See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 70 - Part 2
Chapter 70 - She Couldn’t Pay Back The Money, Or The Sentimental Value. - Part 2
There was good and bad in all things. Mama Ye had lived half her lifetime already. She couldn’t not understand this principle. Her husband had fallen ill, and her son had risen up to power and took responsibility of the situation upon himself from beginning to end. There really was no need for her to worry at all. In the time when Ye Jiacheng had gone out of the country to see the neurosurgeon, the lady of the Yi family had been visiting often to accompany her. On the contrary, when her son was present, the lady of the Yi family rarely came over.
She couldn’t help but say it. Mama Ye was very satisfied with the lady of the Yi family. She came from a good family and had a good background. She was beautiful and her personality was warm. She simply was the best daughter-in-law and partner. Mama Ye often wanted to have a proper heart-to-heart with her son about this topic.
Did they have to wait until after his father’s surgery was finished to talk about this? Unfortunately, every time she brought up this topic, her son became impatient and found ways to avoid the subject. But Mama Ye had been avoided by her son for many years now, and was used to it.
When Mama Ye was by the hospital bed and bored, she would also scout out her son’s thoughts. Whatever happened to that original Ms.Shi? In the end, Ye Jiacheng seemed to not want to answer her questions even more. It seemed like he was ashamed, and knowing her son, there was an eighty percent chance that it meant he failed to pursue her successfully.
Ye Jiacheng pared away the peel and gave the fruit to her. Mama Ye looked at her son with satisfaction. He was handsome and filial, and felt even more strongly that Ms.Shi just had bad eyesight. But being a mother, she definitely was being biased towards her own son.
Every time Mama Ye praised her son in front of Father Ye, Father Ye would always shake his head: “Do you not want to see those weaknesses of his? If he continues like this, he will regret it.”
“Then you tell me, what weaknesses does my son have?” Mama Ye disagreed with him, “Do you not have weaknesses? You say our son’s temper isn’t good. I say you’re the one that’s not good.”
Father Ye did not continue speaking. If he said another sentence, that would be like throwing a sentence away. The caring mother has ruined the son.
Of course, Mama Ye knew where her son’s weaknesses were. Did he think she didn’t understand her own son? Only, he had been smart and polite from a small age, and he grew to be handsome, too. Occasionally, his protruding bone made her teeth itch, but couldn’t she, as his mother, shield him a little bit? Not only his mother, but also those uncles that worked with his father. Who didn’t love Ye Jiacheng so dearly?
That’s right. Her Jiacheng was in the prime of his youth. Using Father Ye’s words, he was arrogant and prideful. So what if he was arrogant and prideful? Mama Ye even complained about Father Ye: who allowed you to be the mayor?
All in all, her Cheng Cheng was already very good. Mama Ye didn’t need Father Ye to preach everyday. She would be annoyed to death.
Alright, Father Ye won’t say any more.
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On the other side of town, Shi Jian hadn’t expected to run into her own Mama Ye in A-City. She had come to A-City’s antique street alone to buy an essential oil lamp with soothing properties. Emily had specifically reminded her of Yi Pei’s birthday before. Being an assistant, she couldn’t afford anything expensive, so she could only buy something with good intentions.
Yi Pei had a habit of using essential oils because he had poor sleep. When she used to have poor sleep, she would light an essential oil lamp, and got pretty good results. When she finished buying the lamp, Shi Jian went to an old essential oil shop in A-City and picked out some essential oils to pair with it. When she looked up, she spotted Mama Ye.
Being the wife of the Ye family for five years, even if she no longer had a relationship with Ye Jiacheng, she still felt pretty close to Mama Ye. After she lost Diandian, Mama Ye did not blame her at all, even if she was extremely upset. Madam Fang was outside the country and couldn’t take care of her, but Mama Ye specifically came to her from Qinglin City to take her to her favorite snack stalls, and even made stewed duck for her everyday.
Only, when they met once again, it went like this. Shi Jian stood in front of Mama Ye and smiled. Mama Ye also remembered her and called: “Little Shi!”
“Auntie Ye, smell this……” At this moment, another voice sounded. Shi Jian looked at Yi Biya, who was walking towards them. The weather was great outside; Yi Biya was wearing a sweater paired with an overall skirt. Her style looked very gentle.
Yi Biya smiled at her for a moment. Shi Jian also slowly smiled, understanding slightly.
“It’s good.” Mama Ye took Yi Biya’s recommendation, and said to Shi Jian nearby, “Ms.Shi, come help me smell this too.”
Mama Ye called out to Shi Jian with a smile. To be honest, Mama Ye quite liked Shi Jian. She had liked her since they met in Qinglin City last time. At the time, she’d also hoped that Little Shi would become her daughter-in-law. But she definitely would have some bias. In the days where Ye Jiacheng wasn’t around, Ms.Yi was the one who had been accompanying her. Moreover, Ms.Yi was good to the bottom of her heart.
Mama Ye picked out her essential oils. Shi Jian recommended two varieties to her according to Mama Ye’s past favorites. Mama Ye sniffed them and extremely liked them. It was rare for her to like a recommendation more than one that Ms.Yi gave her.
But Mama Ye still chose the one Yi Biya recommended because she couldn’t make his son’s girlfriend sad.
Shi Jian saw that Mama Ye had returned the ones she picked for her back to their original places and smiled a little. Yi Biya also smiled at her, and said as if she was consoling her: “Shi Jian, thank you.”
Shi Jian: “No problem.”
The two parties said their goodbyes. Mama Ye and Yi Biya left together, arm in arm. Shi Jian put away the essential oils she’d bought and watched the two of them leave. She quickly turned away.
She thought self-mockingly that this was fine as well. At least she wouldn’t make Mama Ye feel upset and make herself feel apologetic. Madam Guo was so adept at having children; Yi Biya would probably also inherit that trait. Haha. Shi Jian breathed and intentionally thought about this situation in a humorous manner. Her mood instantly improved.
And her, she wouldn’t be jealous. So what if mother-in-law Madam Guo was rich. She was so stingy, and had none of Madam Fang’s knowledge and generosity. She wished Mr.Ye would have a stingy and nagging mother-in-law in the future to torment him every day.
Alright, don’t do that. But consoling herself was always better than disgracing herself.
The next day at work, Shi Jian learned about Father Ye’s upcoming surgery. She inadvertently heard the information coming from Zhang Kai’s mouth. Ye Jiacheng had gotten a neurosurgeon from England to come do the surgery.
Shi Jian knew that Father Ye had undergone a high-risk surgery some time before she had married Ye Jiacheng. It was a brain tumor surgery. After the surgery, Father Ye often wore a newsboy cap to hide the scar on his head. The first time she met Father Ye, she’d thought that the newsboy cap-wearing Mayor Ye looked extremely handsome. Afterwards, Ye Jiacheng had told her about the surgery.
Ye Jiacheng said that the surgery practically cost him an arm and a leg. He had gone to England to request the most prestigious neurosurgeon, but unfortunately, that neurosurgeon did not accept his offer, and he had no way to get more money. In the end, they had a very young surgeon from the country to do the surgery, which had increased the risk.
But the surgery had been successful, and that young surgeon also made his name in the field. Afterwards, the Ye family and that surgeon kept in contact. So Ye Jiacheng had gone to England last time to hire this neurosurgeon? If the Mr.Ye in the past had not been able to pay for the neurosurgeon, the present Ye Jiacheng definitely could.
However, Shi Jian knew that if they used the young surgeon, the success rate would be a hundred percent. The success rate of that English neurosurgeon would only be fifty percent.
Life really was full of multiple choice questions.
Shi Jian kneaded her temples. When she went to Yi Pei’s office to drop off his paperwork, he looked up at her and directly asked: “Do you want to go for a visit?”
Shi Jian quickly understood what he meant. Yi Pei had let Zhang Kai tell her just now that Father Ye was in an A-City hospital.
Shi Jian didn’t not understand these intentions from Yi Pei.
Indeed, Yi Pei had incited Zhang Kai to tell Shi Jian about this. He couldn’t resolve some things that might lead to regret for her later. Even if they were only friends, he still had to tell her.
If she had no reason to visit him, then he would bring her there.
“I was just about to go give Mayor Ye a visit today. I had agreed to play chess with him.” Yi Pei settled his gaze on Shi Jian’s face, feeling that softness, “You can come along with me.”
Shi Jian said with her head raised: “Than you, President Yi.”
“It’s a little thing,” Yi Pei smiled, “Compared with the way you help me, shouldn’t I thank you?”
How was that considered helping him? She was only working. Nowadays, she went to visit Forefather Yi and chatted with him every week, occasionally playing some piano. It wasn’t anything difficult, and Yi Pei also gave her extra bonuses because of it.
Shi Jian went with Yi Pei to Mayor Ye’s hospital ward. Even though it was the highest class hospital ward in A-City’s best public hospital, it couldn’t compare with Yi Mao Hospital’s private high class rooms. It was a small suite, but still had everything a patient needed inside.
At around three or four in the afternoon, Ye Jiacheng wasn’t there. Other than Mama and Father Ye, there was also nurse that Ye Jiacheng had hired. Shi Jian came to visit as Yi Pei’s assistant. She didn’t know what to buy, so she bought some fruit that Father Ye used to love, as well as two bags of multivitamins. These gifts were not absent from Father Ye’s hospital room. There was a larger pile in there than she’d seen in Forefather Yi’s room. Shi Jian put the gifts she’d brought next to the gifts from the other people. There was not much of a difference.
Mama Ye peeled a sweet tangerine and split it in half for her. This was a habit that she had when preparing tangerines. Shi Jian accepted the fruit and ate a piece. It was very sweet. Yi Pei played a game of chess with Father Ye. He received a phone call, and went outside to answer it. Mama Ye brought her inside to the lounge area and continued to chat with her.
Shi Jian sat on the sofa. She wasn’t the daughter-in-law anymore, and could only speak to her as an ordinary young person.
“Thank you, Little Shi,” Mama Ye held her hand and asked, “Um, do you…… have someone you like?”
Mama Ye didn’t ask this for no reason. Her son could not successfully pursue her. That meant she definitely already had someone in her heart.
Shi Jian didn’t reply. She changed the topic, and also looked in a different direction. She spotted a sandalwood box nearby and could not avert her gaze.
Mama Ye saw her looking at the sandalwood box. She brought it over, and even opened it up. Shi Jian stared blankly at the bracelet inside.
This bracelet was originally hers. The first time Ye Jiacheng had brought her to see his family, Mama Ye had given this to her. At that time, she also felt like how she was now, excited and anticipating.
“You don’t like it? Shi……”
The voice by her ear echoed somewhat. When Shi Jian snapped out of her daze, she heard Mama Ye say: “I plan to gift it to Little Ya as a first meeting present. Little Shi, look. Do you think it is suitable?”
Yes, of course it is suitable. It’s very good. Shi Jian hurriedly nodded. This wholly green bracelet was Mama Ye’s best piece of jewelry. To be honest, when she saw this bracelet just now, she’d even subconsciously thought that it was her’s.
Because she had possessed it for so many years, she would occasionally wear it with her everyday outfit. After learning about the value of the bracelet, she was even more afraid of wearing it around. Ye Jiacheng laughed at her for keeping it in the bottom of her closet.
Mama Ye had wanted her to take a look at it. Shi Jian cautiously accepted it from Mama Ye’s hands. The bracelet was the same as when she had first seen it. There was no difference at all. It was a bracelet made of heavy glass jade and very transparent. Good jade was already priceless.
“Oh, let me pour you some water,” Mama Ye stood and went to the kettle.
Mama Ye didn’t know that the bottom of the kettle had already loosened and was just about to lift up.
Shi Jian looked up and saw that the bottom of the kettle was about to fall off. She shouted a warning, fiercely set down the bracelet and shot up from her seat.
With a clatter, the thermos interior of the kettle fell out and shattered into pieces. Because she had shouted for her to be careful, Mama Ye had reacted in time and did not get scalded.
But along with the interior of the kettle, the bracelet had also shattered. She had accidentally missed the coffee table.
The bracelet that Mama Ye was going to give Yi Biya had fallen onto the floor and broke into two pieces.
Her whole body went stiff.
For a moment, Shi Jian felt as if the kettle of water did not spill onto the floor, but onto her entire body. She could not speak. It was as if she went dumb.
This bracelet was much too expensive and also had sentimental value. Shi Jian couldn’t even say her apologies. She was completely blank, as if she was dissociating from this world. She only wanted to immediately escape. Because of this bracelet, she could not pay anything back no matter what happened.
She couldn’t pay back the money or the sentimental value.
How she wished that the hot water had spilled on herself instead. That way, she wouldn’t feel this uncomfortable apprehensiveness. After this unfortunate accident, Yi Pei came in after finishing his call.
All of the apologies afterwards were said by Yi Pei in her place.
Shi Jian only heard a buzz going by her ear. She didn’t dare raise her head, and didn’t dare look into Mama Ye’s eyes. Mama Ye smiled dryly and even comforted her that there was no problem.
There was no way it was no problem.
Ye Jiacheng came back from the office and brought his mother’s favorite rice noodles with him. He took off his jacket, and went into the lounge area wearing a black turtleneck. Seeing his mother sitting at the side wiping away tears, he felt exasperated inside. He calmly walked nearer and looked at his mother with a small smile in his eyes. He asked as if he was trying to cheer up a child: “Madam Ye, what happened?”
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