Chapter 64: Consolation
◎ "Sister, I like you, will you choose me?"◎
When Jiang Siyue suddenly heard him asking about her conversation with An Lin, her body stiffened and she turned unnaturally.
During the day at the Yi family, An Lin wanted to talk about her past with Zhao Yan. Jiang Siyue listened to the wind in her ears and her heart was in a state of confusion.
I wanted to hear it, but I felt I shouldn't. Anything concerning Zhao Yan should be asked directly to him.
Finally, after An Lin spoke, Jiang Siyue rejected An Lin's "kindness".
But now Zhao Yan asked this -
"What exactly do you want to say?" Jiang Siyue said, carefully observing the changes in his expression.
Zhao Yan knew her cautious and insecure personality, so he wasn't surprised to see her testing him. He said softly, "I don't know how An Lin described the ring I gave you, but it wasn't something thrown away by anyone. It simply represents me."
Jiang Siyue twisted her hands together and touched the ring unconsciously, causing her fingertips to shrink as if burned.
Zhao Yan: "When I was in the United States, my life was so miserable that all my desires were suppressed to the extreme. In the anxiety of day after day, I gradually developed the idea of giving up all desires. When I can't even take care of myself, I have no right to talk about love."
He chuckled, but there was no hint of optimism in his voice. "Later, I met Anlin at a party. She talked about not getting married, and about the harmony and acceptance between people. I often exchanged ideas with her, and eventually I became determined not to get married."
Everything was explained clearly, but the awkwardness seemed innate. The first thing he said was, "You two have a lot in common. You're soul mates."
Zhao Yan: "I can talk a lot with all the teachers in the college. Are they all soul mates?"
Jiang Siyue: “…”
Zhao Yan changed his stance from a shield to a circle, gently holding her in his arms, and said, "Why didn't you say anything when you saw me in the corridor during the day?"
When this was mentioned, Jiang Siyue recalled An Lin's upward pounce, and her heart skipped a beat. Although she knew that with Zhao Yan's personality, he would most likely block it, but that was just her guess.
Jiang Siyue: "Why should I speak out?"
Her tone was not very nice, even a little aggressive, but Zhao Yan didn't mind. He held her face and said helplessly, "Then don't block my eyes and run away. If it weren't for the surveillance, I wouldn't be able to explain myself even if I had ten mouths."
He wasn't angry. Jiang Siyue's nervous heart relaxed and she asked, "Teacher Zhao is so talkative, how can he not explain it clearly?"
Zhao Yan: "Mr. Jiang, what you mean is, now that I've made it clear, you're not angry anymore?"
Stunned, she stared at Zhao Yan quietly for a long moment. "Being angry and explaining clearly are not causal relationships. Zhao Yan, I like you, but too many things happened today. I want to think about it for a while. Let's go register for a 30-day cooling-off period for divorce. Can you let me think about it?"
Zhao Yan straightened his face and said, "Registration and thinking well are not related. You can not see me if you don't want to, but you can't divorce me."
Jiang Siyue: “…” The rogue spirit came back again.
In this case, I might as well be a scoundrel.
"I'm going to..."
The fruit phone's ringtone rang out, and Jiang Siyue fell silent. Zhao Yan saw the person on the screen and hung up without hesitation. However, the other party seemed determined and called again, and Zhao Yan hung up again.
When the call came for the third time, Jiang Siyue stopped him, "It's Anlin, right? It might be something urgent. You should answer it."
Zhao Yan glanced at her with an ambiguous look in his eyes, loosened his arms around her, picked up the phone in front of her, and turned on the speakerphone.
Zhao Yan: "Mom, what's the matter?"
Zhang Ying on the other end of the phone was confused. "The sun is rising from the west and you called me mom?"
Zhao Yan looked towards Jiang Siyue and blinked his narrow eyes. "Well, I need to be more clear to avoid misunderstanding."
Jiang Siyue: "..." He must have done it on purpose! He wouldn't have misunderstood if he'd called him "Mr. Zhang". After glaring at him fiercely, Jiang Siyue ran upstairs.
After she left, the smile on Zhao Yan's face quickly disappeared. He turned off the hands-free mode and returned to his usual cold and distant attitude.
"...The Yi family is clearing out the place. Old Master Yi is almost in the hospital. You should hurry over and take care of this." Zhang Ying said loudly. She looked at the people in the room, some kneeling and some crying. She quietly walked to the side and said in a low voice, "Don't come over. It's more important to talk things over with Siyue."
The Yi family was indeed a prominent family in Beijing, but Zhang Ying didn't have the Yi family's backing, so she was happy just to save face. If An Lin had caused this kind of trouble and scared her wife away, she would have made a scene.
"I'll take care of it myself." Zhao Yan glanced at the stairs, put away his phone and left.
In the bedroom, the window was not closed tightly. Jiang Siyue had just returned to the room not long ago when a cool breeze blew in. She shivered with the cold. She sighed softly and got out of bed. When her hand touched the window and it was not closed tightly, she saw the car downstairs driving away from the villa, and the scarlet taillights slowly disappeared in the darkness.
After closing the window, the cold wind was blocked out. Jiang Siyue returned to the desk, opened her notebook, and sat in silence facing the document. She went over the words in the document over and over in her mind, but it was not organized. Her mind was empty, without any thoughts at all.
After a while, she simply gave up and let her thoughts wander, and eventually, inevitably, she began to process what had happened today.
Why was he indifferent when facing Xie Xishu's provocation before, but it was different when it came to An Lin?
Jiang Siyue asked herself.
She had known since she was a child that she was sensitive and would think things through carefully no matter what happened. After reviewing the whole process of An Lin's appearance, she finally realized what the problem was.
In addition to being afraid that she was Zhao Yan's substitute, there was another reason. During the difficult time Zhao Yan was going through, it was An Lin who accompanied him. No one knew about this past except Zhao Yan himself.
Combined with the "ambiguous" words An Lin said when they met, I had a preconceived notion that An Lin was Zhao Yan's unspeakable white moonlight, the most special existence, and no one could replace her.
But what if we think about it from another perspective? From Zhao Yan's perspective, An Lin might just be an ordinary classmate. It's not that he can't bear to mention her, but that he's too lazy to mention her...
Judging from Zhao Yan's explanation, the second answer is the correct one.
What had he done since the incident? He lost his temper for no reason and even rashly proposed a divorce, which seemed to be something Zhao Yan hated.
Jiang Siyue looked at the densely packed text in the document, her irritability reaching its peak. She was completely angry with herself, angry at herself for letting her mind wander, throwing away her rationality, letting her emotions dominate her brain, and saying the word "divorce".
It's true that Zhao Yan disagrees with the divorce this time, but what about later? When he comes to his senses and realizes that he is a twisted and emotional person, will he continue to tolerate it?
Just as I was thinking about all sorts of things, Meng Zhuqing called.
"Yue!" Meng Zhuqing's voice sounded particularly excited, "Let's go to the bar and order a male model!"
"Ah?" Jiang Siyue came to her senses from the chaos and suddenly thought that she had misheard.
"I'm giving out bonuses! It's a ton of money, let's go have some fun. I'll send you the address, I'm almost there, waiting for you."
Without giving her any room to refuse, Meng Zhuqing quickly hung up the phone. Looking at the address sent to her, Jiang Siyue stood up and went downstairs. It would definitely not be safe for Meng Zhuqing to go there alone. She was in a bad mood, so drinking a little wine would be a good idea.
They drove to the bar. There seemed to be an event today, so there were a lot of people. Jiang Siyue struggled to make her way through the crowd and finally arrived at Meng Zhuqing's booth. After sitting down, she quickly tidied up her messed up long hair.
Meng Zhuqing pressed the button on the table and waited for the waiter to come over. She asked excitedly: "Yue! What kind do you want? Just order whatever you want. Sisters have money."
"Goodbye." Not to mention that Jiang Siyue was full of things on her mind, even if she was in a very good mood, she would not order a male model. She was still very conscious of being a married person, although this marriage was in a precarious relationship.
"No!" Meng Zhuqing said seriously, "This is what I promised you when we were in college. I have to click and take a look, just to satisfy my curiosity."
Jiang Siyue did remember this agreement. This was how Meng Zhuqing comforted herself when she broke up with Xu Chu last time.
"You can do whatever you want." Not wanting to spoil the fun, Jiang Siyue poured herself a glass of wine and drank it silently. After a while, the three male models she ordered came over one after another. Meng Zhuqing didn't force her and sat alone with the three male models.
Meng Zhuqing was in high spirits and had a lot of fun playing the table games. Jiang Siyue pretended to be there for him, but her mind was a little absent-minded.
I wonder why Zhang Ying called so late at night? Is it about Linglong? If I had known, I would have stayed and listened.
"Open!" The baby-faced male model number three shouted loudly. After realizing something was wrong, he smiled shyly and said in a strangled voice, "Sister, you lose. You have to drink two glasses."
Jiang Siyue was amused by his change. She curled the corners of her mouth and reached for the wine, but before it touched her lips, she was stopped. She looked up and met Xu Wangxing's angry eyes.
"Sister, why don't you come to me if you're sad?" Xu Wangxing said, looking at the male model with a cold and cruel look, "Look for these dirty guys."
The male models were originally very angry, but they immediately fell silent after seeing the expensive watch on his wrist.
Jiang Siyue was stunned. Her first reaction was to look at Meng Zhuqing. When she found out that she was half drunk and didn't realize something was wrong, she breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to talk to Xu Wangxing, he interrupted her again.
Xu Wangxing's eyes were burning as he half-knelt on the ground, raised his head and looked at her with wet eyes, and said earnestly: "Sister, if they can do it, then I can do it too, right?"
The bar was filled with all kinds of noisy sounds, blaring music, customers' excited screams, the sound of glasses clinking together...
Jiang Siyue didn't understand Xu Wangxing's words clearly and was just thinking about it when his next sentence made her realize what "soul leaving" meant.
"Sister, I like you, please choose me?"
Jiang Siyue instinctively leaned back to avoid his body pressing against her, her lips slightly open, her whole body stiff, not knowing what to say.
Sun Yao, who was on the second floor, suddenly saw this scene, and his sleepiness was swept away. His blood was surging with excitement. Just after Zhao Yan said he wanted to stay at his house for a few days, he had asked Zhao Yan to come pick him up, and he should be here soon.
In the mood of watching the fun, Sun Yao took a photo and sent it to Zhao Yan, and excitedly sent a voice message: "Lao Zhao, it seems that your wife is going to have a boyfriend. I am a little bit obsessed with them."
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