Chapter 180
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Lin Jiage's eyebrows shot up . While his words were directed toward Lin Jiayi, his gaze remained fixated on Shi Yao, "Are you afraid?"
Lin Jiayi: "Me? Afraid? You should know, Lin Jiage, if Grandpa hadn't forbidden me from learning taekwondo when I was six, with all his talk about how ladies should strive to be dignified and demure, I would've knocked you out right now!"
The edges of Lin Jiage's lips twitched .
On any other day, I wouldn't expose your lies, but today is an exception . I can't let Soft Bun think that I can't do it . . .
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With such thoughts in mind, Lin Jiage coldly sneered a "Hehe" before refuting, "Did Grandpa refuse to let you learn taekwondo really because he wanted you to be demure? It's obviously because of that incident when you first entered primary school . You know, when the teacher invited the students up to introduce themselves and display their talents? You walked up to the blackboard and said, 'Nice to meet you all . I'm Lin Jiayi, and my talent is—', and then you lifted your leg and broke the teacher's table into two . You made an entire room full of children burst into tears that day, remember? For half a month, all the students were too scared to talk about you . Grandpa only stopped you from learning taekwondo because he was afraid you'd end up isolated and eccentric!"
Lin Jiayi immediately grabbed a nearby pillow and threw it at Lin Jiage, "Would you die if you couldn't say a word?"
Lin Jiage calmly leaned back, dodging the flying pillow .
The flying pillow flew past him and landed squarely on Xia Shangzhou's face .
Without the slightest sincerity in her voice, Lin Jiayi said, "My fault, Navigator . "
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Xia Shangzhou rubbed his aching nose, but he didn't dare to vent his indignation . "It's fine, it's fine, Big Sis Lin . "
Upon seeing this sight, Shi Yao shot Xia Shangzhou an 'I'll pity you for a second' look before turning her undivided attention back to her fruit platter .
When she finally emptied out the fruit platter, she quickly recalled the official matter at hand . She called out, "Sis Jiayi!" before passing the fresh flowers on the table to Lin Jiayi . "This is for you . "
A brilliant gleam immediately twinkled in Lin Jiayi's eyes, and a rare gentleness softened her facial features, "Yaoyao, is this a gift you prepared for me? But, how did you know that I'd be returning today? Oh, I love the present you got me, these flowers are really gorgeous…"
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"That's not it, Sis Jiayi . These flowers aren't from me…" Shi Yao quickly shook her head to explain . " . . . they're from Lin Jiage…"
"Oh, is that so…" The gentleness on Lin Jiayi's face vanished into coldness the instant she heard that the flowers were from Lin Jiage .
However, considering that it was Shi Yao who was passing the flowers to her, she still chose to take them .
"Sis Jiayi, this too…" Shi Yao took out the accessory packages from the bag and pushed them over to Lin Jiayi . " . . . These are the gifts that Lin Jiage prepared for you . He said that you managed to clinch a big project recently, so he got these just to congratulate you on your success . He was going to have them shipped over to you, but your phone happened to be switched off at the time—"
"You said that Jiage called me?" Lin Jiayi asked doubtfully .
She did switch off her phone on the plane ride back home, but she didn't receive any missed calls from Lin Jiage when she switched it back on after arriving .
Lin Jiayi was just about to continue probing when a certain young man, who had been sitting perfectly fine on the sofa a moment ago, suddenly groaned loudly as he bent forward with a pained expression .
Noticing his state, Xia Shangzhou immediately tensed up . "Boss! Boss! What's wrong?"
Lin Jiage didn't speak a word, but internally, he was thinking how glad he was that his roommate could still be reliable at a critical juncture such as this . On the surface, however, the furrows between his brows were deepening by the moment, as if he was in excruciating pain .