Ji Yunhuai couldn't quite explain what he was jealous of.
In any case, Cui Anhe had now gone from a troublesome little menace to... a potential romantic rival in his eyes.
For a while, he found this development utterly bizarre.
But Lu Xiaoxiao clearly saw nothing wrong with it. She even spent ages soothing Cui Anhe in a gentle, patient voice and apologized for not letting her know sooner that she was safe. Only once Cui Anhe had completely calmed down did she hang up.
"You really do spoil her." Ji Yunhuai folded his arms, his tone a little sour.
Lu Xiaoxiao was still busy replying to messages her other contacts had sent while she hadn't been checking her phone. Hearing the passive-aggressive edge in Ji Yunhuai's words, she casually grabbed his collar, pulled him down a little, and kissed the corner of his mouth before offering an offhand bit of reassurance. "Don't worry, I'll spoil you too."
Ji Yunhuai: "..."
That was so halfhearted, but why am I so happy?
At the thought that Cui Anhe would never get to kiss Lu Xiaoxiao no matter what, Ji Yunhuai felt thoroughly appeased again.
Today really had been a day of mingled sorrow and joy.
Ji Yunhuai gave it some thought and felt that, if he really had to say, making their relationship official hadn't brought about any... major changes in how he and Lu Xiaoxiao interacted.
Perhaps it was because everything leading up to this had been so gradual that, when the moment finally came, even the supposedly inevitable awkward phase after becoming a couple never materialized.
But this was good too.
That was what Ji Yunhuai thought.
-No matter what, he and she had finally become each other's special someone in every sense.
By the time Lu Xiaoxiao