Chapter 10 Part3 (1/2)
Jia He and Teacher Yi are taking turns to s.h.i.+ne. Last time she was the one who declared her trust and also KO'd Tian Chu. This time, Teacher Yi brings girly squeals. Too many things he says and does in this update that I love.
Chapter 10.3 — The Ex and the Ex (3)
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While she was still staring stupidly, Yi Wenze walked out and addressed her. ”Jia He.”
She turned her head to look at him. The door had not yet closed behind him. The people inside the room chitchatting and toasting one another were like a noisy backdrop. And he, in front of that backdrop, was gazing at her. Because he had consumed alcohol, his eyes seemed cloaked in a floating layer of light, and they were riveted like this on her.
In this instant, she finally realized why she liked him.
It was because his eyes were always so very focused. So long as he was looking at you, there would be nothing else, not even any other shadows, inside them.
”Going now?” Wu Zhilun looked at him in surprise.
Yi Wenze stepped over. ”You go ahead and continue. I'm going to bring Jia He back.” And then, his motions natural, he took her hand.
Jia He suddenly remembered that Tian Chu was still in the washroom and if she came out and ran into them like this, it would be even more awkward. Hence, Jia He, tilting her face up to look at him, simply stated, ”Let's go now.”
Before Yi Wenze could speak, Wu Zhilun lifted his lips into a broad smile and asked him in a low voice, ”Do you know what Harmonious Family Prospers said?” All Jia He could feel was that her head was buzzing. She honestly just wanted to stuff this guy back through the door, burn his corpse, and completely destroy all the evidence.
Luckily for her, Yi Wenze did not show any interest, merely smiling and slapping the cap onto Wu Zhilun's head. ”Don't drink too much.”
Grinning, Wu Zhilun gave him a light shove and then looked down at Jia He. ”Even though Ze graduated from architecture school, he actually has a good brain for financial management. You can rest a.s.sured that you absolutely won't need to support the family and pay back debts.” With that, he reached a hand up, twisted the cap to the side so that the brim was at an angle, and then very suavely sauntered past Yi Wenze into the room.
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Even when they were in the car, Yi Wenze did not follow up and ask her the meaning of Wu Zhilun's words.
It was actually Jia He who was rather preoccupied, Tian Chu's remark continuously running through her head. Inside the washroom, she had spoken out of self-defense, so of course she had needed to make up a bunch of reasons to make herself seem strong. However, was that remark not the same thought that would occasionally pop up in her own mind? When all was said and done, she still had questions and things that she did not understand, still had misgivings and fears.
She suddenly very pathetically discovered that, actually, all this time she had been preparing herself for being broken up with.
Some sort of accident had occurred up ahead. Traffic was a mess, jammed up like a pot of rice porridge. There were constantly drivers stepping out to have a look and also people honking their horns furiously, impatiently trying to rush others. Finding this all very strident, Jia He tried turning up the volume of the music, but still this was unable to drown out the din outside. Time pa.s.sed like this for a while until Yi Wenze spoke up first, asking a question. ”Is something troubling you?”
All right, it's time to lay things out in the open. If you have any questions, just ask them.
Though she wrestled with herself about it, she still spoke what was on her mind. ”I was thinking, why do you like me?”
She reckoned that in some corner of this city, someone else was definitely asking this same question. The frequency of these words playing out is second only to ”I love you” and ”Let's break up.” Most people, in order to verify how much they are loved, will constantly ask things like ”What about me is so good? Why did you fall in love with me?” But she genuinely wanted to know why Yi Wenze, someone who had been surrounded by all sorts of excellent, outstanding women for more than a decade, would fall for her?
This circle that they were in was simply too florid and ostentatious.
Jia He had thought he would mull over this with seriousness for a bit, but to her surprise, he actually chuckled and glanced at her. Very slowly, he stated, ”If we judge based on normal standards, you have a harmonious family and also a pretty good career, and you also have the ability to pay a house mortgage and buy a car.”
Jia He's jaw fell open and she gaped at him, wis.h.i.+ng with all her might that she could throw open the door and run from there. What kind of darned restaurant was that? Its soundproofing couldn't be that bad, right? …
So did that mean everyone in the room had heard her?!
Unfortunately for her, he soon added the last sentence: ”If one day in the future I go bankrupt from investment failure, I might be able to rely on you to support the family and pay back the debts.”
The racket outside and the silence inside the car were like fire and ice, two extremes. She suddenly felt hot, then the next second was cold, and she dared not look at him anymore. She only felt that she had humiliated herself all the way to Siberia.
”Tian Chu called my mobile and deliberately let me listen in.”
So that meant he was the only one who heard?
She exhaled a pent-up breath. Her heart, though, felt no relief and actually grew heavier.
It turned out… they still had such a good relations.h.i.+p.
The road ahead had cleared already. One after the other, cars began moving. It seemed that this was not any sort of good time to talk.
Her gaze floated from the side of his face to the steering wheel, and then she completely pulled it back. In the end, however, she still could not restrain herself, and softly she said one sentence: ”I think I might be jealous.”
Quiet. Very quiet. He did not speak.
The seat belt was a bit tight and made her a little uncomfortable. Jia He reached a hand over to loosen it slightly. Then, sitting herself up straight and facing forward, she fixed her eyes on the flow of vehicles in front of them. Had she been too frank? To actually even state that she was jealous… After they had turned onto a different road, Yi Wenze finally picked up his mobile phone, tapped around on it a couple of times, and casually handed it to her.
He isn't joking, is he? He's letting me go through and check up on him?
Jia He gazed blankly at him, not expecting that this would be his reaction, and did not dare take it. At last giving a chuckle, Yi Wenze told her, ”Go ahead and look.”
That smile was very warm. Outside, a light happened to flash by, s.h.i.+ning a beam of white between them.
She wavered for a moment before taking the phone from him, lowering her head, and looking at it. Displayed on that light-blue screen was the outgoing call log. It was a long, long name list, but there were only the same two words—”Jia He.”
”I don't really like making personal phone calls. If there is work, I still mainly just take phone calls.” His gaze on her was earnest. ”Does this make you feel a little better?”
How can I feel good about this? she thought gloomily.
He was so open and forthright. That just made her seem too small-minded and petty…
And then that very gracious and forthright person continued, ”Workwise, she and I don't really have any interaction. If you truly do mind, I will forward her calls directly to Qing's mobile.”
That would be too unreasonable… She had not even taken things to such an extreme with Gu Yu.
If she really did request things to be that way, wouldn't that mean she had become like a magistrate who sets houses on fire?
”No, that's okay. That's too hurtful.”
”To me, you are very important.” He stated this as a certainty, like it was a definition.
He did not use ”more important,” meaning there was no intent at all to even compare.