See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 42
Chapter 42 - Perfect?!
It was without a doubt.
Zhang Kai couldn’t escape the idea that he had something to do with Yi Pei and Zhao Wenwen’s sudden break up. Shi Jian actually had a pretty good impression of Zhang Kai during the time they had interacted with each other. Of course, he often gave people a dubious feeling, but his conduct was still principled. In Yi Pei’s autobiography, Zhang Kai was Yi Pei’s elite assistant, and had been mentioned quite a few times. Zhao Yi Lin had even written about the time Zhang Kai got married in her book. Yi Pei not only gave him a substantial wedding gift, but was also a witness at his wedding.
Shi Jian was aggrieved. She felt that Zhang Kai was unworthy of Yi Pei’s fondness and gift.
Zhang Kai looked distracted and also felt wounded: “……Shi Jian, why are you looking at me like this?”
Shi Jian casted her head aside and was silent for a moment. Then, she rolled her eyes again.
Zhang Kai:”……” So angry! Come on, besides being her teacher, he was also her superior! One eye roll wasn’t enough; she rolled her eyes a second time! He had spoiled her! Zhang Kai angrily sat back down in his chair and composed his expression. Their relationship was gone, but they still had friendly affection. He said as warmly as he could: “Shi Jian, if you have a complaint against me, you can say so directly. I…… I can amend weaknesses that people point out, alright?”
Yeah, right——
Shi Jian remained unmoved. She turned her head and asked directly: “Why are Yi Pei and Vivi breaking off their engagement?” She still treated Zhang Kai as a friend in her heart, and not only as a coworker.
But, Zhang Kai really let her down.
Before she even started her investigation, Zhang Kai looked at her, then at the door to the office, as if inspecting whether the door had been shut securely or not. His face was filled with the guilt of having done something and discovered by someone else.
Even though Zhang Kai was still hiding it as much as possible.
Shi Jian inquired again: “They were fine, why are they suddenly deciding to end it?
Zhang Kai: “……”
Having a guilty conscience defeats doing bad things. Zhang Kai pulled a still smile: “President Yi did not tell me the reason. I…… how would I know?”
“Ahem.” Shi Jian softly cleared her throat. Slowly, she looked up and watched Zhang Kai: “You and Zhao Wenwen……” She spit out the five syllables one by one. She didn’t want to say the rest, but she didn’t have to.
Sure enough, Zhang Kai instantly fell silent: “……”
Shi Jian continued to remind him: “In Qinglin City.”
What the fuck?! Zhang Kai was genuinely apprehensive. Other than he and Zhao Wenwen, Shi Jian also knew about what happened that night in Qinglin City?! ……Zhao Wenwen told her? Curse Zhao Wenwen to hell!
Zhang Kai’s expression said everything clearly. Shi Jain turned her head. She was also being nosy; she was better off not confirming it.
Zhang Kai continued to blink his eyes. He looked up and very forcefully explained: “Shi Jian, do you believe me? Actually…… I am also a victim.”
Shi Jian really couldn’t accept these words. She quietly stated: “Shameless.”
Zhang Kai was pained: “I really didn’t do anything, it was Zhao Wenwen who……”
“Zhang Kai, you don’t need to explain to me.” Shi Jian raised her eyebrow. She said with difficulty, “You should talk to Yi Pei about this.”
“I do want to tell him, but the words don’t come out!” Zhang Kai replied to her. After a pause, he even asked, “Do you think Yi Pei knows?”
Shi Jian: “……”
Zhang Kai heaved a sigh.
In this situation, he didn’t even know whether Yi Pei knew about this. Zhang Kai was suffering. Even if one was blind, they still had elegant eyelids. He continued to be confused, “Even if I could say it, how would I say it? I can’t explain it clearly!”
“Also true. There’s no way to say it.” Shi Jian inhaled and rudely stated, “So you should not explain. Just directly castrate oneself and beg forgiveness.”
Zhang Kai: “……” The fuck? What the hell was castrating oneself? Why did he have to castrate himself? He suddenly understood how unexpectedly despicable this twenty year old Shi Jian’s thoughts were. She really thought of the most extreme idea for him! He was so angry, Zhang Kai slammed his hand on the table and stood. This was related to his integrity. He definitely had to explain this thoroughly to his disciple.
“Shi Jian, have a seat. We will discuss this thoroughly.”
“Excuse me, I have work to do.” Shi Jian already didn’t want to stay in this office any longer. She strode out of the room in her heels. Before she left, she shut Zhang Kai’s door along the way, leaving behind a “bang” that was neither quiet nor loud.
Zhang Kai quickly left his office and followed after her. His nose nearly hit the door. He pulled open the door. Outside, Emily and the rest all looked towards him with concern. Zhang Kai clenched his jaw and shut the door.
——
Shi Jian and Special Assistant Zhang had a quarrel. The details were unclear. This kind of instability in the office was actually quite common. Emily comforted Shi Jian: “You and Special Assistant Zhang are considered master and disciple. Let’s not get angry.”
Shi Jian half-heartedly nodded her head, stirring the hair by her ear. Forget it. Did this have anything to do with her? She was only a lowly intern assistant; what did she have to feel indignant about? Maybe it was because she’d spent a lot of time with Yi Pei and Zhang Kai recently and couldn’t overlook this affair. Ye Jiacheng always used to say that she had a thread of pure loyalty and self-sacrifice in her. Actually, maybe it was just foolishness and Ye Jiacheng was simply saying it to her nicely.
Today’s good mood was completely gone. Sighing, Shi Jian gazed at the two foxes on her desk in a tranquil state of mind. She should think of her own problems, like where she should sleep tonight. Before, it was always Ye Jiacheng who solved problems like this. Now, was it her turn to ponder it?
Because she was relatively anxious?
At that moment, the office’s receptionist came looking for her. She had to sign off on an express delivery.
Sign off on an express delivery? Was it an international package? Shi Jian pondered it for a moment. Could Tim have sent her an authentic album? A period of time ago, she had Tim buy her a few valuable albums that would be out of print in the future. Tim agreed, even though he’d expressed that this added more to his plate. Tim said that he’d been out of money recently and needed to save his allowance for more than ten days for her.
Had Tim saved enough already?
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Shi Jian went to the front desk. It was not from Tim. It was only an express delivery from within the city. The corner of Shi Jian’s lip raised. She quickly signed her name. She thought it was probably from Ye Jiacheng.
The package was not large but not small. It was very light. She could hear a clunking sound when she shook it. Shi Jian temporarily couldn’t think of what could be inside. She turned and coincidentally saw someone come in.
It was Zhao Wenwen.
Zhao Wenwen’s hair was straightened again. The style was much better looking than the previous debutante hairstyle. Zhao Wenwen’s attractiveness and figure were known by all girls. She wore a complete outfit of brand name clothing. It was all dazzling. Shi Jian felt a bit sorrowful. She had even used to naively think that by preventing Zhao Wenwen from going to the United States, she’d not only saved Zhao Wenwen’s life, but also saved Yi Pei’s lifelong companion. Who knew that misfortune came so quickly?
Maybe Yi Pei and Zhao Wenwen were destined to never be lovers.
After Zhao Wenwen came in, she ignored registering her name with the receptionist, and directly went into the CEO’s office.
Shi Jian returned to her seat and opened the package that Ye Jiacheng sent. She hadn’t expected it to be a key. There was also a slip of paper inside, with words written by a fountain pen in Ye Jiacheng’s loopy handwriting.
“This key is for you. You don’t have to look above for it anymore.”
So he could tell she was looking for his key yesterday. Shi Jian muffled her laughter. She stared at the key for a while. So the authority to decide whether she could go sleep at his place tonight was returned to her?
It seems that no matter the time period, Ye Jiacheng was always the kind of man who had all his things in order. Then, he left the opportunity to choose for her. Shi Jian took out the already wrapped couple’s socks out of her drawer. The gift that she’d left in her work desk for so long could finally be given.
At the same time, she received a text from Ye Jiacheng. He chivalrously asked her: “May I invite my girlfriend to dinner later?”
Shi Jian was in a bit of a difficult position; she had to work overtime today. She’d already left work early yesterday. It was impolite to do it again today. She replied to Ye Jiacheng: “I need to work overtime today.”
Ye Jiacheng: “Ok.”
What next? There was nothing next? Wasn’t there still a midnight snack……?
At that time, there was a call on the internal network telephone. Yi Pei got straight to the point: “Emily, two cups of coffee.”
Yi Pei had called the wrong line. Shi Jian picked up and softly said: “President Yi, please wait a moment.” She scanned around the room. Secretary Emily was not here. She was probably in the restroom.
There was nothing that could be done about it, so Shi Jian went to the break room and brewed the coffee herself. The coffee machine rumbled as it worked. She stealthily gave two glances in the direction of Yi Pei’s office.
What would be the situation inside?
Inside, Yi Pei set down the phone. He’d just heard Shi Jian’s voice and discovered that he called the wrong number. It was reasonable to say that he rarely called Shi Jian’s internal network number. He didn’t think that when in a depressed mood, the number he would call was Shi Jian’s internal network number……
Shi Jian put down the coffee and planned to leave quickly.
On the sofa, Zhao Wenwen suddenly spoke with a malicious sneer: “Shi Jian, congratulations. You can finally give away that present.”
Shi Jian: “……” What did that mean!?
Shi JIan stood straight and looked towards Zhao Wenwen. She quickly understood that Zhao Wenwen had a misunderstanding. But right now, she wondered whether Zhao Wenwen was truly misunderstanding or if she had done something shameful and was taking it out on her.
“Shi Jian, you go out first,” Yi Pei said to her in a low voice.
Shi Jian turned. Then, Zhao Wenwen spoke again: “A-Pei, we’re still friends even if we broke up, right? Shi Jian is my friend. Some things don’t matter much to you, but to Shi Jian, they might be important. I want to help her out.”
“Vivi……” Yi Pei leaned forward and warned her: “Stop before you go too far.”
Zhao Wenwen pretended to not understand and continued to speak with good intentions: “A-Pei, you may be being considerate of Shi Jian’s feelings, but I feel that it’s better to say it aloud. After all, after we break up, Shi Jian might still have a small chance, isn’t that right?”
Yi Pei leaned backwards. The color of his face was extremely ugly.
Shi Jian: “……”
Zhao Wenwen was actually pretty amazing. Shi Jian took a deep breath in, embarrassed, but was not holding her breath. Was Zhao Wenwen trying to tear her apart? Shi Jian slowly spoke: “Vivi, you misunderstand. I have no improper intentions towards President Yi at all.”
“Oh, is that so?” Zhao Wenwen looked at her, “You really don’t like Yi Pei? Not even a bit of admiration? Could I have misunderstood…… But every time you talk about Yi Pei, you seem to understand him even better than I do.”
What was this slander?! Deliberate slander! Shi Jian straightened her spine. Zhao Wenwen asked so bluntly that if she denied it, she would look guilty. Shi Jian did her best to maintain her smile and replied: “Of course I like President Yi.”
After hearing those words, Zhao Wenwen seemed to not expect her to admit it and her expression froze for two moments. Yi Pei also looked up at her with a slight frown.
Shi Jian continued to speak, both with a calm expression and a calm voice: “Yi Pei is my boss, the person that I depend on. With President Yi’s outstanding way of taking care of his subordinates, I simply have no reason to dislike him.”
Zhao Wenwen: “……”
“But this kind of like really has nothing to do with the kind that you’re thinking of. It is a kind of respect, a kind of admiration, the kind that a subordinate has for their superior. I think that I am not the only one who feels this way. Many employees at Yi Mao Real Estate also really like President Yi. We all adore President Yi and hope to stay and work by his side, for the prosperity and success of Yi Mao. I sincerely feel that there is nothing wrong with an employee liking their boss. Don’t you agree, Vivi?”
“En……” After a long while, Zhao Wenwen finally lifted her chin, then stiffly pulled on an apologetic smile, “Sorry, Shi Jian……”
“No problem,” Shi Jian also smiled, going back to a better mood faster than Zhao Wenwen, and even more naturally than her. At the same time, she left Zhao Wenwen some face: “I think you were also probably interested in my boyfriend and joking around. No problem, next time we can find an opportunity to have everyone meet each other.”
There was no need to find an opportunity.
Ye Jiacheng was passing by Yi Mao Real Estate, so he might as well go inside. The little fox had to work overtime, but she had to have a meal break sometime. Ye Jiacheng got to the general office and found a kind-looking person, a woman who seemed to have already married. He asked her: “Hello, I’m looking for Shi Jian.”
Emily: “……”
My gosh, what a handsome man. The man in front of her, could he be the one Shi Jian was talking about—— perfect?!
Shi Jian came out from Yi Pei’s office with her head lowered, and shoved out the melancholy from the bottom of her heart. She only looked up after a while passed. Ahead, her seat was already taken by someone. Someone with long legs and long arms was sitting on her white chair, with her box of socks in hand, looking at it with a focused expression.
Author’s Note:
Zhang Kai: Dearest mother, Shi Jian doesn’t like me anymore. Quick, help me clear my innocence…… Quickly oppress your sons. I am merely a lowly supporting character, please have mercy.
Alright, I’ll find some time.
Zhang Kai: When will you have time? The next chapter?
How can that be! The scenes are all filled.
Zhang Kai: Then when?
You even said you are merely a lowly supporting character. No one will like reading a scene where your innocence is cleared ah~ I still need to write a lot of content. Interactions between the female lead and husband Ye ah~, the annual meeting ah~, Valentine’s Day ah~, melodramatic aristocrats ah~, Yi Pei’s breaking point, and the sex scene that’s still missing. I don’t even have enough time to write these scenes. Really, no one will want to read about your innocence being cleared.
Zhang Kai: “……” See you in debt!
What did I say wrong? Could there be little angels that want to see the scene where your innocence is cleared……?
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