Chapter 21 Awesome
Yu Nian pulled her wrist free with force, walked to the study, found a box and put the ring in it. When he gave it to her, it was very rough, without any packaging, and he just gave her a ring.
After putting away the ring, she did not rush back. Instead, she lay on the table, staring at the photo frame on the desk in a daze.
This photo frame was brought from City B when she went home last time. She reached out to touch the cold frame. This photo was taken when she and her classmates went to Peking University in her second year of high school. That day happened to be the opening ceremony for the freshmen of Peking University, and she and her classmates sneaked into the classroom.
At that time, her personality was lively and not as calm as it is now. She was just watching the crowds of people coming in to join in the fun, but her eyes were attracted by the person who was speaking on the podium.
Yu Nian was chatting with his classmates when the host said that the next speaker was Ji Yanxing, a representative of this year's freshmen. In an instant, the classroom became as noisy as a vegetable market, and the host shouted for silence several times but it was no use.
Her attention was attracted by the "Ji Yanxing" who was about to take the stage. The young man walked up to the podium, stretched out his hand and raised the microphone a long way up, and a burst of laughter came from the audience.
Yu Nian didn't laugh along. Her eyes were attracted by the person on the podium. She automatically blocked out all the sounds around her, as if the person on the podium was the only one left in the world.
The young man was full of vigor and vitality, with sharp and distinct facial features, slightly upturned peach blossom eyes, dark pupils like the dark night, and thin lips lightly pulled, with a bit of cynicism.
It has a bit of a seductive meaning.
The picture freezes at this moment.
Yu Nian stared at him blankly, her heart beating faster and faster uncontrollably.
After adjusting the microphone, Ji Yanxing stood on the podium and glanced casually at the audience.
Maybe, it could also be Yu Nian’s illusion.
She met those eyes for a brief second.
She couldn't remember what Ji Yanxing said, but she only remembered that her heart was pounding at that moment.
The female classmate who was close to her asked the Beijing University student on the other side, "Is this person very powerful?"
The man replied: "This year's top scholar."
Someone held his chin and blinked his eyes: "I really want to chase her, I really want to have her."
"Come on," a basin of cold water was poured down, "The top student is too picky. A few days ago, the top student in our law department confessed to him, but he rejected her directly. Are your conditions better than the top student?"
"So arrogant?"
"I have the capital to be proud."
He Manlian was not a strict mother, and Yu Nian's academic performance was mediocre. Yu Congye and Old Man Yu naturally did not have high hopes for her. With the whole family letting her do what she wanted, Yu Nian developed an unrestrained personality.
She doesn't need to work hard to live. Her family is rich, her parents are loving, and she is pretty. It is easy for her to live a happy life. There is no need or plan to struggle.
Not knowing whether she was possessed or Ji Yanxing had cast a spell on her, Yu Nian inexplicably had an idea -
She wanted to be excellent, excellent enough to be worthy of him.
Then be with him.
Some ideas are so strange and absurd that even Yu Nian herself did not expect at first that she would have such a strong execution ability for this plan.
From the age of seventeen to twenty-four, everything she did was to become better.
Become closer to him.
The girl is in love, and this idea, which is similar to chasing a star, gradually fades away with the passage of time, but the idea turns into a habit. On the way of following him, she becomes the person she imagines he will like.
Good-looking and well-educated.
An intellectual career woman.
A dignified and elegant daughter of a noble family.
In fact, later on, she no longer regarded marrying him as her goal. It was okay for the love of her girlhood to fade away naturally, just as a fantasy of her youth.
She had not deliberately waited for something to happen between them over the years, but there was no one she liked among the people around her. She thought that she was still so young and would always meet someone other than him who could make her heart beat.
But when her grandfather told her that he wanted her to go through the marriage arrangement with Ji Yanxing, her chest suddenly started pounding. In the quiet study, she could clearly hear her own heartbeat.
It turns out that after so many years, she still falls in love with him just by hearing his name.
Yu Nian's fingers were still on the photo frame as her thoughts returned. The blurred figure behind her was the only one who knew the truth.
"On the surface, the couple is fine, which saves a lot of trouble."
Her emotions were slow, and when she thought of what he said, the blood in her body ran cold, and she slowly withdrew her fingers.
She tried, but failed.
He said he wanted to be just a superficial couple with her.
Yu Nian lowered her eyes to hide the disappointment in her eyes. She originally thought that they would be like father and mother.
"Are you planning to sit in the study all night?" A low and cold voice came from the study door.
Yu Nian was startled, and looked up to see Ji Yanxing standing at the door. She stood up and walked towards the door. "No, I'm thinking about something."
"What are you thinking about?" Ji Yanxing paused and looked into her eyes. "Are you thinking about how to be a superficial couple with me?"
Yu Nian's heart sank slightly, and she didn't avoid his gaze. "I was thinking about how to explain to my mother that I disappointed her."
Ji Yanxing's pupils suddenly narrowed and his brows furrowed.
Yu Nian didn't look at him again, retracted her gaze, walked around him, and returned to the master bedroom.
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They still slept in the same bed that night, but the situation was even worse than the first night. They sat back to back and didn't say a word.
When she woke up the next day, she was in a bad mental state because she had not slept well the previous night and had frequent dreams.
Qiao Siyun noticed the faint dark circles under her eyes at a glance, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Yu Nian took a sip of iced Americano and said, "Yeah, I kept dreaming at night."
"Oh, I see." Qiao Siyun said with some regret, "I thought you and your fake husband had become a de facto couple and stayed up late last night."
Qiao Siyun's words were not groundless.
Because Yu Nian was wearing a ring on her hand a few days ago, and when she teased her, there was some warmth in Yu Nian's eyes.
Qiao Siyun thought that they had fallen in love with each other.
As she was thinking, she glanced at Yu Nian's finger, "Hey, where's your ring?"
Yu Nian was stunned and didn’t tell the truth: “I took it off when I took a shower last night and forgot to put it on.”
"I was scared to death," Qiao Siyun said with a sigh, "I thought you were divorced."
That's half right.
It doesn't count as a divorce.
It just brought the relationship back to the worst outcome she had imagined before marriage.
Before getting married, she had thought about how she would cope if he wanted to be a nominal couple with her.
Yu Nian knew that this marriage could not be easily divorced, and she did not want the two families to experience any more troubles because of her emotions.
Just live according to the worst outcome she anticipated before marriage.
She is not someone who is completely dependent on him. She has a job, best friends with whom she can share her emotions, and friends with whom she can have dinner on weekends. Love only occupies a small part of her life.
Just think of him as a roommate, since he was always on business trips, and there wasn't much difference between him and when she lived alone.
After figuring it out, Yu Nian took a deep breath and focused on his work.
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