Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 112 What’s the point of asking a woman to drink with you?
The air was as dead silent as the night.

Maybe all it takes is a cigarette or a match rubbing against sandpaper to create sporadic sparks of fire, and this grand event can be ignited in an instant.

But Jian Yi became a shameful escapee.

She crawled out from Jin Yanchen's arms, and ran forward in small steps with her heart pounding anxiously. Her high heels made a tapping sound on the road, just like her heartbeat, which never stopped.

Jin Yanchen supported himself with his arms and looked at her calmly, his eyes as tender as before. Perhaps for him, seeing her again was a happy thing.

They returned to the party one after another, like two unrelated strangers. Even though the seats were only separated by two people, no one would think of these two people who were so different as one another.

Jian Yi felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Although she sat in her seat calmly, her breathing and attention were unconsciously drawn by Jin Yanchen.

Every movement he made beside her, every breath he took while talking and laughing, was like a slender feather fan, with the tiniest hairs scratching her sensitive senses, and every breath she inhaled seemed to be forcefully squeezed into his breath.

Wen Ruo took the time to glance at her and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"what?"

"Your face." Wen Huairuo pointed, "It's very red."

"Maybe it's too stuffy." Jian Yi breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to go to the bathroom, but she had to pass Jin Yanchen to go out.

She looked forward and immediately met the man's half-smile, then turned on her toes and sat back down.

Wen Ruo brought the two of them here today just to make themselves known to everyone. As soon as they sat down, he stood up and introduced them to everyone.

"These are my two students, Jian Yi and Zhou Chen. They will graduate soon, and I will need your help when the time comes."

As soon as Wen Ruo spoke, everyone present had to give him some face. Regardless of whether they were really interested or not, they would pretend to ask them a few questions.

Jian Yi was busy dealing with various problems and had no time to pay attention to Jin Yanchen.

She suddenly felt depressed. After so many years, she was still an ordinary person struggling to make a living, just like the painting with the words "As different as heaven and earth" that Grandpa Jin gave her.

When the filter of love retreated again, at this moment, Jian Yi truly felt the disparity in status between her and Jin Yanchen.

She lowered her eyes slightly and answered the boss's questions on the stage meticulously.

Some bosses like to make things difficult for people. When they ask a question, they ask them to drink a glass of wine. Jian Yi can't let people toast her with a drink every time, so she would be the first to raise her glass when the next question is asked.

"Mr. Chen, I toast to you."

The girl from Jiangnan has a gentle and moist voice, and her eyes are pure as she has just entered the society, yet she has a distinctive and beautiful appearance. The fusion of these two contradictory temperaments makes her look like a red peony in a landscape painting, with a contradictory and unparalleled beauty.

Mr. Chen was so delighted by her shout that he immediately slammed the table and decided, "How about this, if you drink three cups with me, I will give you the graduation offer directly."

Drinking three cups is not a difficult thing for Jian Yi.

But she knew very well that what she had to offer today was not just three glasses of wine, and similarly, what she would get would not be just an ordinary offer.

Her eyelashes trembled quickly, and before anyone else on the scene could react to the profound meaning of this sentence, she already understood its meaning.

This was the circle she had been in before, the transaction of power and sex, everything was just as it was and she was most familiar with it.

At this moment, Jin Yanchen was sitting next to her, and she felt as if she was in a dream.

It felt as if they had never been apart, and time had always stayed at the moment when they fell in love.

This illusion would only last for a moment, just like a beautiful dream that ended in an instant. The wine glass in her hand reflected Jian Yi's hesitant face. The wine burned her stomach, but she had to persevere and get out of this drinking game unscathed.

At this time, Jian Yi subconsciously turned around and looked at Jin Yanchen.

He was looking at her with his upturned eyes. The moment they looked at each other, his tenderness overwhelmed her. Jin Yanchen placed his hand on her wine glass. His fingers were slender and bony. He bent them to hold the round-mouthed cup. His movements were dignified and calm, but the sound of his hand falling was fierce.

"What's the point of asking a woman to drink with you?"

"I come."

Jin Yanchen raised his hand, tilted his head back, and drank the whole bottle in one gulp.

From Jian Yi's perspective, one could see his Adam's apple bulging up and down due to swallowing. He moved quickly and decisively, filling two cups and then drinking.

This is a bottle of fine wine that has been stored for twenty years. Its alcohol content is close to 70 degrees, and it tastes spicy almost from the first sip.

Jin Yanchen drank three cups without changing his expression. At the end, he pushed the cup forward with his hands and praised, "Boss Chen, good wine."

The boss who brought the wine was stunned for a moment, with an embarrassed look on his face. He was unsure of what the prince was thinking, so he had to follow his words and said, "If Mr. Jin likes it, I'll have someone send two bottles over later."

The conversation in the crowd became lively again. Jian Yi sat down silently. She turned her head to look at the empty wine glass. Just now, Jin Yanchen took it over so naturally. He drank the promised wine for her, just like every day in the past, he always reached out to her when she was down.

This is Jin Yanchen, tender and gentle like a net.

However, she was determined to cut the net.

As a result, Jian Yi behaved even calmer. She straightened her back and her eyes never moved towards him, as if she was totally uninterested in him.

Jin Yanchen's smile grew wider upon seeing this. He played with the small wine glass with his fingertips. The wall of the glass reflected the girl's delicate and small earlobe. His hands itched a little, as he felt that there was a lack of a pair of diamond earrings to match.

The party didn't last long.

Wen Ruo's teacher was old, and after three rounds of wine and five dishes, the banquet was over.

Unfortunately, there was a storm in Kyoto today. It was not uncommon to rain in the midsummer season. Wen Huairuo placed the two students in a co-branded hotel under the hotel, took the car keys and went to send the teacher home in the rain.

To get from the restaurant to the hotel, one has to pass through a Chinese-style garden. It was raining heavily outside the corridor. Jian Yi and Zhou Chen looked at each other in silence.

After a while Zhou Chen said, "How about going in and having some more drinks?"

"No, the rain will stop after a while."

Jian Yi covered her stomach imperceptibly. She wanted to lean against the wall in the corridor. A Bugatti slowly drove into her sight. She saw the familiar license plate and her pupils shrank subconsciously.

The car slowly stopped in front of them, the window was half rolled down, the view inside the car was dim and blurry, and through the mist and rain, Jian Yi looked at the man sitting inside.

This scene has a sense of déjà vu.

In fact, ever since they met again, Jian Yi lamented that the pointer of fate seemed to be moving forward, but in fact it was going backwards.

Countless scenes overlapped with the past, and she just chose a slightly different path, and her fate had already begun to move in the opposite direction.

This time, Jian Yi did not choose to move forward, nor did she look at him with panic-stricken eyes.

She stood there silently and straight, telling him the final answer in silence.

Zhou Chen recognized that this was the license plate of a big shot at the party. He glanced at his junior sister and wondered how she, who was so smart when he came here, suddenly turned into a wooden stake at this moment.

Opportunity waits for no one, so he immediately trotted forward with a slightly attentive attitude.

"Mr. Jin, are you leaving? The exit is over there. I'll lead you there."

Jian Yi didn't look up again.

She saw two small puddles of water forming on the uneven ground. They were only the size of a palm, but could easily contain all kinds of human life.

Zhou Chen's voice gradually faded away, blending into the sound of the engine starting and into the sound of the light rain.