Chapter 88 If Day 5: When Xiang Di Gains Mind Reading Ability (5)
When faced with Bai Jiangxin's invitation, Xiang Di's first reaction was, "Does this count as cheating?"
While she was torn between her inner conflict and her own thoughts, Bai Jiangxin said "Get in the car" again.
“No…” Her tongue seemed to be tied in knots, “I’m not in the mood today…”
Bai Jiangxin: "What's the mood?"
Xiang Di: "It's that kind of enthusiasm..."
Bai Jiangxin: "Which one?"
Why is Bai Jiangxin so good at playing dumb, no matter his age? Xiang Di glared at him, gritted her teeth, and said without caring about her image, "Are you satisfied with your interest in making love, having sex, and engaging in sexual activity?"
After uttering a string of vulgar and offensive words, her chest heaved and her face turned completely red.
Bai Jiangxin looked at her leisurely and said casually, "You have quite a vocabulary."
"...Thank you." Xiang Di gritted her teeth. "Anyway, I don't want to do that right now."
Bai Jiangxin retorted, "Did I say I wanted to do *that* with you?"
"?"
Xiang Di looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Weren't you just implying to me that I could try whatever I wanted?"
"When I said 'test drive,' I meant for you to take this car for a test drive." Bai Jiangxin gestured lightly with his chin towards the car. "Didn't you see I opened the driver's side door for you?"
Xiang Di knew he had opened the driver's side door, but she didn't suspect anything; she assumed he was going to get into the driver's seat.
She had read a very erotic novel before, and that's what she learned.
The driver's seat can be adjusted back, and the seat height can also be adjusted to the most comfortable distance according to the height of both people. This way, he can sit in the seat, while she only needs to bend down slightly and lean on the steering wheel.
Xiang Di took a deep breath, refusing to admit that she was overthinking things, and asked him again, "...Then what do you mean by saying that your period is over?"
"Your legs always ache during your period, right?" Bai Jiangxin said unhurriedly, "How can you press the accelerator and brake then?"
"..."
Xiang Di was convinced.
He always had a reason for everything, and it was a reason she couldn't refute.
She lowered her head, squeezed her eyes shut, and couldn't help but reflect: Was she really too lewd?
“…Sorry,” she reflected, “it’s because my thoughts were too filthy.”
"It's alright." Bai Jiangxin generously forgave her. "Get in the car."
Xiang Di nodded, then suddenly remembered: "Huh? Let me drive?"
No, she hasn't gotten her driver's license yet.
Originally, her parents and Bai Jiangxin wanted her to learn to drive during the winter vacation, but she didn't want to go to the driving school because of the cold winter weather, so she planned to wait until the summer vacation.
At 24, I would definitely have a driver's license, but at 18, I had never even learned to drive, let alone drive a Rolls-Royce.
If your car breaks down, that's a minor issue. But if you actually hit someone on the road, that's pure revenge against society.
"That's not even as good as having sex in the car," Xiang Di chuckled dryly, making an excuse that she had just eaten too much at home and was feeling a bit dizzy, so she wasn't really fit to drive.
Fortunately, Bai Jiangxin didn't make things difficult for her and said, "Then I'll drive."
Sitting in the passenger seat, Xiang Di breathed a sigh of relief, still shaken. At least she had gotten away with it for now. What would she do when she got home?
If she stays in this time and space, not to mention how to get along naturally with Bai Jiangxin, who is 24 years old, what will happen to her life in the future?
She managed to graduate with a driver's license and a master's thesis, but what about finding a job? Her parents wanted her to take the civil service exam and follow in their footsteps as a law student, but she was only a freshman, hadn't even taken the bar exam, and knew nothing about law. How could she take it?
It would be better to be reborn in the past, at least then you would just experience things again, while traveling to the future would leave her with nothing but confusion and emptiness.
As she was brainstorming, Bai Jiangxin, who was in the driver's seat, suddenly leaned towards her.
The delicate aroma of Darjeeling tea wafted into Xiang Di's nostrils, startling her. She immediately crossed her arms over her chest and asked, "What are you doing?"
Bai Jiangxin didn't say anything, but silently helped her fasten her seatbelt.
Xiang Di looked embarrassed and gave an awkward laugh.
After fastening her seatbelt, he didn't rush to leave. A mischievous glint flashed in his eyes as he rested his hand on the edge of the seat and looked at her, asking, "Are you that afraid I might do something to you in the car?"
"No, no, how could that be?"
Xiang Di had no idea how to explain her miraculous experience to Bai Jiangxin. Not to mention whether he would believe her, what if he thought she was schizophrenic?
So she had no choice but to try and get away with it for now. She tried to look like a seasoned veteran in relationships, so she coughed lightly and said with a sneer, "Just kidding, we've been together for so many years, I'm not afraid at all, okay?"
He said softly, "Really? Then let's give it a try?"
"A test drive?" she asked. "But I'm really feeling a bit dizzy..."
Bai Jiangxin continued, "Try doing it in the car."
Xiang Di opened her eyes wide and watched as he moved something, and the chair she was leaning against began to slowly recline backward.
Bai Jiangxin leaned down and looked down at her: "Do you remember when we first did it in the car?"
Overwhelmed by the man's imposing presence, Xiang Di felt genuinely dizzy and her speech became slurred: "...Didn't you just say that we didn't try it in the car?"
“I’ve never driven a Rolls-Royce,” Bai Jiangxin said. “Do you remember the sports car my dad gave me?”
"..." Xiang Di said with a forced smile, "I... I remember."
"Then tell me what position we were in at that time."
In this enchanting atmosphere, Bai Jiangxin looked down at her, then suddenly transformed into a cold-faced examiner, testing her memory: "Are you on top, or am I on top?"
How would she know?! Xiang Di could only say, "No, I don't quite remember."
"You just said you remembered, and now you've forgotten again?" Bai Jiangxin raised an eyebrow and continued to ask her, "Do you remember how many times you sprayed it back then?"
Xiang Di felt like he was going to die, so he simply gave up and said, "...I don't remember."
“Three times,” he announced, “and it got all over my shirt, pants, and the chair.”
"..."
"And we were in a hurry at the time, and you didn't take off your shoes. When you stretched out your legs and were shaking, you almost kicked the car window to pieces."
"..."
Xiang Di's face was as if dripping blood.
Just kill me.
"Today, in your dream Rolls-Royce," he said, his right hand cupping her chin, leaning down to breathe on her face, "want to break a record?"
Eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin doesn't wear perfume; he always has a pleasant, cool, youthful scent. The Bai Jiangxin in front of her has started attending various business parties with his father, so wearing perfume is commonplace for him. This different scent that invades her nostrils still makes her very uncomfortable.
Eighteen-year-old Xiang Di, who had only recently entered the world of women, was like a lamb to the slaughter in front of twenty-four-year-old Bai Jiangxin, being skinned alive by him. She was both scared and nervous, and dared not look at him anymore, so she could only close her eyes tightly.
Bai Jiangxin suddenly asked her, "What are you nervous about?"
Xiang Di hesitated, "I..."
"Xiang Di, who I've been talking to for many years, is very bold, unlike you who are so cowardly."
Xiang Di was startled, opened her eyes, and looked at him.
A very subtle smile flickered in Bai Jiangxin's eyes.
"Although I don't know how you managed to get here by defying the laws of physics."
Xiang Di, who was eighteen years old, felt a gentle tap on her forehead. He greeted her in a tone that sounded like he was talking to a child, saying, "Hello, Xiang Di, who is eighteen years old."
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Bai Jiangxin recognized her.
Or perhaps they recognized her long ago.
He only tested him slightly before confirming that the person in front of him was still Xiang Di, but the Xiang Di he had been talking to for many years, the same Xiang Di who had lustful thoughts but no courage, who knew a lot but would back down as soon as he came.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Xiang Di asked him blankly, "...Do you really believe in something that defies the laws of physics?"
Bai Jiangxin said calmly, "Even if you don't believe me, you were sitting in front of me six years ago."
"You're really taking this too far!" Xiang Di exclaimed, surprised that he didn't even show any surprise. "At first, I thought I was dreaming, but this dream is so real. Do you think this might be a parallel world?"
Before Bai Jiangxin could answer, she offered another guess: "Could it be that I have amnesia, or schizophrenia, or that I've been through some kind of trauma, which is why I've forgotten everything that happened in the past six years?"
Bai Jiangxin: "Then how about I take you to the hospital to get it checked out?"
Upon hearing that they were going to the hospital, Xiang Di immediately refused.
She's not mentally ill, so why should she go to the hospital? If she really were mentally ill, she would be even less willing to go to the hospital.
"If you're not going to the hospital, then go home."
Upon hearing the word "go home," Xiang Di immediately clutched her chest again: "Go home? You don't still want to be with me... I have to remind you, my soul is only eighteen years old right now."
Bai Jiangxin glanced at her lightly: "Are you really that innocent at eighteen?"
"...Anyway, I'm more innocent than you." Xiang Di muttered, "I'm six years younger than you now, there's a generation gap, you're like an old cow eating young grass."
Bai Jiangxin curled her lips, ignored her, and started the car.
As the car drove along the road, Xiang Di, sitting in the passenger seat, looked left and right, and asked him curiously, "You really gave me a Rolls-Royce when I was twenty-four?"
Bai Jiangxin retorted, "Otherwise, how could it be fake?"
"Why?"
"You said you wanted it yourself."
"Me?" Xiang Di pointed to himself.
"Hmm." Bai Jiangxin said calmly, "You said it feels better to do it in a car, but my sports car is too small. You still want to experience the feeling of a Rolls-Royce. You feel embarrassed in my dad's car."
Xiang Di nodded and said, "So you used all your savings to buy this car just because I said I wanted to experience it? And then you had no money left."
Bai Jiangxin nodded.
She suddenly didn't know what to say. Should she be happy that he was willing to spend money on her, or should she say that he had no sense of planning when it came to spending money?
"...Do you still have money?"
Bai Jiangxin: "I had some left over, but I bought some other things."
"What is it?" Xiang Di asked curiously.
Bai Jiangxin, who was driving, glanced at her sideways, then looked away and said indifferently, "It's not like it was bought for you when you were eighteen, so stop asking questions."
"That eighteen-year-old me was me too."
Bai Jiangxin immediately retorted: "Who was it that just said there was a generation gap between us and called me an old cow eating young grass?"
Unable to argue further, Xiang Di pouted, "Fine, I won't ask then. I'm not really that curious anyway."
After saying that, she ignored him and turned her head away.
When the car reached the intersection and stopped at a red light, Bai Jiangxin stopped the car, glanced at the back of her head, and suddenly smiled.
There is indeed a generation gap; even at eighteen, Xiang Di still acts like a little girl when she gets angry.
Bai Jiangxin explained softly, "I'm telling you now, if you still have the memory after you go back, then you won't have any surprises when you're twenty-four, understand?"
According to his memory of that day when he turned eighteen, she would forget all of this once she returned.
Xiang Di turned her head and looked at him with confusion: "Go back? Do you think I can still go back?"
Bai Jiangxin: "Since you can come here, you can naturally go back."
Xiang Di was speechless for a moment. She didn't know where he got his confidence from, so sure that she could go back to six years ago. She herself wasn't sure.
"...What if I really stay here forever?" Her tone suddenly became panicked. "I have no memory of these past six years. I don't have a driver's license, and I'm not well-educated. My graduation thesis is due soon, and I don't know how to write it."
The little girl was quite thoughtful. Bai Jiangxin said, "I'll find someone to teach you how to write your thesis, so don't worry."
"What about jobs?" Xiang Di said, "With my current skills, I definitely won't be able to find a job after graduation."
Bai Jiangxin: "Do you think I'd let you go hungry?"
Xiang Di pursed her lips. That made sense. With Bai Jiangxin around, she didn't need to worry about these things at all.
but……
She twisted her fingers and whispered, "But I still want to go back."
"Are you worried about not being able to get used to life here?" Bai Jiangxin asked calmly. "With me here, you don't need to worry about anything."
"Besides, if you don't go back, life will be much easier."
Bai Jiangxin told her some things about how she had gotten through the past few years.
To outsiders, his girlfriend Xiang Di's parents are both civil servants, open-minded and doting on their daughter. Her older brother is good at making money and willing to spend money on his younger sister. Her boyfriend also spoils her. In addition, she is beautiful and smart. She won scholarships every year in college and was directly recommended for postgraduate studies at Peking University's Master of Laws program in her senior year.
In terms of their relationship, they were very close, dating from high school all the way to graduate school. All the teachers and classmates knew that Bai Jiangxin, the most handsome guy in the finance department, had a girlfriend he had been dating for many years. The two were a perfect match, had already met each other's parents, and both sets of parents were very satisfied with each other.
Everyone thought that Xiang Di was born to enjoy a life of luxury. Born into a high-ranking family and a top university, she was a well-bred young lady whose life had never involved hardship.
Only Bai Jiangxin knew that she was not a genius. Apart from her background and appearance given by her parents, all her achievements were earned through her own hard work.
She initially worked hard to catch up with him, and now she stands at the same level as him, but she still hasn't stopped and continues to pursue better results and a better life.
"The year you took the bar exam, you were under a lot of pressure and often suffered from insomnia. Sometimes you would suddenly burst into tears while studying. Later, when you came to Yenching University for graduate studies, everyone around you was so outstanding that you often doubted your own abilities, which made you even more stressed. Once, your advisor said a few words to you, and you went home and cried all night, complaining about why you were so bad."
Xiang Di was stunned; she knew absolutely nothing about any of this.
“You’ve had a tough time learning these past few years,” Bai Jiangxin said softly. “Now that we’ve moved directly to six years in the future, you don’t have to go through all that hardship anymore to have everything you have now. Isn’t that much easier for you?”
“Although I don’t quite understand how difficult it is as you say, I can understand what you mean,” Xiang Di said. “It’s like skipping three years of high school, not even taking the college entrance exam, and going straight to the best university, right?”
Bai Jiangxin: "More or less."
"But what's the point? If a person doesn't have the ability to deserve everything they have now, they will lose it later, even if they have it now."
Despite her gentle and quiet demeanor, her gaze was resolute: "People still need to study diligently and practically. Otherwise, even if I have all sorts of certificates, I'll still be a useless person who knows nothing, don't you think?"
This is Xiang Di; no matter how old she is, she will always be this way.
Most people's unrequited love is bittersweet and filled with self-pity, feeling sorry for their own ordinariness and the other person's excellence. But she turned her unrequited love into motivation for studying and desperately tried to catch up with him.
Then, after catching up with him, she was not satisfied with that. Instead, she worked towards even higher goals, and so the girl became more and more dazzling and attractive.
He fell in love with and admired her from the bottom of his heart during one of her shining moments.
Bai Jiangxin's life plan had always been to marry her after graduating from university. However, seeing her pursuing her own path, he did not hesitate to put his plans aside.
"Yes." Bai Jiangxin smiled slightly. "So you still want to go back and study hard?"
"Yes." She nodded, then said to him, "And I want to go back and be with you."
Bai Jiangxin was slightly taken aback, and said, "Whether you go back or not, you will stay with me."
“No, I mean being with you when you were eighteen,” Xiang Di said. “These past six years may have been tough on my studies, but I’ve also been with you during these six years, so I don’t want to miss out.”
In the six years she'd been with him, she didn't want to miss a single second. She didn't care about any magic tricks; she wanted to experience every day she spent with him deeply and meaningfully.
“If this isn’t a parallel world, and I’m here, what about you six years ago?” Thinking of this, Xiang Di became even more determined to go back. “So I can’t stay here. You at twenty-four have me at twenty-four with you. I have to go back and be with you at eighteen.”
Bai Jiangxin's eyes flashed, and his voice suddenly lowered: "But I had a bad temper back then."
“Then I definitely have to go back,” Xiang Di said.
She knew that Bai Jiangxin was doing well now, stable and reliable, and successful in his career. Even if she couldn't go back, she believed that he would arrange everything for her now.
But she couldn't do that. She couldn't just enjoy his kindness to her; she had to give something in return.
You reap what you sow. The perfect Bai Jiangxin we have now must be the result of her growing up and adjusting to each other step by step, understanding and growing together, which made him so mature and considerate.
Therefore, she must wake up from this dream.
The car suddenly stopped at the side of the road, and the man immediately unbuckled his seatbelt, leaned over, and hugged her tightly.
He was embracing 18-year-old Xiang Di; rather than a passionate embrace between lovers, it felt more like a familial embrace of dependence.
Thank you for still thinking of him when he was eighteen, even though you've come to a new time and space.
Thank you for not choosing to skip those times filled with arguments and conflicts, but for still being willing to go back and accompany that immature him as he grew up.
"Thank you," Bai Jiangxin said in a deep voice. "I thank you on behalf of the eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin."
Xiang Di sweetly said, "You're welcome." After saying so much, what she was most worried about was what would happen if she really couldn't go back.
"Don't worry." Bai Jiangxin patted her head. "You'll be able to go back soon."
Xiang Di's eyes lit up: "Really!"
Bai Jiangxin: "Really."
Perhaps because 24-year-old Bai Jiangxin seemed really reliable, Xiang Di trusted him completely.
She said excitedly, "Then, before I go back, can I ask you a question?"
Bai Jiangxin naturally thought, "Want to know the winning lottery numbers? I'll check for you."
"Oh, no," Xiang Di said, "I wanted to ask you... in these past six years, has there been anything I haven't done well enough... have I been good to you?"
"You have to tell the truth. If there's anything I did wrong, tell me, and I'll change it as soon as I get back."
Xiang Di waited anxiously for his answer, but the man seemed to be paused. His dark eyes behind his glasses remained motionless, and in the few seconds of silence, there was a faint glint in his eyes, which was not obvious under the reflection of the glasses.
When he spoke again, his voice was low and hoarse, as if filled with a thousand comforting emotions: "No, you are very good, you are very good to me... too."
Xiang Di breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
...
The dream came suddenly, and I woke up just as suddenly.
Xiang Di was woken up by Bai Jiangxin. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw the layout of his room.
Wait a minute, she was just here... wait, where was she just now?
Xiang Di sat up in bed, her head throbbing, filled with fragments of thoughts, but she couldn't piece together a concrete image.
The person in front of me was indeed Bai Jiangxin. He had already changed into his usual black coat, which was simple and understated, highlighting his young and handsome face.
"Huh?" she asked, puzzled. "Don't you wear glasses?"
"I'm not nearsighted, why would I wear glasses? Are you still half asleep?" Bai Jiangxin patted her forehead and said, "Get up, let's go see a movie."
Going to the movies? Oh, she remembered, they had made plans to go to the movies today.
She glanced at the time and exclaimed in surprise, "I've only slept for an hour?"
She felt like she had slept for a long time and had a very long dream.
On the way to the movie theater, Xiang Di told Bai Jiangxin that she had a very long dream, but when Bai Jiangxin asked her what she dreamed about, her mind went blank and she couldn't remember anything.
It was snowing on the way to the movie theater. Xiang Di, wrapped in a warm scarf and hat, exhaled white breath and said with certainty, "But it's definitely just a beautiful dream."
Bai Jiangxin took her hand and put it in his pocket to warm it.
"As long as it's a beautiful dream."
...
If she was sleeping soundly when she suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, looked around incredulously, and muttered to herself, "Am I dreaming or being reborn?", this kind of possession-like sleepwalking behavior could be considered a pleasant dream, then he would just consider it a nightmare.
Especially when she pinched my cheeks and kept saying, "My husband at eighteen, such a tender and fresh-faced young man, I miss you so much! You weren't even nearsighted back then."
He slapped her hand away, frowned, and asked her if she was crazy.
“That’s right.” She said excitedly, “That’s exactly the kind of cold, fierce, and arrogant look I liked back then.”
Then, like a female hooligan, she touched him while making him call her "sister" a couple of times. Finally, she even put her hand inside his pants to see how big he was when he was eighteen.
Fortunately, the crazy "Xiang Di" wasn't very strong and was quickly subdued by Bai Jiangxin. When she heard him say he was going to call a car to take her to the hospital to see a neurologist, she quickly explained that she wasn't crazy and said she would never lay a hand on him again.
She said she was reborn from six years in the future, and that if he didn't believe her, he could ask her what happened during those six years, and she promised to tell him everything she knew.
Bai Jiangxin said coldly, "I don't want to ask anything. Just get back to normal."
But she kept making him ask, which annoyed Bai Jiangxin to no end. Finally, he had no choice but to ask her, "You just called me husband, and we got married six years later?"
"No, it's just a term of endearment between lovers."
"Why aren't you married yet?" Bai Jiangxin frowned.
“You didn’t propose,” she said. “Although I wanted to propose to you, Xiang Sheng threatened me that if I dared to propose to you, she would disown me as her brother.”
Bai Jiangxin's expression wasn't good, but his focus wasn't on Xiang Sheng.
He originally planned to propose after graduating from university, but they were both 24 years old and Xiang Di still hadn't received his proposal.
"Impossible." Bai Jiangxin was even less convinced of her abilities and immediately wanted to take her to the hospital to have her brain checked.
She quickly said, "Ask one more question, but don't ask about things that haven't happened yet. Ask what has happened in the past six years."
"For example, which stocks have risen in the past six years, which celebrities have become popular, and whether there are any emerging industries in the past six years. You can invest in these industries in advance and make a fortune later."
Bai Jiangxin simply said no, he didn't believe her at all, who knew if it was some kind of scam.
It's so annoying. When will she finally wake up from this delusional sleepwalking? But he doesn't ask, and she keeps trying to prove that she really did come from another time. Bai Jiangxin sighed and asked calmly, "Then tell me, have I been good to you these past six years?"
The boisterous "Xiang Di" was stunned. She stammered, "...You now have a golden opportunity to know what will happen in the future. Maybe after you get the prophecy from me, you might become the richest person in the world. And you...are only curious about this?"
"Hmm." Bai Jiangxin said calmly, "I'm just curious whether I've been good to you these past few years."
He added, "If you have any complaints, you can say them directly."
The original intention was to let her take advantage of her sleepwalking to express all the things she was unhappy about in him, so that she wouldn't be afraid of upsetting him and he would also change his bad habits.
However, Xiang Di, whose hands were bound by a belt, suddenly reddened his eyes and raised both hands at the same time, like an awkward child, to wipe away his tears.
Can you cry while sleepwalking?
After all, she's his precious girlfriend. He can't bear to hit her or really scold her, and he certainly wouldn't actually take her to the hospital. Even if she really is crazy, he will take care of her for the rest of his life.
Bai Jiangxin had no choice but to take out a tissue and wipe away her tears.
"...Why are you crying?"
After she finished crying, she sniffed hard, looked at his young face, and pouted, saying, "You're so good to me, incredibly good... really."
Xiang Di wasn't sure if he believed her or not, but he said anyway, "Well, that's good."
Eighteen-year-old Xiang Di never knew what else twenty-four-year-old Bai Jiangxin had bought for her with his savings, besides the Rolls-Royce. Eighteen-year-old Bai Jiangxin also never knew why she suddenly started sleepwalking like a madwoman that day when she was sleeping soundly.
Six years later, after they had grown up together, Bai Jiangxin suddenly saw the awkward and shy expression that often appeared on his girlfriend's face when she was eighteen.
As Xiang Di sat in the Rolls-Royce her boyfriend had given her, she saw him take out a ring box containing a six-carat platinum diamond ring.
[if complete]
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In the main timeline, 837 also proposed in a Rolls-Royce.
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