After saying that, he was about to walk towards the trash can when Jiang Ju hurriedly stopped him. "Don't throw it away. I'll buy it, okay?" It was quite expensive, so it would be a pity to throw it away.
Du Xi felt that he would be angered to death by this child sooner or later. Did he spend so much effort to find a Lego set just to sell it to her? What was wrong with this child?
He gritted his teeth and threw the Lego to the side. When Jiang Ju revealed a pained expression, he went forward and hugged her waist while forcing her to look up at him. "Young lady, are you really stupid or are you playing dumb? I've been following you around for so many days because I don't just want to be your neighbor. Sometimes, I really want to ask you, can you really not tell that I like you, or are you deliberately going against me?"
"I can't be bothered to beat around the bush with you anymore. I like you. I want to be with you and marry you. If you're willing, give me a response. Don't make me keep up this one-sided performance. If you're unwilling… there's no such option. You have to be willing."
"I don't know how to say sweet nothings, but I'll only tell you one thing. If you get together with me, I'll give you all my money in the future."
He stared at her with blatant desire. His tone was no longer frivolous and flippant. It was the first time Jiang Ju had seen him so serious and sincere.
His voice was low and magnetic, and it was so gentle that Jiang Ju was mesmerized. This was the first time Jiang Ju experienced such passionate emotion. It was like the summer sun. It melted her frozen inner world that had been frozen for a long time, and it was like a storm that assaulted her, making her unable to breathe.
Jiang Ju was a little afraid, but she didn't know what she was afraid of. She only felt her entire body tremble uncontrollably. She stared at him in a daze for three full minutes. It was only when Du Xi could no longer hold it in that he lowered his head and said beside her ear, "Why are you in a daze? Say something."
Jiang Ju came back to her senses and felt the heat from the large palm on her waist. She opened her mouth, but couldn't say the words at the tip of her tongue. In the end, she said, "Okay."
After scaring her and seeing that she was obedient now, Du Xi took his hand away from her waist and was about to turn around to give Jiang Ju the Lego when he saw her run away like a frightened cat. He didn't expect someone as petite as her to be so fast. Du Xi gritted his teeth as he stared at the open door for a few seconds. Then he smiled.
The little girl's legs were not long, but she ran quite quickly. If he had known that she would escape, he would have closed the door when he came over just now so that she had nowhere to retreat or escape.
Knowing that it required time for her to process and accept what he had just said, Du Xi didn't follow her. He sat on the sofa and ate the watermelon that Jiang Ju had cut for him.
Originally, he wanted to coax the child the next day, but something suddenly happened at the construction site. He rushed over when he received the call and could only put the matter of coaxing the child aside for now. He thought that he could settle the matter in the morning, but he didn't expect to work for four days straight. On the afternoon of the fifth day, he returned to the building in a stained shirt.
Recalling the look of disdain on the child's face every time she saw his dirty appearance, Du Xi turned around from her door and returned to his house to take a shower. After changing his clothes, he came out and knocked on the child's door for two minutes, but no one responded. He opened the door with his key and searched all the rooms, but he didn't see the child.
Thinking that she had gone to the market, he took out his phone and called the child, but she didn't pick up. Thinking that she didn't usually bring her phone with her when she went out, Du Xi waited patiently. He waited until five to six in the afternoon. Looking at the sky darkening outside the window, Du Xi realized that something was wrong. If she had gone to the market, how could she not be back after so long?
It had been almost four hours since he returned, but she had yet to return home. Worried that something had happened to her, he went out to look for her. When he went downstairs, he met a white-haired woman at the staircase. Just as he was about to walk out, he was stopped by the woman.
"Young man, you're also a tenant of this building, right? Come over. I have something to tell you." Du Xi was extremely anxious, so how could he have the time to listen to her instructions? He turned to leave, but was stopped by the old lady.