.

Zhou Xufang lowered her head, her eyes growing warm; she said softly, “Be careful on the road.”

Jiang Zhi waved to her, “Go back.”

She closed the door and didn’t go upstairs, standing behind the door, listening to his footsteps growing further and further away.

Ah Wan had parked the car on the roadside outside the residential complex, he shook off the snow from his body and gently opened the car door for his frail employer.

Jiang Zhi got into the back seat.

Ah Wan, covered in snow, didn’t dare bring the cold into the car and used a towel to dry himself off before getting in.

“Boss, should we go back to the old house or the apartment?” If we stay parked here any longer, we might get a ticket.

Jiang Zhi was distracted, he was physically back, but his gaze and soul were still outside: “Just find a parking spot and stay put.”

“You’re not going back?”

Jiang Zhi didn’t say a word, fixating on the direction of Zhou Xufang’s home from the car window.

Ah Wan felt that his employer’s unrequited love had come on a bit strong, with his mind full of Miss Zhou who was keen on applying cling film, he was on the verge of losing himself.

The snow showed no sign of stopping, falling incessantly. Ah Wan was sitting in the driver’s seat until he felt his discs might protrude; finally, Zhou Xufang’s call came through.

The phone had only rung once when Jiang Zhi answered, “Has your fever gone down?”

“It has.”

Her voice sounded a bit hoarse, weak and breathless.

Jiang Zhi still didn’t feel at ease, “Video call me, I want to see whether your face is still red or not.”

Zhou Xufang then hung up the phone and started a video call.

The first thing she said was, “Go home.”

He was extremely upset, “Always rushing me off.”

The girl on the other end of the phone still could not find the camera lens as usual, looking blank and confused about where to stare, she brought the phone very close so that her face filled the screen. Her face was not red anymore, it looked sweaty, and her eyes were moist.

Jiang Zhi felt a pang of heartache as he watched, unable to bear not listening to her anymore, “Alright, stop rushing me. I’ll go back once we hang up.” What he meant was to keep on video calling because he hadn’t had his fill of watching her yet.

And then—

Zhou Xufang disconnected the video call.

Jiang Zhi: “…”

“”

He really was her ancestor!

He was so angry that he dragged out her WeChat and sent over a ferocious voice message.

“Zhou Xufang!”

Zhou Xufang replied with a “.”

Her tone was still soft, and he called out to her with his back turned to Ah Wan’s gaze, “Zhou Xufang.”

“.”

The more Jiang Zhi looked at it, the more he found those periods annoying.

He was also a coward; he could never stay angry with her for more than a few seconds.

He continued to send her voice messages, instructing her warmly and gently in a tone he despised himself: “Stop ordering takeout, I’ll have someone deliver dinner to you tonight.”

Zhou Xufang replied quickly: “No need.”

Jiang Zhi put the phone to his mouth, his fierce tone full of indulgence: “I insist on sending it, and if you don’t eat it, just throw it away!”

Zhou Xufang: “.”

Ah Wan: “…” Deaf, are you?

Unperturbed, Jiang Zhi continued to instruct his little ancestor: “Rest well these few days, don’t go out to work.”

Zhou Xuzong replied, “Okay.”

“I’ll buy you some tonics later.”

“You don’t have to come over,” Zhou Xufang sent in a voice message, “It’s very cold.”

Jiang Zhi listened to it twice, the corners of his mouth curving higher and higher: “I won’t come, I’ll have someone else deliver it.”

She replied with a period.

At that moment, Jiang Zhi lifted his head and glared at the back of Ah Wan’s head, finding it exceedingly irritating. He stopped sending voice messages and began to type.

“Zhou Xufang.”

“Uh.”

He smiled and typed four words to her: “I like you.”

And he changed his nickname to ‘My Little Ancestor.’

Zhou Xufang: “.”

“I really like you.” He was crazy, just wanted her to hear it. He had never been like this before, his heart floating, swirling around her, helpless to do anything but worship her.

Zhou Xufang: “.”

Jiang Zhi was annoyed by the series of periods: “If you send another period, I’ll take it as you have feelings for me too.”

Zhou Xufang: “…”

Jiang Zhi couldn’t continue.

Damn ellipsis!

After she sent the last ellipsis, Zhou Xufang stared at her phone for a long time, making sure that Jiang Zhi wouldn’t reply again, before she put down the phone.

Shuangjiang had been online the whole time, witnessing all of Zhou Xufang’s expressions – her worry, her joy, complex and vivid, brimming with life.

“Did Jiang Zhi confess to you?”

Zhou Xufang stared intently at her phone for a long time before she finally nodded.

“Ah Fang, do you know what liking someone means?” Shuangjiang added, “It’s not the same as liking chandeliers or cotton candy.”

Ever since she could remember, Zhou Xufang had been alone; no one had ever taught her these things.

She nodded as if she understood, then shook her head. @@novelbin@@

“Let me give you an example, if your favorite lamp broke, what would you do?”

She thought for a moment and said seriously: “Bury it.”

Shuangjiang: “…” Then she asked, “What if Jiang Zhi was gone?”

Her brow furrowed: “Why would he be gone?”

“If he were to be killed by someone—”

She didn’t even let her finish, her expression turned fierce immediately: “I wouldn’t let anyone hurt him.” She looked up, her pupils reddening slightly beneath her thick lashes, “Whoever dares to harm him, I’ll break their arms and legs.”

When Zhou Xufang was angry, her eyes would turn red.

It was just a hypothetical situation, and she was already angry. Perhaps she didn’t even know herself how much she treasured that boy.

Shuangjiang rarely saw her with red eyes, and although she never tried to hide it: “Do you understand now? Jiang Zhi is different from the chandelier.”

Zhou Xufang seemed to realize afterward and nodded.

She said: “He’s different from chandeliers, chandeliers can be buried at Moon Bay, but he can’t.”

She couldn’t bear it.

Jiang Zhi was so wonderful, she hoped he’d be in the best place, with the best people, living the best life, instead of following her, boring and lifeless, adrift on a desolate, uninhabited island.

And moreover—

She suddenly felt very despondent: “If Jiang Zhi knew I was a freak, he wouldn’t like me anymore.”