Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 31 I Really Hope I Can Stay By Your Side Forever

Jin Yanchen laughed and held her against the bay window. He first held her hand and kissed it, then gradually lingered on her lips, with a kind of attack that was full of desire. His slightly heavy breathing fell into her ears, and he said, "We still have a future."

In the afternoon, Mo Yucheng and the others woke up and suggested going diving in the sea.

Jian Yi had been tossed around all night and felt a little listless, so she couldn't refuse. Jin Yanchen accompanied her to rest in the hotel.

She looked up and asked, "Is it okay if you don't go? I won't spoil your fun, right?"

Jin Yanchen sneered: "I brought you here to play."

They planted a lot of white evening primroses downstairs of their hotel and kept them in a greenhouse with four hours of abundant sunlight every day. At night, the petals were as bright as moonlight, and from a distance they looked a bit like the shadow of Epiphyllum.

Jian Yi sat on the windowsill with her chin propped up, reading a book, a collection of poems by Borges.

She was reading one of the English poems when the doorbell rang.
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What can I do to keep you?
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I give you the streets of poverty, the sunsets of despair, the moons of ruined suburbs.
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I give you the sadness of a person who has been looking at the lonely moon for a long time.

When she read the last sentence, Jian Yi's brows moved slightly. This scene always reminded her of Jin Yanchen in the night corridor. He leaned lazily on the rusty railings. His gentleness was an invisible barrier, and the smoke weaved a walking mask.

Compared to those days of decadence and dissipation, what she missed most was the sleepless nights she spent with Jin Yanchen.

Their hearts were so close at that time.

"Someone from the company is coming to discuss something later. Come with me to the lobby downstairs?" Jin Yanchen came over, holding two bow ties of different colors in his hands, and asked her with an ambiguous smile, "Which one do you choose?"

Jian Yi picked one, and he leaned over with a smile in his eyes and said, "Will you help me tie it?"

Even though they were close enough, Jian Yi still couldn't control her trembling fingertips over these tiny things.

She said, "No, you guys can just go upstairs and have some free time, or should I go out for a walk later?"

It's freezing cold outside, and there's nowhere else to go except the constant temperature hot springs.

Jin Yanchen grabbed her hand. It was noon and the sunlight was just right, shining on his angular face and even his eyes were warm.

He said, "Stay and listen together."

Jian Yi didn't know the weight of this sentence. He only saw the look of surprise on his subordinate's face when he came in.

She sat quietly at the round wooden table, listening to her subordinates report on the annual settlement. Jin Yanchen listened carefully with his hands on his shoulders, occasionally interrupting her with sharp and direct questions.

He quickly got into the working state, discarding the gentle and tender tone of love in bed, and sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, looking down from above with a strong sense of control.

"How is the land in Hengshan?" asked Jin Yanchen.

Cheng Xu looked up and answered truthfully, "Originally, there was no problem getting it, but we got news that the Song family also wanted to bid..."

Before he finished speaking, Jin Yanchen's gaze, which had been lazily staring at the shadows of the trees outside the window, suddenly became sharp. He smiled, flipped through the report in his hand, and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

“If they want to win the bid, they also need to see if they have the ability to swallow it.”

The topic ended very quickly, as if it was just a small episode in a perfect vacation. Jin Yanchen put the report into the drawer and turned around to ask her what she had heard.

Jian Yi answered honestly: "Actually, I didn't quite understand."

Jin Yanchen chuckled, put his hand on her shoulder, and gently held her. He said gently, "It's okay, take your time, and you will understand it later."

Jian Yi looked up in confusion. She felt that Jin Yanchen didn't want a well-behaved and sensible lover.

He gave her too much authority, and even if she was happy, she felt like she was walking on thin ice. Jin Yanchen kissed her eyes that were wide open due to confusion: "Aren't you interested in finance? I will give you whatever you want."

Jian Yi smiled. The sunlight from the window fell on the blanket on her shoulders. Her brows relaxed and her whole body exuded an indescribable lightness.

She joked, "Then I really hope to stay with you forever."

There was silence for a moment.

Jin Yanchen raised his eyes lazily: "Why not?"

It is always difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and it is always difficult to fulfill greed. This is how human desires are fed step by step.

At first, Jian Yi felt that she was lucky enough to have met him once, but as things developed to this day, she began to covet "forever".

Jin Yanchen lowered his head to kiss her. His fingers lifted her chin and he whispered in her ear, "I'm here. You can stay as long as you want."

This was the longest commitment he could make.

Jian Yi looked up at him and smiled. The words entered her ears and circled around her heart like mist. When she looked down at the scenery against the light, she felt that the courtyard here was like an oil painting with thick ink, beautiful and a little dreamy.

The name Qingruan Villa can be described as dreamy in itself.

That evening was their last gathering. Jin Yanchen remembered that she had not gone out for a day and a night. He was worried that she was bored, so he suggested taking her downstairs to listen to music.

Jian Yi lazily lay on the velvet-covered bay window. In such a warm and comfortable room, she actually wanted to tell Jin Yanchen that she didn't want to go out even if she could stay there for a month.

But when she met the man's gentle and slightly considerate eyes, her heart softened unconsciously. She rolled her eyes slightly and stretched out her hand to him, "I'll go if you carry me down."

Jin Yanchen really carried her down.

There are 360 ​​spiral staircases with golden glazed reliefs that shine like gold.

She was very petite, so petite that her body was completely sunken in her chest. Her snow-white shawl covered her, and only a pair of slender jade feet were tremblingly exposed outside.

Jin Yanchen pulled the corner of his lips and used his fingertips to soothe her hot face, as gently as teasing a cat.

"Why are you embarrassed? Didn't you ask me to hug you?"

Jian Yi buried her head in his chest and refused to come out until she was suffocated. She felt Jin Yanchen's fingers reaching in, pinching her cheek, and then whispering in her ear as if he was joking.

"Get up? No one is watching you."

Sometimes he doesn't speak standard Mandarin. When he's lazy, he speaks with a Hong Kong accent. His words are not clear, but it is quite alluring and sad.

Many years later, when she recalled this scene, she felt that she was really spoiled. It may also be because she was young and did not understand the rules of interpersonal relationships. Jin Yanchen indulged her, so she just agreed.

Lin Qingruan came out from the smoky card game, she was wrapped in a mink coat, her nails were painted bright red, and someone looked at her with a half-smile in the mist.

Jin Yanchen buttoned her coat and asked her if she wanted to talk to her friends.

He seldom brought her to places filled with alcohol and cigarettes, fearing that she would be shy and find it boring. He wanted to introduce her to some people who could help her in her career, but he also felt that since she had just started college, it would be better for her to retain some of the childishness of campus life.

Jian Yi saw Lin Qingruan again, and her heart calmed down a little, but she didn't feel the joy she had when they first met in the daytime.

There was a dining table between her and Lin Qingruan. Eighteen candlesticks stacked in three layers cast bright shadows. Jian Yi saw her dim and flickering face against a smoky green background.

(End of this chapter)