My Fulang is a Delicate Flower Chapter 103 Part 3

"I, I........"

It seemed there were too many words on the tip of his tongue, and they all seemed urgent, all clamoring to be spoken at once. Yet looking into Jin Kelu's eyes made him nervous, and he instead found himself at a loss for what to say first.

Ji Wenliang stammered, unable to get a complete sentence out, sweating anxiously. Suddenly remembering something, he hurriedly took out the hairpin he kept close to his chest and presented it: "This is for you."

Jin Kelu saw the thing in Ji Wenliang's hand, took it, and looked it over: "Why give me this?"

"This, this... I heard it's something lovers give to each other, used as a token of affection. I, I saw it and wanted to buy it for you."

Ji Wenliang's face was completely red: "Please don't agree to third aunt and cousin, alright?"

Jin Kelu held the hairpin still carrying a bit of body warmth, his brow moving slightly: "Why shouldn't I agree? Didn't you say you didn't like me? Now that you see I'm doing well, it's not okay anymore, is it?"

"That's not true!"

Ji Wenliang immediately refuted: "That's not it at all!"

"I do like you. It's just that previously my family had arranged a marriage, I couldn't promise you anything."

Ji Wenliang said urgently: "But it's been settled now. I, I hope you can give me another chance."

Jin Kelu saw the person whose face was red down to his neck and found it somewhat amusing, but he held back, neither affirming nor denying, just quietly looking at him.

Ji Wenliang, seeing him like this, felt extremely anxious: "If you don't believe this matter, you can ask my father and mother, you can also ask Brother Taoyu."

"Anyway, I'm sorry about before. If you're angry, if you want me to apologize, if you want to hit or scold me, it's all fine, but you absolutely must not agree..."

Ji Wenliang hadn't even finished speaking when he felt a slight warmth at the corner of his mouth. It was as if all his words were suddenly cut off. He fell silent, his eyes suddenly widening.

It was like the spring breeze in the fourth month brushing past. In just an instant, ripples had already spread across his heart.

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and put it on for me!"

Jin Kelu looked at the person who seemed dumbstruck. He lifted his foot and gave Ji Wenliang a gentle kick.

Only then did Ji Wenliang react belatedly. He hurriedly took the hairpin and carefully placed it on Jin Kelu's head. His heart still pounded like a drum, taking a long time to calm down.

"I can refuse your cousin, but that doesn't mean I've agreed to you. As for whether I agree or not, we'll see how you perform later."

Having said that, Jin Kelu tugged on the horse's reins and moved forward slowly, in high spirits.

Noticing that the person behind hadn't caught up after a long while, Jin Kelu looked back: "If you're unwilling, forget it. I don't want to force you."

"I'm willing! Whatever you say is fine!"

"Then hurry up! Do you want to get caught in the rain?"

Ji Wenliang laughed and quickly caught up.

A loud crash sounded from the sky, a bright flash of lightning tearing a gash in the heavy, dark clouds.

In just a moment, the pitter-patter of rain began to race across the rooftops.

Summer rain was always sudden and heavy. The village, surrounded by mountains on all sides, made the howling winds tear through the trees, amplifying the noise even more.

Ji Taoyu quickly closed the window. The night was already a bit cool, and with this rain falling and the strong wind, it became even colder.

"I wonder if A-Liang is back yet. Such heavy rain and thunder—if he's on the road, it could be dangerous."

Huo Shu placed the lampshade over the oil lamp: "Don't worry about it. It's not certain he'll even come back tonight."

"Nonsense. A-Liang is thin-skinned, he's not like you."

Ji Taoyu narrowed his eyes and glared at Huo Shu.

"No matter how thin-skinned, he's still a man."

Huo Shu went over and picked up Ji Taoyu, who was sitting by the table: "Besides, Jin Kelu might not necessarily let him leave."

Ji Taoyu thought about it and found that made sense.

If Ji Wenliang could explain things clearly, and if both were interested and had things out in the open, they definitely wouldn't want to be apart for a moment in the beginning.

Lying in bed, listening to the frightening sound of wind and rain outside, he suddenly felt this rain had come very timely, rather like helping things along.

Ji Taoyu nestled into Huo Shu's arms and said, "We haven't attended a wedding feast since coming here. Let's keep an eye on those two."

The next day, everything outside was wet. The curious Ji Taoyu wanted to go out but didn't dare, so he had to send Huo Shu to his seventh uncle's house on the pretext of checking where the Deng family residence was planned, but actually to see if Ji Wenliang had come back last night.

Sure enough, it was just as Huo Shu had suspected.

When Ji Wenliang returned, he went home first before coming to the main courtyard. Little did he expect that upon arriving, Ji Taoyu and his second brother had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Well done, you kid. You've even learned to stay out all night now."

"Ah, since childhood, the family always praised that among the boys, A-Liang was the sensible one. Tsk tsk tsk, who would have thought, who would have thought~"

Neither of them asked Ji Wenliang how it went, but just looking at the kid's face full of spring breeze, they knew things couldn't have gone badly.

Ji Wenliang's ears turned red. Trying to cover up, he poured himself a cup of tea to drink: "Stop making fun of me, you two. Last night I had just arrived at the grassland when the strong wind and heavy rain came. I originally planned to wait for the rain to lighten up before rushing back, but I didn't expect it to rain most of the night."

"How do you know it rained most of the night? I didn't even know when the rain stopped last night."

Ji Taoyu said with ill intent: "Looks like our A-Liang stayed up pretty late last night, huh."

Thinking about last night made Ji Wenliang's face burn. Jin Kelu really was a bit more than he could handle.

But thinking of him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

"If you keep this up, I won't tell you anything more. I'm going up the mountain to chop trees to help brother-in-law build the house."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be in such a hurry. You haven't told us how things are between you two yet."

Ji Xinzhe quickly stopped him: "Can our family host a happy event this year?"

"Mm."

Ji Wenliang only made an affirmative sound, his expression very resolute.

Ji Taoyu and Ji Xinzhe exchanged a smile. They could rest easy now: "Should I go tell father and mother?"

"No need. I'll go tell them myself."

Ji Wenliang ran out smiling.