Chapter 1456: Capítulo 1456: Chapter 1457: I Did It

Nan Jiaojiao took Bo Yanching back to her place, insisting on climbing a tree to pick crabapple flowers along the way.

He hadn’t even hesitated; his palm was suddenly empty, and he felt something was amiss. By the time he looked over, Nan Jiaojiao had already let go of his hand and was climbing up the tree. He couldn’t grab her even if he tried.

He could only stand helplessly under the tree, ready to catch her at a moment’s notice if she were to fall.

Thankfully, Nan Jiaojiao only picked a handful, quickly climbed down, and with her back still facing him, Bo Yanching already caught her. Her legs swung briefly as she landed from his arms, casually pulling a bunch of long grass from the ground to tie the branches of crabapple flowers.

“For you!”

Bo Yanching didn’t take them, raising an eyebrow and gesturing behind her.

Nan Jiaojiao turned around to see two gardeners standing there, looking at her in shock.

“What happened?”

One of the gardeners closed his eyes, looking like he was facing a doomed fate, “Little Miss, you just tore off one of the master’s orchids.”

The other one chimed in quietly, “The master put a lot of effort into finding that rare variety. Money is not the issue; it’s the thought and effort that went into it…”

Nan Jiaojiao gulped, stammering in fear, “Grandpa really, why plant something so expensive at the roadside, I just pulled up some grass.”

“The master walks by here every day to admire it…”

“Then…” Nan Jiaojiao panicked like a raccoon caught stealing in a melon patch, jumping up and down in distress, trying to replant the orchid back into the soil. But it was too wilted, and the flower stems drooped, unable to stand upright.

“Can you save it?” She placed all her hopes on the two gardeners.

But they immediately shook their heads, “Impossible, even Shennong couldn’t do it. You pulled it out too fiercely.”

Nan Jiaojiao almost burst into tears.

Bo Yanching pulled her up, took the crabapple flowers and the orchid from her hands, tied them carefully, and then smiled at the gardeners, saying, “Tell the old man it was me who pulled it.”

“How can you do that!”

Nan Jiaojiao just voiced her objection when Bo Yanching pulled her into his arms and half-dragged, half-carried her away.

Nan Jiaojiao was so anxious she kept looking back, wanting to go back and reason with the gardeners.

“Grandpa already doesn’t like you, and you’re taking the blame on purpose? Don’t you have enough negative points?”

Bo Yanching turned her head back, whispering, “Then hurry up and run, or do you want to get caught?”

“Huh?”

What does he mean?

Why isn’t he following the norm? Is there such an openly righteous thief?

Bo Yanching added, “Hurry back and change clothes. We’ll go out, then return tonight. Maybe Grandpa will have calmed down by then.”

“You…” Nan Jiaojiao silently gave him a thumbs-up, “You’re a hero, a model for our generation.”

“Heh…”

He couldn’t help but laugh, pulling her to walk a few steps before they started running.

They ran all the way back to her place.

Nan Jiaojiao leaned against the doorframe, unable to run anymore, casually tugging at him. The force wasn’t much but just enough to pull him back.

“I can’t do it; I’m sweating. I want to take a shower.”

Bo Yanching gently tucked her hair, feeling the dampness from the fine sweat between his fingertips, and said, “Go ahead, I’ll wait for you outside.”

“How could I bear to let you stand outside? Go sit inside and wait for me.”

Nan Jiaojiao wouldn’t let go of his hand, pulling him in as she found a set of clothes to take a shower.