44 How Capable of You (2/2)
”Perhaps she's great in bed.”
”Maybe,” said Jin Qingyue, covering her mouth with her hand as she giggled.
The pair spent the day at the hotel and settled their meals by calling for room service. After an entire day of clinging on to each other, they checked out of the hotel in the evening, all rejuvenated and energized.
”It's only seven something now. I have about two to three hours more until my curfew. Shall we go to the dance club?”
”Sure.” Shi Shaochuan then brought her to the most popular dance club in town, and they entered, hand in hand.
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Just as Long Tianze and Jin Qingyan took a seat, the cheerful expression on Long Tianze began to dissipate all of a sudden. ”Hey, look who's there,” he said.
A sullen look formed on Jin Qingyan's face as he turned..
They were greeted with the sight of Jin Qingyue holding onto the arm of An Xiaoning's ex-husband with one hand while grasping his hand with the other.
Long Tianze was not too familiar with Shi Shaochuan, though Jin Qingyan had recognized him right away, simply for the fact that he was his wife's ex-husband. It was only natural for Shi Shaochuan to be deeply etched in Jin Qingyan's memory because the latter had once investigated about him in secret.
Not noticing them at first, Jin Qingyue walked towards their direction. She stopped in her tracks the very moment she saw them. ”Yueyue, what's the matter?” asked Shi Shaochuan.
”I just saw my brother here. Perfect, let's go say hi, you're going to meet him sooner or later anyway,” said Jin Qingyue as she continued to walk towards them.
”Where is your brother?”
”Over there, in front of us.”
Shi Shaochuan received a great shock the moment Jin Qingyue pulled him forward.
What was he thinking? He would never have expected for her brother to be Jin Qingyan, his ex-wife's current husband!
”Brother, this is my boyfriend.”
Noticing how startled he was, Jin Qingyue gave him a tug and urged, ”Quick, say 'Hi' to my brother.”
”H… hello.”
Jin Qingyan shot them a deadly glance and sneered, ”How capable of my wife's ex-husband, to have become my sister's boyfriend in the blink of an eye.”
Upon hearing his words, Long Tianze knew straight away who Shi Shaochuan was. ”Brother, what are you saying?” asked a confused Jin Qingyue.
”Why don't you get him to explain?” said Jin Qingyan coldly. He stood up and left instantly. Long Tianze stared at Jin Qingyue and Shi Shaochuan deeply, then left together with Jin Qingyan.
As if she had been struck by lightning, Jin Qingyue finally realized what was going on and turned to ask him, ”You're actually sister-in-law's ex-husband?”
”Well, I didn't know you were his sister,” said Shi Shaochuan, who was struck dumb and at a loss for words for a clear explanation. With stirred feelings, he hurriedly chased after Jin Qingyue, who had stomped off quickly.
He caught up to Jin Qingyue outside the dance club and profusely tried to explain himself, ”Yueyue, hear me out. I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's just that that marriage meant nothing to me at all. Our relationship is what matters the most to me now.”
”You actually hid such a serious matter from me. Why do you have to be my sister-in-law's ex-husband? Think about it, will my parents approve of our relationship when they find out?” said an exasperated Jin Qingyue. She had thought that she had finally found true love, yet it turned out to be not only a second marriage but also…
”You think I wanted this? I swear I don't want to have anything to do with An Xiaoning at all. Yueyue, I love you. Although we haven't known each other for long, you make me really happy. Don't get angry, let's talk about it calmly. Though I was married to An Xiaoning for two years, I've never been intimate with her,” Shi Shaochuan continued to explain.
”Never?” asked Jin Qingyue, startled at his confession.
”Never. So we're only married in name. I've never been intimate with her because I didn't want to treat it like a real marriage. If it hadn't been for my grandfather who insisted I marry her, I would've never given in.”