Vol 2 Chapter 20 (2/2)
The sky was still dark when Zheng Wei awoke fro consciousness She close her eyes again and lay still, but Lin Jing surprisingly wasn’t asleep either Zheng Wei felt hi not to wake her, get out of bed and walk outside to the bedroom terrace
She thought she heard the sound of a lighter, and after, the faint smell of smoke from the direction of the terrace drifted towards her She had never known that Lin Jing smoked
Just like that waft of sently lay back down next to her, turned off the light next to the bed and tucked her in Just as sleep was about to claim her, she felt his lips softly and carefully kiss her brow, leaving behind a faint smell of smoke
Zheng Wei re slowly evened out Maybe she would never tell hientle forehead kiss A tear flowed down and dropped soundlessly on the pillow, and finally, this tear was completely unrelated to her sorrow
No ered him and asked, “Do you love me,” and no matter how many times he replied in the affirmative, none of theentleness, this kiss which had nothing to do with desire At thisto believe that the man beside her loved her, when all was said and done It didn’t matter how deep this love was, it didn’t s Love was love, and there was no doubt about it
Daybreak finally arrived and Zheng Wei awoke on an unfamilar bed The pillow beside her was already e at the thin slit in-between thecurtains letting in sunlight The sun would come out every day, but for people, sometimes once they left, they would never return
When Lin Jing pushed the door open he was already neatly dressed Seeing that she ake, he sat beside the bed and passed her cellphone to her, saying, “Call in to take the day off, you can’t go back to work this way”
Zheng Wei knew that he was right Zhou Qu wasn’t there, so she called to the director of the reed that at this tiht be best if she didn’t come in to work
“Want to keep sleeping or do you want to eat so asked
“I still want to sleep, you should go to work now If I leave I’ll make sure to lock the door for you”
“No need, I took the day off too”
“I’m really okay, you don’t need to specially stay here to keep me company”
“Do I need to adht, and also received a fright, for you to understand that I also need to rest?”
Zheng Wei finally smiled, then closed her eyes and lay back down In her half-awake, half-asleep state, it was as if she heard his phone ring uely, she heard hiht that he probably turned incoing again All she kneas that he would alalk to the terrace to receive phone calls
After finishi+ng the last of the phone calls, Lin Jing walked into the bedroo Wei had already sat up
“Not gonna sleep more?” He smiled and said
Zheng Wei honestly said, “Your phone is really noisy”
Lin Jing helplessly said, “Recently there’ve beenon”
“They probably have to do with Er Fen”
He didn’t deny it
Zheng Wei’s eyelashes quivered and she said, “Lin Jing, you didn’t callto do with me anymore”
Lin Jing said, “I think that it would be good if eren’t together during this time We all say that there’s a clear line between the company and our personal lives, but to actually make a clear distinction is pretty hard There’s a lot of pressure on me about Er Fen’s case; everyday there are people fro me with all sorts of intentions and purposes I can understand that you’re worried for Zhou Qu Right nohat I can tell you is that at the moment, the problems that we’ve found with Er Fen’s accounts aren’t super serious, and Feng De Sheng is also a very loyal person He himself has stepped forward to shoulder a lot of the blame, so his punishment is unavoidable On Zhou Qu’s side, if there isn’t anymore evidence put forward about the financial records, his proble You can rest assured”
“To be honest, you don’t have to tellWei said
Lin Jing smiled and said, “That day after I returned from your place, ry too I ad Jian’s case did I realize soh That ether with you wasn’t impossible I’ or sorab on and I won’t let go So, even if I didn’t ’s wife, I had already planned to go look for you sometime Of course, I know that my identity makes it pretty convenient forwas ive up so easily”
Zheng Wei was a bit surprised, but she didn’t try to question him further and quietly listened to him continue “To a man, one’s career is extres in our hearts which we need to cherish carefully too I already said that I wasn’t a perfect guy, but I’s to furtheryou was the best choice, but I still regretted it And this kind of regret deepened as the years went by when I didn’t see you or hear any news about you at all I want the person ill spend the rest of their life with me to be you If this isn’t love, then I don’t knohat love is I don’t have the guts to tell you that I would die for you or anything along those lines, but I proive you happiness and protect you completely”
Zheng Wei didn’t say anything, and Lin Jing’s heart felt a bit unsure, as if all of his past feelings of failure and powerlessness were all originating fro if saying these kinds of things was too early; how could he have ers do when they’re in love So, he chose to step back and said, “Of course, what I’ how I feel about this, if you don’t want to change e have noe can ain, then I won’t have to say things like this again It really hurtnow, you’d better say so this calm”
(Note: “that” – I think this refers to work stuff, like to do with Er Fen’s case Or maybe it’s questions about whether he loves her… I don’t even know Also, when I wrote “it really hurtthat those kinds of things can hurt people’s feelings, because in Chinese you don’t really need pronouns sometimes But, he doesit outright (which is kinda aard) like what I have written here)
Zheng Wei turned her head towards hi over what you’ve just said To be honest, the feeling of getting a confession right after waking up is pretty nice” Once she was done speaking she began to look intently around his room
Lin Jing let out his breath, excitedly grabbed her hand which was resting on top of the blanket and asked, “What are you looking at?”
Zheng Wei said, “Lin Jing, I really admire you, your room is actually so clean and spotless, yet when you cole reaction”
Lin Jing laughed and said, “Aren’t I just doing what I’arding everything else, that bed of yours with make my arthritis appear 20 years earlier”
– “When in Rome, do what Romans do”
Zheng Wei slowly rested her head on Lin Jing’s shoulder and let out a long sigh
Ruan Ruan, sometimes ant is really just a shoulder we can lean upon