CHAPTER 110: 110: THERE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BE A THIRD TIME.

Looking at her tense expression, Jiang Baizhou also tensed up, his gaze fixed on her lips. Every word she left unsaid tugged fiercely at his heart. There was a sense of expectation that she might say something he had long wanted to hear, so at this moment he couldn’t wait to listen attentively to every word she said and observe her every subtle expression.

Cen Jin took a deep breath. Suddenly, there was an urge to loudly shout out the words suppressed in her heart, to express her feelings to him.

But just as she mustered the courage and was about to speak, the door swung open with a ’bang’. Cen Jin jolted, her mind instantly cleared, and that courage dissipated. She looked towards the door in confusion, and there was Miss Yu Hui walking in, enthusiastically coming over to take her hand. Smiling, she said, "Cen Jin, you’re here! Your Uncle Jiang just said you were coming, and I thought he was teasing me! Didn’t your mom say you were very busy these days? Why did you come back so early today? Have you eaten?"

The moment Jiang Baizhou heard the door being pushed open, all he could think was ’utterly disappointed’. What they say about ’history always astonishingly repeating itself’—he truly understood it now. His mom had such a knack for timing. The last time they had an unexpected kiss, and now this crucial moment. It seems that in the future, nothing should ever be said at home.

Absolutely no third time.

"Things finally wrapped up in the past couple of days, so I came back early. I haven’t eaten yet! I heard from my mom that Jiang Baizhou caught a cold, so I came to see him." Cen Jin smiled awkwardly, trying hard to hide the unnaturalness on her face.

Jiang Baizhou squinted, deeply displeased as he turned to glare at his mother. Receiving Jiang Baizhou’s resentful and mildly angry gaze, Miss Yu Hui involuntarily shivered, blinking innocently as if she realized something: "Oh~ I see! Then why don’t you stay for dinner tonight! I’ll go cook now, you two keep chatting, keep chatting."

Cen Jin saw this and laughed as she waved her hand, saying, "No need, Aunt Hui Zi. My mom just went to the supermarket and bought plenty of groceries! I’m just here to check on Jiang Baizhou and give him the medicine I bought. I wouldn’t want to trouble you! Since... I’ve delivered the medicine, I’ll head back now." Speaking, Cen Jin haphazardly stuffed the medicine bag into Jiang Baizhou’s hand, with two unidentified blushes appearing on her cheeks. She exchanged a glance with him, then quickly averted her eyes, turned around, waved to Miss Yu Hui, and dashed out of Jiang Baizhou’s room.

Oh, no, it was more like a hasty escape, just like after that unexpected kiss last time, her steps rapid and flustered, even her breathing in disarray.

Just a little bit more, and she would have said it. If she had once uttered those words, they might not even have been able to remain friends.

"Ah, Cen Jin!" Miss Yu Hui wanted to hold her back, but Cen Jin showed no sign of stopping, running straight downstairs.

"Uh... son! What do you want to eat tonight? Mom will cook for you!" After Cen Jin left, only Miss Yu Hui and Jiang Baizhou were left in the room, and the atmosphere suddenly froze. Miss Yu Hui mechanically turned her head, awkwardly smiling, meeting her son’s fierce gaze.

Jiang Baizhou’s brows furrowed deeply, the veins on his forehead slightly bulging. He rubbed his temples, annoyed, and turned back to sit on his bed, controlling his anger: "Get out, I need to take medicine and rest."