See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 43
Chapter 43 - Kissing The Left Cheek Means Forgiveness, Kissing The Right Cheek Means That You Like The Other Even More Than You Did Yesterday.
Why did Ye Jiacheng come here?
Shi Jian walked towards her desk, pestling across from Ye Jiacheng. In front of her, Emily and friends all looked towards them. Ye Jiacheng calmly blinked at her and told her why he came: “I came to bring you out to dinner nearby. Do you have time?”
Shi Jian nodded. She concealed her obvious amusement she probably had in the corner of her eye and the tip of her brow.
Ye Jiacheng was still sitting in her chair. Then, he slowly set down her gift box, glanced at the two crystal foxes in front of her computer, and stood up to return the seat to her.
There was still a half hour before the end of work. Shi Jian had Ye Jiacheng sit in the spot of an employee who was absent. She might have already passed the age where she showed her boyfriend off. She felt that Ye Jiacheng confidently sitting by her desk like this was too conspicuous.
But even if Ye Jiacheng was just sitting quietly, he was still too conspicuous. At least until Zhang Kai came out, they all could see Ye Jiacheng with a slight turn of their heads.
Zhang Kai paused in his steps first, then thought he was seeing wrong. He only greeted after taking a couple more glances: “Young Master Ye, it’s not often we see you here. What brings you here to Yi Mao today? Are you looking for President Yi? I can arrange a meeting for you now.”
Immediately after, he turned to Emily and asked: “Is President Yi available?”
Emily replied: “Miss Wenwen is still with him.”
“Oh, oh.” Zhang Kai nodded rapidly and shot an apologetic smile at Ye Jiacheng. Ye Jiacheng replied with his own apologetic smile and explained: “Assistant Zhang has misunderstood. The person I came to look for today is…… Assistant Little Shi.”
Zhang Kai dryly said: “Oh, Shi Jian……”
“Yes.” Ye Jiacheng nodded and politely stated, “Taking her out for a meal.”
“Oh oh oh……” Zhang Kai looked on blankly and the corner of his mouth twitched. He looked at the watch on his wrist and said, “Ah! It’s almost time to eat. Why don’t Young Master Ye wait a while, I can arrange for you and President Yi…… Little Shi, let’s all have a meal together? We at Yi Mao Real Estate will host.”
Ye Jiacheng politely chuckled, clearly not wanting to accept Zhang Kai’s suggestion.
Hehe. The reason Zhang Kai suggested this was to rope in Ye Jiacheng on one hand, and on the other, even though he and Shi Jian recently had a fight, he wanted to fence in this southern wolf for Shi Jian.
But Zhang Kai had even said that Ye Jiacheng was a wolf from the south. How could one fence in a wolf? Ye Jiacheng elegantly stood up and spoke with a low and sincere voice.
“Assistant Zhang has gone to a lot of trouble, but I made a reservation at a couples’ restaurant. Today is simply not a good time to get together. Next time.”
Couples’ restaurant…… Even if Zhang Kai’s face was thicker, there was no way he could thwart his plans. Right now, he might as well just give Ye Jiacheng some face. He walked over to Shi Jian and said: “You can go. Have a meal with Young Master Ye. Young Master Ye found the time to come over, don’t make him wait too long.”
“Ok.” Shi Jian nodded. She tidied her things and stood.
Zhang Kai: “……” He felt stifled. Even if he couldn’t reject him, she could, right?
Swoosh! Shi Jian swept by Zhang Kai. Ye Jiacheng sent a thankful smile in Zhang Kai’s direction and unhurriedly followed after Shi Jian out of the office.
Zhang Kai: Goodbye.
In Yi Pei’s office, Zhao Wenwen had also just left. When Zhang Kai entered, Yi Pei was standing in front of the floor to ceiling window. His black dress pants were perfectly straight, and his tidy shirt was paired with an ash grey woolen sweater. Today was the rare occasion that Yi Pei wore Yi Mao’s own men’s brand.
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“Is Shi Jian outside?” Yi Pei asked Zhang Kai. He put away his concerned tone, “How is she?” He was still worried about her. Clearly, she had beautifully gone against Vivi, so beautifully that one couldn’t hear anything wrong with what she said.
He liked seeing her beautiful and impressive, stubbornly hoping that at that moment, he could see her slightly embarrassed.
He didn’t.
She had confidently said she only looked up to him. He was clear about her feelings towards him, but did she know about his feelings for her?
“She just…… left.” Zhang Kai said, “Ye Jiacheng came looking for her to take her out to eat. I let her get off work early.”
There was no problem with Zhang Kai doing that, and Yi Pei couldn’t say anything about it otherwise. It was already 5:00 in the afternoon. The sky was a dusty grey. It would soon be dark.
Yi Pei spoke about another topic: “Yi Qindong’s side has probably already agreed to Ye Jiacheng’s conditions.”
Zhang Kai was flabbergasted. Ye Jiacheng was asking for an arm and a leg. Even though Yi Qindong was not gifted in business, he was not a fool. Yi Qindong had looked for Ye Jiacheng many times. Other than seeing Ye Jiacheng’s talent and ability, there were also resources behind Ye Jiacheng. Yi Qindong had left Yi Mao Real Estate and established his own real estate company. If Ye Jiacheng agreed to work with Yi Qindong, to Yi Mao Real Estate, it would be as if a wolf had emerged.
There were also rumors that Gu Yitian would soon be transferred to A-City. Ye Jiacheng was someone who could call Gu Yitian “Uncle Tian”. Yi Qindong probably also learned about this information so he hurriedly agreed to Ye Jiacheng’s previous terms.
Zhang Kai thought about it and asked Yi Pei: “A-Pei, do you think Ye Jiacheng will agree to work with Third Young Master Yi?”
Yi Pei turned his head and replied plainly: “I don’t know.”
——
Outside, Shi Jian and Ye Jiacheng walked to the elevator together. She suddenly remembered that she forgot to bring the socks, so she returned to the office. She came out carrying the box of socks and saw that Zhao Wenwen was also in the elevator lobby along with Ye Jiacheng.
They even bumped into each other like this. Looks like she really had to introduce them.
In the end, she didn’t have to do any introductions. Shi Jian walked over and heard that Zhao Wenwen and Ye Jiacheng had already struck up a conversation. Zhao Wenwen greeted Ye Jiacheng: “Hi, what a coincidence.” Ye Jiacheng nodded. Zhao Wenwen continued: “Why is it that every time I call you, you don’t answer……”
“Cough!” Ye Jiacheng covered his mouth with his hand and coughed. His line of sight flitted across the little fox that was walking nearer. The little fox was silent even though she’d heard everything.
Zhao Wenwen turned and saw Shi Jian. Her lips tightened. She didn’t really have anything to say to her. Shi Jian also had nothing good to say. Just then, the elevator door opened. She carried the socks and was the first one to go inside. She didn’t even want to look at them at all.
The three went in one after the other. The elevator door closed. Ye Jiacheng leaned against the handrail, looking at Shi Jian the whole time. He felt a bit helpless and decided to explain later.
Zhao Wenwen stood nearest to the door. The elevator went down at a steady speed. She checked her appearance in the mirrored walls and continued to speak as if they were familiar with each other: “I remember the text you sent me yesterday. It’s very funny.”
Yesterday……
Unexpectedly, Ye Jiacheng still had time to text yesterday. Shi Jian quickly repressed her anger. Disappointment was hard to take and hard to imagine. She tightly gripped the box of socks, wishing she could immediately dump Ye Jiacheng’s ostentatious face. Originally. Ye Jiacheng had only pressed on the button for the first basement floor. They were all headed to the first basement floor parking lot.
Shi Jian stepped forward and pressed the button for the first floor. She even seemed calm and composed.
Ye Jiacheng hurriedly grabbed the hand Shi Jian used to press the button and held it steadily. Then, he turned and said to Zhao Wenwen: “You’re mistaken. I wasn’t the one who texted you.”
What?! Zhao Wenwen looked at their clasped hands. After a while, she asked: “……so you two know each other?”
Was she blind? She only noticed this just now? Ye Jiacheng emphasized: “Shi Jian is my girlfriend.”
Zhao Wenwen: “……”
Shi Jian’s hand was held by Ye Jiacheng, and she naturally wouldn’t have a tantrum in here. She even leaned closer into Ye Jiacheng’s chest. She pretended to not understand and asked Ye Jiacheng: “Jiacheng, you know Zhao Wenwen?”
Ye Jiacheng: “Not really. I’ll tell you later.”
Zhao Wenwen: “……”
They finally arrived on the first floor. Shi Jian walked out, so, naturally, Ye Jiacheng followed after her. When the elevator door shut, Shi Jian finally exploded. She seemed to want to stop her feet to express her fury. Only, before she could speak, the rims of her eyes reddened.
As if she was putting on a show.
“You better explain fast,” Shi Jian said.
Ye Jiacheng nodded.
Ye Jiacheng had seen many sides of the little fox before. He’d seen when she was impressive and amazing, when she was gentle and touching, when she was despairing and broken-hearted, even when she’d just been blustering the moment before and then was disappointed and upset after…… Every time, she was vivid and lively. He felt that he couldn’t see her clearly. The more this happened, the more he wanted to understand her completely. Originally…… he’d wanted to tease her with what happened in the elevator.
Ye Jiacheng was a bit anxious, so he speedily explained.
Shi Jian first walked out of the main door with her head lowered. She didn’t want to be dramatic in the lobby of Yi Mao. She was afraid that Ye Jiacheng’s explanation would make her even more furious. Ye Jiacheng followed her steps. He explained the situation with Zhao Wenwen as he walked.
It was very simple. He clearly explained it in three sentences. It actually wasn’t anything major. Using Ye Jiacheng’s words, the situation had nothing to do with him at all.
The two went outside. Ye Jiacheng’s car was still in the underground parking lot. Shi Jian continued to walk forward. Ye Jiacheng followed unhurriedly. After they’d walked past a little more than one block, Ye Jiacheng quickly stepped in front of Shi Jian, halting her. He seriously stated: “I won’t do this kind of senseless thing in the future anymore, really. I won’t even pay it a moment of attention.”
He’d already felt Zhao Wenwen was annoying on the plane, and he wanted to tease Gao Yanfei a little bit. He didn’t think he was shooting himself in the foot. Now, as he saw how upset Shi Jian was, he really felt sorry. Unexpectedly, on the first day of their relationship, he’d already made the little fox so upset. He’d even thought that the little fox wouldn’t be bothered. Up until now, he’d never thought the little fox really liked him that much, so much so that a lot of the time, he felt that she merely was acting that she liked him as much as he liked her. Only, slowly, he also joined the show.
Ye Jiacheng continued to apologize. In actuality, he rarely apologized. With his past partners, if he’d needed to apologize, then that was basically about the time they broke up. He didn’t expect that just ten minutes into his relationship with Shi Jian, he’d already apologized many times.
“Little fox, don’t be angry anymore, okay?”
Shi Jian looked up: “I’m not angry.”
Ye Jiacheng nodded.
Shi Jian composed her emotions. She just didn’t expect that Ye Jiacheng and Zhao Wenwen would be able to get together. Actually, if it wasn’t Zhao Wenwen, then she might not have been so angry. Ye Jiacheng said that he ran into Zhao Wenwen and them on the plane. Then, they wanted his phone number, so he gave them Gao Yanfei’s number. They were perfectly fine, so why did they want his number? Was he just flirting with them like how he flirted with that pianist last time?
He was really capable. Her fury couldn’t help but flare up again. She asked again in a low voice: “Ye Jiacheng, so many girls like you, aren’t you quite pleased with yourself?”
Ye Jiacheng shook his head: “No.”
“Really,” Ye Jiacheng said, then changed the subject, “Alright, you’ve been angry for so long, aren’t you hungry? Let’s go eat first.”
She didn’t really want to eat anymore, and her mood was still a bit bad. The two were supposed to be eating a meal happily.
Shi Jian looked at Ye Jiacheng and felt even more annoyed at herself. Why was she mad again? She actually wasn’t a person that was easy to anger. Only, she didn’t know why, but she had lost some sense of security with Ye Jiacheng. Mr.Ye had given her a sense of security, but there was none here with Ye Jiacheng.
Shi Jian suddenly recalled when she and Mr.Ye had a little agreement after they had a quarrel. If one party was not angry anymore and forgave the other, then they should kiss the other’s left cheek. The idea of kissing on the cheek was brought up by Mr.Ye: kissing the left cheek means forgiveness, kissing the right cheek means that you like the other even more than you did yesterday.
Shi Jian’s gaze fell upon Ye Jiacheng’s left cheek……
At this moment, Ye Jiacheng looked away and spoke again: “I’m sorry, little fox.”
“If you don’t want to eat anymore……” Ye Jiacheng continued, “If you don’t want to eat, then I can take you back.”
Shi Jian: “……okay.”
Ye Jiacheng took Shi Jian back to the dorm. Shi Jian encountered Lai Qiao outside the dorm and the two partnered up. Before parting, Shi Jian gave the box of socks to Ye Jiacheng. Ye Jiacheng blanked for a moment, then accepted it.
……
There was a noodle shop outside the dorm. Shi Jian sat across from Lai Qiao. Lai Qiao asked about Ye Jiacheng. Then, she seemed to be hiding something. Shi Jian looked up towards Lai Qiao. Lai Qiao giggled, then said a bit cutely: “Shi Jian, I won’t live in the dorm anymore starting tomorrow.”
After a small pause, she said, “I’ve made a decision. I want to live with Cheng Zisong in C-City.”
Author’s Note:
Lai Qiao doesn’t have many scenes. Before, when I was writing out this character, Big Zhu just thought of a hypothetical question. At this moment, I really like a man, and us two are doing great. If you knew that this man would betray you, would you be hurt, or would you continue to love him?
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