Chapter 618 - Why Arent You Wearing the Gift That I Gave You? (2/2)

Wen Xinya’s heart wrenched up in panic and she wondered how she should tell him that she had already worn it the night before. “What the hell? Xu-er, I’m only eighteen and yet you gave me a tea millet flower hairpin. Are you just cursing me!?! You’re going to jinx me and cause me to age prematurely!”

Xu Zhenyu was dumbfounded.

Wen Xinya chided. “Who’d present such an inauspicious gift!?!”

Xu Zhenyu stroked his hair, finding Wen Xinya’s words to have made sense. He thought, I was actually affected by the dream. How could it be real? Wen Xinya is such a smart person, she’s not going to be as disheveled as she was in my dream.

He tugged his hair forcefully, finding himself to be utterly foolish. “Why don’t… I give you something else?”

His meticulously prepared gift would have to go to waste. What a shame. He had carefully selected the jade material and bought it at a high price when he was in Myanmar for a mission. It was a rare type of jade and he had especially found a competent carver to help him carve the jade piece.

Wen Xinya glared at him and chastised. “Xu Zhenyu, forget it if you didn’t contact me throughout the two years that you have been away. To make things worse, you even gave me such an inauspicious gift. You’re just not happy with me, aren’t you!”

Xu Zhenyu blushed and said, “No, not at all. Wen Xinya, why would I be unhappy with you?”

Pointing at his nose, Wen Xinya questioned, “Tell me then, why didn’t you contact me before?”

Xu Zhenyu answered remorsefully, “I’ve been busy with training.”

Being extremely prideful, he did not wish to let Wen Xinya know how tough of a time he had during the military training. Hence, he had never contacted her, and only rarely contacted Han Mofeng.

Wen Xinya chided. “Bullshit. You clearly contacted Han Mofeng and the rest too.”

Xu Zhenyu suddenly realized that he had already gotten a buzz cut long ago. Despite feeling extremely frustrated, he said nicely, “Wen Xinya, I’m wrong, alright? I won’t dare to do it again! Madam, please pardon me.”

Wen Xinya glanced at him condescendingly and said, “I’ll punish you by making you write a thousand words.”

Xu Zhenyu’s greatest fear was reflecting on himself. Han Mofeng had once told Wen Xinya before that Xu Zhenyu almost went crazy after being told that he would be punished for getting into a fight and playing truant. Even till today, others were still made jokes out of his punishment and the words that he had written as punishment—”Teacher, I was wrong. I won’t do it again… Please spare me from writing a thousand words!”

Xu Zhenyu’s hands trembled and he said, “Madam, I’ve already addressed you as Madam. Will you show mercy?”

Wen Xinya squinted at him and asked, “Are you going to write it or not?”

Xu Zhenyu’s heart pounded and he conceded. “Yes, yes, I promise I’ll accomplish the task.”

Wen Xinya said in satisfaction, “That’s more like it. By the way, how long will you be staying in the city this time?”

Xu Zhenyu looked out of the window and glanced at the tea millet flowers. “I’ll be leaving in a few days. However, I’ve already applied for a transfer and I think I’ll get to be transferred back to the city by next year.”

Wen Xinya heaved a sigh of relief. It was much better for him to stay in the city because the training was much more relaxed in the city’s base camp.