A Billion Stars Can’t Amount to You - Chapter 425-433
She really did want to get a divorce with He Yuguang…
Had he not been rejected after telling her that he’d take responsibility just two days ago, he definitely would’ve been happy to hear this decision of hers.
But now, after hearing what she said, he felt an unspeakable sense of panic in his heart.
The only reason he decided to confess to her as He Yuguang was because he was at the end of his rope. After she refused to let him take responsibility, pretended their night together was a mistake, and took the morning-after pill right after their night together to avoid any trouble afterward with him, he didn’t see a world where the two of them could have a future together.
He was willing to pretend to be his older brother for the rest of his life, as long as he could be with her.
But who knew that just as he was willing to genuinely start married life as “He Yuguang” with her, she was going to ask to end her marriage to him.
The more he thought about it, the more He Jichen’s heart grew flustered.
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Although he was afraid there was no way for him to be with her, he was even more afraid she would ignore He Jichen. He couldn’t even use He Yuguang’s identity to get close to her now.
He instinctively wanted to change her mind. “Manman, was I lacking in some way?”
Such a clear and simple question almost made Ji Yi’s tears come pouring out.
How’s he lacking? I’m the one who wasn’t good enough. I’m so bad that I’m not worthy of being his wife. I’m not worthy of being by his side, and I’m not worthy of accepting his kindness.
Ji Yi stared at the sky of lanterns with sorrowful eyes and felt so upset that she couldn’t speak. All she could do was endure the bitterness in her heart. She raised her fingers and started to type a message: “No, Yuguang Ge. You’re great. You’re a good person. You treated me very well… really, really, really well.”
“Manman, do you know what the most hurtful thing to say is? It’s to call someone really good but leave them anyway.” He Jichen tightened his lips as he tapped the screen to reply to Ji Yi.
Speechless at the sight of those words, Ji Yi read them for some time before her fingers started to type the words: “I’m sorry.”
If she could help it, Ji Yi really didn’t want to say those words to someone who cared for her, because those words were more hurtful than what she just said. However, all she could say to He Yuguang were just those words.
What’s more, she was really, really, really sorry.
It was just as Ji Yi imagined. When He Jichen saw those words “I’m sorry,” his eyes instantly turned dark.
He wasn’t stupid. He knew the meaning behind “I’m sorry” and what it really meant.
It meant: You’re great, but I still can’t be with you.
When she was young, didn’t she like He Yuguang? Didn’t she quickly agree to He Yuguang’s request to marry her? Didn’t she share everything on her mind with He Yuguang every night?
But why doesn’t she want to be with He Yuguang? Didn’t she spend a night with him in Shanghai?
He Jichen found a glimmer of hope as he quickly typed a line to Ji Yi: “Manman, is there some reason why you want to divorce that’s hard to say?”
Ji Yi, who was staring at her phone all this time, was slightly stunned when she read the line on the screen that hit the nail on the head: “If I said that I don’t mind and I don’t care, could you reconsider divorcing me?”
Those words… If he sent her those words two days ago when she didn’t realize she had feelings for He Jichen, she would definitely feel tempted to follow her heart and say yes if Yuguang Ge insisted, even though she would feel bad for cheating on Yuguang Ge with his brother. The very thought of being able to make up for everything she owed him after sleeping with He Jichen gave her the strong urge to nod and say yes.
But now, it was too late… It wasn’t that she didn’t want to promise him – she just couldn’t.
Ji Yi pursed her lips and was ready to refuse when she saw another message from “He Yuguang”: “Manman, I guarantee I don’t mind. No matter what the reason is, I don’t mind. If there’s ever a day I go back on my word, let heaven unleash its wrath upon me!”
Clearly, Ji Yi was in the wrong. Why did it seem like Yuguang Ge was acting like the one who made a huge mistake?
Ji Yi’s heart was already incredibly guilty towards He Yuguang, but now she felt even worse.
This isn’t right! I can’t mess around with him any longer; otherwise, he might really make me have a change of heart.
What’s more, she made her mind up long ago and already carried out her decisions – she rejected He Jichen and decided not to string Yuguang Ge along.
With that thought, Ji Yi started to type: “Sorry Yuguang Ge, there’s no way I can promise you.”
As Ji Yi’s fingers typed out each and every word, she felt her heart cry violently in pain.
She forced herself to ignore the pain and continue to tap with her incredibly shaky fingers: “Even if you don’t care, there’s no way I can still promise you, Yuguang Ge. It’s me, I’m not good enough and I’m not worthy. Don’t say anything else. I’ve already made my mind up. Sorry. I’m really sorry, Yuguang Ge. If it’s possible, I hope we don’t keep in contact after we finalize the divorce.”
As she typed this, Ji Yi’s eyes turned misty. Barely able to see the screen, she bit down hard and gritted her chattering teeth as she then typed: “If it’s possible, it’s best that we don’t keep in contact.”
Ji Yi didn’t dare read over the line she wrote. After she typed the final period, she immediately tapped “send.” Without bothering to see if “He Yuguang” read it, she hurriedly got up and said goodbye with a trembling voice. Without giving herself any chance to go back, she quickly picked up her bag and walked down the mountain.
She was only half a meter away when the tears she held back for so long came rolling down from her eyes.
She raised a hand to frantically wipe her face then walked faster.
The mountainous roads were winding and it was dark, so Ji Yi stumbled as she walked. On her way down, she even tripped twice, but she didn’t feel any pain and continued to hurriedly walk down.
She was wearing high heels, so she didn’t walk particularly steadily. When she tripped for the third time, her shoes flew off. She continued to stumble down bare-footed while ignoring the pain from the rocks under her feet.
There were two cars parked at the foot of the mountain. The driver who picked her up sat inside one car with the lights on while playing on his phone.
Because he was paying full attention to his phone, the driver didn’t notice her walk up to the car. It wasn’t until she reached her hand out and pulled the car door open that the driver noticed something was odd. Then he turned to look in her direction.
In just a second, the driver swiftly put his phone away, pushed his car door open and got out.
When he walked around the front of the car to open the door for Ji Yi, he saw her walking barefooted with cuts of various sizes. She had several grazes on her arms and legs, and she was covered in mud.
The driver was stunned for a while before he worriedly asked, “Miss Ji, what happened? I’ll call Mr…”
Before the driver could say “He,” Ji Yi suddenly cried, “There’s no need. Take me home!”
Her hurried tone of voice gave the driver a scare.
Ji Yi realized she sounded overly agitated, so she spoke again with a more relaxed voice. “You don’t need to call him. Please take me home, thank you.”
From Ji Yi’s expression, the driver could tell that Miss Ji and Mr. He got into some kind of argument. The driver didn’t bring up the topic again and replied with a “yes” as he helped Ji Yi pull the car door open.
After the driver got into the car, he stepped on the gas and drove out of the parking lot at the foot of the mountain. As the car drove out, Ji Yi turned her head and stared at the pitch-black night sky out the window as the tears came crashing down like a flowing river.
She was truly devastated. Even if she knew deep down that by rejecting He Jichen and leaving He Yuguang, it would be the best ending for her, for He Jichen, for He Yuguang, for the three of them… she was still devastated.
Even if she knew that nobody else was aware she had feelings for He Jichen while liking He Yuguang, she still deeply despised herself for being this disloyal and fickle.
What’s more, because nobody knew this bad-to-the-bone side of her, nobody could blame her. This was why she blamed herself so harshly.
From today onwards, He Yuguang would be just a memory to her, and as for He Jichen, she had to try hard to control her heart. She had to limit herself to this stage of infatuation and prevent herself from falling any deeper.
From today onwards, her future love life would not include He Yuguang or He Jichen ever again. She might get married in the future or she might not, but no matter what, her other half wouldn’t be either one of them.
From today onwards, she had to say goodbye to the He Yuguang she liked and goodbye to the He Jichen she had feelings for.
At that thought, Ji Yi couldn’t help but bite the back of her hand hard to stop herself from crying, and embarrassingly, to prevent herself from wailing.
–
It was already the fourth day Chen Bai couldn’t get hold of He Jichen.
He didn’t come to the office, he wasn’t at home, he wasn’t at the university, and his phone was switched off.
Chen Bai even tried calling He Jichen’s home in Sucheng. The person who picked up the phone was the He family’s housekeeper who told him that after he left in the spring, he hadn’t visited in almost half a year now.
After finishing shooting “Three Thousand Lunatics,” the company still had many follow-up projects for He Jichen to finalize.
For him to vanish into thin air, there was lots of work at YC that couldn’t be carried out. Business was fine two days ago, but two days later, Chen Bai spent practically every day in the office receiving an infinite number of calls asking when He Jichen would hand them the signed documents.
All Chen Bai could do was handle the seemingly endless aftermath to prevent matters from getting even worse.
One night, after seeing that YC was going to lose several big projects, Chen Bai personally called everyone who ever had anything to do with He Jichen out of desperation. However, in the end, he couldn’t manage to locate He Jichen.
Time went by and another day passed. The sun rose and fell, and nightfall came.
It was about to be the fifth night without any news from Mr. He. If things went on like this, Chen Bai was afraid that not only would they lose YC, but “Three Thousand Lunatics,” which had already finished shooting, would probably be lost too…
Chen Bai paced around his desk with his phone in hand for a while. Eventually, he wound up standing in front of the tall window, looking for Ji Yi’s number.
The status of Mr. He and Miss Ji’s relationship wasn’t very promising. He wasn’t sure what Mr. He was thinking deep down, so he didn’t want to disturb Miss Ji in fear that Mr. He wouldn’t forgive him… But he already contacted everyone else. The only person left to call was Miss Ji.
YC was Mr. He’s blood, sweat, and tears. Chen Bai witnessed Mr. He’s determination as he went against the He family and his professor at his prestigious university. He also watched as Mr. He built YC from a twenty-square-meter rental… Everyone knew Mr. He came from a good family background and had a privileged position, but they didn’t know how he actually created YC from scratch.
At that thought, Chen Bai realized nothing else was important right now.
Between getting lectured by Mr. He and the real threat of losing his job if YC collapsed, it was more important to help Mr. He save YC… So, Chen Bai pulled up Ji Yi’s phone number.
The call was made and the phone rang a few times, but nobody picked up.
Chen Bai furrowed his brows and put the phone down. He glanced at the time. It was already half past ten – could Miss Ji be asleep now?
Just as curiosity crossed Chen Bai’s mind, his phone screen lit up.
Ji Yi sent him a message: “Mr. Chen, can I help you with something?”
Chen Bai instinctively wanted to call her again, but seeing as she replied with a text rather than picking up the call, she probably didn’t want to take his call. He then switched over to texting: “Miss Ji, has Mr. He contacted you in the past two days?”
Soon enough, Chen Bai received a simple “No” back from Ji Yi.
Chen Bai didn’t really know how to continue the conversation.
Just as he was preparing to think of another way to find He Jichen, his phone screen lit up. He received a simple message from Ji Yi: “What’s wrong?”
“It’s like this, Miss Ji. I don’t know where Mr. He went and I can’t get ahold of him. There’s a lot of work for him to handle at the company. Today, several shareholders got angry. There are also many collaborative projects awaiting replies and people are asking to end their collaboration with YC, including “Three Thousand Lunatics,” which just finished filming… In short, it’s been quite troublesome. If you have any news about Mr. He or if you can reach Mr. He, please help.”
After about five minutes, Chen Bai received Ji Yi’s reply. This time, the message was just a simple: “Alright.”
“Thank you,” replied Chen Bai.
Ji Yi didn’t reply anymore.
Chen Bai stared at the phone for a while then closed the text message screen and continued to think up different ways to get ahold of He Jichen.
–
Ji Yi had a fever the day after asking for a divorce from “He Yuguang” and had to stay in the hospital on a drip for two days. Then she returned to school to inform them that she was back from her leave shooting “Three Thousand Lunatics.”
It happened to be a Friday, so Ji Yi didn’t have class. After reporting her return, she headed straight back home.
Perhaps she was still recovering from her serious illness, or perhaps it was because she gave up on both He Jichen and He Yuguang a few short days ago that she was feeling a little glum. She didn’t go outside and if she wasn’t sleeping in her room, she was watching TV.
Ji Yi tried her best not to think about anything else.
She figured this way, she could slowly forget about her devastating losses.
But truth be told, she was just kidding herself – one second, she was laughing till her stomach hurt after watching a comedy series while the next, her eyes were red from Chen Bai’s phone call.
She didn’t dare take the call in fear of Chen Bai noticing the pain in her voice, so she waited till after he hung up to reply to him with a text.
She didn’t dare send too many messages to Chen Bai because reading his name reminded her of He Jichen. Wave after wave of heartache made it difficult for her to summon the strength to type. She forced herself to stay composed. After their chat ended, she couldn’t wait to close their messages.
She figured that since Chen Bai called her, He Jichen’s phone must be off.
Chen Bai was more familiar with He Jichen’s friends, where they lived, and their whereabouts more than Ji Yi did. Since she knew where He Jichen lived, Chen Bai definitely knew too and he must’ve searched there already. After some thought, Ji Yi called Fatty, who Chen Bai wasn’t familiar with but who was very close to He Jichen.
Fatty was working overtime, so he spoke quietly when he picked up the phone. Ji Yi gave him the basic rundown of the situation, to which Fatty asked, “Is Chen Ge in a terrible mood?”
Ji Yi figured that he must be in a terrible mood since he couldn’t be reached for several days, so she replied, “Probably yeah.”
Fatty muttered to himself over the phone for a moment then told Ji Yi two addresses. The first was a bar in Sucheng and the second was a bar in Beijing.
Sucheng was several hundred miles away from Beijing, so it was unrealistic for Chen Bai to go there overnight to search for him. After Fatty told Ji Yi where He Jichen might be, he added, “How about this? You can be in charge of checking the bar in Beijing. I have a lot of friends in Sucheng, so I’ll ask them to check.”
“Sorry to trouble you, Su Han,” said Ji Yi politely before Fatty could say “farewell.” Then she said goodbye to him.
After Ji Yi hung up the phone, she sent a text to Chen Bai with the whereabouts and name of the bar Fatty mentioned.
–
Having failed to find He Jichen, Chen Bai had no choice but to stay in the office like a sitting duck. He still had hope that He Jichen might come home, so he drove to the apartment he bought near B-Film.
Just as Chen Bai was about to reach He Jichen’s apartment block, he received a text from Ji Yi.
He held the steering wheel with one hand and replied to her message with the other. “Got it, Miss Ji. I’ll check it out now.”
After he put the phone down, Chen Bai immediately turned the car around and drove to the address of the bar Ji Yi sent him.
It was a sake bar, so the atmosphere was elegant and peaceful. The groups of people inside were chatting quietly.
Aside from the barman who was making cocktails at the counter, the only staff member Chen Bai saw was a waiter. With a menu to his chest, the waiter stood in front of a table by the window, taking an order.
Chen Bai wanted to wait for the waiter to finish taking the order before showing him a photo of He Jichen and asking him if he’d seen He Jichen. All of a sudden, just as he walked about ten meters deeper into the bar, he saw a familiar figure in the furthest corner.
Ah! So, Mr. He really was here…
Chen Bai paused for a moment then walked over.
The lights in the bar were dim, so Chen Bai only noticed that He Jichen was still wearing the same clothes from five days ago when he drew closer to him.
Mr. He couldn’t have stayed here for five days, right?
As that thought flashed across Chen Bai’s mind, the waiter who was taking an order nearby happened to walk past him. Seeing as Chen Bai was staring at He Jichen, the waiter stopped. “Hello sir. May I ask, is this gentleman your friend?”
Chen Bai nodded. “Yes.”
After a pause, Chen Bai added a short explanation. “He’s my boss.”
“That’s great! This gentleman hasn’t left since he came in four days ago. We’ve cleared almost a hundred empty bottles from him. Besides going to the restroom, he’s stayed here and hasn’t been anywhere else. When he gets drunk, he just sleeps on the table then wakes up and continues to drink. He’s been living in this half-drunken state for four whole days and nights. Since you’re his employee, it’d be best if you quickly took him away. We’re really afraid that something might happen to him if he continues to drink like this.” The waiter looked at Chen Bai like he’d seen a savior and said all that in one long breath.
Ah! So Mr. He really has been here for four days. What in the hell happened to him? Having known him for so many years, Chen Bai had rarely seen him drink. I can’t believe he actually drank himself to this state… With that thought, Chen Bai told the waiter, “Got it. Thank you.”
Without waiting for the waiter to speak, Chen Bai strode over to He Jichen.
Before Chen Bai drew close to He Jichen, he smelled a strong, pungent smell of cigarettes and alcohol.
Chen Bai instinctively held his breath. After some time, he slowly inhaled and adjusted to the horrid smell. Then he tried to rouse He Jichen: “Mr. He.”
In a complete ruin, He Jichen slumped back into the back of his seat with a cigarette in one hand and some alcohol in the other. He was staring straight ahead without reacting in the slightest to Chen Bai’s words.
Chen Bai furrowed his brows and cried “Mr. He” again. Seeing as there was no reaction, he took the cigarette and alcohol from He Jichen’s fingers. Then he lifted him up from the sofa and put his arm around his shoulders. Chen Bai supported him out of the bar.
Chen Bai shoved He Jichen into the car then drove to He Jichen’s apartment.
Traffic was particularly smooth since it was the dead of the night; the car reached the underground parking lot in under ten minutes.
Chen Bai stopped the car, got out, and pulled the passenger side door open. As he reached his arm out to grab He Jichen, he heard him mutter, “She doesn’t want me…”
Before Chen Bai’s fingers touched He Jichen’s arm, he suddenly stopped and heard He Jichen say in a weak voice, “I even willingly pretended to be him, yet she still doesn’t want me…”
What does he mean by “willingly pretended to be him”? “She doesn’t want me”? What’s Mr. He saying?
Completely confused, Chen Bai furrowed his brows and dragged He Jichen out of the car.
As Chen Bai supported He Jichen up and walked into the elevator, He Jichen repeatedly muttered those two sentences.
When they reached the floor of his place, the elevator opened and Chen Bai couldn’t wait to walk over to He Jichen’s door.
Chen Bai found the keys in his pocket, opened the door, and carried He Jichen straight to the restroom. He grabbed the shower head, but before he turned it on, he heard the trembling man in the bathtub cry out: “I really love her, the woman I can’t be with…”
The wide bathroom was very quiet, so although He Jichen’s voice was low, Chen Bai could still clearly hear each and every word. His fingers around the showerhead naturally relaxed as he stared at the pale-faced man. An unbearable feeling came over him and after about ten seconds, Chen Bai snapped back to his senses. He detached the shower head from the wall and adjusted the water from cold to warm then held the showerhead over He Jichen’s body.
The rather low temperature gradually woke up the drunken mess that was He Jichen. His eyes shot open as he stared at the ceiling with furrowed brows, appearing like he was puzzled over something. After staring blankly for some time, his pupils rolled over towards Chen Bai.
His beautiful pitch-black eyes became brighter, bit by bit. It seemed like he was just realizing that he was at home. He then gradually sat up in the bathtub and reached his hand out towards Chen Bai.
Chen Bai knew that by doing so, He Jichen was telling him that he wanted to wash himself. Neither of them made a sound. All Chen Bai did was hand him the shower head silently. After He Jichen took it, Chen Bai quickly left the bathroom and helped him close the door then he headed downstairs.
Chen Bai went into the kitchen to cook a bowl of soup to sober him up then carried it up to He Jichen’s bedroom.
He pushed open the door. The bedroom lights had already been switched off.
Chen Bai couldn’t clearly see the way in the darkness, so he wanted to turn the lights on. Before his fingers touched the light switch on the wall, he heard He Jichen cry from the bed, “Don’t turn them on.”
He said just four short words, but Chen Bai clearly caught the tremble in his voice.
Mr. He can’t be… Chen Bai wasn’t sure if he was hearing things, but he didn’t dare continue down that train of thought. He stood frozen in the doorway, holding the soup.
After who knew how much time had passed, the phone in Chen Bai’s pocket suddenly vibrated.
He freed one hand and reached for his phone to see that Ji Yi had sent him a text: “Have you found him yet?”
Chen Bai knew that by “him,” Ji Yi meant He Jichen, so he single-handedly replied: “Found him.”
His phone screen was a little large, so it was cumbersome to text. Chen Bai bent over and set the soup down on the floor as he continued to tap on the screen: “He was at the bar you mentioned, Miss Ji.”
Thirty seconds later, he received a message from Ji Yi: “As long as you found him.”
“Thank you, Miss Ji,” replied Chen Bai, who then glanced over at He Jichen lying in bed. Because the lights weren’t on, he could only see a faint, dark figure with the light from the hallway. He hesitated for a moment then sent Ji Yi a message: “Mr. He isn’t in good shape. The waiter said he was drinking for four days and nights; I’m not sure if he harmed himself from drinking so much. I’ll have to call Dr. Xia to come take a look later… Miss Ji, if you’re not busy, would you like to visit Mr. He?”
The text was like a rock thrown into the ocean because he received no reply.
Just as Chen Bai was going to type a few words to persuade Ji Yi, his fingers hadn’t even touched the phone screen when he heard the faint sound of sniffling from the bed.
Chen Bai suddenly went silent like his pressure points had been pressed.
After about three seconds, he heard another gentle sniffle.
This time, Chen Bai heard it more clearly as he turned his head to look into the pitch-black room.
If I didn’t mishear, Mr. He’s really crying… No wonder Mr. He doesn’t want the lights turned on…
Before the thought could settle in Chen Bai’s mind, his phone vibrated. He turned to see that it was a long-awaited reply from Ji Yi.
“I can’t, I’m busy with something. Please ask Dr. Xia to take good care of him.”
He originally thought since Mr. He cared so much for Miss Ji that no matter what argument they got into, Miss Ji would still come to see Mr. He; Mr. He would definitely be pleased by Miss Ji’s presence. He never imagined that Miss Ji would actually refuse to see him…
Chen Bai thought about trying to persuade Ji Yi further, but just when he touched the screen, he realized he had no clue what to say and stopped there.
Deep in the night, the apartment seemed unusually quiet.
After who knew how much time had passed, Chen Bai heard another gentle voice that sounded like someone muttering in their dreams. “I really love, really love, really love…”
He repeated the words “really love” many times like a broken record then went on to say: “…her, who I can’t be with.”
As his voice dropped, a new text arrived. It was another message from Ji Yi, who ended the conversation without waiting for his reply: “I gotta go. Goodbye and goodnight.”
When Chen Bai read this text, the momentarily quiet He Jichen blurted out again: “really love her, who I could never be with…”
He said each word with a soft voice, but Chen Bai could still clearly hear the increasingly obvious tremble in his voice. Eventually, his trembling voice turned into a sob.
–
At the same time.
After typing the word “Goodnight,” Ji Yi couldn’t wait to hit the send button. She threw her phone to one side then buried her face into the comforter and cried.
She wanted to see him. She wanted to so badly, but she had to control herself because she made a promise not to allow herself to fall deeper for him.
Soon enough, Ji Yi’s bedding became completely drenched with tears.
But she continued to cry with grief as her shoulders heaved and she let out a crisp wail every now and then.
Ji Yi cried until she was exhausted and fell asleep with tears still rolling down her cheeks.
In her sleep, she had a dream where she was still crying, but as she cried and cried, the picture started to slowly turn back…
Under a sky of infinite lanterns, she and He Yuguang were half-way up the mountain and talking about getting a divorce. Then in a quiet and tranquil cafe, she told He Jichen that he needn’t take responsibility. At the Shanghai Starlight hotel, she tip-toed and drunkenly kissed He Jichen. Then she received He Yuguang’s text, “You aren’t alone, you still have me”…
Time in the dream turned back endlessly, and soon enough it was back to the time when she and He Yuguang sat in that cafe and he asked her to get married. The dream then returned to the time He Jichen came into the private party room when Lin Ya went to pick him up during a class reunion party she attended…
The dream then turned back to when they were young and having dinner at the He family’s house because her grandma was working overtime. Mid-dinner, the legendary second son of the He family came back and carelessly wandered into the living room. His mother cried for him to come over, but he replied “What?” with an impatient expression on his face.
In the dream, Ji Yi raised her head and looked at He Jichen up close for the first time ever. That was when the dream came to a sudden end.
–
In the same city but in a different house, He Jichen also had a dream about the past. However, his dream was fixated on the sweet sound of a woman’s voice. “Give them a condom each.” Choking from his cigarette smoke in surprise, he turned his head to see the silhouette of a tall, elegant girl with long, flowing hair.
“There’s a type of love that comes once in a lifetime. You came and I knew. I loved you. I was sure of it.” —— Ye Feiye “Entrapping the God”
–
The next day was a Monday. Ji Yi got up early to go to school and finish her academic career.
In June, Beijing was hotter by the day, and the sunlight became brighter by the day.
Unwittingly, three weeks had passed since Ji Yi received Chen Bai’s call that night.
In those three weeks, aside from having to file for divorce, Ji Yi and He Yuguang contacted each other only twice. Apart from this, Ji Yi didn’t cross paths with either He Jichen or He Yuguang.
Shooting “Three Thousand Lunatics” took up three months of her time, leaving her with lots of homework to catch up on. The end-of-semester-exams were drawing close, so Ji Yi spent most of her days either studying in the self-studying rooms or finding research material in the library.
In those three weeks, she spent every day doing peacefully ordinary things. Those days were just like the days before she reunited with He Jichen and He Yuguang after waking up from her three-year coma.
Sometimes, when her mind drifted away in class, she would stare at the bright world outside the window and wonder if she really did see He Jichen and He Yuguang the past few months or if it was all part of her imagination.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the end of semester exams. After completing four exams in two days, it was time for a long break.
When Ji Yi carried the suitcase she packed in advance to the side of the road, waiting for a taxi, she thought back to how similar this was to the time when He Jichen’s car appeared in front of her as she waited for a taxi during winter break.
Back then, their relationship was at its rockiest point because of what happened with Lin Zhengyi. When she saw him, she carried her suitcase over to the opposite side of the road and immediately got on a bus to get away from him.
But today, Ji Yi waited by the curb for almost half an hour, waiting for a taxi, yet He Jichen’s car was nowhere in sight.
Back home, Ji Yi took a shower, laid in bed, and started to make up for the sleep she lost from her intense studying the night before.
It was too hot, so Ji Yi didn’t want to go outside. A while back, she gave in to Tang Huahua’s incessant gaming invitations and finally joined Tang Huahua in playing her MOBA game. Since then, Ji Yi spent practically every day of her break at home playing games in online groups with Tang Huahua.
Just as Ji Yi thought she was going to spend her entire break geeking out, she got a call, inviting her out for afternoon tea.
The call was from Cheng Weiwan, whom she hadn’t seen since filming for “Three Thousand Lunatics” wrapped up.
In actuality, during their three months of filming “Three Thousand Lunatics,” the two of them became somewhat close; in the final month when Ji Yi and He Jichen got closer and Cheng Weiwan and He Jichen’s relationship wasn’t bad, the three of them often had dinner together. She and Cheng Weiwan were woman of about the same age, so they got along pretty easily.
Cheng Weiwan invited her out to reminisce about their past but also to talk business.
Since they agreed to meet up, Cheng Weiwan didn’t chat on the phone in detail. All she said was that it was about a new drama. They then set a time and place to meet and hung up.
There was still three hours before the two of them planned to meet, so Ji Yi wasn’t in too much of a hurry. She laid in bed and played two matches with Tang Huahua before she got up to use the bathroom.
