"Okay. I got it."
Kerry took Chuxue Ye's arm and pulled her out of the room who was very reluctant though.
Jingyan Ye gawked at the ceiling. His heartache seemed to lessen, perhaps because he became
numb.
He reached for the phone not far away. It almost run out of battery, and there was neither a missed call
nor a text message.
He was overwhelmed by disappointment again. Three days was long enough for Yiyao Duan to think
everything through. The fact that she did not make any response showed her attitude.
From now on, she may not come to him again. And he could not find her at all.
He opened the album in the phone. The first photo was hers and it was the only one he had.
He stared at the photo. The next moment he had the impulse to delete it, but when he placed his finger
on the delete button, he couldn't bear to press it.
In the end, he gave up. The moment he put down the phone, it beeped and powered off.
He struggled to get up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom limply. As he looked into the
mirror and saw a haggard face with a stubbly chin, he smiled bitterly.
He had rejected a lot of girls, and now it was time for him to feel what it was like to be rejected. He
deserved it.
He began to take a shower, shave and change clothes. After all the things done, he became a
handsome gentleman who could easily catch girls' attention as before. The only difference was that he
looked indifferent now.
He went downstairs to the dining room where Venus’s porridge was just ready.
"Eat slowly. Be careful of the heat." Venus told him lovingly.
After three days of hunger, Jingyan Ye had an empty stomach, so he blew a few times and stuffed a
large spoonful into his mouth.
When he almost finished a bowl of porridge, Venus silently brought another and placed it by his hand.
It should be the happiest thing for a mother to watch her own children eat food cooked by herself.
However, at this moment, Venus only felt bad.
"Pingan, what happened? Could you tell me?" Venus didn't mean to ask. But she was afraid that if he
kept all the negative emotions to himself, he would be in agony.
Jingyan Ye's hand paused, his eyes lowered to look at the bowl of porridge, and after a few seconds he
said lightly, "She doesn't like me."
The short sentence contained all his bitterness.
He had been working hard for so many years to become outstanding, but still, he couldn't attract her
attention.
Venus had long known the result. She sighed and walked to her son. She asked in a soft voice while
gently stroking his hair, "What are you going to do then?"
"I don't know. Maybe I'll never see her again in my life." A few days ago, he had fantasized that if she
rejected him, he would wear her down till she accepted him. But now, he just found that he couldn't
even find her if she didn't get in touch with him first, not to mention wearing her down.
Thinking of this, Jingyan Ye smiled self-deprecatingly and said with a long sigh, "Mom, I'm fine. I'll get
better."
"I know. My son is a strong man."
Today, Jingyan Ye did not go to the company. After having dinner, he brought a small bench and sat by
the lake to fish. After hearing this from her mother, Chuxue Ye also brought a small bench to go fishing
in order to show her care for her brother.
But she was obviously not suitable for fishing. She could barely stay for 10 minutes before she run
away.
When Jingyan Ye caught the third fish and threw it into the barrel, Kerry brought an invitation over and
sat on Chuxue Ye's little bench, "Mr. Tang will hold a coming-of-age party for her daughter turning 18
the day after tomorrow. You are invited."
"I'm not going." Jingyan Ye did not even think about it.
"You must go. I put aside your marriage before because you are waiting for that girl. But now your
marriage..."
Before Kerry finished his words, Jingyan Ye turned his head to look at him, "Dad--"
When Kerry saw Jingyan's bloodshot eyes, he softened, "I don't ask you to get married now. You can
still play around for four or five years. But young people should not only have work in mind, but go out
more to socialize. Making more friends is not a bad thing. Just think of it as taking a break."
Jingyan Ye stared at the clear lake and nodded after a few moments.
The come-of-age party of Yuwei Tang, the daughter of Mr. Tang, was very lavish. Yuwei Tang was
surprised to see Jingyan Ye. She didn't leave him for a second and he couldn't get rid of her. He
originally wanted to admonish her coldly, but given that she was only 18 years old and it was her party,
so he did nothing.
"Jingyan, can I come and play with you later?" Yuwei Tang was about to climbing onto him, and
Jingyan Ye secretly used a hand to block her.
"I'm busy at work. Can you sit still?" Jingyan Ye said coldly.
Yuwei Tang directly ignored his question and said with a smile, "Then I can go to your company for an
internship."
"Our company doesn't recruit interns who still study at school."
Yuwei Tang wasn't frustrated at all, "Then I can go there to have dinner with you, or bring you food.
Where do you eat at noon?"
Just when Jingyan Ye didn't know what to do with this enthusiastic little girl, he saw an acquaintance.
So he immediately stood up and called out to her, "Qing Nangong."
A beautiful girl wearing a long pink dress turned around. Her eyes gleamed at the sight of Jingyan Ye,
"Jingyan Ye, long time no see."
Jingyan Ye quickly left Yuwei Tang behind and walked up to her, "Yes, long time no see. I heard you
went to study abroad and just came back?"
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