Chapter Forty-Six: Drunk (1/2)

While becoming speechless at how wonderful fate could be between people, Xiao Yu was once again in contempt at Lin Zhou’s actions.

He couldn’t believe how Lin Zhou managed to use someone else’s design and gave it to the Yan family’s Yan Jin as a token of goodwill.

Perhaps Lin Zhou had used the same trick and claimed that this was his own design.

If Xiao Yu was who he was back then, he probably would have just felt more disgusted at Lin Zhou. But for the present Xiao Yu, he couldn’t help but direct his frustrations onto Yan Jin.

Seriously, he was YL’s Chairman for goodness’ sake. How could he not know Lin Zhou’s worth? To make things worse, Xiao Yu’s designing style was so different from Lin Zhou’s that even a peasant could tell.

Yet Yan Jin did not even doubt it. That could only mean that he…

He didn’t even pay attention to SI’s chief designer, FISH.

Xiao Yu got even angrier.

At that moment, Xiao Yu had completely forgotten that he rarely designed items other than jewelries. In any case, he simply decided to get angry at Yan Jin as he mumbled to himself.

– No matter what, it was all Yan Jin’s fault! It must be his fault!

From a certain aspect, for things to have developed to this point, Yan Jin was in fact reaping what he had sown.

After all, the hamster was spoiled by his own hands. (shrughands.jpg)

Back to the topic. That silver cufflink on Yan Jin’s sleeve cuff had indeed originated from Xiao Yu’s hand. More accurately, it was a pair of cufflinks.

The silver bases decorated with fragments of apatite aligned to form the English word YES.

The apatite stones on Yan Jin’s cufflink were arranged from grey to emerald. If Xiao Yu remembered correctly, the apatite stones on the other cufflink should be arranged from emerald to grey.

It was originally a pair of cufflinks. If the other piece wasn’t lost by Yan Jin, then that could only mean that he had given it to someone.

It was perfectly logical toguess that the cufflink was given as a present.

The decorations on these pair of cufflinks weren’t the same. The piece that Yan Jin had was YES, but the other piece was not a NO.

These pair of cufflink designs were not YES and NO, but YES and I DO.

Yes, I do.

This sentence could be translated as the usual ‘Yes, I can do it’, ‘Yes I can’, or even some other special meaning.

It was considered a small surprise that Xiao Yu had set up when he was designing it.

Xiao Yu couldn’t remember where those thoughts and inspirations had come from back then. Perhaps it was Lin Zhou saying ‘I have a friend whose love life is in a critical situation. I plan to give him a present to comfort him’?

The achievement after Xiao Yu had finished designing it and the anticipation to see their counterpart’s love and resonant restlessness – they all turned out to be meaningless.

Because the meanings behind this pair of cufflinks were not blessings, but raw ambition and desire.

As matters stood at this moment, Xiao Yu was almost numb from everything that had happened. It wouldn’t have mattered if there were more cases like Lin Zhou appearing, or even if the car accident from his previous life was caused by Lin Zhou. Xiao Yu wouldn’t be too surprised anymore.

The only thing that comforted Xiao Yu was probably the fact that this pair of cufflinks had reached Yan Jin’s hand and legitimately been used for what it was intended.

It turned out that his destiny with Yan Jin was in fact so intertwined.

Too bad they were just strangers in their previous lives even until his last breath.

So, here comes the question.

Who was that little bitch who seduced Yan Jin?

This pair of cufflinks was like the second button on a dress shirt¹, which categorized it as something that people wouldn’t give away easily as souvenirs.

Since one of them was given away, then the other party’s status was also abundantly clear.

Xiao Yu was in deep thoughts as he turned on his iPad and logged in to Yan Jin’s QQ side account.

The hamster looked through the conversation list and he did find a suspicious account.

Xiao Yu took a quick look at the account’s information: Male, twenty-three. Xiao Yu did not pay it any attention. After all, there was a lot of fake information on QQ. It was too easy to fake an identity to whatever one preferred.

The last conversation was a week ago. The nickname was a string of words that Xiao Yu could not understand. That account user suddenly contacted Yan Jin and asked him out to ‘our old hangout’.

Just from the situation on QQ, Yan Jin had not replied to him. This kind of cold treatment of not blocking that person, yet not completely ignoring them made Xiao Yu feel apprehensive.

If Xiao Yu had taken into consideration Yan Jin’s reaction after he had picked up the call, could this be a melodrama where the chairman’s secret lover was forced to break off their relationship because of their lower status?

The more Xiao Yu thought, the greater the possibility increased, making the hamster itch to get a clear answer from Yan Jin.

Too bad Xiao Yu had no way of asking those questions. Regardless of whether it was Yan Jin or Chu Ge, the hamster had no ways of contacting them in reality.

Plus, what kind of identity could he use to ask such private questions?

They were not even friends, and he was just a hamster.

Xiao Yu suddenly felt unsure. He realized that he had been focusing on Yan Jin a lot. Was it because it was the unfinished curiosity about that low-profile and young YL’s Chairman that was left behind from his previous life, or could it be that untold feelings were planted long ago…

Later that day, the helpers came over to clean up the room. After staying in this house for two months, Xiao Yu knew that these people were helpers hired by the Yan family. The Yan family mentioned here referred to the Yan family’s main branch. Although Yan Jin was not in his early twenties anymore, he was still considered a member of the younger generation. Hence, despite living independently, Yan Jin would still receive some concerns from them.

Xiao Yu hid back into his cage and gnawed on his melon seeds while he eavesdropped on those people talking outside. Even though they were not even in the picture, these people seemed to be more concerned about the gossip surrounding Yan Jin. When Xiao Yu heard one of the older ladies sighing as she used a tone of concern and sincerity – “Young master has been dragging this out for years. He’s not young anymore. How could he not get married? How is that going to end well?” – Xiao Yu almost held his belly with both paws and laughed.

Previously, Xiao Yu also had such worries. But now, he knew for sure that Yan Jin had a prospective partner.

Seemed like Yan Jin had kept the secret well.

Then again, if it was like what Xiao Yu had thought, then Chairman Yan’s wifey-courtship didn’t seem as easy.

The laughter began to slow down as Xiao Yu started to feel confused again.

If Yan jin got married, then he would become even busier. If he had a child, then where would Yan Jin find time to accompany his hamster every day?

Sigh, forget it. After being reborn into a pet, he should have realized that he would end up being prioritized after someone else.

After the helpers left, Xiao Yu came out from his cage to game for a while and kill time.

Ever since Lin Zhou had revealed his motives the other time, he had not invited Xiao Yu for any more game matches. Even if Xiao Yu were to initiate an invitation, Lin Zhou would use the excuse that he was busy with the original jewelry design competition to reject him. If Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both was indeed Yan Jin, such actions would probably gain some favorable impressions of professionalism. As for such performance that was at a best actor’s level, Xiao Yu could only feel deeply venerated yet was unwilling to go near such a person.