See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 51
Chapter 51 - We Already Had Sex, But You Don’t Want To Meet My Parents. Are You Just Fucking Around?
Shi Jian and Ye Jiacheng were together already.
Zhang Kai had an unpleasant feeling in his heart. It felt like…… a heartbreak? Actually, it was better if he really did have a heartbreak; it was only related to relationships. The specific emotion Zhang Kai felt was much more complex than simply heartbreak. The whole situation was as if he was helping Yi Pei raise his sheep. Shi Jian was a lamb that had recently entered the flock. She was not only good-looking, but also smart and witty. He really liked her, so he wanted his boss to keep an eye on how good of a lamb she was. He originally thought that Yi Pei would like it. Once he raised her, she would be sent to Yi Pei for him to lead. In the end, Yi Pei seemed to be uninterested. If the boss didn’t want it, then he would want it for himself. In any case, the grass eaten was provided by the boss.
Who knew that she would catch the eye of a wolf halfway through? He had defended her all day, but the wolf still caught her.
Being a shepherd, he was thrown into the fray of emotion each day. Thus, seeing Shi Jian and Ye Jiacheng lean into each other as they left, Zhang Kai felt grieved for a long while.
……The above thought was a bit perverted. Zhang Kai naturally did not express them aloud. But he couldn’t stand saying nothing at all. He sighed and started conversing with Yi Pei: “Women need to be pursued ah, like what Ye Jiacheng is doing. Using flowery words is best.”
These words contained too much bitterness. Yi Pei did not approve. He shut his eyes, then opened them again. Yi Pei calmly said to Zhang Kai: “Let’s go have a drink.”
Was he comforting his failure in raising sheep? Zhang Kai immediately agreed. He and Yi Pei seldom had the chance to drink together.
Zhang Kai was an expert in bars; he was the nightclub prince. He often liked to relax at nightclubs after work. Yi Pei knew of this hobby of his. But after he had been scolded by Yi Pei last time, he had already slowed down for a long time. He hadn’t gotten out in a long while, and he would even have the rare opportunity to take Yi Pei out clubbing. Zhang Kai seemed to have found his home field. He introduced Yi Pei as he greeted familiar faces.
Yi Pei quietly leaned near the barstools. The bar was very rowdy. People were twisting together on the dance floor, as if it was an after dark party. This messy devilish dancing was what Zhang Kai called the passion of life? Yi Pei declined to comment, and did not deign to form an opinion. Zhang Kai would not be happy. Not everyone understood certain styles of happiness.
Yi Pei was someone that did not understand, but he respected each person’s differing lifestyles. The reason why he came out with Zhang Kai was because he had distractedly voiced his thoughts aloud. Shi Jian had a lively and pleasant personality, and might not like his gloominess…… It was a pointless thought. The facts proved that it was indeed an extremely pointless thought.
“Let’s all celebrate Valentine’s Day together tonight!” the DJ shouted. Then, everyone inside the bar went crazy. Zhang Kai patted his arm, swaying from side to side.
Yi Pei could not blend in with this kind of atmosphere. He was unhappy. He felt that Shi Jian would also dislike this place. Did he like her? From being mindful to careful, his indecipherable feelings created more indecipherable ideas. What kind of emotion was “like”? Yi Pei had very little experience with it. Ever since he was a child, he had very little things that he liked, because if he liked something, someone else would inevitably come and steal it from him. Slowly, he became used to not liking anything, became used to not saying anything, and only did the things he was supposed to. Marrying Zhao Wenwen was something he was supposed to do. Only, he didn’t know when it happened, but he was filled with emotion. Something that he originally had accepted became impossible to accept. A person that was originally unimportant became someone that he wanted.
He’d said to her last time that he was a bit greedy. He wanted a life with both struggle and love. What was even more greedy was that he only wanted to love her.
He thought that the love part was not possible. After all…… it was also necessary, and she also wanted.
……
Zhao Wenwen didn’t expect to encounter Yi Pei in a bar. He was wearing an expensive suit, had a powerful aura, and stood out from the environment. Zhao Wenwen went up to say hello. Tonight was the night they were supposed to make their public appearance, but she didn’t expect it to turn into a bar date. Zhao Wenwen had a drink in her hand. She pointed at the crowd of people behind her and said to Yi Pei with a put-on smile: “A-Pei, my friends and I came out to have some drinks, could you help me get the tab?”
Zhao Wenwen had spent sixty thousand yuan in a single night.
Yi Pei helped her pay the bill. Zhang Kai followed Yi Pei out after completing the transfer. His three legs were almost entangled with each other. Coming out to drink at a bar was his suggestion; he felt too guilty.
“A-Pei, I have disappointed you,” Zhang Kai said to Yi Pei, a grown man miserably voicing his feelings.
“En.” Yi Pei replied, “Yes, you have disappointed me.”
Zhang Kai: “A-Pei, I……”
Yi Pei let out a warm breath, suddenly having a thought. It was Zhang Kai who said Shi Jian really liked him, and had deep feelings for him, suppressing her feelings everyday…… He wouldn’t believe this nonsense without supporting evidence. He would be aware of whether a girl had feelings for him. Only, even if he didn’t believe it, he listened to Zhang Kai talk so much that he would also have some yearning.
Heh. Yi Pei looked askance at Zhang Kai and honestly expressed the feelings he had tonight: “Zhang Kai, I actually quite want to beat you up.”
Zhang Kai: “……” Because he found out?
The next moment, Zhang Kai nearly kneeled on the floor to lick Yi Pei’s boots. He did his best to explain himself: “A-Pei, Zhao Wenwen and I really don’t have anything between us! Nothing happened at all that night…… I swear on my life, I didn’t even sneak a single glance! I really didn’t do anything……” The most he did was just see those 36D’s……
Cough! What the fuck? Yi Pei said nothing. He merely took a deep breath.
Zhang Kai was nearly in tears. He looked up with sincerity in his eyes and continued to beg Yi Pei to believe him: “We’ve been friends for so many years, you know my character, right?”
“That’s enough.” Yi Pei looked at him a bit disdainfully, “We’ll talk in the car.”
In the car, Zhang Kai explained everything that happened that night. Then, he discovered that Yi Pei knew nothing about that incident at all. Was it a benefit that he hadn’t known? But A-Pei seemed to not care at all. With the situation explained clearly, Zhang Kai also felt a weight lifted. Recalling that Shi Jian was still having a misunderstanding with him, he indignantly added: “Shi Jian is still upset with me because of this.”
Yi Pei: “Serves you right.”
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“Happy Valentine’s Day!”
“Happy Valentine’s Day.”
The next day, when Shi Jian arrived at the office, everyone exchanged Valentine’s Day pleasantries with each other. Emily had taken a half day off to get her checkup. Shi Jian hummed a song as she went into the break room to brew coffee for Yi Pei. The smell of the ground expensive coffee beans invoked her craving. She couldn’t help it and brewed a second cup. Yi Pei was already in his office. Shi Jian carried the coffee inside. She had originally wanted to wish him “Happy Valentine’s Day” as she’d done with her co-workers, but upon recalling that his engagement with Zhao Wenwen was broken, she thought it better to remain silent.
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She didn’t expect Yi Pei to be the first to say: “Happy Valentine’s Day…… Shi Jian.”
Shi Jian smiled with a slight curve to her lip: “Thank you, President Yi.”
Yi Pei had probably seen the relationship between her and Ye Jiacheng last night, so he congratulated her today out of politeness.
Today was Valentine’s Day. Shi Jian had been in a splendid mood all morning, from when she woke up until now. She had even received a text message from the five star hotel when she was going to work, romantically wishing her and Ye Jiacheng a happy Valentine’s Day while warmly reminding her to check in on time tonight. Tonight was the sixth Valentine’s Day she would spend with Ye Jiacheng, but to the current Ye Jiacheng, this was only the first time. So, she definitely had to spend a nice Valentine’s Day with him. It would be best if she could leave him with an unforgettable night.
The splendid plan remained for less than half an hour…… It was cut off by a phone call.
The call was from professor Shi, who was outside of the country. Professor Shi told her that Tim had already got on an early flight last night and she would need to go to the airport to pick him up. Otherwise, he and her mother would need to wait after the Spring Festival to return to the country. They were simply too busy with work and hoped she wouldn’t be too upset and empathize with them a little bit.
She was not upset, but still empathized with them. The question was whether Tim could also return after the Spring Festival. Shi Jian flopped onto her desk at a loss and agreed.
Professor Shi was satisfied: “Baba and Mama will bring you a gift when we return. We’ll buy you the PSP 1 that you always wanted last year. Apparently the new edition came out.”
Shi Jian almost wanted to laugh. She had already played the new edition long ago. Right now, Professor Shi spoke to her as if she was still a big girl that thought of her parents. She was silent for a moment. Professor Shi even worried that she was upset, and tried to cheer her up with nice words: “Jian-er, your mommy and I love you very much, and Tim as well, so he specifically chose to spend Valentine’s Day with you. He said he wanted to give you a surprise. Aren’t you happy?”
She wasn’t angry at all. She was only thinking about whether her plans for tonight would go up in flames. She even had a…… husband already, why would she spend Valentine’s Day with Tim?
Had Professor Shi forgotten the thing between her and Ye Jiacheng? Shi Jian thought for a moment, then reminded him: “Baba, I have a boyfriend already.”
“Right, right, right.” Professor Shi remembered something and said, “Jian-er, Your mother and I have discussed this already. But we think that you’re still young; it would be better not to have a romantic relationship too early. We still hope that you finish your education before you have a relationship…… You’re so young right now, what kind of good boyfriend can you get?”
Shi Jian: “……” She really wasn’t young anymore.
Professor Shi continued teaching her earnestly.
Shi Jian softly said: “Baba, I’m very serious.”
“……alright.” Professor Shi compromised, “Your mother and I are coming back after the Spring Festival. Since you are dating seriously, you should bring him over to meet us, and we will take a look at him seriously. How about that?”
Eh? Was this the speed of meeting parents?
“Ok——” Shi Jian drawled out an agreement and hung up her cellphone. She slowly leaned back in her swivel chair, silently spinning herself backwards, and left her office desk.
Shi Jian took a pen from her desk, and pondered for a moment.
……meeting the parents after the Spring Festival. Would Ye Jiacheng have a problem with it? Last time Mr.Ye met her parents, they hadn’t been dating for long. Her parents had returned to the country. After Mr.Ye knew this, he had organized the meeting himself, inviting her parents out for a meal at all costs. Ye Jiacheng had been very proactive. She had been against it. She’d felt that they hadn’t spent enough time together yet. Then, Mr.Ye sternly asked her: “Ms.Shi, how can you be so insincere? We’ve been dating yet I haven’t met your parents yet. Are you playing with me?”
Shi Jian fiddled with her pen. Ye Jiacheng would probably agree to meet her parents, right? Ugh, why did she feel slightly unsure? If Ye Jiacheng didn’t want to meet them, would she also be able to ask him: “Mr.Ye, how can you be so insincere?”
We already had sex, but you don’t want to meet my parents. Are you just fucking around?
Tim’s flight would arrive soon. Shi Jian sighed and stood up. She went to Zhang Kai’s office to request half a day off. Tim’s arrival was such a “surprise” that she had to rush to the airport.
Her parents were a pair of workaholics. They were busy with their research every day, so they had less time to spend with their children. She and Shi Xiaoguang had an age difference of nearly ten years, but their experience growing up with their parents were very similar. She used to be jealous that Xiaoguang could go with his parents, but she had also gone out of the country in the end and discovered that Xiaoguang lived more miserably than she did. It was normal that she didn’t see them very much because she was still in the country, but Xiaoguang had gone with them yet often found himself being the only one in the house.
Slowly, Xiaoguang had attained the good quality of being independent.
But her parents were especially unfavorable in her uncle Yang Jiantao’s eyes. He directly criticized them: “Honestly, they should’ve just left Xiaoguang here. Xiaoguang would be better off with my wife than that pair of busy people. I think the reason Xiaoguang’s Chinese is lacking is because they don’t take time to build a good relationship with him.”
The plane from London had already arrived. Shi Jian went to the reception but couldn’t find Tim. She made two loops around. Oh no, she kind of forgot what Shi Xiaoguang looked like when he was about ten years old.
Until a young male voice came from her side: “Honey, I’m here.”
Shi Jian turned and saw a Tim that was a good chunk shorter than her. She couldn’t help but feel elated. Sorry, she nearly did not recognize him. She still had the memory of Tim ten years later in her memory, with a tall frame, a self-important flowery young man.
Shi Jian felt her insides go turbulent. She bent over and fiercely hugged Tim: “Tim, long time no see.”
Tim stilled his arms and let her hug him. He had two beverages that he’d bought on the plane in his hands. Shi Jian let go of Tim and took a bottle. Tim said a bit apologetically: “This isn’t for you. I will buy you one later, is that okay?”
“Ok.” Shi Jian blinked and watched Tim take the two beverages to a crying little girl nearby. He gave them to her and then said in terrible Chinese: “Have some fruit juice. Don’t cry anymore.”
Shi Jian: “……” His Chinese was still pretty good when it came to picking up girls.
The one that also couldn’t help laughing was the little girl’s mom.
Shi Jian helped Tim retrieve his luggage, then led him out of the airport. She wanted to bring Tim to the Yang household first, still thinking about her Valentine’s Day night with Ye Jiacheng. In the end, no matter how much she tried to persuade him, Tim still wanted to follow her. Shi Jian couldn’t do anything, and brought Tim back to the Yi Mao general office.
There was no problem with bringing Tim to the office, but would they go to her date with Ye Jiacheng together? Ye Jiacheng had already booked the hotel room, but suddenly they were three people. Would they have to fight the landlord? 2
Shi Jian negotiated with Tim again: “Tim, I have a date tonight. Can you go to Auntie’s home?”
Tim was quick to refuse. He shook his head: “No.”
“Why not?”
Tim lowered his head, his large and pretty eyes gleaming. He seriously expressed his thoughts: “Because I want to spend Valentine’s Day with you.”
In an instant, Shi Jian’s heart softened. If they had to be three, then they would be three. It wasn’t unallowed to have Tim meet Ye Jiacheng ahead of time. She could even have Tim call Ye Jiacheng “Jiefu” a few times.
Just to see whether Ye Jiacheng could accept it. Shi Jian crouched down and looked at Tim: “Xiaoguang, I’ll take you to meet your future Jiefu tonight. You have to behave, okay?”
Tim nodded and asked: “What should I call him when I meet him?”
Shi Jian rolled her eyes and said in delight: “Jiacheng-gege, Ye-gege…… or Jiefu. Anything is okay.”
Tim tilted his head: “Jiacheng-gege it is.”
Shi Jian: “……okay.”
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