Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 128 Or do you want to use it tonight?
It was getting dark, the world was bustling, the smoke from the small town lit up the sky, and in this narrow car, there were only two of them.

Jian Yi took out a lighter and played with it. She pressed it twice, then stood up and went over to light his cigarette.

Jin Yanchen pulled his lip, then lowered his head and leaned closer, smelling the orchid-like fragrance on her body. Her snow-white neck leaned over and swam towards him like a swan.

The moment the fire was lit, the girl's eyes were filled with a layer of bright light.

Jin Yanchen subconsciously turned his head, and her lips brushed his chin, with an innocent expression as if it was accidental.

"You're quite good at it." Jin Yanchen stroked his chin, curled his lips and looked at her. He pinched the cigarette and placed it outside the window. With his other hand, he pressed the back of her neck and kissed her deeply.

When they were halfway through the kiss, someone knocked on the car window. The neighbor lady squatted down and barely poked half of her head in, and said in a loud and clear voice, "Hey, you can't park here, or the traffic police will give you a ticket."

Hearing the familiar voice, Jian Yi's body shrank suddenly, and she quickly burrowed into Jin Yanchen's arms, not even willing to raise her head.

Jin Yanchen was quite calm. He put down his cigarette and said to the aunt, "Okay, thank you. I'll park in front."

The aunt was very welcoming and told them that there was a parking space in front of the supermarket.

The man walked away, and the girl in his arms hadn't gotten up yet. Jin Yanchen laughed quietly, not daring to be too ostentatious, but she still noticed the vibration in his chest.

Jian Yi raised her face, which was flushed due to lack of oxygen. Her breathing was unstable and her heart was beating rapidly, like a frightened little animal, with shame and regret.

"Jin Yanchen, don't kiss me in the car next time."

"Didn't you provoke me first?" Jin Yanchen shrugged, looking innocent. "Besides, it was just a kiss. We didn't do anything else."

"Don't worry, Auntie is used to it."

"But that auntie knows me." Jian Yi wanted to cry but couldn't. "I often go to her house in the south market to buy tofu."

"It's okay, she shouldn't be able to see your face." Jin Yanchen patted her on the back and said mischievously, "Xiaoyi, if you, the driver, don't leave now, I'm afraid she will come again. If we are caught in the act, we will be the headlines in the market the next day."

The car continued to drive forward for a while, and Jin Yanchen suddenly wanted to go to the supermarket with her.

It felt magical as he walked beside her on the way home, carrying the supermarket bags in his left hand and holding her hand with his right as they walked home.

Getting rid of the extravagance and glamour, it seems that they can also have traces of a simple and plain life.

Jian Yi's eyelashes trembled for two seconds. She leaned back on the sofa in the living room and watched Jin Yanchen fill up the mini refrigerator in the kitchen. Whatever he did was pleasing to the eye. Even when he was cooking, he had an unconventional elegance.

Later she noticed that Jin Yanchen went to the bedroom. He placed the snacks where she could reach them, and opened the drawer at the head of the bed to replenish the stock.

Jian Yi followed him and opened the box to take a look. The empty three-layer bedside table was filled up by him. There were different packaging specifications, but the same name was clearly written on them all - condom.

"Jin Yanchen, don't push your luck."

"Backup. I won't be using it tonight."

Jin Yanchen turned around and looked at her. He stretched his arm lazily and tilted his head to look at her with an unclear smile. "Or do you want to use it tonight?"
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In the midsummer when the branches and leaves of the phoenix trees were lush, Jianyi graduated.

She was wearing a bachelor's degree gown with a pink collar and standing in front of the school's gold-painted school sign. Lin Qingruan raised her Polaroid camera to take a picture of her. Time froze in the picture. Lin Qingruan took out the film and shook it, smiling and saying, "Not bad. You graduate today and you can get a salary to support me tomorrow."

Jian Yi glanced at her and said, "Do you really want me to be beaten by society?"

"How can society beat you? You are an indestructible piece of steel. The quenching of fire can only turn you into gold." Lin Qingruan smiled and pointed at the resounding university sign and said, "Xiaoyi, you will shine and walk out a glorious road."

“It’s just a matter of time.”

This was not the first time that Jian Yi had heard such words. Not long ago, Jin Yanchen had comforted her by saying that all his current achievements were just the result of him having walked ten more years longer than her. There was no difference between them, they were just walking one step ahead of the other on the same road.

Jian Yi's brows relaxed, the anxiety and impatience of graduation approaching, the excessive desire for future success. Perhaps Lin Qingruan and Jin Yanchen were aware of her tense mood, and she was healed in love again and again.

"Thank you, Qing Ruan. You stayed by my side when my grandmother passed away, and supported me no matter what decision I made."

"Who made me be friends with you alone in college?" Lin Qingruan put her arm around her shoulders, her fingertips running across the smooth fabric of her graduation gown, and asked casually, "What gift do you want for graduation? Just ask."

"I really have a wish for you to fulfill." Jian Yi looked at her steadily, "I hope Lin Qingruan can live her life happily."

Lin Qingruan was stunned for a moment.

She slowly raised her lips: "My life and my love died together."

"People can't be too greedy. I just want my aunt to live well. I don't ask for anything else."

"The Buddha will hate me for being too greedy." Lin Qingruan patted her shoulder, her tone fearless and unrestrained, "When we were in college, you and I were different. You were full of confidence and wanted to move up, but I just wanted to live a stable life. I'm tired of being displaced and the embarrassment of paying off debts everywhere, and I'm tired of the pain of being desperate and relying on others. I came to Mo Yucheng for money and power, and now I can't break free. It's my sin of greed. But Xiaoyi, you are different from me. Your heart has always been open and honest, so you have to think clearly about the matter with Jin Yanchen. You must think clearly. People like us can't afford the consequences of losing."

"Didn't Song Zhi bear a grudge against you before and almost ruin your reputation?"

Jian Yi's heart stopped again.

Lin Qingruan meant for her to look carefully. If she walked forward, the road would be smooth, but if she looked back, no one could tell whether there was a cliff or a garden under the towering building.

She forced a smile and said, "He and I haven't reached that stage yet. Besides, we said we want to start over. Maybe our relationship will just end up being friends. We have to take it one step at a time. No one can predict the end of relationships."

"No one can predict the end of love affairs..." Lin Qingruan's eyes turned red after hearing this sentence. She turned her face away, pretending to be cheerful in her tone so that she wouldn't notice.

"He has had no one else around him during the years you were gone, but this is a basic quality for a man. If he dares to provoke others, I will never let him get close to you."

Lin Qingruan chuckled, "Let's wait and see. I don't think you really want to get married."

Jian Yi hummed softly, and the topic dropped there.

But she always felt a little melancholy when walking on the way to school. God gave her rich emotions, but her bad family did not teach her how to maintain a relationship.

She was afraid of starting a family, afraid of becoming Aunt Zhang, afraid of becoming a vague wife in the marriage, and afraid of becoming a mother who shuttled back and forth between school and home.