Chapter 90
He stood up and looked down at Jiang Zhinian. His grey eyes were strangely calm. "Am I not as good as him?"
Am I not as good as the one in your memory, the one you have beautified thousands of times?
Are you disappointed because the real me is not as good as you imagined?
Shi Ye turned around and tried to leave, but Jiang Zhinian grabbed him on the back and hugged his waist tightly.
"No, no..." Jiang Zhinian bit his lower lip, "I just didn't know how to say it."
Shi Ye tilted his head: "Do you have an answer?"
"Yes, do you want to hear it?"
Shi Ye turned around, raised his hand and gently pinched Jiang Zhinian's chin, rubbing his thumb gently on the side of his face: "I want to hear it."
Jiang Zhinian took a deep breath, stepped forward and kissed Shi Ye on the lower lip: "Wait for me, don't run around."
She turned and went into the room, and soon returned to the living room, holding a photo album in her arms, looking a little uneasy.
"I have something to show you, but don't be mad at me after you see it, okay?"
Shi Ye glanced at her and saw that she looked like a pitiful little rabbit. He then sat on the sofa and opened his arms again: "Do you want me to hold you?"
"Yes." Jiang Zhinian sat in Shi Ye's arms, found a comfortable position, tilted her head back and kissed his chin flatteringly, "You should understand after reading this album."
She opened the photo album and the first page showed a boy's back, taken in the school auditorium, from an obviously candid angle.
"This is the first time I've met you."
"This is the first time I've met you in a library."
"This is the first time I've met you in the cafeteria."
"This is the first time I met you while jogging in the morning."
"This is the first time I've seen you play basketball."
As the pages of the album turned, Shi Ye saw himself as seen by Jiang Zhinian during his college years, at different stages, but without exception, he was always seen from the back or from the side.
In fact, Jiang Zhinian did not deliberately follow Shi Ye. She couldn't help but take pictures after encountering him by chance. She didn't have any specific purpose, she just wanted to keep them as a souvenir.
But she didn't expect that after so many years, it would become evidence of her love for him.
"Why did you take so many pictures?" Shi Ye's fingers unconsciously rubbed Jiang Zhinian's ears.
Jiang Zhinian was also a little dazed after hearing this.
Yes, how come she took so many photos? It seemed like she had taken so many photos without realizing it during her four years in college.
Each one represents a gaze at time and an intersection of fate.
During those years, they were like two parallel lines, getting closer and closer, but never truly intersecting.
She looked at him, but he would never know that a pair of eyes had lingered on him.
Shi Ye glanced at them, pointed at one of them and asked, "This one seems to be..."
Jiang Zhinian only took a glance and recalled: "Do you remember?"
The Organization Department was holding an event that day, and to increase the popularity of the event, she was asked by the Organization Department Director to wear a cheongsam and pose nearby. It was originally agreed that it would be a Chinese cheongsam, but some problem arose during the rental process, and they borrowed a super short coser cheongsam.
She was afraid of exposing herself, so she didn't dare to move and stood there like a log for a long time.
Just when the event was about to end, she suddenly heard someone behind her scream. Turning around, she saw Shi Ye grabbing a boy's wrist, who was holding a mobile phone in his hand.
There was a buzz of discussion nearby, with some saying that the boy had deliberately placed his phone under Jiang Zhinian's skirt, as if he was secretly taking a photo.
Jiang Zhinian raised her eyes to look at Shi Ye, but he didn't even look at her. He just confirmed that all the photos in the boy's phone were deleted before handing him over to the security guard who was maintaining order.
Jiang Zhinian wanted to thank Shi Ye, but he just turned around and left, as if he didn't care who he helped.
She only had time to take a photo of her back and didn't even say thank you.
"I remember now." Shi Ye frowned slightly. It was obvious that the memory of that day was not very pleasant for him.
Jiang Zhinian turned around and touched his brow: "I admit that I like Shi Ye when he was twenty years old, but this kind of liking is not a mirage, nor is it my own beautification of imagination, but because Shi Ye when he was twenty years old is worthy of my liking."
She broke free from Shi Ye's arms, and the two sat facing each other, looking into each other's eyes: "But, I also like Shi Ye when he was 25 years old, because he is equally worthy of my love. There is no difference between the two of them. Who I like more is you. They are both you."
After listening to this, Shi Ye placed his hands on Jiang Zhinian's cheeks, cupped her little face, and applied a little force: "Do you like me so much?"
Jiang Zhinian's face was pinched into a bun by him, but he still said firmly: "Yes."
Now that I have said it, although I am still a little shy, I still want to make it clear.
Shi Ye loosened his hand, tilted his head, and said coaxingly: "But, I only see from these photos that you like my past self. What about the present self? What proof do you plan to provide?"
Jiang Zhinian suddenly had an idea and remembered the paper cranes folded from sticky notes in the drawer.
"Go into the room and I'll prove it to you."
She wanted to say that she would go to the room to get the paper cranes, but Shi Ye obviously misunderstood her and nodded: "Okay."
After saying that, he stood up, bent down, held Princess Jiang Zhinian in his arms, entered the room, and did not forget to close the door behind him.
Jiang Zhinian was placed on the bed. Watching Shi Ye raise his hand to take off his shirt, he realized something was wrong: "Wait, wait, I think you seem to have misunderstood what I meant..."
Shi Ye pressed the person down on the bed. Even if he had misunderstood, he would never admit it: "Shh, keep quiet."
Jiang Zhinian tried her best to reach the bedside table. There was a gift box inside, and she wanted to show it to Shi Ye.
After finally taking it out and holding it in front of Shi Ye, his hand shook and the box fell and scattered. The paper cranes folded with love were scattered all over the bed, like stars falling into the water.
Shi Ye was not distracted at all when the stars fell. He placed his hands on both sides of her body and lowered his head to Jiang Zhinian's lips: "This time, it's your turn to kiss me."
In their past kisses, Shi Ye always took the dominant position, strong and possessive. This time, he wanted Jiang Zhinian to take the initiative to kiss him.
Jiang Zhinian lay on the bed, tightly holding a paper crane that he had accidentally caught earlier. He swallowed hard and said, "Okay, then, then you don't move."
She carefully raised her hands and hooked them around Shi Ye's neck, but before she could kiss him, Shi Ye put his arm around her waist and changed her position.
The two sat facing each other, hugging each other, with their hands folded so that they could better appreciate each other's expressions.
Shi Ye lowered his eyes and looked at her: "Continue."
Jiang Zhinian shyly leaned forward and carefully kissed his upper lip, which was just as soft and tender as she had imagined.
She was like a child who had discovered a new toy. With an adventurous spirit and a playful attitude, she searched and explored bit by bit with great patience.
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