Chapter 96: Sending flowers is just a reason to see you
Kong Nanzhu is good at cooking. After living alone, she likes to study new dishes or try to bake new desserts in her spare time. This has become a way for her to spice up her life, especially to kill boredom.
After the vegetable porridge was served, Kong Nanzhu reheated the food brought by the aunt and asked Xiao Liu to eat some more. Qin Qi looked at Xiao Liu silently, and Xiao Liu said very sensibly, "Sister Nanzhu, I came here after dinner. I'm not hungry now. You guys eat."
Kong Nanzhu took off her apron and washed her hands. "I've eaten too. I'll go back first."
Qin Qi didn't expect her to leave so soon, but the meal was already prepared and people had come to see him, so it seemed that there was really no reason to keep her here with him any longer.
Walking to the shoe cabinet, Kong Nanzhu remembered something: "I'm going to the hospital tomorrow morning, you don't have to get up early."
Qin Qi nodded slowly. He wanted to keep her, but was afraid that he would cross the line and upset Kong Nanzhu.
Xiao Liu was getting anxious. He was very dissatisfied with Qin Qi's performance tonight. Kong Nanzhu picked up his bag and was about to leave. Qin Qi stood by the dining table with his eyes wide open, like a dull wooden man.
In a hurry, Xiao Liu said, "Sister Nanzhu!"
Kong Nanzhu paused in opening the door, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Liu hesitated, Qin Qi was also looking at him. Xiao Liu made up his mind. For the sake of his boss's happiness, he didn't care about anything else. "Teacher Qin sent you so many flowers and you accepted them all. Don't you plan to forgive him?"
Kong Nanzhu's brain froze for a moment, "What flower?"
The first thing that came to her mind was the roses that had been delivered regularly every day, but weren’t those flowers sent by Song Linyuan?
When did Qin Qi give her flowers?
Qin Qi's expression changed instantly. After hearing Xiao Liu's question, his eyes became obviously nervous, but when Kong Nanzhu showed a confused look on his face, his eyes dimmed.
Xiao Liu was anxious. "Don't you receive a bouquet of roses every day recently? Teacher Qin squeezes out time every day to personally deliver them to your door. I said I would deliver them for him, but he wouldn't let me."
Kong Nanzhu looked at Qin Qi, asking for his confirmation.
Qin Qi lowered his head helplessly, which was both a consent and an escape.
He heard Kong Nanzhu say in the live broadcast room that she liked the rose model that Song Linyuan gave her, and said it was the most thoughtful gift she had ever received.
Qin Qi didn't know what Kong Nanzhu liked. After living together for eleven years, he actually didn't know what she liked. The only thing he was sure of was that she liked roses.
That's why Qin Qi chose to use such an old-fashioned way to win Kong Nanzhu's favor. He disguised himself every day, covered himself tightly, and went to her apartment door to deliver flowers like a thief.
He finally understood that when giving gifts to others, what matters is the thought, not the price of the gift. Even if he couldn't squeeze out a large block of time to complete a huge project like Song Linyuan's, he could insist on giving the gifts himself.
He regarded insisting on sending flowers to Kong Nanzhu every day as a form of self-discipline, like a ridiculous wishing ritual, as if every time he completed sending flowers, he was a little closer to the day when Kong Nanzhu would accept him again.
This kind of wish has nothing to do with objective facts, it is just a beautiful thought.
Commonly known as, deceiving oneself.
This news was like a bombshell that stirred up a huge wave in Kong Nanzhu's originally calm heart.
It took Kong Nanzhu a long time to find his voice again, "Why didn't you tell me that the flowers were sent by you?"
"If I tell you, you won't accept it."
Qin Qi smiled bitterly, with an indelible melancholy in his eyes.
Indeed, if she knew that the flowers were sent by Qin Qi, she might not even bring the flowers into the house.
Kong Nanzhu couldn't understand it. She would never have thought that Qin Qi would do such a thing. "You are the one who delivers flowers every day?"
Qin Qi nodded.
"It's so contradictory that you delivered the flowers yourself but didn't tell others that they were sent by you."
Qin Qi himself couldn't explain it clearly.
He hoped that Kong Nanzhu knew that the flowers were sent by him, and hoped that she could understand his intentions, but he didn't want Kong Nanzhu to know.
In the first few days of delivering flowers, Qin Qi was looking forward to meeting Kong Nanzhu by chance while delivering the flowers, but Kong Nanzhu was so busy and was almost never at home during the day, so he gave up the idea.
Later, sending a bouquet of flowers every day became his unilateral way to keep in touch with Kong Nanzhu. Even with such a small thing that did not receive any response, it seemed as if there was an unbreakable connection between them.
Qin Qi began to fear that Kong Nanzhu would know that it was him who sent the flowers. On the one hand, he was afraid that she would no longer accept his roses. On the other hand, he gradually stopped longing for Kong Nanzhu's response. He simply hoped that Kong Nanzhu would smile after seeing the flowers she liked.
Just like the gift Song Linyuan gave her during the live broadcast.
In the end, Qin Qi just asked, "Can I continue to send you flowers in the future?"
When Kong Nanzhu thought that Qin Qi hadn't slept for five days but his roses were still there, he felt like something was getting out of control.
She pushed the door open and fled in a panic.
After Kong Nanzhu left, Qin Qi drank two bowls of porridge without saying a word. He let the remaining bowl cool down and froze it in the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer. He planned to continue to enjoy the meal Kong Nanzhu made for her tomorrow.
Xiao Liu originally wanted to assist, but he didn't expect it to have the opposite effect. He felt very guilty and kept apologizing to Qin Qi.
"You're right. You've made a lot of trouble tonight. It's getting late. You should go home and rest. I'm fine."
Xiao Liu scratched his head.
He was a little uncomfortable with such a humane boss. He hadn't spent much time with Qin Qi in recent times, and he thought that Qin Qi was estranged from him. After leaving Lihua Garden, Xiao Liu was so scared that he quickly called Zhang Di to complain.
"Teacher Qin actually spoke to me so politely, am I really going to be fired?"
Zhang Di was at a loss as his most popular actor suddenly stopped working and he was very worried. However, considering Qin Qi's family situation, he couldn't do much to persuade him.
"People always grow up, you just need to get used to it. Don't worry, you won't go hungry as long as I have food to eat."
When I returned to the apartment, I was greeted by a bouquet of red roses in a high-waisted vase.
Kong Nanzhu forgot to change his shoes. He took a rose from the vase and sat on the ground, plucking the petals one by one in a daze.
She was mumbling something, but it wasn't some clichéd guess like "like, dislike".
"Believe it or not, believe it or not..."
Ever since Kong Nanzhu went to Lihua Garden to visit Qin Qi, her life has never been peaceful.
Qin Qi tried all kinds of ways to make his presence felt in front of her. In the past, he would just send her a WeChat message to harass her, but now he has become ten times more shameless and is elusive and hanging around in front of her.
He seemed to have accepted Kong Nanzhu's advice, and would hand over the flowers to her in person every day. Even if Kong Nanzhu would throw the flowers into the trash can in front of him, Qin Qi would still appear in front of her the next day without changing his expression.
Studio, community, hospital. Qin Qi had figured out the trajectory of Kong Nanzhu's formation. After visiting Shen Jun, Kong Nanzhu knew without even thinking that there was another person behind him.
"Qin Qi, the company is so busy, don't you have anything to do?" Kong Nanzhu couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and said.
Qin Qi held the flowers and stood five meters away, looking at her intently. Kong Nanzhu had been ignoring his existence these past few days and rarely spoke to him. He felt very happy that Kong Nanzhu was willing to take the initiative to talk to him. He smiled brightly and his starry eyes were full of affection.
"Busy, yes, but I want to see you, which is the most important thing in the day for me."
Kong Nanzhu watched him hand the flowers to her but was hesitant to reach out to take them.
The man in front of her is the love of her youth and the embodiment of her understanding of the meaning of the . Therefore, she needs to use extremely strong willpower to convince herself not to be deceived by his acting rhetoric, nor to be easily bought by such small favors.
"Qin Qi, there's no need to waste your time on this kind of thing. I don't have any plans to start a new relationship right now. I want to focus on my career. Do you understand me?"
Not only did Qin Qi not show any intention of retreating, but he took two steps forward and shortened the distance between them. Even though there was a bunch of beautiful roses between them, the familiar sandalwood scent on Qin Qi still domineeringly surrounded Kong Nanzhu.
She seemed to be trapped in Qin Qi's territory.
"This is not a waste of time. This is the happiest thing I do in my life right now. As long as you are willing, all my time will be available to you at any time in the future. You don't need to worry about my feelings, and you don't have to think about how to balance your career and our relationship. Nan Nan, this time it's my turn to follow you, okay?"
Kong Nanzhu was stunned for two seconds, looking down at the rose against Qin Qi's chest. It was not until she got into the car that she realized that she had returned with the flowers in her arms.
