Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 5 Do you want to get in the car?

Lin Qingruan shook her head and said with a forced smile, "That's so embarrassing. How can I survive in this circle if this gets out?"

Jian Yi then shut up. There were always too many things in this world that were beyond one's control. In order to live, not everyone could fall asleep soundly in the dream of the imperial city and wake up to a dream of a life of great wealth and splendor.

She had no intention of persuading Lin Qingruan. She just silently picked up the handbag that had fallen on the ground and walked forward with difficulty supporting her body.

The corridor was less than twenty meters long, but Jian Yi felt it took him an especially long time to walk through it.

Lin Qingruan was completely leaning on her, his expression distracted. He grabbed her collar tightly and whispered in her ear that the tips he earned today were enough to pay their rent for a whole year.

The snow in Kyoto always falls fast and hard. Jian Yi helped Lin Qingruan to take shelter from the snow under the eaves of the corridor, while waiting for a response from the taxi app on their phone.

For some unknown reason, she looked around the corner of the corridor.

It was a dark place, with dim moonlight shining brightly, as if it was a unique blessing from heaven. The corner of the man's clothes was blown up by the wind and fell down with the blue smoke.

Jian Yi couldn't look away.

She saw him light a cigarette elegantly and dignifiedly, with half of his face hidden in darkness. In front of him was a noisy crowd, but he just looked at them coldly, treating the world as a game and smiling indifferently.

At this moment, he had a depth and calmness different from that in the daytime. His windbreaker gave off a mixture of cedar and red wine scent, a wonderful smell, just like the noble one who had gracefully withdrawn from the world of fame and fortune. The fatigue between his brows showed his boredom with this mundane world.

Jian Yi felt as if he had glimpsed something secret, so he did not dare to speak for a moment.

But he didn't know whether it was because she didn't know how to hide her gaze, or because people like him were naturally able to keenly capture other people's gazes, Jian Yi gritted her teeth and looked him in the eye.

She had nothing more to say, so she just said "thank you" to him.

Jin Yanchen also turned around at this time, and the light and shadow gathered into a circle, and when he tilted his head, it emerged brightly again. Jian Yi felt dizzy for a moment, and she couldn't help but squint at him. In her peripheral vision, she saw his smiling eyes, gentle, polite and calm. For a moment, Jian Yi's heart was alarmed.

She thought, she must not fall in love with this man.

This ridiculous idea only lasted for a moment. Jian Yi felt that she and a man like Jin Yanchen were two parallel lines that would never intersect. She glanced sideways to look again, but his figure was no longer at the end of the corridor. In the blink of an eye, he was like an illusion. It was ridiculous that she would have such an unrealistic dream.

The snow is still falling. The smog in Kyoto is always very heavy. It is so gray that I can't see the way I came.

There was no response on the taxi app. Lin Qingruan's condition was already very bad. Jian Yi gritted his teeth and planned to support her and walk back.

Later, a car stopped in front of them.

The car window was rolled down halfway, and Jin Yanchen was sitting in the back seat. He didn't say anything warm, but just turned his head and asked her in a calm voice, "Do you want to get in the car?"

It was a very light sentence, as if it was up to her to stay or leave, and there was no such thing as an "yes" or "no" attitude.

At this moment, the light and shadow were infinitely long, separated by a dark car window.

She and Jin Yanchen happened to be standing on two parallel lines.

Jian Yi took a step forward. She always managed to seize every opportunity. The night was as silent as a long, wordless river. The wind carried the smell of tobacco from his body, but her heart strangely calmed down at that moment.

People are born to choose a path to follow, and each path is engraved with a different destinies.

When the second snow of winter fell, Jian Yi took a path named Jin Yanchen.

Their later acquaintance was really a coincidence.

Sometimes when Jian Yi thinks about it, she feels that fate is such a wonderful thing.

That year, Jian Yi seemed to have a special liking for Cantonese songs. When the music on the record player reached its end, a gray convertible appeared at the entrance of the narrow alley.

With a loud "beautiful girl", Mo Yucheng put one hand on the side of the car with a cynical smile on his face.

At this time, Lin Qingruan, who had just finished putting on makeup, would step carefully on her high heels, with a shy smile on her face, and glance at him angrily, as if she thought he was too high-profile.

That night at Xijiao Jingyuan.

Unexpectedly, it led to a relationship between the two of them.

Jian Yi smiled and handed them an umbrella, saying that she had to go to the office today, and was very considerate not to disturb them. When they came out of the alley, Mo Yucheng had just got in the car, and Jian Yi heard him mutter in a low voice that his third brother was also there.

Jian Yi knew who the third brother he was talking about was.

Jin Yanchen.

He is the third child in the family.

She smiled, and as the words passed by like the wind, she continued to hold the bag tightly in her hand and prepared to catch the earliest subway.

The subway at rush hour almost squeezed everyone into one, but the crowd struggling in the gap made Jian Yi feel particularly at ease. She thought of the name Jin Yanchen again. Every time she set foot on the way to the office, she would think of this name.

She wondered what kind of man he was.

How come she just had a slight connection with him, but this small firm offered her a permanent position after graduation and immediately promoted her to the sky?

A little bit of uneasy conscience was disturbing her. Lin Qingruan was wearing lipstick and mocking her. She tilted her head, blinked her eyes, and said with a smile, "I really feel uneasy about my conscience. Do you want me to let Mo Yucheng introduce you to him?"

I don’t know what kind of emotion I was feeling at that time.

Jian Yi shook her head, she opened the dim blinds and looked across at the brightly lit Xijiao Jingyuan.

Said "it depends on fate".

What kind of fate is that?

she does not know.

I only know the prosperous Xijiao Jingyuan, so if I want to see him, I always need a reason.

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Later, when this fate came, Jian Yi couldn't seem to think of any reason to refuse.

One month before the Chinese New Year, most of the school work was finished, but the office was unexpectedly busy.

The end of the year is approaching and all old accounts need to be settled. It seems that the project contracts that have not been negotiated for a whole year can also be geared up for another effort at the end of the year.

Jianyi was temporarily assigned to be in charge of a real estate investment project. Originally, this project was not her turn, but later, she didn't know what the person in charge was thinking, but he said he wanted to take her out to see the world.

After parting at Xijiao Jingyuan that day, Liu Meifeng was seconded to the Northern Branch.

Someone came to ask Jian Yi privately what happened in Xijiao Jingyuan that night, and how she, an intern, could have such great abilities?
Jian Yi calmly accepted all those probing and speculative looks.

She was calm and said, "I don't know much about what happened that day. I just went to deliver a USB drive."

Jian Yi was able to fool her fellow interns with this rhetoric, and the new supervisor picked her to go out with him to discuss business the first day.

He kept looking at her on the way to the party, and when they were about to arrive, he suddenly asked, "Xiao Jian, do you know Mr. Jin?"

Jian Yi raised her eyes and glanced at him. She was still smiling faintly, not showing off her true colors, and she carefully chose two words to reply him.

"I've seen it."

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Some business deals are not discussed openly, but when the atmosphere is right and the glasses clink, a deal is done.

Jian Yi ordered a gin and tonic. The supervisor glanced at her and said, "It's strong, be careful you might get drunk."

Jian Yi smiled, indicating that he knew what was going on.

She turned her head to look out the window, and the sycamore branches stretched out diagonally, with a bent posture that looked a bit flattering. The shoulders of the female companion in a long skirt trembled, and she disliked the coldness of this place, so the sycamore trunk that had intruded rashly was immediately cut off by the skilled craftsmen, and stood bare in the desolate winter.

The supervisor suddenly called her in the crowd, disrupting her thoughts and forcing Jian Yi to plunge back into the reality.

(End of this chapter)