Chapter 15 Misunderstanding

The sunny sky turned cloudy, and soon a light autumn rain began to fall, pattering on the lush foliage with a annoying "pitter-patter."

Yu Bai buried his head in the blanket, feeling depressed and irritable.

After returning home, Jiang Jizhou didn't even glance at her before going upstairs to his bedroom, closing the door tightly. This time, he seemed genuinely angry.

Yu Bai was a little confused as to why Jiang Jizhou was so angry.

Just then, my phone vibrated; it was a message from Chen Ye.

Are you alright? Did A-Zhou do anything to you?

Yu Bai let out a long breath and replied to him.

It's okay, don't worry.

Then, Chen sent three messages in a row.

【That's good】

I've brought the little bird home and will take good care of it, so don't worry.

Then a picture was sent. Yu Bai zoomed in and saw that the bird had been placed in a carefully arranged nest and looked much better than when he found it in the park. Seeing this, Yu Bai felt a little better.

Thank you, Chen Ye.

[No need to thank me, it's nothing. I should be saying sorry for making you get blamed by A-Zhou.]

Upon seeing Chen Ye's message, Yu Bai felt depressed. She turned over, hugged her lop-eared rabbit doll, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

After a while, her phone vibrated again. Yu Bai thought it was Chen Ye, but when she picked it up, she saw it was a message from Jiang Jizhou. Her heart skipped a beat.

Come down for dinner.

Yu Bai bit her lip; she didn't really want to face Jiang Jizhou right now.

The downside of living under the same roof is that even if you argue and get angry, you still have to sit down and eat together.

But if she didn't go downstairs, Jiang Jizhou would definitely be even angrier, so she reluctantly went downstairs anyway.

Jiang Jizhou was still wearing the same clothes he wore to the billiards room—a black shirt. He sat with his back to her, his back straight, and her expression was hidden. Yu Bai felt a little scared when she thought of his aggressive demeanor in the billiards room.

Slowly moving to the dining table, Jiang Jizhou looked up at her timidly, like a frightened little rabbit.

Yu Bai didn't dare to look at him, and just buried her head in her food.

Her phone vibrated during the conversation, and she guessed it was a message from Chen Ye, but she didn't dare to reply.

"Chen Ye?" Jiang Jizhou asked her abruptly, his tone flat and emotionless.

Yu Bai nodded, then shook his head. After picking up his phone and confirming that the WeChat contact who sent the message was Chen Ye, he nodded cautiously again.

Jiang Jizhou gripped the chopsticks tightly, a gloomy look settling over his face, like mist rising from the rolling mountains.

Suddenly, he let go of her hand, wondering why he had suddenly become so irrational and strange.

"Um."

Jiang Jizhou gave a soft "hmm." Yu Bai looked up at him and saw that he seemed unconcerned, as if he didn't care at all.

It seems he was indeed angry because she had lied to him. Yu Bai was glad he hadn't lied and used Mingjing as a shield.

"Then why didn't you reply?" Jiang Jizhou suppressed the nameless anger in his heart and asked her with a slight smile.

"Huh?" Yu Bai was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously picked up his phone to reply.

She actually replied, and Jiang Jizhou's eyes darkened.

Look how cute this little bird is!

Then there was a video where Chen was feeding the birds with birdseed. The birds were trembling and eating hurriedly, while their eyes darted around looking at the birds.

So cute! Yu Bai couldn't help but smile, his eyes crinkling.

It was truly jarring, and Jiang Jizhou's mood grew increasingly gloomy.

He suddenly stood up, the chair making a screeching sound. Yu Baixiao froze, looking up to see Jiang Jizhou's back as he went upstairs.

"Ji Zhou is in a bad mood today, what's wrong?" Chen Ma came over from the kitchen and asked Yu Bai.

Feeling guilty, Yu Bai blinked, "Aunt Chen, you noticed too?"

Chen's mother laughed, "As soon as you came back tonight, I knew he was sulking."

Chen's mother continued, "Jizhou's mother passed away early, and his father was so busy that he was rarely seen for a year. The first time I came to our house, it was pouring rain. He was only eight years old, thin and small, huddled in a corner. I went to hug him, but he pushed me away, locked himself in his bedroom, and even tried to send me away."

"But later when I had surgery, he stayed by my bedside all night without sleeping."

“Ji Zhou seems carefree and nonchalant, but he values ​​relationships more than anyone else.” Chen Ma’s eyes were a little red. “He remembers everyone who is good to him, but sometimes he just doesn’t know how to express it. Bai Bai, don’t take it to heart.”

After hearing what Chen Ma said, Yu Bai felt her eyes sting. She lowered her eyes to avoid Chen Ma's gaze, and her heart also felt sore and tender.

After finishing his meal with a heavy heart, Yu Bai went upstairs to his bedroom.

The lop-eared rabbit doll that Jiang Jizhou gave her was still lying quietly on the bedside table, cute and comforting. Yu Bai walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, picked up the doll, and buried her face in its soft and fragrant body.

Is his strong, muscular chest actually concealing a soft, delicate heart?

Images of their interactions from the moment they met until now flashed through her mind. It must be true. Tears welled up in Yu Bai's eyes, wetting the lop-eared rabbit's ears.

The lighter that Yu Bai bought with Mingjing during their last shopping trip to the pedestrian street was still lying in the drawer. Yu Bai opened the drawer and took out the lighter, which was beautifully packaged in a pink and blue gift box and tied with a pink ribbon bow.

Let's give this to Jiang Jizhou as an apology gift.

She took a card and carefully wrote down her apology.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you. I hope you can forgive me. I meant it when I said I would always be there for you."

Today, while Jiang Jizhou was out of the bedroom, Yu Bai made up his mind to put it inside.

She opened the door a crack and peeked to see if Jiang Jizhou was still in the bedroom.

The door was closed. She knocked, but there was no response.

Chen Ma looked at Yu Bai from below and said to her, "Ji Zhou has gone out."

Yu Bai immediately leaned on the railing and asked Chen Ma, "Where did you go?"

Chen's mother said with a hint of worry, "I don't know. He left without saying a word and didn't even ask the driver to take him. I called him but he ignored me. That child."

Yu Bai panicked and immediately ran downstairs.

Although they had a fight, Chen was still Jiang Jizhou's best friend. He spent most of his time with Jiang Jizhou, so he must know.

Yu Bai sent Chen Ye a WeChat message asking him.

Chen replied instantly.

Don't worry, we'll probably meet at the billiards room.

【good. 】

Yu Bai reassured Chen Ma, then carried a bag containing an apology gift and called a driver to take him to the billiards room.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Jizhou was not in the billiard room.

Yu Bai leaned against the pool table, head down, hands supporting his temples, feeling as oppressively anxious as before a storm.

"Don't worry, it's okay, let me think about it," Chen reassured her.

After a long pause, Chen glanced at Yu Bai's anxious expression and said hesitantly, "I know another place."

Yu Bai quickly asked, "Where?"

"Night Banquet".

This sounds like the name of a bar, and Yu Bai's brow twitched.

"He went to a bar?"

Chen also explained about the "KTV," saying, "We also go there to get together when we're in a bad mood."

"Let's go take a look first," Chen said.

The driver took the two to a banquet.

Yu Bai didn't have many friends before. Her mother, Ms. Yu, was busy with work, and she had never been to a place like a KTV by herself.

Sometimes when classmates have birthdays and invite a lot of friends to sing karaoke, Yu Bai feels a little envious.

Upon arriving at their destination, Yu Bai followed Chen Ye into the KTV.

Inside, there was a handsome guy with a very unconventional style smoking. When he saw Chen Ye, he smiled and called out to him.

"Aye."

Chen walked over and gave Yu Bai a reassuring look. Yu Bai stood there awkwardly, clutching her skirt and creating wrinkles.

A moment later, Chen also came over and said, "A-Zhou is here. I'll take you to find him."

"Mmm." Yu Bai followed behind him, carefully observing the surroundings.

As the lights dimmed, after going upstairs, there were private rooms on both sides of the corridor. A drunken woman, supported by two companions, passed by Yu Bai. The woman was still talking nonsense, and the smell of alcohol was overwhelming. Yu Bai was so frightened that he dodged away.

Reaching the door of a private room, Chen pushed it open.

In the dim light, Yu Bai saw Jiang Jizhou sitting on the sofa, with an unfamiliar girl beside him.

The colorful lights shone on his face, making his already handsome features even more refined and three-dimensional. His eyes were reddish, and he leaned there lazily. The girls were singing and asked him if he sang well. He smiled casually.

In an instant, Yu Bai froze on the spot.

Jiang Jizhou noticed her gaze, looked over from afar, and met her hurt eyes.

His expression shifted, and the girl who had finished singing walked up to him, blocking their eye contact and cutting off their view.

Chen also said to Yu Bai, "Yu Bai, do you want to go in?"

Yu Bai's face turned pale. She shook her head, took out the apology gift from her bag, took the card, and only gave the lighter to Chen Ye.

"Please give this to him."

Yu Bai could barely hold on any longer, and after saying that, she fled in panic.

Chen Ye stared at her staggering figure as she ran away, stunned, looking down at the gift in his hand.

Jiang Jizhou came out and saw Yu Bai give the gift to Chen Ye and then run away.

He originally came to the karaoke bar to relax, but Aze invited a bunch of unfamiliar girls. In order to prove that he was not really angry because he cared about Yu Bai, he tried to appease them, but his mood became more and more irritable.

When he saw Yu Bai arrive, he had to admit that he was happy. But then he saw her lowering her head and shyly giving Chen Ye a gift. In that instant, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, chilling him to the bone. Then, an inexplicable anger almost burned him up.

"Bastard." Jiang Jizhou's pent-up anger finally reached its breaking point, and he punched Chen Ye in the face. Chen Ye was caught off guard and fell to the ground, followed by punch after punch.

"I warned you to stay away from her." Jiang Jizhou vented all his inexplicable feelings of unease, frustration, and anger at this moment.

The girls in the private room were so frightened by what they saw that they screamed loudly. Aze came out when he heard the noise and quickly stopped them.

"A-Zhou, let's talk this out."

With a combination of pulling and dragging, Jiang Jizhou's mood gradually calmed down. He looked down at Chen Ye, who was lying on the ground in a disheveled state, his eyes filled with contempt, and his tone was sinister, "Stay away from her, you don't deserve her."

Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stood up, the gift box in his hand still intact, and smiled with lowered eyes, "I'm not worthy? Did she ever give you a gift?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jizhou felt a chill run through his body, as if he had fallen into an icy abyss. Aze noticed the low pressure emanating from him and told Chen Ye to say less.

Jiang Jizhou remained silent, then turned and left.

When you got home, Chen Ma greeted you, "Jizhou, did you and Baibai have a fight? I saw her crying when she came back. What happened?"

Jiang Jizhou seemed not to hear him and went straight to the second floor.

Standing at Yu Bai's door, he tried to calm himself down before slowly knocking.

A moment later, Yu Bai pushed open the door, his eyes red, as if he had just been crying.

Upon seeing Jiang Jizhou, she immediately tried to close the door, but Jiang Jizhou held it shut, preventing her from moving. Yu Bai struggled, and after a brief standoff, she gave up.

"Is there something you need, brother?" Her tone was slightly distant.

Jiang Jizhou's heart grew colder and colder. He curled his lips into a sneer, "You like Chen Ye?"

Yu Bai wanted to deny it immediately, but thinking of the scenes she had just seen at the KTV, she smiled, widened her eyes, and imitated his tone, "Hey, why is brother suddenly concerned about this?"

Like a biting rabbit, its sharp teeth still drew blood.

Jiang Jizhou chuckled angrily, his handsome brows furrowing, his eyes filled with increasing ferocity, and he spoke through gritted teeth, "Yu Bai."

Yu Bai's almond-shaped eyes were watery, looking wronged and innocent. When she thought of Ruo An and the girls in the KTV, her heart ached.

He clearly doesn't like her, so why is he so angry? What does it matter to him who she likes?

A note from the author:

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