Chapter 58: Words That Come Back Like Boomerangs
The weather is getting warmer, and the air is gradually filled with the unique restlessness of summer.
Ji Shian suddenly turned around while sitting at his workstation, and the legs of his swivel chair made a creaking sound.
Nearly half a month has passed since she last released her nature, and Ji Dongran revealed that the project is nearing completion.
Ji Shian was shocked by her choice of words at that time, and was distracted for a moment and did not dare to ask for details.
Ji Dongran had no intention of telling her, but just wanted to whet their appetite out of kindness.
Ji Shian and Qin Yinghuai could only express their respect.
The phone rang. After she finished practicing Tai Chi to deal with the endless chatter from her partner on the other side, she picked up the file box from the shelf at hand and opened it.
Various brightly colored, finely textured and expensive invitations were neatly stacked on top of each other.
They all knew that Qin Yinghuai had made a comeback in the business circle and invited him to perform on stage at various dinner parties under various names.
Most of them were unnecessary, so Ji Shian screened them out based on his past experience. He picked out a few that were more important to the organizers and took them to Qin Yinghuai's office.
Qin Yinghuai was drinking tea and daydreaming out the window when a troublemaker squeezed in during his precious rest time.
Ji Shi'an's writing life had been uneventful lately, but his reading had been completely boring, so he'd just had to find ways to amuse himself. For a moment, he wondered if Ji Shi'an had been the mischievous, jumping up and down in the blink of an eye as a child.
I think so, but I can’t ask that question.
He didn't want his rare rest time to be squeezed by work, so as he accepted the invitation, he adjusted his wording: "An An, what did you do during your holidays as a child?"
The unexpected topic suddenly popped up in her mind, and Ji Shian was stunned for a moment.
Qin Yinghuai's heart skipped a beat, thinking he had touched upon someone's sorrow, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
He stood up and was about to go over and hold her hand when he heard Ji Shian drawling out a long tone as if he was recalling: "Hiss - I actually can't remember a lot of it clearly."
Apart from the lack of parents, the infrastructure of the welfare home under Chengyue was very good, and she never lacked food or clothing. She was particularly impressed by the small park next to the welfare home.
"It seems like when I was a kid I loved climbing mountains in groups."
Accustomed to her occasional exaggerated language, Qin Yinghuai was stunned. "Is this the spring outing organized by the elementary school?"
Ji Shian shook his head: "No, it's the rockery in the park next door."
Qin Yinghuai: "That kind of rockery, with the overall height like a small mound and a few steps built on it?"
Ji Shian: "It's the kind of rockery decoration placed in the courtyard for viewing."
Qin Yinghuai was silent. No wonder he used the adjective "ganging up." His An An was clearly a realist.
Ji Shian was reminded of some memories and continued, "The shape of that rockery is quite interesting. One side is quite rugged, and the other side is very smooth. Then we climbed up from the rugged side, one person on top of the other, and slid down to the other side."
As she recalled, there was a faint smile in her eyes, and the sunlight shone down, as if frozen in time.
Originally, Qin Yinghuai shouldn't have asked too many questions, or he'd look a few years older than Ji Shi'an. But at this moment, his heart stirred, and he couldn't resist the urge. Thinking of the "gossip" he had accidentally heard from Jian Xun earlier, he suppressed a little sourness and asked softly, "Was he there at that time?"
The white moonlight that you loved very much.
The question was abrupt and vague. For a moment, Ji Shian felt that the other party was testing whether her ability to read people's expressions had deteriorated. If so, Ji Shian had to admit that the other party was testing her at the wrong time and she was not prepared at all.
She just remembered that Qin Yinghuai had suddenly asked about her childhood, and she began to recall the only intersection between them - Dean Ji, who had not yet passed away at the time. She nodded happily and handed in the answer: "I wasn't there at first, but I came later."
She was holding a broom that was out of character at the time, and she ran over in a hurry to chase the chickens back into circle.
Ji Shian had always been the quickest to react and the least criticized. Thinking of this, she felt a sense of superiority, the smile in her eyes became more genuine, and she straightened her chest, feeling that she deserved praise.
But because she suddenly stood up straight, she and Qin Yinghuai actually opened up a little distance. He thought it was because his uncle had come, and he was feeling sensitive and unreasonable at the moment. But looking at Ji Shian's smile, he didn't even dare to show jealousy, for fear of disturbing her good mood.
He said softly, "As long as you are happy."
Before leaving get off work, Ji Shian's IQ was still online. She keenly sensed that Qin Yinghuai was feeling a little down, and for a moment she was confused: "What's the matter? When I have time later, I'll take you to see it. I just don't know if the stone is still there, after all, it's been so many years."
Qin Yinghuai felt that he couldn't do that. After all, it was a particularly precious thing for Ji Shian to have someone accompany him during his growth, and those beautiful memories were her treasured treasures.
He should be generous.
After repeating this to himself several times, he said in the generous tone of a wife, "If you want... I can go with you to see him." Then he told the person that Ji Shian would have someone by his side from now on, so he could rest assured. He definitely had no other bad intentions.
Ji Shian was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Okay. Dean Ji will definitely be very happy."
Qin Yinghuai was bewildered: "Dean Ji?"
Ji Shian's smile paused: "...what else?" Who else is worthy of her going back to visit?
Qin Yinghuai blinked. Ji Shian didn't seem to want to confess to him. He didn't dare to say anything more, fearing that she would be upset. So he lowered his head and flipped through the invitations in his hand, changing the subject: "Are you going to all of these?"
"No, these are for you to pick." Ji Shian looked at Qin Yinghuai with an even weirder look. He didn't say anything, but just kept scanning him up and down.
Qin Yinghuai remained calm, but Ji Shian knew that there was definitely something wrong.
She tried to think through the conversation from all angles, putting herself in their shoes and pondering what had gone wrong.
Qin Yinghuai picked out a picture with a grand style and said, "This is it."
Ji Shian glanced at it and saw that it was the birthday banquet of the old lady of the Yun family. He nodded without any objection, and then when Qin Yinghuai was about to turn around, he held his head and prevented him from moving.
Qin Yinghuai asked patiently, "What's wrong?"
Ji Shian pulled him down a little. Qin Yinghuai's eyes were very calm. Ji Shian looked at him for a moment and suddenly smiled: "You know it."
Qin Yinghuai's heart twitched, feeling a little aggrieved, but he didn't dare show it. He lowered his eyes and said "hmm" in a light tone.
You know what this is, it makes people so depressed.
Ji Shian thought to himself, "Oh my god," and said in a softer tone, "So what do you want to say?"
Qin Yinghuai pursed his lips for a long moment, his voice a little dry: "I don't mind... I just hope you can trust me a little more. It would be better if you could tell me about it on your own initiative."
Ji Shian's eyes widened, but Qin Yinghuai was staring at the ground nervously and didn't notice her abnormality at all.
Of course, she knew that Qin Yinghuai was actually a very meticulous person. Moreover, a common problem among those in power was that they would repeatedly chew and analyze every insignificant detail in their minds.
But Qin Yinghuai's words sounded awkward no matter how you listened to them.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck Ji Shian's head. He swallowed in disbelief, "Are you... jealous?" Jealous of her when she was a child running around with a pair of naughty boys?
Otherwise, why would Qin Yinghuai have such a strange reaction and say such...compromising words.
But Ji Shian still felt it was absurd. A pair of mischievous brats, under ten, were just trying to tear down the roof. What was there to be jealous of? Qin Yinghuai didn't seem like such a sensitive person.
Hearing her admit it herself, Qin Yinghuai tilted his head and unconsciously pulled her into his arms, as if he was afraid she would turn around and run away. Noticing Ji Shian's resistance, he admitted without hesitation, "Yeah!"
Hmm? Hmm what? Just hmm!
Ji Shian opened and closed her mouth and could only comfort him: "There must have been a lot of people chasing you when you were in school." She was not being unreasonable.
Qin Yinghuai frowned: "This is different... I never agreed to it, I rejected them all."
Ji Shian raised his eyebrows slightly: "I agreed?"
Qin Yinghuai hugged him tighter. Ji Shian was calm, but he couldn't hold it in any longer and asked a question that he would never ask when he was more sober.
He hypothesized, "If, if nothing unexpected happened and he was still here...would you not agree to be with me..."
The more he spoke, the more he felt that he was being unreasonable and irrational, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
But Ji Shian was so ingrained in him that she heard every word clearly. She put the whole thing together and realized, "Did someone spread rumors about me?"
Qin Yinghuai paused slightly.
Ji Shian noticed it and looked up at his jaw, "I don't have an ex-boyfriend!"
Qin Yinghuai paused: "Word game?"
Ji Shian was speechless. However, he still maintained a forbearing attitude, which made Ji Shian unable to even get angry. He just wanted to laugh. "You tell me more. I'm here to expose fakes."
Qin Yinghuai mentioned a few key words: "car accident, white moonlight, remember forever..."
Ji Shian got a headache after hearing this: "Who said that? Why do you believe it?"
Seeing her reaction, Qin Yinghuai realized that there might be a misunderstanding: "Jian Xun said it was you who said it."
But he never dared to ask. He consoled himself by thinking that the person was in his arms anyway, and no one could take her away unless she ran away...
He thought for a moment and added, "When you came to Chengyue for the interview."
Ji Shian tutted his words and almost laughed out of anger: "I, the person involved, don't even know—"
The voice stopped abruptly, Ji Shian stopped laughing, and Qin Yinghuai also felt cold.
"Uh..." She rubbed the corner of Qin Yinghuai's clothes, which were wrinkled.
Qin Yinghuai breathed a sigh of relief and patted her on the back: "It's okay, just talk it out. I don't mind. I'm not lying to you." It was just a little sour.
Ji Shian received the golden ticket to avoid death, and he buried his head in his arms embarrassedly. His voice was muffled by his clothes and he spoke quickly: "Then you must understand that I was new here, young and ignorant, and I did whatever it took to get a job, right? I can, can I?"
Qin Yinghuai spent a minute repeatedly analyzing the structure and meaning of the entire sentence, his body frozen in place.
Ji Shi'an secretly peeked at his expression and explained more bluntly, "At the time, I'd heard that Cheng Yue, Qin Dong, and others shouldn't get close to each other, and that they hated people who couldn't distinguish between public and private matters. Plus, Jian Xun was worried that I wasn't strong enough to handle your face, so he warned me a few times... And then, full of energy and arrogance, I, inwardly, set the script for myself to wait patiently."
Yes, it was all a misunderstanding. Qin Yinghuai's eyes lit up instantly, but then he thought of what he had just said, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
Ji Shian felt a little sorry for what he saw, and patted his arm comfortingly, like he was patting a puppy: "Don't blame you, it's all Jian Xun's fault. Why is it so hard to remember after all these years? Not only do you remember it, but you also have to bring it up and talk nonsense."
In short, it has nothing to do with the wise and powerful Ji Special Assistant! Because the country no longer issues five-cent coins.
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