As soon as Jiang Se called, Pei Yi picked up the phone, as if he had been waiting for Jiang Se's call.
"Thunder."
His voice was filled with hidden longing and pleasure, "Why are you still awake so late?"
This one sentence made Jiang Se realize that he must know her whereabouts. She responded softly. Mo Anqi was disinfecting the wound on her foot and asking her with her eyes if it hurt.
"I just got back from work." She clutched the phone, gasping for air. She had been wearing high heels all day, and because they were new, blisters had already formed halfway through. But she had been holding on until her feet almost lost feeling, and she was relying on willpower to hold on.
After returning to the hotel and taking off her shoes, the pain came flooding back. Coupled with Mo Anqi's action of disinfecting, even though she softened her movements again and again, Jiang Se still held the phone tightly in pain.
"Working so late?"
Pei Yi's tone was a little harsh, but also a little helpless and caring.
He can do a lot for Jiang Se, but the job she chooses still depends on herself.
"If you're really too tired, don't do it." He softened his tone, "I'll support you."
She originally wanted to say "not tired", but at this moment she couldn't utter these two words no matter what. She listened to Pei Yi's coaxing voice on the other end of the phone, and suddenly she felt that the strength she had accumulated was drained away in an instant.
Jiang Se was calm and composed during Cesare's audition. She had great endurance and patience when filming the commercial for Federer. She endured the severe pain when Mo Anqi applied medicine on her feet. But when chatting with Pei Yi, she didn't want to show her strong appearance anymore.
Pei Yi had seen all her appearances since she was a child, so there was no need for her to pretend to be strong and tell him that she was fine.
"Actually, I'm so tired."
She fell on the chair, her head tilted, and she was too weak to speak:
"Before the photoshoot this morning, Federer told me that I had to wear a silk skirt and not eat too much for breakfast because it would make my belly look bigger."
You should not drink too much water during filming, as this will cause you to have to go to the toilet and interrupt the filming.
"Someone at Federer's company felt something was wrong and stopped filming until the evening," she said, tears welling up in her eyes. "I even stood in high heels for a whole day and didn't return to the hotel until a few days ago."
Her behavior scared Mo Anqi. Usually, she was so worry-free that Mo Anqi seldom saw this side of her. She felt sorry for her, but also thought that Jiang Se, who was acting coquettishly and complaining at this moment, was really cute, different from her usual cold and indifferent appearance.
Xia Chaoqun was sorting out documents and was stunned when she heard Jiang Se's words. She held her mobile phone in both hands, huddled up in a single chair, her hair covering her face. From Xia Chaoqun's perspective, he could only vaguely see her pair of thick and ciliated eyelashes blinking.
"When I came back, I wanted to throw away all my shoes, and I was worried about where you were."
She complained a bit and sniffed:
"You haven't contacted me since you went back to school. Have you forgotten that you have a girlfriend?"
"Of course not!" When he heard Jiang Se say this, he immediately said firmly:
“I’ve forgotten who I am, but I’ll never forget you.”
He had a mission before, so his identity was fake and his cell phone number was made up temporarily. He was always under the surveillance of "Crow". At that time, even if he missed her like crazy, he didn't dare to call her, because calling her would harm her.
After finishing the work, he immediately called Jiang Se.
Xia Chaoqun packed up his things and stood up. He took the makeup remover and removed Jiang Se's makeup and washed her face. He also put a facial mask on her. Mo Anqi applied medicine to Jiang Se and prepared to leave, leaving the space for Jiang Se so that she could chat with Pei Yi in peace.
Everyone in the room left quickly. Jiang Se didn't even want to get up to wash his face as he had a filming assignment to complete tomorrow.
After finishing the shooting of Federer's advertisement, she didn't have much free time. She had to return to China to participate in the second half of the month's promotion of "Devil". Jiang Se suddenly realized that she hadn't met or chatted with Pei Yi for a long time. They both had their own things to do.
In the past, she would understand all this calmly, but now, she didn't know if it was because she was in a foreign country, late at night, and just feeling tired from her heavy work, she suddenly wanted to see Pei Yi.
"Actually, I want to see you."
She repeated for emphasis:
"See you soon."
Federer's work will be completed in a few days, and the press conference will be held in the Chinese capital. Jiang Se thought of this and perked up again:
"Wait for me in the imperial capital then. I have something to give you."
She remembered the pair of diamond rings from Hong Kong Hua and wanted to give him a surprise.
"No need to wait until the imperial capital, Sese, you can see me sooner."
Pei Yi smiled and said:
"Guess how far away I am from you?"
Jiang Se was somewhat excited because of his words, but the next moment he thought of his identity, and his enthusiasm seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water.
He knew that he was in France, and saying this at this time might prove that he should not be far away from him.
But although he hasn't graduated yet, he has already joined the army, so it's not as easy as before for him to go abroad. She didn't say anything, but Pei Yi didn't even want to keep her in suspense:
"Sese, I'll wait for you in Bordeaux."
His words swept away all the haze in Jiang Se's heart.
She did not ask Pei Yi how he could go abroad. She just finished her work in Paris at a very fast speed, asked Xia Chaoqun for three days of vacation, bought a ticket from Paris to Bordeaux, and rushed to Bordeaux with a simple luggage.
The meaning of Bordeaux to her is not only a castle built for her by Pei Yi, a manor full of grapes, and a place full of the fragrance of green fields, but also a wish that flashed in her mind when she was young, and a person waiting for her there.
When she was young, under the pressure of heavy courses, she longed for a leisurely and comfortable life, without worries, without having to worry about socializing. In her free afternoons, she could make a cup of scented tea, sit by the window, listen to music, read books, and do whatever she wanted.
That was a sudden dream that came to her when she was a girl. She had said it casually and later forgot everything about it. However, there was a person who took her words as an imperial decree. In the end, she had forgotten what her dream was, but he turned these dreams into reality bit by bit, and his seriousness was heartbreaking.
Pei Yi picked her up at the station. When she came out of the train platform with her luggage, she saw him in the crowd at a glance, smiling as if to gather all the sunshine into her eyes.
His height was also quite outstanding among Europeans. Jiang Se threw herself into his arms, stood on tiptoe to hook her arms around his neck, and listened to the "thumping" sound of his heartbeat.
He still had the breath of sunshine on him, holding her luggage in one hand and holding Jiang Se's waist with the other, holding her so that her toes were almost off the ground. (To be continued)