strictlysupreme Chapter 346 Lotus Seed Drink
Chapter 346 Lotus Seed Drink
When the sun was not so hot in the afternoon, Lin Jiaojiao, Jiang's father and Jiang Huai went to the lake.
As Lin Jiaojiao expected, Jiang's father found an excuse to watch the flowers and enjoy the scenery in the pavilion on the shore.
There were only three people on the boat now. Lan Yi was rowing the boat, and she was sitting opposite Jiang Huai. Fortunately, he was wearing a veil, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for them to look at each other in surprise.
The atmosphere was too weird, so she quickly got herself busy and prepared to cook some lotus seed drink.
She first picked up the lotus seeds on the plate on the coffee table and picked out the lotus cores with a toothpick. But before she could pick out a few, the person opposite her stretched out his fair and slender hand.
She quickly said, "I'll do it. Cousin can feed the koi and enjoy the flowers."
Jiang Huai picked up the lotus seeds and toothpick and followed her example to pick out the lotus core. Then the sound came gently like a breeze.
"Thank you for coming."
When he saw her chasing Lin Yizhi out earlier, he thought she would not come.
Lin Jiaojiao felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, and could only smile awkwardly: "It is my honor to accompany my cousin on a boat trip. It is what I should do."
Then the two of them fell silent again, but fortunately Lin Jiaojiao had something to do, so she didn't feel so awkward.
She had already finished her selection and was just casually glancing at the progress of Jiang Huai across the way, but she couldn't take her eyes off it.
She sighed again, these hands are really beautiful.
His hands had distinct joints and his nails were round and clean, like crystal clear white jade. He also wore a slender silver bracelet on his wrist, which looked particularly beautiful in the sun.
When the beautiful hand reached out to her and placed the lotus seeds, she immediately retracted her gaze, hurriedly picked up the lotus seeds, washed them, and then poured them into the teapot above the stove, then added a spoonful of tea leaves and water, but she kept muttering in her heart that he should not have discovered her peeping.
Jiang Huai lowered his eyes and looked at his hands, but he didn't expect that these hands would catch her gaze.
"Lan Yi, row the boat forward."
She wants to pick a lotus flower to make tea.
When the boat was docked next to the lotus leaves and lotus flowers, she leaned out and picked a blooming lotus flower, then pulled off the petals and threw them into the bucket.
She was just about to put the lotus stem aside when she suddenly remembered Jiang's mother's hint.
"Lan Yi moved forward again and again."
Lin Jiaojiao began her flower-picking journey until there were piles of lotus flowers, lotus leaves and lotus pods behind her. She then stopped and turned sideways to sort out a group of lotus flowers in her hands. The more she looked at them, the more beautiful they became.
She raised her eyes and asked Jiang Huai, who had been silent on the opposite side.
"Does it look good?"
"nice."
"This bouquet is for you."
She handed the flowers over. Jiang Huai stared at the bouquet in front of him in a daze. Did she know what giving flowers to a man meant?
She probably doesn't know.
After all, she told him to pick any flowers from the small garden and would praise the beautiful flowers he arranged. It might be a very normal thing for her to give him flowers now.
Of course Lin Jiaojiao knew the meaning of this. Although she wanted to fulfill Jiang's mother's instructions, if she didn't mean it that way, she would not do it even if her biological mother asked her to.
But she raised her hands until they were sore and he didn't move, which made her very embarrassed.
She asked awkwardly, "Don't you like it?"
If she doesn't like it, she will take her hand back.
Just as she was about to take her hand back, he stretched out both hands to hold it but he let go in an instant.
His face flushed instantly, he had just held her hand.
Lin Jiaojiao had no idea that this would happen. The softness on the back of her hand was fleeting. If the person opposite her had not looked so panicked, she would have thought that the touch was an illusion.
Her ears turned red, but she still pretended to be calm and took the flowers back.
When Jiang Huai saw her put the flowers back, he felt a little regretful about his reaction just now, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Lin Jiaojiao found that the rods were too thick and she could hardly hold them with one hand. Moreover, the rods were covered with uneven small particles. She took out a handkerchief and wrapped the rods, then looked up and handed them to him again.
"I didn't think it through just now. Now that it's fixed, it's easier to hold."
This time the person on the other side took it very quickly, although he still accidentally touched her with his little finger, which made people feel a little shy. But he lowered his eyes to look at the flowers covered by the white veil, which had a different kind of hazy beauty.
He raised his eyes and smiled at her, "Thank you, I like it very much."
It’s a pity that Lin Jiaojiao couldn’t see it, otherwise she wouldn’t be able to withstand this beauty attack.
"As long as you like it, cousin, this lotus seed drink is almost cooked. Hehe, it's the first time I make it and I don't know how it will taste, cousin, please don't dislike it."
He held a bouquet of lotus flowers, smelled its light fragrance, stared at the person making drinks opposite him, and spoke softly.
"Will not."
The voice was very soft, as if it was spoken to oneself.
Lin Jiaojiao took the petals out of the bucket and put them in the tea bowl, then she took out a handkerchief to wet them before she dared to pick up the boiling hot teapot and pour tea into the bowl. When the boiling hot tea splashed on the lotus petals, the tea aroma in the air was instantly mixed with a hint of the unique fragrance of lotus.
"This smells so good, I wish it could be made into perfume."
Jiang Huai listened to her mumbling, then lowered his eyes to look at the lotus in his arms.
He likes the taste too.
"It's a little hot, cousin. Let it cool down before drinking."
Lin Jiaojiao carefully moved the tea bowl in front of him, then turned and spoke to Lan Yi who was standing at the stern of the boat.
"Lan Yi, I'll give it to you later if it gets cold."
"Thank you, miss."
Instead, she couldn't wait to blow on the hot tea in the bowl, wanting to taste what it tasted like.
Jiang Huai looked at her anxious expression, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He felt good to be with her, relaxed and happy.
Seeing that her lips were about to touch the tea bowl, he reminded her worriedly.
"Be careful of the burn."
Lin Jiaojiao blushed slightly when she heard this. She didn't know whether to drink it or not. However, she blew on it a few more times before taking a sip.
The tea tastes fresh and elegant, leaving the unique fragrance of lotus on the tip of the tongue, a soft and comfortable taste that lingers on the lips and teeth.
She raised her head, her eyebrows raised in surprise.
"It's okay to make tea this way, it's very fresh and natural."
After she finished speaking, she picked up the fan and fanned the other two bowls of tea, saying with a smile, "Hehe, it will cool down faster this way."
His eyelashes moved slightly and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"Thank you."
In the pavilion on the shore, Jiang's father seemed to be feeding the fish but was actually spying on the two people on the boat. Although he didn't know what they were talking about, the smile on his face had never stopped since the moment Lin Jiaojiao handed him the flowers.
"Zhuxue, do you think these two had a crush on each other before?"
Otherwise, how could these flowers be given away so blatantly? Huai'er said yesterday that there was some progress. Does this look like any progress?
Zhuxue was stumped by the question.
He knew that his young master did have ill intentions towards Miss Lin, but he really didn't know whether Miss Lin had any feelings for him or not.
Normally Miss Lin avoided the young master, but after the young master made it clear the day before yesterday, Miss Lin didn't avoid him as much as before.
"I don't know."
Father Jiang was amused. How could someone who followed him around every day not know about this?
"You are very loyal, anyway."