See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 16
Chapter 16 - Shopping Was What She Knew Best!
Ye Jiacheng was twenty that year, and so handsome that he was arrogant. Mama Ye had adopted a stray cat. It was thin and frail, and only its pair of eyes were round and bright. It was black, like a ceramic bead. He hated all things of unknown origins, and naturally wouldn’t develop a relationship with a cat. Only, everytime he was home alone by himself and bored, he would listen to some meows to relieve his boredom. When he played video games, that cat would sit beneath his chair, never bothering him unless it was hungry. In the end, that cat became lost. Even the most cowardly kitties have mischievous moments. When it hopped onto the window ledge to play, it accidentally fell down, and then it ran away.
It couldn’t be found for a month. The house returned to its original state of perpetual quiet.
Several times, when he went home he’d ask his mom: “Mom, has the cat been found yet?”
“Not yet.” The cat was lost for a long time. Mama Ye thought his reaction was strange, and smiled, “Why do you always ask? Didn’t you dislike it?”
Yeah, he did dislike it. The cat had no conscience. Their family gave it the best cat food, the best living space…… he even played video games for it to watch, and in the end it took the opportunity to go outside. It tasted freedom and never returned. However, he still hoped that one day when he came home, he would see that cat. If it waited at the door, he would carry it inside…… then tie it up with the most secure cord.
Of course, he could treat a cat like this, but he couldn’t do the same to a girl.
Ye Jiacheng walked out of the elevator, weighing his car keys in one hand. Step by step, his footsteps gradually stopped. He looked at Shi Jian who was squatting by the door, his gaze supremely undisturbed.
“You finally came back.” Shi Jian said, raising her head. She was still squatting on the floor, legs numb to the point where she almost couldn’t stand up.
Ye Jiacheng extended his hand, and helped her up steadily and dependably. Then he asked: “How long have you waited?”
“From when I sent you that text message.”
He explained: “I left my cell phone in the office.”
“Oh.”
Ye Jiacheng opened the door; Shi Jian followed him inside. She was sore, hungry, and full of suffering. Ye Jiacheng walked in front of her, his back ramrod straight. The shadow that fell off him lightly pressed down upon her. “Shi Jian, let’s talk,” Ye Jiacheng suddenly turned and said to her.
Shi Jian: “Alright, but first I want to eat something.”
“En.” Ye Jiacheng had her sit, and his manner quickly returned to his original repulsive conduct of being aloof and hard to predict. He opened the refrigerator, and regrettably said: “Last time you made steaks for me, so this time I should make you something. But I don’t have ingredients…… Shi Jian, I can make mashed potatoes, will you eat that?”
What a coincidence. Shi Jian accepted her lot, and sat on the sofa. She smiled: “I would, mashed potatoes are my favorite.”
Ye Jiacheng shook his head and took out the potatoes. He didn’t believe her at all.
Ye Jiacheng’s mashed potatoes were done. He’d made a lot, a big bowlful.
Shi Jian lowered her head to eat. She ate slowly, scared that she would not have any more if she finished it too quickly. Ye Jiacheng wasn’t in a hurry, so he waited across from her, watching her eat. She ate so slowly that he found a reason for it: “As expected, is it bad?”
“No……” Shi Jian denied it.
Indifferent, Ye Jiacheng leaned on the grey dining chair, with one hand on the tabletop. His distinctly jointed finger tapped once in boredom. He pondered for a moment, and asked: “Shi Jian, how old are you this year?”
“Twenty one,” Shi Jian said. It turned out that Ye Jiacheng didn’t even know her age. She kind of understood the meaning of Ye Jiacheng asking her this question. Indeed, Ye Jiacheng smiled especially warmly, but his words were scathing: “Look, I pretty much don’t know you at all.”
“Then you can…… slowly get to know me.” Shi Jian lifted her head, smiling up at him, “Whatever you want to know, just ask me.”
The lights in the dining room flowed down in a torrent, hitting Ye Jiacheng’s handsome silhouette, and casting a faint glow. Shi Jian was dazzled. Ye Jiacheng had one of the world’s most tender and good looking visages. He was always very frank, and absolutely did not tolerate lies. The thing that truly lied was his face. If he said he wasn’t interested, then what should she do?
Wasn’t that night perfectly fine……?
Looking like he understood what she was wondering, Ye Jiacheng took the initiative to say: “Sorry, that night I was acting irrationally. You’re very beautiful…… I am a normal man.”
He praised her beauty, as if it was a consolation. Shi Jian was speechless, and felt that Ye Jiacheng had already slowly taken over the high ground. She said belatedly: “We……”
Shi Jian was so choked up her face went crimson. That sentence finally pulled all the air out of her lungs. She was originally at full lung capacity. It was because he didn’t know anything at all. Shi Jian stood up suddenly, and asked, estranged: “Ye Jiacheng, do you know who I am?” She was his…… future wife……
“Oh? Who are you?” Ye Jiacheng smiled curtly.
“I……” Shi Jian couldn’t say it. Ye Jiacheng’s reply had an unspoken teasing.
“Shi Jian, even if you were a princess of the Arabic royal family, I still wouldn’t like you.” Ye Jiacheng looked indifferent, as if he was dealing with a small child that came to bother him for candy. He curved the edge of his mouth, and even asked her, “Feelings can’t be forced, don’t you agree?”
Badstard! The rim of Shi Jian’s eyes reddened. If she told Ye Jiacheng right now that she was his future wife, Ye Jiacheng definitely wouldn’t believe her, and would even think that she was changing her method of attack in an attempt to not give up.
Shi Jian concentrated on the mashed potatoes in her bowl, and continued eating.
Ye Jiacheng spoke: “In a bit, I’ll take you home. Where do you live?”
……
“The dorm is just ahead.”
Shi Jian didn’t refuse Ye Jiacheng, and let him take her home. She didn’t speak much the whole way, unlike the way she blabbered the previous times she was with Ye Jiacheng. She anxiously wanted him to fall in love with her. Ye Jiacheng wasn’t wrong, it was she who was wrong.
Ye Jiacheng stopped the car outside the dormitory that was originally Yi Mao’s employee dorm. He suddenly felt reluctant, just bringing her home like this. Ye Jiacheng turned his head, and turned on the small light in the car. He called her name: “Shi Jian……”
She thought the reason Ye Jiacheng called her name was to hurry her out of the car. Shi Jian unbuckled her seatbelt, intent on leaving. She’d thought about this path many times. If she didn’t want to give up, she must first “give up”. Actually, speaking of this, Song Xiaoing understood the present Ye Jiacheng better than she did.
She couldn’t rely on the love from her memory anymore. She couldn’t inconsiderately pursue Ye Jiacheng, loving until she loses face completely. How would Ye Jiacheng like a Shi Jian who acted like that?
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“Ye Jiacheng.” She also called his name. She said, “If you fall in love with me in the future, remember to come find me.” She would wait for him.
“En?” Ye Jiacheng turned back, then nodded determinedly, “Alright, I will.”
Shi Jian said peevedly: “Then you should be quick, there are many men after me.”
“I know.” Ye Jiacheng gently laughed, gaze settling on her face, as if captivated by a loved one. “There certainly will be many people pursuing after a pretty girl. When the time comes, I hope Lady Shi will take pity on me, and give me a chance.”
Jackass. Shi Jian didn’t promise anything, and didn’t look at Ye Jiacheng. She opened the car door and stepped out, welcoming the chilly wind. This time, she didn’t look back at Ye Jiacheng.
Don’t turn back, Shi Jian. Don’t turn back, even if you’ve reconsidered.
——
The next day, Shi Jian woke up early. She exercised for two laps, and conveniently brought back breakfast for Lai Qiao. When she came back, she cleaned the dorm and fully mopped the floor twice. After that, she tidied up and got ready for work. Lai Qiao said completely confidently as she ate: “Jian Jian, I feel like you’re experiencing a heartbreak.”
Eh? She looked towards Lai Qiao, who guessed correctly on the first try. Was she that obvious?
“There are pretty much two ways women react when they break up. One is to sit there not wanting to do anything at all, and the other is like how you are right now, finding all kinds of things to do.”
Shi Jian could only laugh, then heave a sigh.
“It’s true?!” Lai Qiao stood up, the tea egg in her mouth about to fall out.
It’s true. Shi Jian leaned against the bed frame. She was dumped by her husband yesterday. In the past, Gao Yanfei had inadvertently mentioned that Ye Jaicheng dumped girls pretty hard, and was a master at it. Then she asked Gao Yanfei especially curiously: quickly tell me, how hard?
Needless to say, she had gone through it yesterday. Ye Jiacheng was indeed a master, dumping her cleanly and without losing face…… “good gosh!” Lai Qiao exaggerated, “I must sell the news about your breakup to all the unmarried men in the Yi Mao office, They’re going to go wild.”
Lai Qiao was a natural at taking care of others, including taking care of other people’s feelings. To the one that broke up, this kind of language was much better than the one that helped them scold the terrible man. Shi Jian put on lipstick, and asked Lai Qiao, “What time is it?”
“Almost eight.” Lai Qiao looked at Shi Jian, then complacently told her, “You should run, woman! Y'all at Yi Mao Real Estate start work earlier than I do—— by half an hour.”
This Lai Qiao! Shi Jian hurriedly changed her shoes, then grabbed the documents needed for today’s work. Before she got two steps, she bumped into Zhao Yilin head on, who had come back at the last minute. Zhao Yilin took the initiative to greet her, smiling: “Shi Jian, we will be working together in the future. I also got into Yi Mao Real Estate, and am also in the general office.”
Oh. She nodded, not staying to chat, and hurried to work.
Two days ago, Lai Qiao privately said to her, Zhao Yilin had some contacts. It would be no problem for her to get into Yi Mao Real Estate. As far as what contact, Lai Qiao didn’t know, but she knew.
Zhao Yilin was related to the Huayi Zhao family. Probably not too close, but she was still a Zhao. Zhao Yilin even called Yi Pei’s fianceé, Zhao Wenwen, “Xiao-Gugu1” in the past. So on the basis of the relationship between the Yi and Zhao family, it was indeed no issue for Zhao Yilin to get into Yi Mao Real Estate’s general office.
Afterwards, Zhao Wenwen died, and Zhao Yilin stayed working by Yi Pei’s side. Including the book she authored, «The Mr.Yi In My Eyes», and the camaraderie expressed within, if one were to say she had no feelings at all towards Yi Pei, Shi Jian wouldn’t believe it one bit.
Thinking of Zhao Wenwen, Shi Jian really felt pity. She would definitely find an opportunity to tell Yi Pei, and warn him.
In the end, she didn’t need to find an opportunity.
That afternoon, Zhang Kai gave her an assignment. It wasn’t related to work, but could be counted as work.
“One of Mr.Yi’s friends just returned to the country. She hasn’t studied inside the country since she was a small child, and genuinely doesn’t have many friends. The Miss miserably complained that she doesn’t even have friends to go shopping with. Shi Jian, can you accompany her?”
The person Zhang Kai was speaking of, needless to say, was Zhao Wenwen of the Zhao family. Unexpectedly, Yi Pei did have some conscience. But she didn’t have any money to spend. Did they want her to just watch other people shop?
But since it was work, and this was the lady of the Zhao family, Shi Jian didn’t have an issue with it and nodded: “OK, no problem!”
Shopping was what she knew best!
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