As for himself, he probably only has the feelings he had when he was young.
As Ning Shi thought about it, the smile in her eyes unconsciously turned bitter.
She understood Shi Jing's feelings, but she still felt resentful.
If she hadn't gone to South Korea to become a trainee without hesitation, and hadn't stayed away for seven years to pursue her dream, but instead had stayed obediently in Dijing, by Shi Jing's side, would their situation be different now?
"Probably," she guessed.
The Ning and Shi families have always been on good terms. When she and Shi Jing were still in their mother's womb, their elders intended to arrange a marriage between them.
Shi Jing's father liked her very much. On her eighteenth birthday, he secretly asked her a question in private.
"Shishi, what do you think of my rascal?"
On the spacious balcony where snowflakes were falling, a shrewd and capable man held a glass of gilded champagne and asked in a relaxed tone.
"How is the Time Mirror?" Ning Shi was a little confused when she first heard this question. She frowned and thought about it for a while, and then answered in whatever way she could think of.
"Shi Jing is pretty good. Although he's a bit of a scoundrel, he's kind, righteous, witty, and humorous. It's quite fun to hang out with him."
Father Shi: "Uncle Shi isn't asking you that. What Uncle Shi means is, what do you think of Shi Jing as a boyfriend?"
"Boyfriend?" Ning Shi was a little confused.
Mr. Shi smiled meaningfully: "Shishi, you and Shi Jing grew up together, and I've seen your feelings for him. Now that you're both grown up, it's time to bring this up in public."
"I..." Ning Shi's face instantly turned bright red when her long-buried girlish feelings were exposed to her face.
Father Shi: "Our two families have always had a good relationship. If you and Shi Jing can get together, then we'll be even closer as relatives. Shi Shi, what do you think?"
"I..." Ning Shi lowered her head shyly, her fingers unconsciously twisting her long, loose hair. "I... I have no objection, but I don't know what Shi Jing means..."
Mr. Shi raised an eyebrow slightly: "Uncle understands. As long as Shishi is willing, I think that brat Shi Jing has no reason not to."
Ning Shi: "But Shi Jing has never mentioned anything like this to me. I'm afraid he doesn't have those feelings for me..."
"Why don't we just ask him?" Mr. Shi took a sip of the champagne in his glass, his eyes filled with satisfaction and relief as he looked at Ning Shi. "Shi Shi, don't worry, your uncle will personally go and find out Shi Jing's feelings for you."
However, Ning Shi never received an answer regarding Shi Jing's feelings.
Three days after her birthday, Ning Shi received a training invitation from YK. She had been accepted by YK.
Getting into YK was her dream. The moment she received the acceptance letter, she didn't have time to think about anything else. She packed all her luggage in just one day and flew to South Korea as fast as she could.
This departure lasted for seven whole years.
And so her relationship with Shi Jing was put on hold.
Now that I've come back and want to pick it up again, it seems like the opportunity is gone.
Seven years ago, she wasn't sure if Shi Jing liked her, but seven years later, she only needed one day to be certain that Shi Jing already had someone else in his heart.
Do I regret it? She asked herself.
No regrets.
She gave her answer in just two seconds.
YK is her dream, and even if she had another chance, she would still choose it.
But people are always greedy. Once they have this, they want that; once they have that, they want something else.
Shi Jing was the person she had loved for over twenty years. She was unwilling to give up so easily, nor did she want to see him standing next to another woman...
"Ning Shi?"
Fang Lei gently patted Ning Shi's shoulder and tilted his head to look at her: "What are you daydreaming about? The mission has begun."
“…Oh.” Ning Shi snapped back to reality, forcing a smile. “Then, let’s get started.”
[Ah... my Shi Bao's eyes are brimming with tears, it breaks my heart.]
[Shi Shi must be jealous of Young Master Shi, waaaaah, she's so wronged.]
[Shishi is so wonderful, why doesn't Shijing like her? What kind of taste does he have!]
Don't cry, Shishi, your little lion still loves you.
The tasks of the three teams are largely the same. What they all have in common is that they all need to plant trees, but what they differ in is the variety of trees they need to plant.
Shi Jing and Zhu Jinzhao were assigned to a flower field called Golden Osmanthus Reverie, where the trees to be planted were naturally related to golden osmanthus.
"The trees you three want to plant are here," Master Yang said to Zhu Jinzhao and the other two, pointing to several low-lying osmanthus trees wrapped in plastic film.
Zhu Jinzhao blinked curiously: "Master Yang, what kind of osmanthus is this? Why is it so short?"
Master Yang explained, "This is the Dwarf Osmanthus fragrans, a type of low-growing osmanthus tree cultivated artificially, mainly for ornamental purposes."
"Oh." Zhu Jinzhao nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
"Let's start planting trees. What do we need to do before planting them?"
Master Yang: "Before planting trees, we need to dig holes. Come on, take your hoes and each of you dig a hole in the grass."
Shi Jing frowned: "How big should we dig?"
Master Yang pointed to the root ball on the tree root: "Dig according to the size of the root ball. You can dig it a little bigger, but you must not dig it small. If you dig it small, it will be easy to damage the roots when transplanting it later."
"Understood." Shi Jing rolled up his sleeves, picked up the hoe, and got to work.
"Where should I dig?" Zhu Jinzhao hadn't yet chosen a spot to dig the hole.
“Come dig next to me.” Shi Jing looked at her with a smug look in his eyes. “Our trees should be planted together.”
"Okay." Since she didn't have much of her own opinion, Zhu Jinzhao had no objections.
She picked up her hoe and stood next to Shi Jing. She first made a quick estimate of the distance between the two trees, and once she confirmed that the distance was not a problem, she immediately started digging.
"Then I'll dig here." Chen Li could tell that Shi Jing had ulterior motives, so she consciously withdrew from their private time together.
Wow, this temporary worker is so considerate! Knowing that Shi Jing wanted to be close to Jin Zhao, he deliberately moved a little further away, giving them plenty of space to be together!
【Riko, we CP fans will remember your kindness!】
[Oh my, "Our trees should be next to each other," is Young Master Shi really that childish?]
[Hahaha, I've seen fans find their own sweet moments, but I've never seen anyone feed the CP fans sweet moments like Shi Jing does. This "Jing-Jin taking the exam" is so satisfying!]
"Master Yang, how many trees do we need to plant?"
Zhu Jinchao asked questions while digging a hole.
Master Yang found a place to sit down and leisurely sipped his tea: "Each of you should plant three trees, so three people will need to plant nine trees."
"Ah..." Zhu Jinzhao exclaimed in horror, "So much..."
Shi Jing: "Master Yang, why don't you plant trees?"
"Hmph," Master Yang chuckled smugly, "because I'm the master. Masters are only responsible for supervising the work, not for planting trees."
"..." Shi Jing was jealous. "Then I want to be a master too."
Master Yang rolled his eyes at him: "Go ahead and dig your own hole... If you keep talking nonsense, I'll deduct two points from your score in advance."
"Oh dear, this hole was dug really perfectly round today."
Fang Lei, instead of digging his own pit, came to watch Zhu Jinchao dig one; it's clear he had no good intentions.
"Get out of the way." Zhu Jinzhao shoved him aside, completely blocking the pit he was in.
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