Chapter 63: Come and Snatch the Bride (6)-2
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As soon as class ended on Friday afternoon, Jiang Ciqiu rushed out of the classroom.
Jiang Zhiyan hadn’t dressed up much when she got up this morning, clearly planning to do so after class. As expected, when Jiang Ciqiu got home, she found Jiang Zhiyan was already taking a shower.
Jiang Ciqiu glanced at the time, panting. She felt like she had been fast enough, but Jiang Zhiyan was even faster. How did she get back, did she fly?
Jiang Zhiyan came out of the shower, glanced at Jiang Ciqiu standing at the door: “What do you want?”
“What time is she picking you up?” Jiang Ciqiu asked.
“Around six or seven, I don’t know exactly, she’ll let me know when she arrives.” Jiang Zhiyan dried her hair halfway, then changed clothes and started putting on makeup.
Jiang Ciqiu, watching Jiang Zhiyan’s movements, couldn’t help but move closer, observing her: “Why are you in such a hurry? It’s fine if she arrives, just let her wait.”
“I don’t like being late.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at herself in the mirror, left and right. “Perfect.”
“Heh.” Jiang Ciqiu twitched the corner of her mouth.
Jiang Zhiyan picked up her phone and checked the time, then continued drying her hair, braiding it simply. After all, it was summer, it was too hot to leave it down.
“You’re quite skilled with your hands.” Jiang Ciqiu stood behind Jiang Zhiyan, watching for a while without understanding how she did it.
“Mm, my hands are my greatest asset.” Jiang Zhiyan picked up her phone and checked.
Xie Liaoyi said she had already left, but there was traffic, so she might be a little late.
“Rush hour, driving on a Friday, I hope you two can have dinner by eight.” Jiang Ciqiu said sarcastically, gloating. “Auntie made a lot of delicious food tonight.”
“Thanks for the reminder, sister, I’ll bring some snacks.” Jiang Zhiyan took a small bag. “She’s been working all day, she must be very hungry.”
Jiang Ciqiu’s smile faded: “So thoughtful.”
“There’s no other way, I naturally think carefully about the people I care about.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Jiang Ciqiu with a smile.
Jiang Ciqiu: …
Jiang Ciqiu felt that Jiang Zhiyan’s smile was strange, meaningful, but she couldn’t quite decipher it.
Jiang Zhiyan waited for half an hour before receiving a call from Xie Liaoyi telling her to come down.
Ten minutes ago, Jiang Ciqiu had said she was going to buy ice cream and left. Jiang Zhiyan knew that she was probably watching secretly somewhere, but she didn’t know where. Although the sun was almost setting, it was still very hot.
Jiang Ciqiu was indeed watching near the entrance of the complex. Although cars were coming and going, and several cars stopped by the roadside, she still sensed, based on intuition, the car that woman was in.
She thought the other party would get out of the car, but she didn’t. Jiang Ciqiu wiped the sweat from her forehead, watching Jiang Zhiyan jog out of the complex gate and get into the passenger seat.
Jiang Ciqiu only caught a glimpse of the woman when the door opened, but she didn’t see anything clearly. And she didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she felt like the other party had glanced in her direction.
She immediately hid behind a billboard.
She shouldn’t have been seen, right?
Jiang Zhiyan sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seatbelt: “Are you hungry? I brought some snacks, you can eat something to tide you over.”
“I am a little hungry.”
“Then I’ll open a pack of cookies for you.” Jiang Zhiyan tore open the package and held it to Xie Liaoyi’s lips.
The other party took a bite, her lips brushing against Jiang Zhiyan’s thumb, either intentionally or unintentionally.
“What are we eating?”
“I made a reservation at Jingyuan, but we probably won’t get there until after eight, the traffic is terrible.” Xie Liaoyi sighed softly. The side roads were congested, and merging onto the main road was even worse. She didn’t know what was going on up ahead.
“Another one?” Jiang Zhiyan tore open another pack of cookies.
Xie Liaoyi turned her head slightly and took the cookie Jiang Zhiyan offered: “Thanks.”
“No problem, but Jingyuan is really far.” Jiang Zhiyan rested her chin on her hand. “Where do you live?”
“I live in the apartment opposite the Third City Hospital, it’s convenient for work.”
“The soundproofing in apartments isn’t very good, no wonder you can’t sleep well.” Jiang Zhiyan frowned.
Xie Liaoyi smiled: “I’m not picky about my sleeping environment. The soundproofing in the hospital’s on-call room isn’t good either, and nothing is louder than a hospital. Yesterday was just elementary school field trip syndrome… or perhaps, first date syndrome.”
Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Liaoyi. Her voice was steady, and her breathing was even, but her subconsciously tight grip on the steering wheel betrayed her nervousness, and she clearly didn’t want to look at Jiang Zhiyan.
Jiang Zhiyan looked out the window and couldn’t help but laugh: “Why are you stealing my lines?”
“Isn’t it because you always complain that I don’t say anything, and you always want me to chase you for once?” Xie Liaoyi said slowly. “And I think if I don’t speed things up, you’ll be ahead of me again. Last night you…”
“I knew you were thinking dirty thoughts, but actually, what I said was completely innocent.” Jiang Zhiyan laughed again, looking at Xie Liaoyi. “You have so many hidden agendas, but I’m always direct.”
Xie Liaoyi coughed twice: “You’re the one with all the hidden agendas.”
“Then how much do you remember now?” Jiang Zhiyan asked.
“A little, just some fragments, not complete, but at least I can piece together our relationship.” Xie Liaoyi paused. “She seems to remember even less than I do.”
“Mm, she hasn’t awakened yet. She’s been fuming ever since she found out I was going out with you that day.” Jiang Zhiyan chuckled. “She was also furious when I said I was going to bring you lunch, it was quite amusing.”
Xie Liaoyi glanced at Jiang Zhiyan while waiting at a red light. The other party was clearly in a good mood: “You deliberately angered her.”
“You also deliberately angered her.” Jiang Zhiyan said self-righteously. “That day she wanted to gather herbs with us, and you didn’t want to take her along.”
“You live with her.” Xie Liaoyi was also self-righteous. “I have to work, we can only spend a few short hours together each time.”
“Isn’t she also you?” Jiang Zhiyan retorted.
“Yes, she’s me, and I’m her, so why are you making her angry?” Xie Liaoyi raised an eyebrow. “Are you disgusted by my past self?”
Jiang Ciqiu’s immature behavior was very much like her when she first started doing missions.
The System was trying hard not to laugh.
“How could I be? I’ve liked you since you were still childish, how could I be disgusted? Besides, you were the one who ignored me first. I invited you to dinner on the first day I arrived, I wanted to play games with you, you said you already had a partner and didn’t want to play games with me.” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Xie Liaoyi reproachfully.
“Then let’s treat them as separate for now.” Xie Liaoyi didn’t have Jiang Ciqiu’s memories. Although based on her understanding of Jiang Zhiyan, there was definitely some exaggeration, she had most likely been wronged. “Let’s discuss the rest after we’ve recovered all our memories.”
Jiang Zhiyan: …
The System finally couldn’t help but burst out laughing: “She seems difficult to fool, more so than the previous ones.”
Jiang Zhiyan didn’t want to talk.
“Host, did you fool her many times before?”
Jiang Zhiyan opened a bottle of water and took a sip: “When are you going to meet her? She’s very curious about you.”
“Not for now.” Xie Liaoyi had her own selfish reasons. Although they were essentially the same person, they were clearly two different people in this world. If Jiang Ciqiu saw that she had regained her memories, and they lived together, Jiang Zhiyan might devote more energy to her, after all, that version of herself was more immature.
Being jealous of herself was a bit absurd, but she couldn’t help it.
“She was just watching us from behind the billboard,” Xie Liaoyi said. “I could sense her presence… We’ll naturally meet eventually, just like you and I always meet.”
“Suddenly I feel sorry for her, so I’ll go home tonight,” Jiang Zhiyan said, clutching her chest. “After all, it’s so hot, she waited for you for a long time.”
“It’s good to get some sun, she looks too pale.” Xie Liaoyi said. “I know, I’m not that delicate, and I didn’t wait for long, just ten minutes or so, it was almost seven, the sun wasn’t that strong.”
“Did you plan on not letting me go home today all along?” Jiang Zhiyan picked up on the subtle discouragement in Xie Liaoyi’s words.
“The traffic is so bad.” Xie Liaoyi tucked her hair behind her ear.
Jiang Zhiyan twitched the corner of her mouth: “Why aren’t you saying anything, Dr. Xie? Have you prepared something? Is it in your bag?”
She turned around, trying to reach for the bag in the back seat.
“Don’t engage in dangerous behavior while I’m driving.” Xie Liaoyi said with feigned seriousness, pushing up her glasses.
“So it is in the bag.” Jiang Zhiyan turned back, sat comfortably, and said slowly, “Xie Liaoyi, I know what you’re thinking with just a twitch of your finger.”
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