“How could that be.” Yan Jin deliberately gasped and said in an exaggerated tone, “Our Yuan Yuan is so good-looking that even if he wraps himself up like a bear, he’ll be the cutest little bear in the world!”
“The word ‘ugly’ and Yuan Yuan simply don’t belong together, it’s impossible!”
The corners of Yu Shu’s lips secretly curled up, but he tried his best to appear calm, “I’m a rational adult, I won’t be fooled by your obviously exaggerated sweet talk, Smiley.”
“But I just imagined Yuan Yuan all bundled up.”
Yan Jin’s eyes were filled with laughter, “Although your figure would be covered up by the clothes, hiding your good physique which is one of your strengths, it would amplify your smile. Anyone who sees it can’t help but smile along with you. Because when you smile, you look like an adorable national treasure, even cuter than a steamed bun.”
“How can I compare to a steamed bun.” Yu Shu said primly, “Steamed buns are national treasures.”
Yan Jin looked at Yu Shu with a smile, “But in my heart, you are a national treasure.”
Yu Shu finally couldn’t maintain the calm expression on his face. His ear tips, neck, and even his face that was covered by his hands, were all quickly scorched into a “braised lobster” by the searing heat.
“Don’t say these things in public.” The little person in Yu Shu’s heart was happily rolling around, but he still managed to maintain his composure, “It’s so embarrassing if someone hears it.”
His Smiley was so outstanding and had such a gentle personality. Before transmigrating, she must have had many people pursuing her.
After transmigrating, in comparison to other women in Anguo, Smiley would surely appear even more outstanding.
If some unmarried man passing by accidentally overheard Smiley coaxing him, he would definitely fall in love with Smiley.
Smiley already had him as her true love, that was enough. All others were rotten peach blossoms. The farther they could stay away from Smiley, the better.
Yan Jin was unaware of this bit of Yu Shu’s convoluted train of thought.
After all, trying to figure out what was on Yu Shu’s mind was even harder than solving a math problem.
Yan Jin, thinking that Yu Shu was just being shy, lowered her voice, “If Yuan Yuan is shy, then I’ll wait until it’s just the two of us and tell you then.”
“Just telling me isn’t enough.” Yu Shu made a greedy request, “You have to hold my hand, say something, and give me a kiss each time.”
“Yuan Yuan, I don’t think your nickname should be that.” Yan Jin’s lips curved up high as she reached out and stroked Yu Shu’s tall nose ridge, “It should be ‘Clingy Bun’.”
Just as Yu Shu was about to retort, he heard Guo Guo, the neighbor’s child who had been placed in a wooden basket by his parents to study, rushing over, “Brother Yu, Auntie Yan, Happy New Year!”
Before Yu Shu could respond, Yan Jin spoke up, “You got the seniority wrong.”
“You call me auntie.” Then Yan Jin pointed at Yu Shu, “But you call him brother?”
Yan Jin explained, “He is my future husband, you should call him uncle. This kind of seniority can’t be mixed up.”
Yu Shu glanced at Yan Jin.
He dared to bet a meat bun that just now Yan Jin’s mind must have flashed thoughts like “brother and aunt’s seniority is wrong”, “can’t let her call him casually, otherwise it will be misunderstood as [redacted]”, and so on.
Hmph, old-fashioned, fake virtuous.
As soon as she finished speaking, Guo Guo immediately changed her address to, “Uncle Yu, Happy New Year!”
However, Guo Guo seemed a little afraid of Yan Jin and only greeted Yu Shu.
Yu Shu looked at Yan Jin with a proud raised eyebrow, as if to say: See, I’m more popular with kids than you.
“Happy New Year to you too, Guo Guo.” Yu Shu took out a piece of candy from his pocket, “Smile and laugh every day in the new year, and grow taller!”
Before Yu Shu could ask Guo Guo to also wish Yan Jin a Happy New Year, Guo Guo immediately shouted, “I sold my confusion to you!”
With that, Guo Guo took off running and disappeared in no time.
Leaving behind a confused Yan Jin and Yu Shu, the two looked at each other, neither of them understanding what Guo Guo’s words meant.
It was the neighbor Xu Junde who opened his mouth to explain, “On the first day of the lunar new year in Yongning County, children will go out and say Happy New Year to adults.”
“If the adult responds to them, then they say ‘I sold my confusion to you’. That silly child will then become a smart child.”
[I get it, that’s why Guo Guo only called out to Yu Shu and not Yan Jin.] [Because Yu Shu seems good-tempered, even if she sells her confusion to him, he won’t get angry.] [Thinking of the little look Yu Shu just gave Yan Jin to show off, I just want to laugh hahaha.]Yan Jin also realized that just now Yuan Yuan was still showing off to her, but she didn’t expect the truth to be so cruel. She couldn’t help but want to laugh out loud.
But considering Yu Shu’s face, Yan Jin still pinched her palm and stifled her laughter.
After walking a short distance, seeing that Yu Shu still hadn’t spoken, and fearing that he hadn’t recovered from the temporary blow, Yan Jin told him a few jokes she had heard before.
Yu Shu’s heart wasn’t so small that he couldn’t even take a child’s joke. He just temporarily thought of a good opportunity to tease Yan Jin.
In order not to give it away, Yu Shu had been pinching his palm hard the whole way, only then could he hold back his laughter that was about to be coaxed out by Yan Jin.
Fortunately, it was about time to tease Smiley now that the timing was right.
“Smiley.” Yu Shu called out to Yan Jin.
Yan Jin naturally responded, “I’m here.”
Yu Shu looked at Yan Jin, his expression serious, “You have to promise me one thing.”
Yan Jin also became serious, “I promise you anything.”
Yuan Yuan rarely asked her to do anything, and suddenly became so serious, so what Yuan Yuan was about to say must be very serious.
Since Yuan Yuan rarely opened his mouth, no matter what, she had to take care of it.
“I’m selling my emotional intelligence to you.” Yu Shu tried hard to hold back his laughter, “That way, you won’t be as insensitive as you are now in the future.”
Yan Jin raised an eyebrow, “I don’t think my EQ is low.”
“Yan Smiley.” Yu Shu pinched Yan Jin’s ear, “Do you have any misconceptions about your EQ?”
“Although you think my EQ is low, it doesn’t change the fact that I can always coax you well.” Yan Jin said lightly, “My EQ is good enough to coax you.”
“Nonsense.” Yu Shu tried hard to keep a straight face and not let himself laugh, “Smiley, you’re not good at coaxing people at all.”
① “Selling confusion” is from “Living a Refined Life in the Song Dynasty” by Li Kaizhou.
Last night I dreamed of Yuan Yuan, he was wearing a blue sweater with bangs down, looking like a middle school student. He was holding a fairy stick sparkler, walking on the beach while singing.
At the end of the dream, Yuan Yuan waved at me with a smile, “Hey, did I sing well?”
Although Mama couldn’t hear clearly, Yuan Yuan’s singing must be the best in the world.
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