Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 672 I Want Both Fish and Bear’s Paw

"The craftsmanship is getting better and better."

Zhou Jing tasted the two hot dishes and two cold dishes made by Chen Jiaqian one by one and said.

"As long as it suits your taste, how many days will you stay in Tangdu?"

Chen Jiaqian said after taking a small bite of rice.

"I have something to do in Yu City the day after tomorrow. I will return to Tangdu on the 6th and BJ on the 7th. Have you been anywhere else recently?"

Zhou Jing looked at the girl and said.

"No, won't you go home on the way to Yu City?"

Chen Jiaqian shook her head and said.

"No, it's very troublesome to go back home. I can't arrange the time."

Zhou Jing also squeezed out time to go back to Yu City the day after tomorrow, and he almost persuaded Gu Jia to go there. Gu Jia had always wanted to go back to Yu City to visit. If Zhou Jing went directly to Yu City from BJ this time, Gu Jia would go with him.

"So busy." Chen Jiaqian took a sip of juice and said, "Can Gu Jia handle all the work at BJ Company by herself?"

Zhou Jing said: "She is too busy to handle everything. Gu Jia can only take care of finance and management, not projects and technology."

Chen Jiaqian asked, "What are you going to do in Yu City?"

"I need to look at some investment projects. I am also the vice chairman of the Yulin Industry and Commerce Association and I have a meeting to attend."

The projects Zhou Jing invested in Yulin City began to blossom this summer. The comprehensive shopping mall opened in July, the entertainment plaza opened in August, and the amusement park began safety testing and is expected to open to the public in October.

“Is the Chamber of Commerce and Industry considered part of the system?”

Chen Jiaqian doesn't know much about this.

"Nevermind, I regret accepting this position last year."

Zhou Jing is a businessman and doesn't like to interfere in the system. This year, Yulin City wanted to choose Zhou Jing to be a representative of this or that city, but Zhou Jing declined.

"If I had gone to Yu City to develop, would you still start a business?"

Chen Jiaqian has been feeling more and more emotional recently. Perhaps all the changes were caused by the fact that she did not want to develop in Yulin City and hoped that Zhou Jing could go to Tangdu.

"Probably. Being a teacher is pretty boring. Do you regret it?"

Zhou Jing looked at the girl and said.

"No."

Chen Jiaqian said angrily that it would be a lie to say she didn't regret it.

"Blame me. You're the only person I've felt sorry for in these years."

What Zhou Jing said was true. He had been kind and charitable since he started his business, but it was not right for him to marry and have children with another woman without telling his girlfriend.

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

Chen Jiaqian wanted to ask the boy how he could compensate her, but she couldn't say it. It was true that the boy betrayed her feelings, but she couldn't say that she owed him anything. If she had to say it was a debt, the boy had spent several million on her over the past three years, bought her a villa and a car, and gave her a nine-digit deposit. No one would be embarrassed to say that they owed her such compensation.

"Do you think you can have your cake and eat it too?"

Zhou Jing said thoughtfully.

Chen Jiaqian immediately understood the boy's implication and said without any emotion: "You want to hug me left and right?"

"No."

Zhou Jing shook his head and denied it.

"Men really become bad when they have money."

Although Chen Jiaqian complained, she did not rule out this possibility in her heart. If she could not forget Zhou Jing, she would either have to wait until Gu Jia got older and separate from Zhou Jing, or accept the identity of "lover". Although it was awkward to think about it, there was no better way. Even if she was willing to accept such an identity, she would still need Gu Jia's consent or acquiescence.

"Who says it isn't?"

Zhou Jing didn't try to argue. It wasn't just one or two days since he became a bad person, and he didn't want to hide it anymore.

"Does Gu Jia know that I'm so fickle?"

"do not know."

Zhou Jing lost his appetite, put down his chopsticks and picked up the juice to drink.

"Eat some more food."

Chen Jiaqian could feel Zhou Jing's helplessness. Zhou Jing must have felt helpless in many ways to have reached this point. He was at an age full of vigor and vitality but could not enjoy his life to the fullest. It was indeed helpless to think about it.

Zhou Jing drank half a glass of juice, picked up the chopsticks and slowly picked up the food to eat.

After dinner, Chen Jiaqian went to wash the dishes, while Zhou Jing went to the lounge area to watch TV and reply to Gu Jia's message.

Chen Jiaqian washed the dishes and brought the fruit to the table. She poured two glasses of water and sat on the sofa and said, "Do you have work to do tonight?"

"If it's not urgent, don't worry. Is it hot?"

Zhou Jing lay down on the sofa, resting his head on the girl's thighs and said.

"It's not hot. The villa area is much cooler than the building."

Chen Jiaqian looked at the handsome face of the boy who was resting his head on her legs, and her heart couldn't help but be moved.

"Will you let me stay here tonight?"

Zhou Jing raised his hand and touched the girl's face and said.

"I want to be with you but I don't want you to make mistakes."

Chen Jiaqian has been conflicted and entangled since returning to China. She knows it is wrong but she can't help it. Her rational emotions and irrational desires drive her to do things that she shouldn't do.

"I want to have my cake and eat it too."

Zhou Jing looked at the girl's pretty face from below, as if he had made up his mind, and spoke in a firm voice.

"So domineering, what if I don't agree?"

Chen Jiaqian did not feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, she admired the boy's courage, although she herself did not want to think about such things.

"Then I'll keep pestering you."

Zhou Jing turned around, facing Chen Jiaqian's stomach, and bit Chen Jiaqian's leg to feel the smell of Chen Jiaqian.

At this time, Chen Jiaqian was wearing a short-sleeved upper body and denim hot pants. Her white thighs were full of elasticity. Zhou Jing lifted up her short-sleeved shirt and kissed her belly, which was slightly bulging after eating.

"What if Gu Jia doesn't agree?"

Chen Jiaqian continued to ask.

"Just chop me in half!"

What bothers Zhou Jing the most is Gu Jia's attitude. If Gu Jia says no, Zhou Jing will be helpless.

"I can't do it."

Chen Jiaqian sighed. If Zhou Jing could really convince Gu Jia, it would be difficult for her to refuse.

"Why can't I do it? People like me are not worthy of being soft-hearted."

Zhou Jing said self-deprecatingly.

"You are not so evil."

Chen Jiaqian understood Zhou Jing's troubles, but she could do nothing about it.

Zhou Jing didn't continue talking. He held Chen Jiaqian's hand, put it on his mouth and kissed it, then said, "I'm not leaving today."

"Then you sleep on the sofa."

Of course Chen Jiaqian would not drive Zhou Jing away. If Zhou Jing didn't leave, Chen Jiaqian would be in a dilemma. If Zhou Jing left, Chen Jiaqian would be sad. Life is really contradictory.

"is it?"

Zhou Jing sat up, held Chen Jiaqian in his arms and kneaded her while speaking.

"Yes, ah, don't. I won't let you sleep on the sofa."

Chen Jiaqian continued to be stubborn, but soon begged for mercy.

"Call husband."

Zhou Jing said while pinching the girl's chin.

"You are not my husband, you are someone else's husband."

Chen Jiaqian snorted and said.

"I'm only thinking about you now, do you want to call me?" Zhou Jing said shamelessly.

"No. Ah, you are so bad, husband."

Chen Jiaqian gave in again. When she heard Zhou Jing say that he only thought about himself, she stopped mentioning Gu Jia. She had no choice but to give in. It was obvious that Zhou Jing was also very distressed, and Chen Jiaqian really couldn't bear to ruin the atmosphere.

"Do you regret getting back together with me on National Day in 09?"

Zhou Jing kissed Chen Jiaqian's ear and said.

"No, do you regret it?"

Chen Jiaqian didn't want to be pretentious. If she had to say something she regretted, it was that she shouldn't have returned to Tangdu after the National Day that year. If she had stayed in Yu City, at least she could have kept her man.

"No regrets. I may not be able to say it sincerely now, but my feelings for you have never changed."

Zhou Jing hugged the girl tightly and said.

What Zhou Jing didn't say was that he treated Gu Jia and Yang Wenwen the same as always.

"Gu Jia is the one who helped you succeed. Am I worthy of you doing this for me?"

Chen Jiaqian believed that Zhou Jing was speaking the truth.

“First love is priceless.”

Zhou Jing doesn’t care about whether it’s worth it or not, only whether you like it or not and whether you want to do it or not. As long as you like it, it’s worth it.

Chen Jiaqian sat on Zhou Jing's legs, hooked her arms around Zhou Jing's neck, and took the initiative to kiss Zhou Jing. They stayed on the sofa until dark. Zhou Jing sent a message to Gu Jia saying that they would have barbecue and drink some wine in the evening, and then he opened a bottle of red wine and drank it with Chen Jiaqian. Chen Jiaqian was ready to get drunk, so she took a big gulp on the first toast.

Chen Jiaqian had said before that she didn't need to get drunk, but in fact, how could she not be depressed inside? By drinking with Zhou Jing, Chen Jiaqian could pour out her inner thoughts and relieve her depression.

"It seems one bottle is not enough."

Of course Zhou Jing drank no less than Chen Jiaqian and finished most of the glass in one gulp.

"I can't drink much. If you get me drunk, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

After taking a big gulp of wine, Chen Jiaqian felt the stimulation of the alcohol and her eyes became a little blurry.

"Ask me anything you want!"

Zhou Jing poured wine into the glass and said.

"I had a lot to ask you when I first came back, but now I have nothing to ask you."

Chen Jiaqian said as she tied her hair up.

Zhou Jing looked at the girl and said, "Why don't you want to ask?"

"You must have had your own difficulties along the way. Love and career are sometimes very contradictory. Calm down and think about how little I care about you. Before I went abroad to study, I only thought about you being able to develop in Tangdu for me. I never thought about how much pressure Tangdu would bring to you."

Chen Jiaqian never thought of herself as a selfish person in the past, but she was very selfish towards Zhou Jing at the beginning.

"In the final analysis, it was me who betrayed our relationship and deceived you."

No matter how thick-skinned Zhou Jing is, it would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel guilty.

"What can I do if I blame you? When I broke up with you, I realized one thing: there is no reason to like someone. Even if you are hurt by the other person, even if the other person has many shortcomings, you still like him/her. Compared to what happened between you and Gu Jia, I want to know more about how you felt after breaking up with me that time."

Chen Jiaqian sat softly in the chair, sighing with a glass of wine in her hand.

"I was in a daze, always looking for things to numb myself. In order to not think about you, I wrote novels day and night. Every day, I was typing except for work and sleeping."

Zhou Jing was talking about the feeling after breaking up with Chen Jiaqian in his previous life. It was really like a life-and-death struggle. But after his rebirth, he didn't feel anything about the breakup.

"If I don't take the initiative to find you, will you break up with me completely?"

Recalling Zhou Jing's reaction after the breakup, Chen Jiaqian was still sad. She couldn't blame Zhou Jing entirely, because she said that they broke up because Zhou Jing insisted on being a teacher in Yulin City.

"The novel I wrote at that time did quite well. I planned to talk to you about our relationship again after the book was finished. The royalties I saved were enough to buy a house in Tangdu. Anyway, I was negligent."

Although Zhou Jing tried to argue, he admitted his mistake sincerely and picked up the wine glass and drank it all again.

"Drink slowly, I am also wrong. It is great to be a teacher in the city's key high school after graduating from university."

Chen Jiaqian didn't understand at that time and was not optimistic about the teaching profession, especially for boys becoming teachers. She felt that it was a bit hopeless. After experiencing the workplace herself and understanding the difficulties of people around her at work, Chen Jiaqian felt that she was too naive at the time. From knowing each other, falling in love to marriage, it was a practice that was more difficult than Tang Monk's filming.

Zhou Jing said: "When we talked in college, we only showed our strengths and lacked a deeper understanding."

"Indeed, no matter what, in my heart you are a trustworthy and lovable person. When I said in college that I didn't want to have sex before marriage, you never made it difficult for me. You could hold back for three years, so why didn't you hold back on the National Day in 09?"

Chen Jiaqian couldn't help laughing as she thought about their past. Overall, it was an unforgettable first love.

"I can hold it in if I want to, and I can hold it in if I don't want to. I felt at the time that if we didn't have sex, it might really be the end for us."

Zhou Jing scratched his forehead and said.

"Hmm." Before she knew it, the bottle of wine was empty. Chen Jiaqian felt dizzy. She hesitated for two seconds, took a sip of wine and said, "Will you and Gu Jia think of me at that time?"

"Which one?"

Zhou Jing pretended not to understand.

"Don't ask questions when you already know the answer."

Chen Jiaqian pulled Zhou Jing's face and said.

"Yes, I will think of you every time."

Zhou Jing did think of Chen Jiaqian, and as he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and started drinking.

"I don't mean to blame you. You still have a conscience and haven't completely forgotten me."

Seeing Zhou Jing was about to drink it all in one gulp, Chen Jiaqian reached out to stop him.

"Don't speak for me. The scumbag is talking about people like me."

Zhou Jing thought it would be nice if Gu Jia could think the same way.

"It's not that serious. Am I too much of a nympho? I'm defending you even though my man has been snatched away by someone else."

Chen Jiaqian didn't want to think of Zhou Jing as a scumbag.

"It has not been taken away from me. I have always been yours."

Zhou Jing stroked the girl's face and said.

"Do you dare to say that to Gu Jia?"

Chen Jiaqian said with a snort.

"Keep drinking or"

Zhou Jing drank the rest of the wine in one gulp and said while putting his arms around Chen Jiaqian's back.

Zhou Jing had already drunk a lot, and Chen Jiaqian didn't want him to drink any more, so she raised her head and kissed Zhou Jing.

After drinking, the two of them put everything behind them under the anesthesia of alcohol.

When he woke up, it was already bright outside. Zhou Jing looked at Chen Jiaqian with disheveled hair beside him. His gaze slowly moved from Chen Jiaqian's hair down to her thighs covered by the quilt. Chen Jiaqian was wearing a French pajama dress, which was quite sexy. At this time, the straps of the skirt had slipped down from her shoulders, and the hem of the skirt was wrinkled to her waist, which made her look even sexier and more attractive.

"What time do you go to the company?"

Chen Jiaqian opened her eyes and looked through the hair at the handsome face in front of her and the graceful arms and chest muscles of its owner, and spoke in a slightly hoarse voice.

"It's past eight o'clock. I have to go to the office building in the High-tech Zone for lunch. You can eat by yourself!"

Zhou Jing said as he picked the white stain on Chen Jiaqian's hair.

"You also eat on time."

Chen Jiaqian stretched, got up and prepared to make breakfast.

Zhou Jing pulled the girl into his arms, kissed her and said, "Was what you said last night drunken or sincere?"

"What did I say last night?"

Chen Jiaqian acted as if she was stunned.

"Tell me you'll be my mistress."

"You wish. Where did I say that? You have led me astray."

Chen Jiaqian drank last night and couldn't control herself at that time, so she did say some things from her heart, but they were not drunken words.

"Do you regret it?"

Zhou Jing smoothed the hair off Chen Jiaqian's face and said.