After about another week of classes, there will be a statutory holiday, and Ye Yingying's birthday happens to fall during this holiday.
Ye Zhiwei had calculated the time well in advance, and spent most of the rest of the time being Jiang Jianian's culinary guinea pig.
Because of the exhaustion from the previous military training, and the fact that Jiang Jianian would feed her milk every night, Ye Zhiwei has been going to bed very early lately.
After Ye Zhiwei fell into a deep sleep in bed late at night.
Jiang Jianian would always take the key to open the room and cover Ye Zhiwei with the blanket. Even the occasional touch felt like it was setting him on fire, and the boy would suppress his urge to withdraw his hand.
He dared not touch it a second time.
He stared at her like a traveler in the desert chasing a mirage, so thirsty he had no strength left, yet he could not find water to quench his thirst, and could only lick his parched lips.
He knew perfectly well that doing such things would not satisfy his desires, but he couldn't help but do it. Every night was agonizing for Jiang Jianian, no, every second he spent with Ye Zhiwei under the same roof was agonizing.
He could only stare at her, suppressing all her terrible thoughts over and over again.
Finally, he had to leave the room.
He had to leave, carrying with him the unfulfilled longing and the desire to completely lock her away. As the door was locked again, Jiang Jianian wondered more than once why he was treating her so cruelly. Wouldn't it have been better to just lock her up and prevent her from going anywhere?
The fiercer the thought, the harder it needs to be suppressed. The calmer he appears in front of Ye Zhiwei, so calm that Ye Zhiwei doesn't even notice anything amiss.
She didn't know that Jiang Jianian would come to her room every night, suppressing his desires and doing nothing. He would stare at her for a long time, his gaze so fierce it seemed like he wanted to devour her, so intense it seemed like he wanted to burn the blanket. But in the end, he would just gently cover her with the blanket.
His gaze was as fierce as his movements.
Ye Zhiwei had no idea how the seemingly normal male protagonist, who was gradually recovering, repeatedly suppressed the urge to lock her up.
He thought when she smiled at him.
He thought as she stood alone, lost in thought.
Even when Ye Zhiwei accidentally touched his hand while picking up food at the dining table, Jiang Jianian's gaze darkened.
Ye Zhiwei was completely unaware; she was simply excitedly preparing to go home after finishing a week of classes and extra lessons.
It's Ye Yingying's birthday, and the devilish Miss Ye has already bought whole sets of practice questions.
Ye Zhiwei asked Jiang Jianian, "Are you going back for the holidays? It's Yingying's birthday!"
Ye Zhiwei knew nothing about Jiang Jianian's true inner world. She could only sense from Jiang Jianian's daily behavior that apart from being too cold and aloof at times, and resisting contact with others, he was a god-like figure at other times.
He's an exceptional cook, has top-notch academic performance, and is overwhelmingly handsome. The male lead is developing in a very positive direction. Since starting school, Ye Zhiwei, who would often share legal knowledge with Jiang Jianian from her textbooks, felt that Jianian had grown up and that the male lead was finally starting to align with the core socialist values!
A relieved Ye Zhiwei decided to let the gradually maturing male lead, who was already showing signs of becoming a heartthrob and seemed unlikely to go astray, meet with the pitiful and fragile Yingying, who was working hard every day on set.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Jianian rejected Ye Zhiwei as soon as she opened her mouth.
Jiang Jianian doesn't plan to go back to the Ye family; he intends to stay at Yenching University for the next few days of his vacation.
Ye Zhiwei had noticed that Jiang Jianian seemed to be planning to complete his university credits ahead of schedule. The clinical major is a five-year program, and every subject in each semester is obscure and difficult to understand. Although it is university, the academic pressure of the clinical major is often greater than that of high school, and it can even be said that the pressure is comparable to that of the college entrance examination every day.
Jiang Jianian was a genius. He didn't find anything obscure or difficult to understand. However, because the subjects were numerous and complex, it would definitely take a lot of time to graduate early. With the help of Li Lizhang, Jiang Jianian contacted the school leaders and submitted an application for exemption from the course and self-study.
He doesn't plan to go back.
He was already losing control of what he wanted to do. The more he looked at Ye Zhiwei, the stronger his desire became. It was so obvious that even Ye Qingcheng might notice.
Jiang Jianian did not intend to let Ye Qingcheng know about this matter until he was 100% certain that Ye Qingcheng would give Ye Zhiwei to him.
It's good that Ye Zhiwei isn't here for a while; it gives him time to calm down.
"I'm not going back. I have other things to do at Yenching University. I've already arranged for a driver. You can go back by yourself." He rejected Ye Zhiwei's invitation with such straightforward words, restraining himself from looking at her, but he couldn't concentrate on the book in his hand at all.
Ye Zhiwei naturally didn't notice Jiang Jianian's subtle unease. She didn't think too much about it. After realizing that she was finding it even harder to grasp Jiang Jianian's thoughts, she resigned herself to the fact that she only needed to maintain a superficial harmony with the male lead.
Although Jiang Jianian is unpredictable, he doesn't seem to have any more thoughts of breaking the law or committing crimes. Reaching this level is already quite remarkable, and other situations are beyond Ye Zhiwei's control.
Since Jiang Jianian didn't return to the Ye family, Ye Zhiwei simply went back by herself.
In order to bring the little doll back with her, Ye Zhiwei gave up taking a plane and spent the entire journey back to the Ye family home playing with the little doll in the car.
It takes about two and a half hours by highway.
Ye Zhiwei went from being very excited at first to becoming drowsy while snuggling against the little ragdoll cat, and finally returned to the Ye family home.
When the doorbell rang, Ye Yingying opened the door. Upon seeing that it was indeed Ye Zhiwei, Ye Yingying happily hugged her and exclaimed, "Sister Zhiwei, you're back!"
"Yes, it's your birthday tomorrow. I promised you I'd come back." Ye Zhiwei poked Ye Yingying's plump, collagen-rich cheeks and asked, "Aren't you filming today? Why are you at home?"
"The crew arranged for us to rest today, and we'll continue filming tomorrow. Brother Shuli said that Sister Zhiwei will be back today. As soon as I noticed the noise, I knew Sister Zhiwei was back," Ye Yingying said happily. She didn't let the maid help Ye Zhiwei with her luggage, and took the luggage herself, insisting on helping Ye Zhiwei with it.
Ye Yingying was obedient and well-behaved throughout, using sweet words and coaxing to make Ye Zhiwei happy, but Ye Zhiwei still noticed the dark circles under Ye Yingying's eyes.
Yu Shishu didn't want the crew's affairs to be exposed. With such an incident, Yu Shishu, who is very strict with filming, must be very angry. It's not hard to imagine what kind of hell the crew would be in after the trending topic went viral.
Ye Yingying didn't mention anything bad about the crew, and Ye Zhiwei didn't feel comfortable asking any questions.
While Ye Zhiwei was pondering Ye Yingying's situation, the scheming young woman turned to Ye Zhiwei and tentatively said, "Sister Zhiwei, I have to go back to the film set tomorrow..."
"I'll come to the film set tomorrow to celebrate your birthday with you." Ye Zhiwei was charmed by the cute girl and couldn't help but laugh, "I already told you I came back especially to celebrate your birthday."
Ye Yingying perked up again, focusing entirely on Ye Zhiwei and having no time to care about anything else. It was Ji Shuli, who arrived a few steps later than Ye Yingying to greet Ye Zhiwei, who noticed something was amiss first.
Seeing that Ye Zhiwei was alone, Ji Shuli raised an eyebrow: "Little cousin is back. Why didn't Jiang Jianian come back with you?"
Tsk, this little brat actually let his little cousin come back alone?
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