Chapter 98 - Reward (1/2)

Chapter 98: Reward

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“Are you hurt?” Seeing that the young lady in his arms was in tears, Zhai Sheng roughly understood what happened. He reached out and tried to help Qiao Nan rub her nose.

With the rub, Qiao Na’s pain intensified and she felt like she was being tortured.

To prevent Zhai Sheng from torturing her again, Qiao Nan was exceptionally courageous, she grabbed Zhai Sheng’s hands to stop him from moving.

When Zhai Sheng sensed that the hands that grabbed him were so soft and seemingly boneless, he felt his heart fluttering a little. What did this feeling mean? Zhai Sheng, who knew nothing about romance, did not really understand.

Zhai Sheng, who did not like things to get beyond his control, suppressed the strange feeling he had and calmly retracted his hands. “When you came, what were you holding in your hands?”

“Certificate of Award,” Qiao Nan’s eyes lit up, she not only showed Zhai Sheng her awards, but also took out her report card, as if she was presenting him with some treasure. “Brother Zhai, see, these are my grades for the final examination. Oh yes, Brother Zhai, I was at the essay compet.i.tion when you lent me your pen, and I clinched the first place. I heard that I will be awarded some merit points for my middle school examination because of this. But I don’t know how many points.”

“Not bad.” Zhai Sheng looked through Qiao Nan’s items one by one, his eyes flashed with satisfaction and approval.

“Brother Zhai, here’s your pen.” Qiao Nan had originally placed the pen in the storeroom and intended to let Brother Zhai take it himself when he was back.

But a few days after she placed the pen, she saw that it was still there, untouched. She had previously heard from Zhu Baoguo that the pen was quite expensive. Although this was the Zhai family’s residence, she was still afraid to lose the pen. Hence, she took it back and kept it with her.

To Zhai Sheng, this pen had a significant meaning, he had always intended to take it back.

However, he was in such a hurry that day. After Zhai Sheng lent Qiao Nan the pen, he left the school immediately, before returning to the Zhai family to change his clothes and then quickly made his way to the army.

The good thing was that both of them stayed in the same quad, and Qiao Nan usually stored away her books in the Zhai family’s residence. So Zhai Sheng was never worried that he would lose the pen.

However, when Zhai Sheng held the pen that Qiao Nan had been treating like a rare gem, he could feel the slight warmth of Qiao Nan’s body temperature and a tinge of her fragrance, his body reacted before his brain could. He tucked the pen back into Qiao Nan’s hands, and said, “Treat this as a reward for your good grades in the exam.”

When he realized what he had done and said, he was surprised but had no regrets.

It was not until many years later, when Zhai Sheng and Qiao Nan used this pen to sign their marriage vows agreement, that he marveled at his wisdom and decisiveness on that very faithful day. With a little pen, he managed to capture the heart of such an outstanding girl to become part of his family.

Otherwise, this sweet, young thing would not have fallen into prey into the arms of a big bad wolf like himself, and had little wolves thereafter.

“Give it to me? Don’t,” Qiao Nan declined. “All this while, Brother Zhai had helped me so much, I don’t have the ability now, otherwise I should be the one giving you something, I feel embarra.s.sed to accept your gift.” She was not so thick-skinned.

There was no reason for Zhai Sheng to retrieve a gift that was already given. “Take it, when you have the ability, then talk about what you will give me, but on the premise that it would not result in a corruption crime.”

“No, of course not.” Under that intimidating look of Zhai Sheng, Qiao Nan became inept at withstanding any pressure, she was totally under the spell of Zhai Sheng. There was absolutely no signs of the tigress demeanor that she usually displayed before Zhu Baoguo. “Brother Zhai, don’t worry, I know that you are a military officer and there are tight rules to follow, I will definitely not put you in a difficult position. If I do that, aren’t I repaying your kindness with ingrat.i.tude?”