See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 76
Chapter 76 - “Mr.Ye, Goodbye.”
Ye Jiacheng came directly to the Yi Mao general office. Shi Jian’s work space was already cleared. Emily, who had started working again, followed after him and distantly reminded him: “President Yi, Shi Jian has already left.”
“Where did she go?” Ye Jiacheng’s voice was a bit shaky and a bit difficult to perceive.
“Abroad,” Emily replied briskly.
Ye Jiacheng turned. His heart seemed to tear apart. He could only see the truth if he cleaved through it like a butcher cutting meat. He would only truly understand his feelings when his tendons cramped and his bones stripped. The day they broke up, the little fox had told him: “I won’t go looking for you anymore. At most, I’ll just wait a little longer.”
How long had she been looking, and how long had she waited? She had finally stopped waiting. Ye Jiacheng was even happy for Shi Jian. She had finally stopped waiting. Ye Jiacheng had no way to imagine how brokenhearted she must have felt. From the two breakups up to now, she had been hurt by him again and again.
Was she upset?
Ye Jiacheng was very upset. His heart felt as if it had been chained up and forcefully pulled outwards. There were sharp pulses of pain and true heartache.
Ye Jiacheng seemed too…… Emily had originally wanted to get revenge for Shi Jian, but seeing Ye Jiacheng’s expression, she pursed her lip and told him: “Little Shi is only studying abroad. She probably hasn’t left yet.”
Ye Jiacheng was about to leave. Emily couldn’t help adding: “Last year when Shi Jian was in the office, she was working normally. But because she saw a text message, she fainted on the spot.”
Ye Jiacheng’s face went pale, like a white sheet.
Zhang Kai came out. It was also his first time seeing Ye Jiacheng like this. Madam Guo had hidden what happened when the Yi and Ye families met last night, but the news was still leaked. Madam Guo had suffered a great humiliation.
Outsiders could only guess about thirty percent of what happened in these kinds of things. Zhang Kai also didn’t dare to randomly guess what happened. He came over and said in his assistant tone: “President Ye, do you still have time? President Yi wants to see you.”
Yi Pei was on the rooftop of Yi Mao. When Ye Jiacheng arrived, Zhang Kai called Yi Pei to let him know. He said to Zhang Kai: “Invite Ye Jiacheng up for a moment.”
Ye Jiacheng had been to the rooftop of Yi Mao twice before. He didn’t expect to have a conversation with Yi Pei here. Yi Pei was steady, introverted, and had a powerful aura, so he was often praised by his father.
He was still the little fox’s superior. The little fox had joked before: “Don’t think that I’m only a small assistant. In the future, I’ll become a senior manager or something. Earning money to support a family won’t be an issue.”
“Oh, the little assistant has big ambitions.”
“How can the small sparrow predict the ambitions of the great swan?”
“Little fox, are you calling me a small sparrow?”
“No, you are an architect, an amazing architect……”
Ye Jiacheng thought he was intelligent about some things. He could not only become an amazing architect, but he could also rise in the real estate industry of A-City. What did he want to prove, and what had he proved?
Ye Jiacheng came. Yi Pei didn’t invite Ye Jiacheng to sit down; Yi Pei stood up. Yi Pei had also never thought they would meet like this. Since Yi Pei and her couldn’t be together, and he was the one person who knew her secret, he didn’t want to share at all.
Ye Jiacheng didn’t believe her. Yi Pei believed her. Wasn’t that right?
But in this world, there was nothing fair. In this word, definite fate existed. Shi Jian said to him extremely helplessly once: “President Yi, do you ever feel that…… husband and wife Ye Jiacheng and I have a lot of fate intertwined with your entire Yi family?”
He met her when she gave him the report on the Gelan City Project, she became his assistant, he fell in love with her. Then, Ye Jiacheng established Ye Mao, and he got together with Yi Biya……
But, was this all fate? Or were they simply tangled together? Some things had their own will. If the heavens had arranged all of this, then this destiny belonged to Ye Jiacheng, not him.
Yi Pei stood on the roof calmly. Some charms of men needed time to settle so that they could become impressive.
Ye Jiacheng stood beside Yi Pei and listened along. His mood had been going up and down. His hair had grown long quickly. With a gust of wind, all of it instantly curled backwards.
Yi Pei was being vague with what he was saying. Ye Jiacheng understood and asked questions.
“Even if it isn’t real, I would still believe it. I would hope that everything was real,” Ye Jiacheng said.
Yi Pei pursed his lips. He didn’t need to say what came after. He also didn’t want to wish him any artificial blessings. Only, he didn’t want to wish Ye Jiacheng happiness. He only wanted to wish Shi Jian happiness.
“Yi Pei, thank you,” Ye Jiacheng got ready to leave. His parting words were sincere and genuine.
Yi Pei: “No need.”
“Heh……” Ye Jiacheng’s lips quirked up. He was actually really jealous. He didn’t expect Yi Pei to be the person who cleared up the dense fog for him. He had always understood Yi Pei’s intentions for Shi Jian very clearly.
“Wait until Shi Jian and I get married. I’ll invite you to come eat wedding candies.” Ye Jiacheng said, only half joking.
“No need,” Yi Pei declined. He turned his head and said after a pause, “If that day truly comes, Shi Jian will invite me. You don’t need to.”
Ye Jiacheng went silent, then nodded slightly and accepted the words modestly.
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Shi Jian’s phone was stolen on the train. She could only call the Yang household from the payphone at the station. Tim answered the phone. He spoke a bit about how he was upset that she went traveling without him, but was quickly cheered up.
“Jane, how many more days are you out?” Tim asked.
“I’ll be back the day after tomorrow.”
“Alright, have fun.”
“Thanks……”
Tim hung up the phone and continued to play video games in Shi Jian’s room. There was a letter pressed under two books by her desk. Tim glanced at the letter and saw that it was addressed to Jiacheng Gege. He was very curious about what was inside.
But even if he was curious, he couldn’t open the letter.
Tim recalled what Uncle said last time and felt a little dejected. Jiacheng Gege was about to get married and there was no chance of him becoming his brother-in-law anymore.
Later that afternoon, Tim spotted Jiacheng Gege outside their door. He came to stand at the doorway and glared at Ye Jiacheng. A gust of fury boiled up in him. Jane had lied to him. She had always been feeling upset.
“TIm, I’m looking for your sister,” Ye Jiacheng said from outside, his eyes anxious.
Tim shook his head, “She’s not here.”
Ye Jiacheng wanted to continue asking, but Tim had already shut the door. Ye Jiacheng lowered his head: “Then do you know where she is?”
Tim didn’t want to say. A pair of eyes that were very similar to Shi Jian’s darted around, then he looked up and asked: “Are you marrying another young lady?”
“No……”
Tim didn’t believe him and asked: “You’re the one who doesn’t want Jane, right? You made her upset…… Isn’t that right?”
A child’s questions were the most blunt and also the most able to pierce into the heart.
Ye Jiacheng did not refute. Tim spoke seriously: “I don’t like you. We aren’t friends anymore.”
Last time on the plane, Ye Jiacheng had chatted with Tim about the beautiful earth and the profound universe. The both of them secretly became friends. Since Jane and Jiacheng Gege broke up, she had continued to say that Jiacheng Gege was a very good person. But why would a very good person not want Jane? Jane was also a very good person.
Shi Xiaoguang was very upset and angry. He told Ye Jiacheng: “Jane traveled to a city, Qin……lin. She will be back the day after tomorrow. Come back for her then.”
Tim spoke with starts and stops. He said the name “Qinglin” wrong because he wasn’t familiar with it. Tim mispronounced it, and Ye Jiacheng misheard it. Qin……lin. Where was that? Qinlin…… Ye Jiacheng, you are a dumbass scoundrel.
Ye Jiacheng’s heart seemed to drop like a stone.
Tim recalled that letter, and said after some hesitation: “Wait for a minute. There’s a letter that Jane seemed to address to you.”
Tim only recognized some Chinese characters. He gave the letter to Ye Jiacheng and asked worryingly: “Is it really for you?”
Ye Jiacheng read the address and the name, “Yes.”
“Open it and read it then. Tell me what it says, what Jane said to you.” Tim giving the letter to Ye Jiacheng made himself feel like a little mailman, and at the same time, Jane didn’t need to worry about sending it. At the same time, the letter was for Jiacheng Gege. He couldn’t open it even though he was curious, so he could only let Jiacheng read it and tell him the contents.
“Sorry……” Ye Jiacheng said to Tim, “I can’t tell you what it says.”
That night, Ye Jiacheng returned directly to Qinglin City. He read the letter on the plane, and it made his eyes redden.
Mama Ye had always said that her son didn’t have any tear glands. He seemed to dislike crying ever since he was born. When he was little, even when he was hit after doing something wrong, he didn’t cry or beg. “Do you think he needs forgiveness? I think he has no remorse at all,” Father Ye thought differently. He understood his son more.
Yes, Ye Jiacheng practically had no regret at all throughout his childhood. This was his first time tasting regret. The pain had already seeped into his bones.
“Jiacheng, think of this letter as if we are speaking face to face. I don’t know when you’ll see this, or if you’ll see this at all. If you see this letter, please believe me. I am telling you this with utmost sincerity. I think this letter will probably never end up in your hands, so I will start to speak now. Do you still remember when we broke up last year? I told you that you are my lover, and you guessed that my lover is an architect. I must regretfully inform you that you have only guessed half of it right……”
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In Qinglin City, Shi Jian was standing in an ancient jade store. The boss asked her whether there was anything she liked. She shook her head and asked: “Boss, do you have a treasure of the shop here?”
The first time Mr.Ye brought her to this area, he had also asked the boss this same question. “This is my girlfriend. What’s the best thing you have? The best thing is your treasure of the shop.” When the two of them walked out, Shi Jian showed off the lifelike little lion for Mr.Ye. It was a very beautiful treasure of the store.
Presently, the boss didn’t have the treasure of the store yet, and didn’t have the little lion.
Shi Jian returned to the hotel. She walked by the Linwan Bridge that Ye Jiacheng had carried her across. It was about eight or nine at night. The Linwan Bridge was still very lively. Below the tall metal bridge was a wide river, clear and reflective. She tucked herself into her coat and walked across halfway. She stopped and looked up at the stars. “In a tranquil summer sky, the star is dotted full of stars……” She was on Mr.Ye’s back, and suddenly made a suggestion, “What do you think of calling our future baby Diandian?”
Ye Jiacheng disembarked the plane. He had gone back to Qinglin City in the night. He got into a blue taxi, then made many calls. As long as she was in Qinglin City, he definitely would be able to find her. He had carefully folded up Shi Jian’s letter after he finished reading it and put it into his coat pocket.
“Jiacheng, I regret that I can’t be together with you. Because I said so much, are you going to feel regret too? Or maybe a little upset? But it’s all unimportant. I loved you, longed for you, waited for you…… enough.
Maybe time really was very important when two people are together. Otherwise, why would they say “right time, right person”? So if you feel regret after reading this letter, I wish you won’t. Also, don’t be upset. In this world, many “right persons” will appear. It's the same for you and for me. Alright, even though I don’t want to admit it, Ms.Yi is very warm and good, right?”
The next day, Shi Jian went to a place in Qinglin City called “Haijiao”. After she and Mr.Ye got married, Haijiao1 had already been very well developed as a tourist area. At the time, they were afraid there would be too many people, so Mr.Ye brought her here in the nighttime.
The two of them laid on the beach and watched the stars in the middle of the night. The universe was big, and the heart was small. Mr.Ye suddenly stood up: “Shi Jian, are you daring enough to yell like this?”
“Like what?”
“Just like this.” Ye Jiacheng faced the water and loudly yelled, “Shi Jian, I love you! Shi Jian, I love you……”
She didn’t yell. The first time she saw Mr.Ye’s childish side, she couldn’t help bursting out laughing. But Mr.Ye had yelled it, and she didn’t. Mr.Ye said it wasn’t fair. She thought of a way to compromise. She stood on her tiptoes and whispered: “Ye Jiacheng, I also love you.”
Shi Jian sat on the rocky shore and didn’t move for a long time. Her surroundings were very quiet. There was almost no one around. She nearly spent all afternoon there and the sun was about to set. She was finally about to leave. All her good memories would be kept in her heart in the future. She wouldn’t forget them and she wouldn’t throw them away. She also wouldn’t deny them. She would collect them all like treasures, and go on to live a proper life.
If there was anything to let go of, it would be only regret.
Ye Jiacheng’s bright and pleasant voice rang out by her ear unceasingly, “Shi Jian, I love you.” Again and again, as if it was the world’s best thing to yell out.
“Shi Jian, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you……”
Shi Jian started to cry. It was as if Mr.Ye was standing right in front of her. She saw his pretty eyebrows, his straight posture, his lively expression. He unceasingly yelled to her, “Shi Jian, I love you.”
She felt that his freeness, his warmth, as well as his admiration.
“Sorry,” Shi Jian finally said the words aloud softly, because her response was, “Mr.Ye, goodbye.”
Mr.Ye, goodbye.
Diandian, goodbye.
When she said her sincere goodbyes, all of her emotions surged upward like an ocean wave. It seemed to be able to engulf and drown her. If the regrets that she couldn’t resolve became a kind of binding, then she would break free of it. If those deep oaths of love became beliefs that she couldn’t keep, then she would destroy those beliefs.
Shi Jian sat at the shore and said aloud those repressed words: “Mr.Ye, goodbye.”
Mr.Ye, goodbye!
Diandian, goodbye!
Ye Jiacheng, goodbye!
Farewells were always painful. Shi Jian cried, her tears flowing incessantly. The person standing behind her also cried. He had short hair, an elegant face, and was wearing a coat with a high collar.
In this moment, Ye Jiacheng wholly felt the little fox’s deep emotions, her suffering, and understood every word she’d said before. Her eyes revealed love, as well as her confidence and cautiousness that came from who knew where.
Ye Jiacheng cried so hard he couldn’t be himself. Then he fiercely clamped his jaw on his hand, without any expression.
Sorry, Shi Jian. Sorry, little fox.
Sorry, he had dithered too long, and came too late.
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