bayedsolid Chapter 287 Reluctantly
Chapter 287 Reluctantly
If he sent it directly like this, would it seem abrupt? He had never given anything to a girl before, and he felt a little embarrassed when he thought about it.
She walked around the warehouse again and again, frowning and relaxing her brows, and finally saw a pair of red coral earrings and a matching pair of gold-inlaid hairpins in front of the jewelry shelf.
Since Li Xiaoxiao came to the capital, she has been wearing red clothes most of the time. If she wears this pair of jewelry, she will look good in red clothes.
Si Chengxu took the jewelry off the shelf, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He looked at it again and again, and felt more and more that Li Xiaoxiao would look very good wearing it. He asked someone to find a jewelry box and put the jewelry carefully in it. He had chosen the things, but how should he send it?
If he sent it himself, what should he say when Li Xiaoxiao asked him? He had to be subtle and not let Li Xiaoxiao see it. The most important thing was to make her accept it.
After a long time, he finally came up with a good idea. Si Er was quite good at doing this kind of thing.
When Si Er came back again, he saw the jewelry box in Si Chengxu's hand. He smiled at Si Chengxu teasingly with an expression that said, "I understand everything."
Si Chengxuxiang pretended to be angry and glared at him. Si Er suppressed the smile on his face and immediately put on a serious look.
"Go and give this to Li Xiaoxiao. Make sure she accepts it no matter what. And don't say anything nonsense." Before you are sure of Li Xiaoxiao's feelings, you must not let her know that you like her.
"Yes, sir." Si Er immediately had a bitter face. He was asked to deliver something and was not allowed to say anything. Isn't this obviously making things difficult for him? However, he didn't dare to refute.
When Si Er arrived at Longmen Restaurant, he happened to see Li Xiaoxiao about to leave: "Little girl, please stay."
"Your master has already left." Li Xiaoxiao thought he was here to find Si Chengxu.
"I'm not here to look for my master. This is for you." Si Er said as he stuffed the jewelry box directly into her hands.
Li Xiaoxiao was confused by his sudden action. What was he doing? It looked like a jewelry box. She looked at Si Er in confusion.
"Little girl, open it and take a look." Si Er deliberately kept the secret and said with a smile.
Although Li Xiaoxiao was doubtful, she still opened it. The moment she opened it, what caught her eyes was a pair of red coral earrings and a pair of gold-inlaid hairpins.
It is exquisitely crafted, with a faint glow under the sunlight. It lies quietly in the box, and it is obviously worth a lot of money at first glance.
After just one glance, Li Xiaoxiao closed the lid, looked at Si Er and chuckled, with a playful smile on the corner of his mouth: "Si Er, did you send her to the wrong place? There is no brothel on Zhuque Street."
After a long period of contact, Xiaoxiao has learned a lot about the characters of Si Yi and Si Er. Si Yi is definitely the standard of the perfect man in a woman's mind.
As for Si Er, although he is also very good, he likes to visit brothels, and he likes it very much, so he definitely sent this kind of thing to the wrong place.
"Little girl, don't judge me by the crack in the door. I sent this especially for you. Don't say I don't have such beautiful jewelry. Even if I do, I have to keep it for my future wife."
Being teased by Li Xiaoxiao, Si Er did not feel embarrassed at all, but talked freely instead.
"Then your future wife is so lucky. With a man as handsome and rich as you, the matchmaker will definitely knock down the door for you."
"There's nothing I can do. I'm handsome, suave, and good-looking just by chance. I'm helpless too." Li Xiaoxiao just said it casually, but Si Er actually acted arrogantly.
"Take it. Say goodbye. Keep it for your future wife. I'm not worthy of it." Li Xiaoxiao stuffed the thing back into his hand and pretended to leave.
"Hey, no, no, little girl, don't leave yet." Seeing that Li Xiaoxiao really wanted to leave, Si Er followed closely behind her. The things that the master had told her to do had not been completed yet? If she left, who would she give the things to?
"Si Er, you tell me or not, if you don't, I will really leave." She didn't believe that there was no trick in giving her such expensive jewelry for no reason.
"Okay, I'll tell you, but you have to keep what I said." She is indeed the woman I like, as difficult to deal with as I am.
"You tell me first and listen."
"The story is this. I once saved the life of a lieutenant general on the battlefield. The lieutenant general was so grateful that he gave me his ancestral jewelry. I didn't know it was so valuable at the time, so I accepted it as an ordinary gift. I only found out about it later, but it was not easy to return it, so I put it in the warehouse."
"You know, my wife is too old to wear these brightly colored things. I took this out when I cleaned the storeroom a few days ago. I thought I might as well give it to you. It's just sitting there anyway."
This was something Si Er had thought about for a long time before he came up with it, and he thought it was an excellent idea. He went over it in his mind several times and made sure there were no loopholes before he spoke it out.
Sure enough, Li Xiaoxiao didn't say anything else, obviously believing what he said.
Si Er struck while the iron was hot and stuffed the box back into her hands: "Little girl, I have never given anything to a girl in my life. It's a pity to leave this thing alone. Please be kind and accept it."
While making the request, Si Er spoke well of Si Chengxu, subtly letting Li Xiaoxiao know that Si Chengxu's love history was as clean as a blank sheet of paper and could be flirted with at any time.
Seeing the jewelry box coming back, Li Xiaoxiao took it. Knowing that it was given to her by Si Chengxu, it would be a waste for her to refuse it. He had no one to give it to anyway, right?
Then she should be kind enough to help him out. After all, they are cousins, so it is only natural for her to help out occasionally.
"Go back and tell your master that I accepted it with reluctance. Also, you don't have to thank me."
Hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, Si Er almost fell down. This thing was priceless, but she was still reluctant to accept it. Okay, okay, just accept it.
When he went back to reply Si Chengxu, Si Chengxu was also frowning. Was this a typical case of taking advantage of someone and still acting ungrateful?
Sure enough, this was Li Xiaoxiao's usual style of doing things, and then he couldn't help but raise his eyes: "From now on, every few days, go to the warehouse to find something to send to her, and also ask the people below to pay attention, if there are things that girls like, bring them over."
Li Xiaoxiao actually accepted it, which meant that she liked it. Si Er's idea was indeed a good one. He should start by giving her gifts and let her get used to it slowly.
Still want to give it away? He made up a story to give this one. Doesn't that mean he has to make up a story every time? With Li Xiaoxiao's intelligence, she will soon see through it. Si Er bit his lower lip tightly, wanting to say something, but he didn't dare.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day when Li Xiaoxiao's new store opened.