Chapter 17
As a result, she, who was originally a bit shy and introverted, became more and more dull, withdrawn, and lacked confidence. At the worst time, she could treat herself as a transparent person and not say a word for a month.
During those sleepless nights, Jiang Zhinian often wondered why everything seemed to be her fault when she had done nothing wrong.
Just like now, when she heard Shi Ye mention the small square, she was immediately overwhelmed by a huge sense of shame.
"I have no relationship with him. I didn't even know him before he confessed his feelings, and I didn't ask him to do anything like that."
When saying these words, Jiang Zhinian even trembled a little.
Shi Ye realized that something was wrong, so he stood up and walked next to her, teaching her how to use breathing to regulate her emotions.
"Take a slow, deep breath..."
Jiang Zhinian swallowed with a trembling throat and turned away awkwardly: "I, I'm fine."
"Why are you so sad?"
Perhaps it was because Shi Ye's voice became low and gentle under the influence of the night, and this temptation made Jiang Zhinian unconsciously open his heart.
"Because... I really hate those who force me to accept their feelings under the guise of liking me."
Putting candles in the playground to express love, waiting for him every day to deliver breakfast, these ways of showing love with the help of the public's encouragement made him very scared.
"He's been so nice to you, why don't you agree to him?"
"He loves you so much, how could you bear to do this to him?"
"He's done so much for you, can't you see it?"
People around her always use such words to persuade her, as if she is a commodity to be selected, and she must be exchanged as long as the selector pays enough exchange tokens.
But feelings are not a transaction. Just because you show enough love doesn’t mean I have to accept it.
She is also a person and she has her own feelings. She doesn't want to be with someone just because she is moved.
Did she do something wrong?
I don't know when, tears of grievance slipped out of the corners of my eyes.
Shi Ye sighed, leaned over, put Jiang Zhinian's head on his shoulder, and patted her back gently.
"You're not wrong, you did the right thing."
Jiang Zhinian was stunned, and Shi Ye seemed to understand what she was saying.
Understand all her grievances and unwillingness, understand the violence and cold words she has suffered.
It was precisely this belated understanding that made her cry even more sadly.
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The consequence of crying before going to bed is that you will have swollen eyes when you wake up the next day.
Jiang Zhinian came out of the bathroom with her face covered and walked towards the kitchen wailing.
A plain sticky note was stuck on the refrigerator: "There are eggs and corn in the steamer, and there is milk in the cupboard. If you don't like it, there are other frozen foods in the freezer."
The handwriting reflects the character of the person.
Jiang Zhinian tore off the note, touched it lightly with his fingers, then folded it up and put it in his pocket.
There weren't many vegetables in the refrigerator, and some daily necessities at home were also running out, so Jiang Zhinian decided to go to the supermarket alone to buy some.
By the way, get familiar with the area where you will live in the future.
Perhaps because it is close to the Medical University, this street, although showing some signs of time, retains a special historical flavor.
Jiang Zhinian took a quick stroll around the red brick houses, the fallen leaves of the sycamore trees, and the quiet yet sunny streets and immediately fell in love with this place.
She walked to the door of the kindergarten next to the community and looked over. The little kids on the playground were playing games with their teacher.
Just looking at it makes people happy.
Jiang Zhinian touched her belly and suddenly felt grateful for her courage. She protected her child.
"Baby, let's go to kindergarten here too, okay?"
Of course, the little peanut in her stomach would not respond. Jiang Zhinian walked towards the supermarket with a smile on her face.
"Jiang Zhinian!"
Jiang Zhinian turned around and saw someone who looked familiar.
"You don't remember me? I'm Xiao Qing from the next dorm. Why are you here?"
"Ah, I live near here..."
"I saw a message in the class group saying that you got married. Is it true?"
Jiang Zhinian nodded.
"Wow, congratulations! Who is it with? Is it the one from the Computer Science School next door..."
Jiang Zhinian quickly waved his hands: "No, no..."
"No way, he chased you so hard in college, didn't he even hack into your computer..."
"No, it's not him. It's someone you don't know."
"I don't know her. Okay, but it's true. You're so popular, so there must be a lot of rich men chasing after you. Are you living the life of a rich woman now?"
Jiang Zhinian smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I still have to go shopping, let's talk next time."
Perhaps because she was in a bad mood, she couldn't help but feel nauseous.
The look in the girl's eyes when she looked at her changed instantly.
Jiang Zhinian no longer cared about what she thought of him. He waved his hand and left quickly.
The girl left behind excitedly "tsk tsk" twice, and opened her own gossip group to report the big news she had discovered.
"Fuck, guess who I just ran into, Jiang Zhinian! Didn't she post on WeChat Moments saying she was married? I immediately felt something was wrong, and guess what, she's being kept by a wealthy businessman and is pregnant!!!"
"Is it true? How do you know?"
"Nonsense, she had so many suitors in college, but have you ever seen her dating any of them? No, right? Why didn't she date? Isn't it because she thinks the other guy isn't rich?"
"Being with a rich man doesn't necessarily mean he's being kept by someone. Maybe you can just fall in love and get married normally."
"Heh, a normal marriage doesn't even have a wedding. She's pregnant right after talking about marriage. She must be forcing the marriage while pregnant to get ahead."
A piece of gossip may only start with a few people, but as the six-person effect spreads, this outrageous gossip eventually spreads to all the classmates in the school.
In just one morning, even Shi Ye's medical school classmates were affected.
Zheng Chengfei entered the office while eating a melon. He happened to see Zhao Jiamin, the class beauty from the next class, writing a medical case. He slid over and asked mysteriously, "I ate a melon. Are you interested?"
Zhao Jiamin glanced at him: "What melon?"
"When we were in college, there was a campus beauty named Jiang Zhinian. Have you heard of her?"
"I know. It's quite famous. They say someone risked their life for her and hit her on the head with a brick. We first went to the school clinic for treatment. Isn't there a senior from our hospital doing an internship there? She said she needed eight stitches."
"What you heard is nothing compared to what I heard. I heard a while ago that a guy in the computer science department, in order to confess his love to her, blacked out the big screens in the Twin Towers and played her pictures on rotation around the clock. It seems his family lost a lot of money afterwards."
"These are all old news and boring. I have a new one that's super exciting."
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