CHAPTER 99 (2/2)

Xie Xi held his breath. He tried to look at the red paper but he simply couldn’t concentrate.

“It is like this.” Jiang Xie’s arms move and Xie Xi moved along with him over the red paper. A beautiful thin gold character appeared on the paper.

Xie Xi was in a daze and could only feel that his back, ears, arms and harms that were being held was hot. Jiang Xie asked him, “How about it? Do you have the feeling?”

Xie Xi’s face reddened and his voice shook. “T-Teacher!”

“Hrmm?”

Xie Xi bit his lower lip to calm himself down and stated, “I… I’ll try it myself.”

Jiang Xie’s lips curved. “Okay, try writing it yourself.”

Xie Xi kept his head down and lacked strength in the hand holding the brush. Jiang Xie said again, “Don’t worry. If you like it, I’ll find time to teach you later.”

“No need!” Xie Xi put down the brush. “This is still too difficult. I won’t waste red paper!”

Jiang Xie saw the child’s red ears and his heart itched, but he resisted. Take it easy… everything would come slowly… He was seeking eternity, not a momentary joy.

Xie Xi needed to calm down. He moved away from the desk and said, “I’m going to the bathroom.”

“As you come back, please get me a glass of water.”

Originally, Xie Xi wanted to make an excuse to not return to the study. Not that Jiang Xie said this, he had to go back.

Xie Xi went to the bathroom and washed his face. He stared at himself in the mirror for a long time before finally giving his brain a slap.

‘What are you thinking? This is a teacher! He’s still a man!

Don’t be confused about your emotions just because someone is good to you!’

He gave himself a fierce scolding before finally calming down. Xie Xi sighed, dried his face and went to pour a glass of water.

There were two cups on the table. They were identical porcelain cups with a half rose on them.

Xie Xi had long known that Jiang Xie especially liked roses. When he first brought the cup, Xie Xi had frozen. “A couples cup?”

Jiang Xie smiled. “If they are really couple cups, the flowers on these cups should be able to be joined together.

Xie Xi worked hard for a long time before saying, “No, it is smooth…”

The two cups weren’t a pair, they were just identical. Jiang Xie explained, “I think they look good so I brought two back.”

Xie Xi raised an eyebrow. “How will we be able to tell which is our cup when drinking water?”

Jiang Xie ‘suddenly realized. “Oh, I hadn’t paid attention.”

As if he didn’t pay attention! He held back from buying a couples cup because of this!

Xie Xi suggested, “It’s nothing. I’ll put a label on my cup.”

“No, it’s such a nice cup to place such an ugly thing on it.”

Xie Xi hesitated. “That… Teacher can leave one at home and bring one to school.”

Jiang Xie answered, “The school has a whole set that is cheaper. This is quite expensive and I’m reluctant to take it there.”

Xie Xi heard it was expensive and also felt reluctant.

Jiang Xie suggested, “Let’s use it like this. I’ll place it on the left and you place it on the right.”

Xie Xi also liked this cup and nodded. “Yes! I’ll try not to put it in the wrong spot.”

He was attentive and didn’t make any mistakes, but Jiang Xie was sloppy and always misplaced it.

Xie Xi corrected him, “Teacher, my cup is on the right and you have to put it on the left.”

Jiang Xie blinked. “I have to put it on the left? How do I remember it as you putting it on the left?”

This was originally a minor matter and Xie Xi didn’t remember clearly.

He wondered suspiciously, “Did I remember it wrong?”

Jiang Xie smiled. “You remembered wrong. I always put it on the right.”

Xie Xi frowned. “It’s like this…” It turned out that he was mistaken.

“Don’t worry. From today, you put it on the right and I’ll put it on the left.” Xie Xi doubled checked. “I am the right and you are the left?”

Jiang Xie nodded. “Yes.”

The next day, Jiang Xie picked up the right cup to drink water. Xie Xi cried out, “Teacher, you got it wrong!”

Jiang Xie hit his forehead. “Look at my brain. How could I forget?”

Xie Xi, “…”

Today, Xie Xi went to pour water for Jiang Xie only to find that he couldn’t tell who the cups belonged to.