Chapter 18: The Meaning of One Month (1/2)

“I swear I owe you from my previous life!”

Chu Ge scolded angrily as he entered the house, wiping the water droplets off his face.

Chu Ge was completely drenched. He looked miserably at Yan Jin and Xiao Yu with grievances written all over his face.

“You made me wait for five damn minutes! Do you know how heavy the rain was out there?! I even took leave on purpose today just to come here and guess what happened?!”

Xiao Yu cowered to pretend that he was dead.

Yan Jin suggested, “It’s okay. The weather’s hot, you’ll dry up fast under the air-conditioner.”

“What the fuck?”

“No one asked you not to bring an umbrella.”

“I drove my car here. I thought that it was only a few steps from the car to your doorsteps and hence I did not take the umbrella. Who the hell would have guessed that you wouldn’t open the door?!”

Yan Jin shrugged his shoulders: “That’s okay. Lesson learned, remember to bring an umbrella next time.”

Chu Ge was pissed beyond words: “At least give me a dry set of clothes.”

“I just happen to have one. It’s on the table. Your cousin gave it to me.”

Saying that ‘It’s on the table’ wasn’t exactly the right description – the gift box with the clothes in it was actually lying pitifully underneath the table… which was the floor. The gift box was already open and revealed a striped blouse inside. With one glance, you could tell that it was conveniently discarded by Yan Jin who was too lazy to pick it up after it had fallen off the table.

Chu Ge widened his eyes as he asked in shock, “Who gifted it?”

Yan Jin repeated, “Your cousin, Nan Chan.”

“Fuck. Who gave her the guts?” Chu Ge mumbled then continued, “Not even giving up until now, she’s truly unreasonable¹.”

“Otherwise, why would she be named Nan Chan?” Yan Jin gave an insightful conclusion.

Chu Ge smirked coldly: “You don’t have to give me face, just torture them any way you like.”

“No worries, I have not spared them since the beginning.”

Nan Chan’s name sounded familiar to Xiao Yu, but he was not too bothered by it. However, when he saw the blouse that Chu Ge changed into, Xiao Yu then noticed the famous brand that sparkled before him and it reminded him of who ‘Nan Chan’ was.

SI’s main business was in the jewelry industry, but they did quite well in the clothing design industry as well. Xiao Yu was close with the designer in the clothing design department and had coincidentally replaced one of the designers to participate in S City’s new clothing launch exposition. At that exposition, the fashion industry’s most famous luxurious clothing brand, NN, who was also the successor of Nan’s financial group, gave a speech as the organizing company. The speech was made by a beautiful young lady that was only twenty-one, so she stole the attention of all the men at the venue.

That girl was Nan Chan.

Nan Chan was Chu Ge’s cousin? Then what identity did Chu Ge have?

Xiao Yu couldn’t recall all the big shots whose surname was Chu, but since he was related to Nan Chan, then Chu Ge’s status was basically at the same level. The only difference was probably the degree of wealth and reputation that Chu Ge had.

The fashion industry was neither too big nor too small. People like Yan Jin were well-known amongst everyone in the scene. Nan Chan was slightly less famous because even though she had a solid family background, her personal capability was not overly impressive enough for people to talk about her enthusiastically. But that was not the case for Chu Ge – if he was a big shot and had a good relationship with Yan Jin, it was impossible for Xiao Yu to not have heard of him before.

Yet the truth was, Xiao Yu had indeed not heard of any person named Chu Ge before.

Xiao Yu wondered if there was a scandalous story behind Chu Ge’s birth, and then he imagined what kind of ‘get-rich’ methods the Nan and Chu family had passed down to their descendants. Suddenly, Xiao Yu recalled that Chu Ge was the Yan’s family doctor, Teacher Fang’s disciple behind closed doors – his heart started racing even faster.

Was this the modern version of ‘If you don’t become a doctor then don’t come back to inherit our wealth’ kind of situation?

Xiao Yu’s gaze on Chu Ge became really complicated.

Coincidentally, after changing into the blouse from the latest fashion season, Chu Ge looked distinguished and accomplished, making him even more attractive as if he would steal everyone’s attention.

At that moment, Chu Ge was looking at Xiao Yu as well. The human and hamster stared at each other before Chu Ge broke the silence: “That’s rare. It seems so active.”

That sentence wasn’t different from how he spoke before, but this time, Yan Jin did not get angry and even continued his words, “Yeah, when I saw the cage wide open earlier, I thought something had happened.”

“Tsktsk, I got drenched from head to toe because of you, Fishy. You better give me the biggest portion of the cake later.” Chu Ge teased Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu dodged Chu Ge’s finger as he thought of what Chu Ge meant by saying that.

“Light the candles, then we cut the cake.” Yan Jin said.

The cake was on top of the commonly used white-colored base, but the flowery sides and decorative fruits slices were uniquely arranged. The edible gold flakes were scattered all over the top as if money was not an issue. The most fascinating thing was the fruit basket decorated on top of the cake – the basket was woven with vines that had various types of fruits placed in it. Right in the middle was a tomato made with cream and butter, with a closer look, one could even see water droplets on the surface, as if it was the real thing.

It was a cake that met the CEO’s standards. Xiao Yu suddenly thought of the carpet that was in Yan Jin’s room and started to suspect if Yan Jin had asked a designer to design this cake.

Xiao Yu felt like he had discovered the truth to a certain extent.

There was a candle on the table. Yan Jin took it and inserted the candle on top of the cake and lit it.

Xiao Yu stood beside the cake as he watched Yan Jin take out his phone. Without further instructions, Xiao Yu posed and allowed Yan Jin to upload the picture before he held Xiao Yu on his palm.

Similarly, Chu Ge went to switch off the lights.