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Chapter 44 - 44 44 Little Fish
Chapter 44 - 44 44 Little Fish
?Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Little Fish Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Little Fish No matter how she had changed or how different she now appeared in comparison to her past, at her core, she was still the gentle and kind Lu Jingyan.
Sheng Xian’s gaze softened.
It lasted for only half a minute before he suddenly remembered the question he had asked her back then, “Did something happen to you before?”
Her response was natural, her expression relaxed, not like she was lying.
But he knew something must have happened to her.
The girl she used to be was quite gentle and clean, always polite and courteous to everyone. Not like now, where casual speech flowed from her lips, swear words were second nature, and she carried a demeanor of indifference, arrogance, short temper, exuding despair and defeat.
Whatever transformed her like this must not have been anything good.
It was apparent that she didn’t particularly want to talk about her own affairs with others. Although she seemed bold enough to say anything in front of him, as if she were truly chasing him, she wasn’t sincere at all.
She wasn’t antisocial.
She boxed herself in, refusing to trust anyone.
…
Lu Jingyan pushed open the door of KFC, and upon exiting, saw Sheng Xian standing by the roadside. Holding her bag, his black long coat accentuated his tall and leggy stature.
As Lu Jingyan walked over, Sheng Xian opened the car door, “Let’s go, I’ll take you home.”
Lu Jingyan got into the car and just as she was about to buckle up, Sheng Xian had already pulled the seatbelt and clicked it securely for her with a “snap.”
Lu Jingyan leaned toward the windshield and glanced at the sky outside.
The night sky was pitch black, without a sun in sight.
Sheng Xian started the car and made a U-turn at the road ahead.
The bar they had just been in was now on the opposite side of the road.
As they passed it, Lu Jingyan remembered that she hadn’t paid for the drinks, then she instantly understood why Sheng Xian had been so considerate in buckling her seatbelt.
Heh, men.
Would it hurt to be straightforward?
Lu Jingyan turned to Sheng Xian, “Tell me, how much?”
Sheng Xian, “Hm?”
“The bill from just now, how much?” Lu Jingyan counted her money as she spoke, “Professor Sheng, you can be direct next time, there’s no need to beat around the bush. I’m smart enough to get it, but if it were someone else, who would understand what you mean?”
Sheng Xian glanced at Lu Jingyan, “What do you mean?”
“You mean you want money,” Lu Jingyan saw that Sheng Xian was pretending not to admit it and added, “You buckling my seatbelt was a reminder for me to pay you, right?”
Sheng Xian, “…”
After a silence of three seconds, Sheng Xian, suppressing a headache, “It wasn’t about the money.”
“…”
Sheng Xian, “It was feeding.”
Lu Jingyan blinked.
“Are you full yet, Little Fish?”
“…”
“Should I feed you some more?”
“…”
…
Ten minutes later, the car stopped at Lu Jingyan’s house.
As if nothing had happened, she calmly said goodbye and smoothly opened the car door.
Sheng Xian watched her push open the big door and step into the courtyard.
As the door closed, her figure disappeared from his view.
After a moment of silence, Sheng Xian picked up his cellphone.
…
Guided by the garden light, Lu Jingyan had only taken a few steps when she felt her cellphone vibrate several times inside her bag.
She took it out and lit up the screen, finding two messages from Sheng Xian.
Sheng Xian, “Sorry.”
Sheng Xian, “Merry Christmas.”
Sorry… sorry for what?
Was he referring to what happened in the underground parking lot?
Actually, there was no need for him to apologize for that day; he wasn’t at fault.
Lu Jingyan stopped on the villa’s steps, staring at the screen for a while before her fingers moved.
Lu Jingyan, “Oh.”
Lu Jingyan, “Merry Christmas.”
The message was successfully sent one second before, and one second later, the time on top of the phone changed to 0:00.
Lu Jingyan was not a competitive person, but she always felt particularly vulnerable in front of Sheng Xian today.
In the bar, it was she who flirted first but also she who retreated first.
In the car, it was she who misunderstood his intentions first, and yet it was she who was left speechless by him first.
She felt she couldn’t continue this way, making all her previous boyfriends seem like mere accessories.
Lu Jingyan thought for a while, then started tapping on the screen again.
Lu Jingyan, “Brother, I want to ask you something.”
Sheng Xian, “?”
…Can I come to see you in my dreams tonight?
Just as she finished typing, her phone vibrated multiple times.
Several notifications also popped up at the top of the screen.
It was from Emotion’s private message.
The garbled account that hadn’t appeared since her fight with Bo Mu was active again.
Garbled message, “Lu Jingyan, did you miss me?”
Garbled message, “I sure missed you.”
Garbled message, “Though it’s past Christmas, I still want to wish you a Merry Christmas.”
Garbled message, “Do you remember this person? Jian Mo.”
Lu Jingyan’s fingertips began to tremble as she clutched her phone, feeling as if someone was strangling her, leaving her unable to breathe.
Those images—chaotic, cruel—flashed through her mind one after another.
She covered her head, wanting to forget, but those images became clearer and clearer.
She turned and ran towards the door.
She frantically pushed open the door.
Hearing the noise, Sheng Xian quickly got out of the car, “Lu Jingyan?”
She stopped, staring straight at him.
Sheng Xian quickly walked up to her, “What happened?”
She opened her mouth, her throat as if clamped by something. The words “Save me” couldn’t escape.
Sheng Xian furrowed his brows, his gaze moving from her face down to her feet.
She was wearing a pair of white shoes, the laces of which had come undone during her frantic run.
He stared for two seconds, then knelt down, picked up the scattered laces, wiped the dirt off them with his sleeve, and tied them into a neat bow for her.
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