See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 44
Chapter 44 - If She’s A Beast, Then She’s A Beast. She’s His Little Fox After All……
Even with a heart filled with love, no one knew what would happen in the end.
Shi Jian originally thought that she already knew everything. She’d brought ten years of memories with her when she came back in time. From the beginning, it was as if she had the script in her hands, complete with spoilers. Only, the more time went on, the more she understood that life didn’t just happen as one wanted. Everything in that script was already past the expiry date.
This was probably life, right? Other than when the moment the true ending occurred, no one knew what would happen in the future. The only thing anyone could be sure of was their goal and attitude.
Oh, and also love.
Lai Qiao very happily spoke about her merry plans to go to C-City. Shi Jian listened with an amused smile on her face, and her heart even swelled a little. She didn’t know much about what would happen to Lai Qiao after she went to C-City. She only remembered the time she encountered Lai Qiao again at an anniversary celebration of a school’s founding. Because the two had interned at Yi Mao before, after the event ended, they went to chat and reminisce at a coffee shop. At that time, she’d already married Ye Jiacheng. Lai Qiao came back to A-City from C-City because Cheng Zisong was unfaithful and married a woman that he liked more. That day, Lai Qiao was also sitting in front of her like she was now, but she did not have the same vigor in her expression. She definitely wouldn’t be laughing as she spoke about this and that as she currently was.
“If only I didn’t follow him to C-City back then. At least I wouldn’t have to miserably return like this.”
Lai Qiao’s regretful words were still clear in her mind. In a daze, Shi Jian gazed at Lai Qiao’s current figure, her youthful cheeks. She tugged on Lai Qiao’s hand, wanting to stop Lai Qiao. Even if she couldn’t stop her, she still wanted to give her a warning. Only, she wasn’t able to say the words aloud. Lai Qiao looked up with a sweet smile and said to her: “Shi Jian, in the future, if you come to C-City, you definitely have to find Cheng Zisong and I to hang out. We’ve already planned to buy a place together.”
“……okay.”
Lai Qiao: “We want to buy a three bedroom house. If you come over, you’ll definitely have a place to stay.”
How wonderful. Shi Jian smiled. After hesitating for a while, she warmly said, “Qiao Qiao, I want to ask you a hypothetical question. You have to think carefully before you answer me.”
Lai Qiao nodded.
Shi Jian asked in a serious tone: “In the future, if Cheng Zisong ends up liking someone else, and you don’t live together anymore…… would you still go to C-City?”
“Shi Jian, you……”
Shi Jian spoke very slowly. When she finished speaking, she watched Lai Qiao’s expression, feeling somewhat remorseful. Lai Qiao seemed to not understand why she wanted to curse her and knitted her brows: “Shi Jian, you seem to have never liked me being together with Cheng Zisong.”
“I haven’t.” Shi Jian put down the soup spoon in her bowl. She liked to drink the broth when she had noodles. She still had half of her noodles left in her bowl, but the broth was almost gone. She didn’t dislike Cheng Zisong. If she knew nothing at all, as a friend, she would definitely be elated at Lai Qiao finding such a good man. Shi Jian gazed at Lai Qiao: “I’m only asking hypothetically. I don’t dislike him.”
Lai Qiao let out a breath.
Shi Jian continued: “It’s just that when two people are in love, no one knows the ending, right? If you follow Cheng Zisong to C-City, then you’re adding onto the risk of your relationship. If you and Cheng Zisong end up terribly like how I just mentioned, would you still go with him?”
Shi Jian asked so seriously that Lai Qiao finally composed her expression. A long time later, as if she’d found a counter argument, Lai Qiao’s eyes sparkled as she replied: “In the future, if Cheng Zisong wants to leave me, then I would just love him even more, until he can’t bear to break up with me.”
Shi Jian continued bluntly: “What if you love him a lot, but he still wants to break up with you?”
“If it’s like that, then I certainly wouldn’t like him anymore.” Lai Qiao said, and then squinted at her, “But, Shi Jian, I love him right now, and he also loves me. Why do I have to think about it so much?”
Why do I have to think about it so much……
Shi Jian had originally wanted to persuade Lai Qiao, but was persuaded by Lai Qiao in a flash. When she was dating Ye Jiacheng in the past, she didn’t think about anything at all. When she was careless and muddleheaded, they had Shi Jian and Ye Jiacheng’s names both written together in the household register. At the time, she held a small red notebook, grinning while facing the clerk at the Bureau of Civil Affairs. Her heart was even swelling. Could they be married just like this?
Careless and muddleheaded, from the time they dated until they married. Even with the problem about the kids, because Ye Jiacheng had deceived her that they were a dual income no kids family, she’d felt that everything was just right. She was truly stupid at the time, even thinking that if Ye Jiacheng wanted children in the future, then she would just divorce him. She would find a man that was even more handsome than Ye Jiacheng……
Really, what were they thinking so much for? In the future, if she and Ye Jiacheng had no sense of security when they were together, then she definitely would be sick with anxiety. Women’s senses of security were always given to them by themselves. Shi Jian suddenly turned her head and said to the proprietor: “Boss, can you give me more soup?”
The boss was already an acquaintance and happily agreed.
Not enough. She spoke to the proprietor again: “And two more side dishes. And the rice wine you have here, half a bottle.”
Boss: “Okay!”
“Awesome!” Lai Qiao’s good mood had also returned, “Shi Jian, I’ll pay today.”
“No need, I’ll pay.” Shi Jian said to Lai Qiao, “I’ll come to C-City to look for you in the future and just drink your and Cheng Zisong’s wedding wine.”
“En, en!” Lai Qiao’s brows raised in delight. She was about to clap, “Same to you, I wish you and your—— handsome boyfriend a long time together.”
Shi Jian agreed in kind repeatedly, not even knowing why she was so happy. It was as if she suddenly felt that everything was not a big deal at all. What did Zhao Wenwen fooling around with Ye Jiacheng amount to? She still hadn’t yet seduced Ye Jiacheng properly even once. Let alone that, some women didn’t even know how to seduce someone. Were women who didn’t know how to seduce men even women?
Zhao Wenwen’s tricks were nothing, but her 36D’s were something to worry about. In any case, she was only a C!
“Lai Qiao, we should celebrate.” Shi Jian raised her cup of wine, “May we be with the one we love for our entire lives, until our hairs turn white.”
“Okay! Cheers!”
Shi Jian took a sip of the sweet and light rice wine. After all, she was older in spirit. She once again spoke to Lai Qiao as if she was a life mentor: “Qiao Qiao, you have to remember what I said. You are going to C-City with Cheng Zisong for no other reason than because right now, he is worthy of your love. If he is no longer worthy one day, we still have ourselves.”
It sounded like a cheesy motivational story. Shi Jian’s words were filled with emotion. She spoke to Lai Qiao, but it was for herself at the same time.
Lai Qiao nodded again with an attentive expression: “That’s right!”
Shi Jian giggled and drank another cup of wine.
Ye Jiacheng returned to the car but he didn’t leave immediately. He borrowed the glow of the faint yellow light in the car to open the box that Shi Jain shoved at him. Fives pairs of men’s socks peacefully laid inside. Ye Jiacheng opened the car window halfway. The days seemed to be getting more and more cold. Ye Jiacheng got out of the car. He found Shi Jian at a restaurant near the Yi Mao dorms.
Shi Jian and her roommate were drinking with smiles across their faces. With the little fox’s alcohol tolerance, she still dared to drink?!
Shi Jian’s alcohol tolerance was not good, but when she was in a good mood, she would take a few sips. Mr.Ye liked people who enjoyed fine wine but did not drink in excess. Shi Jian looked back and saw Ye Jiacheng walking nearer. She was not the least bit angry anymore and even greeted him without restraint, “Ye Jiacheng, why are you here again?”
Why did he return? At the time, he was thinking of her.
Ye Jiacheng took Shi Jian back to the dorm, The wind whistled. Ye Jiacheng gripped Shi Jian’s hand tightly as he dragged her. Lai Qiao tactfully returned to the dorm ahead of them. He still had things to say, but in the end, he couldn’t find a place away from the wind to say it.
Finally, the two arrived at the staircase inside the first floor of the Yi Mao dorms. The first floor of the Yi Mao dorms was a warehouse, and the lights had broken a while ago. So, the staircase was dark and quiet. Shi Jian definitely wouldn’t be brave enough to come downstairs in the middle of the night by herself, but it was different when Ye Jiacheng was by her side.
“Sorry,” Ye Jiacheng apologized again with a pleasant voice.
She was also sorry. Shi Jian suddenly turned her body and directly kissed Ye Jiacheng’s left cheek lightly. Ye Jiacheng jerked his head over. She smiled and kissed his right cheek once.
Kissing the left cheek meant forgiveness, kissing the right cheek meant that you liked the other even more.
“Ah……” Ye Jiacheng was like a man that fell in love for the first time. He reached out a hand and touched his own cheek. He quietly laughed.
The two sat on the steps. The concrete floor was a bit cold. Ye Jiacheng brought Shi Jian into his chest. The warmth rolled up in waves. He slowly lowered his head and his lips slowly pressed down, recognizing the intentions that he’d always kept hidden. The little fox seemed a bit intoxicated, and didn’t forget to cover her mouth and tell him: “Uh…… I drank.”
So what if you drank? It’s not as if he and her never kissed after drinking before. Ye Jiacheng didn’t say anything. In the shadowy corner of the staircase, even if the little fox used her hand to cover up her mouth, he still kissed her. His lips fell onto the back of her fair hand.
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Ye Jiacheng’s kiss was serious and touching. This was a kiss from someone who was between a boy and a man. It had a man’s tenderness, but also a boy’s inexperience. Finally, Shi Jian slowly moved her hand away. Her lips were pressed together tightly.
After a long while, Shi Jian’s hand was used to being behind Ye Jiacheng’s head. There was a small part of it that protruded. It was the natural protruding bone at the back of his head.
Ye Jiacheng really was a naturally smart man. Women had no way to resist his charm once they started dating.
……
These moving emotions were like the new growth on the tree canopy in spring, sprouting up one by one. Once you looked away for a moment, the canopy would be filled with thoughts of spring.1 In the night, Ye Jiacheng returned to his apartment and slept alone. When he awoke, he was drenched and there was even a layer of sweat over his body.
The dream was fully charming. It was carefree the whole time, and had an even better aftertaste than the first time during puberty. Only, the Shi Jian who was originally under him, who was perfectly fine, had suddenly turned into a little fox.
It scared him into a cold sweat.
So even in his dreams, anything he thought of would appear. Luckily, his ability to accept things was not bad. If she’s a beast, then she’s a beast. She’s his little fox after all……
Ye Jiacheng got up and took a shower. He wasn’t sleepy, but he made a cup of coffee and went to his study and continued to work on drawings. Inspiration came to him spark by spark. He titled this work “Spirit Fox”, being the sister building of the “Spirit Bird”.
It was around three or four in the morning. Ye Jiacheng slept with his head on his desk. The next time he woke, it was already past ten.
……
Lai Qiao was leaving. Shi Jian took a day’s leave to see her off. When she returned to the general office in the afternoon, Emily and them were currently discussing what they were wearing to the annual conference. Since it was the Yi Mao annual conference, everyone in the general office was qualified to attend. At the topic of what to wear to the annual conference, Shi Jian thought of all the clothing, headwear, shoes, and bags that she used to have. They used to be in a 20-plus square meter closet, shoved full to the brim.
From a woman who used to have an entire closet of clothing, Shi Jian really couldn’t think of what to wear to the annual conference.
The annual conference was next week. The notice to overtime in the general office had also been posted. Shi Jian looked at the schedule. She had to work overtime everyday from Monday to Friday. Was Zhang Kai kidding her?!
Could Zhang Kai be secretly making her life difficult for her? What kind of person had this lack of morality…… The Zhang Kai she used to know was the fake Zhang Kai. Was he revealing his true form now?
Shi Jian got angry as soon as she saw Zhang Kai. How nice if Zhang Kai wanted to find a reason to go back to the way things were with his disciple. He just so had a good thing to tell her, and it could be considered using someone else’s fortunes for one’s own gain.
“Uh, Shi Jian, ah, there will be an opportunity to take a driving test at Yi Mao Real Estate next year. The company will apply altogether. It can be considered a job benefit. There are only a couple spots and you’re in it.”
“What?” Shi Jian was a bit dazed. She had always thought about getting her driver’s license again, but one, she didn’t have time, and two, she didn’t want to suffer again. Last time she and Zhang Kai were in the car together, they’d even talked about this. She’d especially stubbornly said that she knew how to drive but didn’t want to take the test. Then, Zhang Kai even suggested she simply just buy a license. She’d asked Zhang Kai where she could buy one, and Yi Pei laughed out loud from the backseat. He honorably said to her: “You still must take the test. If you don’t pass…… we’ll discuss that later.”
She didn’t expect an opportunity to arise. The company had a driving instruction benefit every year. They didn’t even need to pay any tuition, but this benefit was only given to longtime employees. Shi Jian looked at Zhang Kai suspiciously. Was Zhang Kai already bribing her?
What kind of expression was this? Zhang Kai cleared his throat: “President Yi is giving you this opportunity. He mentioned you, so I added your name. In any case, it’s not a big deal.”
“Thanks, President Yi,” Shi Jian said.
Yi Pei wasn’t even here. What was she thanking Yi Pei for? It would be better to thank him instead. Zhang Kai raised a brow, “What about me?”
Shi Jian: “Oh, thank you.”
“It’s a small matter.” Zhang Kai said with a smile. He saw that his disciple’s mood had brightened and planned to take the opportunity to explain, “Um…… The thing with Zhao Wenwen and I……”
Shi Jian immediately returned to her tranquil state, as if she’d brought her own unflinching righteousness: “Don’t worry, I would not go as far as to gossip.”
Zhang Kai: “……”
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