Xiaoxiao arranged for Yang Ming to sit on the kang and said to Wang Xiangxiang as she entered the house, "Sister Wang, come and join us on the kang, let’s eat."
Hearing Xiaoxiao’s words, Wang Xiangxiang climbed onto the kang as well. Having gotten used to the countryside, she wasn’t accustomed to eating on a kang, but still chose to follow the local customs.
To Yang Ming and Xiaoxiao, Wang Xiangxiang eating on the kang was nothing special; after all, that’s how meals had always been eaten in the countryside, except when there were too many people and they ate on the ground instead.
But Chu Lian was clueless. He saw the spoiled young woman take off her shoes and climb onto the kang, and his face changed—how could she be so shameless as to climb onto someone else’s kang?
"Don’t be shy, let’s eat."
Upon hearing this, all four of them began to eat. Chu Lian found it hard to eat since he had already eaten, but he still moved his chopsticks a bit to show politeness.
Glancing out of the corner of his eye at the spoiled young woman, her behavior once again shocked him: she was still eating heartily, showing no signs of having had a lot already.
How could she eat so much? Her appetite was as big as a man’s, yet she was still a woman?
As Wang Xiangxiang ate, she thought to herself that this was the last time she would share a meal with that rogue. Once she had her revenge, she wanted nothing to do with him.
After a few bites, she said, "Young Master Yang, congratulations, you and Xiaoxiao are finally becoming a married couple."
"Thank you, Miss Wang," Yang Ming replied politely.
Chu Lian frowned. Didn’t he know that it was rude to speak while eating? Why was the spoiled young woman actively starting a conversation?
"Young Master Yang, you really should thank me. If I hadn’t told Xiaoxiao about the meaning of sending love through a kite, who knows when you two might have gotten together?"
"Yes, thank you, Miss Wang." This was true, if it hadn’t been for Wang Xiangxiang telling Xiaoxiao, their path together might have been much longer.
Wang Xiangxiang continued, her voice lively, "You don’t know, she was so moved when she found out you liked her that she cried."
Hearing this, Yang Ming was shocked and turned to look at Xiaoxiao—she had cried?
His eyes filled with love, he looked at Xiaoxiao, who blushed and lower her head, murmuring shyly, "Sister Wang, please stop."
But Wang Xiangxiang didn’t care, only thinking about how her words could torment the rogue.
"Then she said she wanted to give you a unique confession, to surprise you. She hardly slept for several nights while preparing this room."
Hearing Wang Xiangxiang’s words, Yang Ming looked at Xiaoxiao with adoring eyes, full of concern for her, completely forgetting the other two people at the table.
"Don’t listen to Sister Wang’s nonsense." Xiaoxiao replied shyly.
"How is it nonsense? Didn’t you stay awake one night making those paper cranes? There were exactly a hundred of them, and you only made three every quarter hour."
Hearing this, Yang Ming turned his head to look at the hanging paper cranes; if it took that long just for a hundred cranes, plus the heart shape, how long would it take?
Chu Lian also involuntarily turned his head, looking at the lively paper cranes. Her hands were so skilled; she truly was a remarkable woman. Yet such a remarkable woman was destined not to be with him. He tried to keep himself as normal as possible.
Seeing the rogue turn his head to look at the paper cranes, she must be heartbroken again, so she continued, "It’s not just decoration, you know. Those have meanings, just like the rings."