Chapter 131 - She Had No Idea That He Watched Her from His Office Window for A Solid Four Years (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Song Yu’s happiness was a sight Zhou Mingyan abhorred; she was fine with Jian Yi casting Song Yu aside and she could live with it if Song Yu married someone else, but she simply could not accept it when she saw Song Yu being happier than Jian Yi and was in a much better position than him.
However, it was virtually impossible because she was with Qi Chengzhi. He would one day be the head of the family, and if Song Yu married him, she would become the matriarch! That was not something worse off at all!
In the future, would Jian Yi not have to answer to Song Yu?!
She did not expect her ploy to fail so terribly and invite upon herself the ridicule of others.
All Zhou Mingyan could do was laugh dryly and explain that she did not mean it like that.
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Qi Chengyue was thoroughly unhappy, seeing as she flung her belongings into the bag with all her might. It was messy and almost full.
“What is wrong with your mom! She’s trying to make us look bad on purpose! She thinks she’s so smart, right? We’ve already told her that we’re coming here in the afternoon and going there at night, and yet she came here just to say all that stuff! What the hell is she trying to do? She’s even cooked a tableful of dishes, who in the world told her to do that? We’ve already said that we won’t be having lunch with them!”
Jian Yi frowned and massaged his temples. “She’s anxious to see us.”
“But the way she does it is like our family is the unreasonable one!” Qi Chengyue’s anger increased exponentially, and she continued to feel even angrier inside her heart.
“You need to understand her a bit more. I’m her only son, she’s going to take it to heart. No matter how much you despise the things she did, she’s still my mother. Be patient with her. We won’t be staying with them much after all, so you won’t be meeting her too often. The least you could do if we’re with her is to let her be a little bit happier.” Jian Yi sighed.
Qi Chengyue remained silent due to her anger. Patience went both ways, so if she was patient with Zhou Mingyan, Zhou Mingyan should be patient with her too. Otherwise, why would Qi Chengyue have to always give way for Zhou Mingyan?
She would admit her wrong if she did something wrong, but there was nothing she did wrong in the first place! Zhou Mingyan was the one who made all that fuss, so Qi Chengyue would not be patient and have any of it!
Though her mind thought of all that, she still tried hard to suppress her anger. She tried her best to smile at him as she went over to hug his waist. “I know. I’ll do my best to be a better daughter-in-law. If I did something that isn’t right and your mom scolded me, please don’t condemn me, okay?”
She looked up at him with her tender, pitiful face. It was more than capable of stirring one’s heart.
Jian Yi did not know what to think. He patted her on her back half-heartedly and said, “Okay.”
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After Jian Yi and Qi Chengyue left with Zhou Mingyan, Guan Liya ignored Song Yu’s presence and grumbled unhappily. “What kind of person is she! Such thick skin! I’m really worried that they won’t treat Qi Chengyue right!”
Qi Youxuan looked at Guan Liya and said softly, “Auntie doesn’t look like she’s in a good mood.”
“That’s what I’m worried about. If Chengyue was not so naïve, she might be able to bear with Jian Yi’s mother and maybe even please her a bit. Everything will be okay.” The old man drank some tea and said, “But Chengyue is still a spoilt child. She won’t back off from an argument if she has a point. And even if she doesn’t have a point, she still won’t back off. Jian Yi’s mother doesn’t seem like a good character either. Chengyue might be able to bear with her at first, but when push comes to shove and a real argument breaks out, I think it’ll be hard for her and Jian Yi.”
The old lady turned to Guan Liya. “Make sure to phone Chengyue up more often these two days. From the looks of it, I’m guessing his mother will want to ‘teach’ Chengyue how to be a good daughter-in-law. Call her so she has an outlet to vent her frustrations, otherwise, she’ll only have Jian Yi to complain to, and it’ll be trouble if she continues to do that for a long time.”
Guan Liya agreed immediately.
Qi Chengzhi got up, said his goodbyes, and left with Song Yu.
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When she was alone in the car with Qi Chengzhi, Song Yu could not help but think about what Jian Yi told her.
Qi Chengzhi looked at her and extended his hand to hold her hand. “What are you thinking about?”
He scrutinized Song Yu’s reaction, but she neither hid from him nor hesitated. Instead, she turned her hand palm up and held his hand.
Once Song Yu looked up and saw his handsome and elegant face, the doubts within her heart dissipated immediately.
His face remained expressionless—he looked calm and composed as opposed to stern. The strength of his grip quieted the storm incited by Jian Yi in her heart.
“Nothing.” Song Yu shook her head and smiled tensely. She looked down at his fair-skinned palms and rubbed her thumb gently against the back of his hand.
Afraid that he might misunderstand, she added on, “I’m just thinking about this and that, nothing in particular. It’s nothing important.”
He held her even tighter than before. “You don’t wanna talk about it?”
Song Yu stared at him in shock. Qi Chengzhi’s gaze was fixed on the road and his expression was unchanging, but the words he said made her feel as though he already knew all about the conversation that happened in the backyard.
Judging from Qi Chengzhi’s demeanor however, she remained unable to discern his inner thoughts.
She did not want Jian Yi’s words to affect her feelings with Qi Chengzhi. In light of her having thought things through and choosing not to believe Jian Yi’s words, there was absolutely no need for her to tell Qi Chengzhi, for it might only make him think that she suspected him and believed Jian Yi.
Song Yu observed the nooks and crannies of his face. It was like a beautiful carving of a great artist. “It’s nothing important. Really. I’m not taking it to heart. And…”
She looked down and took his large hand into both of her own. She then looked up at him with a face that was both quiet and serious. “No matter what happens and no matter what others say, I’ll always believe you.”
She felt his hand tense up as he held her, and it became almost as if it were completely inseparable.
A long silence then ensued. Qi Chengzhi seemed to have no intention of saying anything, so Song Yu dropped the matter eventually.
After some time had passed, Qi Chengzhi suddenly began speaking in an indifferent tone. “Qi Youxuan told me about everything that Jian Yi said to you in the backyard.”
Qi Chengzhi braked the car at the red light, and it was only then that he turned to Song Yu. Those captivating black pupils of his seemed to say, ‘I waited and waited for you to tell me about it on your own accord.’
“Since I didn’t believe a single word he said, I didn’t plan on telling you because I didn’t want you to doubt me.” Song Yu looked him in the eye and did not let her gaze waver. “Although you’re always doing whatever you like, you won’t ever do something bad to me.”
“He may have been able to tell me about the details of that day, but it doesn’t mean that what he said were definitively true. Sometimes, a little bit of truth mixed in with some lies makes it that much more believable.”
The light turned green and Qi Chengzhi placed his hand back on the steering wheel. However, he made a turn in a different direction, stopping by the side of the road.
Curious, Song Yu was just about to say something when his fingers unfastened his seatbelt and his scent came crashing onto her. His enigmatic black pupils were raging with fire, and the inside of which had warmth, gratitude, and an intense emotion that could not be put into words. Song Yu trembled gently under his gaze, and before she could even say anything, he kissed her and stirred her mouth with complete abandon.
Such devilish kisses made her face blush hard.
Qi Chengzhi cupped her face in his hands, treasuring her as though he was holding the rarest jewel ever. Her words, and her unconditional trust toward him, was so touching that his heart nearly popped out of his chest. The warmth within his body began bursting forth uncontrollably.
In the depths of his emotion lies a fear of losing her, thus came his fervent kisses. The back of Song Yu’s head was pressed so hard against the car window that it was nearly hurting.
He had no idea how or why a good woman like Song Yu could exist in the world; he truly wondered how lucky he must have been to have met her. He would feel such regret if he did not have her, and he did not want to entertain the alternate outcome of his failure.
She trusted him unconditionally and wholeheartedly once she fell for him, and she was one hundred percent devoted to him.
Some men would take women like her for granted as time went by—they would not cherish her properly—but Qi Chenghi would treasure her until his own heart began hurting.
Finally, his energy somewhat relented, and he caressed her lips with his own. His charismatic gaze met her eyes and he began speaking in a husky voice, “Thank you for trusting me. You must trust me in the future too. Whether it’s the past, the present, or the future, the things that I do will never be something that’s not for your good.”
Song Yu’s soft hand slid across his elbow and up until they reached the back of his hand. Her fingertips squeezed in between his palm and her cheek; she grasped his hand and brought it to her lips, planting gentle pecks all over the joints of his fingers.