Luo Jing stood outside the door, knocked and called out, "Jian Yan."
Jian Yan held the phone and took a deep breath. She looked up at Ji Yunxin and met her deep gaze. Jian Yan said, "Boss Ji, please hide for a moment."
Ji Yunxin was dragged by her to the bedside, and then to the kitchen. Unfortunately, this place had everything but was not big, and it was clearly visible. Jian Yan was in a hurry to put her away, but found that there was no good hiding place. Finally, she held her breath and looked at Ji Yunxin, a little embarrassed, "How about you hide in the bathroom?"
Ji Yunxin's face was tense and gloomy, her eyes were sharp, her stiff body was dragged back and forth, the knocking on the door continued, Luo Jing's voice was like a death warrant: "Jian Yan?"
Jian Yan deliberately fiddled with something on the coffee table, making a clattering sound. She said, "Wait a minute!"
It was quiet outside the door, but the atmosphere inside was still tense. Jian Yan wanted to slap herself. What kind of rubbish did she come up with to force Ji Yunxin to come in? If she had known, she would have gone to the company to get it in person. She hesitated about where to put Ji Yunxin, her eyes darting around with a nervous look, but Ji Yunxin looked at her steadily, his face losing its tension and becoming gentle. She said, "I'll go to the bathroom."
Jian Yan clasped her hands gratefully: "Thank you for your help, Mr. Ji."
Ji Yunxin lowered his eyes and walked towards the bathroom. Jian Yan clapped her hands behind him, "Boss Ji!"
She turned around and saw Jian Yan pointing to the balcony: "Why don't you go there?"
The balcony is in a large area with good lighting. The curtains are half-drawn, blocking out the outside world. It is indeed safer than the bathroom, but it is a bit cold, with a chill wind. Ji Yunxin pushed open the glass door with a sullen face and walked out. He sneezed as soon as he stood outside.
When Luo Jing entered Jian Yan's room, she saw the mess on the coffee table. Jian Yan explained, "I bumped into the coffee table when I was about to open the door. I'll clean it up. You sit down."
"Did you bump into anything? Let me help you clean it up." Luo Jing put down the fruit, stood beside Jian Yan, and helped her tidy up the messy items on the coffee table. Ji Yunxin stood on the balcony and looked inside through the glass. The two of them were chatting happily. The soundproofing effect of the glass was so good that no sound could be heard at all. One could only see their expressions. Luo Jing said something, and Jian Yan smiled with her head down, her lips slightly parted, as if she was agreeing.
"So I moved in early." Luo Jing explained and said to Jian Yan: "Do you want to go out for dinner together tonight?"
"I'm not hungry yet." Jian Yan glanced at the balcony. She deliberately stood in front of Luo Jing to block her view and said, "Besides, I still have some luggage to pack."
"Haven't you finished cleaning yet?" Luo Jing leaned over and looked at the bedside: "Do you want me to help you?"
Jian Yan waved her hand quickly: "No, no, please sit down."
She was worried that Luo Jing would really help her clean up, so she pulled her sleeve and sat on the sofa. Luo Jing looked down at her white fingers pulling her sleeve and smiled with pursed lips, her eyes full of tenderness. Jian Yan was still worried about the scene behind her and wanted to turn her head from time to time, but was afraid that Luo Jing would see it, so she looked very nervous.
The two of them sat on the coffee table. Jian Yan moved her body and said, "I'll pour you a glass of water."
"Stop busying yourself." Luo Jing subconsciously grabbed her but didn't expect to touch her hand. Jian Yan subconsciously took it back. Luo Jing was also a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, I didn't mean it."
Jian Yan nodded: "It's okay, you sit down, I'll go get a glass of water."
After what happened just now, Luo Jing didn't dare to be too presumptuous. She just nodded: "Thank you for your trouble. By the way, I also brought you some fruits. I'll go wash two."
Jian Yan turned around: "Don't be so polite."
Luo Jing smiled: "It's okay, just by the way."
Jian Yan walked to the water dispenser and lowered her head to pour water into a disposable cup. She glanced at the balcony where Ji Yunxin was standing. Fortunately, she couldn't see her figure. She breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, took two glasses of water and placed them on the coffee table: "Drink some water."
Luo Jing finished washing the fruit and sat on the sofa. She took the cup and smiled at Jian Yan, took a sip of tea and looked around. Finally, she said, "What do you think of this place?"
Jian Yan looked around and said with a smile, "It's fine."
Luo Jing nodded: "I remember you like watching the night scene. If you don't like it here, I can help you move upstairs."
Jian Yan stretched out her fingers and touched her ears: "It's nice here." She looked at Luo Jing and said: "How do you know I like the night?"
Luo Jing was slightly startled, and quickly said, "I've seen your interview before."
Jian Yan thought for a few seconds, then smiled. The heating was on in the room. The two of them were sitting on the sofa chatting. Ji Yunxin was standing outside the window, feeling so cold that she wanted to stamp her feet. She was wearing a tight-fitting blazer with only a shirt underneath. The cold wind lifted her clothes and the cool air seeped in through the gaps in her clothes. She was so cold that she couldn't stop shivering. Her face was the same as the weather outside. It was cold, stiff, and pale. But the two of them didn't seem to be finishing their conversation. Luo Jing was still peeling fruit leisurely. Ji Yunxin had her hands hanging by her sides, clenched tightly, with her nails pinching the flesh.
They seemed to be having a good chat? What were they talking about
Ji Yunxin deliberately moved a little closer to the glass. It would have been fine if she hadn't moved, but as soon as she moved, the cool wind blew in and she almost choked her and sneezed again. She resisted the urge to sneeze and tilted her head to listen, not realizing how embarrassed she was at the moment.
Jian Yan was thinking of a reason to send Luo Jing away. She thought of several reasons but they were all rejected. Finally, she stroked her head and said, "Hiss..."
Luo Jing put down the fruit knife, looked at her, and asked, "Yanyan, what's wrong with you?"
Jian Yan said in a slightly lower voice: "Maybe I didn't get enough rest last night. I have a headache now."
"Headache?" Luo Jing placed his fingertips on her temple. The warm touch startled Jian Yan. She stepped back. Luo Jing said, "Don't be nervous. I often get headaches when I write scripts. An old Chinese medicine master taught me how to massage. I'll try it on you?"
Jian Yan looked very unnatural and refused: "No, I just need a good sleep."
Luo Jing curled up her hands and slowly retracted them. She moved her lips and called out, "Yan Yan."
Jian Yan trembled all over and stared at Luo Jing. She was afraid that Luo Jing would say something that shouldn't be said at this time. Fortunately, Luo Jing didn't say anything. He just looked at her and said, "Okay, then, you can have a rest. I live next door. You can contact me anytime if you have any questions."
"If you have a severe headache, remember to send me a message and I'll go downstairs and get you some medicine."
"Remember to eat dinner. You are already skinny. If you don't eat, you will be nothing but skin and bones."
"besides… "
Jian Yan was a little dazed for a moment when she heard the familiar instructions. She had also told Ji Yunxin these words before. Thinking of the past, her eyes turned red. When Luo Jing kept talking, she interrupted him and said, "Luo Jing."
"You don't have to be so nice to me."
Jian Yan looked up and met Luo Jing's gaze. The two looked at each other and Jian Yan said bluntly, "I'm not worthy. I think you should find a better friend."
Luo Jing was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled: "I think you are very good."
"I'm not feeling well." Jian Yan was just pretending to have a headache, but now she really has one. She said to Luo Jing, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, or maybe I misunderstood. Just think of it as me being narcissistic. Luo Jing, don't waste your time on me."
Seeing that she had spoken so bluntly, Luo Jing no longer hid anything.
"Whether it is a waste or not is up to me."
Seeing her was like seeing her past self. She was too familiar with that stubborn look. She had failed to wake herself up before, and now she didn't want to see Luo Jing indulge in it. Jian Yan said slowly: "Do you know what happened to me in the past three years? Do you know why I don't shoot movies?"
Luo Jing looked at her without blinking, and asked without dodging: "Why?"
Jian Yan said: "Because I fell in love with the wrong person, I wasted three years. During these three years, I lived a very painful life. So I don't want to see you end up like me. You should stop the loss in time."
"What about now?" Luo Jing was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Are you still in pain now?"
Jian Yan said calmly: "I have come out of it, so I don't want to see you repeat the same mistake. You are suitable for a better girl."
"You are very good."
"But I don't like you." Jian Yan looked indifferent.
After being with Ji Yunxin for three years, the only thing she learned was how to reject others, cruelly and ruthlessly.
Luo Jing thought for a few seconds and said, "Am I pushing you too hard? I can give you some time..."
"It's not a matter of time." Jian Yan hadn't thought of confronting Luo Jing so soon, but since she had already done it, she might as well make it clearer. She said, "Luo Jing, you're a very good friend. I'm always grateful to have met you. If it weren't for you, I might still be stuck in the swamp of the past. You helped me out, and I'm very grateful to you, but this is not love. I don't want to lie to you, nor do I want to give you any expectations. I won't talk about feelings anymore, do you understand?"
"I understand." Luo Jing smiled lightly. She opened her hands. Jian Yan was stunned. Luo Jing said, "Congratulations on getting out of the swamp. As a friend, a hug is not too much, right?"
Jian Yan was stunned on the spot for a moment. She was clearly discussing with Luo Jing whether they liked each other or not the moment before, so how come they returned to hugging each other as friends the next second
Seeing that she didn't move, Luo Jing took a step forward, stood in front of Jian Yan, stretched out her hand and hugged her, and patted her on the back. Jian Yan came back to her senses and tried to break free from her arms. Luo Jing leaned in her ear and said, "Now that you've walked out of the swamp, you might as well hug the flowers around you."
"It doesn't matter even if you really don't like me." She let go of Jian Yan before she could clearly express her refusal, took two steps back and said, "Jian Yan, you are better than you think, so don't belittle yourself. Even if you don't accept me, I still treat you as a friend."
Jian Yan opened her red lips slightly: "Luo Jing."
Luo Jing: "You won't refuse to be friends, right?"
Jian Yan remained silent. Luo Jing smiled and said, "I'm going back first. You can contact me if you have anything."
After she finished speaking, she waved to Jian Yan and left the room. The door closed with a click. Jian Yan stared at her back until she heard movement behind her. She turned her head. Ji Yunxin's neatly tied hair was a little messy in the wind. Her face was slightly pale and her dark circles were obvious. Jian Yan didn't look at her carefully just now, but now she could see clearly that Ji Yunxin looked very tired. She gathered her thoughts and called out, "Boss Ji."
Ji Yunxin glanced at her. Her face was as rosy as a peach, her skin was fair and rosy, her eyes were watery and affectionate, her facial features were as delicate and beautiful as if they were carved out, and the mole at the corner of her eye was like the finishing touch, which not only did not destroy her beauty on her fair face, but instead added to her charm. At this moment, Ji Yunxin was suddenly very curious about what they had just talked about.
Seeing that Ji Yunxin didn't say anything, Jian Yan called out again, "Boss Ji?"
Ji Yunxin's senses were almost numb from the cold outside, and now she calmed down when she heard Jian Yan's call and nodded: "Yeah."
Seeing her response, Jian Yan said, "You said before that I left something at your place. What is it?"
Why not offer her tea or a seat
Ji Yunxin was still sulking. When she realized that something was wrong with her mind, she took out her briefcase, reached in to get the recorder, and handed it to Jian Yan. Jian Yan's face changed when she saw the recorder. Ji Yunxin said, "I saw it when I went back last night."
She felt that this recorder must be very important to Jian Yan. She had seen her sleeping with the recorder in her arms several times before she went abroad, and had also seen it several times after they got married.
Jian Yan didn't expect that what Ji Yunxin gave her was a recorder. When her parents passed away, she was in low spirits and her memory declined severely. Her psychologist gave her this recorder at that time. Originally, he wanted her to record the happy things that happened to her, but she used it all to talk about her sad love affairs. She recorded every detail, bit by bit, when Ji Yunxin came back, when he talked to her, when he saw her, and when he told her stories. Later, when Ji Yunxin went abroad, she was depressed for a while, and she didn't feel better until Ji Songlin sent her back to school.
This recorder was indeed very meaningful to her, but that was in the past. Ever since she decided to break up with Ji Yunxin, this recorder has no meaning anymore.
Jian Yan took the recorder, held it in her hand, and whispered, "Thank you, President Ji."
Ji Yunxin raised his eyes to look at her profile and said, "I have heard the contents. I am sorry that I did not get your consent..."
"It's okay." Jian Yan interrupted her: "I wanted to give you this recorder on your birthday last year."
When Ji Yunxin heard these words, her heart skipped a beat, as if someone was grabbing and pulling her, and the pain made her frown slightly.
Last year on her birthday, she received a call from Jian Yan, but she didn't go home.
Jian Yan smiled with relief. This was her most precious treasure and her only treasure. Naturally, she wanted to give it to her personally. However, she waited for a long time at home. The candles on the cake had burned out, but she still didn't see that figure. Jian Yan said, "So President Ji, don't worry about it."
Ji Yunxin would remain silent and say: "I don't know..."
"If you knew, would you go home?" Jian Yan suddenly asked this question, and both of them were stunned. Jian Yan didn't expect that she would still be entangled in such a boring question, and Ji Yunxin was silent because she found herself speechless.
If she had known, would she have gone home
Won't.
At first, she wanted to bury herself in work and stay away from everything related to Jian Yan, so she would not go home. Now that everything has returned to its original state, she suddenly felt a little annoyed with herself.
She was not angry about not going back, but she was angry about why she didn't talk to Jian Yan earlier, and even more angry about her poor speaking skills. Ji Yunxin stood in the room with a briefcase in hand. Jian Yan said, "Boss Ji, if there's nothing else, I'll take you down."
"Jian Yan." The pain in Ji Yunxin's chest spread into her body, and her vocal cords tightened a little: "I'm sorry."
Jian Yan looked up in surprise at Ji Yunxin. After the divorce, everyone in the Ji family had said sorry to her. Xiao Han said, "Sister-in-law, I apologize on behalf of my sister." Du Yan and Ji Shuiquan said, "It is our Ji family that is sorry for you." Ji Songlin burst into tears and said that they did not take good care of her. In fact, they did not owe her an apology. She got married voluntarily, she agreed to the secret marriage, and even retired from the film industry on her own initiative. She was willing to do all of this and no one forced her. But Ji Yunxin was different. She did it involuntarily.
Jian Yan said: "Boss Ji, you don't have to say sorry to me. If you really pursue it, I still owe you an apology."
"You don't owe me anything." Ji Yunxin looked serious and solemn. Jian Yan glanced at her expression and said, "Boss Ji, I don't think it makes sense to dwell on this now. Whether you felt sorry for me or I felt sorry for you, let's just call it even."
"You treat me like a piece of shit, and I'll treat that marriage as if it didn't exist, isn't that good?"
Jian Yan's eyes were calm and clear, like a pool of spring water, cold and gloomy. Ji Yunxin had never thought that one day Jian Yan would look at her like this. There was no emotion in those eyes. She looked at her as if she was looking at a stranger, and her attitude towards her was completely different from the attitude she had just had towards Luo Jing.
You treat me like a piece of shit, and I'll treat that marriage as if it didn't exist, isn't that good
Is it not good
Ji Yunxin didn't want to admit it, but a voice suddenly emerged in her heart after Jian Yan said this. It was soft, thin, and sharp. She couldn't suppress the voice and it burst out, as if it was shouting at her eardrums.
Is it not good
not good.
The author has something to say: Thirty random red envelopes.
Reporter: Mr. Ji, what is the thing you regret most now
Ji Yunxin: If I could travel back in time, I would beat myself to death.
Jian Yan: …