Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chapter 480: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (5)

"I've already eaten it. You can take it." Chen Caiqing shook the popsicle in her hand. A layer of fine water droplets had already condensed on the packaging. Seeing that Song Guanwen still didn't reach out for her hand, she added, "If you don't eat it now, it will melt."

"He doesn't want to give it to me. I'm so hot." Seeing that Song Guanwen still didn't take it, Li Bin beside him hurriedly stuffed the popsicle in his hand into his mouth, chewed it twice, and took the popsicle from Chen Caiqing's hand.

Chen Caiqing didn't say anything more. She took a few popsicles from the bag and distributed them to everyone. "Sister Chen Lan, have a popsicle to cool down."

"Thank you." Chen Lan hugged Lin Xi in her arms, took out one hand to take the popsicle handed to her by Chen Caiqing, and said thank you.

"You're so polite." Chen Caiqing smiled and shook her head, then handed the last popsicle in her hand to Lin Xi, "Xixi, here you go."

Lin Xi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her gaze slowly moved down to the hand that was handed over.

It has fair skin and slender fingers. It works in the fields all day just like itself, but it doesn't have a single scar. Even the lines on its knuckles are so delicate, as if they have never been touched by spring water, and as soft as the freshest grass in spring.

Lin Xi subconsciously curled up the fingers on her legs and lowered her eyes to look at her hands on her legs.

Her hands were actually very delicate. Although they were thin, their joints were well-proportioned, and her nails were trimmed neatly and roundly. However, she had been working in the fields under the sun for several days, and there were several obvious sunburn marks on the back of her hands. There were also a few tiny burrs on the edges of her nails.

At this moment, when placed next to Chen Caiqing's flawless white jade hand, it looked particularly rough, like a gray wild duck suddenly placed next to an elegant white swan, even he felt embarrassed.

Lin Xi's fingertips shrank unconsciously, buttoning the trouser fabric into several deep folds. The hand hidden in the pocket clenched and unclenched, and a fine dampness appeared on the palm of his hand.

The coolness of the popsicle filled the air. Lin Xi stared at a drop of water on the wrapping paper that was about to fall, and suddenly felt her throat tighten.

"She has an upset stomach and can't eat anything cold." Just as Lin Xi was hesitating whether to take the popsicle handed to her by Chen Caiqing, Song Guanwen's somewhat low voice suddenly came across the table.

"Ah?" Chen Caiqing heard this and quickly lowered her eyes to look at Lin Xi's face. Seeing that she was indeed pursing her lips and looking unhappy, she hurriedly threw the popsicle back into the bag and said in a concerned tone, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice it. Is it a stomachache? Do you want to buy some medicine?"

Lin Xi's gaze passed through Chen Caiqing's cuffs, across the table, and met Song Guanwen, who was frowning. But in a moment, she looked away subconsciously, as if she had been caught doing something bad.

But then she quickly realized that she was not the one whispering in someone's ear on the street, so why should she feel guilty?

Thinking of this, a small flame suddenly jumped up in Lin Xi's heart. She narrowed her eyes, a stubborn arc appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she suddenly reached out to intercept the popsicle that Chen Caiqing was about to take back.

"It's okay, I'm much better now." Lin Xi endured the numbness in her palms from the cold and raised the corner of her mouth towards Chen Caiqing, "It's a little warm in here, thank you, Sister Caiqing."

"Ah? Uh, it's okay. Are you really not feeling uncomfortable anymore? Don't force yourself if you can't eat." Chen Caiqing seemed to have not expected Lin Xi's sudden change of attitude, and was a little unresponsive for a moment.

"Don't force yourself. I've been craving this for a long time." Lin Xi lifted herself up from Chen Lan's shoulder, tore open the popsicle's wrapper, put it in her mouth and took a big bite. She smiled and looked at Chen Caiqing, "It's really cool."

"As long as you like it." Seeing that there was no reluctance on Lin Xi's face, Chen Caiqing nodded and sat down on the side.

The popsicle in Lin Xi's mouth was so cold that her tongue was numb. The person opposite her with a dark face was also breathing cold air. But Lin Xi, who had always been timid, was so brave this time that he stiffened his neck and finished the popsicle in his hand in no time.

Not only that, he held his breath and finished his two big steamed buns and the three taels of臊子面 originally ordered for Song Guanwen.

"Lin Zhiqing, you seem to be really hungry."

Li Bin, who failed to grab the last piece of braised pork from Lin Xi's chopsticks, grinned and sighed in amazement, not noticing that Song Guanwen beside him had a tense mouth and his knuckles holding the chopsticks were slightly white due to excessive force.

The result of being angry with herself was that Lin Xi had to support herself and was helped out of the hotel by Chen Lan and others.

Sitting on a lounge chair under the shade of a tree in the park, Lin Xi recalled the look of the diners when they looked at her, saying "country bumpkin who has never eaten good food", and a belated sense of shame surged in her heart. Her face turned red, and she wished she could find a hole to bury herself in.

"Xixi, you really don't want to go shopping with us? It's a rare opportunity to come to the city. I heard there's an acrobatic troupe performing in the east part of the city today."

"Yeah, it's a good time to walk and help digest the food. Even though it's rare for you to eat meat, you don't have to stuff it into your stomach."

Chen Lan and the others looked at Lin Xi, who was slumped on the park bench, and tried to persuade her with a helpless smile.

"No, no, Sister Chen Lan, you guys go ahead. I can't move a step. I'll sit here and rest for a while." Lin Xi rubbed her belly and waved her hands repeatedly, "I'll wait here for you. When you're done shopping, we'll go back together."

After hearing this, they looked at each other and nodded, not forgetting to instruct Lin Xi: "Then you wait here for us, don't wander around, we will be back after we finish shopping."

"Okay, go ahead. I'll keep an eye on your things." Lin Xi nodded quickly and waved her hand to tell them not to worry about her.

"Come on, Old Song, have you eaten too much?" Li Bin took two steps before he realized that Song Guanwen was still standing under the shade of the tree, and hurriedly greeted him.

Song Guanwen turned his head, his gaze passing through the mottled shadows of the trees and falling on Lin Xi who was sitting on the bench. He saw that she was pouting and rubbing her belly with her head down, as if she was very bloated. He couldn't help but frown.

As if she had noticed his gaze, Lin Xi suddenly turned her head away, leaving him with only her furry back.

Seeing this, Song Guanwen couldn't help but pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded to Li Bin and followed him.

Lin Xi's back straightened the moment Li Bin spoke. She instinctively raised her eyes and looked in the direction of Song Guanwen, but before their eyes met, she turned her head away in a hurry, leaving Song Guanwen with only a stubborn back of her head.

However, although she turned her head away, her slightly tilted body and her ears that were slightly red still revealed her thoughts at the moment.