Chapter 11 Recklessness
"Ah Shu, I now grant you permission to act presumptuously."
"Brother. I'm eighteen now, I can stop being just your child..."
These words are most devastating to teenagers in the prime of their youth. Unlike the fiery passion of adults, they are like tiny sparks falling into a damp forest after the rain.
The pungent spiciness is a flame fermenting from pain.
Chen Jingshu supported her buttocks and strolled to her bedroom.
The two lay intertwined on the bed, which was filled with the sweet fragrance of a young girl.
The winter clothes were thick, and when Lin Yujing unbuttoned the last button of his pajamas, the boy was already sweating profusely.
The cold wind seemed more suited to waking people from their confused and infatuated state, but it was Lin Yujing who was shivering, while Chen Jingshu was the one who suddenly came to his senses.
"I'm sorry." Chen Jingshu rubbed his head and pulled the blanket over her. "It's not appropriate right now."
Lin Yujing still held him, limp as water, "I don't regret it. You've always been good to me, and I want to give you something in return."
Chen Jingshu's Adam's apple bobbed against his collar, his eyes momentarily glazed over, but he still held onto that thread of reason, "Can you give me what I want after the college entrance exam?"
"Ah Shu." Lin Yujing was turned over by him, her smooth, fair back pressed against his chest. "Do you think I'm pretty?"
She took his hand and guided him down from his forehead to his high, straight nose and then his glossy lips.
Heading straight down, without the slightest hesitation...
"Jingjing, stop it!" Chen Jingshu stopped her with his hand. "After the college entrance exam, even if you cry and beg for mercy, I won't let you off the hook."
Chen Jingshu covered her with the blanket and stumbled out of her bedroom as if he were running away.
Lin Yujing gripped the corner of the blanket, a smile playing on her lips.
But at the same time, my heart felt like it had suddenly fallen into an abyss.
I still remember that on the eve of Chen Jingshu's discharge from the hospital, Chen Rongqing called again and promised to postpone the deadline for bringing her back until after the college entrance examination.
She gave a self-deprecating smile, like a cowardly rat who had stolen a few more days of peaceful life.
In the pitch-black night, she touched the teeth marks left on her chest, and the long-lost feeling of claustrophobia returned.
She reached out and, for the first time, took the initiative to turn on the moonlit fishing light.
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With the New Year over, the countdown for graduating high school seniors has restarted.
The intense review and frequent practice of past exam questions are enough to exhaust all the students' energy.
As a result, romantic love and the idea of saving the world have been replaced by various inspirational slogans.
Winter has passed, and spring is here with lush greenery.
Senior high school students are holding a 100-day countdown rally before the college entrance examination.
The open-air playground, with its tiered platform, is brimming with youthful energy.
After the principal and grade-level directors finished their speeches, a representative of the senior high school students took the stage to deliver a speech.
Chen Jingshu is a boy who can make even a school uniform look good. He has deep facial features, thick eyebrows, and a straight nose. Beneath his roguish exterior lies a gentle nature.
He stepped onto the stage with a blue folder in hand, bathed in the pleasant warmth of the March sun. Soft rays of light shone upon him, a gentle smile playing on his lips, his gaze unwavering as he read his speech with passionate fervor.
Lin Yujing rarely looked up at him, as if she was trying her best to etch the youthful spirit and demeanor of the boy into her heart.
But some gears of fate begin to turn quietly when teenagers are still innocent and unaware, fixing their destiny in time.
Lin Yujing was suddenly blinded by the light, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a familiar yet unfamiliar person standing in the distance.
The gentle and refined man waved to her, and despite her deep reluctance, Lin Yujing still jogged over with heavy steps.
"Long time no see, Miss Lin." Although Chen Rongqing was over fifty, she had a handsome and refined face and was wearing a low-key black tracksuit, so she looked no older than forty-five.
He was pushing a wheelchair in front of him, in which sat a white-haired but vigorous old man, smiling kindly and exuding a refined air.
Almost everyone in Yijing knows about it.
Chen Zhenfeng, a "red capitalist," rejected numerous offers of employment from abroad and single-handedly founded the state-owned enterprise Huaren Group.
When the old man saw her, he tremblingly grasped her hand and asked, "Young lady, are you the one who helped me find my grandson?"
Lin Yujing just smiled, then looked up at Chen Rongqing, "Mr. Chen, whether I will really help you depends on whether you are willing to be honest with me."
She can be a female con artist, but at least let her be a clearly blatant con artist.
She felt she had the right to know Chen Jingshu's true background.
“Miss Lin, it’s common for young couples to break up, let alone someone like your Aunt Chen Xuan and me. Regardless of our social standing, family background, or the entanglements of various interests, I couldn’t marry her. But I’m very grateful to her for kindly keeping our child.”
Lin Yujing rolled her eyes inwardly, thinking that even at this point, he could still fabricate lies without batting an eye.
“For the past ten years or so, they, a widow and her son, have lived a hard life. Chen Jingshu has been raised to be too naive and arrogant. If I don’t find a girl to let him experience the impact of reality, how will he know the value of power?”
Standing in the sunlight, Lin Yujing felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. "How can you be so sure that Chen Jingshu and I will follow the ending you have designed?"
Political figures who have long held high positions are even more ruthless than businessmen navigating the commercial world. Their faces, radiating peace and prosperity and righteous indignation, seem to convey confidence without even needing to display any expression.
“Naive little kid, let me teach you. A person’s personality, family background, and upbringing are enough to deduce. Especially for blank slates like you who have never seen the world, you don’t even need to act; I can tell just by looking at them.”
Lin Yujing chuckled silently. A hypocritical politician who had been in officialdom for a long time and was good at scheming against people's hearts, she really looked like a fairy tale book.
"Besides, do you really think the truth is important?" Chen Rongqing smiled gently.
That smile evoked her summer memories before she came to Pengzhen.
The scorching, restless sunlight that day shone obliquely on my skin, stinging like a fire mirror focused on a point.
Holding the art studio's payment reminder slip, she stood blankly in the sun without any shade, staring up at the small advertisements pasted on the lamppost.
After staring at it for a while, even the ground was reflected in black and white with the four characters "□□blood".
The adventurous idea only took three seconds to form before being interrupted by someone suddenly rolling down their car window on the side of the road: "Young lady, is there a Starbucks nearby?"
Chen Rongqing stopped her from taking any risky actions and spent the afternoon chatting with her.
He then told her a poignant love story and gave her another adventurous idea.
"Quietly." A gentle female voice tore the truth apart, making it even uglier.
Lin Yujing turned around, and Chen Xuan was standing there. "A-Shu and the others are waiting for you to take a group photo in the auditorium. Go quickly."
Knowing that this was a reason to send her away, Lin Yujing still nodded and jogged out of the playground.
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Lin Yujing stood under the tree and waited for about twenty minutes before Chen Xuan came out with red eyes.
"Auntie, I'm sorry." She stepped forward to apologize. "I was sent by the Chen family of Yijing. My purpose is to take A-Shu away from you."
Chen Xuan's chest was trembling. "I knew about it the day A-Shu was injured."
She had initially hoped that no one would know about that phone call.
"Auntie, I agreed to come because I thought you and Mr. Chen were a couple. I didn't know..." She didn't know; it all started with a transaction involving mutual benefits. "You raised Ah Shu with great difficulty, I can refuse..."
“Jingjing, please take A-Shu to Yijing for me.” Upon hearing this, Lin Yujing was stunned for a moment. “A-Shu’s background is indeed not clean. She is a poor girl who was willing to use her body as a bargaining chip for her father’s high surgery fees. But when I heard his heartbeat, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.”
Knowing full well that Chen Rongqing would not acknowledge the child's existence for the sake of his career and his powerful in-laws.
But she still couldn't bear to let the innocent child in her womb become the sole victim of this dirty game.
“Jingjing, your aunt has been scorned her whole life. But as a mother, I want my child’s life to be a little easier.” Chen Xuan grabbed Lin Yujing’s wrist, almost losing her voice. “I know this is cruel to you, even at the cost of ending your relationship with A-Shu. But A-Shu is so good to you, and you also hope he can have a better future, right?”
Looking at Chen Xuan's pleading eyes, Lin Yujing felt a lump in her throat and couldn't bring herself to say a word of refusal. "I promise you."
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She left the playground in a daze, and just as she reached the teaching building, she ran into Chu Yan rushing towards her. "What are you doing here? Hurry to the office. This year's guaranteed admission spot has been given to Zeng Yixing."
Lin Yujing disregarded everything else and ran towards Yue Jun's office, only to bump into Zeng Yixing right in the middle of it.
Ever since she warned him with the butterfly knife last time, Zeng Yixing had been avoiding her, but today he still couldn't hide his smugness.
“Lin Yujing, you are truly Chen Jingshu’s nemesis.” Zeng Yixing stopped in his tracks. “However, you are my lucky star.”
Lin Yujing's fingernails dug deeply into her palm, while Zeng Yixing slung his schoolbag over his shoulder and strode away.
"Why are you looking so sad?" The boy who suddenly appeared from around the corner of the stairs put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into his arms. "Don't worry, your Shu will still get into Peking University or Tsinghua University even if you take the college entrance exam. What's so great about being recommended for admission? I still want to continue experiencing campus life with you."
These words offered her just the right amount of comfort.
Because she knew the Chen family would give Chen Jingshu a better future, but she also secretly wanted to spend the last countdown with him properly.
As soon as the two returned to the classroom, they saw Qu Xi slumped over her desk, sobbing uncontrollably.
Lin Yujing stepped forward with concern, "Why are you crying?"
Qu Xi sobbed as she stood up, holding up the book covered in tears. "I cried because I was so angry."
Qu Xi held up a romance novel titled "High-Ranking Officials: Love Turns to Illness," and said, "Imagine how tragic the female lead is! Just because she's a commoner, even though she gives her all for the male lead, he's still considered unworthy by his family. In the end, she's humiliated by her wicked mother-in-law with five million yuan, who threatens her to break up with him or else he'll lose his inheritance."
Lin Yujing felt a lump in her throat, and couldn't help but think of herself and Chen Jingshu.
She might have comforted Qu Xi in the past by saying that these were all made-up stories, but now that she truly felt that the stories originated from real life, she couldn't even bring herself to say anything comforting.
"If you want my opinion," Chen Jingshu suddenly spoke up, "Take the five million, but don't actually leave the male lead. Anyway, the male lead will inherit the family business sooner or later, and then the five million and the woman will both belong to the female lead."
Qu Xi didn't get any comfort and pouted, "You're not the male lead here."
Chen Jingshu raised an eyebrow, nudged Lin Yujing's shoulder, and said, "I was saying this to my female lead. But I don't have any family business to inherit, so this hypothetical proposition doesn't apply to me."
Lin Yujing suddenly laughed and asked, "Won't the female lead be criticized for being hypocritical if she accepts the money and still wants the man?"
"In this life, we can't be fair to everyone. Sometimes, it's not so bad to abandon some of our conscience to satisfy our selfish desires," he said emphatically.
Lin Yujing's smile widened. "I never expected you to be like this, Chen Jingshu."
"Chen Jingshu is not a very upright person; he just wants Lin Yujing to be carefree."
Qu Xi put the book away and took out a stack of test papers that had just been handed out today. "Now I feel that novels aren't as angsty as your love stories are. They're more angsty than my own."
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Although the countdown to the college entrance examination is tense and tedious, the exam is here in the blink of an eye.
On the day of the college entrance examination, Chen Xuan seemed to be the most nervous person.
She got up early in the morning and prayed incessantly before Grandpa Chen's memorial tablet, then changed into a green cheongsam to send him off to the exam.
Lin Yujing and Chen Jingshu were initially worried that Chen Xuan would overdo it, but when they arrived at the exam site, they discovered that Chu Yan's mother had even put up a banner and was planning to hire a ceremonial band on the day the exam ended.
But on the afternoon the exams finally ended, after a year of tension had eased, all Lin Yujing wanted to do was lie in bed and get a good night's sleep.
When she woke up, it was almost dusk.
The crimson sea clouds churned, and the sound of waves rose and fell, as if telling her that tonight was her last moment of peace.
"Jingjing, dinner's ready." Chen Jingshu knocked on her door.
To celebrate the completion of their college entrance exams, Chen Xuan prepared a whole table of dishes and even brought out the Moutai that Grandpa Chen had treasured all his life.
“Grandpa originally planned to save this for A-Shu’s wedding day, but I think today’s date is perfect for a drink.” Chen Xuan filled the bottles for the three of them with a decanter. “I wish my two children a new life ahead of them.”
She tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Chen Jingshu didn't notice anything unusual about Chen Xuan, but Lin Yujing saw Chen Xuan desperately trying to hold back her tears.
Lin Yujing rarely drinks alcohol, but after just a few drinks, a slight buzz started rushing to her brain.
Encouraged by alcohol, he kicked off his shoes and stepped under the table, placing his foot between Chen Jingshu's legs.
Outside the window, the cicadas chirped in the sweltering heat, and inside, an unusual blush crept onto the boy's cheeks.
Their overly bold and ambiguous behavior meant that whenever Chen Xuan looked down, she would see Chen Jingshu intimately caressing Lin Yujing's ankle.
After the meal, Chen Xuan quickly said she was sleepy, took her medicine, and went to sleep.
Only Lin Yujing and Chen Jingshu remained in the living room.
Her steps were slightly unsteady from intoxication, and as Chen Jingshu stood washing dishes at the kitchen sink, she hugged him from behind around the waist.
A small, flushed face pressed against the boy's taut back, and you could feel his Adam's apple bobbing nervously.
Chen Jingshu wiped his hands clean, turned around, and embraced the person.
"Jingjing, do you know how dangerous it is for you to be like this?"
Lin Yujing, however, seemed determined, as if this matter had been brewing in her mind for a long time.
She tiptoed and gently pressed her lips to the boy's chin. Before she could pull away, Chen Jingshu's aggressive kiss pressed down on her.
The boy's slightly awkward kiss caught her off guard, and she could only instinctively respond by tilting her head back.
Until Chen Jingshu felt her tiptoe trembling slightly, he wanted to support her buttocks and tie her tightly around her waist.
"This is our last chance. No regrets. Let's..."
I have no regrets!
She wanted to say that she didn't have time, not even time to regret it.
I just want to fully express myself in every remaining second.
If love is calculated, she might as well throw herself into it too.
Afraid of disturbing Chen Xuan by going upstairs, Chen Jingshu carried her into the guesthouse room on the first floor.
The two of them were taking the college entrance exam these past few days, so they didn't receive any tourists.
The forest-themed, pastoral decor is warm and romantic.
The window was not closed, only the white bed curtains were drawn.
Lin Yujing wore a suspender dress today. When she lay down on the bed, the hem of the dress was all bunched up at her waist.
A pair of long, white legs wrapped around Chen Jingshu's strong waist were enough to destroy all the boy's rationality.
However, his somewhat immature kissing skills resulted in her getting a bright red jacaranda tattoo.
Lin Yujing cried out in pain and tried to curl up, but Chen Jingshu used his shirt to tie her hands together and held them above her head, giving her no chance to resist.
"Ouch!" she cried out, her brows furrowing in a coquettish voice, her pitiful appearance only making her more vulnerable to being bullied. Even her toes were pointed and curled up.
"Who provoked me first?" Chen Jingshu didn't rush to do anything, but first helped Lin Yujing relax. "Didn't I tell you that after the college entrance exam, even if you cried and begged for mercy, I wouldn't let you go?"
Lin Yujing stubbornly raised her head, like an unyielding little swan, "Who said I was begging for mercy? Ah Shu, please don't let me go."
With a deep "Damn," Lin Yujing felt herself being lifted into the air, hoisted onto Chen Jingshu's shoulder, and taken into the bathroom.
In the transparent glass room, when the showerhead is turned on, everything becomes hazy and transparent.
In the warm water, the only cold thing Lin Yujing touched was the square tin foil bag held in Chen Jingshu's hand.
After the lingering kiss ended, Chen Jingshu held the object in his mouth.
"You know what? When I first saw you, I thought you were exceptionally beautiful." His voice was low and breathy.
The shower water was so intense that Lin Yujing couldn't open her eyes. She had to press her back against the glass to maintain her balance. When she spoke, it sounded like flirting and coquettishness, "Back then, did you want to be like I am now?"
Chen Jingshu nodded, resting his head on her shoulder blade, letting Lin Yujing's long hair cover his face. "To be honest, no. Because she's too beautiful, too beautiful to be presumptuous."
Lin Yujing gradually adapted to opening her eyes in the water. Although it had a hazy, dreamlike beauty, it also had a unique charm.
She stretched her neck, took the square foil bag from Chen Jingshu's mouth into her mouth, and said, "A-Shu, I'm giving you permission to be presumptuous now."
A note from the author:
"lover"
Singer: Young Master Chen
[#￥%……&￥%][Holding the microphone][Your gentle kiss sent me into a frenzy, the temperature began to rise, dangerous yet alluring...]
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Today, Chen A-Shu's mind is so muddled that she's speechless; you all know what I mean...
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