See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 11
Chapter 11 - She Simply Felt…… Really Miserable! Who Wanted To Chastely Date Him, She Even Knew His Favorite Position……
Shi Jian sat in the professors’ office quietly, filled with regret.
Why did she decide to help? It was fine, she probably caused trouble.
In the end, she was still at fault. She not only didn’t have a sense of participation towards this highly important exam, she also marked herself as the “outsider” in the exam, stirring up the soy sauce like a slick customer with her few years extra experience.
But the easiest way to cause problems, was with the ignorant and fearless soy sauce society.
Shi Jian thought of Ye Jiacheng, her instinctive response to mishaps was to find her husband; however, the B-University professors sitting across from her were deciding to contact her contract employer, thinking that this matter jeopardized her honesty.
She stood up and started to explain herself.
She admitted that she just conveniently helped pass answers, and that she was willing to take responsibility for that, but the cheating did not affect her, so she hoped the school would be lenient with her punishment.
Other than that, she wouldn’t accept their other accusation–––– that the answers were given by her.
She didn’t even know how to answer the questions herself, how could she have made the answers? Were they joking?
Shi Jian spoke concisely and compellingly, but in front of the evidence, more forceful words were only explanations. From beginning to end, the guy who had sat behind her said nothing.
Afraid? Or did he want to protect the student that gave him the answers?
Shi Jian didn’t want to know. She was a bit angry, and glared at the guy with contempt……
The professors still wanted her contract employer’s contact number. The fact that they didn’t contact her undergraduate school was already a leniency. She gave them Zhang Kai’s cellphone number, the one that she used to contact Shi Jian every time. But, she wasn’t sure if this number was actually Zhang Kai’s or if it was Yi Pei’s; it also could have been Yi Pei’s work number that Zhang Kai used.
Lunch time arrived.
The investigation still hadn’t concluded, so whether she would be able to continue participating in the exam in the afternoon was unknown.
The rain outside fell harder and harder. The campus became a small river, and a layer of water vapour fogged up the white windows. Shi Jian walked out carrying a black leather backpack. Then she opened a checkered umbrella and stepped down the stairs. The stairs were a bit slippery on rainy days, so she walked very slowly. Her mood was like the dark clouds at the edge of the horizon, feeling like the sky was about to collapse.
She sighed softly, exhaling a warm puff of white steam.
At her side was a person, also walking slowly like her. But there was a difference. She walked exasperatingly slow, he walked leisurely.
The moist cold air blew away a scent that was originally familiar, her perception also slowly became warmer. Until the clothing on the person at her side softly brushed her hand. She suddenly raised her head, it really was…… Ye Jiacheng!
Her husband.
Ye Jiacheng’s gaze landed on the top of her head, and he lightly greeted her: “Did you test too much and not recognize me anymore?”
The rain drizzled heavily, Ye Jiacheng also carried an umbrella. He wore the same handsome jacket that he’d bought at the Yi Mao flagship store last time. It looked outstanding and smart.
“Why are you here……” She asked. Her expression must be showing a lot of emotion, like how her heart fluttered.
Ye Jiacheng didn’t answer immediately. He reached out a hand to hold her, pulling her against his side extremely naturally to avoid blocking the other students passing behind them.
The edges of Shi Jian’s eyes faintly heated up, about to cry tears of joy. Nonono, she clearly felt a bit miserable only a moment ago…… what a soulmate was, one only needed to look at them, and all the bad things could turn into good things.
“Ye Jiacheng, you came to look for me.” She was confident, but still asked, “Right?”
“It…… probably counts.” Ye Jiacheng smiled gently, in a way that would make people dazed. “But someone said, after the test…… they wanted to invite me to a meal…… yes?”
Ye Jiacheng himself laughed at saying the reason. He lived in the south of the city; B-University was in the north. He came all the way here just for a meal? When did he become so senseless? He was just waiting for her outside the exam room, she was on his mind. He used to warm up to women slowly, and it’s not that he’d never dated before; but this time was really…… looks like the inexplicable one wasn’t just her, it was himself as well. Then Shi Jian passed by him, it was the first time she didn’t notice him, walking alone with her head down. So he followed behind her for a short while, waiting for her to notice him.
After listening to Ye Jiacheng, Shi Jian also smiled. She indeed had said she would invite him to a meal, just two days ago. But she’d thought it would be after she’d completed the entire exam, and she’d also wanted to give him the shirt and necktie set on that day.
So, should this meal be moved forward?
“I need to leave at 3 P.M.” Ye Jiacheng said, “Business trip.”
——
As today was the postgraduate entrance exam, the restaurants outside B-University were all bursting with people. Ye Jiacheng didn’t want to crowd in with them, so he drove Shi Jian to find somewhere else to eat. The car quietly cruised in the curtain of rain. In this space and world, Shi Jian had a flash, feeling as if nothing had changed, and everything was still intact.
She told him what happened at the exam today.
Ye Jiacheng paid attention as he drove, then unexpectedly let out a laugh, saying: “How unfortunate!”
“Do you believe me?” Shi Jian asked, a little bit apprehensive.
“Yeah.” Ye Jiacheng tried to restrain his smile, his reason was: “After all, your ‘I don’t even know how to answer the questions’ was very in character.”
Shi Jian acknowledged Ye Jiacheng’s taunt, “I am so unlucky.” She didn’t know what the results of the investigation were, and she still hadn’t received a message informing her that she could continue with the exam.
“Do you know who the head proctor is?” Ye Jiacheng asked.
“I think it’s Zhang.” Shi Jian thought and said, “Zhang Guo……”
“Zhang Guodong!” Ye Jiacheng lightly chuckled, “What a coincidence. Relax, I have a good relationship with ol’ Zhang.” As he finished speaking, he took his phone out from his pocket, and searched for a number as he drove.
Shi Jian understood what Ye Jiacheng wanted to do, and immediately reached out a hand and grabbed his wrist. She stopped him, “No need.”
No need? Ye Jiacheng turned his head slightly, glancing at the hand that gripped his wrist, gentle and delicate. “Given up, have you?” He scolded her, his other hand on his black leather steering wheel turning left.
Shi Jian giggled, she had her own reasons: “If you really called him, then I wouldn’t be able to explain.” Moreover, she still had selfish motives. She definitely wanted to become Ye Jiacheng’s girlfriend and wife, she didn’t want people to know and misunderstand the problem about her way of doing things.
“What if their investigation is inconclusive?” Ye Jiacheng coldly asked her, “Then you would just stop testing?”
Shi Jian had difficulty saying anything, so she embarrassedly told Mr.Ye, that she took the exam before and failed.
“Failing and not taking the exam are two different things.” Ye Jiacheng said, as if he saw through her thought process. He already reversed their route, driving back towards the school.
Shi Jian looked ahead at the new direction at a loss of words, and said: “……not eating anymore?”
“Eat a fart!” Ye Jiacheng stepped on the gas, “We’re going to look for ol’ Zhang, and speak to him directly. You are stupid, can’t even explain the situation clearly. You are quite clever when with me, could it be that you only use your mouth to lie to men……”
Ye Jiacheng swore. Shi Jian was scolded to no end, and on the contrary, she was delighted.
“Lie my ass.” She copied Ye Jiacheng’s tone, grinning, “I haven’t even swindled a single one.” Then, her head was suddenly in pain. It was Ye Jiacheng reaching out an arm to bat at her head.
“Then continue to struggle!” Ye Jiacheng kept driving, and assumed a righteous expression, “Keep fighting…… fighting!”
“Okay.” Warmth spread through Shi Jian’s heart. No matter the time period, Ye Jiacheng was…… a proud beast!
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The bad things that arrived caught them off guard, and good news quickly arrived in the same way. Before Ye Jiacheng’s car could return to B-University, Shi Jian received a call from the school. The matter was investigated thoroughly, and was unrelated to her. She could continue the exam in the afternoon.
But how did they investigate it?
“First, Yi Mao’s Yi Pei personally vouched for your morals, then that male student also explained it clearly.” Professor Zhang spoke garrulously, “Student Shi, this time we won’t be too hard on you, but there’s no next time. You can’t do this again—— good intentions can be detrimental!”
“En, en. I won’t.” Shi Jian repeatedly nodded, her heart pounding. Unknowingly, her taking an absence to take the exam had also involved Yi Pei in this…… but how exactly did Yi Pei vouch for her?
She and Ye Jiacheng eventually ate a meal at a restaurant outside the school. She had to take the exam in the afternoon, and Ye Jiacheng also had to hurry to the airport.
How many days was he leaving for this time? Shi Jian asked, “When are you coming back?”
She still wasn’t his girlfriend, and already fretted about this? Ye Jiacheng didn’t react, and brusquely replied: “January third.”
“Third?” Shi Jian remembered this date profoundly. She blurted without thinking, “That day is your birthday.”
Ye Jiacheng jerked his head up: “How…… do you know?”
“……” Shi Jian was dumbstruck, “I secretly asked around.”
Ye Jiacheng looked at her askance, and helplessly shook his head.
Shi Jian ate the rolled fish fillets in her bowl, merely thinking that it was fresh and tasty. She looked up again, and took advantage of his misfortune to ask: “Ye Jiacheng, let me help you celebrate your birthday.”
She thought Ye Jiacheng must have understood this request, and what agreeing to it represented. Meaning, she wanted to become his girlfriend.
Sure enough, Ye Jiacheng’s chopsticks stopped moving. He slowly looked up and locked eyes with her, then said: “Sure.”
He even dragged out the sound, having an understanding implication.
The chestnut mushrooms in the drypot1 were about to dry out, tsk, tsk……
Shi Jian’s palm slightly felt warm. In this beautiful moment, she stopped moving her chopsticks. The pot was piping hot. She stared at Ye Jiacheng adoringly.
Ye Jiacheng suddenly laughed, his tone filled with malintent, “You don’t have a day off that day, right?”
Eh?
Ye Jiacheng saw that she was a bit dazed, and leaned his body in a little, as if he was about to scare some little kids. He slowly said, “Shi Jian, being my girlfriend, there’s something you should know: I won’t date chastely.”
“……oh.” Shi Jian also slowly agreed, then obediently gave a nod.
Then, what did she feel after?
She simply felt…… really miserable! Who wanted to chastely date him, she even knew his favorite position……
T/N: We’re an eighth of the way through the main story! Yay!
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