In the middle of the night, Cheng Liu took time to bother Wang Hongyang, recounting today’s progress and asking him if he had any new methods to make her pursuit go further.

Wang Hongyang stared at the barrage of WeChat messages on his phone and narrowed his eyes.

Damn it!

How was Cheng Liu so good at this?!

She actually thought of planting her fruit tree seedlings in the other person’s yard! And it worked!

How come she was in a relationship with him for half a year, but all that time she acted like a straight¹, unromantic girl?

Wasn’t this Ji Chaozhou just a little prettier than him?

Bah, you woman!

However, for the sake of the gold plaque, Wang Hongyang chose to swallow his anger and continued to make suggestions: [Then you can just go to his house to water your seedlings every morning from now on. As time goes by, he will come to love you.]

Cheng Liu thought for a while and felt that Wang Hongyang was right. She transferred six yuan six jiao and six fen, and was ready to go to sleep.

Wang Hongyang was shocked: [6.66 yuan?]

Was she sending money to online beggars?

Cheng Liu replied: [Your suggestions tonight are too ordinary. Keep working hard for next time.]

Wang Hongyang could only keep silent, feeling helpless and furious in his heart.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Early the next morning, Cheng Liu carried a red, plastic watering pot, filled more than half of it with water, and ran around the villas several times until the door next door was opened. She immediately pretended that she just woke up and went over to water the fruit seedlings.

Ji Chaozhou was pruning flower branches and did not turn around to look at her.

Cheng Liu walked to the two pomelo seedlings with her watering pot and poured some water casually, then walked up to Ji Chaozhou and took the initiative to ask, “Do you want me to water your flowers?”

Ji Chaozhou’s eyes fell on the plastic watering pot in her hand. The gaudy container had made him look away several times, only for his eyes to be drawn to it again.

From when Cheng Liu went to the supermarket to buy things, to when she dug up her yard into a chaotic mess, and now to the watering pot in her hand.

Her aesthetics have always trampled on Ji Chaozhou’s bottom line.

Under the bright morning sun, that blindingly red, plastic watering pot could hurt people’s eyes.

Ji Chaozhou put away the pruning scissors and walked inside the house. When he came back out, he was holding a beige, metal watering pot. He handed it to Cheng Liu.

“For me?” Cheng Liu was stunned, and her eyes lit up instantly. He actually gave her something!

Ji Chaozhou’s eyes fell on the plastic watering pot in her hand, and he said calmly, “The quality of that one is too poor.”

Cheng Liu immediately put down the watering pot in her hand, and reached out to take the metal one given by Ji Chaozhou. “I will definitely take good care of your… pot”

Under Ji Chaozhou’s gaze, she slowly swallowed the word ‘love’ that she was about to say and abruptly changed it to ‘pot’.

Cheng Liu refilled the container with water and helped Ji Chaozhou water the flowers.

“Why isn’t that pot of lily-of-the-valley planted in the yard?” Cheng Liu looked around the yard and asked curiously.

The pot of lily-of-the-valley she had brought from the fire was still kept in the living room.

When Ji Chaozhou saw that Cheng Liu was about to water another kind of flowers, he frowned and stepped forward to stop her. “These don’t need water.”

Cheng Liu lowered her head and made a note of the flowers that didn’t need watering, so as to avoid watering the wrong ones in the future. She steadfastly ignored Ji Chaozhou holding her arm.

But really, Young President Cheng felt happy in her heart.

Ji Chao Zhoushou was quick to move away. When he saw Cheng Liu put the watering can away from his endangered flowers, he stepped back a few steps. After a moment, he said, “Lily-of-the-valley likes the shade.”

He was answering Cheng Liu’s question just now.

“I see,” Cheng Liu said when she heard it. She remembered the flowers on the right side of the courtyard clearly, then turned her head to look at Ji Chaozhou, “Have you changed your perfume?” 

It was no longer a kind of sandalwood from a cold temple in the high mountains, but more like a cool, astringent sea breeze. But Cheng Liu nevertheless felt that the extremely light and moist sweetness from before remained unchanged.

Ji Chaozhou was startled. He didn’t use Midu today, but the scent of new incense he made last night had stuck to his clothes. The smell was actually not that strong.

People who were keen on fragrance generally like to use incense, but Cheng Liu… except for that time when she sprayed on Midu, she no longer smelled of any perfume.

She was obviously not a perfume person.

“You have a very good sense of smell.” Ji Chaozhou looked down at the flowers in front of him and said calmly.

Ah!! I’m being praised by my beloved!

Cheng Liu’s eyes curled up in happiness, with a bit of pride showing on her face. “I can only smell you. With other people, I can’t tell the difference.”

Cheng Liu didn’t realize that what she said implied that Ji Chaozhou smelled particularly strong. However, she seriously suspected that she had been glared at by Ji Chaozhou again.

Although the truth was that Ji Chaozhou only glanced at her coldly; still, Cheng Liu felt that he was glaring at her.

“You don’t have to go to work?” Ji Chaozhou asked coldly, looking at Cheng Liu who was still hanging on.

“Work?” Cheng Liu finally came to her senses. She looked at the time and reluctantly backed away with the watering pot. “Then I’ll go to work first. See you in the evening.”

… …

Not long after, a black SUV drove out from next door.

Cheng Liu passed by the door of Ji Chaozhou’s house, lowered the window and waved to him goodbye, as if the two had a good relationship.

Ji Chaozhou looked away, his gaze fell on the ground and suddenly froze.

That ugly watering pot was still here.

After a long time, Ji Chaozhou stretched out two fingers, picked up the red watering pot, moved it away from the flowers on the right side of the courtyard, walked to the bare area on the left side, and placed it next to the pomelo seedlings.

When Cheng Liu comes back, let her take it away.

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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1. ‘straight’ is not about sexuality but a stereotype of a person who is unromantic, unaware of the emotional needs of their partner, and leans heavily into traditional aesthetics—e.g. women must have long hair. It’s actually ‘straight man’ but since the stereotypes here are flipped, it’s Cheng Liu who’s described as a ‘straight girl’. ↩︎