However...
The way this girl looked down on him, both openly and between the lines, really got his back up.
Who said he didn't dare give her a present? He had merely been choosing the right moment.
Jiang He bared his teeth in a sheepish grin and held out the box in his hands. "Miss Wan'er, this is a little something I brought back for you from my trip south. See if you like it?"
His gesture left Ye Wanru stunned for quite a while.
"Every time you come here, you make a fuss for ages and then leave. What made you brave enough to give it to me today?"
She accepted the box. Seeing a patch where he had picked away the surface, she shot Jiang He a reproachful look, her heart aching a little.
Exactly. Why did Jiang the Chickenheart dare give it to her today?
Leaning against the window, Jiang Yourning wholeheartedly agreed with Ye Wanru.
"Well... actually, it wasn't that I didn't dare. I just... you understand, right..."
Jiang He began desperately trying to cover for himself.
Jiang Yourning sighed helplessly at the window.
What a load of nonsense. A coward is a coward. He's scrambling to cover for himself and can't even come up with an excuse. That chatterbox certainly has a loose tongue, but his brain doesn't seem to work too well either.
See? Isn't it so much better now that he's given it to her? Just look at that brilliant smile on her face.
For a moment, Jiang He wanted to argue with Jiang Yourning.
But seeing the smile on his beloved's face, he couldn't bring himself to.
Fine, he was a coward.
He was only a little cowardly when courting a girl, anyway.
"Miss Wan'er, hurry and open it. See if you