This silence stemmed from the fact that it was she who wanted to get her ears pierced, and after agreeing to do it together, she ended up not getting one.
Lin Zhexia had tricked him and felt a bit guilty.
The two got off the bus, and she finally broke the silence with some difficulty: “Does your ear still hurt?”
Chi Yao, in a tone that sounded indifferent but wasn’t, said: “Get one yourself, then you’ll know if it hurts or not.”
“…”
Lin Zhexia: “I didn’t expect things to turn out this way either.”
“That brain of yours,” Chi Yao said, “what can it think of anyway?”
The two walked from the bus stop toward Nanxiang Street.
Having spent too much time in the accessory shop, the sky had darkened considerably by the time they headed back.
“But you didn’t lose out.”
Lin Zhexia explained the reason, “The earring looks good on you; it enhances your appearance.”
Chi Yao, who had been walking in front of her, stopped upon hearing this, turned around, faced her, and gave a cold laugh: “So I should thank you for this?”
Lin Zhexia boldly continued: “No need to be so polite with me.”
She wasn’t saying this to deliberately flatter him.
Even though she often said Chi Yao’s looks were just average, she had to admit that this person suited wearing earrings.
Suited to the point where… she couldn’t help but steal several glances at him along the way.
Earlier, after finishing, the shop owner had advised him that the piercing needed time to heal before he could change out the temporary earring, but Chi Yao wasn’t afraid of pain at all. Since he only got one side done and found it troublesome, he directly swapped it out.
Now the young man stood before her, the silver, cool-textured earring making his entire presence even more striking.
Lin Zhexia’s gaze, uncontrollably, fell on his earlobe again.
However, one sentence from Chi Yao brought her back to reality.
“Lin Zhexia, haven’t you forgotten something?”
She knew Chi Yao was referring to their agreement and brought out her prepared excuse: “I haven’t forgotten, but we agreed you’d accompany me to get pierced, but I didn’t get one, did I? Since I didn’t get an ear piercing, what we said earlier naturally doesn’t count.”
After she finished speaking, Chi Yao leaned down, moving closer to her.
Under the street light, she could see Chi Yao with his earring even more clearly.
She could even make out the vertical pattern on the silver cross.
Then, she heard Chi Yao say as he leaned in front of her: “—Fine, so you’re backing out of our deal?”
Author’s Note:
Little Chi: About accompanying her to get an ear piercing, but in the end, only I got one.