Chapter 53
The weather was very good the next day. Jiang Zhinian wrapped herself up like a ball early in the morning, ready to go out with Shi Ye.
"You don't need to wear too much inside. It's an indoor venue with a constant temperature."
Jiang Zhinian unbuttoned her outer coat, revealing a slim-fitting cashmere top and a hip skirt underneath.
"Will it be hot to wear this?"
Shi Ye's eyes swept across her chest and nodded: "It will be hot, change into something looser."
After saying that, he went to the kitchen to make lemonade for Jiang Zhinian.
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When they arrived at the venue, some people were already warming up inside. Shi Ye handed his coat to Jiang Zhinian and went to the locker room nearby to change clothes.
Jiang Zhinian held Shi Ye's clothes in his arms and looked around with some curiosity.
Yuan Miaomiao walked over from the side and handed Jiang Zhinian a glass of juice with a smile. Jiang Zhinian politely refused: "I don't have a good appetite now, just lemon water will be fine, thank you."
Yuan Miaomiao put the juice aside and supported her chin with both hands.
"When I was in high school, I used to watch them play like this."
Jiang Zhinian was very interested in Shi Ye's high school days and couldn't help but start chatting with her.
"Have you and Wang Bo been together since high school?"
"Well, to be exact, it was when I graduated from high school. He confessed his love to me that summer, and we got together."
"Did you go to college together?"
"No, we are in a long-distance relationship."
Jiang Zhinian was a little surprised. It was not easy to maintain a long-distance relationship for four years.
"You two have such a good relationship."
Yuan Miaomiao smiled and glanced at the basketball court. Wang Bo, Shi Ye and others walked out of the locker room.
"You know, Shi Ye was also very popular in high school."
"As you can guess, he's also very popular in college."
"Did he play basketball in college?"
Jiang Zhinian thought for a moment and said, "As far as I can remember, he only played during college competitions. I rarely see him on the basketball court."
Yuan Miaomiao glanced at Jiang Zhinian and said, "You had a crush on him when you were in college, right?"
It wasn't a question, but an affirmation, which made Jiang Zhinian feel embarrassed.
Her face flushed and she stammered a little: "No, not really, it's just... everyone pays more attention to handsome boys."
Yuan Miaomiao gave her a look that showed she knew everything but didn't say anything. "Actually, Shi Ye doesn't really like playing basketball. When he was in high school, he would only go because Wang Bo dragged him there."
In fact, Jiang Zhinian could guess that compared to sports like basketball that require teamwork, Shi Ye might prefer running and enjoying conversations with himself.
"Then they have a really good relationship."
Yuan Miaomiao's eyes shifted slightly: "You know, the time I spent watching them play in high school was really wonderful for me."
At that time, Wang Bo liked her and always gave her a seat in the rest area. She could always occupy that only seat openly under the envious gazes of her female classmates.
She looked after their clothes, bags, and brought them water, as if she was the special one.
Although there was an annoying Zhou Hongyun sitting next to her, it did not affect the preciousness of this time for her.
Every time she woke up in the middle of the night, she wished she could open her eyes and go back to when she was seventeen, back to that summer without worries and secrets.
Seeing Yuan Miaomiao suddenly become dazed, Jiang Zhinian stopped talking and just focused his attention on the basketball court and on Shi Ye.
He was wearing a blue and white jersey today, which he and Wang Bo and the others should have bought at the same time.
Although the color and style are the same, Jiang Zhinian still feels that Shi Ye looks different when wearing it than others.
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After both sides assigned their players, the referee blew the whistle.
Jiang Zhinian held Shi Ye's clothes and watched the game nervously. At a certain moment, she felt as if she was back to the age of nineteen, back to that noisy and packed stadium.
She watched him run, jump, score goals, high-five his teammates, and wipe his sweat with a towel.
She kept these precious pictures in the deepest part of her memory, and only today, many years later, did she dare to take them out and appreciate them carefully.
"When Shi Ye plays basketball, he feels very different from his usual self."
Yuan Miaomiao suddenly spoke, bringing Jiang Zhinian back from his memories.
Isn’t it different…
Shi Ye is usually indifferent to people and things, but Jiang Zhinian feels that indifference is not Shi Ye's underlying character.
Just like he would perform CPR on a security guard he didn't know, and he would also persuade a girl with an ectopic pregnancy when she was about to be scolded by her parents.
She remembered every time they were intimate and tender, his gentle yet controlling hands, and the passion and plundering that almost drowned her.
Just as he is aggressive on the court, there is also a side of him that he hides.
But Shi Ye only let her see all this.
"In my opinion, they are all Shi Ye, there is no difference." She gave her answer with a sweet smile.
Yuan Miaomiao's eyelids twitched, and then she smiled.
Just at this moment, Shi Ye jumped up on the court and shot a beautiful arc as the whistle blew, which made Jiang Zhinian applaud excitedly.
Shi Ye landed on the ground, stood firm, and walked directly towards Jiang Zhinian.
Jiang Zhinian handed him the sports drink that had been prepared long ago. Shi Ye took it and drank half of the bottle.
He lowered his head, took the towel and wiped his sweat: "Did you cheer me up just now?"
Jiang Zhinian thought of the reward for cheering that night, her cheeks flushed, and she nodded shyly, but her eyes were bright when she looked at Shi Ye.
Like stars in the dark night.
Shi Ye smiled, raised his hand and touched her earlobe, then turned and returned to the court.
The game continues.
Yuan Miaomiao's gaze secretly drifted towards Jiang Zhinian, and sure enough, she saw her slightly red earlobe.
Although she also handed water to Wang Bo just now, her attention was actually secretly focused on Jiang Zhinian, so she naturally heard what Shi Ye said.
She had never heard that tone before.
She touched her ear and casually asked, "By the way, when is the baby's due date?"
"Probably late August."
"It would be a lion baby or a virgin baby with gray eyes."
Jiang Zhinian smiled: "Eyes don't necessarily have to be gray."
She looked up some information and found that mixed-race babies generally have a high probability of inheriting the black side, because black eyes are dominant, while rare colors are invisible.
For someone like Shi Ye, who inherited gray eyes from his father's side due to mixed-race, the probability of this happening is actually very low.
Yuan Miaomiao tapped her eyelids and blinked: "It will be gray, didn't Shi Ye tell you?"
Jiang Zhinian was stunned: "Tell me what?"
Yuan Miaomiao withdrew her hand and smiled, "So he didn't tell you. Sorry, it might not be convenient for me to tell you. After all... this is Shi Ye's privacy, I have to respect him."
Then he shut his mouth, as if he had said something he shouldn't have.
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