Chapter 51 Chapter 51 This may be difficult to change, but I will try...
Leng Yunting asked Chi Ke to stay here and watch over Xu Lemian until the necklace was found.
Chi Ke is a little annoyed now and is unwilling to work overtime even if he is paid more.
Xu Lemian has no mouth, but he does. He directly sent him the electronic proof of buying gifts for New Year's Eve, turned around and left, no longer paying attention to these two crazy men.
Ji Qian drove Chi Yuanfan back first.
After Chi Yuanfan left, they were the only two people left in the car.
Ji Qian was exceptionally taciturn, and the car seemed even quieter, with only the occasional engine noise and gentle breathing.
Chi Ke knew in his heart that he was not angry, he was probably just depressed.
Put yourself in his shoes. If you knew that Ji Qian was hiding something from you and he still didn't confess after being discovered, you would definitely not feel very good.
He stared at the street scene outside the window that was constantly receding. He always felt that he should say something, but he couldn't find the point to open his mouth and confess.
It’s not that I intentionally hid it from Ji Qian, it’s just that “it’s a long story”.
You can't just say directly, "I'm not actually from this world, I came here after death", right?
Then you have to talk about when you came here, explain why you died, and finally talk about the unpleasant past events.
These things are like a flood bursting through a dam. Once it starts, it cannot be stopped. It can only be considered over if it is traced back to the origin of the universe. This is not a talk show where you have to make a decision halfway through and wait for the next episode to explain it.
Chi Ke has always been reluctant to talk about his past. He believes that the feeling of being completely known by one person is no less than running naked on the street during rush hour, with no privacy or safety at all.
So he never told anyone about this. The friends he had in his previous life were only temporary, and no one knew his entire past.
Of course, many people have been curious, and the results are predictable: either they have the tact to retract their curiosity and hide it after hitting a wall; or they keep asking questions without any sense of propriety and are finally excluded from his social circle.
No one could get any information out of him unless he wanted to.
If Ji Qian...
Chi Ke sighed silently.
Ji Qian is still different.
If Ji Qian really asked him, he thought he would tell the truth, no matter how unwilling or reluctant he was.
It sounds a bit unscrupulous, but he is the kind of person who is very easily biased.
There are two completely different attitudes towards friends and strangers. Among friends, there can be one or two particularly special ones. In this world, only Ansel can be classified into this category.
As for Ji Qian, he is completely different from everyone else.
Objectively speaking, it is not a priority, but the highest level.
So whether you ask or not, just give me a definite answer. Why don't you say anything?
Chi Ke leaned against the car window with a headache, fighting against the belated motion sickness.
The car just encountered a red light and slowly stopped at the intersection.
A piece of plum slice with the package torn open was brought to the lips.
Chi Ke opened his eyes and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly at the clear and superior profile next to him: "When did you bring it?"
"I have some in every car I own." Ji Qian didn't look at him, but rather pointed at the storage box with his chin in a cool manner. "I can't expect you to take care of yourself."
Chi Ke smiled, lowered his head, bit off the plum slices, chewed them in a few bites, and swallowed them. He said bluntly, "I want to eat the lover's plum."
There are quite a lot of requirements.
Ji Qian snorted and took out a individually packaged sweetheart plum from a pile of snacks in the storage box and handed it to him.
Chi Ke refused.
Ji Qian took it back, opened the bag and put it to his mouth.
Chi Ke then reluctantly accepted it.
The two still didn't speak in the second half, but the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before.
Ji Qian's complexion, having been ordered around at least twice, improved visibly.
The car finally stopped in a dark corner near the community.
It was so quiet here that it seemed isolated from the world, with only their car parked quietly like an isolated island.
Chi Ke glanced at the empty tissue box at hand and poked the plum pit in his mouth with the tip of his tongue.
Ji Qian had just turned off the car and his hand reached out naturally.
Chi Ke bit his back teeth hesitantly.
Ji Qian: “Tsk.”
Chi Ke glanced at him and slowly spit the core into his palm.
Ji Qian got out of the car and threw away the core first, then opened the trunk and took out a new pack of tissues and wet wipes, then came over to open the door for him: "Do you want me to open your seat belt for you?"
Chi Ke was like a programmed robot, he moved as he was told, slowly pressed the safety buckle, calmly got out of the car, and elegantly adjusted his clothes.
Ji Qian just watched him tossing and turning for a long time without blinking. On the surface, he was waiting for him to finish, but in fact, he was frantically waiting:
Please let me go up and sit down. Please let me go up and sit down. Please let me go up and sit down.
Chi Ke said: "Thank you for accompanying Chi Yuanfan today."
Chi Ke was thinking: Make a request quickly, like going upstairs to talk with me.
Ji Qian cleared his throat and said in a very reserved manner: "Don't be polite to me."
Why do you just thank me verbally? Why don’t you let me go upstairs for a midnight snack? Say it now, say it now, take some practical action!
Chi Ke: "I'll treat you to a meal some other day."
If you want to do it today, it's not impossible.
Ji Qian clenched his hands into fists in his pockets, resisting the urge to curl his lips in disappointment: "So I'm leaving now?"
Don’t postpone it to another day. Why can’t it be today? Isn’t today an auspicious day?
Chi Ke: “Yeah.”
that's all?
Ji Qian: “.”
W! H! Y!
Ji Qian: "Leave?"
Don’t stay?
Chi Ke: "Be careful."
Really leaving?
Ji Qian: "Really left?"
Are you sure you don't want to stay?
Chi Ke: "Be careful on the road."
Should we go or not?
Ji Qian: “…”
Ji Qian: “Ah!”
Ji Qian couldn't pretend anymore.
Ji Qian couldn't help it.
Ji Qian is going crazy.
Just as Ji Qian was about to pour out the 800-word-long accusation he had been holding back all the way, and to force his way into his house, Chi Ke sighed.
"Ji Qian," Chi Ke said expressionlessly, "Why don't you have a fight with me?"
Ji Qian almost bit his tongue.
Chi Ke blinked calmly while speaking, and his long eyelashes trembled so quickly as a dragonfly touching the water, which made Ji Qian's heart tremble.
Chi Ke said calmly: "Don't use cold violence against me."
Ji Qian: “…”
Ji Qian was so wronged.
He didn't mean to use cold violence, he was just controlling his emotions.
He knew Chi Ke didn't want to say it, and he didn't want to force him, but he wasn't the type to hold back. He was afraid of not being able to control his emotions and putting pressure on others. What if he asked something without thinking?
He knew that Chi Ke was very good to him, and might be generous enough to satisfy his curiosity.
But Ji Qian was reluctant to do that, he didn't want to make anyone unhappy.
So he resisted the urge to talk to Chi Ke along the way, trying to adjust his mood and find balance.
It just so happened that Chi Ke had been staring at the window. Maybe he was tired from not getting enough rest and didn't want to talk, so Ji Qian also didn't say anything. He didn't expect to be misunderstood.
Having said that, when he heard Chi Ke say this, he had only one thought in his mind:
I am really nothing.
Ji Qian felt like his chest was being pressed by a stone. He had difficulty breathing and couldn't help but take two steps forward.
"sorry."
The two of them suddenly apologized in unison and paused for a few seconds.
Chi Ke was the first to react and said, "I know you are not being cold and violent. It's not that serious at all. I just didn't control my emotions well and deliberately said something harsh to upset you. I'm sorry."
Ji Qian suddenly felt the air entering his lungs was very cold and spicy, like mint water with ice squeezing the air, which was even more uncomfortable than before.
He exhaled deeply, and it sounded more like a sigh.
"Give me a hug." Ji Qian asked his superior.
The moment Chi Ke nodded, he reached out his hand, held the person in his arms, bent his back, brushed his thin lips across the slightly cool earlobe, and buried his forehead in the person's neck and shoulder.
He hugged her so tightly that Chi Ke couldn't even raise his hands to hug her back.
Fortunately, the car they were driving today was an SUV, so they hid in a corner and no one noticed them. Even if someone noticed them, they probably wouldn't look at them for long and would just hug each other.
"No need to apologize." Ji Qian's voice rang in his ears through heavy emotions, "Chi Ke, don't be so clear about right and wrong with me. I'm not here to compete or negotiate with you. I don't want to be so clear with you. If you are unhappy, you can scold me, hit me, and lose your temper with me, but it's just this level. You don't need to apologize."
Chi Ke's body gradually stiffened, and he clearly felt that the line called "reason" was breaking bit by bit.
This feeling was unfamiliar. He subconsciously resisted the emotional change and said stiffly: "I don't think it's a small matter. If we don't solve it now, do we have to wait until we have a quarrel to bring it up again?"
Ji Qian rubbed his ears to make him relax, and joked: "Brother, you are digging up the past because that matter has not been turned over, and you are always thinking about it. You know who I am. If I really care about this kind of thing, I will take the initiative to make trouble."
Chi Ke restrained himself from breathing too loudly. He clenched his hands at his sides into fists and tried to struggle again: "Everyone said so at the beginning."
"So you still don't believe me." Ji Qian had already discovered this problem. Hearing this, he was not disappointed but relieved.
Chi Ke's trust is very strange. He can tell others secrets involving human life without worry, but he dare not easily trust others in terms of emotions and humanity. He always only trusts his own cognition and understanding.
Ji Qian loosened his grip slightly, stood up and leaned against the car door, no longer hanging on him with his shoulders buried in his chest, and pressed down with his hands on the back of his waist, then hugged him tightly in his arms, as tightly as he hugged the pile of stuffed toys on the bed.
"Tell me the truth, were you happy when you apologized?"
Chi Ke pursed his thin lips slightly.
How can I be happy?
I didn't talk to him along the way and didn't talk to him when I got off the car. He was almost upset.
But his principles told him that it was wrong to say that. They were not in a relationship now and he should not ask for too much. So he came to his senses before losing control and apologized.
Ji Qian had a "you see" expression on his face, patted him gently on the back, and whispered: "But if you want my apology, I am willing to do it. It's not that I tolerate your emotions, but that I need your emotions."
"Because I really like you. I like everything about you, the good and the negative. So your mood is very important to me. Very, very important. You can say that I am in love, but for me, the person I like is everything. Reason and logic have to be put aside. I really can't change it. I have to make this clear to you so that you can understand it clearly before you respond to my pursuit."
"Chi Ke, do you think you can accept my explanation?"
Ji Qian was not afraid of Chi Ke being "willful" in front of him, but he was afraid that Chi Ke was too reasonable, never overstepping the boundaries, and making it difficult for people to see through his emotions.
How can one be so clear about right and wrong when in a relationship?
He chases people just to bring them home and worship them. Nothing can compare to making his sweetheart happy, and it is useless for Themis to reason with him.
Ji Qian was anxious for an answer, fearing that Chi Ke would not be willing to trust him on this and would not accept his request.
"Come on, come on." He rubbed Chi Ke's hair with his chin and muttered, "Tell me you can accept it."
"You really are..." The hand that was tightly clenched at his side suddenly loosened its strength. Chi Ke felt that all his principles had been rubbed off on him. If he continued to rub against him, he thought he would really want a kiss.
Chi Ke had never tried to get along with others in this way, but Ji Qian was right, he could not put rules first in this relationship because this relationship itself had no rules.
This is not just about him, it's about two people.
"I understand," Chi Ke closed his eyes, leaned against him, and whispered, "It may be difficult to change, but I will try."
Ji Qian smiled instantly and hugged her affectionately: "Okay, now it's my turn to explain. I didn't say anything while driving today because I was afraid that you would be unhappy if I asked you, but now it seems that you would be unhappy if I don't ask you, so I'll ask you, what's wrong with your leg-"
Chi Ke: “I don’t want to say.”
Ji Qian: “.”
Ji Qian pretended to be hurt: "Were you rejected so quickly? Without any hesitation?"
"Didn't you say so?" Chi Ke raised his eyebrows. "Of course I can tell you, but I won't be happy to tell you now. But maybe I will be happy to tell you someday in the future. I'm so honest, do you want to wait?"
"It's an open conspiracy." Ji Qian smiled helplessly, "My brother has said so, how can I not understand? I will wait, of course I will wait, I believe that one day I will be able to leave the cold palace and be favored by the emperor alone!"
"Just keep talking nonsense." Chi Ke supported his shoulders and stood up straight, and got out of his arms. "I agreed to your request. To be fair, shouldn't you agree to one of mine as well?"
Ji Qian nodded expectantly: "You go ahead."
"Don't hide anything from me." Everyone has a different bottom line. Ji Qian wants Chi Ke's 100% trust and reliance, while Chi Ke wants Ji Qian to be absolutely honest. "Anything means, but is not limited to, work, life, and emotions. I won't give examples one by one, but you can understand, right?"
For example, today, Ji Qian doesn’t have to hold back and adjust his mood.
He is not a god, and sometimes he cannot guess what Ji Qian is thinking. This feeling makes him extremely uneasy, and he becomes so irritated that he loses control.
Ji Qian thought for two seconds and nodded decisively: "I understand."
In fact, they all wanted the same thing. As long as Chi Ke put his own mood first, he would not find it difficult to speak.
Chi Ke narrowed his eyes, held his face with both hands, and squeezed it lovingly. His left hand moved all the way down, and his delicate fingertips slid along the human body structure, slowly grasping the neck, with his palm against the artery, and his thumb circled the protruding Adam's apple.
Ji Qian had never been touched like this before. He helplessly leaned back on the car door with his hands. His Adam's apple couldn't help but roll, his eyes flickered, and his ears began to turn red again.
"I'm glad you understand." Chi Ke was very satisfied with his reaction. "Now you can agree."
"?" Ji Qian couldn't believe it. "No choice?"
"Well, I have no choice." Chi Ke rarely showed a bright and proud smile, which was more dazzling than the night view of the city. "What's the matter, Ji Qian, you encountered an unfair clause."
Their chests were almost touching each other. Ji Qian couldn't tell whose heartbeat was so deafening. His brain heated up and he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, sign, sign everything, I promise you everything."
That's a good promise.
"What if you can't do it?" Chi Ke himself is a big liar and of course he would not believe in a simple verbal promise.
Ji Qian had already signed the overbearing clauses, so he didn't care about the details anymore and said generously, "You can do whatever you want."
Chi Ke felt relieved after hearing this. He took his hand back and put it in his pocket, then took two steps back. "That's it for today. You can go back now."
"?"
What do you call this? Throw it away after use? Turn your back on someone?
Where did this scumbag come from!
Ji Qian put his hands on his hips and laughed twice: "Go back, of course I have to go back, I was planning to go back."
Chi Ke: "Shall I take you there?"
"What do you want to give me? Take me to the car? No, absolutely not. How dare I bother you?" Ji Qian pretended to open the car door. "Let's go!"
Chi Ke politely made a "please" gesture.
Ji Qian: “…”
Ji Qian felt a chill in his heart: "I really, really want to leave this time!"
Chi Ke: "Shall I beat the gongs and drums to send you off?"
Ji Qian was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.
But soon, meeting Chi Ke's half-smiley eyes, he suddenly had an idea, slammed the door shut, jumped in front of Chi Ke and groaned, "Okay, brother, I don't want to leave at all, please invite me upstairs for a midnight snack, okay?"
Chi Ke asked him: "So you were just pretending to want to leave?"
Ji Qian nodded frantically: “Yeah.”
There was a subtle curve at the corners of Chi Ke's eyes, like a stretch and relaxation after being tense.
Ji Qian noticed his micro-expressions and suddenly realized that he might have grasped the emotional switch of this ancestor.
Chi Ke: “Then——”
"Okay, I admit that what happened fifteen minutes ago was also fake. How could I bear to leave?" Ji Qian said impatiently, making a heart shape with his hands in front of his chest, "I love your brother so much."
This time even Chi Ke couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.
But it is undeniable that these words did make him satisfied.
He felt that he was really ill, but he felt refreshed by saying such artificial and corny words.
"Okay," Chi Ke pinched Ji Qian's ear and said happily, "Come up. Make a sandwich?"
"It's all right. I'm not picky. I'm very easy to feed."
Ji Qian followed behind with a smile, and raised his eyebrows proudly where he couldn't see.
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