Xie Ji felt that the conflicts between him and Lu Xunji were more than 90% caused by Lu Xunji's problems.
But he still felt he needed to coax Princess Jiji.
When Xie Ji opened the system to check the favorability rating, he saw that Lu Xunji's favorability rating for him was still stuck at 0.
Fine, I'll just go along with him. It's my own bad luck.
However, Xie Ji has become quite adept at provoking people over the years, but he's not very good at coaxing them.
You can only project yourself onto the situation.
So I asked Zhou Heyu to bring cherries, which I bought at great expense; they were very expensive.
The word "expensive" can appease a hundred Xie Ji.
After thinking it over, Xie Ji stopped worrying about whether he and Lu Xunji had actually argued the night before. He hummed a song as he got dressed and went to the farm.
After a long day at the farm, just as I was about to head home, I saw Lu Xunji, dressed casually, slowly walking towards me from a distance.
Xie Ji was still carrying a basket of eggs. When he saw Lu Xunji, he skipped over and said, holding up the eggs, " Lu Xunji, look! My chickens laid eggs! So many! I've been so busy! And these duck eggs... Oh, and goat milk... I squeezed out a little bit to take back to A-Gang A-Qiang to help them recover."
Lu Xunji glanced at him, then took the egg basket from his hand. "Hmm, very impressive."
Xie Ji chuckled, then suddenly remembered, "By the way, what are you doing here? Is there something you need to see me about?"
Lu Xunji glanced at him, then silently lowered his head again. "To take you home."
Xie Ji: "..."
Well?
The farm is only a few hundred meters from the small villa. He used to go home by himself, with Lu Xunji waiting for him. Why did he suddenly come to pick him up today?
However, he was indeed busier than usual today. At this time in the past, he would have been strutting around in the villa, playing with the cats and dogs, feeding the goldfish, and asking Lu Xunji with a grin what they were having for dinner.
The two hadn't really spoken since last night. Xie Ji had a feeling that Lu Xunji was giving him the cold shoulder, but seeing Lu Xunji now made him happy. He put the eggs back in the basket and said, "Wait for me a moment, I'll change my clothes and then we'll go home together."
Lu Xunji responded and waited obediently outside the breeding shed.
Xie Ji changed his clothes, walked over to Lu Xunji, and asked, "Will I smell bad?"
"It's alright." Lu Xunji paused for a moment, then added, "It's acceptable."
Xie Ji was happy again, carrying a basket of duck eggs and goat milk, walking side by side with Lu Xunji on the ridge of the field.
"Are you angry? Yesterday?" Xie Ji asked.
Lu Xunji replied, "No."
"Then why didn't you talk to me this morning? And you didn't even heat up my milk." After saying that, Xie Ji felt he had gone too far, so he added, "I didn't say you deserved to heat up my milk. I was just a little curious. Of course, it's okay if you don't heat it up. Thank you for heating up my milk before."
"Do you like it?" Lu Xunji, looking at him.
Xie Ji was stunned for a moment. "What?"
"My warm milk."
"I like it," Xie Ji said. "If someone warms up my milk for me and I don't like it, I'd be so ungrateful."
"Okay," Lu Xunji replied, "I'll heat it up for you next time."
Xie Ji felt something was off and followed Lu Xunji back to the villa.
Zhou Heyu and Mu Yao hadn't returned yet. Shang Yan was looking at the villa Lu Xunji had built in the courtyard, Ji Shi was chewing on a blade of grass and resting in the cradle.
Seeing Lu Xunji return with Xie Ji, his expression changed, and he turned his head to the side.
Xie Ji ran over, took two duck eggs from the basket, and placed them in Ji Shi's hand. "Here, for you."
Ji Shi looked at the two duck eggs, the grime carefully washed away, the smooth, warm touch lingering in his palm. He glanced at Xie Ji, then said haughtily, "Why are you giving me these?"
"Take a break," Xie Ji said. "I feel like you've been out of your mind these past few days."
Ji Shi: "... You're the one who's out of your mind."
"Why are you ignoring me if there's nothing wrong?" Xie Ji said. "Have you forgotten all those years we took that dump together?"
Ji Shi pointed at Xie Ji: "Don't force me to slap you."
Xie Ji patted the duck egg in Ji Shi's hand. "This is for you. It's the first duck egg I ever found, and it's very meaningful."
"..." Ji Shi stammered for a long time without saying a word.
Xie Ji then said, "I've cooked it for you. Would you prefer boiled or fried eggs?"
Ji Shi snatched the two eggs away. "Why do you have to make them? Weren't they supposed to be meaningful souvenirs?"
"The greatest significance of this egg is that you ate it, my best friend, and the first duck egg I ever found!"
Ji Shi: "... I won't eat."
Shang Yan watched everything clearly from the sidelines. This kid had been sulking for two days, but Xie Ji could coax him back with just a few words.
That simp, I can't even look at him.
Xie Ji then asked, "If you weren't going to eat them, why did you hatch them?"
"I'll hatch them, what's it to you?" Ji Shi, holding the two duck eggs and running back to his room.
Xie Ji scratched his chin.
Young masters from wealthy families are really quite strange.
*
As night fell, Mu Yao and Zhou Heyu finally returned to the island before everyone else starved to death.
They brought back a lot of food. Thanks to Xie Ji's donation, Mu Yao spent a bit extravagantly, even buying two king crabs that were half a person tall.
Everyone helped them carry the boatload of ingredients back to the villa. Shang Yan saw two king crabs and said, "... Did you rob a bank?"
"No," Mu Yao said, "This king crab is so cheap! I think it cost 130,000 yuan a crab when I ate it in the capital, but this one is only 30,000 yuan!"
Shang Yan: "..."
Are you really not afraid Xie Ji will kill you?
I'm too busy to Xie Ji.
Xie Ji was busy rummaging through a boatload of ingredients for the cherries he wanted.