See You Again (Time Already Knows) - Chapter 81
Chapter 81 - This Was 2016, The Day That Shi Jian Flew To Japan.
She fell into an endless abyss, as if time was whistling by her ear. It was just like a white steed galloping through a crevice.1 Could time be recovered? Could it? Didn’t time rewind ten years for her? Didn’t she know a lot of things? She didn’t want ten years. She only wanted to know about things a little earlier. A little earlier was all she needed.
The sky could be repaired, the sea could be refilled, and the Southern Mountain could be moved. The days passed by, but could not be recovered.
Could she get another miracle? She definitely wouldn’t appear in front of Ye Jiacheng ahead of time again, definitely not. She didn’t dare to differentiate by even a second……
She Jian kept falling deeper in the abyss, and then sunk into a dazzling light. Shi Jian lifted her head…… Bright shining sunlight fell upon her, making her dizzy and warm. She retrieved her clothes from the terrace and folded them as she returned inside the cool room. Just as she was packing her luggage, the doorbell rang. There was a package that she needed to sign off on. She signed off on the package from the hospital and answered a call from Ye Jiacheng at the same time.
Shi Jian answered her cellphone. Ye Jiacheng’s cheerful voice immediately rang out, “Baby, have you eaten lunch?”
How annoying; she was busy. Shi Jian replied, “Yes.”
“What did you have?”
Shi Jian didn’t want to elaborate, but still said, “……The dumplings that the auntie left yesterday.”
“How time-saving…… I just knew it.” Ye Jiacheng’s tone was indulgent and helpless, “Ready to go?”
“I haven’t finished packing yet.”
“You’re dilly-dallying.”
“Ye Jiacheng, I have my own schedule……” Shi Jian explained herself. She walked to their shared closet and asked, “Do you have a formal suit for tomorrow’s banquet? Should I bring a set for you? ……Alright, do you want black, navy, or grey?”
“They’re all about the same. My wife should pick.”
Ye Jiacheng had a gentlemanly face, but his clothing style had always been wearing whatever he wished. He didn’t have too many standards. Shi Jian quickly chose a suit and spoke on the phone at the same time. She spoke sweet words unhurriedly: “How annoying. Husband looks good in whatever he wears. It’s so hard to decide!”
Ye Jiacheng accepted her flattery and then solved her difficulty for her: “Then pair it with the color of your dress.”
This was 2016, the day that Shi Jian flew to Japan.
……
All kinds of sounds whizzed past her ear. Then, it all turned into the wail of an ambulance’s sirens, impatient and frenetic. She also heard the doctor’s confirmation of death: “Record the time of death. The deceased is Ye Jiacheng, male……”
“The condition of the woman should still be stable…… Rescue Unit!”
Then after some amount of time, Shi Jian suddenly felt that she had returned to the past, then jumped back to the present, and finally the silent and still abyss.
“It’s hard to say when the patient will wake up. Her vitality is very weak. The success of the surgery still needs to go along with……” A doctor’s voice once again faintly flowed through her brain.
A person who had fallen into an abyss would always pray for someone to pull them back up. Only right now, Shi Jian really didn't want someone to pull her up. She wished she could sleep forever and never wake.
Her world became quiet. Then, there was a little bit of sound that she thought was very noisy, very annoying. It was so annoying that she was about to go mad.
She didn’t want to wake up. Don’t wake up. She would rather live forever in her own world. Many people came and went from the hospital room. No one mentioned Ye Jiacheng. It was like they were deliberately planning her escape, until a voice entered her hopeless world.
No one mentioned Ye Jiacheng. Only Yi Pei said by her ear in a pressuring tone: “Shi Jian, if you don’t want to see Ye Jiacheng one last time, then wake up.”
One last time, one last time……
Yi Pei used the most heartless method to compel her. Clearly, he was the most knowledgeable about her and Ye Jiacheng’s married relationship. For a moment, Shi Jian was annoyed with Yi Pei. At the same time, a little bit of hope arose within her. A tiny, vague hope.
Yi Pei was so powerful. Could he save Ye Jiacheng? Didn’t he like her? She would be with him, as long as he could save Ye Jiacheng……
When a person despaired for enough time, they didn’t have wisdom anymore, let alone the benevolence and sober consciousness that arose from the heart’s wisdom. Shi Jian was saved, but she had lost her wisdom.
Then, when she would wake up and when she would be recovered became unknown.
Could Shi Jian still revert to that humorous and optimistic Shi Jian? Zhang Kai really didn’t know, and he didn’t know how Shi Jian could face the future after she woke up.
Yes, the future. Ye Jiacheng didn’t have a future anymore. She still had a long future.
Zhang Kai felt that he, an aging old man, couldn’t accept this sudden grievous news. In the face of parting forever, even the most powerful person couldn’t save a desperate situation. Someone such as Yi Pei, or Ye Jiacheng himself.
Zhang Kai hated that southern wolf, but also couldn’t help but admire the man.
Zhang Kai had always disliked Ye Jiacheng, not only because Ye Jiacheng worked together with Yi Qindong, but also Ye Jiacheng’s aura of looking down on others was especially unpleasant to him. In the end, when he learned that Shi Jian got back together with Ye Jiacheng, Zhang Kai even loathed Shi Jian. Was Ye Jiacheng the only man in this world? Ye Jiacheng hurt her heart and lungs, yet she was still deeply attached.
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With these kinds of feelings, if an outsider couldn’t understand them, then they would look down upon them. But, Ye Jiacheng was indeed the protagonist out of all men. He was handsome, intelligent, and elegant. He had a kind face and a cold heart. Only, was he heartless but appeared caring, or was he caring but appeared heartless?
Ye Jiacheng had a personality of caring father figures. In the final critical moment, he used the most caring way to save Shi Jian’s life.
Did he sob with sadness? Did he sigh in regret? Was he moved?
Bystanders only tasted a little bit of these feelings, then sighed in sorrow. They weren’t the people implicated in the situation. They only felt pity or upset for a moment, then it was over for them. The few nurses at the hospital all sighed in sorrow after learning what happened. A couple of them even stealthily brushed some tears away. Their sorrow and pain was real, but they could all anticipate the date they had with their boyfriend after they left work.
Then they thought of Shi Jian in the hospital. The nurses all cherished the happiness that they had even more. Even though their boyfriends weren’t handsome or rich, or even if their boyfriends didn’t love them as much, these things somehow became less important. The most important thing was that they were still together with their boyfriends. They could still hold hands, kiss, and watch movies together. They could quarrel, get angry, and even break up.
Even though the bystanders sighed in sorrow, life still went on as usual. This was life for the doctors and nurses in the hospital. This was life for ordinary friends and family. Of course, this was life for Zhang Kai as well.
After Shi Jian’s accident, Zhang Kai’s life was still similar to before, only he got busier. Everyday, he worked, answered calls, attended meetings, and ran all kinds of errands and business for Yi Pei. The Yi family gradually became more chaotic. Many things had to be prepared ahead of time.
Occasionally when he had time, he would still go have a drink and dance at a bar. When he thought of Shi Jian, he could only sigh in helplessness. She really was a pitiful person. Being a friend, if he could make life better for her, he was definitely willing to help.
But, how could he help? Comfort and accompany her? She needed neither of those…… He really couldn’t do anything. So he could only relax and put away his pitying emotions.
Zhang Kai thought that if he was like this, then A-Pei would probably also be like this.
After Shi Jian’s accident, Yi Qindong returned to Ye Mao once again. He planned to change the name. Originally, Ye Jiacheng held the majority of stocks in Ye Mao. In the end, Ye Jiacheng transferred most of the stocks he had at hand to Yi Mao Real Estate. At the time, Ye Jiacheng was selling his own stocks in a hurry. The reason was unclear, and he didn’t release any information. But Yi Qindong was a seller. Of course Zhang Kai knew that Ye Jiacheng was selling his stocks and wanted to split apart from Yi Qindong. As for the reason why, he didn’t know.
Just like how the investigation of the car crash had no results.
Should a lawsuit on economic disputes be filed? But Mama Ye and Father Ye didn’t want to file these kinds of lawsuits.
The Ye family didn’t want the Ye Mao business. Zhang Kai also had no other ideas. Using Mayor Ye’s words: as long as his son was alive, no matter how big his operations were, he would help sort it out. Now that his son was dead, he, Ye Qingde, wasn’t willing to worry about anything related to his son anymore.
He really meant that he wasn’t willing. Ye Jiacheng passed away. Contrary to expectations, Mayor Ye hated his son. Really. Hated.
Zhang Kai had seen two faces of Mayor Ye: once when he was meeting him with Yi Pei, and once when he was inquiring about transferring the stocks. The people on their side wanted to buy all the stocks Ye Jiacheng had left. Mayor Ye rejected taking care of this business, and didn’t even trust it with the lawyer.
They didn’t need the money that Ye Jiacheng left. Not a bit.
Even though they didn’t take care of this, in their hearts, their son was still proper and well. They didn’t need to face this and didn’t need to be reminded that they’d lost their son.
Mama Ye and Father Ye were like this. Shi Jian was also like this, maybe with an even stronger feeling.
Contrary to expectation, the person who often came to visit Shi Jian was Mama Ye. The two most important women in Ye Jiacheng’s life: one was his mother who birthed him, and the other was the woman he was willing to invest his life into. The final time Zhang Kai went to the hospital, he saw Mama Ye sitting by Shi Jian silently, and his steps slowed, but he didn’t dare enter.
They were all trying to resist the sadness. Who liked tearing up?
Zhang Kai didn’t dare go inside, and Gao Yanfei was the same. Gao Yanfei was Ye Jiacheng’s best friend, and he was also a wealthy prince who liked to put on airs. He had also studied architecture and design.
The two of them made friends and drank together. When they were about finished drinking, Gao Yanfei said with a light laugh, “When the little fox was going abroad, I even wanted to go after her and continue to dig the hole my good brother is in. Ai, how come my brother isn’t here anymore? Unexpectedly, he is blocking me……”
Zhang Kai also chuckled and asked, “You still like Shi Jian? The kind of like that a man has for a woman?”
Gao Yanfei said nothing. He was about to punch some people.
Indeed, it was a senseless, dull, and harsh sentence. But Zhang Kai was really just curious, because he couldn’t figure out A-Pei’s feelings right now.
A man wanted to possess a woman because she was smart, beautiful, magnanimous, kind, and all sorts of other reasons that were moving. If a woman suddenly lost all her radiance, even all her love was used up and left with the death of her lover.
Would this man still continue to be moved? Would he continue to long for her?
Zhang Kai thought maybe not. A man’s longing for a woman originated in being moved. If the key factor of being moved was gone, would the longing still be there?
Being honest, humans would ponder over it, even if they didn’t weigh the pros and cons, and they would still back out of awkward situations. Even though they still had a little bit of love left in their heart, they might not be moved anymore. They might as well return to being friends. Then, they should help as much as they are capable of. No more, no less.
Sometimes, heartache was one thing, and being emotionally moved was another.
Five months had passed, and Shi Jian was still like this. Zhang Kai’s heart ached for Shi Jian. At the same time, he was overjoyed that A-Pei had finally put away his intentions.
At night, Zhang Kai accompanied Yi Pei to a charity banquet. Yi Pei had to make appearances in the media a lot recently. Even though he didn’t like it, he still had to show his face and attend these charity events.
Many female celebrities were present at tonight’s charity banquet. Zhang Kai feasted his eyes on the clothing, fragrances, hairstyles, and the scene of the event. Female celebrities were just incomparable. Each one had a bright and radiant beauty, smiled prettily, and had presence in all directions.
Sitting next to Yi Pei was a female economics news anchor with a very good public image. She was beautiful and humorous, and her eyes had a familiar proud quality.
Zhang Kai was reminded of Shi Jian, the Shi Jian from before.
This world wasn't lacking in beautiful people, and wasn’t lacking in attractive personalities. There were also many pretty girls possessing both qualities. Only, they’ve lost one Shi Jian.
“President Yi, can you sign an autograph for me?” The female celebrity handed over a pen and notebook, “I look up to you very much.”
Other people were all going after female celebrities, girlfriend went after a male entrepreneur for his signature. Sure enough, there were idols in every profession.
Yi Pei glanced at this female celebrity, took the pen and notebook, and politely signed his name on the second page to which the notebook was flipped open.
This world was neither lacking a Shi Jian, nor a Ye Jiacheng. Only, whatever was unrivaled and unmatched, even if other people were better, Shi Jian only lacked a Ye Jiacheng.
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