1754: Her Scent

Her Scent

He wanted the entire Zhu family to disappear from Ping City. He wanted the Zhu family to cease to be prosperous. He wanted the Zhu family to be like stray dogs.2

The Zhu family had accumulated much wealth over the past hundred years. Lu Xingzhi wanted them to lose everything overnight.

Every girl was more or less afraid of thunder, especially in the summer in the south. It was so loud that it sounded like an explosion.

Jiang Yao could see flashes of light through the gap in the bathroom window. Coupled with the thunder, it was strange for such a night. It somehow reminded Jiang Yao of the ghost movies she saw when she was younger.

She hurriedly put on her pajamas and opened the bathroom door. She was relieved when she saw the lights in the house. Just as she was about to run into the bedroom to find Lu Xingzhi, a hand suddenly reached out and pulled her. She was so scared that she almost screamed.

"I'm here." Lu Xingzhi could tell from her expression that she did not see him leaning against the door waiting for her. As soon as she stepped out of the door, she looked at the bedroom. She did not even turn to look at where he was.

He knew that she must be looking for him. She must have thought that he was in the bedroom.

Hearing his voice, Jiang Yao took a deep breath and patted her chest. "You scared me to death. Can't you make a sound when you see me coming out of the bathroom? Also, why are you standing here?"

"Waiting for you." Lu Xingzhi lowered his head and sniffed her neck. She smelled fresh from the shower. It was the same with her hair, with a faint lemon smell. He remembered that the body wash and shampoo were given to Jiang Yao by Luo Ruoran.

"My wife smells so good," Lu Xingzhi said and kissed her neck. He found it interesting when she shrank her as she was ticklish. He moved to the other side to kiss her.

People said that ticklish women loved their husbands. Lu Xingzhi also remembered a saying in his hometown—ticklish men were afraid of their wives. Similarly, a ticklish woman would also love her husband.

Jiang Yao had heard that saying before, but she felt that it did not make any sense because Lu Xingzhi was not ticklish. Anyway, when the two of them quarreled, he would only tickle her when she was ticklish. There was no chance for her to counterattack him.

The rain grew heavier—the droplets were huge. They could hear the loud pitter-patter sound of rain.

Jiang Yao was standing at the bathroom entrance. Then, Lu Xingzhi carried her in his arms. She could see that a curtain of rain had formed at the corridor entrance. They would not be able to see such a beautiful scene in the new building.

Jiang Yao looked up at Lu Xingzhi and said with a chuckle, "It seems like the fruit trees in the yard don't need to be watered tomorrow."

"The weather will probably be like this for the next few days." Lu Xingzhi half-hugged and half-held Jiang Yao as he brought her into the bedroom. It looked like there would be no more thunder, so he was prepared to take another shower before going to bed.

However, he needed Jiang Yao to do something for him before that.

Lu Xingzhi let Jiang Yao sit on the bed. He turned around and opened the luggage bag he had brought back from the mountains. He took out the metal box that he had hidden at the bottom and walked toward Jiang Yao with it in his hand like a treasure. Then, he opened the box in front of Jiang Yao and took out all the papers he had opened. He placed them in front of her.

"I have opened more than half of the paper cranes. These are all the ones that I have seen. Help me fold them back, and please fold them properly. Then, put them in the drawer. I will take those that have not been opened yet." The closed-door training was not over yet; he would not be able to see her until it was over. He still had to rely on the paper cranes to spend every lonely night missing her.

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