Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 120: Except for You, I Am a Firm Non-Marriageist

"Isn't this for your own safety?"

His voice seemed to contain a smile, which gently rolled over Jian Yi's fragile heart. He talked and laughed freely, had a natural laziness, and flirted with words at his fingertips.

There was a moment of silence.

She heard the wind blowing in her ears, as if it had drowned out many rumors. She was wearing a thick coat, and for a moment she was not so afraid of the cold.

"Seriously."

"It's the truth." Jin Yanchen chuckled, "I told you before that there will be no one else in the future. As a man, you should at least keep your word."

On the way, Jin Yanchen hailed a taxi. Just before getting in the car, he suddenly said, "I have two black swans in Weiming Lake."

Jian Yi looked at him in confusion.

Jin Yanchen stretched out his hand to open the car door, and the back of his hand almost naturally blocked the top of her head. As he leaned over, his voice became lower.

"Let's go back to the eastern suburbs, Xiaoyi."

After several years away, this place seems to be still the same. The exquisite villa hidden among the rockery and clear water looks a bit desolate with the lights turned off at night.

The car stopped at the gate. No outside vehicles were allowed to enter here. Jin Yanchen got out of the car and met the security guard at the gate.

The security guard was quick-witted and immediately said, "Hey, Mr. Jin, you haven't been back for a while."

Jin Yanchen hummed and passed a cigarette over. He saw Jian Yi getting out of the right side of the car from the corner of his eye. Although his face was expressionless, his steps were already involuntarily walking towards her.

Jian Yi glanced into the lake and asked, "Where are the swans?"

"It's so dark, how can I see it?" Jin Yanchen bit a cigarette and said casually, "You will be able to see it tomorrow during the day."

Jian Yi didn't come here just for Tian'e. She glanced at Jin Yanchen and asked in a low voice, "Have you packed all my things?"

"Not even moving."

Jian Yixin felt relieved. She left in a hurry and stuffed all her things into the box, missing an important property transfer contract.

It is the old house of the family. When Jian Yi first came to Kyoto, Grandma Jian left this house to her for her to live in and told her not to tell anyone.

Now that she had stepped into this place again, a huge sense of familiarity enveloped her whole body. However, no matter how familiar it was or how unchanged it was, five years had already passed.

Unknown green quietly climbed up the white walls, and the furnishings outside the courtyard were covered with a layer of dull gray, and the colors were not as bright and vivid as before.

Time will always make all marks mottled. Jian Yi looked back and gazed at the blue waves embedded in the green.

She majored in economics, so it's not that she couldn't understand the meaning of Jin Yanchen's words.

In economics, there is a term called "black swan event".

It means "the future cannot be predicted, but it can be prepared for."

On the day Jian Yi left, Jin Yanchen raised two black swans in the lake. He went to work and came home as usual on weekdays, and came out to watch the lake and feed the geese on holidays.

In the past two years, everyone said that he had changed his mind, but no one knew how big the game he was planning was.

Most of the furniture in the room was covered with dust bags, as if deliberately sealing up time.

Jian Yi found what she was looking for in the cabinet, and also saw some other things -
The ring she had dropped, the star crown in the jewelry box, and a contract for the donation of a house in the eastern suburbs.

These were the things she had thrown down so lightly. It wasn't that she was so noble, but these things were heavy and she was afraid that she couldn't afford them.

Jin Yanchen laughed helplessly: "This is the first time I've sent something back."

"If that's what you say, then I won't return this coat." Jian Yi hung the coat in the closet and asked in a casual tone, "Which room should I sleep in tonight?" "As the hostess, aren't you the one who knows how many bedrooms there are here?"

Jian Yi looked around the room. It turned out that this was the room where she and Jin Yanchen slept together. She was not sure whether Jin Yanchen would sleep in this room tonight, so she asked another question.

She wanted to draw a line in the sand, so she said, "If your future wife hears this, I'm afraid I'll never have peace."

As if remembering something, Jian Yi added, "Oh, yes, I forgot that you are a non-marriage advocate."

All the things I said in the past are now coming back to me one by one.

Jin Yanchen laughed. He had never realized that this girl was so vindictive before. He lowered his head and coaxed her with good temper, "This is not the same as before."

"I used to be a staunch loveless person, but now, I yearn for love and long to have a happy family. And the creator of this marriage contract can only be Ms. Jian Yi."

Jin Yanchen's tone suddenly became serious, and his expression was solemn as if he was taking an oath.

"To put it another way - except for you, I am a staunch non-marriage advocate."

Every word he uttered was like the sound of a bell in a temple, and the whole soul could not help but vibrate when the bell rang.

Jian Yi quietly waited for the tremor to subside from her body, until calmness swept over her body again.

She said: "I will go back to Suzhou tomorrow."

Jin Yanchen glanced over and said, "Just go back."

Jian Yi was surprised that he was so easy to talk to this time.
Then I heard him say the next sentence in a very proud tone, "My legs are on my body anyway, I will follow you wherever you go."

"When chasing girls, patience is what's needed."

Jin Yanchen raised his lips, and with the main light of the bedroom turned on, he looked a little more worldly, his wandering and dreamy aura remained unchanged, and his eyes just looked straight at her.

"You walked towards me the first time, this time it's my turn. This time, you can keep me hooked for as long as you want."

It took Jian Yi a long time before he spoke.

Her voice was dry and she hesitated, "Are you chasing me?"

Jin Yanchen raised his eyebrows.

He stood there with one hand in his pocket, laughed helplessly, and a dissolute Beijing accent fell, and he spoke in a lingering voice.

"What a failure! There's a little pig that doesn't even know I'm pursuing her now."

Jian Yi slept in this room in the second half of the night. She had suffered from insomnia for the past two years. The room was lit with aromatherapy to help her sleep, and she slept unexpectedly very soundly.

When he woke up in the morning, Aunt Ling came to bring him breakfast. She made a medicinal meal. Jian Yi didn't like the taste of Chinese herbal medicine, but it was hard to refuse her kindness, so he drank it with a frown.

Jin Yanchen arrived late.

He was wearing a beige home suit with a loose belt around his waist. When he came in and caught a glimpse of Aunt Ling, he was about to leave but was stopped unexpectedly.

Aunt Ling said, "Yanchen, come and eat with us."

Jin Yanchen politely declined: "I don't have the habit of having breakfast."

"Then you won't get a stomachache!" Aunt Ling filled a bowl and brought it to him. "It's a rare occasion for me to come here, so you must do me the honor of drinking it all today."

Jin Yanchen frowned slightly, pulled out the chair next to Jian Yi and sat down.

When they sat down, they both looked at each other.

Jian Yi understood immediately that he definitely couldn't get used to the taste of this medicinal food.